Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Performance Management Release 2.0 User Guide

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NMS alert Notification MethodsIntroduction
The Performance Management installation process allows you to install a script 
that forwards alert information to a pager or to email. You can also install add-on 
software such as TelAlert or Remedy that provide additional methods for notifying 
you when alerts occur. 
Alert 
Notification 
Options
The following methods...

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TelAlert Voice Page Sends a voice page to the system administrator and 
sends a code that identifies the alert. The voice page also 
confirms that the system administrator received the page. 
The page repeats until the system administrator responds 
to the page.
TelAlert AudixCalls the system administrator’s audix and leaves a voice 
message containing alert...

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Set Up Alert 
Notification
To setup alert notification, identify the notification method that meets your 
business needs, then complete the following procedure.1Select an Alert Notification method.2At a UNIX editor, type the following and press 
ENTER
: 
/opt/OV/OneVision/bin/SamplesResult: 
The system displays a list of script files.
3Type one of the script file...

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4Performance Management OverviewChapter Contents•Introduction
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•System Requirements
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•Supported Products
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•Access Performance Management
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•Exit Performance Management
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Introduction
As one of a collection of Business Communication System (BCS) management 
applications, the Performance Management system enables you to monitor the 
performance of the managed nodes (DEFINITY switch) in your DEFINITY system 
using an industry standard SNMP-based Network Management System (NMS). 
The system collects switch performance data, primarily...

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•Report schedule
Where you specify when a report should run, either immediately or at a later 
scheduled time.
•Alerting
Icons on the screen that indicate any violations of exception thresholds or 
alerts, such as when the system fails to collect performance data as 
scheduled, or when the system fails to generate a scheduled report.
•Graphical User Interface...

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System Requirements
The Project Provisioning Package for this release contains the specific 
recommendations and specifications to plan and install the Performance 
Management software. 
Installation 
Options
The provisioning package also defines the terms and conditions for the three 
installation options:
• Customer installation
• Technical Support...

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Supported ProductsNMS Products
The DEFINITY Performance Management 2.0 product supports the following 
network management products:
• DEFINITY Proxy Agent 2.0 
• DEFINITY Fault Management 2.0
NMS Platforms
The DEFINITY Performance Management 2.0 product supports the following 
Network Management System (NMS) platforms:
• HP OpenView Releases 4.11, 5.0, and...

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Access Performance Management
You should start Performance Management after you complete the installation 
process to verify that Performance Management is installed correctly.
Procedure
To access Performance Management, do the following:1Log in to UNIX.2Start the operating system software.3At a UNIX editor, type one of the following and press...

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If the system displays this screen, click 
Start Performance Management
.
Result: 
The Performance Management application starts and displays the 
Performance Management main window.