Chapter 36. Communications Management

The Previous Chapter

The previous chapter provided a detailed description of the Performance Manager (PM), the Performance Management Agent (PMA), and the PM-related mtehods and attributes. Specifically, it covered:

• The role of Performance Management (PM).

• The required features.

• The optional features.

• PM MAD format.

• PM methods.

• Mandatory PM attributes.

• Optional PM attributes.

This Chapter

This chapter provides a detailed description of the Communications Management (CM) MADs, Methods, Attributes, etc. Specifically, it covers:

• CM MAD format.

• CM methods.

• CM attributes.

• CM MADs.

• Definition of Client and Server.

• Definition of Active and Passive CMs.

• The three supported models.

• Definition of a stale communications channel.

The Next Chapter

The next chapter provides a detailed description of the Device Manager (DM), Device Management Agents (DMAs), DM Methods, DM Attributes, and so on. Specifically, it covers:

• Definition of IOU and IOCs.

• Each IOU contains a DMA.

• DM MAD format.

• DM Methods.

• DM Attributes.