Solstice Enterprise Manager 4.1 Developing C++ Applications

Appendix B

Standards Reference and Further Reading

B.1 Standards Reference

Solstice EM is based on the specifications and standards listed in the following subsections.

Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)

• M.3000 Overview of TMN Recommendations
• M.3010 Principles of a Telecommunications Management Network
• M.3020 TMN Interface Specification Methodology
• M.3100 Generic Network Information Model
• M.3180 Catalogue of TMN Management Information
• M.3200 TMN Management Services: Overview
• M.3300 TMN Management Capabilities
• M.3400 TMN Management Functions

OSI Model and Notation

• ITU-T X.208/ISO-8824 Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
• ITU-T X.209/ISO-8825 Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)

OSI Structure of Management Information

• ITU-T X.700/ISO-7498 Management Framework
• ITU-T X.701/ISO-10040 System Management Overview
• ITU-T X.710/ISO-9595 Common Management Information Services (CMISE)
• ITU-T X.711/ISO-9596-1 Common Management Information Protocol Specification
• ITU-T X.720/ISO-10165-1 Management Information Model
• ITU-T X.721/ISO-10165-2 Definition of Management Information
• ITU-T X.722/ISO-10165-4 Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (GDMO)

OSI Service Elements

• ITU-T X.219/ISO-9072-1 Remote Operations: Model, Notation and Service Definition
• ITU-T X.229/ISO-9072-2 Remote Operations: Protocol Specification
• ITU-T X.217/ISO-8649 Service Definition for the Association Control Service Element
• ITU-T X.227/ISO-8650 Connection-Oriented Protocol Specification for the Association Control Service Element

Systems Management Functions

• X.730/ ISO 10164-1 Object Management Function
• X.731/ ISO 10164-2 State management Function
• X.732/ ISO 10164-3 Attributes for Representing Relationships
• X.733/ ISO 10164-4 Alarm Reporting Function
• X.734/ ISO 10164-5 Event Report Management Function
• X.735/ ISO 10164-6 Log Control Function
• X.736/ ISO 10164-7 Security Alarm Reporting Function
• X.737/ ISO 10164-14 Confidence and Diagnostic Test Categories
• X.738/ ISO 10164-13 Summarization Function
• X.739/ ISO 10164-11 Metric Objects and Attributes
• X.740/ ISO 10164-8 Security Audit Trail Function
• X.741/ ISO 10164-9 Objects and Attributes for Access Control
• X.742/ ISO 10164-10 Usage Metering Function for Accounting Purposes
• X.745/ ISO 10164-12 Test Management Function
• X.746/ ISO 10164-15 Scheduling Function
• X.750/ ISO 10164-16 Management Knowledge Management Function
• X.751/ ISO 10164-17 Changeover Function

B.2 Terminology References

The ISO specifications provide precise technical definitions for a number of terms used through out this document.

TABLE B-1   ISO Specifications for Terminology Definitions 

Term	Defined In
access control	X.741 ISO/IEC 10164-9: 1995(E)
action	X.720 ISO/IEC 10165-1
agent	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
agent role	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
Application Entity Title (AE-Title)	ISO 7498-3
Application Program Title (AP-Title)	ISO 7498-3
Association Control Service Element (ACSE) protocol	ITU-T X.227/ISO-8650
Association Control Service Element (ACSE) service	ITU-T X.217/ISO-8649
attribute	X.710 ISO/IEC 9595
attribute identifier	X.720 ISO 10165-1
attribute type	X.720 ISO 10165-1
attribute value assertion	X.720 ISO 10165-1
constructed encoding	X.209 ISO 8825
containment	X.720 ISO 10165-1
destination (see destination attribute syntax)	X.734 ISO 10164-5
discriminator	X.734 ISO 10164-5
distinguished name	X.720 ISO 10165-1
end-of-contents octets	X.209 ISO 8825
event forwarding discriminator (see eventForwardingDiscriminator managed object class syntax)	X.734 ISO 10164-5
event report management function	X.734 ISO 10164-5
filter (see CMISfilter syntax)	X.711 ISO/IEC 9596-1
functional unit	X.710 ISO/IEC 9595
identifier octets	X.209 ISO 8825
length octets	X.209 ISO 8825
local distinguished name (see ObjectInstance syntax)	X.711 ISO/IEC 9596-1
managed object	ISO 7498-4
managed object class	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
management information	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
managed information base	ISO 7498-4
manager	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
manager role	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
naming binding	X.720 ISO 10165-1
naming tree	X.720 ISO 10165-1
notification	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
notification type	X.701 ISO/IEC 10040
open system	X.200 ISO 7498
primitive encoding	X.209 ISO 8825
relative distinguished name	X.720 ISO 10165-1
Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE) protocol	ITU-T X.229/ISO-9072-2
Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE) service	ITU-T X.219/ISO-9072-1
systems management	X.200 ISO 7498
top managed object class	X.721 ISO/IEC 10165-2

B.3 Further Reading

The following books are useful for more detailed information about OSI networking concepts and principles:

• Computer Networks (Second Edition) by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (Prentice-Hall International Editions, 1988)
• OSI A Model for Computer Communications Standards by Uyless Black (Prentice-Hall, 1991)
• Network Management Standards (The OSI, SNMP and CMOL Protocols) by Uyless Black (McGraw-Hill on Computer Communications, 1992)
• SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network-Management Standards by William Stallings (Addison-Wesley, 1993)
• Telecommunications Network Management into the 21st Century: Techniques, Standards, Technologies and Applications edited by Salah Aidarous and Thomas Plevyak (IEEE Press, 1994)
• GDMO Object Modelling and Definition for Network Management by Baha Hebrawi (Technology Appraisals, 1995)