Overview

About the RAN and Microwave Discovery Cartridge

The RAN and Microwave Discovery cartridge supports of modelling of RAN (Radio Access Network) and Microwave devices in the network.

The RAN and Microwave Discovery cartridge provides functionality including:

Read and collect data from files provided using FTP.
Generic RAN and Microwave logical discovery and modeling.
Generic RAN and Microwave physical discovery and modeling.
Discrepancy detection and resolution on modeled data.

This cartridge produces both logical and physical device hierarchies that represent a discovered device. The logical hierarchy includes a logical device and child interfaces. The physical hierarchy includes physical devices, equipments, equipment holders, and physical ports. In addition, this cartridge creates associations between the physical and logical hierarchies. The first association is at the device level, between the physical device and the logical device, and the second association is at the interface level between physical ports and Interfaces.

The cartridge will discover the following network entities:

NE
Rack
Shelf
Card
Port
Interface

Figure 1-1 shows a sample Microwave logical device hierarchy.

Figure 1-1 Sample Microwave Logical Device Hierarchy

Description of "Figure 1-1 Sample Microwave Logical Device Hierarchy"

This cartridge is designed to be used on a standalone basis displaying the model hierarchy in Network Integrity. It provides no integration with other products but may be extended. It is designed to discover RAN and Microwave devices only, and any attempts to discover other devices results in a scan failure.

In addition to a discovery action, the cartridge provides discrepancy detection and discrepancy resolution for integration with Unified Inventory Management (UIM).

Discrepancy detection provides the mechanism to allow a filtered comparison of logical and physical device trees between what is discovered and what is imported from UIM. For more information about discrepancy detection actions and processors, see Network Integrity Developer's Guide.

The discrepancy resolution action enables the discovered logical and physical device trees to be created and updated in UIM.

About Cartridge Dependencies

This section provides information on dependencies that the RAN and Microwave Discovery cartridge has on other entities.

Run-Time Dependencies

This cartridge requires that the Address_Handlers cartridge be deployed to Network Integrity.

Design-Time Dependencies

The RAN and Microwave Discovery cartridge has the following dependencies:

Address_Handlers
NetworkIntegritySDK
ora_uim_model
ora_ni_uim_ran_microwave
UIM Integration Web Service
ora_ni_uim_ocim

Opening the Cartridge Files in Design Studio

To review and extend the SDH Discovery cartridge, you must first download the Oracle Communications RAN and Microwave Discovery Cartridge software from the Oracle software delivery website:

https://edelivery.oracle.com

The software contains the RAN and Microwave Discovery cartridge ZIP file, which has the following structure:

\UIM_Cartridge_Projects\
\Network_Integrity_Cartridge_Projects\
RAN-and-Microwave-Discovery-Cartridge-R7.iar

For more information about opening files in Design Studio, see Design Studio Online Help and Network Integrity Developer's Guide.

Building and Deploying the Cartridge

For more information about building and deploying cartridges, see Design Studio Help.