Choose Tools→Route Analysis→Checkpoints from the NFM-P main menu. The Checkpoint Manager form opens.

Note: Alternatively, you can create a checkpoint schedule policy from the IGP administrative domain. Choose Tools→Route Analysis→Admin Domains / CPAAs from the NFM-P main menu. The Admin Domains / CPAAs form opens.

Click on the Search button and choose an IGP administrative domain. Click on the Properties button. The IGP Administrative Domain (Edit) form appears with the General tab displayed.

Click on the Checkpoints tab. The OSPF tab is displayed. Click on the ISIS Schedule Policies tab.

Click on the Add button. The ISIS Checkpoint Schedule Policy (Create) form opens. Go to Step 5 .

Click on the Create button and choose Admin Domain Checkpoint Schedule from the contextual menu. The Checkpoint Schedule Policy (Create) form opens.

Click on the Select button next to the Domain Number. The Select IGP Admin Domain - Checkpoint Schedule Policy form opens.

Choose an entry and click on the OK button. The Select IGP Admin Domain - Checkpoint Schedule Policy form closes.

Configure the parameters:

• Name

• Description

Perform one of the following:

1. Click on the OK button to save the configuration and close the Admin Domain Checkpoint Schedule Policy (Create) form.

2. Click on the Apply button and perform Step 7 to Step 11 to associate a checkpoint scheduled task with the checkpoint schedule policy.

Click on the Schedule button and choose Create Checkpoint Scheduled Task from the contextual menu. The Checkpoint Scheduled Task (Create) form opens.

Configure the parameters:

• Scheduled Task Name

• Scheduled Task Description

• Administrative State

Click on the Select button next to the ID parameter. The Select Schedule - Checkpoint Scheduled Task form opens.

Perform one of the following:

1. Select an existing scheduled task and click on the OK button. The Select Schedule - Checkpoint Scheduled Task form closes.

2. Create a scheduled task by performing the following steps.

   1. Click on the Create button. The NFM-P Schedule (Create) form opens with the General tab displayed.

   2. Configure the parameters:

      Name Description User Start Time User End Time

      Ongoing Enable Delay Time (seconds) Frequency

      The User End Time parameter is configurable when the Ongoing parameter is disabled and the Frequency parameter value is set to something other than Once.

      When an NFM-P Schedule is not Ongoing and is assigned to a task, The NFM-P raises an alarm when the User End Time expires.

      Note:

      The checkpoint scheduler can run at an interval of no less than 5 minutes.

   3. Click on the OK button. The NFM-P Schedule (Create) form closes and the Select Schedule - Checkpoint Scheduled Task form reappears.

   4. Select the schedule you created and click on the OK button. The Select Schedule - Checkpoint Scheduled Task form closes.

Click on the OK button. The Checkpoint Scheduled Task (Create) form closes.

Close the Checkpoint Manager form.

End of steps