Specifications

SPECTRUM Software Release Notice Page 82
Level I Developer’s Toolkit
The SPECTRUM Level I Developer’s Tools are designed to allow Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) developers to integrate their products into SPECTRUM, and to
allow developers at customer sites to customize SPECTRUM to suit the site’s specific
needs.
Product Description
Packaged as optionally-purchasable modules, the following Level I
Developer’s Tools are available:
• SPECTRUM Model Type Editor (MTE) - The primary tool used to
create and modify SPECTRUM model types. With the MTE, developers
can customize existing model types to meet specific needs, or derive
new model types, attributes, and extensions from previously defined
ones. The MTE allows customer control over each model type attribute,
beyond the limited access available with the basic SPECTRUM core
product and allows developers to import proprietary vendor MIBs into
the SPECTRUM knowledge base.
• SPECTRUM Basic Extensions Toolkit - The Basic Extensions
Toolkit has been improved in the following ways: the mmbuild tool can
be used to create or remove SPECTRUM files (EventDisp, Alertmap,
Perspective Information Blocks or “PIBs”, Generic Information Blocks
or “GIBs”; Icon Information Blocks or “IIBs”, etc.) associated with new
model types. The mmship tool can be used to create index files for
distribution of new model types.
• SPECTRUM Extensions Integration (SEI) Toolkit - Intended for
customers or Value Added Reseller (VAR) developers who wish to
package and sell a SPECTRUM extension they have developed. This
toolkit enables a developer to produce a complete, ready-to-install
SPECTRUM extension. The toolkit includes tools and information for
integrating a customer-developed extension with the SPECTRUM CD
formats and the SPECTRUM installation script. CDs created using the
SEI Toolkit utilities will be installed at a customer’s site. Purchasers of