OSI/AS Configuration and Management Manual

Management Environment
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OSI/AS Management Components
OSI/AS Management Components
The following subsections describe the role of the OSI manager process and the MIB in
the OSI/AS management environment:
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OSI Manager Process on this page
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Management Information Base (MIB) on this page
OSI Manager Process
The OSI manager process is central to the OSI management environment and is the
focal point for configuration and management requests that you send to the OSI/AS
subsystem. The OSI manager process maintains configuration information for the entire
OSI/AS subsystem.
The OSI manager process controls all TAPS and TSP processes in an OSI/AS
subsystem. Through the OSI manager you add, start, stop, and delete TAPS and TSP
processes. NSP processes, however, are not controlled by the OSI manager process in
the same way. NSP processes correspond to existing subnetwork processes that you have
configured through SYSGEN or by using the Dynamic System Configuration (DSC)
facilities. When you add NSP processes to the OSI/AS configuration, therefore, you are
only registering these existing processes with the OSI manager process—you are not
actually adding them.
Management Information Base (MIB)
The MIB is a key-sequenced file that you create as a first step when configuring your
OSI subsystem. The OSI manager process reads from this file when it starts, and as you
configure your OSI/AS subsystem, the OSI manager stores the configuration
information (LMIB) in this file.
The MIB also contains the LDIB data. The LDIB contains the addressing information
that you configure for each application that uses your subsystem. The OSI manager
process uses this information to select the processes that service each application request
for ACSE, presentation, or session services, and to specify protocol configurations for
the different layer services.
The subsection “Configuring Application Entities” in Section 4 NO SUCH
SECTION shows the contents of the MIB database in more detail, with respect to the
options selected using SCF. Section 4, Installing and Configuring the Subsystem
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describes how to create the MIB database.