Monitor Cisco Gatekeepers

The Gatekeepers view displays a list of available Cisco gatekeeper devices on the network. The view arranges the key attributes of all gatekeepers in a table.

To launch the Cisco Gatekeepers view:

  • From the Workspaces navigation pane, click Cisco IP Telephony > Cisco Gatekeepers. The Cisco Gatekeepers view opens in the right pane.

    Basic Attributes of the Cisco Gatekeepers Table
    Attribute Description
    Hosted Node The hostname of the Cisco gatekeeper device.
    IP Address The IP address of the interface on the gatekeeper that communicates with other endpoints and gateways in the network.
    Tenant The name of the tenant to which the gatekeeper belongs.
    H323Endpoints The number of endpoints associated with the gatekeeper.
    Management Server

    The management server for the gatekeeper. This attribute displays one of the following values:

    • Local: If the gatekeeper is being managed by the NNMi management server console on which you are viewing the gatekeeper details.
    • Name of the regional manager that manages the gatekeeper.

    You can view the details of a single Cisco gatekeeper in a form, which you can launch from the Cisco Gatekeepers view.

To view the Cisco Gatekeeper Details form:

  • From the Gatekeepers view, select the node of your interest, and then click . The Gatekeeper Details Form opens. The form displays details of the selected gatekeeper in the left pane, and details of all the associated Cisco CallManagers on the right pane.

To view the Node Form for the gatekeeper, click , and then click Open. The Node Form opens displaying the details of the gatekeeper.

Analysis Pane

The Analysis pane provides a summary of the details of a selected gatekeeper as follows:

Cisco Gatekeeper Details Summary tab

  • IP Address: The IP address of the selected gatekeeper.
  • Tenant: The name of the tenant to which the gatekeeper belongs.
  • Management Server: The management server for the gatekeeper. This attribute displays one of the following values:
    • Local: If the gatekeeper is being managed by the NNMi management server console on which you are viewing the gatekeeper details.
    • Name of the regional manager that manages the gatekeeper.

GateKeeper Information tab

  • Management Mode: The management status of the selected gatekeeper.
  • Model: The model of the selected gatekeeper.
  • H.323 Endpoints: The number of H.323 endpoints associated with the selected gatekeeper.
  • Description: A short description of the selected gatekeeper.

Filter Cisco Gatekeepers

You can filter the listed gatekeepers in the Gatekeepers view based on the management server.

To filter the Call Gatekeepers view, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click the Management Server attribute column of one of the gatekeepers listed in the Gatekeepers view.
  2. Select one of the following filters:

    • Equals this value: filters and lists all the gatekeepers that have a value that is equal to the value of the column that you selected.
    • Create Filter: opens the Filter dialog box. This dialog box helps you specify a string and select options to perform filtering based on the string specified.
    • Is not empty: filters and lists all the gatekeepers for which the selected column is not empty.
    • Is empty: filters and lists all the gatekeepers for which the selected column is empty.
    • Not equal to this value: filters and lists all the gatekeepers that do not have the value in the column that you selected.

      The filtered list of gatekeepers appears in the view.

After viewing the filtered list, always remove the filter. To remove the filter, right-click the filter attribute, and then click Remove Filter.

Cisco GateKeeper Details Form

The GateKeeper Details Form helps you view the node details of the selected Cisco GateKeeper device and the Cisco CallManager servers associated with it. The form presents two different panes.

The right pane lists the following information:

  • UCMs: The UCMs tab displays the details of all the Cisco Unified Communications Managers associated with the selected gatekeeper device.

The left pane lists the following details of the selected Cisco gatekeeper device:

Basic Attributes of the Selected Cisco Gatekeeper Device
Attribute Description
Hosted Node

The hostname of the gatekeeper.

IP Address The IP address of the gatekeeper interface.
Description

A short description of the device.

Model Model of the device.
H323 Endpoints Number of H323 endpoints associated with the gatekeeper.
Management Mode

Displays the management state of the gatekeeper. The status can be one of the following strings:

  • Managed: indicates that the node is managed by the NNM iSPI for IP Telephony.
  • Out of Service: indicates that the node is currently out of service and not managed by the NNM iSPI for IP Telephony.
  • Unmanaged: indicates that the node is currently not managed by the NNM iSPI for IP Telephony.