What tools can I use to configure NEs in NSP?

Configuration tools

The following table describes functions within NSP that can be used to perform configuration tasks.

Function

Description

Path in NSP

Documentation reference

Model Driven Configurator

Model Driven Configurator allows you to configure parameters and view state information defined in the NE adaptation schema. .

Model Driven Configurator is applicable to devices managed by MDM for which MDC adaptors have been installed in the MDM server. The built-in device models are used; that is, Model Driven Configurator does not perform any model conversion. This enables compatibility with future NE releases without the need to upgrade the NSP. All that is required is installation of the new adaptors.

Model Driven Configurator

This chapter

RESTCONF APIs are also available for MDM managed NEs; see the Device Configuration API documentation on the Network Developer Portal.

Infrastructure Configuration Management (ICM)

With ICM, you can define reusable configuration templates covering physical configurations such as cards and ports, and logical configurations such as QoS. These templates can be deployed to the network with fixed or flexible attributes.

Device Management, Configuration Deployments

Chapter 8, Network configuration

Large-scale operations (LSO)

An operation is a series of executions, organized in phases, which are performed on a scope of NEs. You can use an operation to perform executions on large numbers of NEs concurrently; for example, upgrading all SR NEs in a network to the latest SR OS release.

Device Management, All Operations

Chapter 4, Large-scale operations

Service Management

Service Management allows for service provisioning and activation across networks accessible to the NSP, enabling users to make service requests that deploy services to the network using the NSP’s mediation framework.

A library exists with a predefined set of service models for both classic and model-mode SR OS networks. These service models can be installed and utilized by NSP to provide assurance that service configuration is as planned/requested, and also provides adaptability for custom service model requests.

Service Management, Service List

NSP Service Management Guide