Requires Network Node Manager iSPI Network Engineering Toolset Software (NNM iSPI NET) and requires installation of a Diagnostic Server.The Diagnostics (Flows) are sets of automated commands specific to one or more device types. You can associate these Diagnostics with specific incident configurations. After you associate a Diagnostic with an incident configuration and specify the Lifecycle State for which the Diagnostic should run, the Diagnostic automatically runs on the Source Node for the incident whenever the specified Lifecycle State is reached. See Configure Diagnostics for an Incident for more information.
If you have the licensed Operations Orchestration ( OO) product, you can import OO flow definitions into NNMi and then assign these flows to run when NNMi detects certain network incidents. See the "Custom OO Flow Management" section of the Network Node Manager iSPI Network Engineering Toolset Software Installation Guide and nnmooflow.ovpl for more information.
NNMi also associates these Diagnostics with each node to which the Diagnostics apply. To view the Diagnostics invoked for each node, open the Node form for any node of interest.
NNMi provides Diagnostics (Flows) for the following device types:
- Cisco router
- Cisco switch
- Cisco switch/router (see Cisco router and Cisco switch)
- Nortel switch
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| Cisco Router Baseline Information | Uses a series of show commands to determine the current configuration of a Cisco router. It first displays the router's and NNMi management server's current times. Next, it invokes a series of commands on the router and formats these results on the summary page.  Click here for a list of the commands included in this Diagnostic.
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| Cisco Show IP Route | Obtains routing information using the show ip route command. |
| Cisco Route To Node Diagnostic | Note This Diagnostic Flow is not associated with an NNMi incident or node object and can only be run from Operations Orchestration Central's Flow Library. Before the Diagnostic runs, you are prompted for access information for the source router and target device node. Determines failures of either ping or traceroute to a target node. Uses the router to perform a ping and a traceroute to a target node. Click here for a list of commands included in this Diagnostic
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| Cisco Interface Diagnostic | Performs a number of diagnostic checks on a specified interface on the Cisco router. Diagnostics performed include whether the link is Down while the interface is Up. The following error counts are checked:
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| Cisco Switch Baseline Information | Uses a series of show commands to determine the current configuration of a Cisco switch. It first displays the switch's and NNMi management server's current times. Next, it invokes a series of commands on the switch and formats these results on the summary page. Click here for a list of the commands included in this Diagnostic.
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| Cisco Switch Spanning Tree Baseline | Gathers Spanning-Tree Protocol and port information from the Cisco switch. The commands run depend on the device's operating system: IOS: show spanning-tree brief CATOS; show spantree |
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| Nortel Port Diagnostic | Determines statistics, including rate-limit and usage for a specified port on a Nortel switch. This Diagnostic detects rate limit, reception and transmission errors. Similar to Cisco Interface Diagnostic, this flow identifies the following types of errors on the identified port:
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| Nortel Route to Node Diagnostic | Note This Diagnostic Flow is not associated with an NNMi incident or node object and can only be run from Operations Orchestration Central's Flow Library. Before the Diagnostic runs, you are prompted for access information for the source router and target device node. Determines failures of either ping or traceroute to a target node. Click here for a list of commands included in this Diagnostic
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| Nortel Switch Baseline | Determines the configuration of a Nortel switch. It first displays the switch's and NNMi management server's current times. Next, it invokes a series of commands on the switch and formats the results on the summary page. Click here for a list of commands included in this Diagnostic
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| Nortel Switch Spanning Tree Baseline | Gathers Spanning-Tree Protocol and port information from the Nortel switch. Click here for a list of commands included in this Diagnostic
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