Setting up baselines

Purpose

This use case shows how to use NSP to create baselines to monitor transmitted and received octets on a network port. These baselines can be used to detect anomalies and to create baseline and anomaly charts.

The following prerequisites must be completed.

The NE we need to monitor has been discovered in the network and is reachable.
If the NE we need to monitor is managed by NFM-P, statistics collection has been configured and started in the NFM-P.

Steps


1	From Data Collection and Analysis Management, Baselines, we’ll create baselines. Creating an object filter to specify the NE and port makes finding the resources easier.
2	A form opens, showing the available counters. We’ll choose transmitted and received octets. Select the counters and click ADD.
3	We can configure the counter type or conversion to bitrate if needed. We’ll use the defaults for these baselines.
4	NSP checks for resources corresponding to the filters and counters specified. When the resources we need appear in the resources list, click STOP VERIFICATION. The verification does not stop on its own.
5	Select the resources in the resources list.
6	The final step is configuring anomaly detection. Then we can click CREATE. End of steps

We’re done

NSP creates a baseline for each resource. When complete, they appear in the list in Data Collection and Analysis Management, Baselines.