Node Capabilities Provided by NNMi

The Node Form: Capabilities Tab displays a table of any Capabilities added to a particular node object. Capabilities enable NNMi and application programmers to provide more information about a node than what is initially stored in the NNMi database. For more information, click any of the following:

• Basic Node Capability Attribute Values

• Node Capability Attribute Values that are assigned to Nodes (*)

  These Node Capabilities assist in determining Node Sensor metrics. See Node Form: Node Sensors Tab for more information about health metrics.

• Card Capability Attribute Values that are assigned to Nodes (*)
• (NNMi Advanced) Router Redundancy Protocol Capability Attribute Values
• (NNMi Advanced) VMware ESX Host and Virtual Machine Capability Attribute Values

External applications can also add Capabilities.

The CISCO-STACK-MIB is associated with multiple Capabilities because NNMi uses the CISCO-STACK-MIB for both card and metrics data.

KEY: com.hp.<product>.capability.<content>.<vendor/org>.<MIB/feature>

Any Capability provided by NNMi begins with the prefix com.hp.nnm.capability.

<product> = Either NNMi or the NNM iSPI providing this capability.

<content> = chassis, card, ipaddr (address), iface (interface), lag (Link AggregationProtocols used on Switches to configure multiple Interfaces (Aggregation Member Interfaces) to function as if they were one (an Aggregator Interface). When two Aggregator Interfaces establish a connection, that connection is an Aggregator Layer 2 Connection. The Aggregator Layer 2 Connection appears on Layer 2 Neighbor View maps as a thick line with an Interface icon at each end (representing the Aggregator Interface). or Split Link AggregationLink Aggregation with more than two endpoints. Some vendors refer to this as Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation, SLAG, MLAG, or MC-LAG. interface), node, rrp (Router Redundancy), or metric (Node Sensor or Physical Sensor).

<vendor/org> = Standards organization or vendor defining the MIB or feature associated with the capability.

<MIB/feature> = What this capability measures.

The following tables show a few examples of the Capabilities provided by NNMi.

Basic Node Capability Attribute Values

Unique Key	Capability	Description
com.hp.nnm.capability.node.ipforwarding	IP Forwarding (Layer 3)	Value that indicates NNMi identified the selected node as a router that forwards Layer 3 data. NNMi evaluates SNMP MIB-II sysServices and other clues to determine this value and set the symbols in map views. The NNMi administrator can override this value using the Device Profile form, Force Device attribute (see Device Profile Form).
com.hp.nnm.capability.node.lanswitching	LAN Switching (Layer 2)	Value that indicates NNMi identified the selected node as a switch for Layer 2 data. NNMi evaluates SNMP MIB-II sysServices and other clues to determine this value and set the symbols in map views. The NNMi administrator can override this value using the Device Profile form, Force Device attribute (see Device Profile Form).

Node Sensor Capability Attribute Values that are assigned to Nodes

Unique Key	Capability	Description
com.hp.nnm.capability.rams.node.ramsmplswancenode	MPLS WAN CE Node	(NNMi Advanced, plus Route Analytics Management System (RAMS) for MPLS WAN) The node supports Router Analytics Management System (RAMS) and MPLS WAN. If you are an NNMi administrator, see  RAMS MPLS WAN Configuration (NNMi Advanced) for information about configuring RAMS.

Card Capability Attribute Values that are assigned to Nodes

Unique Key	Capability	Description
com.hp.nnm.capability.card.ietf.entity	IETF Entity	NNMi discovers but cannot monitor using the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ENTITY-MIB.
com.hp.nnm.capability.card.ietf.entitystate	IETF Entity State	The node supports card monitoring using the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ENTITY-STATE-MIB.

(NNMi Advanced) Router Redundancy Protocol Capability Attribute Values

Unique Key	Capability	Description
com.hp.nnm.capability.rrp.vrrp	VRRP	(NNMi Advanced) The node is a member of a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)group.

(NNMi Advanced) OpenStack Controller Node and Virtual Machine Capability Attribute Values

Unique Key	Capability	Description
com.hpe.nnm.capability.node.openstack.controller	OpenStack Controller Node	(NNMi Advanced) An OpenStack Controller Node that is hosting hypervisorThe virtual machine manager in charge of delegating various aspects from a pool of resources to become virtual devices. The delegations might be static or dynamic, depending on the manufacture's implementation. The type of virtual machines being generated depends on the manufacturer's implementation. nodes and virtual machines.
com.hpe.nnm.capability.node.openstack.compute	OpenStack Compute Node	(NNMi Advanced) An OpenStack Compute Node with an administrative tenant and user configured wtih administrative privileges.

(NNMi Advanced) VMware ESX Host and Virtual Machine Capability Attribute Values

Unique Key	Capability	Description
com.hp.nnm.capability.node.VM	Virtual Machine	(NNMi Advanced) The node is a virtual machineA device that utilizes components from multiple physical devices. Depending on the manufacture's implementation, the virtual machine may be static or dynamic. being hosted on a hypervisorThe virtual machine manager in charge of delegating various aspects from a pool of resources to become virtual devices. The delegations might be static or dynamic, depending on the manufacture's implementation. The type of virtual machines being generated depends on the manufacturer's implementation.. Nodes with this capability become a member of the Node Group named Virtual Machines.
com.hp.nnm.capability.node.hypervisor.vmware.ESX	VMware ESX Host	(NNMi Advanced) A VMware ESXi server that is hosting virtual machines. Nodes with this capability become a member of the Node Group named VMware ESX Hosts.