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Course Name:   HP Network Node Manager i-series 8.x Software: Essentials Training
     
Deployment Options:   Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
     
Course Duration:   5 days depending on audience background and options
 
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Introduction:
 
This 5-day course teaches you how to install and configure NNM i-series and the NNM iSPI for Performance in your environment so that you may discover and monitor your network according to your service level agreements. You will learn how to view network incidents and visualizations, and troubleshoot network faults. The course is 50% lecture and 50% hands-on labs.
 
Customize it:
 
This 5-day HP Network Node Manager i-series 8.x Software: Essentials course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of HP training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class.
 
Audience:
 
  • HP Customers: System and network administrators who need to install, configure and maintain Mi in their environment
  • HP Partners, Support Engineers and Consultants who need to learn how to install and configure Mi for their customers
 
Prerequisite
 

Before taking this course, you should have completed the following training:

  • System administration experience on MS Windows 2003 or HP-UX
  • Fluency with network device terminology, IP addressing, SNMP, and MIB concepts
  • Familiarity with Java, XML, JBoss, and Database concepts is helpful
 
Course Objectives:
 

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Install NNMi 8.x
  • Configure network communication
  • Configure discovery
  • Configure monitoring and polling
  • Configure user accounts and roles
  • Configure incident displays
  • Monitor incidents and progress them through the lifecycle
  • Review network inventory
  • Take troubleshooting action based on incident or device status
  • Integrate with NNM 6.x or NNM 7.x
  • Perform administration tasks, such as backups for the product
  • Install and use the NNM iSPI for Performance

Benefits to you

  • Install NNMi 8.x
  • Configure NNMi 8.x for a specific environment
  • Operate and maintain NNMi 8.x
 
Course Outline
 

Introduction

  • Position NNMi within the BTO Software Portfolio
  • Describe how NNMi helps Network Operations meet SLAs
  • High level overview of NNMi operation
  • Describe the NNM iSPI for Performance and position it relative to Performance Insight

Installing NNMi 8.x

  • Fulfill installation prerequisites
  • Complete the NNMi installation process
  • Use the Quick Start Configurator to initialize the NNMi software
  • Verify NNMi installation
  • Tour the NNMi Management Console and become proficient in basic operation

Configuring discovery and monitoring

  • Review Communication Layer architecture and operation
  • Configure SNMP and ICMP access defaults, regions, and for specific nodes
  • Review Discovery architecture and operation
  • Configure Auto-Discovery
  • Configure discovery seeds
  • Configure device profiles
  • Review Status Monitoring architecture and operation
  • Configure polling groups and intervals
  • Configure monitoring modes (managed, unmanaged, out of service)
  • Verify monitoring settings

Configuring users

  • Describe roles available in NNMi
  • Configure user accounts and map to roles

Monitoring incidents and nodes

  • Review incident views
  • Review detailed information available with incidents
  • Interpret root cause incidents
  • Change incident classifications
  • Assign incident ownership
  • Progress an incident through the lifecycle
  • Review inventory and monitoring views
  • Review detailed information available about a node, interface, or other object
  • Perform troubleshooting actions from tables, forms, or maps
  • Update object status or configuration information

Configuring events

  • Review event monitoring architecture and operation
  • Modify event defaults, including category, family, severity, and message
  • Add a new event configuration
  • Configure event correlation

Administration and troubleshooting of NNM

  • Start and stop NNMi processes and services
  • Backup and restore the database

Coexistence with NNM 6.x or 7.x

  • Forward events from NNM 6/7 to NNMi
  • Launch NNM 6/7 interface from NNMi incident

Installing and using the NNM iSPI for Performance

  • Install NNM iSPI for Performance and integrate with NNMi
  • Configure performance polling
  • Configure thresholding and threshold incidents
  • Review performance data on maps
  • Review performance reports

Installing and using the NNM iSPI for Performance

  • Install NNM iSPI for Performance and integrate with NNMi
  • Configure performance polling
  • Configure thresholding and threshold incidents
  • Review performance data on maps
  • Review performance reports
 

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