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Inform Data Sent from NerveCenter

The Inform Netcool message is the mechanism that NerveCenter uses to send events to Netcool/OMNIbus. The following table describes the data sent with NerveCenter informs. The first three items are contained in the inform header. The remaining items are listed alphabetically.

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   Variables that are included by default in the Identifier field of the nervecenter.rules file are listed as a Default Identifier value..

Inform Data

Variable	Description
$LDT	Local date timestamp.
$MessageType	The type of message being sent is Inform Netcool. There are seven possible types of messages: Connection Request Connection Accepted Connection Rejected Exit Notification Heartbeat Query Heartbeat Response Inform Netcool
$ServerID	The unique identifier for the NerveCenter Server that manages the current alarm transition and alert. The identifier consists of hostname or IP address. This identification becomes important when there are multiple NerveCenter Servers sending informs to the same Universal Platform Adapter.
$AlrmDN	The alarm definition name for the alarm that transitioned and generated the inform.
$AlrmProp	The property assigned to the alarm that transitioned and generated the inform.
$BOI	The base object instance for the interface that triggered the transition and generated the inform. If the base object is associated with an interface and, therefore, is listed as a table in the MIB .ASN1 file, the instance corresponds to a row in that table.
$BON	The base object name for the SNMP base object that triggered the transition and generated the inform.
$DSN	Default Identifier value. The destination state name (the name of the state to which the alarm transitioned).
$DSS	Default Identifier value. The destination state severity (the severity level associated with the state to which the alarm transitioned).
$IPAddr	Default Identifier value. The IP address of the node that caused the event. If the node has more than one IP address, the number provided denotes the IP address associated with the event.
$MesgID	Default Identifier value. The specific number that you enter into the NerveCenter Client alarm definition when you define the Netcool/OMNIbus inform action. If no number is entered, the message ID defaults to the value 1000 for any transition whose destination state has a severity less than 9 (Warning). For severity levels of 9 or greater, the $MesgID defaults to the value 1000 plus the destination state's severity level.
$NodeName	Default Identifier value. The name of the node that caused the event to be sent. The name consists of hostname or IP address.
$NPG	The node property group assigned to the node associated with the inform.
$OSN	Default Identifier value. The originating state name (the name of the state from which the alarm transitioned).
$OSS	Default Identifier value. The originating state severity (the severity level associated with the state from which the alarm transitioned).
$ROCom	The read only community string of the node associated with the inform.
$RWCom	The read-write community string of the node associated with the inform.
$TrapEID	Default Identifier value. The trap's enterprise ID. If the transition was caused by a trigger fired from an SNMP trap, the enterprise ID is included here. If the transition was not from a trap, this variable is empty.
$TrapGN	Default Identifier value. The trap's generic number. If the transition was caused by a trigger fired from an SNMP trap, the generic trap number is included here. If the transition was not from a trap, this variable defaults to -2.
$TrapSN	Default Identifier value. The trap's specific number. If the transition was caused by a trigger fired from an SNMP trap, the specific trap number is included here. If the transition was not from a trap, this variable defaults to -2.
$TrigName	The name of the trigger that caused the state transition.
$VarBinds (n)	Variable binding pair for the nth variable binding, in text format: attribute = value

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