Network Node Manager i 2019.x Essentials V(ILT)

To maximize success in this course, students should have a working knowledge the following topics:

• Windows system administration
• Network protocols
• Network device administration

Target group description

This course is intended for network or system administrators and network engineers seeking a more in-depth knowledge of Network Node Manager i Software 10.x.

At the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Configure network discovery
• Manipulate NNMi tables and device object records
• Design topology maps
• Configure incidents
• Generate performance graphs
• Generate performance reports
• Perform core administration tasks

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

• Course Objectives
• Configure network discovery
• Manipulate NNMi tables and device object records
• Design topology maps
• Configure incidents
• Generate performance graphs
• Generate performance reports
• Perform core administration tasks

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
• 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: Customizing Views

• Create a map of a node group
• Place the map in the list of topology 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 and Causal Engine
• Describe the operation of neighbor analysis

Module 9: Customizing 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 settings for an object
• Perform an on-demand status poll of an object
• Check polling backlog/performance
• Exclude objects from status polling (individual, region, type)

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
• Configure command-line permissions
• Audit account activity

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 visualization
• Interpret root cause incidents
• Launch and interpret network visualization (different types)
• List nodes, interfaces, and addresses in 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 Architecture

• Describe event sources and processing

Module 14: Customizing Event Monitoring

• Add and delete event definitions
• Customize event category/severity/message
• Create a new category or family
• Add vendor trap definitions
• Exclude an event from display
• Block trap storms
• Block reception of events

Module 15: Thresholds and Customed 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 are 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 settings to change the way a report displays data
• Create Custom Dashboards

Module 18: Administering NNMi

• Customize 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 Virtualization

• 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 Network Interface Card (NIC) that the Virtual Machine is connected to.

Appendix A: iSPI Engineering Toolset

• Describe the functionality provided by the iSPI Network Engineering Toolset
• Generate Incident-triggered diagnostic execution
• Generate Trap Analytics reports