User's Manual

Using Resource Types
Inventory Management 5-9
Creating a New Resource Type
To create a new resource type, you may need different types of resource information, such as the resource
data outlined in Table 5-4.
Table 5-4 Resource Type Resource Information
Resource Description
Name Resource type name.
Manufacturer Resource type manufacturer name.
Model Resource type model name.
Role A list of roles available (by category listed below). Use the appropriate role value based on your
resource type. For Layer 1 or Layer 2 switching infrastructure, select Matrix Switch as the role.
Advanced Modeling Physical Resources Virtual Resources
Controlled
Equipment
Component Managed Equipment Virtual Hub
Matrix Switch
Patch Panel
Power Controller
Terminal Server
TFTP Server
Power supplies For example, 110 VAC, 220 VAC, or 48 VDC.
Console Used for managing the resource locally, often a Serial EIA-232 port.
Management ports One or more additional ports (Ethernet) that are able to manage the resource through a network.
Interfaces Many resources, especially network test resources, have a varying number of different kinds of
interfaces on the same resource, such as DS-1 (T1), DS-3, and OC-3 ports. You may also need
more details.
For example, a DS-1 port can be used with standard Telco time division multiplexing or with
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) signaling. In this case, you need to select the appropriate
interface type in the Inventory perspective; either DS-1 or ATM DS-1. An OC-3 port might use
standardized Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) OC-3 signaling or channelized signaling, in
which case it carries the multiplexed signals of a number of lower speed lines.
Depending on the resource type, you would select a SONET OC-3c port or a CHOC3 port. By
qualifying the port in this manner, you make more information available to users of the resource
type. More importantly, you prevent two incompatible OC-3 interfaces from being connected in a
Template, heading off unneeded debugging efforts.
File System Used for managing the file system.
How many of each type of
interface is present on the
resource type
The Inventory perspective allows you to set a range; the minimum quantity of the type of interface
allowed on the resource can be zero or higher. You also need to know the maximum number of
interfaces allowable.
Interfaces, console ports, and
power supplies
If you need an element of a type that is not currently available on the Active System Manager
server, you can add a new element type. For more information, see the “Adding Interface Types”
section on page 5-33.
Setup time and cleanup time Setup time is the time required to load software, boot, and initially configure the resource before it is
ready for use.
Cleanup time allows for tasks related to restoring the state of the resource at the end of a session.
Runtime image name
(provisioning parameters)
Allows a software image to be specified for a session.
Config file name (provisioning
parameters)
Allows a configuration file to be specified for a session. This file is typically a script with
command-line interface (CLI) commands to configure the resource at the beginning of a session,
during the setup time.