This guide is intended for network administrators who want to understand the design and functionality of this cartridge, and for Network Integrity integrators and developers who want either to build or to extend similar cartridges.

You should be familiar with the following documents:

• Network Integrity Concepts: for an overview of Network Integrity

• Network Integrity Developer's Guide: for detailed information about Network Integrity cartridge components and extensibility

• Network Integrity Installation Guide: for information about the cartridge deployer to deploy and undeploy cartridges to the run-time application

• Network Integrity UIM Integration Cartridge Guide: because the Optical UIM Integration cartridge extends the UIM Integration cartridge

• Network Integrity Optical TMF814 CORBA Cartridge Guide: because the Optical UIM Integration cartridge extends the Optical TMF814 CORBA cartridge

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following Oracle products and components:

• Oracle Communications Design Studio for Network Integrity

• Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management (UIM)

• Network Integrity Optical TMF814 CORBA Cartridge

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following concepts and technologies:

• Development and extensibility of Network Integrity cartridges

• TMF814 and Multi Technology Network Management (MTNM) standards and terminology

• Common object request broker architecture (CORBA) standards and terminology

• Synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)

• Oracle Communications Information Model