CMIS Path to Plug and Play White Paper

This white paper discusses the Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) and its role in enabling hosts to manage CMIS compliant modules through capability advertising. The document outlines how CMIS allows modules to describe their capabilities, facilitating the development of generic software functions for module management. It details the importance of application advertising in common provisioning procedures and proposes a provisioning model driven by this advertising. The paper also highlights upcoming changes in CMIS 5.3 that are expected to enhance the provisioning model by introducing additional advertising capabilities. By establishing standardized management functions based on module advertising, the white paper aims to reduce integration time for new modules and accelerate the deployment of new capabilities in end-user networks, ultimately moving the industry towards a plug-and-play environment for CMIS-based modules.