A.12 HP Network Node Manager i-series

Table A-12 HP Network Node Manager i-series Adapter Properties

Property

Specify…

Alarm Columns

A comma-separated list that determines which alarm columns display and the order in which the alarm items display (date/time, rule, etc.) in the Alarms view. The default list is:

lifecycleStateShort,priorityShort,assignedTo,categoryShort,message

HTTP Protocol

Specify the protocol to connect to the NNMi web server for SOAP connections. The default is http.

Hierarchy File

A file in the /OperationsCenter_install_path/database directory that contains an XML description of the element hierarchy to build below the adapter element. The default is examples/HPNNMiHierarchy.xml.

Max Records Per Query

During a poll, NNMi information is retrieved in batches of records, until all records have been processed. Specify the number per query request to process before the next SOAP query. Set this property to limit the number of results returned per SOAP query alleviate issues with result size. For example, if a million records get returned, perhaps the NNMi web server has an issue. If so, can throttle down max records per query. Default is 500.

Mine Closed Incidents Time

Controls the initial mining of alarms with a Closed status when the adapter starts. Default is 0; closed incidents are not mined, only Open and Acknowledged alarms are mined.

NNMi Host

The name of the NNMi web server host.

NNMi Password

The password for the NNMi web server host.

NNMi Port

The port for the NNMi web server host.

NNMi Username

The user name for the NNMi web server host.

Poll Period (secs)

The number of seconds to wait before starting a new poll. Default is 60.

Process Inventory Alarms

Specify if the Inventory alarms for Node Groups, Nodes, Interfaces, IP Addresses, IP Subnets, and L2 Connections are sent through the hierarchy file for hierarchy file processing. Default is true. If set to false, you can remove the Inventory group from the hierarchy file.

Script.onError

A script that executes if the adapter fails for any reason. For example, the script can print the reason for the failure as msg using log.info(msg).

Script.onInitialized

A script that executes when the adapter initializes.

Script.onStarted

A script that executes when the adapter starts.

Script.onStopped

A script that executes after manually stopping the adapter.

Stylesheet File

The stylesheet file in the /OperationsCenter_install_path/database directory that applies to the HierarchyFile as a style markup to produce the final output.

Topology Inventory Folder Name

The label to use for the Topology Inventory folder in the elements tree.

Topology Maps Folder Name

The label to use for the Topology Maps folder in the elements tree.

Use Alarm Times For Condition Changes

The date/time stamp to use for all alarm data stored by the Operations Center Data Warehouse. If true, the alarm’s date/time stamp is used. If false, the date/time stamp of when the Operations Center server received the alarm is used. The default is true.

Alarm history is stored based on the alarm time rather than alarm receipt time. Also, for SLA metric data based on alarm properties, the property values are recorded based on the alarm time instead of the alarm receipt time. Note that recording historical condition data for historical alarms is not supported.

Use Extended API

Indicate if NNMi queries for structure information regarding Nodes and Node Groups. I.e. children of a Node Group, so can reflect that structure in our element tree. Default is true.

Use NNM Icons for Nodes

If set to true and if Use Extended API is set to true, then NNMi is queried for the Node icons to use in the element tree and layout view. Default is true. If false, standard icons are used.

Use Pattern for IP Address Inventory

The integration discovers inventory objects from NNMi (Nodes, Node Groups, Interfaces, IP Addresses, IP Subnets, L2 Connections). Objects are placed under the Topology Inventory element tree branch. Specify patterns to create subfolders under that branch for the Inventory items.

For example, if there are thousands of IP Addresses and no pattern is set, they all show under the Topology Inventory/IP Addresses element tree branch as peers. Using a pattern, the IP Addresses can be broken into subfolders based on portions of the ip address name. For IP Addresses, the default pattern is based on the first three numbers of the IP Address, so IP Address 192.72.13.200 would be placed in the element tree under parent Topology Inventory/IP Addresses/192.72.13.

Specify the pattern:

  • Start the pattern with a minus sign to disable. Inventory items will be a flat list in the elements tree.

  • Use one or more regular expressions separated by commas. Surround the portion of the regular expression that should become the folder name with parentheses.

For example, assume this is the pattern for interfaces: (..).*,(....).*,(……).*

This pattern would create at most three sub folders to contain the interfaces. The subfolders would be based on the first two characters, then the first four characters, then the first six characters of the Interface name.

So interface “ethernet64 would be placed in Topology Inventory/Interfaces/et/ether/ethern or three subfolders deep since the name is longer than six characters. Interface lo5 would be placed in Topology Inventory/Interfaces/lo or one subfolder deep since the name is between two and four characters.

Use Pattern for IP Subnet Inventory

Same as the Use Pattern for IP Address Inventory property above but for IP Subnets. No default pattern.

Use Pattern for Interface Inventory

Same as the Use Pattern for IP Address Inventory property above but for Interfaces. No default pattern.

Use Pattern for L2 Connection Inventory

Same as the Use Pattern for IP Address Inventory property above but for L2 Connections. No default pattern.

Use Pattern for Node Group Inventory

Same as the Use Pattern for IP Address Inventory property above but for Node Groups. No default pattern.

Use Pattern for Node Inventory

Same as the Use Pattern for IP Address Inventory property above but for Nodes. No default pattern.