Contents

• 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:
      • .
      • ATM Forum ATM address (allows E.164 addresses):
      • .
      • 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