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Monitor Acme Session Directors

The Acme Session Director view displays the details of the Acme Session Directors discovered on the network. The view arranges the key attributes of all the discovered Acme Session Directors in a table.

To launch the Acme Session Director view:

  • From the Workspaces navigation pane, click Acme IP Telephony > Session Director. The Acme Session Director view opens in the right pane.
  • Basic Attributes of the Session Director Table
    Attribute Description
    State

    Indicates the redundancy state of the Acme Session Director. The state can be one of the following:

    • Unknown - indicates that the status of the Session Director is currently unknown.
    • Initial - indicates that the Session Director is in the initial state.
    • Active - indicates the Session Director is in the active state.
    • Standby - indicates that the Session Director is in the standby state.
    • Out Of Service - indicates that the Session Director is currently out of service.
    • Not Monitored - indicates that the Session Director is not monitored.
    Name Indicates the name of the Acme Session Director.
    IP Address Indicates the IP address of the Acme Session Director.
    Tenant Indicates the name of the tenant to which the Acme Session Director belongs.
    Description

    A brief description of the Acme Session Director.

    Management Server

    The management server for the Acme Session Director. This attribute displays one of the following values:

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

Session Director Details Form

You can view the details of the discovered Session Directors using the Session Director Details form.

To view the Session Director Details form:

  • From the Acme Session Director view table, select the Session Director for which you want to view the details, and then click (the Open icon). The Session Director Details form opens.

Analysis Pane

You can view a summary of the details of the selected Session Director on the Analysis pane. The following tabs and related details are displayed:

  • Session Director Details Summary Tab
    • Name: The name of the selected Session Director.
    • Management Address: The IP address of the selected Session Director.
    • Tenant: The name of the tenant to which the selected Session Director belongs.
    • Management Server: The management server for the selected Session Director. This attribute displays one of the following values:
      • Local: If the Session Director is being managed by the NNMi management server console on which you are viewing the Session Director details.
      • Name of the regional manager that manages the Session Director.
  • Session Director Information Tab
    • Management Mode: The management status of the selected Session Director. The status can be one of the following:
      • Managed: indicates that the Session Director is managed by NNM iSPI for IP Telephony
      • Out of Service: indicates that the Session Director is currently out of service and is not managed by NNM iSPI for IP Telephony
      • Unmanaged: indicates that the Session Director is not managed by NNM iSPI for IP Telephony
    • IP Address: The IP address of the selected Session Director.
    • Description: A brief description of the selected Session Director.
    • Redundancy State: The redundancy state of the selected Session Director. The state can be one of the following:
      • Unknown - indicates that the status of the Session Director is currently unknown.
      • Initial - indicates that the Session Director is in the initial state.
      • Active - indicates the Session Director is in the active state.
      • Standby - indicates that the Session Director is in the standby state.
      • OutOfService - indicates that the Session Director is currently out of service.
    • Current configuration version: The current configuration version of the selected Session Director.
    • Running configuration version: The running configuration version of the selected Session Director.
    • Backup configuration: The backup configuration details of the selected Session Director.
    • Custom Info: The custom information configured for the selected Session Director.
  • Realm Statistics Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the Realm.

  • SIP ACL Operations Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP ACL Operations.

  • SIP Client States Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP Client States.

  • SIP Errors Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP Errors.

  • SIP Invites Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP Invites.

  • SIP Server States Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP Server States.

  • SIP Sessions Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP Sessions.

  • SIP Transactions Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the SIP Transactions.

  • System Tab

    Displays the details of the measurement attributes configured for the System Management.

Filter Session Directors

You can filter the Session Directors, listed in the Session Directors view, using the available filters. This feature enables you to view the Session Directors based on the filter option that you selected. You can perform the filtering action on all the columns available on the Session Director view table.

You can select multiple filters based on your requirements.

To filter the Acme Session Directors view:

  1. Select a Session Director, listed in the Session Directors view, and right-click one of the following column attributes:

    • State
    • Name
    • IP Address
    • Tenant
    • Description
    • Management Server
  2. From the Filter option, select one of the following:

    • Equals this value: filters and lists all the Session Directors 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 Session Directors for which the selected column is not empty.
    • Is empty: filters and lists all the Session Directors for which the selected column is empty.
    • Not equal to this value: filters and lists all the Session Directors that do not have the value in the column that you selected.

The filtered list of the Session Directors 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.