NNMi120 – Network Node Manager i 2019.x Essentials

Course subjects

Module 1: Introduction to Network Node Manager i (NNMi) Software

• Describe how NNMi supports best business practices

• Describe how NNMi fits in the family of management products

• Differentiate NNMi and NNMi Advanced feature sets

• List add-on and integrated products available

• Describe how NNMi supports efficiency and effectiveness in managing your complex network

Module 2: Managing SNMP and ICMP Communication

• Configure authentication for SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3 (individual, region, type, filter, default)

• Configure alternative authentication names

• Use an alternate SNMP port or timeout

• Use an SNMP proxy

• Use the SNMP Command Line Interface (CLI)

Module 3: Discovery Architecture and Operation

• Describe what NNMi discovers, how far, which objects

• Describe how NNMi groups discovered objects

• Describe how NNMi discovers connectivity

• Describe limits of duplicate IP address management

Module 4: Configuring Discovery

• Turn auto-discover (inventory) on/off

• Schedule discovery

• Initiate manual discovery (single, group, all nodes)

• Expand discovery (single node, from file, for region)

• Limit discovery (filter by region, type, node or interface level, before/after SNMP query)

• Recheck node configuration

• Recheck connectivity

• Remove discovered objects (individually, by filter, by region)

Module 5: Using the Management Console

• Start the NNMi console

• Locate workspaces

• Navigate tables, maps, views, and forms

• Access object details

• Working with Performance and Overview Dashboards

• Sort and filter tables

Module 6: Configuring Node and Interface Groups

• Describe how node and interface groups are applied in NNMi

• Configure a group by object type, region, specific object, default

• Use advanced filtering on object capabilities

Module 7: Customising Views

• Create a map of a node group

• Place the map in the list oftopology maps

• Control the default map displayed when the console opens

• Add a background to a map

• Control status propagation

• Add connections to Path View maps

Module 8: Status Monitoring Architecture and Operation

• Differentiate between fault monitoring and performance monitoring

• Identify data gathered for interface monitoring and component health

• Describe the roles of State Poller service and Causal Engine

• Describe the operation of neighbour analysis

Module 9: Customising Status Monitoring

• Turn polling on/off (specific nodes, region, type)

• Set polling interval by node or interface group

• Set objects to out-of-service mode

• Select polling protocol and set of data to be gathered

• Verify the polling settingsfor an object

Module 10: Configuring Users

• Configure a user account for each of your NNMi users with the appropriate capabilities

• Describe what each user group may access in the console

• Configure Custom Security groups

• Configure tenants

Module 11: Troubleshooting Network Issues

• Describe the incident life cycle, assignments and ownership, and states

• View network incidents and incident details

• Sort and filter incidents

• Assign and reassign incidents

• Delete an incident

• Annotate an incident

• View historical incidents (closed)

• Cross-launch to graphical visualisation

• Interpret root cause incidents

• Launch and interpret network visualisation (different types)

• List nodes, interfaces, and addressesin the network

• View object details

• Filter a view by node group or interface group

• Invoke troubleshooting tools

• Check the status and configuration of a device

• Display incidents for a device

Module 12: Troubleshooting Using MIBs

• Describe the use of Management Information Base (MIB) browsing and graphing during troubleshooting

• Graph MIB data

• Browse MIB data

Module 13: Event Monitoring

• Describe event sources and processing

Module 14: Customising Event Monitoring

• Add and delete event definitions

• Customise event category/severity/message

• Create a new category or family

• Add vendor trap definitions

• Exclude an event from the display

• Block trap storms

• Block reception of events

Module 15: Thresholds and Custom MIB Monitoring

• Configure iSPI Performance for Metrics Software thresholds and incidents

• Configure Custom Polling Threshold Monitoring

Module 16: iSPI Performance for Metrics Software Architecture

• Describe how NNMi passes data to the iSPI for Performance Metrics Software

• Describe how the iSPI Performance for Metrics Software stores data

• Perform basic troubleshooting steps

• Verify that data is being collected by NNMi

• Verify that collected data is being used by the iSPI Performance for Metrics Software

• Check that the iSPI Performance for Metrics Software is configured properly

• Start the iSPI Performance for Metrics Software service

• Verify that performance polling is enabled

• Verify that the iSPI Performance for Metrics Software Home Page opens

Module 17: Viewing Performance Data and Reports

• List the reports available from the iSPI Performance for Metrics Software

• Explain the difference between reports and live reports

• Modify the report settingsto change the way a report displays data

• Determine the appropriate report to view based on use cases

Module 18: Administering NNMi

• Customise NNMi console settings

• Back up NNMi data and configuration

• Check NNMi health from the GUI

• Locate NNMi log files

• Move from test to production (import/export tools)

Module 19: Managing Virtualisation

• Identify the Hypervisor (ESXi Server) hosting a virtual machine (VM)

• Use a loom map to identify the hosting Hypervisor’s Network Interface Card (NIC) that the Virtual Machine is connected to

• Use a wheel map to identify the hosting hypervisor’s

Appendix A: iSPI Engineering Toolset

• Describe the functionality provided by the iSPI Network Engineering Toolset

• Generate Incident-triggered diagnostic execution

• Generate Trap Analytics reports