Preface

Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM) technology packs provide support for specific technology domains and a base for project-specific adaptation. Wherever possible, technology packs include elements and business logic based on relevant industry standards. The use of industry standards provides a set of elements and business logic that you can use with a minimal amount of customization.

Technology packs are separately licensed and may evolve over multiple releases. Guidelines are provided to facilitate uptake of new or enriched elements while preserving field-developed implementations.

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack provides business entities and behaviors required by providers of data networking services using Metro Ethernet technology, as standardized by the Metro Ethernet Forum. This includes models for Ethernet Private Line and Virtual Private Line services, Ethernet Sites and logic for VLAN management.

This guide contains the following information about the Metro Ethernet Technology Pack:

• Background and introductory information about Metro Ethernet technology and the technology pack

• Contents of the technology pack

• Instructions for configuring a Metro Ethernet service

• Example implementation scenario

• Extension points

Audience

This document is intended for business analysts and the following groups of people who design and implement a Metro Ethernet service:

• Customer-service subject-matter experts who model products in the application

• Network design engineers who model equipment, connections, and networks in the application

• Service provisioners who model services in the application

The guide assumes that readers have a working knowledge of Metro Ethernet technology and UIM.

Related Documentation

For more information, see the following documents in Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management documentation set:

• UIM Installation Guide: Describes the requirements for installing UIM, installation procedures, and post-installation tasks.

• UIM System Administrator's Guide: Describes administrative tasks such as working with cartridges and technology packs, maintaining security, managing the database, configuring Oracle Map Viewer, and troubleshooting.

• UIM Security Guide: Provides guidelines and recommendations for setting up UIM in a secure configuration.

• UIM Concepts: Provides an overview of important concepts and an introduction to using both UIM and Design Studio.

• UIM Developer's Guide: Explains how to customize and extend many aspects of UIM, including the data model, life-cycle management, topology, security, rulesets, Web services, user interface, and localization.

• UIM Information Model Reference: Describes the UIM information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities.

• Oracle Communications Information Model Reference: Describes the Oracle Communications information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities. The information described in this reference is common across all Oracle Communications products.

• UIM Cartridge and Technology Pack Guide: Provides information about how you use cartridges and technology packs with UIM. Describes the content of the base cartridges.

• UIM technology pack implementation guides: Describe the content of product technology packs as well as configuration guidelines and implementation considerations.

For step-by-step instructions for performing tasks, log into each application to see the following:

• Design Studio online Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in Design Studio.

• UIM online Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in UIM.

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