It uses a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that serves as a foundation forunifying the configuration and monitoring of Avaya Unified Communications Servers and data systems.
VPFM has a Path Trace Capability that provides functionality to see the physical network connectivity from the end-node Node Device to the server it may be trying to access.
Diagnostic tools such as trending can be used to observe errors and traffic levels down each link in the Split Multilink Trunk.
VPFM automatically enables the trending of Key Resource Indicators and Key Performance Indicators to provide historical views of things like errors, congestion, utilization in/out of the important trunk links of the switch by slot and port.
VPFM has the ability to forward events and send email notifications when critical issues occur.
Enterprise Policy Manager, formerly known as Optivity Policy Services supports the identification of network traffic based on several criteria such as IP Address, TCP or UDP port number, or VLAN Number[12] Centralized ACLs for Filtering and QoS – VPFM provides the ability to monitor the traffic levels on the many links that connect a network together for excessive utilization or error rates.