Contents

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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Overview

• Introduction
• Measurement Types
• External Systems
• Configurable XML Exporter
• Integration with InfoVista
• Integration with MicroMuse
• Getting Started

2 Service Assurance Agent Measurement

• About Service Assurance Agent
• SAA Operations
  • Configuration Considerations
    • Topology
    • One-way and Two-way Probes
    • Unmanaged Devices
  • Supported Operations
• SAA Responder
• SAA Templates
• Applications in IP Service Activator
  • MPLS VPN
  • Measurement-only VPN
• Configuring SAA
  • Configuration Prerequisites
  • Deployment Considerations
  • Configuring SAA Measurements for Different VPN Connections
    • Configuring SAA for a CE to CE Connection
    • Configuring SAA for a PE to PE Connection using Shadow Routers
    • Configuring SAA for a PE to CE Connection using a Shadow Router
  • Configuring SAA Measurement in IP Service Activator
    • Creating an SAA Template
    • Adding an SAA Operation to a Template
    • Creating a Measurement-only VPN
    • Applying an SAA Template to a VPN

3 MIB-based and NetFlow Measurements

• Overview of MIB and NetFlow-based Measurements
• About Committed Access Rate MIB
• About MIB2
• About NetFlow
  • NetFlow Architecture and Components
  • About Flows
  • About UDP Formats
  • About Aggregation
• Configuring Measurement Types in IP Service Activator
  • Configuration Considerations
    • Reports
    • Policy Target Levels
    • CAR MIBs
    • NetFlow
  • Applying NetFlow or MIB-based Measurements to a Policy Target

4 Setting Up IP Service Activator for Integration

• Modeling External Systems
  • Types of External System
  • Creating an External System
• Creating Collectors
  • Roles and Measurement Parameters
  • Creating a Collector in IP Service Activator

5 Generic Exporter

• Generic Exporter Integration with IP Service Activator
  • Key Integration Components
  • TopologyExporter.xml Filtering
• Customizing Integration
  • TopologyExporterConfig.xml
  • TopologyExporter.xsl
  • TopologyExporter.txt
• Invoking the Generic Exporter
  • Configuring the Generic Exporter SNMP Community String
• Error Reporting

6 InfoVista Integration

• Integration with IP Service Activator
  • Key Integration Components
  • InfoVista Integration Files
• IP Service Activator Objects and InfoVista Vistas
  • Object Model Synchronization
  • InfoVista Object Mapping
  • InfoVista.xml Filtering
• Customizing InfoVista Integration
  • InfoVistaExportConfig.xml
  • InfoVista.xsl
  • InfoVista.txt
  • def.txt
  • Report.pl
  • General Configuration Tasks
• Invoking the InfoVista Integration Module
  • Configuring the InfoVista Integration Module SNMP Community String
• Importing IP Service Activator Integration Files into InfoVista
  • Importing the Def.txt and Report.pl Files into InfoVista
  • Importing the IP Service Activator InfoVista.txt File into InfoVista
• Reports
  • Report Naming Conventions
  • Interpreting Reports
• Specifying Additional Object Information
• Deployment
• Error Reporting

7 Micromuse Integration

• Integration with IP Service Activator
  • Key Integration Components
  • Micromuse Integration Files
• Micromuse Object Mapping
• Customizing Micromuse Integration
  • MicromuseExportConfig.xml
  • Micromuse.xsl
• Invoking the Micromuse Integration Module
• Specifying Additional Object Information
  • MicromuseExport.xml Filtering
• Deployment
• Error Reporting

A TopologyExporterConfig.xml Fields

• TopologyExporterConfig.xml Fields