Configuring integrations with other products

You can set up Network Manager to work with a number of Tivoli®® products. Read about necessary configuration tasks required to set up the available integrations.

Network Manager can be integrated with the following IBM® products:
IBM Netcool Operations Insight
Network Manager is a key component within that solution, where it is also tightly integrated with Netcool/Impact, and IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis.
IBM Netcool Configuration Manager

Netcool Configuration Manager provides extensive configuration management capabilities for network devices, as well as network policy thresholding capabilities.

If it is integrated with Network Manager, then you can use theConfiguration and Event Timeline in the Network Health Dashboard to correlate configuration data with alert data.

Netcool Configuration Manager can also be integrated with Network Manager and Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus to provide more powerful diagnostic functionality to network operators.

IBM Cognos Analytics
The integration with Cognos Analytics provides ready-to-use reports, including reports on network configuration information.
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager provides the following functionality:
  • Imports network topology information discovered by Network Manager into IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager to complete the view of application-to-network dependencies.
  • The Network Manager inventory report is available in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager.
  • Allows users to launch in context into Network Views to investigate which problems in the infrastructure might be affecting application performance.
  • Network Manager can also launch in context into IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager to display the Change History view and the Details view associated with the devices.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides the following functionality:
  • Monitors the health of the Network Manager application and displays key metrics and situations that help administrators monitor the health and status of Network Manager.
  • Can be used to monitor resources within the Network Manager network.
  • It is possible to launch from IBM Tivoli Monitoring directly into Network Manager, although this is not an in-context launch.
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager provides the following functionality:
  • Populates the business service model using network information discovered by several applications, including Network Manager.
  • Maps events from multiple sources to the resources in IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager, including those resources discovered in Network Manager. In this case resources refers to devices, interfaces, and so on.
  • Troubleshoots faults in the infrastructure by launching in context from the IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager service views to one of several Network Manager topology views.