SevOne logo
You must be logged into the NMS to search.

Table of Contents (Start)

Object Types

This documentation applies to NMS version 5.4. An online version of the software can be found here.

The Object Types page enables you to manage the object types and the indicator types you want each plugin to poll. Object types enable a specific plugin to discover related objects on a device based on the indicator types you associate to the object type. Indicator types enable a specific plugin to collect data from related indicators on objects. SevOne NMS provides a starter set of object types and indicator types.

To access the Object Types page from the navigation bar, click the Administration menu, select Monitoring Configuration, and then select Object Types.

images/download/attachments/5702859/objecttypes.png

Object Types

Object types determine what objects are discovered on a device. Object discovery varies from plugin to plugin. You must enable object types for the JMX plugin and the WMI plugin on the Object Types page to discover JMX and WMI objects. You define objects for the Calculation plugin on the Calculation Editor, You define objects for the xStats plugin on the xStats Source Manager.

The Object Rules page enables you to define rules to disable polling of objects and the Object Manager enables you to manage the objects on each device. The Cluster Manager Cluster Settings tab enables you to disable polling of objects the SNMP plugin discovers to be operationally down or administratively down.

The Object Types hierarchy appears on the left and displays the object types for the filter you select above the list. Disabled object types are not discovered or polled and disabled objects do not count towards your license element capacity. You can disable or enable object types at each level of the hierarchy which means the parent object type can be disabled while the child object type is enabled. See the following sections for plugin specific object type management steps.

  • Filter - Click the Filter drop-down and select the plugin whose object types you want to manage. See the plugin specific sections below.

  • Add and images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png - Click to display the plugin specific object type pop-up that enables you to add or edit the object type. See the plugin specific sections below.

  • Object Types - Displays the object type name. Click an object type name to display the associated indicator types and device types on the right. Names with Bold Italic font can be enabled or disabled but cannot be edited or deleted.

  • Enabled – Displays one of the following:

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/checkgreenb.png - Object type is enabled and the objects in the object type can be polled on devices for which you enable the plugin.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/redexa.png - Object type is disabled and no metrics are collected.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/checkgray.png - Object type is enabled and required for the plugin. You cannot disable, edit, or delete the object type. This object type and its indicator types are polled when you enable the plugin for a device.

Indicator Types

Indicator types determine what indicators are polled for an object type. The indicator types list displays the indicator types for the object type you select in the Object Types hierarchy. See the plugin specific sections below. There are two types of indicator types.

  • Atomic indicator types are measured directly by the plugin.

  • Synthetic indicator types are indicators whose value is dependent upon other indicators; atomic and/or synthetic. Synthetic indicators enable you to combine the data from several indicators into one synthetic indicator so that SevOne NMS can properly evaluate indicators such as Percentage Loss, Percent Error, Percent Idle, and other high precision metrics.

The Indicator Types section provides controls to manage indicator types and displays the following information.

  • images/download/attachments/5702859/gear.png - Select the check box for each indicator type to manage, click images/download/attachments/5702859/gear.png , and select one of the following options.

    • Select Delete to delete the indicator types and all associated indicators.

    • Select Turn On for Every Device to allow all devices, for which you enable the applicable plugin, to discover the indicators associated with the indicator types at the next discovery and poll data. You can only turn on indicator types that display images/download/attachments/5702859/checkgreenb.png in the Enabled column.

    • Select Turn Off for Every Device to stop polling the indicators associated with the indicator types on all devices at the next discovery.

    • Select Enable to enable the ability to poll all indicators associated with the indicator types.

    • Select Disable to prevent the ability to poll the indicators associated with the indicator types.

    • Select Convert to Atomic to convert a synthetic indicator type to an atomic indicator type.

    • Select Convert to Synthetic to convert an atomic indicator type to a synthetic indicator type.

  • Add Atomic Indicator and images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png - Atomic indicators are measured directly by the plugin. See the plugin specific sections below.

  • Add Synthetic Indicator Type and images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png - Synthetic indicators enable you to perform math on multiple metrics collected from multiple indicators on a single monitored object in order to calculate new KPIs. You can define synthetic indicator types for the following plugins: Calculation, CallManager, Deferred Data, JMX, SNMP, WMI, and xStats. See the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  • Implement - Object types are hierarchical. Child level object types inherit the indicator types of a parent level object type. The Implement button enables you to maintain the indicator types of a child level object type independently of the same indicator type at the parent level object type.

  • Synthetic - Displays images/download/attachments/5702859/synthetic.png if the indicator type is synthetic. The column appears clear if the indicator type is atomic. See the Synthetic Indicator Types section.

  • Default Allowed – Indicates if the plugin polls the indicator type by default on devices when you enable the plugin for a device. Click the icon to change the default setting.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/default.png - The plugin attempts to poll the indicator type by default on devices when you enable the plugin for a device. The indicator type appears with a check mark on the Indicator Type Maps page.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/defaultclear.png - You must manually enable the plugin to poll the indicator type for each device from the Edit Device page on the Indicator Type Maps page.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/defaultgrey.png - Indicator type is disabled and the plugin does not poll the indicator type. If you enable the indicator type, the plugin attempts to poll the indicator type by default on devices when you enable the plugin for a device.

  • Name - Displays the indicator type name.

  • Description - Displays the indicator type description.

  • Source - Displays Local for indicator types that have not inherited their definition from a higher level object type. Displays Derived From <name> for indicator types that have inherited aspects from an object type that is higher up in the Object Types hierarchy. The Name of the object type from which the object type is derived appears as a link that navigates you to the higher level object type from which the definition is derived.

  • Enabled – Displays one of the following:

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/checkgreenb.png - Indicator type is enabled and, if the object type is enabled, the indicator type can be polled on devices for which you enable the plugin.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/redexa.png - Indicator type is disabled and no data is collected.

    • images/download/attachments/5702859/checkgray.png - Indicator type is enabled and required for the plugin. You cannot disable, edit, or delete the indicator type. When you enable the plugin for a device, the indicators for this indicator type are polled.

Manage Object Types and Atomic Indicator Types

Object types and indicator types are plugin specific. You can add, edit, and delete object types and indicator types for the following plugins: Calculation, CallManager, Deferred Data, JMX, SNMP, WMI, and xStats. You can view details for the object types and indicator types for the other plugins to determine if the data they poll is relevant to your network monitoring requirements. See the following plugin specific sections for object type management steps and for atomic indicator type management steps. See the Synthetic Indicator Types section later in this chapter for synthetic indicator type management steps.

Calculation Poller

The Calculation plugin polls the indicator types for the object types you enable. Calculation objects are composed of variables that represent the calculations of metrics other plugins poll from multiple indicators. To poll Calculation data, define the Calculation object types on this page, define Calculation objects on the Calculation Editor page, and enable the Calculation plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

Calculation Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage Calculation object types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Calculation Poller to display the Calculation object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit Calculation Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the Calculation object type name.

  4. Click Save.

Calculation Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage Calculation atomic indicator types. For Calculation synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Calculation Poller to display the Calculation object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png next to an atomic indicator type to display the Add/Edit Calculation Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. The Indicator Type field displays Gauge. All Calculation indicator types are gauges.

  7. Click the Measured As drop-down and select the unit of measure for the indicator type.

  8. Click the Display As drop-down and select the unit of measure to display for the indicator type.

  9. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the Calculation plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the Calculation plugin for a device.

  10. Click Save.

CallManager Poller

Some CallManager object types are enabled by default. The CallManager plugin polls the indicator types for the object types you enable. To poll CallManager devices, enable the device to send CallManager data to SevOne NMS, enable the CallManager object types on this page, and enable the Calculation plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

CallManager Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage CallManager object types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select CallManager Poller to display the CallManager object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit CallManager Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the object type name.

  4. In the Class Name field, enter the class name.

  5. In the Alias field, enter the alias.

  6. Select the Multiple Instances check box to enable the CallManager plugin to poll multiple instances of the object type.

  7. Select the Enabled check box to enable the CallManager plugin to poll the object type indicators.

  8. Click Save.

CallManager Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage CallManager atomic indicator types. For CallManager synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select CallManager Poller to display the CallManager object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit CallManager Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Counter Name field, enter the name of the counter.

  6. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  7. Click the Indicator Type drop-down and select a type.

  8. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.

  9. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.

  10. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value.

  11. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the CallManager plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the CallManager plugin for a device.

  12. Click Save.

Deferred Data

The Deferred Data object types are enabled by default. The Deferred Data plugin uses API scripts you define to import third party data. Contact your SevOne Sales Engineer to schedule API training. To poll deferred data devices, enable the Deferred Data plugin for the device on the New Device or on the Edit Device page.

Deferred Data Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage Deferred Data object types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Deferred Data to display the Deferred Data object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit Deferred Data Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the object type name.

  4. Click Save.

Deferred Data Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage Deferred Data indicator types. For Deferred Data synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Deferred Data to display the Deferred Data object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit Deferred Data Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down and select a type.

  7. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.

  8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.

  9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value.

  10. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the Deferred Data plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the Deferred Data plugin for a device.

  11. Click Save.

DNS Object Poller

The DNS object type is enabled by default. There is one DNS object type: DNS Data. To poll DNS devices, enable the DNS plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

DNS Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete DNS object types or DNS indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select DNS Poller to display the DNS Data object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the DNS Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the DNS Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following DNS indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description – Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the DNS plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

HTTP Poller

The HTTP object type is enabled by default. There is one HTTP object type: Website Data. To poll HTTP devices, enable the HTTP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page. The Cluster Manager Peer Settings tab enables you associate each peer with an HTTP proxy server.

HTTP Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete HTTP object types or HTTP indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select HTTP Poller to display the Website Data object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the Website Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the HTTP Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following HTTP indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description – Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the HTTP plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

ICMP Poller

The ICMP object type is enabled by default. There is one ICMP object type: Ping Data. To poll ICMP devices, enable the ICMP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

ICMP Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete ICMP object types or ICMP indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select ICMP Poller to display the Ping Data object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the Ping Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the ICMP Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following ICMP indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the ICMP plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

IP SLA Poller

IP SLA object types are enabled by default. To poll IP SLA devices, enable the IP SLA plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page. The Probe Manager enables you to manage IP SLAs.

IP SLA Object Types and Indicator Types

SevOne NMS provides the following IP SLA object types.

  • DHCP

  • DLSw

  • DNS

  • Echo

  • Ethernet Jitter

  • Ethernet Ping

  • FTP

  • HTTP

  • ICMP Jitter

  • RTP

  • TCP Connect

  • UDP Echo

  • UDP Jitter

  • Video

  • VoIP

You cannot add, edit, or delete IP SLA object types or IP SLA indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select IP SLA Poller to display the IP SLA object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the IP SLA Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following IP SLA indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the IP SLA plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

JMX Poller

JMX object types are disabled by default. The JMX plugin polls the indicator types associated with the JMX object types you enable. To poll JMX devices, enable devices to send JMX data to SevOne NMS, enable the JMX object types on this page, and enable the JMX plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

JMX Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage JMX object types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select JMX Poller to display the JMX object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit JMX Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the name of the object type.

  4. In the Domain field, enter the domain of the object type.

  5. In the Type field enter the type of the object type.

  6. In the Class Name field, enter the class name of the object type.

  7. In the Alias field enter the alias of the object type.

  8. Select the Enabled check box to enable the JMX plugin to poll the indicator types in the object type.

  9. Click Save.

JMX Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage JMX atomic indicator types. For JMX synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select JMX Poller to display the JMX object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit JMX Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down and select a type.

  7. Click the Measured As drop-down and select a data unit.

  8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.

  9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value.

  10. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the JMX plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the JMX plugin for a device.

  11. Click Save.

MySQL Database Poller

MySQL Database object types are enabled by default. To poll MySQL Database devices, enable the Database plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

MySQL Database Object Types and Indicator Types

SevOne NMS provides the following MySQL object types.

  • MySQL Server

  • My SQL Server: Command Statistics

  • MySQL Server: InnoDB Statistics

  • MySQL Server: SSL Statistics

You cannot add, edit, or delete MySQL Database object types or MySQL Database indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select MySQL Database Poller to display the MySQL Database object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the MySQL Database Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following MySQL Database indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to appear.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the MySQL Database plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

NBAR Poller

The NBAR object type is enabled by default. There is one NBAR object type: NBAR Data. To poll NBAR devices, enable the device to send NBAR data to SevOne NMS and enable both the NBAR plugin and the SNMP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

NBAR Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete NBAR object types or NBAR indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select NBAR Poller to display the NBAR Data object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the NBAR Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the NBAR Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following NBAR indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the NBAR plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

Oracle Database Poller

Oracle Database object types are enabled by default. To poll Oracle Database devices, enable the Database plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

Oracle Database Object Types and Indicator Types

SevOne NMS provides the following Oracle Database object types.

  • Oracle Statistics

  • Oracle Tablespace

You cannot add, edit, or delete Oracle Database object types or Oracle Database indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Oracle Database Poller to display the object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Oracle Database Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following Oracle Database indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the Oracle Database plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

Portshaker Poller

The Portshaker object type is enabled by default. There is one Portshaker object type: Port Data. To poll Portshaker devices, enable the Portshaker plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

Portshaker Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete Portshaker object types or Portshaker indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Portshaker Poller to display the Port Data object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the Port Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Portshaker Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following Portshaker indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the Portshaker plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

Process Poller

The Process object type is enabled by default. There is one Process object type: Process. To poll Process devices, enable both the Process plugin and the SNMP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page. The Process plugin works in conjunction with SNMP via the HOST-RESOURCES MIB. The MIB stores information about all currently running processes, including their CPU time and memory utilization.

Processes group by hrSWRunName, so if 20 SSH sessions are open, they all count as one process with 20 instances. The Process plugin aggregates the values from the combined instances to present the total.

Example: The memory usage for each SSH session is summed together.

Process Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete Process object types or Process indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Process Poller to display the Process object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the Process object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Process Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following Process indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the Process plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

Proxy Ping Poller

The Proxy Ping object type is enabled by default. There is one Proxy Ping object type: Proxyping Data. To poll Proxy Ping devices, enable both the Proxy Ping plugin and the SNMP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

Proxy Ping Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete Proxy Ping object types or Proxy Ping indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Proxy Ping Poller to display the Proxyping Data object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the Proxyping Data object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Proxy Ping Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following Proxy Ping indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the Proxy Ping plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

SNMP Poller

SNMP object types are enabled by default. To poll SNMP devices, enable the device to send SNMP data to SevOne NMS and enable the SNMP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page. The MIB Manager enables you to add MIBs which are the foundation for SNMP object types and SevOne Support Engineers can perform a device certification to enable you to add the SNMP object types that are specific to your network. For details about SNMP polling via SevOne NMS and how to complete may of the SNMP object type fields, see the SNMP online help topic.

Device type associations enable you to have devices you assign to the device types you define on the Device Types page automatically attempt to poll the enabled SNMP object type enabled indicators.

The SNMP plugin uses text related to and based on OIDs to create human readable object names and descriptions. This provides the ability to use logical and mathematical expressions to store a resultant value in order to relate OIDs to each other. The SNMP plugin uses this to cross reference OIDs across the device's SNMP tree to gather descriptive information about a particular object.

OIDs are named by a series of numbers that comprise each specific OID.

Example: .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1 is sysDescr.

The SNMP plugin goes through all possible object types and generates a list of individual object indexes for each object type. The rules for the object type are applied to each index that the SNMP plugin encounters to generate a unique object per index.

The [INDEX] variable is set to the SNMP index of the current object. This is a vector variable and each index in the vector corresponds with each index key you define for the object type.

SNMP Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage SNMP object types. For interfaces and most SNMP objects, there is an OID that is dedicated to provide the index number. The value of each OID is also the index, which simplifies how to obtain the proper indexes.

Example: Walk ifIndex to yield the following:

  • RFC1213-MIB::ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1

  • RFC1213-MIB::ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2

  • RFC1213-MIB::ifIndex.8 = INTEGER: 8

Each field on the Add/Edit SNMP Object Type pop-up has a corresponding check box on the right side to enable you to make changes at this level of the hierarchy and below. The changes you make when you select the right-hand check box override and do not affect the parent object type definition.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select SNMP Poller to display the SNMP object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit SNMP Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the object type name.

  4. Click the Indexed By images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an index OID. Perform the following steps on the SNMP OID Browser to select an OID.

    1. In the Search field, enter alphanumeric text to filter the OID search.

    2. Navigate the OID Tree hierarchy to locate and select an OID.

    3. View the OID in the display on the right side of the SNMP OID Browser.

    4. Click Select This OID to select the OID.

  5. Select the Reverse Engineer check box to have instances of this object type be uniquely identified by evaluating the OID of the SNMP object specified in the Indexed By field, as opposed to its value. How the values encoded within the OID are evaluated is based on the configuration of the Index Keys field. You should leave this check box selected for the vast majority of object types.

  6. The Index Keys fields enable you to select the index keys to use to determine how to treat the remaining octets after the index. In the Possible Values field, select index keys to assign to the object type (use Ctrl or Shift keys to multi-select) then move the index keys to the Index Keys field. Index keys in the Index Keys field are assigned to the object type and they display in the sequence in which they appear listed. Possible values include the following:

    • Integer - A single number that indicates there is a constant amount of numbers following each OID.

    • String - A string prefixed with the string length. This typically appears with double quotes.

    • String (Implied) - A string with no length information. This must only occur as the last index value.

    • Variable - A variable amount of numbers prefixed with the amount of items. This is typically used for IPv4 versus IPv6 indexes.

    • Variable (Implied) - A Variable amount of numbers, but with no length information. This must occur as the last index value. This can be used to "eat up" the remainder of the index.

  7. Click the Name Expression images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID that results in a unique name for all object types on a device.

  8. Click the Description Expression images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID to add additional information about the object type.

  9. Click the Subtype images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID to define a subtype for the object type (used for thresholds and reports). This can generate the following variables:

    • - [TYPE]: The numerical value of the subtype.

    • - [TYPE]: The name of the subtype.

    • - [TYPE]: The description of the subtype.

  10. Click the Assert images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select the OID to use in the assert expression that generates a list of individual object indexes. This is skipped if the object does not pass the assert expression. No variables are generated.

    Example: To match only Ethernet interfaces and ignore everything else, enter the following statement.
    ifType == 6
    This separates memory from disks in the Host Resources MIB; both use hrStorageIndex, but each has a different value for hrStorageType. You should not modify the default Interface definition.

  11. Click the Last-change OID images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID for the SNMP plugin to use to determine if a change was made to the object type since it was last polled. If the object type changed, the SNMP plugin invalidates the current data.

  12. Click the Admin-status images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID for the SNMP plugin to use to determine the administrative status of the object.

  13. Click the Oper-status images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID for the SNMP plugin to use to determine the operational status of the object.

  14. In the Variable field, enter the variables, expressions, and operators to you want the SNMP plugin to evaluate first for use with the other fields.

  15. Click Edit Subtypes to display the Object Subtype Manager where you manage the object subtypes.

  16. Click Save.

  17. In the Object Types hierarchy, click to select the object type to which to associate device types.

  18. In the Device Type section on the right, click Associate to display a pop-up that enables you to associate the SNMP object type with device types on which you want to poll data.

    1. Select the check box for each device type to which to associate the object type.

    2. Click Associate to create the association and to close the pop-up.

SNMP Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage SNMP atomic indicator types. For SNMP synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select SNMP Poller to display the SNMP object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png next to an atomic indicator type to display the Add/Edit SNMP Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. View the Indexed By OID you define for the object type. You cannot edit this field.

  7. For certain 64 bit OIDs, click the OID (high bit) images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID to describe the top 32 bits on the OID. See note below.

  8. Click the OID images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID to describe the object type expression.

  9. Click the Indicator Type drop-down and select a type.

  10. Click the Measured As drop-down and select a data unit.

  11. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.

  12. Click the Max Value Expression images/download/attachments/5702859/browse2.png to display the SNMP OID Browser where you select an OID that is the maximum value for the indicator type.

  13. Click the Measured As drop-down and select a data unit.

  14. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the SNMP plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the SNMP plugin for a device.

  15. Click Save.

OID High Bits - SNMP version 1 specifications allow for 32 bit, unsigned integer counters. A 32 bit counter increments up to around four billion, then wraps back to zero, and continues. SNMP version 2 introduced 64 bit unsigned integer counters that can count much higher. 64 bit counters have twice the bits and twice the physical capacity of 32 bit counters to make them far more powerful and accurate. Manufacturers had two options to incorporate 64 bit counters.

  • Create a new 64 bit OID to represent the same thing as the 32 bit version.

  • Create a second 32 bit OID that represents the high bits of the 64 bit version.

Telephony Poller

Telephony object types are enabled by default. To poll Telephony object types, enable the Telephony plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page. You need to enable Avaya devices to send Telephony data to SevOne NMS.

Telephony Object Types and Indicator Types

SevOne NMS provides the following Telephony object types.

  • Avaya

  • SIP

You cannot add, edit, or delete Telephony object types or Telephony indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Telephony Poller to display the object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Telephony Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following Telephony indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the Telephony plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

VMware Poller

VMware object types are enabled by default. To poll VMware devices, enable the VMware plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

VMware Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot edit, add, or delete VMware object types or VMware indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select VMware Poller to display the VMware object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the VMware Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following VMware indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the VMware plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

Web Status Poller

The Web Status object type is enabled by default. There is one Web Status object type: Apache Mod Status. To poll Web Status devices, enable the device to send Web Status data to SevOne NMS and enable both the Web Status plugin and the SNMP plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

Web Status Object Types and Indicator Types

You cannot add, edit, or delete Web Status object types or Web Status indicator types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select Web Status Poller to display the Apache Mod Status object type in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on the Apache Mod Status object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Web Status Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. View the following Web Status indicator type details.

    • Indicator Name - Displays the name of the indicator type.

    • Description - Displays the name to display.

    • Indicator Type - Displays the indicator type.

    • Measure As - Displays the indicator type data unit.

    • Display As - Displays the indicator type display unit.

    • Maximum Value - Check box appears selected when the indicator type has a maximum value.

    • Default Allowed for New Devices - Check box appears selected and the Web Status plugin polls the indicator type by default.

  5. Click Cancel.

WMI Poller

WMI object types are disabled by default. The WMI plugin discovers the WMI indicator types for the object types you enable. To poll WMI devices, enable the device to send WMI data to SevOne NMS, enable the WMI object types, and enable the WMI plugin for the device on the New Device page or on the Edit Device page.

WMI Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage WMI object types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select WMI Poller to display the WMI object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit WMI Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the name of the object type.

  4. In the Class Name field, enter the class name.

  5. In the Alias field, enter the alias.

  6. Select the Enabled check box to enable the WMI plugin to poll the object type.

  7. Click Save.

WMI Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage WMI atomic indicator types. For WMI synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select WMI Poller to display the WMI object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit WMI Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down and select a type.

  7. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.

  8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.

  9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value.

  10. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the WMI plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the WMI plugin for a device.

  11. Click Save.

xStats

The xStats object types are enabled by default. The sources you define on the xStats Source Manager create xStats devices, object types, and indicator types. To monitor xStats Data, contact your SevOne Sales Engineer to discuss which xStats parsers are applicable for your implementation.

xStats Object Types

Perform the following steps to manage xStats object types.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select xStats to display the xStats object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click Add or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit xStats Object Type pop-up.

  3. In the Name field, enter the name of the object type.

  4. In the Field Identifiers field, enter the object type field identifiers.

  5. Select the Ignore check box to have the xStats plugin not monitor the object type.

  6. Click Save.

xStats Atomic Indicator Types

Perform the following steps to manage xStats atomic indicator types. For xStats synthetic indicator types, see the Synthetic Indicator Types section below.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select xStats to display the xStats object types in the Object Types hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right.

  3. Click Add Atomic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png to display the Add/Edit xStats Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field enter the name of the indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. Click the Indicator Type drop-down and select a type.

  7. Click the Measure As drop-down and select a data unit.

  8. Click the Display As drop-down and select a display unit.

  9. Select the Maximum Value check box to indicate the indicator type has a maximum value.

  10. In the Field Identifiers field, enter the object type field identifiers.

  11. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the xStats plugin monitor the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the xStats plugin for a device.

  12. Select the Ignore check box to have the xStats plugin ignore the indicator type.

  13. Click Save.

Synthetic Indicator Types

Synthetic indicator types enable you to perform math on multiple metrics collected from multiple indicators on a single monitored object in order to calculate new KPIs.

Synthetic indicator types behave similar to the Calculation Editor that enables you to create custom calculation objects that perform math on multiple metrics collected from multiple objects and/or multiple synthetic indicators that you poll via the Calculation plugin. These features enable you create your own KPIs even when those KPIs do not exist on a device such as Percentage Loss, Percent Error, and Percent Idle. Synthetic indicators are always gauge type indicators and SevOne NMS evaluates all the indicator values the synthetic indicator uses as if the value is a gauge.

Example: You want to monitor voice gateways to reveal which PRI gets the most or least usage. Typical poll metrics enable you to report on the status of individual bearer channels and not the sum of all channels at any given time. This makes it difficult to monitor and alert on total PRI usage. Synthetic indicators enable you to sum the bearer channel statuses (each channel gets a value of 1 when busy), divide by the total number of bearer channels (23), and then multiply by 100, to collect the desired metric for PRI % usage.

You can define synthetic indicator types for the following plugins: Calculation, CallManager, Deferred Data, JMX, SNMP, WMI, and xStats.

  1. Click the Filter drop-down and select one of the following: Calculation Poller, CallManager Poller, Deferred Data, JMX Poller, SNMP Poller, WMI Poller, or xStats Poller to display the object types in the hierarchy.

  2. Click on an object type to display its indicator types on the right. If the object type does not have any indicator types, the Add Synthetic Indicator Type button does not appear.

  3. Click Add Synthetic Indicator Type or click images/download/attachments/5702859/editnew.png next to a synthetic indicator type to display the Add/Edit Synthetic Indicator Type pop-up.

  4. In the Indicator Name field, enter the name of the synthetic indicator type.

  5. In the Description field, enter the name to display.

  6. The Synthetic Indicator Expression field enables you to define the calculation.

    If the border around the field turns red, your calculation is invalid and your graph results will be erroneous.

    1. Click an indicator type in the Available Source Indicators field and drag it to the Synthetic Indicator Expression field. The Available Source Indicators field contains the indicator types associated to the object type you select in the hierarchy.

    2. Enter applicable operators in the Synthetic Indicator Expression field to formulate the calculation. See the Acceptable Operators section below.

    3. Drag additional source indicator types and enter additional mathematical symbols to create the expression in the Synthetic Indicator Expression field.

  7. The Maximum Value Expression field enables you to define the indicator type maximum value calculation.

    1. Click an indicator type in the Available Source Indicators field and drag it to the Maximum Value Expression field.

    2. Enter applicable operators in the Maximum Value Expression field to formulate the calculation. See the Acceptable Operators section below.

    3. Drag additional source indicator types and enter additional mathematical symbols to create the expression in the Maximum Value Expression field.

  8. Click the Measure As drop-down and select the unit of measure to use to measure the data.

  9. Click the Display As drop-down and select the unit of measure in which a display the data.

  10. Select the Default Allowed for New Devices check box to have the plugin poll the indicator type by default when the object type is enabled and you enable the plugin for a device.

  11. Click Save.

Acceptable Operators

Your expression formula can include the following characters:

  • + add

  • - subtract

  • * multiply

  • / device

  • & & logical and

  • || logical or

  • <= less or equal

  • >= greater or equal

  • ! not equal

  • == equal

  • > greater than

  • < less than

  • ^ raise x to the power of y

  • % modulus

  • ?: if then else

If your calculation results in either of the following invalid values, there will be a gap in your graph: Not a Number (NAN) and Infinity (+/-INF). The following is how SevOne NMS attempts to prevent invalid values.
In sequence of processing:

  • Zero divided by zero results in NAN.

  • Any positive value divided by zero results in +INF.

  • Any negative value divided by zero results in -INF.

  • Zero multiplied by +/-INF results in NAN.

  • Any value added to, subtracted from, multiplied by, divided by, or divided from NAN results in NAN.

  • Any value compared to NAN (<, <=, ==, >=, >) results in 0. NAN != NAN.

  • Any value compared to +INF is less than +INF, except that +INF == +INF

  • Any value compared to -INF is greater than -INF, except that -INF == -INF

  • Any value added to or subtracted from +INF results in +INF

  • Any positive value multiplied by +/-INF results in +/-INF

  • Any value divided by +/-INF results in 0

Created with Scroll Wiki HTML Exporter for Confluence.