Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) Subsystem Interface Development Guide

Function of the I Process
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Development Guide
I Process Development Process
You can think of an I process as being a translator from the DSNM language to the
language supported by the subsystem CI.
DSNM commands can be categorized by function as follows:
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Information retrieval commands—return various types of information about objects.
These are the AGGREGATE, INFO, STATISTICS, and STATUS commands.
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Control commands—change the state of objects. These are the START, STOP, and
ABORT commands.
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Monitoring commands—report information on the status of subsystem objects as
currently stored in the DSNM object database, and enable you to control certain
aspects of how objects are monitored. These are the INQUIRE and UPDATE
commands.
Note. This release of the DSNM subsystem interface development software addresses
server-type CIs only, which must be started outside the I process.
Figure 3-1. Function of the I Process
I process reads
command buffer
Converts DSNM command
into syntactically correct
subsystem command(s)
Command(s) sent to
subsystem CI for execution
Response returned
Response interpreted and
converted to standard DSNM
form
Response buffer returned to
requester
User issues DSNM command
Object name
resolution
Command
server
Formatted response
returned for display
Command(s) executed
Subsystem
CI
I process
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