HP-UX SNAplus2 MS Programmer's Guide

Introduction to Management Services
Management Services Application Programming Interface
Chapter 124
Management Services Application
Programming Interface
The SNAplus2 MS API comprises the following elements:
MS verbs
Verbs are issued by an MS application to do the
following:
• Inform SNAplus2 when it needs SNAplus2
resources to support receiving MS data and status
indications.
• Send MS data (in either NMVT format or
MDS_MU format) to an MS application elsewhere
in the network.
• Register the application with SNAplus2 to receive
incoming MS data from focal points (in either
NMVT format or MDS_MU format).
• Register the application with SNAplus2 to receive
information about which focal point is responsible
for a particular MS category, so that SNAplus2 can
route MDS_MU data to the appropriate
application.
For more information about MS verbs, see Chapter 3,
“Management Services Verbs.”
MS indications
Indications are either generated locally by SNAplus2
or used to forward data received from the network. For
more information about MS indications, see Chapter 4,
“Management Services Indications.”