1 Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle Communications Network Integrity IP Assimilation cartridge.
This chapter contains the following sections:
About the IP Assimilation Cartridge
The IP Assimilation cartridge supports the modeling of IP links. It accepts the results of the MIB-II SNMP discovery scan as input and discovers links among the devices present in the result group of the input.
The IP Assimilation cartridge includes the following types of actions:
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Import: Retrieves IP connectivities and models them in Oracle Communications Information Model.
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Discrepancy Detection: Compares data imported from UIM with the discovered IP links and reports discrepancies.
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Discrepancy Resolution: Resolves discrepancies on connectivities in UIM.
About Cartridge Dependencies
This section provides information about the dependencies that the IP Assimilation Cartridge has on other entities.
Run-Time Dependencies
For the IP Assimilation cartridge to work at run time, you must:
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Deploy the Address_Handlers, UIM Integration and MIB-II SNMP cartridges to Network Integrity.
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Install UIM and make it accessible to Network Integrity.
The following components must be deployed to UIM:
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ora_ni_uim_assimilation
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UIM Integration Web Service
Design-Time Dependencies
The IP Assimilation cartridge has the following dependencies:
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Generic_Assimilation_Model
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NetworkIntegritySDK
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ora_uim_model
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UIM_Integration_Cartridge
See "Working with the UIM Sample Web Service" in Network Integrity UIM Integration Cartridge Guide for information about the operation of the web service and its dependencies.
Opening the Cartridge Files in Design Studio
To review and extend the IP Assimilation Cartridge, you must download the Oracle Communications IP Assimilation Cartridge software from the Oracle software delivery website:
The software contains the IP Assimilation Cartridge ZIP file, which has the following structure:
- \UIM_Cartridge_Projects\
- \Network_Integrity_Cartridge_Projects\
See SCD Modeling Network Integrity in and Network Integrity Developer's Guide for information about opening files in Design Studio.
Building and Deploying the Cartridge
See SCD Modeling Network Integrity for information about building and deploying cartridges.