Workflow to manage device objects

Purpose

The following workflow describes the sequence of high-level tasks required to manage and configure device objects. This workflow assumes that the physical devices have been installed, commissioned, and discovered. See Chapter 8, Device commissioning and management for more information about device commissioning. See Chapter 9, Device discovery for more information about device discovery.

Note: Device objects can be accessed using the equipment navigation tree. See Chapter 3, NFM-P navigation tree for more information about using the equipment navigation tree.

Stages
 
1 

As required, configure the following general NE capabilities:

  1. Create an object; see To create an object .

  2. Modify an NE configuration; see To modify NE properties .

  3. Customize the NE property labels and values in the System preferences form, for example, to specify the location and site name that differs from the actual NE site name. See the NSP System Administrator Guide for more information about configuring system preferences.

  4. Customize the NE property values in the NE form; see To configure NE custom properties .

  5. Create an operational group; see To create an operational group and To configure a 7210 SAS operational group .

  6. Enable and configure global Cflowd on an NE, and create Cflowd collectors; see To enable and configure global Cflowd sampling on an NE .

  7. Associate a span of control with an NE; see To add a span of control to an NE .

  8. Configure load balancing on an NE; see To configure load balancing .

  9. Configure 802.1x authentication on an NE; see To enable or disable 802.1X .

  10. Enable or disable an exclusive policy editing restriction on one or more NEs or remove any exclusive edit locks that were previously set; see To configure an exclusive policy editing restriction on an NE .

  11. Configure active card alarms on an NE; see To configure active card alarms on an NE .

  12. Configure a TWAMP server on an NE; see To configure a TWAMP server .

  13. Enable LLDP on an NE; see To enable LLDP on an NE .

  14. Configure BFD flap detection on an NE; see To configure the BFD flap detection interval on an NE .

  15. Enable a Q in Q untagged SAP on an NE; see To enable a Q in Q untagged SAP on an NE .

  16. Configure the DHCPv6 advertise message format on an NE; see To configure DHCPv6 Advertise messages on an NE .

  17. Configure Python script protection on an NE; see To configure Python script protection on an NE .

  18. Configure SFLOW on an NE; see To configure sFlow on an NE .

  19. Create a chassis-level PBB configuration; see To create a chassis-level PBB configuration .

  20. Configure serving network information; see To configure serving network information on an NE .

  21. Configure the RADIUS CoA port on an NE; see To configure the RADIUS CoA port on an NE .

  22. Configure data persistence on an NE; see To configure data persistence on an NE .

  23. Configure DNS security extensions on an NE; see To configure DNS security extensions .

  24. Configure the use of vendor-specific ICMP extensions on an NE; see To enable or disable ICMP extensions on a NE .

2 

As required, configure the following functionality on 7210 SAS NEs:

  1. Configure operational groups for fault propagation on a 7210 SAS; see To configure a 7210 SAS operational group .

  2. Configure a no-service loopback port on a 7210 SAS; see To configure a no-service loopback port on the 7210 SAS .

  3. Configure two WRED slopes on a 7210 SAS; see To configure two WRED slopes on a 7210 SAS .

  4. Enable frame-based accounting on a 7210 SAS; see To configure frame-based accounting for QoS policies on a 7210 SAS .

  5. Configure the system resource profile on a 7210 SAS or 7250 IXR; see To configure the global system resource profile on a 7210 SAS or 7250 IXR .

  6. Configure a system resource profile policy for 7210 SAS-R or 7210 SAS-S/Sx VC NEs; see To configure a system resource profile policy for the 7210 SAS-R/T/Mxp, 7210 SAS-S/Sx, or 7210 SAS-S/Sx VC .

  7. Configure port-based access egress scheduling on 7210 SAS-Mxp or 7210 SAS-R NEs; see To configure port-based scheduling on the 7210 SAS .

  8. Configure buffer management for the 7210 SAS; see To configure buffer management for the 7210 SAS .

3 

As required, configure the system resource profile on a 7250 IXR; see To configure the global system resource profile on a 7210 SAS or 7250 IXR.

4 

As required, configure the following functionality on 7705 SAR NEs:

  1. Configure the watermark settings on a 7705 SAR; see To configure watermark settings on a 7705 SAR .

  2. Configure the QoS ingress aggregate rates on a 7705 SAR-M; see To configure QoS ingress aggregate rates on the 7705 SAR-M/ME .

  3. Launch an MCT from a Wavence SA NE connected to a 7705 SAR; see To launch an MCT on a Wavence SA NE connected to a 7705 SAR .

5 

As required, configure the following functionality on OmniSwitch NEs:

  1. Start and stop a Webview or Secure Webview session on an OmniSwitch; see To start and stop a Webview or Secure Webview session on an OmniSwitch .

  2. Configure the dying gasp alarm on an OmniSwitch; see To configure the dying gasp alarm on an OmniSwitch .

6 

As required, configure ring group objects; see To create a ring group and To remove a device from a ring group or a ring group .