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Developing a Fore Technology Adapter for the Integrated Network Management Services
Antonio Rivera
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet
Contents
Integrated Network Management Services
INMS and network management
INMS Gate
Integration of third party agents.
Distributed Network Management.
Configurable Alarm Filtering and Correlation.
Graphical User Interface.
Architecture of GateNM
Implementation of GateNM
Technology integration
Prolog API for Technology Adapters
Module concept for Technology Adapters
The INMS Data Model
Proxy Agent.
Physical Node.
Physical Module.
Physical Port.
Logical Port.
Physical Link.
NodeToNodeLink.
NodeToPortLink.
LogicalLink.
Fore's ATM technology
About Fore's network element model
ATM switch models
ASX-200WG.
ASX-200BX.
ASX-1000.
ASX-1200.
ASX-4000.
Special characteristics of the ASX-1000 and ASX-1200
Special characteristics of the ASX-4000
The Switch Control Processor
Fore's "smart" PVCs
SNMP Interface
Configuration of Fore network elements
ForeView
Fore Technology Adapter
Features
Hardware and software requirements
Modelling of the Fore node configuration within INMS
Configuration in the INMS database
Configuring Fore nodes via the INMS DB editor
1. Generation of a node.
2. Specifying properties of the node.
3. Creating a Gate instance.
4. Configuration of Modules and Ports.
5. Configuration of logical links.
Note:
Autodiscovery
Physical Nodes.
Physical Modules.
Physical Ports.
Logical Ports.
Logical Links.
Technology dependent mapping rules
The switch board as a container object
Switch types ASX-200WG and ASX-200BX.
Switch types ASX-1000 and ASX-1200.
Switch type ASX-4000.
ATM Addressing
SPANS ATM address:
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ATM Forum ATM address (allows E.164 addresses):
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NSAP (Network Service Access Point) address:
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Implementation
Fault management
Monitoring of operational states
Node level
Module level
Network module.
Power supply module.
Fan bank module.
Switch control processor module.
Physical port level
Logical port level
PVCs
Implementation
Monitoring of alarm states
Nodes
ASX-200WG alarm status mapping.
ASX-200BX alarm status mapping.
ASX-1x00 alarm status mapping.
ASX-4000 alarm status mapping.
Modules, physical and logical ports
Trap mapping
Conclusion
Anecdotal
To-do list
References
Appendix
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