The NSP interacts with the network using MDM, and through optional classic SNMP management. NSP mediation provides:

• network data access

• object provisioning and modification mechanisms

• network change and event notifications

Note: The NSP supports NE mediation using IPv4 and IPv6 concurrently; see “IP version support” in the NSP Installation and Upgrade Guide for information.

The NSP includes the following network mediation mechanisms and components:

• MDM, in a deployment that includes Pluggable Network Adaptation, which provides mediation services for:

  • Nokia and multi-vendor devices managed using YANG model-based interfaces

  • Nokia and multi-vendor IP devices managed using SNMP

  • T-API

• Flow Collectors, which collect AA Cflowd or System Cflowd statistics directly from NEs

• NFM-P, in a classic management deployment for legacy SNMP management

• VSR-NRC, which mediates with IP NEs for PCE-PCEP

  VSR-NRC also provides BGP-LS protocol termination from network to NSP, and BGP SR Policy protocol termination from NSP to SROS.

• WS-NOC, for optical transport network mediation

Classic management

The NFM-P provides role-based network and service management for classically managed networks.

Note: In addition to managing Nokia devices, you can obtain NFM-P adaptors for managing third-party equipment; contact Nokia for information.