INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR CMIP-BASED AND SNMP-BASED MANAGEMENT

Private networks are becoming globalized and more complicated through LAN-WAN interconnection. While WANs are managed by CMIP, LANs are mana ged by SNMP. To achieve end-to-end management, the integration of CMIP -based and SNMP-based management is important. We have developed an MI (Management Integration) platform for CMIP-based and SNMP-based manag ement. It provides OSI SMF (Systems Management Function)-based unified basic management services to upper level applications regardless of t he differences between CMIP-based and SNMP-based management. It achiev es this with two modules: a management information transfer integratio n module that mainly covers protocol and data format differences betwe en them, and a basic management module that covers functional differen ces. The translation of management information in the former module ca n be changed flexibly because the translation is based on an external script file. The latter module has additional SMF-like functions for t he management of SNMP agents in addition to SMF manager role functions , etc. Prototype evaluation has demonstrated the feasibility of the MI platform.