Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Network Node Manager i Software10.30

Use > Monitor with the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast > Monitor Your Network with IP Multicast Forms

Monitor Your Network with IP Multicast Forms

The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast provides forms that help you easily view all details associated with the managed object such as multicast-enabled node, interface, or multicast flow (S, G). In addition, the Analysis Pane of the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast shows information about the multicast-enabled node, interface or flow. This topic includes the following sections:

IP Multicast Node Form
IP Multicast Group Form
IP Multicast Interface Form
Incidents Related to IP Multicast Nodes and Interfaces
IP Multicast Flow Form
Incidents Related to IP Multicast Flows
IP Multicast Neighbor Form

Use the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast forms to complete the following tasks:

Determine the health of the multicast objects. Check the status and incident tabs.
Access a multicast map view.
Navigate to the tabs associated with the multicast node, PIM interface, and multicast flow (S, G).
See the information about the selected multicast-enabled node, interface, or flow using the Analysis pane.

The following forms are available from the IP Multicast workspace:

Form Name	Description
IP Multicast Node	Provides details about the selected Multicast node. For more information, see IP Multicast Node Form.
IP Multicast Interface	Provides details about the selected PIM interface. For more information, see IP Multicast Interface Form.
IP Multicast Flow	Provides details about the selected Multicast flow (S, G) in the network. For more information, see IP Multicast Flow Form.

You can launch the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast forms by selecting a node, interface or flow from the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast inventories available in the Workspace navigation pane. For example:

To launch the IP Multicast Node form:

From the Workspaces navigation pane, select the IP Multicast -> IP Multicast Nodes Inventory. The IP Multicast Nodes view opens in the right pane.
Click (the Open icon) to view the detailed information about a specific object. The form shows information about the multicast node.

IP Multicast Node Form

The IP Multicast Node form provides details about the selected multicast node. This form provides details about the Multicast PIM interfaces, groups, and incidents associated with the selected multicast node.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Name	The name of the Multicast-enabled node.
Status	The status values are same as available in the IP Multicast Node inventory. For more information, see IP Multicast Nodes View.
Management Address	The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast uses the selected IP Address to communicate with the node through SNMP. This address is derived from NNMi.
NNM Management Mode	Indicates whether the node is being managed by NNMi or not. The possible values are Managed, Not Managed, and Out Of Service.
SPI Management Mode	Indicates whether the node is being managed by the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast or not. The possible values are Managed, Not Managed, and Not Applicable. For more information, see IP Multicast Nodes View.
Tenant	The name of the tenant to which the selected node belongs.
Hosted on Node	The multicast node discovered by NNMi. Click to access the node details.

IP Multicast Node State

Attribute Description

State
The state of the polled multicast nodes. Possible values are:

Enabled- If a node is the Multicast router, value is Enabled.

Disabled- If a node is not the Multicast router, value is Disabled.

Unknown- The SNMP agent is not responding and not able to determine the state of the node, value is Unknown.

Not Polled - The node is not polled on the basis of the configuration settings.

No-Polling Policy - No policy is found to poll the device, state is No Polling Policy.

Last Polled The time when the selected node was last polled.

Analysis Pane

The Analysis Pane displays related information about the selected node. The name of the selected node, the name of the tenant to which the selected node belongs, and the status of the node appear in the left panel. The right panel displays some of the important details of the selected node like the conclusions, management address, list of interfaces, and so on.

General Tab

The IP Multicast Node form provides details about the selected multicast node.

Node Attributes

Attribute Description

Device Profile
The name of the device that determines how the devices of this type are managed.

Num(Nbr) The count of multicast PIM neighbors for the selected node.

Num(SG) The count of multicast groups present in the selected node.

Management Address The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast uses this IP Address to communicate with the node through SNMP. This address is derived from NNMi.

Last Discovered The date and time when the node was last discovered by the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast.

PIM Interfaces Tab

The IP Multicast Node form provides details about the selected multicast node. The PIM Interfaces tab provides details about all the PIM interfaces on the node.

Attribute Description

Status
The status of the current PIM interface on the node. For information about how the current status is calculated, see IP Multicast Interface form.

Hosted on Node The node on which the Multicast interface resides.

PIM IfName The name of the PIM interface.

PIM IP Address The IP address of the PIM interface.

PIM IfAlias The alias assigned to the PIM interface.

State
The state of the PIM interface. For information, see IP Multicast Interface form.

Groups Tab

The IP Multicast Node form provides details about the selected multicast node.

The Groups tab provides a list of available active multicast groups for the selected node. Each row has a unique source and group for the selected node. The group tab can contain multiple rows for one node as the multicast node can participate in more than one group

The Groups tab contains a list of available multicast traffic flows and control flows in the network. The IP Multicast traffic flows are the active flows in the multicast topology. The IP Multicast control flows are the standard multicast group defined by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in the range of (224.0.0.0 - 224.0.0.255 reserved and not forwarded). The control flows use the reserved range of addresses to use the routing protocols and other topology discovery such as RP node discovery or maintenance protocols.

In addition, you can launch the Multicast Forwarding Tree and Reverse Path for the selected node by using the Actions menu from the console. To launch from the Groups tab, follow these steps:

Select the group, click (the Open icon).

Click Actions -> IP Multicast-> Launch Forwarding Tree or Reverse Path.The forwarding tree or reverse path is displayed.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Source
The hostname or IP Address of the multicast source.

Group The name of the group or group IP address

Protocol
The IP Multicast nodes uses the following protocols:

pimSparseDense

pimSparseMode

pimDenseMode

other

RPF Interface The RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) interface of the router. The RPF interface helps you find the reverse path back to the source.

RPF Neighbor The upstream neighbor of the selected RPF interface.

RP (Rendezvous Point) Address The IP address of the RP node.

Last Modified Time Date and time when the group was last modified.

Last Discovered Date and time when the group was last discovered on the node.

Status Tab

The IP Multicast Node form provides details about the selected multicast node. The Status tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the multicast-enabled node.

Overall Status Table

Attribute Description

Status
The status of the selected multicast-enabled node. The node state and interface status associated with the selected node contribute in the node status. Possible values are:

No status - If a node is not polled or not managed, the status of the node is No status. The newly discovered nodes waiting for the first polling and the nodes that are down (out of service) also display No status.

Normal - The status of the multicast-enabled node is Normal if the multicast capability on the node is enabled and the status of all PIM interfaces on the node is Normal.

Disabled - The status of the multicast-enabled node is Disabled if the multicast capability on the node is administratively Disabled.

Unknown - If there is no SNMP response for the selected node, the status of the multicast-enabled node is Unknown. This is only possible when the node is not reachable at the time of polling.

Minor - The status of the node is Minor if the multicast capability on the node is enabled and at least the status of one of the interfaces is Critical or Warning.

Critical - The status of the node is Critical if the status of all the interfaces on the node is either Critical or Warning or Unknown.

Status Last Modified Date and time when status was last set.

Status History

Attribute Description

Status History
List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected node. For more information, see NNMi Help, Node Form: Status Tab.

Incidents Tab

The IP Multicast Node form provides details about the selected multicast node. The Incident tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the problem description for the multicast nodes.

Attribute Description

Incidents Attributes
The attributes listed in the incidents tab are same as available in the NNMi Incidents form. For more information, see the Help for NNMi Incidents Form.

For more information about the IP Multicast incidents, see Incidents Related to IP Multicast Nodes and Interfaces.

Conclusions Tab

The IP Multicast Node Form provides details about the selected multicast node. The Conclusion tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the status and conclusions for the selected node.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Status
The overall status of the Multicast node. For information about how the current status is determined, see IP Multicast Node Form.

Time Stamp Current status is set by Causal Engine. The Time Stamp data is the time when the status of the node is last updated.

Conclusion
Conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are:

MulticastNodeNotPolled

MulticastNodeUnknown

MulticastNodeNormal

MulticastNodeDisable

PIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode

PIMNeighborNotNormalInMCNode

AllPIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode

IP Multicast Group Form

The IP Multicast Group form provides details about the selected source and group pair.

To launch the Group Form:

From the Workspaces navigation pane, click IP Multicast -> IP Multicast Nodes. The IP Multicast Nodes view opens in the right pane.

In the IP Multicast Nodes view, select a node, and then click (the Open icon). IP Multicast Node form opens.

Click the Groups tab. You can see the list of available groups for the selected node.

Select a group and click (the Open icon). The Group Form opens.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Source
The hostname or IP Address of the multicast source of the selected multicast flow.

Group The name of the group or group IP address of the selected multicast flow.

You can see the details of end receivers for the selected multicast group address from this form if you perform the action View Receivers. For more information, see Flow Receivers.

Analysis Pane

The Analysis Pane displays related information about the selected group. The group address appears in the left panel. The right panel displays some of the important details of the selected flow like the source address, group address, flow type, and so on.

General Tab

The IP Multicast Group form provides details about the selected Group (S, G). The General tab provides the additional details about the multicast group.

Group Attributes

Attribute Description

Group Address The IP Address of the group. All the Multicast groups have the IP address which starts from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.

Source Address The IP Address of the source.

Mask The mask of the source IP address.

RP Address The IP Address of the RP node

Protocol The IP Multicast nodes use the following protocols:
pimSparseDense
pimSparseMode
pimDenseMode
other

Flow Type The type of data that the flow contains.

RPF Interface The RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) interface of the router. The RPF interface helps you find the reverse path back to the source.

RPF Neighbor The upstream neighbor of the selected RPF interface.

RP Address The IP address of the RP (Rendezvous Point) node.

RP State The condition of the RP node. The possible values are Up and Down. The values are displayed only for the Shared Tree (*, G) groups only, not for the Shortest Path Tree (S, G) groups.

RP Last Modified Time Date and time of the RP node participating in the group was last modified.

Last Modified Time Date and time when the group was last modified.

Last Discovered Date and time when the group was last discovered on the node.

Flow Receivers

You can see the details of all end receivers of the selected multicast flow on a specified node.

The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast displays the following details:

Host Name: The host name of the receiver. If the hostname of the receiver is not available, its IP address is displayed.

Receiver Up Time: The time duration (in x days, hh:mm:ss format) for which the receiver has been receiving the flow.

IGMP Protocol Version: The version of Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) configured on the interface to which this receiver is connected.

Interface of Leaf Router: The name of the interface on the router. The receiver establishes a connection with the multicast router through this interface.

You can access this window from the Group form by performing the action View Receivers.

To see the details of end receivers of a multicast flow on a node:

From the Workspaces navigation pane, click IP Multicast -> IP Multicast Nodes. The IP Multicast Nodes view opens in the right pane.

In the IP Multicast Nodes view, select a node and click (the Open icon). IP Multicast Node form opens.

Click Groups tab. You can see the list of available groups for the selected node.

Select a group and click (the Open icon). IP Multicast Group form opens.

Select Actions -> IP Multicast -> View Receivers. You can see the details of all end receivers of the selected flow on the specified node.

IP Multicast Interface Form

The IP Multicast Interface form provides details about the selected PIM interface. This form provides details about the neighbors, status, and the incidents associated with the interface.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Name The name of the interface available on the Multicast node.

Status
The status values are same as available in the IP Multicast Interface inventory. For more information, see IP Multicast Interface View.

PIM Interface State

Attribute Description

State

The state of the PIM interface on the selected interface. The State Poller polls the interface and updates the IP Multicast Interface view. Possible values are:

Active - The status of the interface is normal and in operational condition.

Not In Service- The status of the interface is down or critical.

Transientstate - The interface is in transient state (Not Ready, Create And Go, or Create And Wait, Destroy) as reported by the pimInterfaceStatus MIB.

Unknown- The SNMP agent is not responding and not able to determine the state of the interface, value is Unknown.

Not Polled- The interface is not polled based on the configuration settings.

NoPollingPolicy - No policy is set up to poll the interfaces.

Last Polled The date and time the PIM Interface was last polled.

Analysis Pane

The Analysis Pane displays related information about the selected interface. The name of the selected interface, status, and hosted on node (the name of the node on which the interface is hosted) appear in the left panel. The right panel displays some of the important details of the selected interface like the conclusions, PIM IP address, time of last polling, and so on.

General Tab

The Interface Form provides details about the selected Multicast interface. The General tab provides details about the selected PIM interface. These attributes are the values inherited from NNMi. For more information, see NNMi Help, Interface Form.

General SNMP Values

Attribute Description

PIM IfName The name of the PIM interface.

PIM IfAlias The alias assigned to the PIM interface.

PIM IP Address The IP Address of the PIM interface.

IfIndex The index value of the PIM interface.

Designated Router The IP Address of the PIM designated router.

Neighbors Tab

The Interface form provides details about the selected Multicast interface. The Neighbors tab provides details about all the PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) neighbors of the selected Multicast interface.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

PIMNeighbor The IP Address of the PIM neighbor.

Hosted On Node The node on which the Multicast PIM neighbor resides.

State
The neighbor state of the multicast interface. The neighbor state is derived when the multicast neighbor and interface recognize each other as the PIM neighbors. Possible values are:

Invalid- The state is Invalid if the designated multicast interface is not able to locate the PIM neighbor.

Normal- The state is Normal if the Multicast interface recognizes the PIM neighbor.

Inconsistent- The state is Inconsistent if the Multicast interface does not recognize the PIM neighbor.

Status Tab

The IP Multicast Interface form provides details about the PIM interface. The Status tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast interface status.

Overall Status Table

Attribute Description

Status
The overall status of the current interface of the Multicast node. The Interface and Neighbor state associated with the selected interface contribute in the health of the interface. Possible values are:

No Status - Indicates one of the following:

The interface is not managed or not polled.

The interface has just been added to the NNMi database and the Causal Engine has not yet calculated its health.

The interface is down (out of service)

Normal - The status of the interface is Normal if the Interface state is Active and the Neighbor state is Normal.

Disabled - The status of the multicast-enabled interface is Disabled if the interface is administratively disabled.

Unknown - The status of the interface is Unknown if there is no SNMP response from the node. This is only possible when the interface is not reachable at the time of polling.

Warning- The status of the interface is Warning in the following conditions:

Interface state is Active and Neighbor state is invalid.

Interface state is in transient state (Not Ready, Create And Go, or Create And Wait, Destroy) as reported by PIMInterfaceStatus MIB.

Critical - The status of the interface is Critical in the following conditions:

Interface state is Not In Service.

Neighbor state is inconsistent.

Status Last Modified Date and time when status was last set.

Status History

Attribute Description

Status History
List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected Multicast object. For more information, see NNMi Help, Interface Form: Status Tab.

Incidents Tab

The Interface form provides details about the selected Multicast Interface. The Incidents tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the problem description for the Multicast interfaces.

Attribute Description

Incidents Attributes
The attributes listed in the incidents tab are same as available in the NNMi Incidents form. For more information, see Help for NNMi Incidents Form.

For more information about incidents, see Incidents Related to IP Multicast Nodes and Interfaces.

Conclusions Tab

The Interface form provides details about the selected Multicast interface. The Conclusions tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the status and conclusions for the interface.

Attribute Description

Status
The overall status of the selected interface of the Multicast node. The Interface and Neighbor state contribute to the Interface status. For information, see Multicast Interface Form.

Time Stamp Current status is set by Causal Engine. The Time Stamp data is the time when the status of the interface is last updated.

Conclusion
Conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are:

PIMInterfaceNormal

PIMInterfaceUnknown

PIMInterfaceNotPolled

PIMInterfaceTransient

PIMNeighborInvalid

PIMInterfaceNotInService

PIMNeighborInconsistent

Status History

Attribute Description

Status History
List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected interface.

Incidents Related to IP Multicast Nodes and Interfaces

You can check the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast incidents from the forms IP Multicast objects or NNMi Incidents Browsing workspace. For information about the incidents related to IP multicast flows, see Incidents Related to IP Multicast Flows. An incident notifies you that something important has occurred on the multicast network that may require your attention. After the incidents are generated, check the inventory views for the updated status. You can see the multicast incidents only if the source node of the incident belongs to any of the security groups that are accessible to you. For more information, see Controlling Access to the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast.

The following incidents related to multicast-enabled nodes and interfaces might appear in the console:

Incidents Related to IP Multicast Nodes and Interfaces

IP Multicast Incident Name Description

PIMNeighborInvalid Appears when the state of the PIM neighbor is Invalid.

PIMNeighborInconsistent Appears when the state of the PIM neighbor is Inconsistent.

PIMInterfaceNotInService
Appears when the state of the PIM interface is NotInService.

PIMInterfaceTransient Appears when the state of the PIM interface is transient.(NotReady or CreateAndGo or CreateAndWait or Destroy state)

MulticastNodeDisable Appears when the state of the multicast-enabled node is disabled.

PIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode Appears when the state of one of the PIM interfaces on the node is not normal.

PIMNeighborNotNormalInMCNode Appears when the state of one of the neighbors is not normal.

AllPIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode Appears when the status of every interface is not normal.

You can view the multicast incidents in the following ways:

To access the incidents related to IP Multicast nodes and interfaces from the NNMi Incident Browsing workspace:

From the incidents view, filter the incidents using the Family column1. Right-click the column, select Filter, and then click Create Filter. 2. Select Multicast Node and PIM Interface. 3. Click Apply to filter the incidents related to multicast nodes and PIM interfaces..

Select an incident and click (the Open icon) to view the details of the selected incident.

From the left pane, click (the Source Object Lookup icon), and then click (the Open icon) to view the occurrence of the incidents.

To access the incident from the IP Multicast workspace:

From the IP Multicast views, click (the Open icon) to open the specific NNM iSPI for IP Multicast form.

Click the Incidents tab to view all the incidents related to the IP Multicast nodes and interfaces.

IP Multicast Flow Form

The IP Multicast flow form provides details about the selected multicast flow (S, G) in the network. In addition, the flow form provides the general information, status, incidents, and conclusions associated with the selected flow. You can launch IP Multicast flow form from the IP Multicast flows inventory.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Attributes The attributes listed in the Flow form are same as available in the IP Multicast Flow view. For more information, see IP Multicast Flows view.

Analysis Pane

The Analysis Pane displays related information about a selected flow. The group address of the selected flow and the status appears in the left panel. The right panel displays some of the important details of the flow like the source address, RP address, flow mode, management mode, active, monitored, and so on.

General Tab

The IP Multicast Group form provides details about the selected Group (S, G). The General tab provides the additional details about the multicast group.

Flow Attributes

Attribute Description

Group Address
The IP Address of the group. All the Multicast groups have the IP address which starts from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.

Source Address The IP Address of the source.

Mask The mask of the source IP address.

RP Address The IP Address of the RP node.

Flow Mode
The IP Multicast groups use the following protocols:

pimSparseDense

pimSparseMode

pimDenseMode

other

Starting Router The IP address of the router which the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast uses as starting point for tree calculations of this flow.

Flow Rate
The amount of multicast data passing per second through a PIM interface for the multicast flow.
The flow rate displayed in this column is taken from the PIM interfaces of the starting router.

Num(Routers) The number of managed routers participating in the selected flow.

Num(Receivers) The number of receivers receiving the flow.

Baseline Timestamp The time when the baseline snapshot was taken.

Last Sampled Timestamp The time when the last snapshot was taken.

Active The presence of a check mark indicates active multicast traffic. The check mark disappears if the flow is not active.

Monitored If the Monitored check mark appears, the particular flow is monitored against the baseline snapshot to ensure that all the important receivers receive the multicast data.

Status Tab

The Status tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the health of the multicast flow.

Status Table

Attribute Description

Status
The status of the selected multicast flow. The possible statuses indicators are as follows:

No status - Indicates one of the following:

The flow is not monitored.

The flow has not completed a single monitoring cycle.

The flow is not managed.

Normal - The flow is constantly monitored without any interruption. All the receiver routers receive the multicast data and there is no deviation between the baseline snapshot and the snapshot collected for this flow during each monitoring cycle.

Warning - The status of the multicast flow is Warning in one of the following conditions:

The baseline creation failed.

The last snapshot creation failed.

Critical - The status of the flow is marked Critical in any of the following conditions:

Deletion of nodes, which were part of the flow's baseline snapshot, from the flow.

Addition of nodes, which were not part of the flow's baseline snapshot, to the flow.

Deviation in the flow rate beyond the configured threshold value.

Change in the Rendezvous Point (RP).

Status History

Attribute Description

Status History
List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected multicast flow.

Incidents Tab

The Incident tab provides a quick summary of the problem description for the multicast flow.

Attribute Description

Incidents Attributes
The attributes listed in the Incidents tab are same as the attributes available on the NNMi Incidents form. For more information, see the Help for NNMi Incidents Form.

For more information about the incidents related to IP Multicast flows, see The Incidents Related to IP Multicast Flows.

Conclusions Tab

The IP Multicast Flow Form provides details about the selected multicast flow. The Conclusion tab is useful for providing a quick summary of the status and conclusions for the selected flow.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Status
The overall status of the Multicast flow. For information about how the current status is determined, see IP Multicast Flows View.

Time Stamp Current status is set by Causal Engine. The Time Stamp data is the time when the status of the flow is last updated.

Conclusion
Conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are:

MulticastFlowMonitorSuccess

MulticastFlowMonitorFailure

MulticastFlowTopoChange

MulticastFlowTopoExtended

MulticastFlowRateDeviationOutOfRange

MulticastFlowRPChange

MulticastFlowBaseliningFailed

MulticastFlowSnapshotFailed

Incidents Related to IP Multicast Flows

The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast generates an incident for a monitored flow when a change is observed in the flow in comparison with its baseline snapshot. The change can occur due to any of the following reasons:

Deviation in flow rate beyond the specified threshold

Addition of nodes to this flow

Deletion of nodes from this flow

Change in the Rendezvous Point (RP)

The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast also generates incidents when the creation of baseline and last snapshot fail.

You can check the incidents related to IP Multicast Flows from the IP Multicast Flow forms or NNMi Incidents Browsing workspace. If you do not have access to the starting router of a flow or the starting router belongs to another security group, you cannot see the incidents related to that flow.

The following IP Multicast incidents related to IP Multicast Flows appear on the console:

Incidents Related to IP Multicast Flows

IP Multicast Incident Name Description Severity of the Incident

MulticastFlowMonitorFailure Appears when any of the four incidents namely MulticastFlowTopoChange, MulticastFlowTopoExtended, MulticastFlowRateDeviationOutOfRange, or MulticastFlowRPChange occurs. This is a parent incident that includes the listed correlated children incidents. Critical

MulticastFlowTopoChange Appears when there is a change in the topology due to the deletion of nodes. Some nodes in the baseline snapshot no longer receive multicast traffic for this Flow. Critical

MulticastFlowTopoExtended Appears when there is an addition of nodes. Some additional nodes, which were not in the baseline snapshot, have started receiving multicast traffic for this flow. Warning

MulticastFlowRateDeviationOutOfRange
Appears when there is a flow rate deviation more than the configured threshold value. The default deviation rate is 20%, which can be changed for each flow.
Critical

MulticastFlowRPChange Appears when there is a change in the RP in the multicast flow. Critical

MulticastFlowBaseliningFailed Appears when baseline creation fails. The flows cannot be compared without a baseline. Warning

MulticastFlowSnapshotFailed Appears when the last snapshot creation fails. Warning

The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast generates an incident for a particular type of fault or failure only once for a specific flow. If the failures of the same type occur again, NNM iSPI for IP Multicast does not generate the incident for the subsequent failures of the same type.

For example, the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast generates an incident namely MulticastFlowTopoChange, when a particular node does not receive the multicast data. If two more nodes do not receive the data over a period of time before you close this incident, the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast does not generate additional incidents for the next two nodes as MulticastFlowTopoChange incident already exists for the particular flow.

You can launch the incidents related to IP Multicast flows in the following ways:

To access the incidents from the Incident Browsing workspace:

From the Incident Browsing - All Incidents view, filter the incidents using the Family column1. Right click the column, select Filter, and click Create Filter. 2. Select Multicast Flow. 3. Click Apply to filter the incidents related to multicast flows.

Select an incident and click (the Open icon).

From the left pane, source object attribute, click (the Open icon) to see more information about the IP Multicast Flow associated with the particular incident.

To access the incident from the IP Multicast workspace:

From the Workspaces navigation pane, click IP Multicast -> IP Multicast Flow. The IP Multicast flow view appears.

Click (the Open icon) to open the specific IP Multicast flow.

Click the Incidents tab to view all the incidents related to the IP Multicast flow.

IP Multicast Neighbor Form

The IP Multicast PIM Neighbor form provides details about the selected PIM neighbor of the selected interface.

To launch the Neighbor Form:

From the Workspaces navigation pane, click IP Multicast -> IP Multicast Interfaces. The IP Multicast Interfaces view opens in the right pane.

In the IP Multicast Interfaces view, select an interface, and then click (the Open icon). IP Multicast Interface form opens.

Click Neighbors tab. You can see the list of neighbors of the selected interface.

Select a neighbor and click (the Open icon). The Neighbor Form opens.

Basic Attributes

Attribute Description

Attributes
The attributes listed in the PIM Neighbor are same as available in the Multicast Interface form. For more information, see IP Multicast Interface Form.

Related Topics:

Actions Available in the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast

IP Multicast Node State
Attribute	Description
State	The state of the polled multicast nodes. Possible values are: Enabled- If a node is the Multicast router, value is Enabled. Disabled- If a node is not the Multicast router, value is Disabled. Unknown- The SNMP agent is not responding and not able to determine the state of the node, value is Unknown. Not Polled - The node is not polled on the basis of the configuration settings. No-Polling Policy - No policy is found to poll the device, state is No Polling Policy.
Last Polled	The time when the selected node was last polled.

Node Attributes
Attribute	Description
Device Profile	The name of the device that determines how the devices of this type are managed.
Num(Nbr)	The count of multicast PIM neighbors for the selected node.
Num(SG)	The count of multicast groups present in the selected node.
Management Address	The NNM iSPI for IP Multicast uses this IP Address to communicate with the node through SNMP. This address is derived from NNMi.
Last Discovered	The date and time when the node was last discovered by the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast.

Attribute	Description
Status	The status of the current PIM interface on the node. For information about how the current status is calculated, see IP Multicast Interface form.
Hosted on Node	The node on which the Multicast interface resides.
PIM IfName	The name of the PIM interface.
PIM IP Address	The IP address of the PIM interface.
PIM IfAlias	The alias assigned to the PIM interface.
State	The state of the PIM interface. For information, see IP Multicast Interface form.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Source	The hostname or IP Address of the multicast source.
Group	The name of the group or group IP address
Protocol	The IP Multicast nodes uses the following protocols: pimSparseDense pimSparseMode pimDenseMode other
RPF Interface	The RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) interface of the router. The RPF interface helps you find the reverse path back to the source.
RPF Neighbor	The upstream neighbor of the selected RPF interface.
RP (Rendezvous Point) Address	The IP address of the RP node.
Last Modified Time	Date and time when the group was last modified.
Last Discovered	Date and time when the group was last discovered on the node.

Overall Status Table
Attribute	Description
Status	The status of the selected multicast-enabled node. The node state and interface status associated with the selected node contribute in the node status. Possible values are: No status - If a node is not polled or not managed, the status of the node is No status. The newly discovered nodes waiting for the first polling and the nodes that are down (out of service) also display No status. Normal - The status of the multicast-enabled node is Normal if the multicast capability on the node is enabled and the status of all PIM interfaces on the node is Normal. Disabled - The status of the multicast-enabled node is Disabled if the multicast capability on the node is administratively Disabled. Unknown - If there is no SNMP response for the selected node, the status of the multicast-enabled node is Unknown. This is only possible when the node is not reachable at the time of polling. Minor - The status of the node is Minor if the multicast capability on the node is enabled and at least the status of one of the interfaces is Critical or Warning. Critical - The status of the node is Critical if the status of all the interfaces on the node is either Critical or Warning or Unknown.
Status Last Modified	Date and time when status was last set.

Status History
Attribute	Description
Status History	List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected node. For more information, see NNMi Help, Node Form: Status Tab.

Attribute	Description
Incidents Attributes	The attributes listed in the incidents tab are same as available in the NNMi Incidents form. For more information, see the Help for NNMi Incidents Form.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Status	The overall status of the Multicast node. For information about how the current status is determined, see IP Multicast Node Form.
Time Stamp	Current status is set by Causal Engine. The Time Stamp data is the time when the status of the node is last updated.
Conclusion	Conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are: MulticastNodeNotPolled MulticastNodeUnknown MulticastNodeNormal MulticastNodeDisable PIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode PIMNeighborNotNormalInMCNode AllPIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Source	The hostname or IP Address of the multicast source of the selected multicast flow.
Group	The name of the group or group IP address of the selected multicast flow.

Attribute	Description
Group Address	The IP Address of the group. All the Multicast groups have the IP address which starts from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.
Source Address	The IP Address of the source.
Mask	The mask of the source IP address.
RP Address	The IP Address of the RP node
Protocol	The IP Multicast nodes use the following protocols: pimSparseDense pimSparseMode pimDenseMode other
Flow Type	The type of data that the flow contains.
RPF Interface	The RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) interface of the router. The RPF interface helps you find the reverse path back to the source.
RPF Neighbor	The upstream neighbor of the selected RPF interface.
RP Address	The IP address of the RP (Rendezvous Point) node.
RP State	The condition of the RP node. The possible values are Up and Down. The values are displayed only for the Shared Tree (*, G) groups only, not for the Shortest Path Tree (S, G) groups.
RP Last Modified Time	Date and time of the RP node participating in the group was last modified.
Last Modified Time	Date and time when the group was last modified.
Last Discovered	Date and time when the group was last discovered on the node.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Name	The name of the interface available on the Multicast node.
Status	The status values are same as available in the IP Multicast Interface inventory. For more information, see IP Multicast Interface View.

PIM Interface State
Attribute	Description
State	The state of the PIM interface on the selected interface. The State Poller polls the interface and updates the IP Multicast Interface view. Possible values are: Active - The status of the interface is normal and in operational condition. Not In Service- The status of the interface is down or critical. Transientstate - The interface is in transient state (Not Ready, Create And Go, or Create And Wait, Destroy) as reported by the pimInterfaceStatus MIB. Unknown- The SNMP agent is not responding and not able to determine the state of the interface, value is Unknown. Not Polled- The interface is not polled based on the configuration settings. NoPollingPolicy - No policy is set up to poll the interfaces.
Last Polled	The date and time the PIM Interface was last polled.

General SNMP Values
Attribute	Description
PIM IfName	The name of the PIM interface.
PIM IfAlias	The alias assigned to the PIM interface.
PIM IP Address	The IP Address of the PIM interface.
IfIndex	The index value of the PIM interface.
Designated Router	The IP Address of the PIM designated router.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
PIMNeighbor	The IP Address of the PIM neighbor.
Hosted On Node	The node on which the Multicast PIM neighbor resides.
State	The neighbor state of the multicast interface. The neighbor state is derived when the multicast neighbor and interface recognize each other as the PIM neighbors. Possible values are: Invalid- The state is Invalid if the designated multicast interface is not able to locate the PIM neighbor. Normal- The state is Normal if the Multicast interface recognizes the PIM neighbor. Inconsistent- The state is Inconsistent if the Multicast interface does not recognize the PIM neighbor.

Overall Status Table
Attribute	Description
Status	The overall status of the current interface of the Multicast node. The Interface and Neighbor state associated with the selected interface contribute in the health of the interface. Possible values are: No Status - Indicates one of the following: The interface is not managed or not polled. The interface has just been added to the NNMi database and the Causal Engine has not yet calculated its health. The interface is down (out of service) Normal - The status of the interface is Normal if the Interface state is Active and the Neighbor state is Normal. Disabled - The status of the multicast-enabled interface is Disabled if the interface is administratively disabled. Unknown - The status of the interface is Unknown if there is no SNMP response from the node. This is only possible when the interface is not reachable at the time of polling. Warning- The status of the interface is Warning in the following conditions: Interface state is Active and Neighbor state is invalid. Interface state is in transient state (Not Ready, Create And Go, or Create And Wait, Destroy) as reported by PIMInterfaceStatus MIB. Critical - The status of the interface is Critical in the following conditions: Interface state is Not In Service. Neighbor state is inconsistent.
Status Last Modified	Date and time when status was last set.

Status History
Attribute	Description
Status History	List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected Multicast object. For more information, see NNMi Help, Interface Form: Status Tab.

Attribute	Description
Incidents Attributes	The attributes listed in the incidents tab are same as available in the NNMi Incidents form. For more information, see Help for NNMi Incidents Form.

Attribute	Description
Status	The overall status of the selected interface of the Multicast node. The Interface and Neighbor state contribute to the Interface status. For information, see Multicast Interface Form.
Time Stamp	Current status is set by Causal Engine. The Time Stamp data is the time when the status of the interface is last updated.
Conclusion	Conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are: PIMInterfaceNormal PIMInterfaceUnknown PIMInterfaceNotPolled PIMInterfaceTransient PIMNeighborInvalid PIMInterfaceNotInService PIMNeighborInconsistent

Status History
Attribute	Description
Status History	List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected interface.

Incidents Related to IP Multicast Nodes and Interfaces
IP Multicast Incident Name	Description
PIMNeighborInvalid	Appears when the state of the PIM neighbor is Invalid.
PIMNeighborInconsistent	Appears when the state of the PIM neighbor is Inconsistent.
PIMInterfaceNotInService	Appears when the state of the PIM interface is NotInService.
PIMInterfaceTransient	Appears when the state of the PIM interface is transient.(NotReady or CreateAndGo or CreateAndWait or Destroy state)
MulticastNodeDisable	Appears when the state of the multicast-enabled node is disabled.
PIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode	Appears when the state of one of the PIM interfaces on the node is not normal.
PIMNeighborNotNormalInMCNode	Appears when the state of one of the neighbors is not normal.
AllPIMInterfaceNotNormalInMCNode	Appears when the status of every interface is not normal.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Attributes	The attributes listed in the Flow form are same as available in the IP Multicast Flow view. For more information, see IP Multicast Flows view.

Flow Attributes
Attribute	Description
Group Address	The IP Address of the group. All the Multicast groups have the IP address which starts from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.
Source Address	The IP Address of the source.
Mask	The mask of the source IP address.
RP Address	The IP Address of the RP node.
Flow Mode	The IP Multicast groups use the following protocols: pimSparseDense pimSparseMode pimDenseMode other
Starting Router	The IP address of the router which the NNM iSPI for IP Multicast uses as starting point for tree calculations of this flow.
Flow Rate	The amount of multicast data passing per second through a PIM interface for the multicast flow. The flow rate displayed in this column is taken from the PIM interfaces of the starting router.
Num(Routers)	The number of managed routers participating in the selected flow.
Num(Receivers)	The number of receivers receiving the flow.
Baseline Timestamp	The time when the baseline snapshot was taken.
Last Sampled Timestamp	The time when the last snapshot was taken.
Active	The presence of a check mark indicates active multicast traffic. The check mark disappears if the flow is not active.
Monitored	If the Monitored check mark appears, the particular flow is monitored against the baseline snapshot to ensure that all the important receivers receive the multicast data.

Status Table
Attribute	Description
Status	The status of the selected multicast flow. The possible statuses indicators are as follows: No status - Indicates one of the following: The flow is not monitored. The flow has not completed a single monitoring cycle. The flow is not managed. Normal - The flow is constantly monitored without any interruption. All the receiver routers receive the multicast data and there is no deviation between the baseline snapshot and the snapshot collected for this flow during each monitoring cycle. Warning - The status of the multicast flow is Warning in one of the following conditions: The baseline creation failed. The last snapshot creation failed. Critical - The status of the flow is marked Critical in any of the following conditions: Deletion of nodes, which were part of the flow's baseline snapshot, from the flow. Addition of nodes, which were not part of the flow's baseline snapshot, to the flow. Deviation in the flow rate beyond the configured threshold value. Change in the Rendezvous Point (RP).

Status History
Attribute	Description
Status History	List of last thirty status updates along with the time stamps for the selected multicast flow.

Attribute	Description
Incidents Attributes	The attributes listed in the Incidents tab are same as the attributes available on the NNMi Incidents form. For more information, see the Help for NNMi Incidents Form.

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Status	The overall status of the Multicast flow. For information about how the current status is determined, see IP Multicast Flows View.
Time Stamp	Current status is set by Causal Engine. The Time Stamp data is the time when the status of the flow is last updated.
Conclusion	Conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are: MulticastFlowMonitorSuccess MulticastFlowMonitorFailure MulticastFlowTopoChange MulticastFlowTopoExtended MulticastFlowRateDeviationOutOfRange MulticastFlowRPChange MulticastFlowBaseliningFailed MulticastFlowSnapshotFailed

Incidents Related to IP Multicast Flows
IP Multicast Incident Name	Description	Severity of the Incident
MulticastFlowMonitorFailure	Appears when any of the four incidents namely MulticastFlowTopoChange, MulticastFlowTopoExtended, MulticastFlowRateDeviationOutOfRange, or MulticastFlowRPChange occurs. This is a parent incident that includes the listed correlated children incidents.	Critical
MulticastFlowTopoChange	Appears when there is a change in the topology due to the deletion of nodes. Some nodes in the baseline snapshot no longer receive multicast traffic for this Flow.	Critical
MulticastFlowTopoExtended	Appears when there is an addition of nodes. Some additional nodes, which were not in the baseline snapshot, have started receiving multicast traffic for this flow.	Warning
MulticastFlowRateDeviationOutOfRange	Appears when there is a flow rate deviation more than the configured threshold value. The default deviation rate is 20%, which can be changed for each flow.	Critical
MulticastFlowRPChange	Appears when there is a change in the RP in the multicast flow.	Critical
MulticastFlowBaseliningFailed	Appears when baseline creation fails. The flows cannot be compared without a baseline.	Warning
MulticastFlowSnapshotFailed	Appears when the last snapshot creation fails.	Warning

Basic Attributes
Attribute	Description
Attributes	The attributes listed in the PIM Neighbor are same as available in the Multicast Interface form. For more information, see IP Multicast Interface Form.

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