Integrating NerveCenter with a Network Management Platform - Integrating NerveCenter with HP OpenView Network Node Manager -
How this integration guide is arranged      The OpenView Platform Adapter

Integrating NerveCenter with HP OpenView Network Node Manager

NerveCenter provides the event correlation engine that helps reduce the barrage of events typically displayed in HP OpenView Network Node Manager. OpenView can provide NerveCenter with node data and NerveCenter can send inform messages to OpenView when it detects significant events.

This chapter describes how to integrate NerveCenter with OpenView and includes the following sections:

Section	Description
The OpenView Platform Adapter	Explains how to enable and disable NerveCenter's OpenView Platform Adapter.
Using OpenView as a node source	Explains how to populate NerveCenter's node list with nodes from OpenView's node database.
Sending NerveCenter Informs to HP OpenView Network Node Manager	Explains how to configure inform recipients for behavior models that send informs.
The Reliability of NerveCenter Informs Sent to HP OpenView Network Node Manager	Describes the advantage of sending NerveCenter inform over SNMP traps. It also describes how to use NerveCenter's Inform Acknowledgement feature.
How to Configure OpenView to Integrate with NerveCenter	Explains how to configure OpenView for better integration with NerveCenter.
How to Reconfigure OpenView before Removing the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter	Explains how to reconfigure OpenView before removing the NerveCenter OpenView Platform Adapter.
OpenView Integration Reference	Provides information you may need to reference occasionally when integrating NerveCenter and HP OpenView Network Node Manager.