Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Network Node Manager i Software10.30

AdministerIntroduction to NNMi Administrators

Administer Introduction to NNMi Administrators

As an NNMi administrator, you can use the console to configure the items described in the following table.

Configure NNMi
What You Can Configure	Description
Custom Polling	Using the Custom Poller option in the Monitoring folder of the Configuration workspace, take a proactive approach to network management by using SNMP MIB Expressions to specify additional information that NNMi should poll. You can also specify States that should be assigned to polled MIB Expression values, including any thresholds that should be set and monitored.
Custom Correlation	Using the Custom Correlation option in the Incidents folder of the Configuration workspace, correlate groups of incidents under a Parent Incident. This feature is useful when you want to define a relationship between a number of incidents potentially from different network objects that form a logical set to identify a problem. The set of correlations is considered complete if all of the incidents arrive within a specified time window.
Device Profiles	provides well over three thousand pre-configured Device Profiles, one for each known MIB-II `sysObjectID` at the time NNMi released. NNMi uses Device Profiles (which equate to `sysObjectID`) to control certain types of behavior. Using the Device Profiles option in the Configuration workspace, you can update Device Profile information. See Configure Device Profiles for more information.
Discovery	Using the Discovery Configuration option in the Discovery folder of the Configuration workspace, configure NNMi to discover only those devices that are important to you and your team. See Discover Your Network for more information. If static Network Address Translation (NAT), dynamic Network Address Translation (NAT), or dynamicPort Address Translation (PAT/NAPT) are used in your network management domain, see also Overlapping Addresses in NAT Environments.
Global Network Management	(NNMi Advanced - Global Network Management feature) Using the Global Network Management option in the Configuration workspace, you can configure NNMi to share the workload among multiple NNMi management servers in your network environment. See Connect Multiple NNMi Management Servers (NNMi Advanced).
ICMP and SNMP Communication Protocols	Using the Communication Configuration option in the Configuration workspace, provide the SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c community strings (read and write) for your network environment, or provide the SNMPv3 User Names for your network environment. Configure NNMi settings for timeout, retry, and port usage for ICMP and SNMP traffic. See Configure communication protocol for more information.
Incidents	Using the Incidents folder in the Configuration workspace, review the many predefined incident configurations provided by NNMi . Edit any of the configurations provided by NNMi or create your own . See Configure Incidents for more information.
Interface Groups	Using the Interface Groups option in the Object Groups folder of the Configuration workspace, identify important devices. Interface Groups are filters for interface and IP address views. Interface Groups can also control how NNMi monitors network devices. See Create Interface Groups for more information.
Interface Types	Interface Type definitions cover all known industry-standard IANA ifType-MIB variables at the time of the release of NNMi. Using the ifTypes view in the Configuration workspace, add an additional `ifType` values to the NNMi list. This option is useful if your team acquires new devices that are configured with new industry-standard `ifType` values not yet preconfigured by NNMi. See Add New ifType Values (Interface Types) to the List for more information.
MIBs	Using the MIB Expressions option in the MIBS folder of the Configuration workspace, take a proactive approach to network management by using SNMP MIB Expressions to specify additional information that NNMi should poll. See Configure MIB Expressions for more information. Using the MIBs folder, you can view and configure the following: Loaded MIBs view MIB Variables view MIB Notifications view Textual Conventions view MIB Expressions view MIB OID Types view ifTypes view
Monitoring	Using the Monitoring Configuration option in the Monitoring folder of the Configuration workspace, define how and how often important devices are monitored by NNMi . See Monitor Network Health for more information.
Node Groups	Using the Node Groups option in the Object Groups folder of the Configuration workspace, identify important devices. You can then filter node, interface, IP address, and incident views by Node Group. You can also specify Node Groups when configuring monitoring and incidents. See Create Node Groups for more information.
Node Group Map Settings	Using the User Interface Configuration option in the Configuration workspace, specify the Node Group map configuration including the Node Group and background image to be used in a Node Group map. See Define Node Group Map Settings for more information.
Object Groups	Using the Node Groups and Interface Groups options in the Object Groups folder of the Configuration workspaces, define groups of nodes or interfaces. Use these object groups as filters to quickly locate information in views. See Create Groups of Nodes or Interfaces for more information. You can also monitor the health of each group, see Configure NNMi Monitoring Behavior.
Route Analytic Management Servers (RAMS)	(NNMi Advanced, plus Route Analytics Management System (RAMS) for MPLS WAN) Using the RAMS Servers option in the Configuration workspace, configure sources of Route Analytics Management System data for NNMi to use. See RAMS MPLS WAN Configuration (NNMi Advanced).
Security	Using the Security option in the Configuration workspace, control access to NNMi. See Configure Security for more information. Tip NNMi can be configured to use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and X.509 Certificates such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) user authentication for NNMi user names, passwords, and User Group Membership assignments. Additional steps are required. See Choose a Mode for NNMi Access.
Status	Using the Status Configuration option in the Configuration workspace, configure how Node Group Status is calculated. You can choose to assign the Node Group the most severe status of any Node Group member or configure the percentage thresholds for one or more Node Group target statuses. See Configure Node Group Statusfor more information.
Trap Forwarding	Using the Trap Forwarding Configuration option in the Trap Server folder under the Incidents folder of the Configuration workspace, configure trap forwarding filters and destinations. See Configure Trap Forwarding for more information.
Trap Logging	Using the Trap Logging Configuration option in the Trap Server folder under the Incidents folder of the Configuration workspace, configure how you want trap information to appear in the trap logging file. See Configure Trap Logging for more information.
User Interface	Using the User Interface Configuration option in the Configuration workspace, configure the following user interface features: User accounts Default map settings Node Group map settings Default Line Graph settings Menus and menu items Icons displayed for Device Profiles

NNMi provides a variety of tools to assist you with these configuration tasks. Each of these tools is described in the following table. You can extend NNMi using Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-ins (iSPIs) as described in Extend NNMi Capabilities.

NNMi Administrator Tools
Tool	Description
Actions	Used to perform automated tasks on a single object or on a group of objects. For example, you can use the Actions menu to change the Management Mode of one or more nodes from Managed to Out of Service. Actions are available from table views, map views, and forms. See Actions provided by NNMi for more information
Configuration Workspaces	The console provides a workspace for each kind of item you can configure in NNMi . See the preceding "Configure NNMi " table for more information.
Lookup Fields	Provided in forms, fields that include the icon provide access to a list of all available attribute values, and in some locations enable you to create attribute values. See Lookup Fields for more information.
NNMi Processes and Services	NNMi is built on a group of processes and services. You can list these processes and services. You can stop and start individual processes and services. See Processes and services for more information.
Tools	Used to access the following types of information: Attached switch port information for a selected Node NNMi audit log information NNMi status and monitoring information MIB Browser Security configuration reports Trap analysis information User information and log files