Subelement properties
The following table lists the subelement properties supplied by a Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager installation:
| Subelement Property | Description |
| name | A specific, textual name for this entity defined by the user, most often during general network configuration. |
| hostIP | Physical IP address of the host upon which this resource resides |
| hostURL | URL address assigned to the host upon which this resource resides |
| hostName | Textual name assigned to the host upon which this resource resides. Defined by the user most often during general network configuration |
| parent | Open-format name or ID assigned to an entity considered as a "parent" containing this resource. Is usually different from a physical host (see 'hostName' property.) |
| hostType | Open-format "type" classification of the device upon which this resource resides. |
| Subelement Property | Description |
| parentType | Open-format "type" classification of the parent of this resource |
| description | Open-format description text used in instances when helpful for grouping (currently not displayed in the DataView portal). |
| class | Open-format name of the general class of resource represented (for example, device, interface, logical port, end-to-end connection, and so on.) |
| type | Open-format name of the specific type of resource represented (Ethernet, DS1, and so on.) |
| subType | Additional specific type information for the resource (NNI, UNI, and so on.) |
| protocol | Transmission protocol specific to the resource (ATM, Frame Relay, IP, IPSec, TCP, UDP, MPLS, and so on.) |
| protocolVersion | Version of transmission protocol being used |
| model | Open-format model name of the resource |
| modelID | Open-format model ID string of the resource |
| version | Open-format version identification of the resource |
| patchLevel | Open-format patch level identification of the resource |
| country | The country in which the resource resides |
| city | The city, town, or municipality in which the resource resides |
| state | The state in which the resource physically resides |
| province | The province in which the resource resides |
| region | Open-format region name at which the resource resides |
| regionID | Open-format ID string assigned to the region in which the resource resides |
| location | Physical location of the resource |
| locationID | Open-format ID string assigned to the physical location at which the resource resides |
| Subelement Property | Description |
| status | Operational status of the resource ('active', 'initializing', 'maintenance', etc.) |
| priority | Open-format priority name or code |
| physicalCapacity | The maximum speed of this resource (bps) |
| committedCapacity | The steady-rate bandwidth (bps) committed for transfer over this resource. |
| committedBurstCapacity | The transmission rate (bps) committed for short traffic bursts (for a pre-agreed duration) over this resource. |
| committedPeakCapacity | The maximum transmission rate (bps) committed for transfer over this resource. |
| owner | Service provider employee name/ID to which this resource belongs |
| ownerCustomTag | User-definable property for custom resource organization attributes |
| department | Service provider department to which this resource belongs |
| departmentID | ID of the service provider department to which this resource belongs |
| networkArea | Network area (for example, BackBone, CPE) of the entity |
| network | The name of the network of which this entity is a part. |
| networkID | The ID of the network of which this entity is a part. |
| privateNetwork | The name of the private (virtual) network of which this entity is a part. |
| privateNetworkID | The ID of the private (virtual) network of which this entity is a part. |
| customer | The name of the specific customer that this resource services. |
| customerID | The ID of the specific customer that this resource services. |
| customerType | The type of the customer that this resource services. |
| Subelement Property | Description |
| customerFacingName | Alternate name to be used for this resource in customer-facing reports, messages, and so on. |
| securityProfileMask | Open-format string for definition of a text mask which can be generated for users by a custom user group control system and used within rule conditions to organize user groups' access to resource views. |