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Monitoring Your Network      Preface

Monitoring Your Network

Preface

Overview of this Book
Overview of the Open NerveCenter Documentation and Help
Viewing the Online Documentation
Printing the Online Documentation
UNIX Man Pages for NerveCenter Commands
Getting Help While Working in NerveCenter
Accessing the Open NerveCenter Web Site
Accessing the Open Technical Support Web Site
Conventions
Typographical Conventions
Tips, Notes, and Cautions

Understanding NerveCenter

What is NerveCenter?
How NerveCenter Manages Nodes
Defining a Set of Nodes
Detecting Conditions
Correlating Conditions
Detecting the Persistence of a Condition
Finding a Set of Conditions
Looking for a Sequence of Conditions
Responding to Conditions
Notification
Logging
Causing State Transitions
Corrective Actions
Action Router
Main NerveCenter Components
The NerveCenter Server
The NerveCenter Database
Objects in the Database
Behavior Models
Predefined Behavior Models
The NerveCenter User Interface
The NerveCenter Administrator
The NerveCenter Client
The NerveCenter Web Client
The Command Line Interface
Role in Network Management Strategy
Standalone Operation
Using Multiple NerveCenter Servers
Integration with Network Management Platforms
Integration with NMPs for Node Information

Getting Started with NerveCenter Web Client

Starting the Web Client
Modifying the Server Connection List
Setting Preferences
Defining a Partition
Disconnecting from a Server

Getting Started with NerveCenter Client

Starting the Client
Connecting to a Server
Connecting to a Server Manually
Connecting to a Server Automatically
Sharing MIB Information from Multiple Servers
Selecting the Active Server
Deleting a Server from the Server List
Changing the Client's Server Port
Setting Up Alarm-Instance Filters
Filtering Alarms by IP Range
IP Subnet Filter Exclusion Rules
IP Subnet Filter Examples
Filtering Alarms by Severity
Filtering Alarms by Property Groups
Associating a Filter with a Server
Rules for Associating Filters with Alarms
Multiple Filters are ORed Together
Multiple Conditions in a Single Filter are ANDed Together
Specifying Heartbeat Messaging
Modifying the Heartbeat Message Interval
Deactivating Heartbeat Messaging
Disconnecting from a Server

Monitoring Alarms

Viewing Alarm Information
Using the NerveCenter Web Client
The Tree View
The Alarm-Detail View
Using the NerveCenter Client
The Tree View
The Alarm-Detail View
Interpreting Alarm-Instance Information
Getting Information about an Alarm
Getting Information about a Trigger
A Trigger Generated by a Poll
A Trigger Generated by a Mask
A Trigger Generated by an Alarm
A List of Built-In Triggers
Viewing an Alarm Instance's History
Using the NerveCenter Web Client
Using the NerveCenter Client
Reading Logged Data
Determining Where Data is Being Logged
How to Interpret Logged Data

Resetting Alarms

Using the NerveCenter Web Client
Resetting an Alarm Instance to Ground
Resetting a Set of Alarms
Using the NerveCenter Client
Resetting an Alarm Instance to Ground
Resetting an Alarm Instance to a Non-Ground State
Resetting a Node's Alarm Instances
Resetting All Instances of an Alarm

Monitoring SNMP Status and Operations

SNMP Error Status
SNMP v3 Operations Log
Signing a Log for SNMP v3 Errors Associated with Your Client
Signing a Log for SNMP v3 Errors Associated with a Remote Client or Administrator
Viewing the SNMP v3 Operations Log

Monitoring Nodes

Using the NerveCenter Web Client
Using the NerveCenter Client
Viewing Related Alarms
Querying Nodes
Viewing Parent Node Status

Generating Reports

Reports Shipped with NerveCenter
Adding a Report
Generating a Report
Using the Report Window's Controls

Checking the Status of the Server

Server Tab
License Tab
Database Tab
Node Source Tab
Inform Configuration Tab
Connected NerveCenters Tab
Connected Clients and Connected Administrators Tabs
OpC Host Tab

Communications and Data

Error Messages

User Interface Messages
Error Messages
Action Manager Error Messages
Alarm Filter Manager Error Messages
Deserialize Manager Error Messages
Flatfile Error Messages
Inform NerveCenter Error Messages
Inform OV Error Messages
LogToDatabase Manager Error Messages
LogToFile Manager Error Messages
OpC Manager Error Messages
Poll Manager Error Messages
Protocol Manager Error Messages
PA Resync Manager Error Messages
Server Manager Error Messages
Trap Manager Error Messages
NerveCenter installation Error Messages (UNIX)
OpenView Configuration Error Messages (UNIX)

Index


Monitoring Your Network Preface
29 July 2003