RAMS MPLS WAN Configuration (NNMi Advanced)

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For more information on MPLS WAN, see the Route Analytics Management System (RAMS) for MPLS WAN User’s Guide, which is available at: https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/.

The NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN integration provides actions for accessing several MPLS WAN tools from the NNMi console.

Enabling the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration:

This section describes the steps to enable the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration.

Prerequisites:

• Configure the RAMS Server
• Create an NNMi Web Service Client for RAMS

To configure the connection between NNMi and the  RAMS MPLS WAN, follow these steps:

1. In the NNMi console, open the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration form:

   1. Select Integration Module Configuration.
   2. Select RAMS MPLS RAMS.
2. Select the Enable Integration check box to activate the integration fields on the form.
3. Enter the required information for connecting to the NNMi management server and to the RAMS server (see table).

4. Click Submit.

   The status message displays. If the status message indicates a problem connecting to the NNMi management server, click Return, and change the values as suggested in the message.

Changing the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration:

To change the connection between the NNMi and the RAMS MPLS WAN, follow these steps:

1. In the NNMi console, open the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration form:

   1. Select Integration Module Configuration
   2. Select RAMS MPLS RAMS
2. Modify the configuration values as appropriate (see table)
3. Verify that the Enable Integration check box in the form is selected

4. Click Submit.

   The configuration settings are changed.

Disabling the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration

To disable the connection between the NNMi and the RAMS MPLS WAN, follow these steps:

1. In the NNMi console, open the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration form:

   1. Select Integration Module Configuration
   2. Select RAMS MPLS RAMS
2. Clear the Enable Integration check box

3. Click Submit.

   The integration fields are disabled and the changes take effect immediately.

NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration Form Reference

The NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration form contains the parameters for configuring communications between NNMi and RAMS. This form is available from the Integration Module Configuration workspace.

Only NNMi users with the Administrator NNMi role can access the NNMi – RAMS MPLS WAN Integration Configuration form.

The following table lists the parameters for connecting RAMS to the NNMi management server:

Attribute	Description
NNMi Host	The fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server. This field is pre-filled with host name that was used to access the NNMi console. Ensure that this value is the name that is returned by the nnmofficialfqdn.ovpl -t command run on the NNMi management server. See the nnmofficialfqdn.ovpl for more information.
NNMi Port	The port for connecting to the NNMi console. This field is pre-filled with the NNMi port, as specified in the following file (see Manage environment variables for more information): Windows: %NnmDataDir%\conf\nnm\props\nms-local.properties Linux: $NnmDataDir/conf/nnm/props/nms-local.properties For non-SSL connections, use the value of nmsas.server.port.web.http, which is 80 or 8004 by default (depending on the presence of another web server when NNMi was installed). For SSL connections, use the value of nmsas.server.port.web.https, which is 443 by default.
NNMi User	The NNMi User attribute value must be NNMi Web Services Client (used only to provide access for software that is integrated with NNMi). For information on Configuring the NNMi user interface, see User Groups Provided in NNMi.
NNMi Password	The password for the specified NNMi user.
RAMS MPLS WAN Rediscovery Interval (hours)	The time interval in hours to run the RAMS MPLS WAN discovery process.

Related Topics:

Configure One or More Route Analytics Management Systems (NNMi Advanced)

Use Route Analytics Management System (RAMS) with NNMi Advanced