Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Performance Management Release 2.0 User Guide

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585-229-808, Issue 1
November 1998
DEFINITY
® 
Performance Management
Release 2.0
User Guide 
						

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0ContentsAbout This Book 8
Introduction 9
User Document Set 10
DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide 11
Audience 12
Format Conventions 13
Lucent Resources 17
Project Provisioning Package 17
Technical Support Center (TSC) 18
NetCare Network Consulting Group 19
Year 2000 Compliance 20
1 NMS Overview 21
Introduction 22
System Requirements 24
NMS Capabilities 26
NMS Command Procedures 27
Access the NMS 28
Screen Components 29
Exit from the NMS 32 
						

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2 NMS Submap Administration 33
Introduction 34
Set Auto-Discovery Passwords 36
Set up Auto-Discovery 38
Select Network Submap 40
Generic Submap 42
USA Submap 43
Custom Submap 45
Connections 47
View Types of Connections 48
Identify Connection Status 50
View the Status of a Connection 53
Verify Static Connection Status 56
Modify NMS Submaps 61
3 NMS Alerts 62
Introduction 63
Identify NMS Alerts 64
NMS alert Notification Methods 71 
						

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4 Performance Management Overview 74
Introduction 75
System Requirements 77
Supported Products 78
Access Performance Management 79
Exit Performance Management 81
5 Basic Screen Components 82
Introduction 83
Screen Components 84
Main Window 88
About Panes 90
Menu bar 92
Nodes 94
Alert Indicators 95
Managed Nodes 97
Command Buttons 97
Status Bar 98
Splitter Bar 98 
						

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6 Specify Collection Parameters 99
Introduction 100
Specify Default Data Collection Hours 101
Specify Collection Hours for a Specific Managed Node 104
Specify Default Data Types 107
Specify Data Types for a Specific Managed Node 109
Specify Default Data Storage Duration 112
Specify Data Storage Duration for a Specific Managed
Node 115
7 Administer Reports 118
Introduction 119
Getting Started 120
Create a New Report 124
Define Data Fields 126
Options from a Displayed Report 131
Print a Report 134
Select Managed Nodes 139
Create and Modify a Trunk Group List 143
Specify Report Interval 147
Schedule a Report 151 
						

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Set up Report in Table Format 154
Set up Report in Chart Format 157
Define Destination of Report Output 163
Run a Report 167
Display Report Output 170
View a Report on a Browser 173
8 Event Log 177
Introduction 178
Using the Event Log 180
Resolve an Event 185
9 Set Alerting Parameters 186
Introduction 187
About Alert Levels 188
Set Global Alerting Parameters 190
Set Processor Occupancy Alerting Parameters 195
Set Trunk Group Alerting Parameters 198 
						

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10 Maintenance and Error Recovery 201
Introduction 202
Error Recovery 203
System Notification of Errors 205
Process Trace 206
Event Types Exception and Error 207
Message Type SWERR 208
Delete Managed Node from Database 209
Index 210 
						

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0About This BookChapter Contents•Introduction
 
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•User Document Set
 
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DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide
 
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Audience
 
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Format Conventions
 
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•Lucent Resources
 
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Project Provisioning Package
 
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Technical Support Center (TSC)
 
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NetCare Network Consulting Group
 
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•Year 2000 Compliance
 
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About This BookIntroduction
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Introduction
This chapter contains helpful information about the documentation and the Lucent 
resources available to customers for the DEFINITY Network Management 
Release 2.0 products, which include:
• DEFINITY Proxy Agent
• DEFINITY Fault Management
• DEFINITY Performance Management 
• DEFINITY Network Management Common Software
The
 User Document Set 
section
 contains the complete list of installation guides 
and user guides that are delivered on CD-ROM. This section also includes an 
overview of this book, the target audience for this book, and the format 
conventions used in the procedures.
The 
Lucent Resources
 section includes essential information about the Project 
Provisioning Package which contains: 
• System requirements for hardware and software
• Ordering information
• Installation options
•Custom services
• Lucent and customer responsibilities
An account executive can provide customers with a copy of the Project 
Provisioning Package upon request. 
						

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User Document Set
The 
User Document Set
 for Release 2.0 is delivered on a separate CD-ROM. 
The CD-ROM contains all the installation and user guides for the DEFINITY 
Network Management Release 2.0 products, including:
• DEFINITY Proxy Agent Installation Guide 
• DEFINITY Proxy Agent User Guide 
• DEFINITY Fault Management Installation Guide
• DEFINITY Fault Management User Guide
• DEFINITY Performance Management and Common Software Installation 
Guide
• DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide
The 
installation guides
 for the products specifically cover the procedures to 
install and set up the software so that the product is ready to use. Generally, only 
an experienced network manager should install and set up the software.
The 
user guides
 for the products describe the functions, screen, and procedures 
to operate and manage the software. Once the software is set up, then users 
should refer to the user guides to operate and administer the product.
Installation 
procedures
The insert on the CD-ROM contains the procedures to install the guides. The Readme
 file on the CD-ROM also contains the complete installation procedures.