Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Performance Management Release 2.0 User Guide

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Modify NMS Submaps
If you wish to modify location or connection information for a submap, you can edit 
the 
Location Override
 file from a text editor or can modifying the 
Default Location
 
screen on the Proxy Agent. 
Modify the 
Location 
Override File
In the
 Location Override
 file, you can change location information for managed 
nodes or hide managed...

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Introduction
The Network Management System When Performance Management performs a 
data collection, or when the Network Management System (NMS) performs a poll, 
the NMS color-codes managed node icons to identify alerts for those managed 
nodes. 
When the NMS polls Proxy Agents and discovers an alarm for a Proxy Agent, the 
NMS color-codes the associated Proxy Agent icons to reflect...

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Identify NMS AlertsIntroduction
When a Proxy Agent has an alarm or a managed node has an alert, the NMS 
colors the corresponding icon to indicate the severity of the alarm or alert. When 
multiple alarms or alerts that have more than one level of severity occur, icon 
colors represent the most severe alarm or alert.
See 
Icon States
 on page 56
 for details on icon states....

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Identify Proxy 
Agent Icon 
States
Proxy Agent alarms occur when alarm forwarding fails or when an authentication 
failure occurs. Because alarms manifest as colored icons, the following section 
refers to alarm states as icon states. 
Each state of a Proxy Agent icon represents a condition that exists between a 
Proxy Agent and a managed node. The NMS platform assigns the...

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Events that 
Change Proxy 
Agent States
The color of a Proxy Agent icon changes when polling events or trap events 
indicate a change in the Proxy Agent alarm status. 
Proxy Agent icon states change when OpenView polls a Proxy Agent and 
receives one of the unacceptable results identified in the table below. 
If the icon is in the 
New 
state and a subsequent poll finds an...

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Identify 
Managed Node 
Icon States
Managed node alerts arise when unacceptable conditions occur on a managed 
node. Because alerts manifest as color-coded icons, the following section refers 
to alert states as icon states. 
The state of a managed node icon represents the current alert for that managed 
node. The NMS platform assigns the names of these states. 
The table...

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Major The managed node has at least one major alert. 
Unknown One of the following conditions is true:
• Communication between a Proxy Agent and a managed 
node is unstable; therefore, the Proxy Agent cannot 
indicate the status or health of the managed node.
• The NMS cannot communicate with the Proxy Agent and, 
therefore, cannot determine the status of the managed 
node.
•...

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Events that 
Change 
Managed Node 
Icon States
The color of a managed node icon changes when Performance Management 
conducts a data collection that identifies an alert level. Below is a description of 
the alert levels you might encounter.Data Collection. 
Performance Management collects data on a user-specified 
basis. This information is specific to managed nodes with...

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Proxy Agent does not exist or does not respond Unknown
Connection status is not 
up
Unknown
Table 8. Performance data collection change managed node icon statesResult of poll
New icon state
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