Summary

Each probe works in a different way to acquire event data from its source, and therefore has specific features, default values, and changeable properties. Use this summary information to learn about this probe.

The following table provides a summary of the Probe for CA Spectrum (CORBA).

Table 1. Summary

Probe target

CA Spectrum version 9.4

CA Spectrum version 10.0

Probe executable name

nco_p_ca_spectrum_corba

Probe installation package

omnibus-arch-probe-nco-p-ca-spectrum-corba-version

Package version

1.0

Probe supported on

For details of supported operating systems, see the following Release Notice on the IBM Software Support website:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970414

Properties file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/ca_spectrum_corba.props

Rules file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/ca_spectrum_corba.rules

Host configuration file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/ca_spectrum_corba_host.xml

Additional configuration files

ca_spectrum_corba.xsd

This is an XML schema file the probe uses to validate the format of the host configuration file.

SpectrumCause.pl

This script used to generate probable cause lookup files.

Requirements

A currently supported version of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps.

For details of any additional software that this probe requires, refer to the description.txt file that is supplied in its download package.

Connection method

CORBA

Remote connectivity

The probe can connect to a remote device using a CORBA interface.

Multicultural support

Available

For information about configuring multicultural support, including language options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation and Deployment Guide.

Peer-to-peer failover functionality

Available

IP environment

IPv4 and IPv6

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus uses the FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic provider: IBM Crypto for C (ICC) certificate 384 for cryptography. This certificate is listed on the NIST website at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2004.htm. For details about configuring Netcool/OMNIbus for FIPS 140-2 mode, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation and Deployment Guide.