GNE profiles

Overview

The NFM-P provides limited management support of GNEs, which are typically devices from other vendors. These devices can be discovered and managed by the NFM-P, however configuration of the physical components of the NE is not supported. See “Generic NEs” in the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for more information about GNE support.

Before a GNE can be discovered by the NFM-P, a GNE profile has to exist. An OSS can be used to create these profiles. The genericne package is used for the management of GNE profiles and interfaces. The profiles define parameters used to manage non-native network elements.

A GNE profile includes the following elements:

• the device MIB system object ID

• regular-expression strings that specify the format of prompts and commands

• the SNMP trap management configuration

• interfaces that can be specified as the endpoints of NFM-P physical links

Note: To manage GNE profiles, the OSS user requires the genericne scope of command role.