Installing the Device Dashboard

To use the Device Dashboard on the Dashboard Application Services Hub console, console integration must be configured. When you install the Device Dashboard, this task is automated.

About this task

Note: Install the Device Dashboard before you set the SNMP metric collection scope for polling the network.

For more information, see SNMP metric collection scope.

When you install the Device Dashboard that is available for Netcool® Operations Insight entitled customers, the following tasks are performed automatically:
  • Installs the Security Services if it is not available.
    Note: If the Security Services are not installed, you might encounter an Authentication Service client error with the following message ID:
    CTGES0039E
  • Console integrations are configured.

Procedure

Install and configure the Device Dashboard.

Results

If the connection is successful, the console content is available in the navigation bar of the Dashboard Application Services Hub through the Console Integration icon icon.

Log in with npiadmin and netcool credentials and click Console Settings > Console Integrations in the navigation bar to see the Network Performance Insight integration.