This guide explains how to implement and use the NFV Orchestration functionality of Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management.
This document is intended for:
Network operations and management personnel who install, configure, and maintain physical and virtual network infrastructure
Data modelers who define specifications for entities that represent Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), network services, and other related and dependant items in the inventory
Engineers who model resources in Design Studio
Systems integrators who implement and integrate the NFV Orchestration functionality of Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM).
The guide assumes that you have a working knowledge of UIM and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) architecture and concepts.
For step-by-step instructions to perform tasks, log in to each application to see the following:
UIM Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in UIM.
Design Studio Help: Provides step-by-step instructions for tasks you perform in Design Studio.
For more information, see the following documentation:
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 cartridge packs, maintaining security, managing the database, configuring Oracle Map Viewer, and troubleshooting.
Design Studio Installation Guide: Describes the requirements for installing Design Studio, installation procedures, and post-installation tasks.
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, user interface, and localization.
Design Studio Developer's Guide: Describes how to customize, extend, and work with cartridges.
UIM Web Services Developer's Guide: Describes the UIM Web Service operations and how to use them, and describes how to create custom Web services.
UIM Information Model Reference: Describes the UIM information model entities and data attributes, and explains patterns that are common across all entities. This document is available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud as part of the Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management Developer Documentation package.
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. This document is available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud as part of the Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management Developer Documentation package.
UIM Cartridge Guide: Provides information about how you use cartridge packs with UIM. Describes the content of the base cartridges.
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