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 Open NerveCenter.

Table 1. Summary

Probe target

Open NerveCenter

Probe executable names

nco_p_nervecenter

Patch number

4.0

Probe supported on

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

Note: This probe is supported on HP-UX version 11.11, but not version 11.0.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21414843

Properties files

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/nervecenter.props

Rules files

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/nervecenter.rules

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

TCP/IP

Remote connectivity

The Probe for Open NerveCenter connects to the ObjectServer and waits for a connection from the NerveCenter Platform Adapter Server on the port specified by the TCPPort property.

Multicultural Support

Not Available

Peer-to-peer failover functionality

Available

IP environment

IPv4 or IPv6

Note: The probe is supported on IPv6 when running on IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.4.0.

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.