IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 3.7 Fundamentals (IBM TN321GB - ITNM )

Duration: 4 days

Course Price: £1680 +VAT

Prerequisites

Students must have the following knowledge:

System administrator level understanding of UNIX/Linux. This should include proficiency with the "vi" editor.
Knowledge of network management, including SNMP and TCP/IP, routing, switching and network management systems.
Understanding of network protocols including OSPF, MPLS, and BGP.
The ability to determine the cause of a software problem, and work around or fix the problem
Work with basic scripting techniques

Attendance of the Netcool/OMNIbus Administration and Configuration course is mandatory if the student has
never worked with Netcool/OMNIbus previously.

Recommended Courses:
Attendance of the Netcool/OMNIbus Administration and Configuration course is mandatory if the student has never worked with Netcool/OMNIbus previously. Attendance of the Netcool/Webtop 2.0 training is preferred.

Who should attend

Pre-sales engineers, System Integrators, Value Added Resellers (VARs) and System Administrators of Netcool/
Precision, who will be required to install, configure and maintain Netcool/Precision.

The Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition Fundamentals course is designed to provide an understanding of the key product processes, including the integration with Netcool/OMNIbus, Root Cause Analysis calculation and network monitoring via the Network Manager Pollers.
The Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition course begins with a basic overview of product components and their associated functionality. Students will then install and configure Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition, carrying out a full discovery of simulated networks containing various vendor specific devices. In order to further understand the intricacies of the discovery cycle, students will further customise discovery by changing the behaviour of finders and agents. A few keys stitchers are introduced (though advanced stitcher configuration is covered in the advanced training course). They will also learn how to get at granular discovery data and monitor processes through the use of OQL query commands.
They will also configure monitoring and understand how to suspend monitoring of devices within the network. In order to extend the functionality and build resilience, students will learn how to configure and maintain a Network Manager Failover Server pair into a full failover OMNIbus environment.

Course Objectives

Gain an understanding of the basic features and tools of Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition, as well as gaining hands on experience in building and configuring discovery agents, and filters.
Build an appreciation for the Network Manager interface and understand the product
Be able to install Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition on UNIX/Linux servers
Understand discovery in the context of Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
Learn about Layer 3 / Layer 2 discovery
Develop an understanding of OQL
Learn how to use Discovery Agents
Learn how to build and use Discovery filters
Know how to integrate Network Manager with Netcool/OMNIbus
Appreciate Topoviz Hop View and partition view GUI
Understand Active Object Classes
Configure / customise Network Manager polling behaviour
Configure and maintain multiple domains
Configure and maintain failover Network Manager servers