Oracle Communications Network Integrity 7.1: Developer

This Network Integrity 7.1 course gives developers a clear understanding of cartridge concepts and architecture, and the cartridge creation process. Participants are introduced to the richness of the Design Studio-based cartridge creation IDE including the auto-generated interface code. The practical exercises guide participants through the entire cartridge creation process from Design Studio project creation through cartridge deployment into a Network Integrity 7.1 environment.

By the end of this course, participants have the skills to apply their understanding of Network Integrity extensibility to meet their organization's business needs to discover and synchronize network and inventory data. Further to this, participants are enabled to use the Network Integrity APIs to programmatically access Network Integrity's functions.

Learn To:

• Use Oracle Communications Design Studio to create and deploy cartridges
• Understand the Network Integrity cartridge architecture and cartridge creation process
• Develop cartridges to extend Network Integrity's native functionality
• Use the Network Integrity web service API
• Understand the Oracle Communications Information Model and how Network Integrity uses it
• Use Network Integrity product cartridge to assimilate optical circuits and integrate with MSS

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience

• Developer

Course Topics Introduction to Network Integrity

• Product overview
• Typical process flow
• Using Network Integrity
• Network Integrity architecture

The MSS Integration Cartridge

• Overview
• Dependencies
• Cartridge resources
• The MSS extract schema
• Importing equipment and circuits
• Discrepancy detection
• Discrepancy Resolution

The Network Integrity Model

• Network Integrity model overview
• The Network Integrity model and POMS
• The discrepancy-enabled characteristic
• The scan model
• The scan run model
• The scan results model
• The discrepancy model
• Miscellaneous models

The Optical Assimilation Cartridge

• Overview
• Dependencies
• Cartridge resources
• Creating a circuit assimilation scan
• Data modeling

The Web Service API

• The web service API overview
• The Create, Get, and Get All operations
• The Delete and Update operations
• The Find operation
• Start and Stop Scan operations
• Get Latest Scan Status operation
• Submit Discrepancies operation
• Security

Cartridge Architecture

• Overview
• Requirements and dependencies
• Cartridge resources
• Model Correction
• Extensibility

Network Integrity Cartridges

• The MIB II SNMP cartridge
• The Cisco Router and Switch SNMP cartridge
• The sample UIM cartridges
• The abstract CORBA cartridge
• The Optical TMF814 CORBA cartridge
• The XML and ASCII file transfer and processing reference cartridges

Design Studio for Network Integrity

• Introduction
• Studio plug-ins to enable Studio for Network Integrity
• Configuring Design Studio
• Design Studio concepts for Network Integrity cartridge development
• How to import cartridges into Design Studio
• Exporting cartridges

Cartridge Deployment

• Cartridge building
• Cartridge packaging
• Using the cartridge deployer tool
• Using Design Studio to deploy cartridges
• Creating a Design Studio environment
• Testing the connection
• Deploying a cartridge
• Undeploying a cartridge

Specifications

• Overview
• Supported types
• Concepts
• Creating an action

Model Collections

• Overview
• Generated code
• Downcasting
• Creating a model collection

Actions

• Overview and types of actions
• Common action components
• Importing or extending actions
• Re-ordering processors and using For Each structures
• Generated code for actions
• Discovery and import actions
• Assimilation actions
• Discrepancy detection and resolution actions

UI Hints

• UI parameters
• UI hints
• UI hints attributes
• UI parameters and hints editors
• Creating UI parameters
• Removing UI hints

Processors

• Overview
• Processor types
• Creating a processor
• Processor properties and context parameters
• Generated code
• Processor implementation

Discovery and SNMP Discovery Processors

• Discovery actions
• Selecting an address handler
• Result category
• Discovery processors
• Creating a discovery processor
• Discovery and SNMP discovery processor methods
• Creating an SNMP discovery processor
• Adding MIBs

Import Actions and Processors

• Import actions overview
• Import processors overview

Assimilation Actions and Processors

• Assimilation action overview
• Assimilation processors overview
• Assimilation processor context
• Assimilation processor methods

Discrepancy Detection Actions and Processors

• Discrepancy detection action overview
• Result source and discrepancy types
• Extra and missing entities and entity associations
• Generic discrepancy detection
• Default severities
• Generic discrepancy detection filters
• Filter initializer processors
• Filters, handlers and post-processing processors

Discrepancy Resolution Actions and Processors

• Discrepancy resolution overview
• Discrepancy types
• Discrepancy resolution actions
• Discrepancy resolution processors

Address Handlers

• Address handler cartridge overview
• Creating an address handler

Cartridge Development Planning

• Cartridge planning
• Understanding discovery behavior
• Discovery considerations
• Network Integrity model hierarchy
• Model correction
• Planning an Import Action

Extending the CORBA and TMF814 cartridges

• Overview
• Cartridge dependencies
• Cartridge resources
• Data modeling

Course Objectives

• Understand the Network Integrity APIs
• Understand the cartridge creation process
• Deploy cartridges
• Understand how Network Integrity uses cartridges
• Use the Network Integrity web service API
• Use Design Studio to extend and create cartridges
• Understand how data is modeled
• Understand the architecture of cartridges