Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 10.3 Technical References

TM FORUM Implementation Statement (IS) Template and Guidelines  

Set By – an indication of who can set the attribute.  

“NMS” means only the NMS can set the value,  

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“EMS” means only the EMS can set the value, and  

“E” means either the NMS or EMS can set the value 

Set When and How – an indication of when and how the attribute can be set.  

“C” (creation) means the attribute can only be set when the managed object is created,  

“L” (lifespan) means the attribute is only set after the managed object is created, and  

“A” (anytime) means the value can be set at creation or anytime thereafter.  

Format – the format of the attribute. Possible values are  

“FREE” for Free Format (in this case the vendor or service provide may want to provide their 
supported/required format(s), e.g., CLLI™ codes for the nativeEMSName)

“FIXED” for Fixed Format (the format is defined in the IDL and must be used without variance, and no 
additional clarification is needed by the vendor or service provider) 

“VALUE LIST” for List (the attribute takes values from a typically long set of possible values defined in the 
IDL, e.g., layerRate, pmParameterName).  In this case, the vendor or service provider may want to provide 
their supported/required set of values, which is a subset of that defined in the IDL plus additional values 
agreed among the vendors and operators. VALUE LIST is used in only a few places in the following tables. 
Basically, a VALUE LIST is a data type with a set of supported values.  

These three categories are meant to be mutually exclusive.  

Clarification Needed – in cases where an attribute may allow for various implementation options, the EMS 
vendor should state how they are handling the option.  

Remarks: 

All attributes for second-level objects are readable by the NMS. Consequently, there is not a column to indicate 
whether or not an attribute is readable. 

There is one table for each interface. 

Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-2. Interface Name, e.g., EquipmentInventoryMgr 

Error Reason  

operation1 

M or O 

Y, N or C 

Exception_Name <error reason 

 

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