HP Network Node Manager i Software

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Software Version: 9.21

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Document Release Date: August 2012

Software Release Date: August 2012

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Contents
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Contents 6
About the NNMi Console 9
Configure How Mozilla Firefox Responds to NNMi Requests 12

Configure Mozilla Firefox Timeout Interval 13

Configure How Microsoft Internet Explorer Responds to NNMi Requests 13

Configure the Microsoft Internet Explorer Title Bar 13

Navigating the Console 15

Display Views 15

Access More Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane) 16

Invoke Actions 19

Use the Tools Menu 20

Access Help 21

Search the Help Topics 22

Mark Your Favorite Help Topics 23

About Workspaces 24
About the Analysis Pane 28
Using the View Toolbars 31
Using the Form Toolbar 39
Using Views to Display Data 40
Select Multiple Objects 41

Refresh a View 41

Use Table Views 42

Resize a Column 42

Hide a Column 43

Display a Hidden Column 43

Select all Rows in a Table 43

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Sort Column Data 44

Stop Periodic Refresh of a View 45

Filter a Table View 45

Filter Tables by Node or Interface Group 48

About Node and Interface Groups 49

Filter by Time Period (Incident Views Only) 50

Filter by Attribute Value 50

Select Filter Values 50

Create a Filter to Specify Values 51

Use Null Value Filters 55

Modify a Table View Filter 55

Remove a Filter 59

Restore Default Filters 59

Display Current Filter Settings 60

Restore Table Defaults 61

Export Table Information 61

Limits to View Settings 63

Use Map Views 63

Navigate Maps 64

Change the Map Layout 65

Adjust the Zoom Factor 65

Pan Around the Map 66

Find a Node in a Map 66

Refresh Node Status on a Map 67

Control Tool Tips Information on a Map 67

Understand Maps 68

About Status Colors 68

Status Color for Objects 68

Status Color for Aggregator Objects (NNMi Advanced) 71

About Map Symbols 73

Node Group Map Objects 77

Layer 2 Neighbor View Map Objects 78

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Layer 3 Neighbor View Map Objects 80

Path View Map Objects 81

Access Maps Provided by NNMi 82

Views Provided by NNMi 85

Working with Objects 96
Access a Subset of the Available Information About a Related Object 97

Access All Information About a Related Object 97

Modify Object Attribute Values 98

Using Actions to Perform Tasks 100

HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Metrics Software Actions 103

Displaying Information About NNMi 105

Displaying NNMi System Information 105

Displaying NNMi Version and License Information 108

Glossary 109

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About the NNMi Console

The HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) console is the graphical user interface for your NNMi
application. The main features of the console are shown in the following diagram and explained in
the table below .

When using the NNMi console, note the following:

l If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser, you can sign into multiple NNMi
sessions. Use a different user name for each browser session.
l If you are using Mozilla Firefox as your browser, you can only sign into a single NNMi session on
each client system.
l You can bookmark the URL for the NNMi console.
l You can integrate NNMi with other applications, including HP Network Node Manager i
Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs). Therefore, you might see user interface items such as

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workspaces, views, or tabs that are not described in the NNMi online help. Contact your NNMi
administrator if you have questions about any additional user interface items that are not
described.
l By default, NNMi displays menus, views, and workspaces that require an additional license. If
you do not have the required license, NNMi labels these features as Unlicensed or
Evaluation. Evaluation indicates the License Type is Instant-On or Temporary.
Note: The NNMi Administrator can configure the User Interface to hide Unlicensed or
Evaluation features.
Network Node Manager Console Features
Feature Description

1 Title bar Used to identify the application you are running. The top-right corner contains the
standard browser buttons for closing and resizing the console window.

2 Main menu Commands available in the console. Command categories include File, View,
bar Tools, Actions, and Help. See "Invoke Actions" (on page 19) and "Using Actions
to Perform Tasks" (on page 100). See also "Access Help" (on page 21) and
"Search the Help Topics" (on page 22) for information about the tools provided to
help you learn about NNMi.

3 Helps you navigate between workspaces and views. See "Display Views" (on
Workspace page 15) and "About Workspaces" (on page 24).
navigation
panel

4 A context that represents your current scope of interest and work. Workspaces
Workspaces provide a means of grouping views for a related purpose or task flow. Multiple
views are available in each workspace. See "Views Provided by NNMi" (on page
85).

5 Console Alerts about any problems with NNMi, itself.

message
bar

6 User, Your current user name, and role assignment. Your role assignment determines
Role, and what you can see and do within the NNMi console.
Sign Out
button

7 Title of the view you selected from the workspace navigation panel and the
Breadcrumb breadcrumb trail. Each view provides access to a group of objects. More details
trail about each object are available when you double-click the object to display that
object's form. See "Using Views to Display Data" (on page 40) , "Access More
Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16), and
"Working with Objects" (on page 96) . The breadcrumb trail displays in the view
title bar, so you can easily navigate to previously accessed views and forms.

8 View Tools available within the current view or form. These tools enable you to remove
Toolbar any data filters that you previously applied, restore any columns that you
previously hid, and manipulate objects within the view. See "Using the View

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Network Node Manager Console Features , continued

Feature Description

Toolbars" (on page 31) for more information.

The drop-down selectors enable you to modify the factory-set filter values applied
to the visible data. See "Filter a Table View" (on page 45).

9 Content Displays the currently selected view or form.

Pane

10 Status In table views, the Status Bar shows the following information:
Bar
l Total. The current number of objects in the database that match the criteria for
this table (each row displays data about one object).

Note: You might also see a LIMIT number. This indicates that HP
Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) software, has
set a limit for the current view. This number appears when the number of
objects that match the criteria for the current table exceeds the number of
rows allowed. See "Help for Administrators" for more information about
NNM iSPIs software.

Tip: To reduce the number of objects displayed so that you see only the
objects of interest, use filters.

l Selected: Indicates the number of rows selected in the table.

l Filter. Indicates if the currently displayed data is a filtered subset of available
objects. See "Filter a Table View" (on page 45).
l Auto Refresh. Indicates the current refresh time interval. See "Refresh a View"
(on page 41).
In map views, the Status Bar shows the following information:

l The number of nodes displayed on the map.

l Auto status refresh. Automatic refresh rate for the Refresh Status option. See
"Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67). To update other aspects of the
map data (changes in node placement, nodes added, and nodes deleted), see
"Refresh a View" (on page 41).

Note: The Initial Discovery Progress map indicates the refresh rate for
Auto full refresh, which refreshes both status and topology.

In both table and map views, the Status Bar displays the Last Updated time to
indicate the time at which the view was last refreshed.

11 Analysis Displays additional information about the object selected in the Content Pane.
Pane Examples of additional information include details about an incident's Source
Node and Source Object or information about a node's Interfaces and

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Network Node Manager Console Features , continued

Feature Description

IP Addresses.

Note: This pane remains blank until an object is selected.

Configure How Mozilla Firefox Responds to NNMi Requests

By default, NNMi opens Online help in a new browser window.

In the main console window, opens a duplicate of the current view or form in a new browser
window.

To control the number of windows generated, you can configure Mozilla Firefox so NNMi responds
to requests in a new tab within the current Firefox window.

To configure how Mozilla Firefox responds to NNMi links:

1. Open a Mozilla Firefox browser window.

2. In the URL field, type about:config and press Enter.
3. At the top of the displayed form, in the field labeled Filter, type newwindow. A list of relevant
attributes displays.
4. Double-click browser.link.open_newwindow.
5. In the Enter integer value dialog box, type one of the following choices:
1 = Replace the current Firefox window/tab.

2 = Open a new Firefox window.

3 = Open a new tab within the current Firefox window.

6. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

7. Double-click browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction.
8. In the Enter integer value dialog box, type one of the following choices:
0 = Use settings in browser.link.open_newwindow.

1 = Ignore settings in browser.link.open_newwindow.

2 = Use settings in browser.link.open_newwindow unless the URL contains other window

instructions.

9. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

Related Topics

"Configure How Microsoft Internet Explorer Responds to NNMi Requests" (on page 13)

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Configure Mozilla Firefox Timeout Interval

If you use the Mozilla Firefox browser and have timeout issues (for example, being prompted to
Continue before a map appears), try resetting the Mozilla Firefox timeout value:

1. In the Mozilla Firefox address bar, type: about:config

2. Select the dom.max_script_run_time entry from the scroll-down list.
3. Increase the value displayed. For example, enter 0 (zero) to set the timeout value to infinity.

Configure How Microsoft Internet Explorer Responds to

NNMi Requests
Note: If you are using Internet Explorer 8 and the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
Configuration, see the "Suggested Configuration Changes" appendix of the HP Network Node
Manager i Software Deployment Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.

By default, NNMi opens Online help in a new browser window.

In the main console window, opens a duplicate of the current form or view in a new browser
window.

To control the number of windows generated, you can configure Microsoft Internet Explorer so
NNMi responds to requests in a new tab within the current Explorer window.

To configure how Microsoft Internet Explorer responds to NNMi requests:

1. From the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, select Tools → Internet Options
2. Select the General tab.
3. Under the Tabs section, click Settings.
4. In the Tabbed Browsing Settings dialog, locate the radio box group labeled When a pop-up
is encountered.
5. Make your selection:
n Let Internet Explorer decide...
n Always open pop-ups in a new window
n Always open pop-ups in a new tab
6. Click OK to save your configuration and close the dialog box.
7. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog and return to the browser window.
Related Topics

"Configure How Mozilla Firefox Responds to NNMi Requests" (on page 12)

Configure the Microsoft Internet Explorer Title Bar

When using Internet Explorer, browser settings determine whether the name of an NNMi view or
form displays in the title bar.

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To configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to display view and form titles:

1. Open the Internet Explorer browser and click the Tools menu.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Navigate to the Security tab, Trusted Sites, Custom Level, Miscellaneous section.
4. Disable the Allow websites to open windows without address or status bars attribute

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Navigating the Console

The main window of the console is your starting point for navigation.

A view is a collection of related objects that are depicted as a table or map. A form provides all
known details about a selected object.

From the main window, you can perform the following tasks:

l "Display Views" (on page 15)

l "Access More Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16)
l "Invoke Actions" (on page 19)
l "Use the Tools Menu" (on page 20)
l "Access Help" (on page 21)
l "Search the Help Topics" (on page 22)
l "Mark Your Favorite Help Topics" (on page 23)

Display Views
Views contain information about the objects in your network. A view can be a table (a list of objects)
or a view can be a map with icons. For example, to assist you in managing incidents, NNMi
provides the Open Key Incidents and My Open Incidents table views.

To display a view:

1. Click a workspace name in the workspaces navigation panel to display a group of views. The
workspaces provided by NNMi are shown below:

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Incident Management

Topology Maps

Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Inventory

Management Mode

Incident Browsing,

Integration Module Configuration

Configuration

2. Select the view you want.

When you select another view from the workspaces navigation panel, the selected view replaces
the current view.

If you open a view using the Show View in New Window icon, the view opens in a new
window.

If the view has more than one page of information, use the scroll bar or the page controls to navigate
through each page of the view. See "Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31) for more information
about using page control.

See "Using Actions to Perform Tasks" (on page 100) for more information about views that are
accessible from the console's Actions menu.

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

Access More Information About an Object (Forms and

Analysis Pane)
You can access more information about any object. For example, in your current view, you can
obtain more information about a node or interface that was reported as having problems. From
within the node or interface form, you can access the associated incidents.

Access all object attributes and related objects by displaying the form:

A red asterisk (*) that precedes an attribute on a form indicates the attribute requires a value.

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l To open a form using Tools → Find Node:

See the "Use the Tools Menu" (on page 20) for more information.

l To open a form from a table view:

Double-click the row representing an object.
The form appears, containing the details about the object. For more information, see "Working
with Objects" (on page 96).

l To open a form from a map view:

Do one of the following:

n Select the map object. Then, click the Open icon in the toolbar.
n Double-click the map object.

Note: If the map object is a Child Node Group, double-clicking the Child Node Group object
replaces the current map with a map containing each of the nodes in the Child Node Group.
To access a Child Node Group form, use the Open icon in the toolbar.

The form appears, containing the details about the object. For more information, see "Working
with Objects" (on page 96).

l To open multiple forms from a table view:

CTRL-Click each row representing an object of interest.
A form for each object appears, containing the details about the object. For more information,
see "Working with Objects" (on page 96).

l To open multiple forms from a map view:

a. Select each object of interest by using CTRL-Click.

b. Click the Open icon in the toolbar.

A form for each object appears, containing the details about the object. For more information,
see "Working with Objects" (on page 96).

Access more details about an object using the Analysis Pane:

To access the Analysis Pane from a table view:

1. Select the workspace of interest (for example, Inventory).
2. Select the view that contains the object of interest (for example, the Nodes view).
3. Select the row that contains the object of interest.
4. NNMi displays detailed information at the bottom of the view in the Analysis Pane.

To access the Analysis Pane in a map view:

1. Select the workspace of interest (for example, Topology Maps).
2. Select a map view (for example, select Routers).

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Note: If the map requires a starting node before it opens, enter the name or
IP Address for the starting node you want to use.

3. Click the map object of interest.

4. NNMi displays detailed information at the bottom of the view in the Analysis Pane.

To access the Analysis Pane in a form:

l Click the form's toolbar Show Analysis icon to display information about the current form's
top-level object in the Analysis Pane.

Note: Show Analysis always displays the top-level object's information.

l Click a row in a table on one of the form's tabs to display detailed information about the selected
object in the Analysis Pane.
NNMi displays detailed information at the bottom of the form in the Analysis Pane. See Working
with Objects for more information about forms.

Note the following:

l Look for one of the following at the bottom of the display area:

Open the Analysis Pane if necessary by clicking the expand button.

l Place your mouse cursor over the title bar to display the ↕ symbol, then resize as necessary.
l The Analysis Pane remains blank until an object is selected.
l If you select multiple objects or clear a selection, NNMi retains the Analysis Pane's contents.
l If you change views, NNMi clears the Analysis Pane.

l Click any Refresh icon in the Analysis Pane to update a subset of displayed information.
l NNMi automatically refreshes the entire Analysis Pane's contents when you save a form.
l The Gauges tab shows real-time SNMP gauges to display State Poller and Custom Poller
SNMP data.
n These gauges are displayed for Nodes, Interfaces, Custom Node Collections, and for Node
Components of type CPU, Memory, Buffers, or Backplane.
n NNMi displays a gauge for each significant MIB Object Identifier (OID) that the node or
interface supports, up to the default maximum of 24.

Tip: If you are an NNMi administrator, for information about using the nms-
ui.properties file to change this default, see the "NNMi Console" chapter in the HP
Network Node Manager i Software Deployment Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.

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n Each gauge displays the current OID value, using the default refresh rate of 15 seconds. (If
you are an NNMi administrator, for information about using the nms-ui.properties file to
change this default, see the "NNMi Console" chapter of the HP Network Node Manager i
Software Deployment Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.)
n The value range displayed indicates the OID minimum and maximum values that NNMi has
encountered.
n For any gauge that tracks percentage values, NNMi uses a red line to indicate where the OID
value is near 100 percent.
n There is not a one-to-one match between the OIDs used to analyze monitoring thresholds and
those displayed in the Analysis Pane. For example, the Analysis Pane might display a Cisco
Memory Pool OID value that does not match the value used to calculate whether the
Memory Utilization Monitored Attribute threshold is reached or exceeded. This is because
some threshold metrics require more complex calculations than a single OID allows.

Tip: If a gauge label appears to be a duplicate value, mouse over the label to view the
more complete tooltip name that appears. (If you are an NNMi administrator, to change
the gauge title from the NNMi component name to the SNMP MIB variable name, see the
"Maintaining NNMi" chapter of the HP Network Node Manager i Software Deployment
Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.)

n To launch an SNMP Line Graph for the selected metric, click the icon that appears at the
bottom of each gauge.
n To select and copy the tooltip information, double-click the gauge. NNMi opens a text window
that enables you to select and copy the tooltip information.

Invoke Actions
To perform an action, you select an action from the Actions menu. The Actions menu is
accessible from the NNMi console main menu toolbar and from the menu toolbar in any view or
form that is opened in a new window.

Note: The actions available to you depend on your user role and on the object selected. If no
actions are available for a particular object, the Actions menu is empty.

l To invoke an action from a table or map view:

a. If you do not have a view displayed, from the workspace navigation panel, select a view:

Tip: For multiple selection, use CTRL-click.

o In a table view, single-click a row.

o In a map view, single-click the object of interest.
b. Select the Actions menu in the menu toolbar.

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Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

c. Select the action you want to perform from the list of available actions.

l To invoke an action from a form:

a. If you do not have a form open, from the workspace navigation panel, select the table view
you want to access.
b. From the table view, double-click the row representing the object instance (for example,
node) you want to update.
c. From the menu toolbar, select Actions and then the action you want. For example, select
In Progress to change the Lifecycle State of the selected incident to In Progress.

When invoking actions, note the following:

l If you are running an action that modifies attributes on a form, the action takes effect
immediately. You do not have to select Save.
l An action might cause a new window to open.
l In the Actions menu, your administrator can add menu choices. Those action items won't be
described in NNMi Help.
l If you selected the wrong number of objects for an action, you can de-select all objects by
clicking twice in the row. (The first click selects the object and the second click de-selects the
object.)
Related Topics

"Using Actions to Perform Tasks" (on page 100)

Use the Tools Menu

Several tools are provided beneath the Tools menu. The list of tools changes depending on the role
to which you are assigned. The tools listed in the following table are available to Operator Level 2.

NNMi Tools Menu Options

Tool Description

Find a Node Searches the NNMi database for the case-sensitive string of characters you
provide. NNMi finds the associated Node. If multiple Nodes match, NNMi
displays the Node form of the first match. NNMi checks the following Node
attributes for a match:

l Name
l Hostname (fully-qualified)
l IP address
l MIB-II sysName

Find Identifies the switch port to which the selected node is attached.
Attached
Switch Port

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Tool Description

MIB Browser Displays the responses to NNMi's SNMP requests made to a particular node in
your network environment, starting from a Management Information Base (MIB)
object identifier (OID) within the Internet MIB tree.

NNMi Status Displays a list showing the status of each process and service of NNMi. When
NNMi is functioning properly, each process and service should be running. If one
is not running, contact your NNMi administrator.

Restore All Removes all view customizations, and resets all views to their default settings.
Default View See "Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61) for more information.
Settings

Status Displays the overall health of your network by providing Stacked Area Graphs
Distribution that display the distribution of Node, Interface, and IP Address Status information
Graphs over time.

Visio Export Exports topology maps displayed in NNMi to Visio documents for later use.
(NNM iSPI
NET)

Access Help
Note: Context-sensitive help is not available when pressing [F1]. Use the NNMi Help menu,
instead.

If you have a Guest user role, start with the topics in Help → Using the Console. More information
about each view is in Help → Help for Operators. If you need more information about a form, use
the Help → Using the <name> form within the form.

If you are an Operator, task information is provided in Help → Help for Operators. If you are an
Administrator, all the resources described in the table below are valuable.

To access the help:

1. Select Help from the NNMi console main menu.

2. From the help you can access all the information described in the table below.

Help → Links
Help Link Description

Using the <name> Context-sensitive help for the current form.

form

Using the Console Explains how to use the NNMi console, including how to navigate
within the console, as well as how to access and use the forms and
views NNMi provides.

Help for Operators Describes how to use the views, forms, and additional NNMi features
that are useful for monitoring and troubleshooting the network.

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Help → Links , continued

Help Link Description

Help for Administrators Explains how NNMi works and how you can configure NNMi to meet
your needs. Describes how to use the Configuration workspace that
lets you configure a variety of objects and settings for NNMi.

Documentation Library Provides access to Reference Pages (command line tool information),
Release Notes, and more.

HP Software Support Accesses the HP Software support web site.

Website

System Information Health information about NNMi. See "Displaying NNMi System
Information" (on page 105).

About HP Current NNMi licensing information (total licensed capacity limit

Network Node compared to the number of nodes currently managed). See "Displaying
Manager i Software NNMi Version and License Information" (on page 108).

Related Topics

"Search the Help Topics" (on page 22)

"Mark Your Favorite Help Topics" (on page 23)

Search the Help Topics

To search for specific information across all help topics:

1. In the navigation pane of the Help window, click the Search tab.
2. Type in a search string (see table).
3. Click the Search button. The order of the resulting list of topics is based on a ranking order,
with highest ranking topics at the top of the list.
Search Variables
Description Variable Example

Search for one or more words. When you enter a group of node interface
words into the search field, "or" is inferred.

Search for a phrase. "" "navigation pane"

(wrap a text
string in
quotes)

Search for "either of" or "any of" specific strings. OR (case node or interface
insensitive) or address

| (pipe symbol) "node

name"|"interface
status"

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Description Variable Example

Search for two or more specific strings. AND (case node And
insensitive) interface And
address
+ (plus symbol)
"node
& (ampersand)
name"+address

"node
name"&"interface"

Search for all topics that do not contain something. NOT (case not node
insensitive)
! node
! (exclamation
mark)

Search for all topics that contain one string and do not ^ (carat node ^ interface
contain another. symbol)

Combinations of the above. ( ) parenthesis node and (name or

status)

node or vlan
(!address)

Note: Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account
and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "templates" followed by a
search for "Templates" would return the same number of help topics, but the order in which the
topics are listed would be different.

Mark Your Favorite Help Topics

Use the Favorites tab in the Help system to set favorites for your commonly used help topics.

When using this feature, note the following:

l This feature is not related to the Favorites option in your Web browser.
l Any time you delete your Web browser cookies, your help topic favorites list is deleted.

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About Workspaces
A workspace is a collection of views that represent a scope of interest and work. Workspaces
group views with a related purpose or task flow.

When you click the name of a workspace, the views associated with that workspace display below
the workspace in the workspace navigation panel. After you select a view, the view display panel
shows the requested data. See "About the NNMi Console" (on page 9) and "Display Views" (on
page 15) for more information about the workspace navigation and view display panels.

The views within workspaces provide convenient access to information associated with each
object type represented. A view displays all the objects of a given type that meet the filter criteria
specified for that view.

Note: Some workspaces appear under folders. To access the list of workspaces available for
a folder, click the + (plus sign) that precedes the folder name.

NNMi includes the following workspaces:

l Incident Management
Use the Incident Management workspace to access the incidents that are most important
to the network Operator and that often require more immediate action, (incidents with the
Lifecycle State equal to Registered, In Progress, or Completed). Key Incident1
views include:
n Open Key Incident views that include those incidents with a Correlation Nature equal to any
of the following:

Incident
Correlation
Nature Description

Info This Correlation Nature is meant to be informational.

None Indicates there is no incident correlation for this incident.

Rate Indicates the incident tracks incident patterns based on the number of
Stream incident reoccurrences within a specified time period. After the count within
Correlation the specified time period is reached, NNMi emits a Rate Correlation incident
and continues to update the Correlation Notes with the number of
occurrences within that rate.

Root Indicates the incident that reports the root cause of a problem.

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.

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Incident
Correlation
Nature Description

Cause

Service Used in NNMi 8.xx only. Indicates a relationship between incidents in which
Impact a network service is effected by other incidents. By default, NNMi generates
Service Impact incidents for Router Redundancy Groups. For example, an
Interface Down incident can effect a Router Redundancy Group that is part
of an HSRP service. The Service Impact incident helps to identify the
service that is affected.
This Correlation Nature is available for use by HP Network Node Manager i
Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs). See "Help for Administrators" for more
information about NNM iSPIs.

Stream Used in NNMi 8.xx only. Indicates the correlations that NNMi's event
Correlation pipeline establishes as it recognizes patterns in the flow of events through
the pipeline. Correlations are created as NNMi analyzes events and traps to
determine the root cause incident for a problem. Examples of stream
correlations include Dedup (duplication of events) and Rate (occurrence of
events by time) correlations.

n Unassigned Open Key Incident views include any unassigned Key Incidents.
n My Open incidents view includes all incidents that are assigned to the current user.

l Topology Maps
The Topology Maps workspace includes a Node Group map view of all top-level Node Groups
created in your network, as well as map views of your Network Device Infrastructure, Layer 3
(routers) and Layer 2 (switches) network. See "About Node and Interface Groups" (on page 49)
for more information about Node Groups. An NNMi administrator, or a role assigned by the
NNMi administrator, can change the map views listed in this workspace. See "Help for
Administrators" for more information.
The Topology Maps workspace also includes the Initial Discovery Progress or Network
Overview map, which displays a map containing the most highly connected nodes in the Layer 3
network.

Note: The Initial Discovery Progress map displays a maximum of 100 nodes. This
maximum number cannot be changed. The Network Overview map displays a maximum of
250 nodes by default. The NNMi administrator can change this maximum number using a
configuration file. If you are an NNMi administrator, for more information, see the "NNMi
Console" chapter in the HP Network Node Manager i Software Deployment Reference,
which is available at: http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.

l Monitoring
The Monitoring workspace includes views to check for those nodes, interfaces, IP addresses,
Router Redundancy Groups, and Node Groups that have a Status of Critical or other than

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Normal. This workspace also provides views for checking the health of node components,
Custom Polled Collections, and Custom Polled Instances.

l Troubleshooting
Within the Troubleshooting workspace, you can access a variety of map views, including the
following:
n Layer 2 Neighbor View
n Layer 3 Neighbor View
n Path View
n Node Group Map
The Layer 2 Neighbor View map displays Layer 2 network connectivity. The Layer 3 Neighbor
View map displays Layer 3 network connectivity. The Path View map displays the active IPv4
addresses in the path between a source and destination node. The Path View map is useful
when troubleshooting data flow problems. The Node Group Map view displays all nodes within a
specified group.

l Inventory
Each view in the Inventory workspace contains information related to the object listed. For
example, the Nodes view contains information related to the Nodes object. The Interfaces view
contains information related to the Interface object. The IP Subnets view contains information
related to the IP Subnet object.
Within the Inventory workspace are the following views:
n Nodes
n Interfaces
n IP Addresses
n IP Subnets
n VLANs
n Cards
n Ports
n Node Components
n Layer 2 Connections
n Nodes (All Attributes)
n Interfaces (All Attributes)
n IP Addresses (All Attributes)
n MIB Variables
n Card Redundancy Groups
n Router Redundancy Groups (NNMi Advanced)
n Router Redundancy Members (NNMi Advanced)

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n Node Groups
n Interface Groups

l Management Mode
This workspace includes views of discovered network elements that are not currently being
managed by NNMi:
n Unmanaged Nodes
n Unmanaged Interfaces
n Unmanaged IP Addresses
n Unmanaged Cards
n Unmanaged Node Components

l Incident Browsing
The Incident Browsing workspace includes the following views related to any Key Incident1:
n Open Key Incidents
n Closed Key Incidents
Each of these Key Incident views is filtered based on where the incident resides in its Lifecycle
State. For example, the Open Key Incidents view displays all Key Incidents that has a Lifecycle
State value other than Closed. The Closed Key Incidents view displays all incidents that
have a Lifecycle State of Closed.
The Incident Browsing workspace also includes views for incidents based on their Correlation
Nature. Examples include Open Root Cause and Service Impact incidents.
You can also use the Incident Browsing workspace to view all incidents.
NNMi provides the Custom Incident and Custom Open Incident views that include all of the
attributes available for an incident . These views are provided so that you can customize the
incident views to include only the incident attributes of interest.
This workspace also includes views of incidents generated from NNM 6.x/7.x Events and
SNMP Traps.

Note: If your role includes Administrator privileges, you also can access the Management
Mode and Configuration workspaces. See "Help for Administrators" for more information.

Related Topics

"Views Provided by NNMi" (on page 85)

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
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About the Analysis Pane

The Analysis Pane displays related details about the selected object. NNMi performs the
appropriate analysis on the selected object to determine the most important information to display.
Any hyperlink within the Analysis Pane displays more information about the selected detail.
For example: When you select an Incident, the Analysis Pane might include important details about
the incident's Source Node and Source Object. When you select a Node, the Analysis Pane might
include important information about the node's Interfaces and IP Addresses.

To access the Analysis Pane from a table view:

1. Select the workspace of interest (for example, Inventory).
2. Select the view that contains the object of interest (for example, the Nodes view).
3. Select the row that contains the object of interest.
4. NNMi displays detailed information at the bottom of the view in the Analysis Pane.

To access the Analysis Pane in a map view:

1. Select the workspace of interest (for example, Topology Maps).
2. Select a map view (for example, select Routers).

Note: If the map requires a starting node before it opens, enter the name or
IP Address for the starting node you want to use.

3. Click the map object of interest.

4. NNMi displays detailed information at the bottom of the view in the Analysis Pane.

To access the Analysis Pane in a form:

l Click the form's toolbar Show Analysis icon to display information about the current form's
top-level object in the Analysis Pane.

Note: Show Analysis always displays the top-level object's information.

l Click a row in a table on one of the form's tabs to display detailed information about the selected
object in the Analysis Pane.
NNMi displays detailed information at the bottom of the form in the Analysis Pane. See Working
with Objects for more information about forms.

Note the following:

l Look for one of the following at the bottom of the display area:

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Open the Analysis Pane if necessary by clicking the expand button.

l Place your mouse cursor over the title bar to display the ↕ symbol, then resize as necessary.
l The Analysis Pane remains blank until an object is selected.
l If you select multiple objects or clear a selection, NNMi retains the Analysis Pane's contents.
l If you change views, NNMi clears the Analysis Pane.

l Click any Refresh icon in the Analysis Pane to update a subset of displayed information.
l NNMi automatically refreshes the entire Analysis Pane's contents when you save a form.
l The Gauges tab shows real-time SNMP gauges to display State Poller and Custom Poller
SNMP data.
n These gauges are displayed for Nodes, Interfaces, Custom Node Collections, and for Node
Components of type CPU, Memory, Buffers, or Backplane.
n NNMi displays a gauge for each significant MIB Object Identifier (OID) that the node or
interface supports, up to the default maximum of 24.

Tip: If you are an NNMi administrator, for information about using the nms-
ui.properties file to change this default, see the "NNMi Console" chapter in the HP
Network Node Manager i Software Deployment Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.

n Each gauge displays the current OID value, using the default refresh rate of 15 seconds. (If
you are an NNMi administrator, for information about using the nms-ui.properties file to
change this default, see the "NNMi Console" chapter of the HP Network Node Manager i
Software Deployment Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.)
n The value range displayed indicates the OID minimum and maximum values that NNMi has
encountered.
n For any gauge that tracks percentage values, NNMi uses a red line to indicate where the OID
value is near 100 percent.
n There is not a one-to-one match between the OIDs used to analyze monitoring thresholds and
those displayed in the Analysis Pane. For example, the Analysis Pane might display a Cisco
Memory Pool OID value that does not match the value used to calculate whether the
Memory Utilization Monitored Attribute threshold is reached or exceeded. This is because
some threshold metrics require more complex calculations than a single OID allows.

Tip: If a gauge label appears to be a duplicate value, mouse over the label to view the
more complete tooltip name that appears. (If you are an NNMi administrator, to change
the gauge title from the NNMi component name to the SNMP MIB variable name, see the
"Maintaining NNMi" chapter of the HP Network Node Manager i Software Deployment
Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.)

n To launch an SNMP Line Graph for the selected metric, click the icon that appears at the
bottom of each gauge.

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n To select and copy the tooltip information, double-click the gauge. NNMi opens a text window
that enables you to select and copy the tooltip information.

Tip: Tip: Some views are also accessible from the console's Actions menu. See "Using
Actions to Perform Tasks" (on page 100) for more information.

You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

For more information about the types of information displayed, see Use the Analysis Pane.

Related Topics

"Use Table Views" (on page 42)

"Use Map Views" (on page 63)

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Using the View Toolbars

NNMi provides toolbars for the following types of views:

l Table views toolbar

l Node Group Map views toolbar
l Neighbor views toolbar
l Path View toolbar
l Network Overview toolbar
Table View Toolbar

This is the table view display panel toolbar:

Use the table view toolbar to perform the following tasks within the displayed view.

View Toolbar Icons

Icon Description

Show View in New Window. Displays the current view in a

new window.

New. NNMi Administrators only. Opens the form to create a

new object instance.

Open. Displays the form for the selected object. See "Access
More Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)
" (on page 16).

Refresh. Refreshes the current view. See "Refresh a View"

(on page 41) for more information. Restarts periodic refresh if
it has been disabled.

Stop Periodic Refresh. Temporarily disables the periodic

refresh of a view. See "Stop Periodic Refresh of a View" (on
page 45) for more information.

Restore Default Settings. Resets default settings, including

the resizing of table columns, sort selections, and filters. Any
hidden columns are restored to the view. See "Hide a Column"

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Icon Description

(on page 43).

Restore Default Filters. Clears any currently applied filters.

See "Filter a Table View" (on page 45).

Delete. If your role permits, deletes the selected object

instance and any objects contained in that object. For
example, deleting a node also deletes the interface and
address instances associated with that node, and the history
of those objects.

Close. Close the current view.

Selects a time period filter. This filter only appears in incident

views.

Selects an available node group or interface group filter.

The page controls only appears when viewing tables. They let you page through table information
by rows.

Use Previous or [Page Up] to move up one page.

Use Next or [Page Down] to move down one page.

Use First or [Home] to move to the top of the table.

Use Last or [End] to move to the end of the table.

Use the [ ↑ ]up arrow key to scroll up one row.

Use the [ ↓ ] down arrow key to scroll down one row.

The page control displays the total number of rows in the current table, as well as which group of
rows within that total is currently visible.

If the page control displays <maximum_table_size value>, this means the table row count
exceeds the maximum table size specified by NNMi.

To view the actual table size, look for the Total value in the table status bar. NNMi displays the
total number of rows for the table, followed by the display limit set for the table.

When the table size exceeds the maximum table size value, also note the following:

l NNMi recomputes the actual number of rows in the table each time you refresh the table view
or update the table filter.
l When you scroll to the last row of the table, NNMi displays a dialog explaining that the table is
larger than the specified limit and recommending that you filter the table view. See "Filter a
Table View" (on page 45) for more information about how to filter a table view.

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View Toolbar Icons, continued

Icon Description

or Toggles text-wrap on or off.

Node Group Map Toolbar

This is the Node Group Map display panel toolbar:

The Node Group Map view toolbar lets you perform the following tasks within the displayed map.

Node Group Map Toolbar Icons

Icon Description

Show View in New Window. (Only available from the main console.)
Displays the current view in a new window.

Open. Displays the form for the selected object. See "Access More
Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16).

Open Node Group Map. Opens the Node Group Map for the selected
Child Node Group. The Child Node Group map replaces the current map
and displays each node within the Child Node Group.

Note: You can also double-click the Node Group symbol to

open the Child Node Group Map.

See "About Node and Interface Groups" (on page 49) for more information
about Node Groups.

Save Layout. Saves the current position of each of the nodes on the
current Node Group Map.

Note: Each time you use this option, any previous location information is
deleted.

Refresh. Refreshes the current view. See "Refresh a View" (on page 41)
for more information.

Refresh Status. Refreshes only the status of each node in the map. See
"Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Fit Content. Adjusts the size of the node symbols so that all members of
the Node Group fit within the current window. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

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Node Group Map Toolbar Icons , continued

Icon Description

Actual Size. Cancels any current zoom setting. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Zoom Out. Zooms out 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Zoom In. Zooms in 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor"
(on page 65) for more information.

Close. Close the current view.

Enables you to identify the Node Group for the map you want to display.

Note: As you type, NNMi provides a selection list of all current valid
entries matching your criteria (case sensitive). You must use one of
the suggested values.

or Find. Toggles on or off highlighting the identified Node in the current map
and ensures that node is in the map's display area. See "Find a Node in a
Map" (on page 66).

or Indicate Key Incidents. Toggles on or off NNMi's enlarging any map

symbol that has an associated Key Incident1. See "Node Group Map
Objects" (on page 77) for more information.

or Tool Tips. Toggles on or off Tool Tips information that pops up when the
mouse cursor is placed over an object on a map. See "Control Tool Tips
Information on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Neighbor View Toolbar

This is the neighbor view display panel toolbar:

The neighbor view toolbar lets you perform the following tasks within the displayed view.

Neighbor View Toolbar Icons

Icon Description

Show View in New Window. (Only available from the main console.)
Show View in New Window. Displays the current view in a new window.

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.

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Neighbor View Toolbar Icons, continued

Icon Description

Open. Displays the form for the selected object. See "Access More
Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16).

Refresh. Refreshes the current view. See "Refresh a View" (on page 41)
for more information.

Refresh Status. Refreshes only the status of each node in the map. See
"Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Fit Content. Adjusts the size of the node symbols so that all members of
the Node Group fit within the current window. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Actual Size. Cancels any current zoom setting. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Zoom Out. Zooms out 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Zoom In. Zooms in 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor"
(on page 65) for more information.

Close. Close the current view.

Specify the starting node for the neighbors you want to map. Populate
this field with the current value of the node's Name attribute or one of the
Node's IP addresses.

Note: As you type, NNMi provides a selection list of all current valid
entries matching your criteria. You must use one of the suggested
values.

Select the number of hops to be displayed within the map view. A hop is a
node representing any network device, such as a workstation, gateway,
or switch, which is connected by a link with no intermediate nodes.

or Find. Toggles on or off highlighting the identified Node in the current map
and ensures that node is in the map's display area. See "Find a Node in a
Map" (on page 66).

or Tool Tips. Toggles on or off Tool Tips information that pops up when the
mouse cursor is placed over an object on a map. See "Control Tool Tips
Information on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Path View Toolbar

This is the Path View display panel toolbar:

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The Path View toolbar lets you perform the following tasks within the displayed view.

Path View Toolbar Icons

Icon Description

Show View in New Window. (Only available from the main console.)
Displays the current view in a new window.

Open. Displays the form for the selected object. See "Access More
Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16).

Refresh. Refreshes the current view. See "Refresh a View" (on page 41)
for more information.

Refresh Status. Refreshes only the status of each node in the map. See
"Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Fit Content. Adjusts the size of the node symbols so that all members of
the Node Group fit within the current window. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Actual Size. Cancels any current zoom setting. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Zoom Out. Zooms out 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom
Factor" (on page 65) for more information.

Zoom In. Zooms in 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor"
(on page 65) for more information.

Close. Close the current view.

Specify the source node to be used in the Path View.

Caution: Do not specify a node that is a switch.

Populate this field with the current value of the node's Hostname attribute
(case-sensitive) or one of the node's IPv4 addresses. These are the
values from the Node form.

Note: As you type, the auto-complete feature displays a list of

possible matches. Select any item from the list.

NNMi Advanced. Path View works only with IPv4 addresses. The NNMi
Advanced IPv6 address values are not valid choices for Path View. Any
devices in your network that are configured with IPv6 addresses cannot

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Path View Toolbar Icons, continued

Icon Description

be displayed on Path View maps.

Swap Nodes. Swaps the source and destination nodes in the Path View.

Specify the destination node in the Path View.

Caution: Do not specify a node that is a switch.

Populate this field with the current value of the node's Hostname attribute
(case-sensitive) or one of the node's IPv4 addresses. These are the
values from the Node form.

Note: As you type, the auto-complete feature displays a list of

possible matches. Select any item from the list.

NNMi Advanced. Path View works only with IPv4 addresses. The NNMi
Advanced IPv6 address values are not valid choices for Path View. Any
devices in your network that are configured with IPv6 addresses cannot
be displayed on Path View maps.

Compute Path. Computes the Path View.

Note: Also use this icon to re-compute the Path View.

or Find. Toggles on or off highlighting the identified Node in the current map
and ensures that node is in the map's display area. See "Find a Node in a
Map" (on page 66).

or Tool Tips. Toggles on or off Tool Tips information that pops up when the
mouse cursor is placed over an object on a map. See "Control Tool Tips
Information on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Network Overview Toolbar

This is the Network Overview display panel toolbar:

The Network Overview toolbar lets you perform the following tasks within the displayed view.

Network Overview Toolbar Icons

Icon Description

Show View in New Window. (Only available from the main console.) Displays the
current view in a new window.

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Network Overview Toolbar Icons, continued

Icon Description

Open. Displays the form for the selected object. See "Access More Information About an
Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16).

Refresh. Refreshes the current view. See "Refresh a View" (on page 41) for more
information.

Refresh Status. Refreshes only the status of each node in the map. See "Refresh Node
Status on a Map" (on page 67) for more information.

Fit Content. Adjusts the size of the node symbols so that all members of the Node Group
fit within the current window. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65) for more
information.

Actual Size. Cancels any current zoom setting. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page
65) for more information.

Zoom Out. Zooms out 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65)
for more information.

Zoom In. Zooms in 25% of current size. See "Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65) for
more information.

Close. Close the current view.

Find. Toggles on or off highlighting the identified Node in the current map and ensures
that node is in the map's display area. See "Find a Node in a Map" (on page 66).
or

Tool Tips. Toggles on or off Tool Tips information that pops up when the mouse cursor is
placed over an object on a map. See "Control Tool Tips Information on a Map" (on page
or 67) for more information.

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Using the Form Toolbar

This is the form toolbar:

If your role permits, the toolbar lets you perform the following tasks within the form. The group of
available actions can change from form to form:

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

Form Toolbar Icon Actions

Icon Action

Show Form in New Window. Displays the current form in a new window.

Note: NNMi closes the current form before displaying the form in a new window.

Show Analysis. Displays the Analysis Pane information for the current form. See "About
the Analysis Pane" (on page 28) for more information.

Save. Saves the current form.

Save and New. Saves the current form, and opens a new empty form where you can
create a new object instance.

Save and Close. Saves and closes the current form.

Refresh. Refreshes the data in the current form.

Delete. Deletes the selected object instance and any objects contained in that object. For
example, deleting a node also deletes the interface and address instances associated with
that node, and the history of those objects.

Note: When you delete an object instance that is created using a filter, such as a
Node Group or Interface Group, NNMi deletes only the Node or Interface Group filter.
NNMi does not remove the nodes or interfaces that belong to the selected group.

Close. Closes the current form.

Related Topics

"Access More Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16)

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A view is the primary mechanism for displaying data. In the console, many views are available to
help you visualize your network.

Type of Views in the NNMi Console

View Type Strength

Table Views Present summary information for a list of objects in a sorted order. Examples
include: viewing a list of incidents sorted by Status and filtered by Lifecycle State.

Map Views Display graphical relationships among objects.

To access a view, select a workspace and then click the view that you want to display. Some
views are also accessible from the console's Actions menu. See "Using Actions to Perform
Tasks" (on page 100) for more information.

You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

Note: Some NNMi users can delete nodes and other objects from the NNMi database
(depending on the assigned NNMi Role). Any node that has been deleted appears as a
transparent icon to all NNMi users until their map is refreshed using the Refresh icon. After
Refresh, the deleted node is removed from the map. NNMi does not automatically refresh the
connectivity or set of nodes in a map view, except on the Initial Discovery Progress and
Network Overview maps.

From a view, you can:

l "Select Multiple Objects" (on page 41)

l "Refresh a View" (on page 41) ( )

l "Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67) ( )

l "Stop Periodic Refresh of a View" (on page 45) ( )

l "Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31) to Display a View in a New Window ( )
l "Invoke Actions" (on page 19)
Depending on the NNMi Role to which you are assigned, you may or may not be allowed to create
or delete instances of some objects from the view. See Help → Help for Administrators for more
information.

Related Topics

"Use Table Views" (on page 42)

"Use Map Views" (on page 63)

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Select Multiple Objects

You can select or deselect multiple objects when using a table or map view. This feature is useful
when you want to access details or invoke an action on multiple objects, such as nodes, IP
addresses, or interfaces.

Multiple Objects in Table Views

Tip: Look in the status bar of each table view to see the number of objects currently selected
as well as the total number of objects in the view.

To select multiple objects in a table view:

Press CTRL-Click and select the row for each object you want to select.

To de-select an object in a table view:

Re-select the row for each object you want to de-select.

Multiple Objects in Map Views

To select multiple objects in a map view:

Use CTRL-Click to select each object of interest on the map.

Each object you select changes to indicate it has been selected.

To de-select an object in a map view:

Re-select an object of interest on the map.

Each object you de-select returns to normal on the map.

Related Topics

"Select all Rows in a Table" (on page 43)

Refresh a View
You can manually refresh a view at any time so that you are viewing the latest set of information.
You cannot change the automatic refresh rate that was set by NNMi for each view.

To refresh a table view:

Click the Refresh icon in the table view toolbar to manually refresh your view.
The table view status bar displays the refresh rate and whether the refresh rate is enabled or
disabled. (If disabled, clicking the Refresh icon enables periodic refresh.)
To refresh a map view:

Click the Refresh icon in the map view toolbar to update changes in node placement, nodes
added, and nodes deleted.

To refresh the status of nodes on a map, see "Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67).

Related Topics

"Stop Periodic Refresh of a View" (on page 45)

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Use Table Views

Table views display data in tabular format. Each row displays data about one object. If there are
more rows than fits on a single screen, you can scroll through the table view using the scroll bar.

If a table contains more rows than the maximum limit set for a table, filter your table view to reduce
the number of rows. See "Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31) for more information about how
NNMi indicates the table has exceeded the maximum limit specified. See "Filter a Table View" (on
page 45) for information about how to filter a table view.

From a table view, in addition to the tasks accessed with the view display panel toolbar, you can
perform the following tasks:

l "Resize a Column" (on page 42)

l "Hide a Column" (on page 43)
l "Sort Column Data " (on page 44)
l "Filter a Table View" (on page 45)
l "Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61)
l "Export Table Information" (on page 61)
l "Invoke Actions" (on page 19)
l "Access More Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16)
The following customizations are saved across browser sessions:

l Column width
l Hidden columns
l Sort column and order
l Column filters
l Quick filter value
l Node or interface group filter
l Time period filter (for incidents)
See "Limits to View Settings" (on page 63) for more information about the number of tables that
have customizations that can be stored.

Resize a Column
You can resize columns using your mouse.

To resize a column in the table:

1. Mouse over the edge of the column until you see a ↔ resize icon.
2. Drag the column edge to the width you want.
Related Topics

"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Sort Column Data " (on page 44)

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Hide a Column
If you find you no longer want to include a column of information in your view, you can hide a
specified column.

To hide a table column:

1. Right-click the column of interest.

2. Select Visibility.
The list of column names appears.

3. Click to clear the check box that precedes the name of the column you want to hide.
Related Topics

"Display a Hidden Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Sort Column Data " (on page 44)

Display a Hidden Column

If you want to display a hidden column.

To display a hidden table column:

1. Right-click the column of interest.

2. Select Visibility.
The list of column names appears.

3. Click to check the check box that precedes the name of the column you want to display.
Related Topics

"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Sort Column Data " (on page 44)

Select all Rows in a Table

If you want to select all rows in a table.

To select all rows in a table:

1. Right-click in the table view.

2. Select Select All.

Tip: You can also use CTRL-A to select all rows in a table.

The table view data appears highlighted.

Related Topics

"Filter a Table View" (on page 45)

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"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61)

Sort Column Data

By sorting columns, you can get the most important information at the top of your table. For
example, at times you might want to view all critical nodes. At other times, you might need to find
node contact information.

To sort by columns:

1. Right-click the column heading or data cell on which you want to sort.
2. To sort the column in ascending order, select Sort: → Ascending
3. To sort the column in descending order, select Sort: → Descending
When sorting column data, note the following:

l You can click the column header to initiate a sort on the column values. Clicking the column
heading again, reverses the sort direction.
l HP Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) might provide table views in
which sorting is disabled for one or more columns.
l Sorting tables that contain large amounts of data (for example, viewing all interfaces or
incidents), can sometimes result in slow response times. In this case, it is better to first filter the
table information so that it contains only the values of interest before performing your sort.
More About Sorting

When sorting table columns, note the following:

l You can sort on only one column heading at one time.

l Capital letters are sorted separately from lowercase.
l NNMi sorts some table columns using lexicographical ordering. This might produce unfamiliar
orders for strings such as Object IDs that contain numbers. For example you might expect the
following order when sorting the sysObjectID data type:
n 1.3.6.1.4.1.1

n 1.3.6.1.4.1.3
n 1.3.6.1.4.1.20
Using lexicographical ordering, these system object ID values are ordered as follows:

n 1.3.6.1.4.1.1
n 1.3.6.1.4.1.20
n 1.3.6.1.4.1.3
l Some table columns, such as Status and ifType, display data types which have a natural sort
order that is distinct from an alphabetical order. When sorting these columns, the values are
sorted according to a natural or pre-determined order rather than alphabetically. For example
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(descending): Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Unknown, Disabled, Normal, and No

Status.
l Your sort choices are saved across user sessions.
Related Topics

"Filter a Table View" (on page 45)

"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61)

"Select all Rows in a Table" (on page 43)

Stop Periodic Refresh of a View

You can manually stop the periodic refresh of the group of items displayed in a table view at any
time.

Note: The status of this group of objects is always updated on a regular basis, you are only
stopping updates based on network objects being added or deleted from the NNMi database.

NNMi's status bar displays the refresh rate and whether the refresh rate has been disabled.

To stop the periodic refresh of a table view:

1. Click the Stop Periodic Refresh icon. In the bottom right corner of the NNMi console, the
following message displays:

2. If you want to restart the refresh rate, click the Refresh icon in the view display panel
toolbar. In the bottom right corner of the NNMi console, the following message displays:

Note: You cannot change the refresh rate. NNMi sets that default rate for each view.

Related Topics

"Refresh a View" (on page 41)

Filter a Table View

When using table views, you can reduce the amount of information displayed by filtering a view
using one of the object's attribute values. For example, you can access only those incidents that
have a Status of Critical, or only those incidents that have a Description that is Interface Down.

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Filtering a table view is also useful to reduce the number of rows when a table contains more rows
than the maximum limit set for a table. See "Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31) for more
information about how NNMi indicates the table has exceeded the maximum limit specified.

When a view is first displayed, it displays a set of filtered columns based on the view definition
provided by NNMi.

Note: The view status bar indicates if one or more filters have been set for the view.
FILTER:ON indicates that one or more filters have been set. These are filters that you can
modify. In some views, NNMi provides factory set filters that cannot be changed. For example,
the My Open Incidents view is filtered on the Assigned To attribute, which cannot be changed.
FILTER:OFF indicates no modifiable filters have been set for the view. These views might
have factory set filters.

When specifying filters, you can perform the following tasks:

Drop-Down List Selection Filters

l "Filter Tables by Node or Interface Group" (on page 48)

l "Filter by Time Period (Incident Views Only)" (on page 50)
Column Selection Filters

l "Filter by Attribute Value" (on page 50)

l "Modify a Table View Filter" (on page 55)
l "Remove a Filter" (on page 59)
l "Restore Default Filters" (on page 59)
l "Display Current Filter Settings" (on page 60)
When using filters, note the following:

l You can filter on multiple table columns. The resulting filter is a logical AND of the filters for all of
the columns.
l HP Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) might provide table views in
which filtering is disabled for one or more columns.
l NNMi matches to the milliseconds when filtering on columns that represent time values (for
example, Last Occurrence). Therefore, only those times that match to the milliseconds are
included in your view. Try using the less than or equal or greater than or equal filter options to
include a wider range of time values.
l NNMi restricts certain filter operations or options per data type. Only the filter options that apply
to the attribute data type appear. The data types and valid filter options are described in the table
below.
l A different subset of these filter options appears depending on whether you are clicking a data
cell, a column header, or a blank row. A data cell filter menu includes filters that use the value of
the selected data cell.

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Filter Options Available

Data Type Valid Filter Options

All data types Equals this value

Not equal to this value

See "Filter by Attribute Value" (on page 50) for more

information.

Text (String) Create Filter...

Numeric

Enumerated List

IP Address

Date and Time

Boolean data types Is true

Is false

Numeric (Integer, IP address, and Greater than or equal to this value

date)
Less than or equal to this value

See "Filter by Attribute Value" (on page 50) for more

information.

Addtional Filter Options Available

Data
Type Valid Filter Options

Group Provides a drop-down menu in the view display panel toolbar of the node and interface
Filter groups available to you.

See "Filter Tables by Node or Interface Group" (on page 48) for more information about
group filters.

Quick Provides a drop-down menu in the view display panel toolbar of all of the possible values
Filter for an attribute. These drop-down menus are provided for table views that include "by" in
the view name.

Time Provides a drop-down menu in the view display panel toolbar in incident views. This filter
Period lists a variety of time periods for which you can filter your incident views. Possible
Filter values include: Last 5 minutes, Last Hour, Last 8 Hours, Last Day, Last 3 Days,
Last Week, Last Month, and All.

See "Filter by Time Period (Incident Views Only)" (on page 50) for more information.

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Filter Tables by Node or Interface Group

NNMi lets you filter your table views by node or interface group. For example, you might want to
view all of the important Cisco routers, or all of the Voice-Over-IP interfaces within your network.

Your NNMi administrator creates these groups. They are listed in a "group selector" drop-down
menu list on the view toolbar as shown below:

Node Group filters are available for:

l Node views
l Interface views
l IP address views
l Incident views
Note: Node Group filters are not available for the NNM 6.x/7.x Events view.

Interface Group filters are available for:

l Interface views
l IP Address views
l Card views
l Node Component views
To filter a view by Node or Interface Group:

1. Navigate to the view of interest.

a. From the workspace navigation panel, select the workspace that contains the view you
want to use; for example, Inventory.
b. Select the view of interest; for example, Interfaces.

2. In the group selector drop-down list, select the Node Group

or Interface Group you want to use as a filter.
When using Node Group or Interface Group filters, note the following:

l By default, table views are not filtered by Node or Interface Group.

l If a view can be filtered by both Node Group and Interface Group, the selection box lists the
Node Groups first, followed by the Interface Groups. Each list appears in alphabetical order.
l When the filter is applied, the view automatically refreshes to show the appropriate set of
objects.
l If you set a Node Group or Interface Group filter, NNMi combines the group filter with any other
filters using the AND Boolean operator.
l To clear the group filter, return the selection value to "<Set node group filter>" or "<Set node or
interface group filter>".
Related Topics

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"Filter by Attribute Value" (on page 50)

"Modify a Table View Filter" (on page 55)

"Remove a Filter" (on page 59)

"Restore Default Filters" (on page 59)

"Display Current Filter Settings" (on page 60)

About Node and Interface Groups

When monitoring your network, you might be interested in only viewing information for a particular
set of nodes or interfaces. Your network administrator can group sets of nodes or interfaces into
node or interface groups. An example Node Group could be all important Cisco routers, or all routers
in a particular building. As another example, all interfaces used for Voice-Over-IP might be grouped
together in your network.

Your administrator configures Node Groups based on any of the following:

l Vendor or model SNMP object identifiers.

l Specific devices identified by name or IP address.
l Devices identified with wildcard characters to define a Node Group. These groups might be
based on a naming strategy that is set in place for your organization.

Note: Node Groups can also control how NNMi monitors network devices. For example, your
administrator might configure each group to have a different health monitoring interval.

You can display the definition of a group:

l Node Group definitions

a. From the workspace navigation panel, select the Inventory workspace.
b. Select the Node Groups view.
c. Double-click the row representing the Node Group.
d. The Node Group form displays.

e. When finished, click the Close icon.

l Interface Group definitions
a. From the workspace navigation panel, select the Inventory workspace.
b. Select the Interface Groups view.
c. Double-click the row representing the Interface Group.
d. The Interface Group form displays.
Interface group definitions match the way your team identifies important network devices.
Each interface group can include one or more interface-type specifications (based on
industry-standard IANA ifType-MIB variables).

e. When finished, click the Close icon.

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Special Actions are provided for Node Groups and Interface Groups. See Using Actions to Perform
Tasks.

Filter by Time Period (Incident Views Only)

Incident views enable you to filter your view by time period. Filtering using the time period filter lets
you focus on the most recent incidents of interest. The available time periods include:

l Last 5 Minutes
l Last Hour
l Last 8 Hours
l Last Day
l Last 3 Days
l Last Week
l Last Month
l All

Note: A month is defined as 31 days.

Filter by Attribute Value

When specifying filters based on attribute (column) values, some filter options require that you
specify the value by selecting the value in an object instance and some require that you open a
Create Filter... dialog to specify the value. You can also specify a filter based on whether an
attribute contains a value.

l "Select Filter Values" (on page 50)

l "Create a Filter to Specify Values" (on page 51)
l "Use Null Value Filters" (on page 55)

Select Filter Values

The following filter options require an attribute value as the basis for the filter.

Note: When using the filter options listed below, first right-click the value in the table on which
you want to filter.

Filter Settings
Filter Option Description

Equals this value NNMi displays only instances that contain the attribute value you specify.

Not equal to this NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that does NOT
value contain the value specified.

You can specify multiple values for this filter; but can only supply one

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Filter Option Description

value each time you select this option.

Note: For certain attributes, this option can also filter values that are
"empty" or null.

Greater than or NNMi displays only instances that contain the attribute values that are
equal to this value greater than or equal to the value you specify.

Less than or equal to NNMi displays only instances that contain the attribute values that are
this value less than or equal to the value you specify.

Is true NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that contains
the value true.

Is false NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that contains
the value false.

You can change a filter at any time. NNMi saves filters per user so that the filters you specify are
maintained during subsequent user sessions. See "Limits to View Settings" (on page 63) for
information about the number of tables that have customizations that can be saved based on your
web browser. See "Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61) for information about how to remove table
view customizations.

To filter your view by selecting an attribute value in the table:

1. Right-click the attribute value on which you want to base your filter.
2. Select one of the following filter options:
n Equals this value
n Not equal to this value
n Greater than or equal to this value
n Less than or equal to this value
n Is true
n Is false
NNMi displays a table view of all instances that have been selected based on the filter option
and attribute values you specified or selected.
Each filtered column is indicated using the filter icon.
Related Topics

"Use Null Value Filters" (on page 55)

Create a Filter to Specify Values

NNMI enable you to provide attribute values on which you want to filter. You can provide attributes
values by creating a filter for any of the following types of values:

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l Text (String)
l Numeric
l Enumerated List
l IP Address
l Date and Time
To filter information by specifying one or more values:

1. Right-click the column or attribute on which you want to filter.

2. Select Create filter...
NNMi displays the Filter Dialog that is appropriate for the selected column's data type.
3. In the Create Filter ... Dialog displayed:
a. Select a Filter Option (see Filter Option tables) .
b. Specify one or more valid values (see Valid Filter Values)
4. Click Apply.
NNMi displays a table view of all instances that have been selected based on the filter option
and attribute values you specified or selected.
Each filtered column is indicated using the filter icon.

Text (String) Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

starts NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that starts with the text
with string value specified.

Use this option when you are looking for an entry that begins with a specific string
value. For example if all of your Cisco devices started with the text string "Cisco", and
you wanted to find all Cisco devices, you could use the value string "Cisco".

contains NNMi displays only those instances that have an attribute value that contains the text
string value you enter.

You can use the wildcard character ('*') to match one or more characters within the
contains value. For example, c*m matches the following values:
3com9000

callmgr1

matches NNMi displays only those instances that have an attribute value that matches the text
string value you enter.

Use the question mark (?) to match one character.

Use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard character to match zero or more characters.

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Filter
Option Description

less NNMi performs an alphabetical (lexicographical) comparison and displays all text
than or string values that are before the text string value you enter.
equal to

greater NNMi performs an alphabetical (lexicographical) comparison and displays all text
than or string values that are after the text string value you enter.
equal to

Numeric Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

equals NNMi displays only instances that contain the numeric value or values you
specify.

not equals NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that does NOT contain
the numeric value or values specified.

Note: For certain attributes, this option can also filter values that are "empty" or
null.

greater than NNMi performs an alphabetical (lexicographical) comparison and displays all text
or equal to string values that are after the text string value you enter.

less than or NNMi displays all values that are less than or equal to the numeric value you enter
equal to

Enumerated List Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

equals NNMi displays only instances that contain the value or values you select.

not NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that does NOT contain the
equals value or values you selected.

Note: For certain attributes, this option can also filter values that are "empty" or null.

IP Address Filter Options

Filter Option Description

equals NNMi displays only instances that contain the IP Address value you specify.

range NNMi displays only instances that are within the IP Address range you specify.

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Filter Option Description

is empty NNMi displays only the instances that do not have a value for this attribute.

is not empty NNMi displays only the instances that contain a value for this attribute.

Date and Time Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

on or NNMi displays only instances that have date and time values that occur on or after the
after date and time you specify.

on or NNMi displays only instances that have date and time values that occur on or before
before the date and time you specify.

between NNMi displays only instances that have date and time values that occur after the first
date and time you specify and before the second date and time you specify.

Use the between operator when you want to filter on instances that occur within a
specified hour or day.

Valid Filter Values

Data Type Description

Text Enter the value for which you want NNMi to search. Text (string) filters are case
sensitive.

Numeric Enter the numeric value or values for which you want NNMi to search. To enter
more than one numeric value, enter a comma-separated list.

Enumerated Select one or more values from the enumerated list.

List

IP Address Enter an IP Address (PIv4 or IPv6). You can specify ranges using two IP
addresses separated by a '-' or using Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
notation:

IPv4 examples:

10.168.0.1 - 10.168.13.1

10.2.120.0/21

IPv6 examples (i-Advanced only):

2001:d88:a00:: - 2001:d88:aff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2001:d88:0:a00::/56

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Valid Filter Values, continued

Data Type Description

Date and You must enter either a date or time or both. When entering a date only the day is
Time required. When entering the time only the minutes are required.

Note: NNMi uses a 24-hour clock, beginning at midnight (which is 0000

hours). For example, 1:00 AM is 0100 hours, 2:00 AM is 0200 hours, and
11:00 PM is 2300 hours.

Related Topics

"Select Filter Values" (on page 50)

"Use Null Value Filters" (on page 55)

Use Null Value Filters

NNMi provides the following filter options to filter your view based on whether the attribute contains
a value. These filter options appear for data types that do not require a value:

l Is not empty
l Is empty
To filter your view based on null values:

1. Right-click the column or attribute value on which you want to filter.

2. Select from the filter options described in the table below.
3. NNMi displays a table view of all instances that have been selected based on the filter option
and any attribute values you specified or selected.
Each filtered column is indicated using the filter icon.
You can change a filter at any time. NNMi saves filters per user so that the filters you specify
are maintained during subsequent user sessions.

Filter Choices
Filter Option Description

Is not empty NNMi displays only the instances that contain a value for this attribute.

Is empty NNMi displays only the instances that do not have a value for this attribute.

Related Topics

"Select Filter Values" (on page 50)

Modify a Table View Filter

You can change a filter for a table view at any time. NNMi saves filters per user so that the filters
you specify are maintained during subsequent user sessions.

To modify a filter :

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1. Right-click the column or attribute on which you want to filter.

2. Select Modify filter...
Note the following:
n If a filter is not created for the selected table column, the Modify filter... option does not
appear.
n If you have used an existing attribute value with the Not equal to this value filter, you can
select an additional attribute value and select Not equal to this value also.
n NNMi displays the filter dialog that is appropriate for the selected column's data type. If the
filter was created using the “Not equal to this value” option with the Text (String) or IP
address data type, NNMi does not include the values for the current filter.
3. In the Modify Filter ... dialog displayed:
a. Select a Filter Option (see Filter Option tables) .
b. Specify one or more valid values (see Valid Filter Values)
4. Click Apply.
NNMi replaces the previous filter with the new filter values. NNMi displays a table view of all
instances that have been selected based on the filter option and attribute values you specified
or selected.
Each filtered column is indicated using the filter icon.

Text (String) Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

start NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that starts with the text
with string value specified.

Use this option when you are looking for an entry that begins with a specific string
value. For example if all of your Cisco devices started with the text string "Cisco", and
you wanted to find all Cisco devices, you could use the value string "Cisco".

contains NNMi displays only those instances that have an attribute value that matches the text
string value you enter.

You can also use a wildcard character (*) within your string value.

If a wildcard is not specified, this filter option finds those values that exactly match
the value string you enter. For example, if you wanted to find only the Cisco1 device
from the following list of values, you would use "Cisco1" as your value string:

l Cisco1
l Cisco12
l Cisco123
In this example, NNMi would not include Cisco12 and Cisco123.

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Filter
Option Description

matches NNMi displays only those instances that have an attribute value that matches the text
string value you enter.

Note: Do not use the asterisk (*) within your string value unless you want NNMi
to match * (asterisk).

less NNMi performs an alphabetical (lexicographical) comparison and displays all text
than or string values that are before the text string value you enter.
equal

greater NNMi performs an alphabetical (lexicographical) comparison and displays all text
than or string values that are after the text string value you enter.
equal

Numeric Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

equal NNMi displays only instances that contain the numeric value or values you specify.

not equal NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that does NOT contain
the numeric value or values specified.

greater NNMi performs an alphabetical (lexicographical) comparison and displays all text
than or string values that are after the text string value you enter.
equal

less than NNMi displays all values that are less than or equal to the numeric value you enter.
or equal

Enumerated List Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

equal NNMi displays only instances that contain the value or values you select.

not equal NNMi displays only instances that have an attribute value that does NOT contain the
value or values you selected.

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IP Address Filter Options

Filter Option Description

equal NNMi displays only instances that contain the IP Address value you specify.

range NNMi displays only instances that are within the IP Address range you specify.

Date and Time Filter Options

Filter
Option Description

on or NNMi displays only instances that have date and time values that occur on or after the
after date and time you specify.

on or NNMi displays only instances that have date and time values that occur on or before
before the date and time you specify.

between NNMi displays only instances that have date and time values that occur after the first
date and time you specify and before the second date and time you specify.

Use the between operator when you want to filter on instances that occur within a
specified hour or day.

Valid Filter Values

Data Type Description

Text Enter the value for which you want NNMi to search. Text (string) filters are case
sensitive.

Numeric Enter the numeric value or values for which you want NNMi to search. To enter
more than one numeric value, enter a comma-separated list.

Enumerated Select one or more values from the enumerated list.

List

IP Address Enter an IP Address (IPv4 or IPv6). You can specify ranges using two IP
addresses separated by a '-' or using Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
notation:

IPv4 examples:

10.168.0.1 - 10.168.13.1

10.2.120.0/21

IPv6 examples (i-Advanced only):

2001:d88:a00:: - 2001:d88:aff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2001:d88:0:a00::/56

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Data Type Description

Date and You must enter either a date or time or both. When entering a date only the day is
Time required. When entering the time only the minutes are required.

Note: NNMi uses a 24-hour clock, beginning at midnight (which is 0000 hours).
For example, 1:00 AM is 0100 hours, 2:00 AM is 0200 hours, and 11:00 PM
is 2300 hours.

Related Topics

"Filter Tables by Node or Interface Group" (on page 48)

"Filter by Attribute Value" (on page 50)

"Remove a Filter" (on page 59)

"Restore Default Filters" (on page 59)

"Display Current Filter Settings" (on page 60)

Remove a Filter
NNMi lets you remove a filter for a selected column at any time.

To remove a filter:

1. Right-click the column that has a filter that you want to remove.
2. Select Remove filter from the drop-down menu.
NNMi removes all existing filters that have been set for that column.

Related Topics

"Modify a Table View Filter" (on page 55)

"Modify a Table View Filter" (on page 55)

"Restore Default Filters" (on page 59)

Restore Default Filters

You can restore the default filters for a view. This option removes any filters that you have defined
for the current view.

To restore the default filter settings:

In the table toolbar, click the Restore Default Filters icon.

Note: If you are viewing a table that appears in the form, open the table in a new window using
the Show View In New Window icon, and then click the Restore Default Filters icon.

All filters are reset to the default values and any filters that you have created are removed for the
current view.

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Note: You will lose any selections you have in the view.

Related Topics

"Display Current Filter Settings" (on page 60)

"Remove a Filter" (on page 59)

Display Current Filter Settings

To keep track of the filters you have created, you can view the filter that has been set on a column
by column basis.

To view a column's filter:

Mouse over the column of interest.

The example below shows the filter option and the string provided for that filter:

The following table explains the symbols used for each filter option

Filter Definitions
Symbol Filter Option

<= Less than or equal to this value

>= Greater than or equal to this value

= Equals this value

NOT IN Not equal to this value

IS NULL Is empty

IS NOT NULL Is not empty

LIKE Contains string...

Starts with string...

Matches string...

Note: The percent sign (%) represents the wildcard character.

Related Topics

"Restore Default Filters" (on page 59)

"Modify a Table View Filter" (on page 55)

"Modify a Table View Filter" (on page 55)

"Remove a Filter" (on page 59)

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Restore Table Defaults

You can remove the types of table view customizations described in the following table. Remove
customizations when you no longer find them useful or when you reach the limit for the maximum
number of customizations that can be stored. See "Limits to View Settings" (on page 63) for more
information about the number of tables that have customizations that can be stored.

If you are concerned about reaching your table view settings limit, remove view settings for tables
that are not important.

Note: The Restore Default Filters icon and Restore Default Settings icon do not
appear on table views in forms. If you want to clear settings from a table view that appears in a
form, use the Show in New Window icon to open the table view in a new window and
perform these operations.

Restore Default Table View Settings

What You can
Remove How Description

Only table view From the view display Clears all customizations to filters for the table view
filters panel toolbar, select and refreshes the view with the view's default filter
Restore Default settings.
Filters.

All Select View → Clears all customizations (and cookies) for all table
customizations Restore All Default view customizations. See "Limits to View Settings"
for all table View Settings (on page 63) for more information about how NNMi
views uses cookies to store table view customizations.

Related Topics

"Filter a Table View" (on page 45)

"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61)

"Select all Rows in a Table" (on page 43)

Export Table Information

You can export the contents of a table view for use in other applications. You can choose to export
only the rows that are selected or all of the rows in your table.

Note: You must have a minimum of Operator Level1 Role to export table information.

When printing table information, note the following:

l The first column of table information does not appear in the exported version. The contents of
this column is for selection purposes only.

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l You can copy and paste the table data to other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, for
additional editing and manipulating, such as getting a list of hostnames.
To export selected table rows:

1. Right-click any cell or column header within the table.

2. Select Export to CSV.
NNMi displays the Export to CSV dialog.
3. Select Selected Rows.

4. To included the table column headings in the exported data, click to check Include
Column Headings.
5. NNMi stores date and enumerated values in both localized (Jul 12, 2010 10:07 AM) and raw
(1278950859739) format. By default, NNMi exports only the localized (human readable) format
for date and enumerated values.
Select the Raw Data option to include only the raw (computer readable) format for both date
and enumerated values.
Select the Localized Data option to include only the localized (human readable) format for both
dates and enumerated values.
6. In the File Download dialog, select one of the following options.
a. Open to view the file contents.
b. Save to save the file to a specified file name.
To export all table rows:

1. Right-click any cell or column header with the table.

2. Select Export to CSV
NNMi displays the Export to CSV dialog.
3. Select All Rows.

4. To included the table column headings in the exported data, click to check Include
Column Headings.
5. NNMi stores date and enumerated values in both localized (Jul 12, 2010 10:07 AM) and raw
(1278950859739) format. By default, NNMi exports only the localized (human readable) format
for date and enumerated values.
Select the Raw Data option to include only the raw (computer readable) format for both date
and enumerated values.
Select the Localized Data option to include only the localized (human readable) format for both
dates and enumerated values.
6. In the File Download dialog, select one of the following options.
a. Open to view the file contents.
b. Save to save the file to a specified file name.
Related Topics

"Filter a Table View" (on page 45)

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"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61)

"Select all Rows in a Table" (on page 43)

Limits to View Settings

NNMi automatically saves the following kinds of table view settings.:

l Column width
l Hidden columns
l Sort column and order
l Filters
When customizing table views, note the following:

l All settings for each table are stored in a corresponding cookie for that table.
l The number of tables that have settings that can be saved, and the behavior when the limit is
reached depends the browser you use:
Microsoft Internet Explorer discards your oldest cookie and lets you continue creating
customizations. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, the cookie limit is 48.
If you are using Mozilla Firefox, the cookie limit is 48. If you reach the 48 limit, Mozilla Firefox
removes the next to last cookie before saving the latest cookie created.
l Table view settings are specific to each operating system user. Therefore, if you log on as a
different operating system user, you will have different view settings. If you sign into NNMi as a
different NNMi user, but as the same operating system user, you will have the same view
settings.

Note: NNMi displays a warning message when your last cookie and subsequent table settings
are being saved.

You can remove the customizations for all of your tables using the View → Restore All Default
View Settings. See "Restore Table Defaults" (on page 61) for more information.

Related Topics

"Restore Default Filters" (on page 59)

"Hide a Column" (on page 43)

"Resize a Column" (on page 42)

"Select all Rows in a Table" (on page 43)

Use Map Views

A map view is a powerful way to display information about your network. In a map view, nodes,
interfaces, IP address, and subnets are represented as symbols on the map. The lines between the
nodes and interfaces represent the connection or relationship between these objects.

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For each symbol, a background shape indicates the type of device, such as router or switch. See
"About Map Symbols" (on page 73). The color of this background shape indicates the current health
of the device. See "About Status Colors" (on page 68) for more information about map color values

On the maps, a foreground image is placed over the background shape. The foreground image
identifies the make and model of the network device.

You access map views from the Topology Maps and Troubleshooting workspaces. You can also
open maps from table views using the Actions menu. See "Access Maps Provided by NNMi" (on
page 82) and "Using Actions to Perform Tasks" (on page 100) for more information.

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

Depending on the type of map you are viewing, NNMi uses additional conventions to depict other
kinds of objects on the map:

"Node Group Map Objects" (on page 77)

"Layer 2 Neighbor View Map Objects" (on page 78)

"Layer 3 Neighbor View Map Objects" (on page 80)

"Path View Map Objects" (on page 81)

Note: Some NNMi users can delete nodes and other objects from the NNMi database
(depending on the assigned NNMi Role). Any node that has been deleted appears as a
transparent icon to all NNMi users until their map is refreshed using the Refresh icon. After
Refresh, the deleted node is removed from the map. NNMi does not automatically refresh the
connectivity or set of nodes in a map view, except on the Initial Discovery Progress and
Network Overview maps.

You can perform the following operations in a map view:

l "Access More Information About an Object (Forms and Analysis Pane)" (on page 16)
l "Refresh a View" (on page 41)
l "Change the Map Layout" (on page 65)
l "Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65)
l "Pan Around the Map" (on page 66)
l "Refresh Node Status on a Map" (on page 67)
l "Control Tool Tips Information on a Map" (on page 67)
If you use the Mozilla Firefox browser and have any timeout issues; for example, being prompted to
click Continue before a map appears, see "Configure Mozilla Firefox Timeout Interval" (on page
13).

Related Topics

"Use Table Views" (on page 42)

Navigate Maps
NNMi enables you to navigate within map views in the following ways:

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"Change the Map Layout" (on page 65)

"Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65)

"Pan Around the Map" (on page 66)

"Find a Node in a Map" (on page 66)

Change the Map Layout

If you prefer a different layout for the symbols on your map, you can change the placement (see
"About Map Symbols" (on page 73)).

To change the map layout:

Click and then drag any map symbol to the location you want on the map.

Note: You can move only one map object at one time.

This placement persists until you refresh or otherwise reload the map.

In Node Group Maps, if your role permits, you can manually reposition symbols on a map and save
the location settings. See Help → Help for Operators for more information.

Related Topics

"Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65)

"Pan Around the Map" (on page 66)

"Find a Node in a Map" (on page 66)

Adjust the Zoom Factor

To make a portion of the map larger, you can adjust the zoom factor by using the buttons on the
map toolbar (see "Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31)).

To adjust the zoom, select the following toolbar icons or keyboard characters:

l To zoom in, do one of the following:

n Click .
n Press + (PLUS SIGN).

Note: Do not use the + (PLUS SIGN) on the numeric keypad.

l To zoom out, do one of the following:

n Click .
n Press - (MINUS SIGN).
l To fit the map to the screen size, do one of the following:

n Click .
n Press = (EQUALS SIGN).
l To display the map at 100 percent (actual size), do one of the following:

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n Click
n Press 1 (ONE).
NNMi adds scroll bars to the map if needed.
Related Topics

"Change the Map Layout" (on page 65)

"Pan Around the Map" (on page 66)

"Find a Node in a Map" (on page 66)

Pan Around the Map

If the node of interest is not easily visible on the map, you can move to other sections of the map.

To pan to other sections of the map:

Use the map's scroll bars to move to other sections of the map.

Related Topics

"Change the Map Layout" (on page 65)

"Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65)

Find a Node in a Map

You can easily find a particular Node in a map.

To find a Node in the current map:

1. In the Map toolbar, toggle the Find button on:

2. In the text box , do one of the following:

n Click the drop-down icon to display the complete list of choices within this map. Select
any item from the list.
n Type the Name attribute value (not case-sensitive) of the Node you want to find in the map.
This is the Name attribute value from the Node form, that becomes the map icon label.
As you type, the auto-complete feature displays a list of possible matches. Select any item
from the list.
3. NNMi selects the Node that has a Name attribute value that matches your choice. If
necessary, NNMi pans to the appropriate area in the Map.
4. To navigate elsewhere in the map, toggle the Find button off:

Related Topics

"Change the Map Layout" (on page 65)

"Adjust the Zoom Factor" (on page 65)

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"Pan Around the Map" (on page 66)

Refresh Node Status on a Map

In map views, you can refresh the node status on a map while maintaining the layout of the nodes.
This feature enables you to quickly refresh a view when you are only concerned with status updates
for one or more nodes on your map.

NNMi automatically refreshes node status on a map every 30 seconds. The 30 second counter
begins after the completion of the last status refresh.

Note: If a map is taking longer than expected to refresh, the maximum number of nodes that
are displayed on a map might be set too high. The NNMi administrator can set this value. See
"Help for Administrators" for more information.

You can refresh the node status manually.

To refresh only the node status:

Click the Refresh Status icon in the toolbar to manually refresh node status on your map view.
The last update time is changed and the status of each node is refreshed on the map. Nodes are not
added, deleted, or rearranged. Connectivity is not recalculated.

Note: Some NNMi users can delete nodes and other objects from the NNMi database
(depending on the assigned NNMi Role). Any node that has been deleted appears as a
transparent icon to all NNMi users until their map is refreshed using the Refresh icon. After
Refresh, the deleted node is removed from the map. NNMi does not automatically refresh the
connectivity or set of nodes in a map view, except on the Initial Discovery Progress and
Network Overview maps.

Related Topics

"Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31)

"Refresh a View" (on page 41)

Control Tool Tips Information on a Map

When you place the mouse cursor over an object on a map, NNMi displays Tool Tips information for
the current object. Tool Tips information is a subset of the information contained in the object's
form.

Each time you open a map, the Tool Tips button is enabled.

To disable Tool Tips popups, click the Tool Tips button. NNMi closes any open Tool Tip
dialog boxes.

Related Topics

"Using the View Toolbars" (on page 31)

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Understand Maps
To understand how to interpret the contents of maps provided by NNMi, you want to know the
following:

"Node Group Map Objects" (on page 77)

"Layer 2 Neighbor View Map Objects" (on page 78)

"Layer 3 Neighbor View Map Objects" (on page 80)

"Path View Map Objects" (on page 81)

"About Map Symbols" (on page 73)

"About Status Colors" (on page 68)

About Status Colors

The color of the background shape of each map symbol conveys the most recent health status of
that Node. The color of each connection icon (the line) conveys the most recent health of
communication between the two Nodes (determined by evaluating the status of each Interface
involved). At the end of each connection line, the color of each interface or address icon also
conveys its most recent health status. For example:

NNMi calculates the appropriate Status for objects:

"Status Color for Objects" (on page 68)

"Status Color for Aggregator Objects (NNMi Advanced)" (on page 71)

Tip: NNMi's Causal Engine collects the data for calculating each object's Status value. Using
the State information collected by the State Poller as well as this additional information, the
Causal Engine calculates the Status of each Node, Interface, and SNMP agent.

l State = This value is provided by the NNMi State Poller and is always up to date for each
object.
l Status = This value can run behind by the amount of time listed for Delay Processing Input
in the System Information dialog's Causal Engine tab. See Displaying NNMi System
Information and Verify Current Status of a Device.

Status Color for Objects

NNMi displays the status color for the following objects:

Background Shapes Status Color

Network Connections Status Color

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The following table describes the meaning for each status color for a background shape that
represents a Node, Interface, or IP address that might appear on a map.

Background Shapes Status Color

Color Meaning Description

Unknown Indicates the object is unreachable and cannot be polled.

Normal Indicates there are no known problems related to the associated object.

Warning Indicates there might be a problem related to the associated object.

Minor Indicates NNMi detected problems related to the associated object that
require further investigation.

Major Indicates NNMi detected problems related to the associated object to be

resolved before they become critical.

Critical Indicates NNMi detected problems related to the associated object that
require immediate attention.

Disabled Indicates the object is administratively disabled.

No Indicates one of the following:

Status
l NNMi's current configuration excludes this object from monitoring. The
Status is not calculated because the object is set to Not Managed/Out Of
Service.
l The object has just been added to the NNMi database and the Causal
Engine has not yet calculated its health status.

The following table describes the meaning for each status color for a single network connection.

Network Connections Status Color

Color Meaning Description

Unknown Indicates that due to other network problems, the status of one interface
cannot be determined at this time.

Normal Indicates both interfaces in the connection are responding.

Warning Indicates there might be a problem with either interface.

Minor Indicates the interface on one end is not responding. The interface on the
other end is responding.

Critical Indicates neither interface or IP address is responding.

Disabled Indicates one or both interfaces are administratively disabled.

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Color Meaning Description

No Indicates one of the following:

Status
l NNMi's current configuration excludes one or both interfaces from
monitoring. The Status is not calculated because the interface is set to
Not Managed/Out Of Service.
l The interface has just been added to the NNMi database and the Causal
Engine has not yet calculated its health status.

The following table describes the meaning for each status color for a multiconnection1.

Multiconnections Status Color and Meaning

Color Meaning Description

Unknown Indicates that all connections in the multiconnection have a Status of

Unknown.

Normal Indicates that all connections in the multiconnection have a Status of

Normal.

Warning Indicates one of the following:

l All connections in the multiconnection have a Status of Warning.

l All connections in the multiconntection do not have the same Status and
none of the connections have a Status of Major or Minor.

Major All connections but one in the multiconnection have a Status of Critical. One
connection has a Status of either Normal, Warning, Minor, or Major.

Minor Indicates all connections but one in the multiconnection are Normal. The
Status of one connection is Minor, Warning, or Critical.

Critical Indicates that all connections in the multiconnection have a Status of

Critical.

Disabled Indicates that all connections in the multiconnection have a Status of

Disabled.

No Indicates that all connections in the multiconnection have a Status of No

Status Status.

Related Topics

1A multiconnection is a thick line on a map view between two Node icons, two Node Group icons,
or between a Node icon and a Node Group icon (with no Interface icon or IP Address icon at either
end of the line). This thick line represents a set of multiple connections that have been combined to
preserve space and simplify the map. Your NNMi administrator specifies the number of
connections that must exist before NNMi condenses them into a multiconnection line (User
Interface Configuration's Multiconnection Threshold attribute). Double-click the thick line to convert
it into the original set of connections with Interface icons or IP Address icons at either end of the
lines.

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"Status Color for Aggregator Objects (NNMi Advanced)" (on page 71)

Status Color for Aggregator Objects (NNMi Advanced)

Link Aggregation1 protocols enable network administrators to configure a set of interfaces on a

switch as one Aggregator Interface, creating an Aggregator Layer 2 Connection to another device
using multiple interfaces in parallel to increase bandwidth, increase the speed at which data travels,
and increase redundancy.

When you see a thick line on a Layer 2 Neighbor View map, the line represents an Aggregator Layer
2 Connection (group of multiple Layer 2 Connections that are functioning as one, the Aggregation
Member Layer 2 Connections). The icon representing an Interface at either end of that thick line
represents an Aggregator Interface (a logical interface representing many interfaces that are
functioning as one, the Aggregation Member Interfaces). See "Layer 2 Neighbor View Map Objects"
(on page 78) for more information.

The following table describes the meaning of status colors for an Aggregator Interface.

Aggregator Interface Status Color

Color Status Meaning

Unknown Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Interfaces are

unreachable and cannot be polled.

1Protocols used on Switches to configure multiple Interfaces (Aggregation Member Interfaces) to

function as if they were one (an Aggregator Interface). When two Aggregator Interfaces establish a
connection, that connection is an Aggregator Layer 2 Connection. The Aggregator Layer 2
Connection appears on Layer 2 Neighbor View maps as a thick line with an Interface icon at each
end (representing the Aggregator Interface). When you double-click the thick line, it converts into
multiple thin lines representing the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections with their
Aggregation Member Interfaces at each end of the lines.

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Color Status Meaning

Normal Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Interfaces have a

Status of Normal.

Minor Indicates at least one (but not all) of the participating Aggregation Member
Interfaces has a Status of Critical.

Critical Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Interfaces have a

Status of Critical.

Disabled Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Interfaces are

administratively disabled.

No Indicates one of the following:

Status
l NNMi's current configuration excludes all of the participating Aggregation
Member Interfaces from monitoring, so the Status is not calculated. For
example, the entire device or the Aggregator Interface is set to Not
Managed/Out Of Service.
l All of the participating Aggregation Member Interfaces have just been
added to the NNMi database and the Causal Engine has not yet
calculated their health status.

The following table describes the meaning of status colors for an Aggregator Layer 2 Connection.

Aggregator Layer 2 Connection (thick line) Status Color

Color Meaning Description

Unknown Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections

are unreachable and cannot be polled.

Normal Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections

have a Status of Normal.

Minor Indicates at least one (but not all) of the participating Aggregation Member
Layer 2 Connections has a Status of Critical.

Critical Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections

have a Status of Critical.

Disabled Indicates all of the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections

are administratively down.

No Indicates one of the following:

Status
l NNMi's current configuration excludes all of the participating Aggregation
Member Layer 2 Connections from monitoring, so the Status is not
calculated. For example, the entire device or the Aggregator Interfaces
on both ends of the connection are set to Not Managed/Out Of Service.
l All of the Layer 2 Connections within the Aggregator Layer 2 Connection
have just been added to the NNMi database and the Causal Engine has
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Related Topics

"Status Color for Objects" (on page 68)

About Map Symbols

Map symbols represent nodes or node groups. Each map symbol that represents a single node has
a background shape and a superimposed foreground image (default images shown in the table
below). Custom foreground images might represent specific vendors and models. The background
shape conveys the following information:

l The type of device.

l The most recent health status (see "About Status Colors" (on page 68)).
l All connections:
n In Layer 2 Neighbor View maps, as well as Node Group or Path View maps using Layer 2
connectivity, small squares around the parent symbol represent each connected interface.
Lines of a normal thickness indicate one-to-one connections. Special icons indicate one-to-
many connections.
NNMi Advanced. Thick lines between Interface icons represent Aggregator Layer 2
Connections between Aggregator Interfaces using Link Aggregation1 protocol. See
Interface Form: Link Aggregation tab.
n In Layer 3 Neighbor View maps, as well as Node Group maps using Layer 3 connectivity,
small hexagons around the parent symbol represent each connected address. Lines indicate
one-to-one connections. Special icons indicate subnets or clouds.
n In all maps, except Path View, thick lines between Node icons or between Node Group icons
indicate that multiple connections exist between the objects. NNMi uses the term
multiconnection2 to refer to these groups of multiple connections.
Note the following about multiconnections:
o No Interface or IP address icon appears at either end of the thick line.
o To view the individual connections and the associated interfaces within a multiconnection,
double-click the multiconnection of interest.

1Protocols used on Switches to configure multiple Interfaces (Aggregation Member Interfaces) to

function as if they were one (an Aggregator Interface). When two Aggregator Interfaces establish a
connection, that connection is an Aggregator Layer 2 Connection. The Aggregator Layer 2
Connection appears on Layer 2 Neighbor View maps as a thick line with an Interface icon at each
end (representing the Aggregator Interface). When you double-click the thick line, it converts into
multiple thin lines representing the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections with their
Aggregation Member Interfaces at each end of the lines.
2A multiconnection is a thick line on a map view between two Node icons, two Node Group icons,
or between a Node icon and a Node Group icon (with no Interface icon or IP Address icon at either
end of the line). This thick line represents a set of multiple connections that have been combined to
preserve space and simplify the map. Your NNMi administrator specifies the number of
connections that must exist before NNMi condenses them into a multiconnection line (User
Interface Configuration's Multiconnection Threshold attribute). Double-click the thick line to convert
it into the original set of connections with Interface icons or IP Address icons at either end of the
lines.

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o To collapse the expanded view of the individual connections for a multiconnection, use the
Refresh icon to refresh the map.
o To view summary information about the multiconnection, place the mouse cursor over the
multiconnection of interest.
n In Path View maps, a black arrow or empty black circle at the end of a connection indicates
that NNMi was not able to determine a status value because the connection or interface is not
in the NNMi database. Reasons a connection or interface are not stored in the NNMi
database include the following:
o NNMi is unable to collect information about a node in the path because it is a non-SNMP
node.
o A node in the path is not managed by NNMi.
o The discovery information for a node is not up-to-date (for example, interface information is
missing).
Each Child Node Group has a narrow hexagon background shape and does not include a foreground
image.

Note: You can integrate NNMi with other applications, including HP Network Node Manager i
Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs). The NNMi administrator is also able to customize NNMi
foreground images. Therefore, you might see foreground shapes that are not described in the
following table. Contact your NNMi administrator if you have questions about any additional
foreground shapes.

Background and Foreground Shapes for Specific Devices

Background Foreground Shape \ Background Foreground Shape \
Shape Meaning Shape Meaning

= Chassis = Analyzer
= Computer = Firewall
= Server = Load Balancer
= Workstation = Network Appliance
= Other = Power Supply
= Printer
Note: Other includes non-
= Wireless Access
SNMP nodes.
Point

= ATM Switch = Gateway

= Switch = Hub
= Router
= Switch-Router
= Voice Gateway

Child Node Group = IP Phone

Network

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Icons for Special Connections

Icon Meaning

Used in maps to represent Point-to-Multipoint (a connection with multiple

interfaces) when NNMi concludes that a shared media, such as a hub or a mesh,
connects multiple devices.Click here for an example.

If you double-click the line or the icon, the Layer 2 Connection Form displays.

Used in maps to represent Point-to-Multipoint (a connection with multiple

interfaces) Layer 3 edge connectivity across wide-area-networks (WANs). The
icon represents an unidentified set of devices between two nodes on the map (most
likely a Service Provider's network or WAN).Click here for an example.
NNMi accomplishes this by following special rules for subnets with prefix lengths
between 28 and 31. These special rules are called Subnet Connection Rules. NNMi
administrators can configure these rules.

If you double-click the line or the icon, the Layer 2 Connection Form displays
and the Topology Source value is SUBNETCONNECTION.

Used in maps to represent IPv4 subnets.Click here for an example.

(NNMi Advanced) Used in maps to represent IPv6 subnets.Click here for an

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Icon Meaning

example.

Used in Path Views. If NNMi detects a connection, but cannot verify the device's
identification (no response to SNMP), that device is indicated on the map by a cloud
symbol.Click here for an example.

Note: In Path View maps, a black arrow or empty black circle indicates that NNMi
was not able to determine a status value because the connection or interface
is not in the NNMi database.

(NNMi Advanced) If the Router Redundancy Group has more than one Active
router, NNMi selects one Active router for the path. To indicate there is more than
one possible path, NNMi connects any additional Active routers to the chosen
router as shown in the following example:

(NNMi Advanced) If your network administrator configures NNMi to gather data

from HP Route Analytics Management Systems (RAMS), the Path View can show
multiple OSPF1 Equal Cost paths through a Layer 3 cloud as shown in the example
below:

1Open Shortest Path First Protocol

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Icon Meaning

(NNMi Advanced) Used in RAMS MPLS WAN Map views. If NNMi detects an
MPLS connection across the network, it is indicated on the map by a cloud
symbol.Click here for an example.

Related Topics

"Working with Objects" (on page 96)

Node Group Map Objects

Tip: See "Help for Operators" for more information about Node Group maps.

Node Group maps show members of a Node Group (as defined by the NNMi administrator). Each
Node Group Map shows either Layer 2 or Layer 3 information.

The map displays the status of each member, connection, and Child Node Group. To provide
context for your environment, the NNMi administrator might also add a background image (for
example, a map of North America).

NNMi can enlarge the map symbol of any node associated with a Key Incident1. Use the Indicate
Key Incidents button in the map view toolbar (see Using the View Toolbars: Node Group Map
Toolbar Icons):

(on) = When the this Node Group map opens, NNMi enlarges any objects on a Node Group
map that are Source Objects for a Key Incident2. (For example, when viewing the Node

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.
2Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.

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Group map, NNMi enlarges any node on a Node Group map that has an open root cause
incident associated with it.)

(off) = When the this Node Group map opens, NNMi does not indicate the objects on a Node
Group map that are Source Objects for a Key Incident1.

To view the associated incident for the node, double-click the node symbol. In the Node form,
select the Incidents tab.

Because these maps are based on Node Groups rather than connectivity, some nodes might not
have any connections on the map.

A hexagon (as shown below) indicates a Child Node Group:

See "Views Provided by NNMi" (on page 85) for information about the Node Group maps that NNMi
provides.

Related Topics

"About Map Symbols" (on page 73)

"About Status Colors" (on page 68)

Layer 2 Neighbor View Map Objects

Layer 2 Neighbor View maps show a map view of a selected device and any connected devices
within a specified number of hops from the selected device. This view is useful for understanding
the switch connectivity between devices. See "Help for Operators" for more information.

During discovery, NNMi reads the Forwarding Database (FDB) tables from Ethernet switches
within a network to help NNMi determine communication paths between network devices. NNMi
searches these FDB tables for information about discovered nodes. When an NNMi management
server finds FDB references to duplicate MAC addresses2:

l If two or more discovered nodes contain an interface associated with the same Media Access
Control (MAC) address within the same Tenant or with one of those nodes in Default Tenant and
one in any other Tenant, NNMi disregards the communication paths reported for those duplicate
MAC addresses in the FDB. This might result in missing connections on NNMi maps in network
areas that include those duplicate MAC addresses.
(NNMi Advanced - Global Network Management feature) If two NNMi management servers
discover nodes that contain an interface associated with the same Media Access Control (MAC)
address, the Global NNMi management server's maps could be missing connections that are
visible on the Regional NNMi management server's maps.

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.
2The Media Access Control address (hardware address or physical address) that the factory burns
into a network adapter or device with built-in networking capability. A MAC address has six pairs of
hexadecimal digits, separated by colons or dashes. For example 02:1F:33:16:BC:55

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l If a single node contains multiple interfaces that have the same MAC address, NNMi gathers all
communication path information for those interfaces and displays that information on NNMi
maps.
Forwarding Database (FDB) information can cause NNMi to establish wrong Layer 2 Connections
in the following cases:

l When the FDB is configured as cache and contains obsolete data.

l In network environments with hardware from a variety of vendors, when each vendor generates
different and sometimes conflicting FDB data.
Optional: NNMi administrators can configure Spiral Discovery to ignore the FDB data from one
Node Group when calculating Layer 2 Connections (the FDB data is still included in other
calculations).

In Layer 2 Neighbor View maps, interfaces are indicated by little squares around the background
shape of the parent node. Each interface also has a status color. Green indicates the interface is
working properly. Red indicates the interface is down.

Connection Lines Meaning of Connection Line

Thin lines between devices indicate communication channels

between the two devices (connections). The lines also show status
color indicating the current health of that connection. See "Status
Color for Objects" (on page 68).

NNMi Advanced. Thick lines (connections) indicate that Link

Aggregation1 protocols are in use. These protocols enable
network administrators to configure a set of interfaces on a switch
as one Aggregator Interface, creating an Aggregator Layer 2
Connection to another device using multiple interfaces in parallel to
increase bandwidth, increase the speed at which data travels, and
increase redundancy.

Double-click the thick line (the Aggregator Layer 2 Connection) to

convert the thick line into multiple thin lines. Each thin line
represents an Aggregate Member Layer 2 Connection.

NNMi calculates the status of the thick line (Aggregator Layer 2

Connection) based on the status of the entire group of Aggregation
Member Layer 2 Connections. See "Status Color for Aggregator
Objects (NNMi Advanced)" (on page 71) for more information.

1Protocols used on Switches to configure multiple Interfaces (Aggregation Member Interfaces) to

function as if they were one (an Aggregator Interface). When two Aggregator Interfaces establish a
connection, that connection is an Aggregator Layer 2 Connection. The Aggregator Layer 2
Connection appears on Layer 2 Neighbor View maps as a thick line with an Interface icon at each
end (representing the Aggregator Interface). When you double-click the thick line, it converts into
multiple thin lines representing the participating Aggregation Member Layer 2 Connections with their
Aggregation Member Interfaces at each end of the lines.

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Connection Lines Meaning of Connection Line

Note: A thick line that does not have any interface icon at both
ends is a multiconnection1, instead of an Aggregator Layer 2
Connection.

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Layer 2 Neighbor View maps.

Related Topics

"About Map Symbols" (on page 73)

"About Status Colors" (on page 68)

Layer 3 Neighbor View Map Objects

Layer 3 Neighbor View maps show a selected device and its connected devices within a specified
number of hops from the selected device. This view is useful for understanding the router
connectivity between devices.

In Layer 3 Neighbor View maps, addresses connected to neighbors within the same subnet are
indicated by hexagons around the background shape of the parent node. Each address has a status
color. Green indicates the address is working properly. Red indicates the address is not
responding. The line between devices indicates the subnet. The subnet does not have any status:

NNMi Advanced. IPv6 subnets are indicated by this symbol:

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Layer 3 Neighbor View maps.

1A multiconnection is a thick line on a map view between two Node icons, two Node Group icons,
or between a Node icon and a Node Group icon (with no Interface icon or IP Address icon at either
end of the line). This thick line represents a set of multiple connections that have been combined to
preserve space and simplify the map. Your NNMi administrator specifies the number of
connections that must exist before NNMi condenses them into a multiconnection line (User
Interface Configuration's Multiconnection Threshold attribute). Double-click the thick line to convert
it into the original set of connections with Interface icons or IP Address icons at either end of the
lines.

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Related Topics

"About Map Symbols" (on page 73)

"About Status Colors" (on page 68)

Path View Map Objects

Path View maps show an active network path between a source and destination end point.

The main objects in the displayed path in a Path View map are routers and switches.

Caution: Do not specify a switch as a Source or Destination node in Path View maps. To view
connectivity between switches, use the Layer 2 Neighbor View.

When NNMi cannot determine the nodes within a portion of the path, it uses a Cloud object as
shown in the example below:

If a black arrow or empty black circle appears at the end of the connection in Path View maps,
NNMi was not able to determine a status value because the connection or interface is not in the
NNMi database. Click here for more information.
Reasons a connection or interface are not stored in the NNMi database, include the following:

l NNMi is unable to collect information about a node in the path because it is a non-SNMP node.
l A node in the path is not managed by NNMi.
l The discovery information for a node is not up-to-date (for example, interface information is
missing).

Path View maps also show objects included in Layer 2 Neighbor View maps and Layer 3 Neighbor
View maps. See "Help for Operators" for more information.

NNMi Advanced. Path View works only with IPv4 addresses. The NNMi Advanced IPv6 address
values are not valid choices for Path View. Any devices in your network that are configured with
IPv6 addresses cannot be displayed on Path View maps.

(NNMi Advanced) If your network administrator configures NNMi to gather data from Router
Redundancy Groups that have more than one Active router, NNMi selects one Active router for the
path. To indicate there is more than one possible path, NNMi connects any additional routers to the
Active router as shown in the example below:

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(NNMi Advanced) If your network administrator configures NNMi to gather data from Route
Analytics Management Systems (RAMS), the Path View can show multiple OSPF1 Equal Cost
paths through a Layer 3 cloud as shown in the example below:

Related Topics:

"About Map Symbols" (on page 73)

"About Status Colors" (on page 68)

Access Maps Provided by NNMi

You can access maps in the following ways:

l From table views using the Actions menu

l From the Topology Maps and Troubleshooting workspaces

Table Views

To display a map view from a table view:

See "Using Actions to Perform Tasks" (on page 100) for more information about using the Actions
menu.

1. Select the table view you want from the workspaces navigation panel. (For example, select the
Inventory workspace, Nodes view.)
2. In the table view, click the row that contains the object of interest.
3. Select the Actions menu in the main toolbar and select the map view you want.

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Note: You can also access map views from the Actions menu in a form. See "About the NNMi
Console" (on page 9), for more information.

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

The label for the starting node appears in bold text on the map.
4. If you are displaying either Layer 2 or Layer 3 Neighbor View maps, after the map view
appears, you can change the number of hops1.
In the Number of Hops drop-down list, select the number of hops to display. The default
number of hops is 1. The maximum number of hops is 9.

Topology Maps Workspace

To display a Node Group map:
1. Select the Topology Maps workspace.
2. Select Node Group Map name of interest.

Troubleshooting Workspace
l To display a Layer 2 or Layer 3 Neighbor View map:
a. Select the Troubleshooting workspace.
b. Select the type of map you want to generate.
c. In Layer 2 Neighbor View and Layer 3 Neighbor View maps, you can designate the starting
node using either the node name or IP address. The label for the starting node appears in
bold text on the map.

Note: After you begin to type the node name or IP address, NNMi displays a list that
includes all potential existing names or IP addresses that match the letters or numbers
as you enter them.

d. After the map view appears, you can change the number of hops2.
In the Number of Hops drop-down list, select the number of hops to display. The default
number of hops is 1. The maximum number of hops is 9.

1A hop is a node representing any network device, such as a workstation, gateway, or switch,
which is connected by a link with no intermediate nodes.
2A hop is a node representing any network device, such as a workstation, gateway, or switch,
which is connected by a link with no intermediate nodes.

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l To display a Path View:

a. Select the Troubleshooting workspace.
b. Select Path View.
c. In the Source and Destination fields, designate the nodes at both ends of the path using
either the node name or IPv4 address.

Note: After you begin to type the node name or IPv4 address, NNMi displays a list that
includes all potential existing names or IPv4 addresses that match the letters or
numbers as you enter them.

NNMi Advanced. Path View works only with IPv4 addresses. The NNMi Advanced IPv6
address values are not valid choices for Path View. Any devices in your network that are
configured with IPv6 addresses cannot be displayed on Path View maps.

l To display a Node Group map:

a. Select the Troubleshooting workspace.
b. Select Node Group Map.
c. In the Node Group field, specify the name of the Node Group that contains the nodes you
want to display.

Note: After you begin to type the Node Group name, NNMi displays a list that includes
all potential existing names (case-sensitive) that match the letters or numbers as you
enter them.

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NNMi offers several out-of-the-box views to determine a managed device's status. Each of these is
described in the following tables.

Note: Depending on your NNMi user role, you might not be able to see all of the views
described.

l Views for Incident Management

l Views of Topology Maps
l Views to Assist You with Monitoring Network Devices
l Views to Assist You with Troubleshooting
l Views with Inventory Lists
l Management Mode Views
l Views for Incident Browsing
Views for Incident Management
View Title Description

Open Key Shows the incidents that are most important to network Operators (any Key
Incidents Incident1) and that often require more immediate action. The Open Key Incidents
view includes those incidents that have a Correlation Nature that is any of the
following:

Incident
Correlation
Nature Description

Root Indicates the incident that reports the root cause of a problem.
Cause

Service Used in NNMi 8.xx only. Indicates a relationship between

Impact incidents in which a network service is effected by other
incidents. By default, NNMi generates Service Impact incidents
for Router Redundancy Groups. For example, an Interface Down
incident can effect a Router Redundancy Group that is part of an
HSRP service. The Service Impact incident helps to identify the
service that is affected.

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.

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View Title Description

Incident
Correlation
Nature Description

This Correlation Nature is available for use by HP Network Node

Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs). See "Help for
Administrators" for more information about NNM iSPIs.

Stream Used in NNMi 8.xx only. Indicates the correlations that NNMi's
Correlation event pipeline establishes as it recognizes patterns in the flow of
events through the pipeline. Correlations are created as NNMi
analyzes events and traps to determine the root cause incident for
a problem. Examples of stream correlations include Dedup
(duplication of events) and Rate (occurrence of events by time)
correlations.

Rate Indicates the incident tracks incident patterns based on the

Stream number of incident reoccurrences within a specified time period.
Correlation After the count within the specified time period is reached,
NNMi emits a Rate Correlation incident and continues to update
the Correlation Notes with the number of occurrences within that
rate.

Info This Correlation Nature is meant to be informational.

None Indicates there is no incident correlation for this incident.

Unassigned Shows any open Key Incident1 that has not yet been assigned. This view is
Open Key useful for identifying the most recent Key Incidents that must be assigned.
Incidents

My Open Shows the incidents that have been assigned to the name associated with the
Incidents current user.

Views of Topology Maps (See "Help for Operators" for more information about
Node Group Maps.)
View Title Description

Node Group Displays a map containing all (top-level) Node Groups that do not have parent
Overview Node Groups.

Initial
Discovery Tip: Create a Node Group map to monitor your network topology. See

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.

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Views of Topology Maps (See "Help for Operators" for more information about
Node Group Maps.), continued
View Title Description

Progress
(Layer 3) Create Node Groups for information about Node Groups..

Displays a map containing the most highly connected nodes (largest subnets) in
the Layer 3 network. Use this map to display the initial discovery progress of the
Routers, Switches, and Switch-Routers, for up to 100 nodes.

Note: NNMi displays this map only if the NNMi administrator has configured
the NNMi console's Initial View to be Installation Default and the network
has less than or equal to a total of 100 routers, switches, and switch-routers.
After NNMi has discovered more than 100 connectors, this map view
changes to the Open Key Incidents table view.

To determine which nodes to display, NNMi uses the following algorithm until it
has displayed a maximum of 100 nodes:

l Display the largest subnets (Layer 3 connectivity) based on discovered

routers
l Display the most highly connected switches within the subnets displayed
l Display the most highly connected nodes within the subnets displayed
l Display any remaining nodes up to a total of 100
Note the following:

l NNMi polls only management IP addresses by default. Therefore, the status

of IP addresses on the map might appear as No Status ( ).
l Because the connections on a Layer 3 represent subnets, which are not
monitored in NNMi, the connections on a the Initial Discovery Progress map
appear as No Status ( ).

l The Initial Discovery Progress map displays a maximum of 100 nodes. This
maximum number cannot be changed.
This map periodically updates both topology and status. The update interval is
more frequent when the view is first displayed by any user, then slowly refreshes
less frequently.

Note: Automatic refresh cancels any modifications, such as selecting or

zooming, you make to this view.

To view the Layer 2 (switch) connectivity for a particular node, select the node of
interest and use the Actions → Layer 2 Neighbor View. To view the Layer 3
(router) connectivity for a particular node, select the node of interest and use
Actions → Layer 3 Neighbor View.

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Views of Topology Maps (See "Help for Operators" for more information about
Node Group Maps.), continued
View Title Description

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the
Actions menu.

Network This map is similar to the Initial Discovery Progress map with the following
Overview exceptions:
(Layer 3)
l Network Overview displays a map containing the most highly connected
nodes (largest subnets) in the Layer 3 network for up to 250 nodes.
l The NNMi administrator can change the maximum number of nodes
displayed. If you are an NNMi administrator, for more information, see the
"NNMi Console" chapter in the HP Network Node Manager i Software
Deployment Reference, which is available at:
http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.
l The refresh rate is 5 minutes.
l The NNMi administrator must have configured the NNMi console's Initial
View to be Network Overview.

Networking Displays representative Node Groups for the Switches and for the Routers in
Infrastructure your network. Each of the following device types, if applicable, are also included
Devices on the map:

l Chassis
l Firewalls
l Voice Gateways

Note: Your NNMi Administrator can remove this map from the Topology
Maps workspace.

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Node Group Maps.

Routers Displays a Node Group Map of the Router and Layer 3 connectivity in your
network.

Tip: See "About Node and Interface Groups" (on page 49) for more
information about Node Groups.

Note: If the number of Node Groups in your network is greater than the
maximum number of map objects configured to be displayed on the map,
NNMi filters the map to display routers that have interfaces with addresses
in the largest number of overall subnets in the network.

Your NNMi administrator can configure the maximum number of nodes to be

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Views of Topology Maps (See "Help for Operators" for more information about
Node Group Maps.), continued
View Title Description

displayed on a map. See "Help for Administrators" for more information.

Note: Your NNMi Administrator can remove this map from the Topology
Maps workspace.

Switches Displays a Node Group map of the Switches and Layer 2 connectivity in your
network.

Tip: See "About Node and Interface Groups" (on page 49) for more
information about Node Groups.

Note: If the number of nodes in your network is greater than the maximum
number of nodes configured to be displayed on the map, NNMi filters the
map to display switches that are the most highly connected.

Your NNMi administrator can configure the maximum number of nodes to be

displayed on a map. See "Help for Administrators" for more information.

Note: Your NNMi Administrator can remove this map from the Topology
Maps workspace.

Views to Assist You with Monitoring Network Devices

View Title Description

Non-Normal Identifies the nodes that might need operator attention due to a problem with the
Node health of a node component.
Components

Non-Normal Identifies the cards that might need operator attention.

Cards

Non-Normal Identifies all of the interfaces that might need operator attention.
Interfaces

Non-Normal Identifies all of the nodes that might need operator attention.
Nodes

Non-Normal identifies all of the SNMP Agents that have a state that is other than Normal.
SNMP
Agents

Not Identifies all of the addresses that have a state of Not Responding. A Not
Responding Responding state indicates that the address is not responding to ICMP ping.

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View Title Description

Addresses

Interface (HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Metrics Software) Helps you
Performance identify the over-used and under-used interfaces for the nodes in your managed
network.

Card Shows the Card Redundancy Groups that NNMi discovered.

Redundancy
See "Help for Operators" for more information about Card Redundancy Groups.
Groups

Router Shows the available Router Redundancy Groups created by the NNMi
Redundancy administrator. Each Router Redundancy Group is a set of two or more routers
Groups that use one or more virtual IP addresses to help ensure that information packets
reach their intended destination.

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Router Redundancy
Groups.

Node Groups Shows the Node Groups created by the NNMi administrator. Node Groups
enable the NNMi administrator to define groups of nodes based on several
criteria, including by hostname or location.

See "About Node and Interface Groups" (on page 49) for more information about
Node Groups.

Custom Node Shows the Custom Node Collections that have been created using NNMi's
Collections Custom Poller. A Custom Node Collection identifies a topology node that has at
least one associated Custom Poller Policy.

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Custom Node Collections.

Custom Shows the Custom Polled Instances that have been created using NNMi's
Polled Custom Poller. NNMi creates Custom Polled Instances the first time a MIB
Instances Expression is validated with discovery information.

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Custom Polled Instances.

Views to Assist You with Troubleshooting

View
Title Description

Layer 2 Shows a map view of a selected device and its connector devices within a specified
Neighbor number of hops from the selected device. This view is useful for understanding the
View switch connectivity between devices.

The background color of a node in a network map indicates the node's or interface's
status. For example, green indicates the node is up. Red indicates the node or
interface is down.

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View
Title Description

Layer 3 Shows a map view of a selected device and it connector devices within a specified
Neighbor number of hops from the selected device. This view is useful for understanding the
View router connectivity between devices.

The background color of a node in a network map indicates the node's or interface's
status. For example, green indicates the node is up. Red indicates the node or
interface is down.

Path Shows an active network path between a source and destination end point.
View
Caution: Do not specify a switch as a Source or Destination node in Path View
maps. To view connectivity between switches, use the Layer 2 Neighbor View.

This view is useful for diagnosing connectivity problems; for example, when one node
cannot communicate with another or when you are not able to access a particular
node, such as a client PC not being able to contact the Microsoft Exchange server.

Note: NNMi Advanced. Path View works only with IPv4 addresses. The NNMi
Advanced IPv6 address values are not valid choices for Path View. Any devices
in your network that are configured with IPv6 addresses cannot be displayed on
Path View maps.

Node Shows the pre-defined members of a Node Group in the context of not only status and
Group connectivity, but of a pre-defined background image (for example, a map of North
Map America).

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Node Group Maps.

Views with Inventory Lists

View Title Description

Nodes Shows the status for all nodes discovered by NNMi.

Sorting this view by status lets you see all of the nodes that are down or
somehow disabled.

Interfaces Shows the information about all network interfaces discovered by NNMi.

Sorting this view by associated node Name value (Hosted on Node) lets you see
all of the network interfaces per node.

Sorting the view by Administrative or Operations Status helps you determine the
interfaces or nodes that are down or somehow disabled.

IP Shows the status for all IP addresses hosted on Nodes that are discovered by
Addresses NNMi. (The Node form: IP Addresses tab also displays relevant addresses from

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View Title Description

this view.)

IP Subnets Shows the status for all IP subnets.

Sorting this view by status lets you quickly see all of the IP addresses that have a
status that indicates there is a current or potential problem.

VLANs Shows the switch port VLANs discovered in your network environment. A device
can participate in multiple VLANs. And a port can be assigned to multiple VLANs.

Cards Shows the cards NNMi discovered in your network environment.

Ports Shows the ports NNMi discovered in your network environment.

Node
Components

Layer 2 Shows the Layer 2 connections discovered or added in your network

Connections environment.

Nodes by (NNMi Advanced) When multiple NNMi management servers share the workload
Management in your network environment, this view lets you identify which nodes each NNMi
Server management server is responsible for discovering and monitoring.

Nodes (All Provides a Node view of most Node attributes. Sort and filter this view to meet
Attributes) your needs.

Interfaces Provides an Interface view of most Interface attributes. Sort and filter this view to
(All meet your needs.
Attributes)

IP Provides an IP Address view of most IP Address attributes. Sort and filter this
Addresses view to meet your needs.
(All
One column shows any currently configured Mapped Addresses. If static
Attributes)
Network Address Translation (NAT) is part of your network, your NNMi
administrator can configure NNMi to display the NAT internal IP address
assigned (mapped) to the selected external IP address.

MIB Shows the MIB variables available from the MIBs that are loaded in the NNMi
Variables database.

Card Shows the Card Redundancy Groups that NNMi discovered.

Redundancy
See "Help for Operators" for more information about Card Redundancy Groups.
Groups

Router (NNMi Advanced) Shows the available Router Redundancy Groups created by
Redundancy the NNMi administrator. Each Router Redundancy Group is a set of two or more
Groups routers that use one or more protected (virtual) IP addresses to help ensure that
information packets reach their intended destination. See "Help for Operators" for

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View Title Description

more information about Router Redundancy Groups.

Router (NNMi Advanced) Shows the members of the Router Redundancy Groups
Redundancy created by the NNMi administrator.
Members

Node Shows the Node Groups provided by NNMi and created by the NNMi
Groups administrator.

See "About Node and Interface Groups" (on page 49) for more information about
Node Groups.

Interface Shows the Interface Groups provided by NNMi and created by the NNMi
Groups administrator.

See "Help for Operators" for more information about Interface Groups.

Management Shows the 6.x/7.x Management Stations that have been configured to forward
Stations 6.x or 7.x events to NNMi.
(6.x/7.x)

MPLS WAN (NNMi Advanced) Shows the information about all MPLS WANs discovered by
Clouds NNMi.
(RAMS)

Management Mode Views

View Title Description

Unmanaged Shows all of the nodes that have a management mode set to Not Managed or
Nodes Out of Service. These nodes are no longer being monitored nor updated.

Unmanaged Shows all of the interfaces that have a management mode set to Not Managed
Interfaces or Out of Service. These interfaces are no longer being monitored nor updated.

Unmanaged Shows all of the addresses that have a management mode set to Not Managed
IP Addresses or Out of Service. These addresses are no longer being monitored nor updated.

Unmanaged Shows all of the cards that have a management mode set to Not Managed or
Cards Out of Service. These cards are no longer being monitored nor updated.

Unmanaged Shows all of the node components that have a management mode set to Not
Node Managed or Out of Service. These components are no longer being monitored
Components nor updated.

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Views for Incident Browsing

View Title Description

Open Key Shows the incidents that are most important to network Operators (any Key
Incidents Incident1) and that often require more immediate action. The Open Key Incidents
view includes those incidents that have a Correlation Nature that is any of the
following:

Incident
Correlation
Nature Description

Root Indicates the incident that reports the root cause of a problem.
Cause

Service Used in NNMi 8.xx only. Indicates a relationship between

Impact incidents in which a network service is effected by other
incidents. By default, NNMi generates Service Impact incidents
for Router Redundancy Groups. For example, an Interface Down
incident can effect a Router Redundancy Group that is part of an
HSRP service. The Service Impact incident helps to identify the
service that is affected.

This Correlation Nature is available for use by HP Network Node

Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs). See "Help for
Administrators" for more information about NNM iSPIs.

Stream Used in NNMi 8.xx only. Indicates the correlations that NNMi's
Correlation event pipeline establishes as it recognizes patterns in the flow of
events through the pipeline. Correlations are created as NNMi
analyzes events and traps to determine the root cause incident
for a problem. Examples of stream correlations include Dedup
(duplication of events) and Rate (occurrence of events by time)
correlations.

Rate Indicates the incident tracks incident patterns based on the

Stream number of incident reoccurrences within a specified time period.
Correlation After the count within the specified time period is reached,
NNMi emits a Rate Correlation incident and continues to update
the Correlation Notes with the number of occurrences within that
rate.

Info This Correlation Nature is meant to be informational.

None Indicates there is no incident correlation for this incident.

Closed Key Shows the key incidents that have been closed. This view is useful for identifying
Incidents the root cause incidents that have been resolved. This view might be particularly
useful for reporting on how many incidents were closed within a given time period.

1Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = equal to Root
Cause, Service Impact, Stream Correlation, Rate Stream Correlation, Info, or None.

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View Title Description

Open Root Shows the root cause incidents that have not yet been closed. This view is useful
Cause for identifying the root cause incidents that need to be resolved.
Incidents

Service Indicates incidents that have a relationship to other incidents in which a network
Impact service is affected. For example, an Interface Down incident can effect a Router
Incidents Redundancy Group that is part of an HSRP service. The Service Impact incident
helps to identify the service that is affected.

This Correlation Nature is available for use by HP Network Node Manager i

Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs).

See "Help for Administrators" for more information about NNM iSPIs.

All Incidents Shows all incidents. This view is useful for determining all of the incidents that
have been generated within a certain time period.

Custom Enables you to choose the columns of incident information for all Open incidents,
Open to better meet your needs. For example, you might want to filter the view to
Incidents display only the incidents related to a particular set of devices. You might also
want to filter the view to display only the incidents assigned to you.

Custom Lets you create a customized view for your incident information. For example,
Incidents you might want to filter this view to include only the incidents assigned to you.

NNM Shows all of the incidents forwarded from Network Node Manager 6.x and 7.x
6.x/7.x management stations in your network environment.
Events

SNMP Traps Shows all of the traps that were received from devices in your network
environment. Your NNMi administrator must configure specific traps before they
are displayed within NNMi incident views

Related Topics

"Export Table Information" (on page 61)

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Working with Objects

Objects are database records of information about your environment and events that occur within it.
Each type of object represents a particular kind of information. For example, incident objects
represent situations or events that arise in your environment.

An object is defined by its attributes. For example, an incident object includes a status attribute and
a source node (among many others). Different object types have different amounts and types of
attributes. Some attribute values are simple things, such as numbers and text strings. Other
attribute values are more complex, such as a reference to a related object. For example, when an
SNMP Agent attribute appears in a Node form, it represents the SNMP Agent that is related to the
selected node.

If more than one of a certain type of object can be related to the selected object (for example,
incidents related to a node), the form contains a tab that displays a table with the entire list of
related objects.

A view is a collection of related objects that are depicted graphically as a table or map. A form
provides all stored attributes about a selected object. The attributes on the form can be attributes of
the selected object or related objects.

Operations that can be performed on objects are called actions. Actions are simply shortcuts to
simple or complex tasks. A particular action can be associated with a specific object type. For
example, when displaying a node table view, you might want to open a map showing all of that
node's Layer 2 neighbors.

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

To access an object's form from a table view:

Double-click the row representing an object.

NNMi displays the form for the selected object.

To access an object's form from a map view:

Do one of the following:

l Select the node of interest and click the Open icon.

l In most cases, double-click the object of interest.

Note: If the map object is a Child Node Group, double-clicking the Child Node Group object
replaces the current map with a map of the nodes in the Child Node Group. To access a
Child Node Group form, select the Child Node Group object and click the Open icon.
See "Help for Operators" for more information.

NNMi displays the form for the selected object.

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From an object form, you can:

"Modify Object Attribute Values" (on page 98)

"Access All Information About a Related Object" (on page 97)

"Access a Subset of the Available Information About a Related Object" (on page 97)

Access a Subset of the Available Information About a

Related Object
While investigating the available information for an object (within that object's form), some
information represents attributes of the object itself and some information is about related objects.
The related objects are indicated by a Lookup icon. For example, when viewing information for
an Interface object, you can access information about the Node in which that interface resides.

A red asterisk (*) that precedes an attribute on a form indicates the attribute requires a value.

This is an example Lookup Field:

To display a subset of information about a related object from within a form:

1. Locate the field for the related object that you want to learn more about.

2. Click the Lookup icon, and select Show Analysis from the drop-down menu.

3. The Analysis Pane appears showing information about the related object. See "About the
Analysis Pane" (on page 28) for more information.

Note: NNMi displays only the information that the NNMi Security configuration permits
you to access. See Determine which NNMi Role to Assign in "Help for Administrators" for
more information.

4. Mouse-over any Refresh icon to see the last time the details were updated.

Click any Refresh icon to gather the most recent data.

Access All Information About a Related Object

While investigating the details for one object using a form, you can access information about
another related object. For example, when viewing all information stored for a node, you can access
all available information for an interface for that node to determine the interface status.

A red asterisk (*) that precedes an attribute on a form indicates the attribute requires a value.

You can open another form from within a form for any object that is contained in the form you are
viewing. Such objects are indicated using a Lookup icon.
This is an example Lookup Field:

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To open another form from within a form:

1. Locate the field of an object about which you want to see more information.

2. Click the Lookup icon, and select Open from the drop-down menu.
A new form appears showing all of the attributes for that object. Any default values specified for the
object are pre-populated in the form

Modify Object Attribute Values

When viewing details for an object, such as a node, subnet, or interface, you can change one or
more of its attribute values. For example, you can add notes to an incident to explain steps that
were taken to date to resolve the problem. Until the problem is resolved you can enter information
related to a workaround. Finally, after a solution is determined, you can add information describing
how the problem was resolved.

Note: If you have Guest user role, you cannot modify any attributes.

Two kinds of fields indicate that you can modify an attribute.

A red asterisk (*) that precedes an attribute on a form indicates the attribute requires a value.

To modify information in a text box:

1. Move your cursor to the modifiable field of interest.
2. Type the new value. For example, the Notes attribute is a modifiable field:

Tip: If the attribute appears to be a modifiable field, but it does not permit text entry, it is a
memo field.

Tip: Click the attribute label to access a dialog box that enables you to view or edit text. Using
this feature, you can insert more text or view a text field that is longer than the original
display area.

3. When you are finished with your edits:

n Click Save to save your changes.

n Click Save and Close to save your changes and close the form.

To modify information in a Lookup field:

1. Look for this icon to the right of a text box . For example:

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2. Do one of the following:

n Start to type into the text box. NNMi displays a list of all valid choices. You can select from
the list to complete your choice.

n Click the Lookup icon, and choose Quick Find to display a list of valid choices:

3. When you are finished with your edits:

n Click Save to save your changes.

n Click Save and Close to save your changes and close the form.

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Actions let you perform operations on selected items. The actions available to you depend on your
NNMi user role. Administrators have more action choices than operators. If SPIs are installed in
your environment, the list of actions could expand.

See the NNMi Actions table for a description of possible actions.

Note: Actions that change an object's attribute value or that require log on access to a node
(for example, telnet) are also not included in this list.

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

To perform any of the actions described, you select an action from the Actions menu. The Actions
menu is accessible from the NNMi console main menu bar and from the menu bar in any form or
view that is opened in a new window. See "Invoke Actions" (on page 19) for more information about
how to access actions.

Tip: You can right-click any object in a table or map view to access the Actions menu.

NNMi Actions
Action Description

Layer 2 Neighbor Maps → Layer 2 Neighbor View

View
Displays a map of the Layer 2 network. Layer 2 maps help you better
understand your switch connectivity. See "Help for Operators" for more
information.

Layer 3 Neighbor Maps → Layer 3 Neighbor View

View
Displays a map of the Layer 3 network. Layer 3 network maps help you better
understand your router connectivity. See "Help for Operators" for more
information.

Path View Maps → Path View

Displays a map showing the route between two specified nodes. The Source
and Destination nodes should not be switches.

Note: NNMi Advanced. Path View works only with IPv4 addresses. The
NNMi Advanced IPv6 address values are not valid choices for Path
View. Any devices in your network that are configured with IPv6
addresses cannot be displayed on Path View maps.

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Action Description

MPLS WAN (NNMi Advanced) Displays a map of the Layer 3 connectivity across
Clouds Map MPLS WAN Clouds. See "Help for Operators" for more information.

NNMi Actions Specific to Incidents

Action Description

Interface Only available for incidents that have a Source Object that is an
Actions interface.

Provides access to all of the actions available for an interface. See Actions
Specific to Nodes, Interfaces, and IP Addresses for more information about
the actions available for interfaces.

IP Address Only available for incidents that have a Source Object that is an
Actions IP address.

Provides access to all of the actions available for an IP address. See Actions
Specific to Nodes, Interfaces, and IP Addresses for more information about
the actions available for IP addresses.

Node Actions Provides access to all of the actions available for a node. See Actions
Specific to Nodes, Interfaces, and IP Addresses for more information about
the actions available for nodes.

The action is applied to the incident's Source Node.

Node Group Island Node Group incidents only. Displays a table of the nodes that are
Members members of the Island Node Group that is the Source Object for the selected
incident.

An Island Group is a group of fully-connected nodes discovered by NNMi, and

NNMi determines this group is not connected to the rest of the topology.

Note: Incidents that have a Source Object that is an Island Node Group
include Remote site in the incident message.

Node Group Map Maps → Node Group Map

Displays the lowest level Node Group map to which the Source Node
belongs. For example, if the node belongs to a Child Node Group, the Child
Node Group displays.

If the Source Node is a member of more than one Node Group at the lowest
level, NNMi prompts you to select the Node Group map you want to display.

If the incident's Source Object is an Island Node Group, NNMi displays the
Island Node Group map.

An Island Group is a group of fully-connected nodes discovered by NNMi, and

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Action Description

NNMi determines this group is not connected to the rest of the topology.

Note: Incidents that have a Source Object that is an Island Node Group
include Remote site in the incident message. See "Help for
Operators" for more information.

When the selected Source Node is not a member of any Node Group, and you
select the Node Group Map action, NNMi displays an information message.

Source Node Opens the Node form for the Source Node of the current incident.

Source Object Opens the Source Object's form for the current incident. For example, if the
Source Object is a Layer 2 Connection, NNMi opens the Layer 2 Connection
form.

Graph Custom Graphs all MIB expressions from each of the Custom Poller Collections
Poller Results associated with the selected incident's Source Node.

Actions Specific to Nodes, Interfaces, and IP Addresses

Action Description

Node Group Map Maps → Node Group Map

This action displays the lowest level Node Group map to which the Source
Node, or selected interface or IP address on a node belongs. For example, if
the node belongs to a Child Node Group, the Child Node Group displays.

If the Source Node, or selected interface or IP address on a node is a member

of more than one Node Group at the same level, NNMi prompts you to select
the Node Group map you want to display.

When the selected Source Node, interface, or IP address is not a member of

any Node Group, and you select the Node Group Map action, NNMi
displays an information message.

Graphs Graphs in real time the SNMP data configured to be displayed for the selected
nodes or interfaces. The graph name should help to identify the type of data in
the graph.

NNMi provides a set of Line Graphs. See "Help for Operators" for more
information. An NNMi administrator or HP Network Node Manager i Software
Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) might configure additional Line Graphs that appear in
the Actions menu list.

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Actions Provided for Node Groups

Action Description

Node Group Map Maps → Node Group Map

Displays a current map of all nodes that belong to the selected Node Group.

Preview Node Group Details → Preview Members (Current Group Only)

Members
Displays a list of all nodes that belong to the selected Node Group.

Show Members Node Group Details → Show Members (Include Child Groups)

Displays a list of all nodes that belong to the selected Node Group as well as
all of its Child Node Groups. .

Show All Node Group Details → Show All Incidents

Incidents
Checks for any Incidents associated with the selected Node Group.

Show All Open Node Group Details→ Show All Open Incidents
Incidents
Checks for any open Incidents associated with the selected Node Group.

Status Details Node Group Details→ Status Details

Displays a report about the status of all members of the selected Node
Group.

Actions Provided for Interface Groups

Action Description

Show Members Node Group Details → Show Members

Displays a list of all nodes that belong to the selected interface Group.

Actions Specific to Custom Polled Instances

Action Description

Graph Polled Graphs the line representing the Custom Poll results for the selected
Instance Custom Polled Instance.

HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Metrics

Software Actions
(HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Metrics Software) An additional choice is
available in the Actions menu that displays the HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for
Metrics Software Report Menu. The context of the Report Menu changes depending on the
currently selected object (Node, Node Group, Interface, or Interface Group). When selecting more
than one object, multiple HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Metrics Software
reports open (one for each object, maximum 5).

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No matter where you are in the NNMi console, the following option appears under the Actions
menu:

HP NNM iSPI Performance > Reporting - Report Menu

In a Path View, this additional option appears under the Actions menu:

HP NNM iSPI Performance > Reporting - Path Health

NNMi administrators can force NNMi to synchronize the Interface and Node Group information
between NNMi and NNM iSPI Performance for Metrics more quickly than the default time frame.
This additional option also appears under the Actions menu. If you an NNMi administrator, see
Creating Groups of Nodes or Interfaces for more information.

HP NNM iSPI Performance > Sync Interface and Node Groups

See "Invoke Actions" (on page 19) for more information about how to access actions.

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Displaying Information About NNMi

Two menu items provide a wealth of current information about your installed NNMi:

l Help → System Information

See "Displaying NNMi System Information" (on page 105) for more information.
l Help → About HP Network Node Manager i Software
See "Displaying NNMi Version and License Information" (on page 108) for more information.

Displaying NNMi System Information

Select Help → System Information.

Information is provided on several tabs:

l Product tab: Displays information about NNMi.

n Product name
n Current locale (language) in use
n Status of NNMi health
n User information, including the user Name, NNMi Role1, and User Group Name.
n A link to your NNMi license information

l Health tab: Displays information about the health of the NNMi server.
Displays summary level information regarding NNMi health, including NNMi's overall status as
well as information and any issues related to the following:
n Memory
n The NNMi database
n System resources
n Disk usage
n SNMP requests and queues
n Global Network Management (NNMi Advanced)

Note: NNMi administrators can view more details by clicking the View Detailed Health
Report button on the Health tab.

NNMi uses Status values to communicate about NNMi's overall health Status.

1Determined by your membership in one of four special NNMi User Groups. This membership
determines what you can see and do within the NNMi console.

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NNMi Overall Health Status

Status Description

Normal Indicates that NNMi is not experiencing any problems.

Warning Indicates performance issues that are not significantly affecting NNMi.

Minor Indicates problems that might result in out of date data. For example, a component,
such as State Poller might be out of synch because it is operating outside of
expected ranges.

Major Indicates problems that are significantly affecting the NNMi management server's
operations, but are not yet critical. Major Status usually indicates that some action
is required. For example, a trap threshold is reached.

Critical Indicates NNMi is not functioning. For example, NNMi is out of memory, all
database connections are lost, or a major component has failed.

l Server tab: Displays information about the NNMi management server.

Hostname, IP address, fully qualified domain name (FQDN), operating system, memory usage,
status information, and the path to the Install and Data directories.
(NNMi Advanced) When using the Global Network Management feature:
n If your NNMi management server is a Global Manager, the displayed information's heading is
Global Management Server.
n If your NNMi management server is a Regional Manager, the displayed information's heading
on this tab is Management Server.

l Global Network Management tab: (NNMi Advanced) Lists relevant information when the
Global Network Management feature is enabled.
n If your NNMi management server is a Global Manager, the displayed information's heading is
Regional Managers Reporting to this Global Manager.
n If your NNMi management server is a Regional Manager, the displayed information's heading
on this tab is Reporting to Global Managers.

l Database tab: Lists the number of each type of object stored in the NNMi database.
Possible objects include:
n Nodes
n SNMP Agents
n Interfaces
n IP Addresses
n Layer 2 Connections
n Incidents
n IP Subnets
n VLANs

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n Node Components
n Cards
n Ports.
(NNMi Advanced) Also displays the number of Router Redundancy Groups.

l State Poller tab: Lists statistics about the NNMi State Poller's current health.
n State Poller status.
n Collections requested and completed.
n Execution and collection times.
n Queue lengths.
n Types of objects being monitored.
n The number of objects being monitored for each object type.
n The current monitoring rates.
n The number of nodes being polled.

l Custom Poller tab: Lists statistics about the NNMi Custom Poller's current health.
n Custom Poller status.
n Collections requested and completed.
n Execution and collection times.
n Queue lengths.
n Types of objects being monitored.
n The number of objects being monitored for each object type.
n The current monitoring rates.
n The number of nodes being polled.
n Instance discovery statistics

l Causal Engine tab: Lists statistics about the NNMi Causal Engine's current health.

Tip: NNMi's Causal Engine collects the data for calculating each object's Status value.
Using the State information collected by the State Poller as well as this additional
information, the Causal Engine calculates the Status of each Node, Interface, and SNMP
agent.
State = This value is provided by the NNMi State Poller and is always up to date for each
object.
Status = This value can run behind by the amount of time listed below for Delay Processing
Input.

The following information is available on the Causal Engine tab:

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n Delay Processing Input

n Failures pre-loading data for conditions
n Average time to pre-load data for condition batch
n Average time to process condition
n Resynchronizing all components in progress

l Products tab: Lists the NNMi Extensions deployed on your NNMi management server.
There are three possible categories in Extension Products. NNMi displays the name, identifier,
and version number of each:
n HP Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) that are included with NNMi
licensing.
n HP Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) that require additional
licensing. (NNMi displays the hostname of the server on which the NNM iSPI software and
device extensions are installed.)
n Other extensions that enhance NNMi functionality.

l Integrations tab: Lists the other software products deployed on your NNMi management server
that integrate with NNMi.
NNMi displays the following:
n Name
n Identifier
n Version number

l Devices tab: Lists the currently available Device Extension Information.

NNMi displays the following for any additional software deployed on your NNMi management
server:
n Name
n Identifier
n Version number

l Component Versions tab: Lists each component in your NNMi software by name and version
number.

Displaying NNMi Version and License Information

Select Help → About HP Network Node Manager i Software to display the following
information:

l The current version number of NNMi.

l A link to current Network Node Manager i Software license information.

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Custom Node Collection

A
A Custom Node Collection identifies a
AES topology node that has at least one
associated Custom Poller Policy.
Advanced Encryption Standard
Because a topology node can be
Anycast Rendezvous Point IP Address associated with more than one Policy,
the same topology node might appear in
Rendezvous Point addresses are multiple Custom Node Collections.
loopback addresses used for routers in
multi-cast network configurations. Custom Polled Instance

A Custom Polled Instance represents the

B results of a MIB expression when it is
evaluated against a node. The first time a
BGP MIB Expression is validated with
Border Gateway Protocol discovery information, the results appear
in the Monitoring workspace's Custom
Polled Instances view. The Custom
C Polled Instance is updated whenever a
change in State occurs and includes the
Causal Engine
most recent polled value that caused the
The NNMi Causal Engine analyzes the State to change. These results are then
health of your network and provides the used to determine the Status of the
ongoing health status reading for each associated Custom Node Collection.
device. The Causal Engine also
Custom User Groups
extensively evaluates problems and
determines the root cause for you, Custom User Groups are the User
whenever possible, sending incidents to Groups that you create. These User
notify you of problems. Any incident Groups are additional to the NNMi User
generated from a Causal Engine Groups, which are those User Groups
management event has an Origin of that NNMi provides.
NNMi in your incident views.

CBC D
Cipher Block Chaining DES
CE Data Encryption Standard
Customer Edge router. The router in your
network that sends data to an Internet E
Service Provider's router (the Provider
Edge) on the path to the data's final EIGRP
desination. Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing
Protocol

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EVPN Stream Correlation, Rate Stream

Correlation, Info, or None.
Ethernet Virtual Private Network.

L
G
Layer 2
global unicast address
Refers to the Data Link layer of the
(2000:: to 3fff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff) A
multilayered communication model, Open
publically routable IPv6 unicast address,
Systems Interconnection (OSI). The
used for communication between nodes
Data Link layer moves data across the
anywhere on the internet. The first part of
physical links in the network. The
the address is a global routing prefix in
switches and switch-routers are devices
the 2000::/3 address space for your
that redirect data messages at the layer 2
organization (assigned by the Internet
level, using the destination Media Access
Service Providers). The complete host
Control (MAC) address to determine
address can either be manually
where to direct the message.
configured or automatically assigned
using IPv6 auto-configuration and Layer 3
neighbor discovery.
Refers to the Network layer of the
multilayered communication model, Open
H Systems Interconnection (OSI). The
Network layer is concerned with knowing
HMAC
the address of the neighboring nodes in
Hash-based Message Authentication the network, selecting routes and quality
Code of service, and recognizing and
forwarding incoming messages to local
hops host domains. The router and switch-
A hop is a node representing any network router are the devices that redirect data
device, such as a workstation, gateway, messages at the Layer 3 level.
or switch, which is connected by a link Everything in a subnet is connected at
with no intermediate nodes. the Layer 3 (IP) level.

HSRP Link Aggregation

Hot Standby Router Protocol Protocols used on Switches to configure

multiple Interfaces (Aggregation Member
Interfaces) to function as if they were one
I (an Aggregator Interface). When two
Aggregator Interfaces establish a
ISIS
connection, that connection is an
Intermediate System to Intermediate Aggregator Layer 2 Connection. The
System Protocol Aggregator Layer 2 Connection appears
on Layer 2 Neighbor View maps as a
thick line with an Interface icon at each
K
end (representing the Aggregator
Key Incident Interface). When you double-click the
thick line, it converts into multiple thin
Incidents with both: (1) Severity = other lines representing the participating
than Normal. (2) Correlation Nature = Aggregation Member Layer 2
equal to Root Cause, Service Impact,

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Glossary: link-local address - NAT

Connections with their Aggregation capability. A MAC address has six pairs
Member Interfaces at each end of the of hexadecimal digits, separated by
lines. colons or dashes. For example
02:1F:33:16:BC:55
link-local address
MD5
A non-routable IPv6 unicast address only
used for communication with other nodes Message-Digest algorithm 5
on the same link (LAN or VLAN). Link
MPLS
local addresses cannot be used for
communication that must be forwarded Multiprotocol Label Switching
through a router. IPv6 auto-configuration
automatically assigns a unique link local multicast address
address in the fe80::/10 address space to Used to identify a group of hosts joined
each IPv6-enabled interface on a system. into a group. IPv4 multicast addresses
loopback address are in the range 224.0.0.0 to
239.255.255.255 and IPv6 multicast
The address associated with the addresses have the prefix ff00::/8.
loopback interface. The loopback
interface is a virtual interface on a device multiconnection
that provides a route for internal A multiconnection is a thick line on a map
communication. Many vendors provide a view between two Node icons, two Node
specially configured loopback for Group icons, or between a Node icon and
management purposes. Exact details of a Node Group icon (with no Interface icon
how loopbacks are configured varies by or IP Address icon at either end of the
vendor and model. See each device's line). This thick line represents a set of
documentation for details. NNMi multiple connections that have been
identifies these loopback addresses by combined to preserve space and simplify
using ifType Number 24, the map. Your NNMi administrator
softwareloopback from the IANA ifType- specifies the number of connections that
MIB. must exist before NNMi condenses them
into a multiconnection line (User Interface
M Configuration's Multiconnection
Threshold attribute). Double-click the
MAC address thick line to convert it into the original set
The Media Access Control address of connections with Interface icons or IP
(hardware address or physical address) Address icons at either end of the lines.
that the factory burns into a network
adapter or device with built-in networking N
capability. A MAC address has six pairs
of hexadecimal digits, separated by NAT
colons or dashes. For example Network Address Translation. NNMi
02:1F:33:16:BC:55 supports the following protocols: Static
MAC addresses Network Address Translation, Dynamic
Network Address Translation, Dynamic
The Media Access Control address Port Address Translation.
(hardware address or physical address)
that the factory burns into a network
adapter or device with built-in networking

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Glossary: NNMi Role - VRRP

NNMi Role routing prefixes

Determined by your membership in one of A network protocol technique used to

four special NNMi User Groups. This shorten or filter the amount of required
membership determines what you can routing information in each packet by
see and do within the NNMi console. declaring a prefix for an entire group of
packets. This prefix also indicated the
NNMi User Group
number of bits in the address.
NNMi User Groups are those User
Groups provided by NNMi. Users cannot S
access the NNMi console until their User
Account is mapped to at least one of the SHA
following NNMi User Groups: NNMi
Secure Hash Algorithm
Administrators, NNMi Level 2 Operators,
NNMi Level 1 Operators (with less
access privileges than Level 2 U
Operators), and NNMi Guest Users
unique local address

O (fd00:: to fdff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff) A
privately routable IPv6 unicast address
OSPF used only for communication between
nodes within your organization. The
Open Shortest Path First Protocol
unique local addresses cannot be routed
to the public internet. The address
P consists of a routing prefix in the fd00:/8
address spaces, assigned locally by your
PE
organization. And the full host address
Provider Edge router. The Internet might be manually configured or
Service Provider's router that receives automatically assigned using IPv6 auto-
your data on the path to your data's final configuration and neighbor discovery.
desination. The Customer Edge (CE)
Unmanaged
router in your network connects to this
PE. Indicates the Management Mode is "Not
Managed" or "Out of Service".
private IP addresses
UUID
These are IPv4 addresses that can be
reused in home and office local area Universally Unique Object Identifier,
networks (LANs). Following the which is unique across all databases.
standards set by RFC 1918 and RFC
4193 (10.*.*.*, 169.254.*.*, 172.16-31.*.*,
V
and 192.168.*.*)
VRRP
R Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
RAMS

HP Router Analytics Management

System

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