Networking Provider

Overview

OpenLMI-Networking is CIM provider which manages local network devices. It exposes remotely accessible object-oriented API using WBEM set of protocols and technologies.

Clients

The API can be accessed by any WBEM-capable client. OpenLMI already provides:

• Python module lmi.scripts.networking, part of OpenLMI scripts.
• Command line tool: LMI metacommand, with ‘networking’ subcommand.

Features

• Enumerate all network devices
• Display current network IP configuration
• Manage available settings
• Settings activation/deactivation
• Support for bridging and bonding

The provider is based on concept of settings – a network profile that can be applied to the network device(s).

Examples

For examples how to use OpenLMI-Networkint provider remotely from LMIShell, see usage of OpenLMI-Networking.

Documentation

This provider is based on following DMTF standards:

• DSP1116 - IP Configuration Profile
• DSP1035 - Host LAN Network Port Profile

The knowledge of these standards is not necessary, but it can help a lot.

Application developers and/or sysadmins should skip whole SMI-S chapter and start at Networking API concepts.

Table of contents

• Networking API concepts
  • Hardware representation
  • Current network configuration
  • Settings
  • Altering and applying settings
  • Bridging and bonding
• Usage
  • Enumeration of network devices
  • Get parameters of network devices
  • Get current IP configuration
  • Bring up / take down a network device
  • Enumerate available settings
  • Obtaining setting details
  • Create new setting
  • Set DNS servers for given setting
  • Manage static routes for given setting
  • Delete setting
  • Apply setting
  • Bridging and bonding

OpenLMI Networking CIM classes:

• CIM classes
  • Inheritance tree
  • Class reference