External NSP communication
Introduction
The NSP provides a number of external interfaces to the client and mediation networks, as shown in the following figure. Each external interface is secured using TLS.
Figure 7-2: External NSP interfaces
Client network
The following table lists the consumers associated with each NSP client interface shown in Figure 7-2, External NSP interfaces.
Table 7-1: NSP client interfaces and consumers
Interface |
Consumers |
---|---|
C1, C2, C4 |
Web clients NSP OSS clients NFM-P OSS clients |
C3 |
NFM-P GUI clients |
C5 |
External Syslog server External authentication source External e-mail server |
Mediation network
The following table lists the function of each NSP mediation interface shown in Figure 7-2, External NSP interfaces.
Table 7-2: NSP mediation interfaces and functions
Interface |
Function |
---|---|
M1 |
Optical network mediation using SNMP, TL1 |
M2 |
VSR-NRC network mediation using BGP, PCEP, PCEPS |
M3 |
Legacy network mediation using SNMP, TL1 |
M4 |
IP NE mediation using gRPC/gNMI, SNMP, NETCONF, SSH NE communication using CLI via SSH |
M5 |
Mediator communication with external controller REST/RESTCONF API |