Structure of a NSM service template

The following sample XML shows the basic structure of a NSM service template to create zones for a firewall.

The sample XML identifies the main tags that a NSM service template can contain.

<serviceTemplate name="FirewallCreateZones" description="Create a Firewall Zone" timeToDelete="1" >
	<clientParameter>
		<name>FIREWALLZONENAME</name>
		<description>The Customer Zone Name e.g. cz_8262</description>
	</clientParameter>

	<implementations>
		<implementation>
		<rules>
		<rule type="DeviceType">
			<ruleProperty name="Vendor" value="IBM"/>
			<ruleProperty name="Type" value="Router"/>
			<ruleProperty name="Model" value=".*"/>
			<ruleProperty name="OS" value=".*"/>
		</rule>
		</rules>
		<serviceOperations>
			<serviceOperation type="CREATE">
			<operations>
				<operation name="ITNCM/FirewallCreateZones" type="COMMANDSET">
					<parameters>
						<parameter name="FIREWALLZONENAME"/>
					</parameters>
				</operation>
			</operations>
			</serviceOperation>
		</serviceOperations>
		</implementation>
	</implementations>

</serviceTemplate>

Note: Some of the XML tags can include additional optional attributes that are not shown in this NSM service template.