User guide

Canopy System User Guide Prizm
pmp-0229 (Mar 2013)
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One difference between a service plan (or VLAN profile) and a configuration template that has the
identical set of attributes is that the former is a long-term association whereas the latter is a one-
time push to the element. When a service plan or VLAN profile is modified, the change is
automatically applied to all elements that have the association. Another difference is that a
configuration template cannot overwrite any values that a service plan or VLAN profile has set in
an element.
Northbound Interface
Prizm provides three interfaces to higher-level systems:
• a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent for integration with a network
management system (NMS).
• a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) XML-based application programming interface
(API) for web services that supports integration with an operations support systems (OSS)
such as a customer relationship management (CRM), billing, or provisioning system.
• console automation that allows such higher-level systems to launch and appropriately display
the Prizm management console in GUI that is custom developed, using the PrizmEMS™
Software Development Kit (SDK), which Cambium provides for this purpose.
Together these interfaces constitute the Northbound Interface feature. Prizm server administrator
tasks and GUI developer information are provided in the PrizmEMS™ Software Development Kit
(SDK). This SDK also describes the how to define new element types and customize the Details
views.
All other features of the Prizm product are supported by the dedicated document Cambium
Canopy Prizm User Guide and associated release notes.
License Management
Under the original licensing regime, licenses were permanently tied to the Media Access Control
(MAC) address of the equipment that was licensed or that used the licensed feature. Thus, they
were not transferable. Under server-based license management, for some functionalities, Cambium
offers licenses that
• float upon demand within the network.
• are tied to only the MAC address of the license management server for which they were
ordered.