WIMS> Rewrite of Enterprise Mgmt sequence into four figures

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 22:31:21 EST

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    Hi,

    Below is a complete rewrite of the Enterprise Management sequence
    diagrams into four separate figures, each with their own short
    set of notes (so that each fits on a page in the WIMS spec, per
    request of Bill Wagner).

    This set reflects the new simplified ExecuteAction operation sent
    out earlier today.

    Jerry - some critical text got lost in your previous Visio rendering,
    for example '{SubscribeForAlerts action in Schedule} (1)', which
    is at the beginning of the 2nd figure.

    Cheers,
    - Ira

    Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    phone: +1-906-494-2434
    email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com

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        Set of WIMS Enterprise Management sequence diagrams - 7 Dec 2005

    WIMS Manager WIMS Proxy SNMP Legacy Step In
    (Enterprise) (Agent/Manager) Managed Entity Notes
    ------------ --------------- -------------- -------
    Connect and authenticate (1)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                            Accept and authenticate (2)
        <------------------------
        |
        |
    BeginManagement (3)
        ------------------------>
    (managerURI. |
     agentReference, |
     operations, actions, |
     objects, |
     schedule {w/ action |
      SubscribeForAlerts}) |
                                |
                            BeginManagementResponse (4)
        <------------------------
        | (statusString,
        | operations, actions,
        | objects)
        | {Begin processing new Schedule}
        |
        |
    Disconnect Indication (5)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                            Disconnect OK (6)
        <------------------------

                Figure 3 'Enterprise Management - Association'

    Notes:
    (1) Top-level WIMS Manager (on left in diagram) starts downstream
        connection to WIMS Proxy including authentication of WIMS Proxy.

    (2) WIMS Proxy (in middle of diagram) accepts incoming connection
        from WIMS Manager and completes authentication.

    (3) WIMS Manager proposes management association with WIMS Proxy by
        sending BeginManagement request containing its supported objects,
        operations, and actions and Schedule object (w/ SubscribeForAlerts
        action).

    (4) WIMS Proxy (Agent) accepts management association with WIMS Manager
        by replying with BeginManagement response, specifying its own
        supported objects, operations, and actions and a PWG standard status
        of "SuccessfulOk" and begins processing the new Schedule (i.e.,
        scanning for Actions that have triggered).

    (5) WIMS Manager sends disconnect indication to WIMS Proxy.

    (6) WIMS Proxy sends disconnect OK to WIMS Manager.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    WIMS Manager WIMS Proxy SNMP Legacy Step In
    (Enterprise) (Agent/Manager) Managed Entity Notes
    ------------ --------------- -------------- -------
                            {SubscribeForAlerts action in Schedule} (1)
                            Create Subscription object and
                            Connect and authenticate
        <------------------------
        |
    Accept and authenticate (2)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                                |
                            SendReports (3)
        <------------------------
        | (senderReference,
        | managerURI,
        | reports {list of events
        | in Subscription}
        |
    SendReportsResponse (4)
        ------------------------>
    (statusString, |
     unsupportedElements) |
                                |
                                |
                            Disconnect Indication (5)
        <------------------------
        |
    Disconnect OK (6)
        ------------------------>

                Figure 4 'Enterprise Management - Scheduled Action'

    Notes:
    (1) WIMS Proxy (in middle of diagram) processes SubscribeForAlerts
        action (in Schedule) by creating Subscription object (for event
        notifications) and starting upstream connection to WIMS Manager
        including authentication of WIMS Manager.

    (2) Top-level WIMS Manager (on left in diagram) accepts incoming
        connection from WIMS Proxy and completes authentication.

    (3) WIMS Proxy sends SendReports request to WIMS Manager specifying
        NotifyEvents element (list of events) from Subscription object.

    (4) WIMS Manager replies with SendReports response specifying PWG
        standard status of "SuccessfulOk".

    (5) WIMS Proxy sends disconnect indication to WIMS Manager.

    (6) WIMS Manager sends disconnect OK to WIMS Proxy.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    WIMS Manager WIMS Proxy SNMP Legacy Step In
    (Enterprise) (Agent/Manager) Managed Entity Notes
    ------------ --------------- -------------- -------
    Connect and authenticate (1)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                            Accept and authenticate (2)
        <------------------------
        |
        |
    ExecuteAction (3)
        ------------------------>
    (managerURI, |
     agentReference, |
     action {GetElements of |
      ManagerAgentSupported}) |
                                |
                            {GetElements immediate action} (4)
                            ExecuteActionResponse
        <------------------------
        | (statusString,
        | unsupportedElements,
        | report {list of downstream agents})
        |
        |
    Disconnect Indication (5)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                            Disconnect OK (6)
        <------------------------

                Figure 5 'Enterprise Management - Local Action'

    Notes:
    (1) Top-level WIMS Manager (on left in diagram) starts downstream
        connection to WIMS Proxy including authentication of WIMS Proxy.

    (2) WIMS Proxy (in middle of diagram) accepts incoming connection
        from WIMS Manager and completes authentication.

    (3) WIMS Manager reads list of supported WIMS or legacy agents by
        sending ExecuteAction request containing GetElements action for
        ManagerAgentSupported element in Manager object.

    (4) WIMS Proxy (Agent) processes GetElements action by sending
        ExecuteAction response specifying PWG standard status of
        "SuccessfulOk" and ManagerAgentSupported element from Manager
        object in Report.

    (5) WIMS Manager sends disconnect indication to WIMS Proxy.

    (6) WIMS Proxy sends disconnect OK to WIMS Manager.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    WIMS Manager WIMS Proxy SNMP Legacy Step In
    (Enterprise) (Agent/Manager) Managed Entity Notes
    ------------ --------------- -------------- -------
    Connect and authenticate (1)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                            Accept and authenticate (2)
        <------------------------
        |
        |
    ExecuteAction (3)
        ------------------------>
    (managerURI, |
     agentReference, |
     action {GetElements of |
      legacy AgentInfo}) |
                                |
                            {GetElements immediate action} (4)
                            SNMP Get
                                ------------------------>
                            (SNMPv2-MIB.sysDescr) |
                                                        |
                                                    SNMP GetResponse (5)
                                <------------------------
                                | (SNMPv2-MIB.sysDescr)
                                |
                            ExecuteActionResponse (6)
        <------------------------
        | (statusString,
        | unsupportedElements,
        | report {legacy AgentInfo})
        |
        |
    Disconnect Indication (7)
        ------------------------>
                                |
                            Disconnect OK (8)
        <------------------------

                Figure 6 'Enterprise Management - Forwarded Action'

    Notes:
    (1) Top-level WIMS Manager (on left in diagram) starts downstream
        connection to WIMS Proxy including authentication of WIMS Proxy.

    (2) WIMS Proxy (in middle of diagram) accepts incoming connection
        from WIMS Manager and completes authentication.

    (3) WIMS Manager reads description of legacy agent by sending
        ExecuteAction request containing GetElements action for AgentInfo
        element in (mapped) Agent object.

    (4) WIMS Proxy processes GetElements action by sending SNMP Get request
        for sysDescr element in SNMP Agent MIB (RFC 3418, updates RFC 1213)
        to SNMP Agent in legacy system (on right in diagram).

    (5) SNMP Agent in legacy system replies with SNMP Get response
        specifying sysDescr to WIMS Proxy.

    (6) WIMS Proxy completes processing of GetElements action by sending
        ExecuteAction response specifying PWG standard status of
        "SuccessfulOk" and Agent Info element (mapped from sysDescr).

    (7) WIMS Proxy sends disconnect indication to WIMS Manager.

    (8) WIMS Manager sends disconnect OK to WIMS Proxy.

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