NSP Software Development Kit (SDK)

After completing the course, students should be able to:

• Describe the MDM architecture and the role of the adaptors
• List and describe the different types of adaptors
• Describe the purpose, components, and functionality of the SDK application
• Describe the discovery adaptor functionality
• Demonstrate how to create and test the discovery adaptors for the Netconf and SNMP protocols
• Explain the Device Model and Communicator functionalities and how they interact within a Device Adaptor
• Demonstrate how to create and test a Device Adaptor.
• Describe the purpose and the functionality of the MDC (cut-through) adaptor
• Demonstrate how to create and test a MDC (cut-through) adaptor
• Describe Telemetry adaptor functionalities
• Demonstrate how to create and test the Telemetry adaptor.

Module 1 - Introduction
 

• NSP Multivendor network management
• MDM architecture
• Adaptor types
   

Module 2 - SDK components and functionalities

• SDK Overview and functionalities
• SDK Application - GUI
• SDK MDM Server - GUI
• SDK Remote Deploy feature
   

Module 3 - Discovery adaptors
 

• Discovery Adaptor functionalities
• Creating the Discovery Adaptor for Netconf
• Customizing and testing the Netconf Discovery Adaptor
• Creating the Discovery Adaptor for SNMP
• Customizing and testing the SNMP Discovery Adaptor
   

Module 4 - Model-driven cut-through adaptors

• MDC adaptor (cut-through adaptor) functionality
• Creating, Modifying and Testing MDC adaptors
   

Module 5 - Device model and device adaptors

• Device Adaptor functionality
• Creating a Device Adaptor
• Testing a Device Adaptor
   

Module 6 - Telemetry adaptor
 

• Telemetry adaptor functionalities
• Creating Telemetry Adaptor