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TIM SDN Adapter

General Information

Controller name: TIM SDN Adapter

Vendor: Tim

Controller version:

HCO version: 10.0

Adapter version:

Adapter release date:

Use cases

· Inventory discovery - Yes

· Topology discovery - Yes

· Service underlay discovery (LSP, tunnels) - No

· Service discovery - No

· Assurance - Yes

· Service provisioning – No

· RON - No

Prerequisite

· TIM SDN Adapter will not be polling the controller for devices list.

· User needs to add the devices manually in Device Manager and only these devices will be polled by the adapter for inventory and topology.

Discovery

Inventory

Details	Support	Additional information
Device types	Routers
Shelf	No
Cards	No
Ports	Yes
Fans	No
Power	No
Pluggable transceivers	No
Notifications	Yes
Protocol	RESTCONF
Data Model	JSON

Topology

Details	Support	Additional information
Link layers	Ports (RLogical, RPhysical, RAggregate)
Cross links	No
Cross domain links	No
Notifications	Yes
Protocol	RESTCONF
Data Model	JSON

Services

Details	Support	Additional information
Service types	NA
Service underlay	NA
Cross domain services	NA
Notifications	NA
Protocol	NA
Data Model	NA

Service underlay

Details	Support	Additional information
Link layers	NA
Cross domain links	NA
Notifications	NA
Protocol	NA
Data Model	NA

Assurance

Details	Support	Additional information
Performance Measurement (PM) types	Yes	PACKET_IN PACKET_OUT OCTET_IN OCTET_OUT
Resource types	No
Live PMs	No
PM collection method	KAFKA

Provisioning

Service type

Creation / Deletion

Modification

Brownfield

Circuit E-Line

OTN Line

OCH

Packet E-Line

OCH-NC (RON)

SDH Line

APIs Used

The following list comprises APIs utilized by the Tim SDN adapter.

Discovery Type	Item	HTTP Requests	HTTP Method
Authentication	Token	/services/sdn/ipwinventory/login	POST
Authentication	Revoke Token	/services/sdn/ipwinventory/logout	POST
Inventory/Topology	Get Devices information	/services/sdn/ipwinventory/api/v2/devices	GET

Configuration

Parameter name

Default value

Recommended

Adapter Properties

Enabled

Logging level

Polling Cycle [sec]

Default OSPF Context

Tim Server Configuration

Host

Credentials

Connection timeout

Tim Collection Parameters

Enable Inventory Collection

Enable Topology Collection

Notifications Configuration

Enabled

Log_notifications

Log_level

Congestion_control_period_sec

Max_notification_wait_period_sec

Notifications Kafka Topics

Add via GUI

Tim Stats Configuration

Enabled

Stats Kafka Topics

Add via GUI

Tim Kafka Configuration

List of bootstrap servers

Kafka Port

SASL SSL Credentials

Enable Kafka Log

Kafka log level

max_kafka_silent_time_sec

kafka_timer_sleep_time_sec

Use Kafka Broker Settings for Name Resolution

List of Kafka Brokers

DISABLED

INFO

3600

“”

FALSE

DISABLED

ENABLED

DEBUG

TRUE

“”

DISABLED

“”

9094

“”

FALSE

INFO

600

FALSE

“”

Known Limitations:

· IP based controller supporting Inventory and Topology discovery only

· Inventory discovery discovers devices and Port Inventory Item only

· Topology discovery support includes Ports and Links support only

· In Case of multi Kafka topic , authorization issue in any one topic can cause stats or notification failure

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TIM SDN Adapter

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Bias-Free Language

General Information

Use cases

Prerequisite

Discovery

Inventory

Topology

Services

Service underlay

Assurance

Provisioning

APIs Used

Configuration

Known Limitations:

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