Custom Node Attribute Samples

[This is the context-sensitive link for the Node Custom Attributes Form.]

Custom Attributes provide additional information about an object instance:

• To make inventory tasks easier:

  For example, your NNMi administrator might have added the following:

  • Name: Serial Number
  • Value: UHF536697J3

• To customize a device icon on the NNMi maps.

  For example, your NNMi administrator can use Custom Attributes to customize the Device Profile icon for one or more nodes (Customize Device Profile Icons):
  

  • Name: NNM_ICON
  • Value = <filename of the icon for the selected nodes>

  To view the list of available device profile icons, see View the Device Profile Icons Available.

• External applications that have been integrated with NNMi can associate custom information with the Interface.

  For example, when Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Metrics Software is installed, your NNMi administrator can provide additional Node or Interface information in NNM iSPI Performance for Metrics reports:

  • Name = NPS Annotation
  • Value = <text to appear in the reports>.

  See the help topic: Annotate NNM iSPI Performance for Metrics Reports Reports.

• To make configuring a Scheduled Outage easier by making the Node's Time Zone visible in the Scheduled Node Outage dialog:

  For example, your NNMi administrator might have added the following:

  • Name: com.hp.nnm.topo.TZ

  • Value: <any Java Time Zone designator>

    The list of valid Java Time Zones changes over time. Open the Scheduled Node Outage dialog and click the Time Zone drop-down to display the list of valid choices at this time. See Schedule Outages for Nodes or Node Groups.

    To check NNMi's current Java Time Zone version number, on the server where NNMi is installed, use the following command line tool (see About Environment Variables for more information)

    Windows:

    %NnmInstallDir%\jdk\hpsw\bin\java –version

    Linux:

    $NnmInstallDir/jdk/hpsw/bin/java –version

(NNMi Advanced - Global Network Management feature) Custom Attribute values can be replicated from a Regional Manager (NNMi management server) to the Global Manager. NNMi administrators for the Global Manager configure which Regional Custom Attributes they want (Global Manager: Configure Custom Attribute Replication). NNMi administrators can also configure Custom Attribute values that are unique to the Global Manager's environment (Customize Object Attributes).

Related Topics:

Node Form: Custom Attributes Tab.

Custom Node Attributes Form