General Probe Rules for OMNIbus-Network Manager event enrichment

Body

1. @LocalNodeAlias
2. @NmosEventMap
3. @LocalPriObj
4. @LocalRootObj
5. @RemoteNodeAlias

1. @LocalNodeAlias

• Set this field to contain value IP address, hostname or  sysName of the managed object or managed device on which the event occurred.

 

Possible attribute : 

@LocalNodeAlias = “<device IP_Address>”

Example:

@LocalNodeAlias = “192.128.1.25”

 

Possible attribute : 

@LocalNodeAlias = “<device hostname>”

Example:

@LocalNodeAlias = “deviceA.ibm.my”

 

Possible attribute : 

@LocalNodeAlias = “<ManagedElementName>”

Example:

@LocalNodeAlias = “mydeviceABC”

Possible attribute : 

@LocalNodeAlias = “<sysName for SNMP device>”

Example:

@LocalNodeAlias = “mySysName”

2. @NmosEventMap

• Set this field if you intend to integrate OMNIbus with Network Manager. This field contains Network Manager event map name that will be used for Network Manager topology lookup.
• In other words,  this field will be used by Network Manager Event Gateway to perform Gateway stitcher lookup for Network Manager Entities.
• A new Network Manager Event name will need to be created in Network Manager if the existing one is not suitable.
• This field also allows precedence number in integer to be defined. By default, precedence number is set to zero (0) if it is undefined.
• The precedence number allows user to define which event to be Root Cause, hence suppressing other events. Root Cause events are basically events with higher precedence value.

Format : 

@NmosEventMap = "<eventMapName>[.precedence values]"

Example:

@NmosEventMap = "EMSNonPollingEvent.900"

@NmosEventMap = "NbrFail"

3. @LocalPriObj

• Set this field to indicate the object instance referenced by the event
• Typically, this field contains Network Resource which trigger the event. 
• Network Resource can be divided into two types. 

There are :

(a) Interfaces or ports

(b) Physical Entity such as card (module), fan, power supply

(a) Format for Interface Event:

@LocalPriObj = “ifEntry.<Interface Name>” 

or

@LocalPriObj = “ifEntry.<SNMP Interface Index>” 

Example for Interface Event :

@LocalPriObj = “ifEntry.100”

@LocalPriObj = “ifEntry.FE0/2”

(b) Format for Physical Entity Event:

@LocalPriObj = “entPhysicalEntry.<SNMP Entity Physical Index>”

Example:

@LocalPriObj = “entPhysicalEntry.9”

4. @LocalRootObj

• Set this field to contain furthest down object which can be extracted from the information of the managed object
• If there is no containment can be identified, the root object can be the primary object or its alias

Format:

similar to @LocalPriObj format, refer to point (3).

Example:

@LocalRootObj = @LocalPriObj

5. @RemoteNodeAlias

• Set this field to indicate the remote or neighbour device IP address
• This field is meant for topology event correlation

Possible attribute : 

@RemoteNodeAlias = “<neighbour device IP_Address>”

Example:

@RemoteNodeAlias = “192.128.10.100”