SR 3982 : ISSUE 1

1 Introduction
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Organization of the Special Report
2 The Management Application Functions of Configuration
    Measurement
3 The Place of MAFs in the TMN Logical Architecture
4 Information Models
    4.1 Enterprise Model (EM)
    4.2 Switched Services (Q.824, t1.250, BCR 981)
    4.3 Transport Network (G.853)
    4.4 Generic Network Information Model (M.3100, X.744
          and GR-1093)
    4.5 Support Managed Object Classes (M.3100, Q.821,
          X.721 and X.744)
5 Application to Interface Specifications
References
Appendix A: Data Specification Tables for MAFs of
Configuration Management
Appendix B: Description of Entity Types of the Enterprise
Model
Appendix C: Interactions of the MAFS of the NEL and the
Lower EML

Concerned with MAFs of the TMN Management functional area dealing with configuration management (CM). Information descriptions include those from international and national standards, industry forms and Bellcore documents. The specifications may in some cases take the form of object classes specified in accordance with the Guidelines for the Description of Managed Objects (GDMO). Otherwise they may be take the form of entity types specified in accordance with Bellcore methodology for logical data models. The entity types are taken from the Bellcore Strategic Data Model and from the logical data model in association with certain Bellcore data products.