OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

Introduction to Management Programming for
OSI/MHS
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Control-and-Inquiry Interface
Control-and-Inquiry Interface
All of the processes in OSI/MHS are controlled by the MHS manager. The MHS
manager is a key component in the control-and-inquiry interface. Figure 1-4 shows the
management interface to OSI/MHS for commands and responses.
The management of the OSI/MHS subsystem requires the Subsystem Control Point
(SCP) process. This process provides control-and-inquiry management interfaces to a
number of Compaq subsystems. Commands are sent to SCP, which forwards them to
the appropriate subsystems or, in the case of a small number of commands, handles
them itself. SCP is used internally by the SCF interactive interface, as well as by
management applications you write.
As shown in Figure 1-4
, the SPI sends each OSI/MHS command to and receives a
response from the MHS manager. Both the commands and the responses are formatted
as SPI buffers. (SPI buffers are described in Section 2, Communicating with the
OSI/MHS Processes.)
For more information about the MHS manager and how to manage the OSI/MHS
subsystem, refer to the OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual. For more
information about the use of SCP by management applications, refer to the SPI Common
Extensions Manual.
Figure 1-4. OSI/MHS Control and Inquiry Management Interface
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SCP
SCF
OSI/MHS Subsystem
MR Groups
MHS
Manager
Config.
Databases
MS Groups
RS Groups
Management
Application
Configuration and Control Components
LO Groups
GI Groups
User