The OSIMIS Platform: Making OSI Management Simple

  • George Pavlou
  • Kevin McCarthy
  • Saleem Bhatti
  • Graham Knight
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Part of the IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing book series (IFIPAICT)

Abstract

The OSIMIS (OSI Management Information Service) platform provides the foundation for the quick, efficient and easy construction of complex management systems. It is an object-oriented development environment in C++ [Strou] based on the OSI Management Model [X701] that hides the underlying protocol complexity (CMIS/P) and harnesses the power and expressiveness of the associated information model [X722] through simple to use Application Program Interfaces (APIs). OSIMIS combines the thoroughness of the OSI models and protocols with advanced distributed systems concepts pioneered by ODP to provide a highly dynamic distributed information store. It also combines seamlessly the OSI management power with the large installed base of Internet SNMP [SNMP] capable network elements. OSIMIS supports particularly well a hierarchical management organisation through hybrid manager-agent applications and may embrace a number of diverse technologies through proxy systems. This paper explains the OSIMIS components, architecture, philosophy and direction.

Keywords

Network Systems Application Management Distributed Systems Platform API 
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

Authors and Affiliations

  • George Pavlou
    • 1
  • Kevin McCarthy
    • 1
  • Saleem Bhatti
    • 1
  • Graham Knight
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceUniversity College LondonLondonUK

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