Vitalqip Alcatel-Lucent Dhcp Rules Manager - Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP 7.2 Product Description

VitalQIP Product Description
Workflow Manager has the flexibility to operate as an autonomous workflow engine as well as an
embedded workflow engine as defined by the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC). It also has the
robustness of an independent Activity Manager with its own Web-based Activity Management GUI.
Since it doesn't carry any application specific functionality in its architecture, it is a highly efficient flow
engine.
Workflow Manager comes with a Java-based platform that offers a wide variety of configuration options.
Tasks are delivered with default implementation and customers can customize the tasks themselves and
install them dynamically. The platform also offers multiple protocol choices for interfaces that include
"idl" over CORBA, 'xml" over JMS etc. The graphical business flows are stored locally in files using
"xml" format before they get loaded into the "Model DB". "XmlSchema" is available for the format of
the models thus making it easy to import/export to other workflow systems. The model analysis tool
developed by Bell Labs allows modelers to query the models in different ways to aid in the validation of
models.
Integration to popular EAI platforms like TIBCO is available. Multiple applications can use the same
instance of Work Manager using global process flows as shown in the above picture. The Worklist GUI
will show an integrated view of the various applications. This kind of configuration allows Vital Work
Manager to act as a natural integrator of applications requiring workflow control.
Workflow Manager has three main components:
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Modeling Tool (WMTL/WFE-II) – Easy to use graphical process definition tools, which allow
a modeler to create process models independently without the core engine dependency. WMTL
GUI allows customers to create tasks and provide implementation using either java or "java
properties".
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Core Engine – Processes workflows and monitors them.
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Worklist GUI – Web-based user interface (GUI) to initiate flow activation and to monitor work
activities/events.

4.3 VitalQIP Alcatel-Lucent DHCP Rules Manager

Alcatel-Lucent DHCP Rules Manager (LDRM), a VitalQIP service, used as an extension to the Alcatel-
Lucent DHCP, provides the ability to override most DHCP packet values, and to do so conditionally, that
is, based on other DHCP packet values. LDRM enables VitalQIP users to author custom rules for
modifying fields and options of both incoming and outgoing DHCP packets developed in Jython, an
implementation of the high-level, dynamic, object-oriented language Python which is integrated with the
Java platform.
With LDRM, the DHCP server can still be configured through option templates associated with address
scopes and client classes to assign option values. If LDRM assigns values for the same options as are
defined by the address scope or client classes, the LDRM assigned option values take precedence.
For example, after receiving a message, LDRM can read one or more of several fields and options in the
message and perform the following functions:
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Execute desired logic to override one or more of several fields and options in the message
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Set any of dozens of options to be used in the associated outgoing message
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Send the overridden values and the options for the DHCP service to use
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