The Integration of CORBA-Based Management with OpenView DM

The increasing complexity of network infrastructures and network-based services has exceeded the capability of the current management models. There is a need to evolve these models to provide the scalability, reliability and extensibility required to manage network infrastructure and services and implementation of network-based services. This paper considers the integration of a CORBA environment with a TMN environment to manage network infrastructure and services, and the implementation of services. It also presents our experiences gained from a prototype implementation of a distributed network management environment using CORBA integrated into a TMN environment. Source of Publication---Proceedings of the International OpenView Forum Conference, St. Louis, USA, June 1996. 1I NTRODUCTION While OSI network management remains a major technology for building TMN-based network management systems and applications, CORBA is a useful technology that can add tremendous value to the TMN mana..