Provisioning methods
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Provisioning methods
Providing provisioning information to the network element, the management system, or
both the NE and the management system can be accomplished in three different ways.
• Using an NE template.
• Using a pre-provisioned NE.
• Performing an MIB upload.
Management information base
The Management Information Base (MIB) is the provisioning information stored in the
database of the NE. This includes the configuration of the units within the NE, the
name and type of the NE, as well as addressing and network information necessary for
management.
MIB image
As suggested by the name, the MIB image is a copy of the data stored in the MIB.
The MIB image is stored in the ITM-SC thereby enabling the ITM-SC to manage the
NE.
Templates
A template is a collection of configuration data. There are two types of templates,
default and user-defined. In the system software of the WaveStar® ITM-SC are a set of
default templates, which have the essential units already provisioned. User-defined
templates are templates created by the user, and they may use a default template as a
basis. All of these templates can be used to pre-provision and provision network
elements.
The provisioning information contained in a template includes only data concerning the
network element contents; it does not include any information regarding the position of
the NE within the network. For this reason, the templates are a basic provisioning tool
capable of serving as the basis for pre-provisioning or provisioning an NE.
Pre-provisioning
Pre-provisioning allows a network elements configuration data to be stored on the
management system before an actual association with this NE is established. Thus,
creating a pre-provisioned NE prepares for the provisioning of an NE by storing a
dummy NE on the management system. This data, stored as a pre-provisioned NE, is
accessed later when the actual network element is installed and ready to be
provisioned.
Equipment provisioning
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365-312-807R7.2
Issue 4, May 2007
Alcatel-Lucent - Proprietary
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