About Network Targets

A network target is a resource on which services or other resources must be activated. For example, in a GSM network, a voice mail service must be activated on a voice mail server. In this scenario, the voice mail server is the target for the voice mail account.

In Design Studio, you can create Role specifications with the Target role type. In UIM, Role entities based on specifications of the Target role type can be associated to logical devices and parties to identify them as network targets.

When you assign a Target role to a Logical Device or Party entity, it becomes a target for other entities associated with it in various ways. Logical devices are network targets for:

Logical device accounts associated with them
Logical devices in their hierarchies (unless those logical devices are themselves network targets)
Device interfaces in their hierarchies
Any entities with which they have custom involvements based on the Manages (Oracle Provided) base specification

Parties can be network targets for:

Any entities associated with them
Any entities with which they have custom involvements based on the Manages (Oracle Provided) base specification