Solstice Enterprise Manager 4.1 Customizing Guide

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Index

Symbols

$eventInfo, 1

$eventOI

definition of, 1

$eventType variable, 1

$eventTypes

that MIS knows by default, 1

$messType

checking after MSet, 1

checking after SendAction, 1

possible values of, 1

$pollfdn

use of Append_rdn to set, 1

$pollfdn system variable in RCL, 1

$pollfdn variable, 1

$pollFdnSet, 1

A

access

application, 1

application feature, 1

database, 1

object, 1

access to

managed resources via CMIP, 1

SNM agents, 1

access, data, 1

action

at a transition, 1

three types in request templates, 1

types of, 1

Action Request System

using with EM, 1

additionalText

specifying in alarmStr function, 1

additionalText

Information, 1

additionalText information, 1

AdminOperStatusUp, 1

advanced requests

See also Nerve Center Requests, 1

agent

agentVersion number

how to find, 1

definition, 1

agent/station model, 1

agentOverloadAlarm, 1

agents

communications, 1

description, 1, 2

legacy support, 1

MPAs, 1, 2

protocol descriptions, 1

alarm colors, 1

assigning to icons, 1

changing, 1

process for changing, 1

updated in Network Views, 1

Alarm Manager

how it displays alarm notifications, 1

Alarm Service

in action, a scenario, 1

logging non-default alarms to the AlarmLog, 1

Overview, 1

perceived severity

SNMP traps, 1

perceived severity, 1

turning off, 1

what it does, 1

what it is, 1

which alarm logs to monitor, 1

AlarmLog, 1, 2

discriminator construct, 1

non-default types, 1

alarms

counters, 1

function, 1

logging via RCL SendEvent function, 1

SNM, 1

ampersand

use of in RCL, 1

ancillary services, MIS, 1

APIs, 1

appendRdn

syntax of function, 1

use of, 1

architecture, EM, 1

ASN.1, 1

values, converting to strings in RCL, 1

Asn1Type

use in RCL, 1

associativity

of operators in RCL, 1

asynchronous event reports (traps), 1

attribute

referenced in RCL conditions, 1

B

basic concepts, EM, 1

bc_map file

updated by em_snm_type_import, 1

bitwise operators

use of in RCL, 1

browse log records

how to, 1

C

CheckCPU, 1

clear alarms

generated by glyph reset on SNM Console, 1

cleared CMIP MPA threshold, 1

CMIP

agents

use in device management, 1

changing timeout values, 1

configuring, 1

messages, 1

MPA, 1

Notifications,Logging to AlarmLog, 1

Proxy Agent, 1

support,in Solstice EM, 1

CMIP MPA

configurations, 1

starting, 1

versions of, 1

CMIP MPA Overload, 1

CMIP MPA, configuration parameters, 1

CMIP protocol

supported, 1

CMIS Filter, 1

accepting all notifications, 1

accepting notifications, 1

defining, 1

not accepting notification, 1

sample filters, 1

with multiple ANDs, 1

CMIS filters

use in RCL event subscriptions, 1

CMIS-like, 1

colors

mapping

to severity,how to change, 1

mapping,changing the default, 1

mapping,default, 1

Common Management Information Service (CMIS)

requests, 1

compilers, 1

components, EM, 1

Concise MIB compiler (em_cmibp), 1

condition

definition of, 1, 2

role as an action, 1

role in defining transition, 1

Condition Language, 1

assignment operators, 1

Constants, 1

operator

assignment, 1

operator symbols, 1

Operators, 1

System variables, 1

value check functions

defined, 1

Variables, 1

Condition language

See Request Condition Language (RCL), 1

conditions

evaluating in request, 1

two roles of, 1

configuration parameters, CMIP MPA, 1

Configuration Tool, 1

configuring

SunLink CMIP, 1

containment relationship, 1

converting SNM schema files, 1

Cooperative Consoles

event types, 1

filtering capabilities, 1

glyph traps, 1

installing packages, 1

operation, 1

periphery-to-center configuration, 1

Receiver application, 1

receiving station, definition, 1

Sender daemon, 1

remote, 1

sending station, 1

setting up for EM, 1

SNM database traps, 1

SNM events, 1

SNM glyph traps, 1

SNMP Traps, 1

using with EM, 1

Cooperative Consoles and SNM, 1

critical, CMIP MPA threshold, 1

custom mangement applications, 1

custom mapping of SNMP traps, 1

D

data access, in MIS, 1

data types

in SNM event requests, 1

database, MIS, 1

database, SNM

loading into EM, 1

debugging

request templates

RCL Print function, 1

via RCL Print() function, 1

device

availability, 1

status, 1

DeviceReachablePing, 1

Discriminator Construct

defining, 1

discriminator construct

define event logging, 1

See also Log Filters, 1

discriminator contruct, 1

DiskPartitionsFull, 1

Domain Manager

See SunNet Manager, 1

E

element.schemas, 1

EM architecture

client/server, 1

em_cmibp compiler, 1

em_cmipconfig

replaced by -cmip option of em_oct, 1

em_debug

utility, 1

em_debug

use with RCL print() function, 1

EM_HOME environment variable, 1

em_ncexport utility

options, 1

em_ncimport utility

options, 1

em_schema2gdmo compiler, 1

em_snm_type_import utility

syntax of, 1

em_snmdb_import utility, 1

em_snmp-trap, 1

See also trap daemon, 1

em_trapd, 1

emAlarmLogList, 1

enterprise field, SNMP trap, 1

enterprise mapping blocks, 1

enterpriseSpecific trap, 1

environment variable

EM_SERVER, 1, 2, 3

LD_LIBRARY_PATH, 1, 2, 3

Event Dispatcher (na.event)

role in Cooperative Consoles, 1

event information

two types, 1

event logging, 1

Event Logs, 1

configuration files, 1

sample filters, 1

Event Notification

definition, 1

SNMP Traps, 1

event notification, 1

event notifications

as handled by requests, 1

default type, 1

use in fault management, 1

event subscription

RCL statements for, 1

via RCL functions, 1

what it is, 1

event types

Cooperative Consoles, 1

for trap mapping, 1

known to MIS by default, 1

events

extracting attributes of in RCL, 1

logging via RCL SendEvent function, 1

F

fault management

definition of, 1

fault status

indication, in SunNet Manager, 1

monitoring, 1

procedure for monitoring, 1

viewing, 1

features, EM, 1

filtering, Cooperative Consoles, 1

forwarding

SNMP traps

in a request template, 1

forwarding SNMP traps, 1

fully distinguished name (FDN), 1

G

GDMO, 1, 2

description, determines names of attributes, 1

document, 1

generic trap

values, 1

graphical display

for Request Designer, 1

maximum number of states displayed for Request Designer, 1

Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (GDMO), 1

H

Hosts

set up CiscoWorks on host with new name or IP address, 1

set up EM on host with new name or IP adress, 1

set up Landmark on host with new name or IP address, 1

set up Remedy on host with new name or IP address, 1

I

icons

converting SNM glyphs to EM format, 1

identifier field, traps, 1

IF construct

example of in condition, 1

IF constructs

use in RCL conditions, 1

use of in RCL, 1

IF ELSE constructs

nesting of in RCL, 1

use of in RCL, 1

IIMC standard for event notification, 1

incoming SNMP traps, 1

installing Cooperative Consoles, 1

InternetActionInfo, 1

internetAlarms

logging to AlarmLog, 1

introduction, EM, 1

K

Konfig

working with Em, 1

Konfig 2.4

using with EM, 1

L

Landmark

set up on host with new name or IP address, 1

working with EM, 1

Landmark's Performance Works

using with EM, 1

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

setting for SNM API access, 1

legacy support, 1

libnetmgmt library, 1

libnetmgt.so library, 1

libnetmgt_db.so compatibility library, 1

libnetmgt_db.so library, 1

log

notification type, 1

log discriminator, 1

Log Manager

Deleting selected log objects, 1

discriminator construct, 1

optional command line parameters, 1

starting, 1

verify event types, 1

what it is, 1

log objects

adding to the AlarmLog, 1

attributes, 1

name, 1

creation of, 1

deleting, 1

number in MIS, 1

removing from emAlarmLogList using Log Manager, 1

removing from emAlarmLogList using OBED, 1

what is it, 1

log records

creation, notifying the Alarm Service, 1

Event Logs tool, 1

from event mapping

location of, 1

Log Viewer

configuration files, 1

logging

discriminator construct

object identifiers, 1

notification records, 1

notification types, 1

Logs

accessing on a remote MIS, 1

creating, 1

creating for enterprise-specific traps, 1

logs, creating

example of, 1

M

M-ACTION

sent by RCL SendAction function, 1

major, CMIP MPA threshold, 1

managed objects

description, 1

Management Information Base, 1

Management Information Bases (MIBs), 1

management overview, 1

Management Protocol Adapter (MPAs), 1, 2

Management Protocol Adaptors (MPAs), 1

Management Tree of Overload Control Objects, 1

manager-to-manager capability, 1

managing

devices,using RPC agents, 1

objects,attributes of,accessing in RCL, 1

mapping

blocks, 1

records, 1

SNM for perceived severity, 1

MetaData Repository (MDR), 1

MIBs, 1, 2

adding to MIS, 1

Minimum Threshold Parameter, 1

minor, CMIP MPA threshold, 1

MIS

ancillary services, 1

data access, 1

description, 1

Nerve Center, 1

object orientation, 1

overview, 1

MIS requests

advanced, 1

MIT, 1

modules, EM API, 1

Monitor

ability to generate alarms, 1

use in tracking device availability, 1

MPA, 1, 2, 3, 4

mpaOverloadController, 1

N

na.event

role in SNM event requests, 1

na.snmp.schemas, 1

na.snmp-trap, 1

Nerve Center, 1

definition of, 1

Message types, 1

Request Condition Language, 1

Nerve Center Requests, 1

nerveCenterAlarms

logged by RCL functions, 1

Logging to AlarmLog, 1

structure of, 1

network management

role of requests in, 1

steps in performing, 1

network management applications, custom, 1

network management software, description, 1

network management, protocols, 1

O

object creation events

subscribing for in RCL, 1

object instance

changing attribute values, 1

creating, 1

deleting, 1

object orientation, 1

Optivity

working with EM, 1

Optivity 7.0

using with EM, 1

OR

use of in RCL conditions, 1

OSI stack

use with CMIP MPA, 1

overload control parameter, 1

Overload Notification Parameter, 1

Overload Threshold Parameter, 1

overloadControlContainerName, 1

Overview, EM, 1

overview, EM

application development support tools, 1

components, 1

concepts, 1

data access, 1

description, 1

features, 1

MIS, 1

MIS services, 1

MPAs, 1

Nerve Center, 1

object orientation, 1

PMI, 1

protocols, 1

task overview, 1

P

perceivedSeverity

permissible values of, 1

values, SNMP trap, 1

perceivedSeverity

in snmAlarmTraps, 1

Performance Works

using with EM, 1

working with EM, 1

periphery-to-center configuration

using Cooperative Consoles, 1

PingUpOrDown, 1

PMI, 1

poll

device, 1

poll interval parameter, 1

poll rate

definition of, 1

polling, 1

offloading to RPC agents, 1

responses to a request, 1

polls, 1

Portable Management Interface, 1

precedence

of operators in RCL, 1

print

as RCL function, 1

priority

in SNM, 1

probable cause values, 1

protocol

adapter (MPA)

for CMIP, 1

network management

support for, 1

operations, 1

protocol adapter (MPA)

for CMIP, 1

for legacy or proprietary protocols, 1

for RPC, 1

for SNMP, 1

protocols

network management, 1

proxy agents, 1, 2

Q

Q3 connection, 1

R

RCL

Exit function, 1

Receiver application, 1

receiving SNM alarms, 1

receiving station

definition, 1

relational operators

in SNM event requests, 1

Remedy

configuring to work with EM, 1

set up on host with new name or IP address, 1

Remedy's Action Request System

using with EM, 1

Remote Procedure Call (RPC), 1

support in Solstice EM, 1

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol

See RPC, 1

request

definition of (for Nerve Center), 1

evaluating conditions in, 1

poll responses to, 1

polling and event subscription, 1

scope of variables in, 1

use of variables and attributes in, 1

Request Condition Language (RCL)

AddressStrToAddress function, 1

alarm function, 1

alarm logging functions

Send_Event, 1

alarmOi function, 1

alarmStr function, 1

anystr function, 1

appendRdn function, 1

arithmetic operators, 1

ASN.1 conversion functions

sasnToStr, 1

StrToAsn, 1

asnToStr function, 1

attributes in, 1

bitwise operators, 1

built-in functions, 1

components of, 1

debugging function

print, 1

defined function, 1

event handling functions

SendAction, 1

SendTrap, 1

Subscribe, 1

SubscribeFilter, 1

SubscribeOi, 1

TrapGenericType, 1

TrapSpecificType, 1

Unsubscribe, 1

Extract function, 1

FinalStr function, 1

FOREACH constructs, 1

GetTimeStamp function, 1

IF constructs, 1

IF ELSE in, 1

include function, 1

InitialStr function, 1

IsChoice function, 1

IsList function, 1

logical operators, 1

examples, 1

Mail function, 1

minus sign, use of, 1

MSet function, 1

name conversion functions

Append_rdn, 1

NameToAddress, 1

NameToOid, 1

NameToAddress function, 1

NameToOid function, 1

nesting of constructs, 1

NumElements function, 1

OiNameToOi function, 1

OiToOiName function, 1

operators

and timestamp arithmetic, 1

arithmetic, 1

equality, 1

logical, 1

relational, 1

operators in, 1

precedence of operators, 1

Print function, 1

relational operators, 1

SendAction function, 1

SendEvent function, 1

SendTrap function, 1

SnmEventRequest function, 1

SnmKillRequest function, 1

statement blocks, 1, 2

StrCat function, 1

string handling functions

AnyStr, 1

FinalStr, 1

InitialStr, 1

StrCat, 1

StrToAsn function, 1

Subscribe function, 1

SubscribeFilter function, 1

SubscribeOi function, 1

summary of functions, 1

syntax checking, 1

syntax of attribute names in, 1

system variables, 1

timestamp arithmetic operators, 1

TrapGenericType function, 1

TrapSpecificType function, 1

type checking, 1

types of operands in, 1

Undefine function, 1

Unixcmd function, 1

Unsubscribe function, 1

use of ampersand in, 1

variables, dynamic typing of, 1

WHILE constructs in, 1

Request Condition Language(RCL)

attributes, 1

capabilities of, 1

constants, 1

operators

precedence of, 1

valid severities, 1

variables, 1

Request Designer, 1

attribute names, 1

graphical display, 1

performing tasks using, 1

how to start, 1

log object, 1

logging an event, 1

notification, 1

notification arrival, 1

poll

conditions, 1

rate, 1

request

attribute name, 1

notification arrival, 1

poll response arrival, 1

Request Condition Language, 1

request notification

response to a poll, 1

request template, 1

starting, 1

variable name, 1

request template

forwarding a trap in, 1

high-level procedure for creation of, 1, 2

logging an event, 1

procedure for creating in graphical display, 1

sample explained, 1

system and user variables, 1

request templates

exporting to ASCII file, 1

for RPC agents, 1

importing from ASCII file, 1

request-related applications, 1

Requests

use of Exit function to terminate, 1

requests

advanced, 1

retry-interval for SNMP proxy, 1

RPC, 1

based agents, 1

calls, 1

legacy support, 1

MPA, 1

PDM, 1

PDM and manageable SNM agent communication, 1

Protocol Driver Module, 1

request, 1

supported, 1

RPC agents

building request templates for, 1

direct polling of, 1

type of machine supported on, 1

using, 1

using Discover to configure support for, 1

RPC request, 1

RPC_Diskinfo_ DiskPartitionsFull, 1

RPC_Diskinfo_ WatchAllPartitions, 1

RPC_Hostperf_VerifyProxyAgent, 1

RPC_Hostperf_WatchCPU, 1

RPC_MibII_Interface CollisionDetection, 1

RPC_MibII_InterfacePing Triptime, 1

RPC_MibII_InterfaceStatus, 1

RPC_MibII_sysUpTime_AgentUp, 1

RPC_Ping_VerifyProxy Agent, 1

RPC_SNMP_VerifyProxy Agent, 1

S

schema compiler (em_schema2gdmo), 1

schema files

relationship among .. shipped with SNM, 1

schemas

See SNM schemas, 1

SNMP, 1

security, 1, 2

Sender daemon, 1

filters for information forwarding, 1

sending station

definition, 1

severity

alarm, 1

assigning to icons, 1

assignments, changing, 1

changing colors, 1

color-coding of, 1, 2

defined, 1

in alarm logging functions, 1

in Request Designer, definition of, 1

mapping, 1

propagation, 1

topoNodeParents attribute, 1

topoNodePropagatePeers attribute, 1

See perceivedSeverity, 1

short-circuiting

not implemented in RCL, 1

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), 1, 2

SNM

agent, 1

API, use by Cooperative Consoles, 1

application, definition of, 1

applications, compatibility with EM, 1

configuration files, 1

default locations, 1

console fault indications, table, 1

database, importing into EM, 1

elements, converting schemas for third-party elements, 1

event requests, 1

events, 1

fault status

mapping to perceivedSeverity, 1

fault status, mapping to perceivedSeverity, 1

glyph reset

generates clear alarm via Cooperative Consoles, 1

generating clear alarms on EM, 1

schemas, adding new object classes based on, 1

See also SunNet Manager, 1

SNM agent and schema files, 1

SNM and SNMP traps, 1

SNM application

requirement for EM compatibility, 1

setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH for, 1

SNM applications

adding to EM, 1

SNM database

traps, 1

SNM elements

types, adding third-party SNM types to EM, 1

SNM events, 1

SNM glyphs

converting third-party glyphs to EM format, 1

traps, 1

snm.conf file, 1, 2

snm.conf file, 1, 2, 3

snm2gdmo compiler, 1

snmAlarmTraps

how perceivedSeverity is determined, 1

SNMP, 1, 2

daemon, killing, 1

daemon, starting, 1

MIBs, 1

MIBs, compiling, 1

MPA, proxy agent, 1

proxy

receiving responses, 1

retry-interval, 1

requests, 1

schemas, 1

SendTrap condition, 1

support, in Solstice EM, 1

supported, 1

trap

additional text information, 1

changing severity, 1

default event notification, 1

default trap-mapping, 1

enterprise field, 1

enterprise mapping blocks, 1

generic values, 1

incoming, 1

mapping blocks, 1

mapping file location, 1

mapping records, 1

mapping records format, 1

probable cause values, 1

severity values, 1

specifying source of alarm, 1

user-configurable capability, 1

variable bindings, 1

trap daemon

starting, 1

trap daemon translation, 1

trap_maps file, 1

SNMP MPA, 1

SNMP Trap

daemon, 1

mapping, 1

severity, 1

SNMP trap

and Cooperative Consoles, 1

custom mapping, 1

extracting generic type in RCL, 1

extracting specific type in RCL, 1

forwarding, 1

generic types of, 1

monitoring with Nerve Center requests, 1

operationem_snmp-trap

daemon, 1

structure, 1

use in device management, 1

SNMP trap types, table, 1

SNMP Traps, 1

enterprise-specific logs, creating, 1

snmp.schema, 1

snmp-mibII.schema, 1

SnmpPingBackoffReachable, 1

SNMPv2

files, 1

SMI, 1

translation program, 1

Solaris x86

RPC agents for, 1

specifying source of alarm, 1

starting/stopping the trap daemon, 1

statement blocks

in Request Condition Language, 1

states

definition of, 1

subscription

use in requests, 1

SunLink

CMIP 8.2, 1

configuring CMIP, 1

SunNet Manager

2.2 compatibility, 1

alarms, receiving via Cooperative Consoles, 1

event priorities, mapping to perceivedSeverity, 1

event requests, data types for thresholds, 1

glyph reset traps, 1

topology traps, 1

SunNet Manager event requests

initiating via RCL, 1

relations for thresholds, 1

specifying thresholds in, 1

structure of, 1

support tools, for application development, 1

system variable

$count, 1

$eventInfo, 1

$eventTime, 1

$eventType, 1

$messageType, 1

T

TCP/IP network

use of RPC agents within, 1

Telecommunications Management Network (TMN), 1

Telecommunications Management Networks, 1

Third Party Applications

Konfig, 1

Landmark Performance Works, 1

Optivity, 1

Remedy, 1

set up on hosts with new IP address or name, 1

threshold

cleared, 1

critical, 1

major, 1

minor, 1

warning, 1

time

on MIS host, retrieving in RCL, 1

timeout values

changing, 1

TMN, 1

tools, custom application development, 1

Topology Nodes, 1

topoNodeMOSet attribute, 1

topoNodeSeverity

synchronization with highest uncleared alarm, 1

transition

definition of, 1

trap daemon

how to start/stop, 1

trap mapping

event types, 1

file location, 1

formats, 1

trap variable bindings, 1

trap_maps file, 1

trap_maps file, 1, 2

trap-mapping

default, 1

traps, SNMP

See SNMP traps, 1

TrapSpecificType, 1

U

uptime, 1

user variables, 1

user-configurable trap-mapping, 1

V

Viewer configuration file

udpating for SNM types, 1

W

warning, CMIP MPA threshold, 1

WHILE loops in RCL

example of, 1