User`s guide

RingView Modeling
The RingView Modeling Process RingView for FDDI
2-6 User’s Guide
RingView Modeling
Several different model types are used to model the nodes on an FDDI ring.
These model types fall into two basic categories: those that represent devices
and those that represent managed applications of devices.
Device Model Types
RingView does not create models of the actual FDDI devices. These models are
created manually by a user or automatically by the AutoDiscovery
application. RingView does however use the device models to create models of
FDDI applications associated with these devices. Thus the device model types
used by RingView include any that support devices with FDDI interfaces. For
example, the model type
BdgCSIFDM is used to model Cabletron’s FDDI
Bridge and Management Module, commonly referred to as the FDM. In the
case of non-Cabletron, SNMP-compliant devices for which there is no vendor-
specific model type, the GnSNMPDev model type may be used.
Managed Application Model Types
In addition to the device model types used by RingView, there are also a
number of model types that represent managed applications of FDDI devices.
Models of these types are created automatically at the same time the
associated device model is created based on the model type of the device and
the particular FDDI MIB it supports. Upon creation, application models are
placed in the associated device model’s Application view. RingView will place
them in the FDDI LAN Topology view as appropriate, from where they can be
manually copied into other views, if desired. These model types can be further
broken down into those created by SPECTRUM and used by RingView and
those created specifically by RingView.
Created by SPECTRUM
HubCSIFDDI This type is used to model the FDDI Hub Application,
which manages concentrator functionality for the
FDM in accordance with the standard FDDI MIB
defined by rfc 1285.
FddiSMT Used to model the Station Management application for
the FDM, EMM-E6, ESXMIM and other Cabletron
devices that support Cabletron’s FDDI Bridge/Router
Interface Modules (BRIMs) and the standard FDDI
MIB defined by rfc 1512.