NEM Core and Database
FOXMAN-UN is built around a database. This database stores all the relevant information:
• For management:
− Agents and supervised network elements.
• At the element level:
− configuration,
− alarm,
− inventory,
− performance counters (if enabled).
• At networking level:
− Services (Service Supervision),
− End-to-end MPLS services (Ethernet Networking Package),
− End-to-end TDM services (Networking Package).
• For security access:
− users and roles,
− domains,
− profiles.
• Maps and sections;
• SW management for managed nodes (FOX61x):
− Network overview,
− Distribution wizard,
− Task and job management.
• Credentials distribution:
− Scheduled tasks for distribution of passwords to managed nodes (FOX61x),
− management and download to managed nodes (FOX61x) of SSH keys;
• Events.
The core component contains the software necessary for managing this information as well as for handling the communication with the other processes.