Problem: Excessive NFM-P server-to-client response time

Increasing available server network management resources

As the number of managed devices grows and as more GUI or OSS clients are brought online, the processing load on the NFM-P system increases. For optimum NFM-P performance, you must ensure that the NFM-P configuration meets the requirements in the NSP Planning Guide as your network expands.

You can do the following to increase the available NFM-P server network management resources:

  • Deploy the NFM-P system in a distributed configuration.

  • Deploy the NFM-P system in a redundant configuration.

  • Deploy NFM-P auxiliary servers.

  • Reallocate the NFM-P server resources that are assigned to groups of managed devices.

See the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide, , and the NSP Installation and Upgrade Guide for information about a particular option. Contact technical support for reconfiguration assistance.

Perform this procedure to check the following:

  • NFM-P auxiliary server status

    System performance may degrade if the number of available Preferred and Reserved auxiliary servers drops below the number of configured Preferred auxiliary servers.

  • NFM-P main server status

    Alarms raised against the NFM-P main server may provide information about the performance degradation.

Steps
CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

Only Nokia support staff are qualified to assess and reconfigure an NFM-P deployment.

Contact your technical support representative for assistance.

 
1 

Open an NFM-P client GUI.

2 

Choose Administration→System Information. The System Information form opens.

3 

Click on the Faults tab to view auxiliary server and general NFM-P system alarm information, if required.

4 

If your NFM-P deployment includes one or more auxiliary servers, perform the following steps to check the status of each auxiliary server.

  1. Click on the Auxiliary Servers tab.

  2. Review the list of auxiliary servers.

  3. Select an auxiliary server in the list and click Properties. The properties form for the auxiliary server is displayed.

  4. Review the information, which includes:

    • the auxiliary server IP address

    • the auxiliary server hostname

    • the auxiliary server port number

    • the auxiliary server type (Reserved or Preferred)

    • the auxiliary server status (Unknown, Down, Up, or Unused)

  5. If the auxiliary server status is Down, perform Problem: Cannot start an NFM-P server, or unsure of NFM-P server status on the auxiliary server.

  6. If the auxiliary server status is Unknown, perform Problem: Slow or failed resynchronization with network devices to check the connectivity between the managed network and the main and auxiliary servers.

5 

Close the System Information form.

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