Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 10.6 Developer's Guide

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Cisco Prime Optical 10.6 GateWay/CORBA Programmer Reference Guide 
 
 
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Preface 
This section explains the objectives, intended audience, and organization of this guide and describes the 
conventions that convey instructions and other information.  
Objectives 
This guide provides a detailed description of the northbound Common Object Request Broker 
Architecture (CORBA) interfaces supported by Cisco Prime Optical. This guide serves as a reference for 
developers of Operations Support System (OSS) applications that interface with Cisco Prime Optical 
GateWay/CORBA 10.6. 
Use this guide to: 
  Learn about the northbound CORBA interfaces supported by Cisco Prime Optical 10.6 
  Understand the input parameters, output parameters, and attributes associated with Cisco Prime 
Optical GateWay/CORBA 
  Audience 
Audience 
The primary audience for this guide includes network operations personnel and system administrators. 
This guide assumes the reader is familiar with the following products and topics: 
  Cisco ONS 15000-series products 
  Cisco Carrier Packet Transport (CPT) System 
  Network Convergence System (NCS) 
  Basic internetworking terminology and concepts 
  Network topology and protocols 
  Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows 
  Server 2003 Terminal Server 
  Sun Microsystems Solaris administration 
  Oracle database administration 
  Object Management Group (OMG) CORBA, notification service, and naming service 
  Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) architecture model 
Conventions 
This guide uses the following conventions: 
Item  
Convention 
Commands and keywords 
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Displayed session and system information screen 
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Information that the user must enter  
Variables that the user must supply  
Menu items and button names  
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Selecting a menu item  
Option > Network Preferences 
 
  Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in 
the publication. 
 
 
 
 
  Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment 
damage or loss of data.