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Management System Design <strong>and</strong> Implementation Issues 141<br />

The main function <strong>of</strong> the provisioning manager is hence to control the<br />

provisioning <strong>of</strong> connectivity services in the WINMAN-managed IP <strong>over</strong> WDM<br />

network. This component receives the requests issued from the WINMAN<br />

operator through the GUI or from the SMS application through the northbound<br />

interface <strong>and</strong> triggers, via the southbound interface, the required configuration<br />

actions on lower level applications to activate the services. According<br />

to Chapter 6, there can be three types <strong>of</strong> connectivity requests: provide ICS/CS,<br />

modify ICS/CS, <strong>and</strong> delete ICS/CS.<br />

These requests are passed to the provisioning manager using the proper<br />

operations defined in the TMF connection <strong>and</strong> service management information<br />

model (CaSMIM) interface [2], designed as a technology-agnostic interface<br />

suitable for its use between SMSs <strong>and</strong> network management systems, <strong>and</strong><br />

between interdomain management systems <strong>and</strong> technology-specific management<br />

systems.<br />

As shown in Figure 8.2, separate interfaces have been defined for northbound<br />

requests from the SMS (INorthboundInterface) <strong>and</strong> for GUI requests<br />

from the WINMAN operator (IViewManager) to better cope with the specific<br />

characteristics <strong>of</strong> each type <strong>of</strong> request. However, the same information model<br />

has been adopted <strong>and</strong> the same set <strong>of</strong> functions is supported.<br />

Providing a connection means selecting the resources that will be allocated<br />

to that connection <strong>and</strong> configuring those resources in the network to physically<br />

IEndToEnd<br />

Routing<br />

IToPolicy<br />

Manager<br />

IPMSouthbound<br />

Interface<br />

IPolicy<br />

Manager<br />

Figure 8.2 The Provisioning manager context.<br />

INorthbound<br />

Interface<br />

Provisioning<br />

manager<br />

IView<br />

Manager<br />

IConnection<br />

ITreeView<br />

Object<br />

IInventory

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