RE: [mgmtprotocol] Oasis mngt use cases

Nikula,

One of largest use cases, that comes from large enterprises and tier 1 ISP
is to have their 'home grown' applications (scripts) talk directly to the
routers/switches/firewalls. Is that represented in the use cases below ?

thanks
ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikula, Richard [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:51 AM
To: 'Karl Best'
Cc: 
Subject: [mgmtprotocol] Oasis mngt use cases


Do the following make sense as possible use cases? This is just a starter
set, I've only tried to address the scenario configurations, not necessarily
what the management application wants to do.

Definitions:
*	Objects - the manageable entities.
*	Managed Object - an abstraction of an object or objects exposed
through a management interface.
*	Management Server - Provides the management interface to expose
managed objects.
*	Management Application - an application that consumes managed
objects (could include reporting, method invocation, and events)
*	Management Protocol - the OASIS management protocol

Use cases:
*	Management application uses the management protocol to access
managed objects via a single management server.
*	Management application uses the management protocol to access
managed objects via multiple management servers of the same type, each
managing a unique set of managed objects.
*	Management application uses the management protocol to access
managed objects via multiple management servers of the same type, where some
or all of the managed objects exist in multiple servers.
*	Management application uses the management protocol to access
managed objects via multiple management servers of the different types, each
managing a unique set of managed objects.
*	Management application uses the management protocol to access
managed objects via multiple management servers of the different types,
where some or all of the managed objects exist in multiple servers.
*	Object provider wants to provide objects via the management protocol
without requiring a 3rd party management server (similar to SNMP)

Regards
Richard


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