White Papers - Contents -
Previous: White Papers     Next: Node Classification

White Papers

The Need for Node Classification

How NerveCenter Classifies a Node

Specifying a Maximum Classification Version

Classifying Nodes Manually

Classifying All Nodes

Classifying Select Nodes

Classifying a Node from the Node Definition Page

Classifying Nodes Automatically

When NerveCenter Attempts to Autoclassify Nodes

Enabling and Disabling Auto-classification

Performance Tuning for Node Classification

Appendix: Node Classification Algorithm

Understanding How the Model Works

Testing the Model

Importing the New Model

Identifying Parent-Child Relationships

Making the Relationship Information Available to NerveCenter

Testing the Alarm Suppression Model

Running Node Availability Reports

Understanding the Technical Details

Alarms

DwnStrmSnmpStatus Alarm

DwnStrmIcmpStatus Alarm

Perl Subroutines

SS_IcmpError Perl Subroutine

SetNodeStatus Perl Subroutines

TestParentStatus Perl Subroutine

TestParentSetNode Perl Subroutine

Glossary

Overview of NerveCenter

What NerveCenter Does

How NerveCenter Correlates Events

How Behavior Models Work

Behavior Model Objects

Behavior Model Operation

How properties affect behavior models

Other trigger generators

Alarm actions

For more information

Alarms

NerveCenter Components

The NerveCenter Client Console

NerveCenter Discovery

NerveCenter Database Management

UNIX

Windows

NerveCenter's Compiled MIB

Additional NerveCenter Utilities

TrapGen

ImportUtil

IPSweep

Crystal Reports

Web-based Monitoring

NerveCenter Integrated with a Network Management Platform

OVPA Integration

Co-resident Installation

UNIX Installation

Windows NT installation on separate machines

How NerveCenter integration helps the platform

IT/Operations Integration

Universal Platform Adapter Integration

Tivoli TME Enterprise Console

Computer Associates Unicenter TNG

Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus

Multiple NerveCenters

Overview

What is Netcool/OMNIbus?

What is NerveCenter?

Behavior Models

Alarms

Inform Messages

How NerveCenter Complements Netcool/OMNIbus

Smart Polling

Intelligent Correlation

Distributed Architecture

Other Advantages

Components Required for Integration

Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus Components

OPEN NerveCenter Components

How the Integration Components Interact

NerveCenter Configuration Settings

NerveCenter Server Inform Port Settings

Universal Platform Adapter Settings

Inform Action Settings

Netcool/OMNIbus Configuration Settings

Object Server Data Management Settings

NerveCenter Probe Settings

Nervecenter.props file

Nervecenter.rules file

Desktop settings

Filtered Event Lists

Custom Views

Alert classes

Automated Actions

Objective View Map