1 karl  1.1.2.2 // Copyright (c) 2005 DMTF.  All rights reserved.
 2               // <change cr="ArchCR00066.004" type="add">Add UmlPackagePath
 3               // qualifier values to CIM Schema.</change>
 4               // ==================================================================
 5               //  CIM_Confederation 
 6               // ==================================================================
 7                  [Association, Aggregation, Composition, Version ( "2.7.0" ), 
 8                   UMLPackagePath ( "CIM::Network::BGP" ), 
 9                   Description ( 
10                      "The BGP speakers in an AS are required to be fully meshed. "
11                      "This can lead to a huge number of TCP connections per router. "
12                      "One way to reduce the peering requirements is to use a "
13                      "confederation. A confederation effectively partitions one AS "
14                      "into a group of \'sub-ASs\'. This enables all of the benefits "
15                      "of IBGP to be applied inside the confederation, while enabling "
16                      "EBGP to be run between each confederation. It also enables "
17                      "certain BGP attribute values to be preserved between "
18                      "confederations. However, to the outside world, the AS with its "
19                      "confederations appear to be a single AS." )]
20               class CIM_Confederation : CIM_SystemComponent {
21               
22 karl  1.1.2.2       [Aggregate, Override ( "GroupComponent" ), 
23                      Max ( 1 ), 
24                      Description ( 
25                         "The AutonomousSystem that contains the confederations." )]
26                  CIM_AutonomousSystem REF GroupComponent;
27               
28                     [Override ( "PartComponent" ), 
29                      Description ( 
30                         "The Confederation within the AutonomousSystem." )]
31                  CIM_AutonomousSystem REF PartComponent;
32               
33                     [Description ( 
34                         "A unique identifier of the AutonomousSystem that "
35                         "contains the confederations." )]
36                  uint32 ParentASNumber;
37               
38                     [Description ( 
39                         "A unique identifier of the Confederation within the "
40                         "AutonomousSystem." )]
41                  uint32 ChildASNumber;
42               
43 karl  1.1.2.2 
44               };