Configure the MIB statistics policy for NEs. See To create or modify an NE MIB statistics policy using a top-down method for the top-down method. See To modify an NE MIB statistics policy using a bottom-up method for the bottom-up method.

Configure the MIB statistics policy for specific objects. See To create or modify a specific MIB statistics policy using a top-down method for the top-down method. See To create or modify a specific MIB statistics policy using a bottom-up method for the bottom-up method.

Specify the MIB statistics policy polling interval. See To configure polling for a MIB statistics class for more information.

Configure the statistics policy for an object. See To configure a statistics policy for MIB statistics for more information.

If required, use an NFM-P client to view on-demand, scheduled, and real-time performance statistics. See Chapter 7, Statistics presentation for information about viewing statistics.

Use the XML API to retrieve the performance statistics records from the NFM-P for processing by a third-party application. See the NSP NFM-P XML API Developer Guide for information about using the XML API to transfer statistics records from the NFM-P database to an OSS client application.