To prepare a GNE for NFM-P management

Purpose

Perform this procedure to prepare a GNE, which is typically a non-proprietary device, for NFM-P discovery and management.

Steps
 
1 

Preconfigure the device using a CLI:

  1. Enable FTP.

  2. Enable Telnet.

  3. Enable SNMP and/or NETCONF, as appropriate.

  4. Configure at least one SNMPv2c or SNMPv3 community.

  5. Set the SNMP PDU size to 9216.

  6. Enable persistent SNMP indexes.

2 

Choose Administration→Generic NE Manager from the NFM-P main menu. The Generic NE Manager form opens.

3 

Click Create and choose Generic NE Profile. The Generic NE Profile (Create) form opens.

4 

Configure the required parameters.

The Sys Object ID parameter must begin with the following, which identifies the SMI enterprises subtree defined in RFC 1213: .1.3.6.1.4.1

Do not enclose the Alternate Element Manager value in quotation marks; the NFM-P automatically encloses the value in quotation marks at run time.

You cannot modify the Generic NE Type parameter after the GNE profile is created; you must delete the GNE profile and create a profile using the new Generic NE Type parameter value.

Note: To specify the target GNE IP address in the Default Element Manager URL or as a Default Alternate Element Manager command argument, use the %IP% keyword.

5 

If applicable, select a driver to associate with the GNE profile from the Driver Module panel.

6 

Click on the CLI Profile tab and configure the required parameters.

7 

If required, configure the login confirmation parameters.

The Prompt and Answer parameters are configurable when the Enable Confirm Prompt parameter is selected.

8 

If required, configure the second level login security parameters.

The Enable Login Command and Enable Login Prompt parameters are configurable when the Enable Second Login parameter is selected.

9 

To configure an interface for the GNE, perform the following steps:

  1. Click on the Interface Types tab and click Add. The Select Generic NE Interface Type form opens.

  2. Choose an interface type and click OK. The form closes.

10 

To associate one or more routing MIBs with the GNE profile, perform the following steps.

Note: After you discover the device using the GNE profile, you can use the Routing view in the network navigation tree to view the discovered routing objects.

You must configure the GNE interface types before you associate a routing MIB with a GNE profile. Otherwise, you must perform a customized NE resync of all MIBs and select the Ignore Timestamps parameter.

  1. Click on the Other MIBs tab and click Add. The Select Generic NE Routing MIB form opens.

  2. Select one or more MIBs and click OK.

11 

Click Apply and confirm your actions. The Trap Configuration tab is enabled.

12 

Click on the Trap Configuration tab and perform one of the following, if required select a script in the Trap Configuration Script panel. During device discovery, the NFM-P runs this script on the GNE to enable trap forwarding to the NFM-P.

13 

Select a script in the Trap De-Configuration Script panel. During device discovery, the NFM-P runs this script on the GNE to disable trap forwarding to the NFM-P.

14 

Select an alarm catalog in the Alarm Catalogue panel.

15 

Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps