Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 9.6 Developer's Guide

Cisco Prime Optical 9.6.3 GateWay/CORBA Programmer Reference Guide

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The NMS retrieves all active alarms on the EMS and on managed element objects. The NMS

filters alarms based on probable cause, perceived severity, and managed element name.

1.3 Overview of CORBA Services

GateWay/CORBA uses two CORBA services—naming service and notification service. The

naming service is required for GateWay/CORBA to function. If the notification service is not

available, alarm and event notifications are not forwarded to the OSS. By default, the naming

and notification services are installed on the Prime Optical server during the GateWay/CORBA

installation. However, the CORBA services can be located anywhere as long as they are

accessible from the Prime Optical server on which GateWay/CORBA is installed. The OSS

application(s) must also use the same instances of the naming service and the notification

service.

1.3.1 Naming Service

GateWay/CORBA and the other Prime Optical server processes must use a naming service in

order to operate. GateWay/CORBA includes the OpenFusion naming service product. By

default, GateWay/CORBA is configured to use OpenFusion. However, you can configure

GateWay/CORBA and the Prime Optical server to use a different centralized naming service. For

more information, see

1.3.2 Notification Service

GateWay/CORBA must use a CORBA notification service to report faults and events.

GateWay/CORBA includes the PrismTech OpenFusion notification service product, and is

configured by default to use it. As with the naming service, you can configure GateWay/CORBA

to use a different notification service. For more information, see

The following scenarios describe possible configurations of the naming and notification

services.
Scenario 1: Naming and Notification Services Installed on the Prime Optical Server

The naming and notification services are installed on the Prime Optical server workstation as
shown in the following figure.