Table Of Contents
Administration Drawer Reference
Audit
Audit Trail Policies Page
Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
Audit Trail Library Components Page
Audit Trail General Logs Page
Audit Calendar Dialog Box
SNMP
User Permissions Report
License Overview Page
Install License Page
Notification Group Table Page
Notification Group Wizard - Define Notification Group
Notification Group Wizard - Notification Details Page
Notification Group Wizard - Summary
NCM Integration Page
Administration Drawer Reference
The following topics describe the pages in the Administration tab. Topics are organized according to the following Administration tab options:
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Audit
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SNMP
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User Permissions Report
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License Overview Page
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Notification Group Table Page
Audit
The following topics describe the fields in the pages that are accessed from the Audit option:
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Audit Trail Policies Page
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Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
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Audit Trail Library Components Page
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Audit Trail General Logs Page
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Audit Calendar Dialog Box
Audit Trail Policies Page
Use this page to view changes made to policies in the current policy group.
To open this page, do any of the following:
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Select Administration > Audit.
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Select Policy in the Audit TOC.
Table E-1 Audit Trail Policies Page
Field
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Description
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Date
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Displays the modification date.
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Time
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Displays the modification time.
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Login Name
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Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
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Message
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Describes the modification that was made.
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Item
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Displays the type of item that was modified. Click the link to view a summary of the modified item.
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Modification
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Displays the type of modification that was made, for example whether a new item was created, or an existing item was modified or deleted.
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Clear button
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Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.
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Related Topics
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Device View Page, page B-40
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Reorder Traffic Rules Dialog Box, page B-54
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Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
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Audit Trail Library Components Page
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Audit Trail General Logs Page
Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
Use this page to view actions performed on the current policy group. These actions include uploading policy groups, importing policy groups, deployment, saving and restoring historical versions, and so on.
To open this page, select Policy Groups in the Audit TOC.
Table E-2 Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
Field
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Description
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Date
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Displays the modification date.
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Time
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Displays the modification time.
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Login Name
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Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
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Message
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Describes the modification that was made.
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Action
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Displays the action that was performed. Click the action to open the corresponding Reports page.
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Clear button
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Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.
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Related Topics
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Job Details Report Page, page C-18
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Audit Trail Policies Page
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Audit Trail Library Components Page
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Audit Trail General Logs Page
Audit Trail Library Components Page
Use this page to view changes made to global library items—IP aliases, application aliases, and policy templates.
Note
System-created templates do not appear in the Audit logs.
To open this page, select Libraries in the Audit TOC.
Table E-3 Audit Trail Library Components Page
Field
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Description
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Date
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Displays the modification date.
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Time
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Displays the modification time.
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Login Name
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Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
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Message
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Describes the modification that was made.
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Item
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Displays the type of item that was modified. For policy group templates, click the link to view a summary of the modified item.
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Modification
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Displays the type of modification that was made, for example whether a new item was created, or an existing item was modified or deleted.
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Clear button
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Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.
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Related Topics
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Device View Page, page B-40
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Audit Trail Policies Page
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Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
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Audit Trail General Logs Page
Audit Trail General Logs Page
Use this page to view actions on device inventory items, for example, device rediscovery, the movement of a device between device groups, or the updating of the mapped operating system version for a device.
To open this page, select General in the Audit TOC.
Table E-4 Audit Trail General Logs Page
Field
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Description
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Date
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Displays the modification date.
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Time
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Displays the modification time.
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Login Name
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Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
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Message
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Describes the modification that was made.
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Item
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Displays the type of item that was modified.
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Clear button
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Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.
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Related Topics
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Audit Trail Policies Page
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Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
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Audit Trail Library Components Page
Audit Calendar Dialog Box
Use the Calendar dialog box to specify the date up to which you want to delete Audit logs.
The Calendar dialog box opens after you click Clear in an Audit page.
Table E-5 Audit Calendar Dialog Box
Field
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Description
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Date Navigation
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Use the navigation arrows above the calendar table to navigate through the calendar.
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Calendar Table
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Choose the date to which you want to delete logs. The audit logs before and including the selected date are deleted.
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Related Topics
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Audit Trail Policies Page
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Audit Trail Policy Group Actions Page
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Audit Trail Library Components Page
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Audit Trail General Logs Page
SNMP
Use this page to change the default SNMP settings for devices in the QPM inventory.
To open this page, select Administration > SNMP.
Table E-6 SNMP Parameter/Properties Page
Field
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Description
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Timeout
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The amount of time the system should wait for a device to respond before trying to access it again.
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Retries
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Number of times the system tries to access devices.
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Min Thread Number
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Minimum number of SNMP requests that can processed concurrently.
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Max Thread Number
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Maximum number of SNMP requests that can processed concurrently.
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Save button
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Click to save the displayed SNMP settings.
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User Permissions Report
Use this page to view a matrix of how QPM tasks relate to CiscoWorks/ACS user roles.
If you are using ACS to control authorization, you should register QPM with ACS by enabling the Register all installed applications with ACS check box in the AAA Mode Setup page, as described in Integrating QPM with Access Control Server (ACS), page 4-24. This enforces the user permissions as displayed in this matrix, for all ACS roles.
To open this page, go to Administration > User Permissions Report.
Table E-7 User Permissions Report Page
Field
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Description
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Task Path
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Type of task that can be done in QPM.
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Permissions Matrix
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Types of tasks that each type of CiscoWorks user can perform. An X in a field indicates that a user can perform the associated task described in the task path column. The user types are described below.
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System Admin
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The following are the tasks a System Administrator can perform in QPM:
• View all information in QPM
• Make changes to devices in the QPM device inventory
• Delete policy deployment jobs and logs
• Launch Real Time Charts and Event Browsers
• Delete Monitoring Tasks (under Historical Trends)
• Delete Threshold Assignment jobs
• Delete Audit logs
• Create and retrieve backups of the QPM database
• Configure SNMP Configuration Rights
• Add/remove Licenses
• Integrate NCM
• Rediscover devices from the NCM Events page
System Admin is the only user role that can delete logs, jobs, and reports in QPM.
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Network Admin
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The following are the tasks a Network Administrator can perform in QPM:
• View all information in QPM
• Make changes to devices in the QPM device inventory
• Create and edit policies
• Deploy policies on devices
• Configure the TelePresence compatible policy
• Launch Real Time Charts and Event Browsers
• Create Monitoring Tasks (under Historical Trends)
• Create Threshold Sets and assign Threshold Sets to interfaces
• Configure SNMP Configuration Rights
• Integrate NCM
• Rediscover devices from the NCM Events page
• Import devices from the NCM Events page
Network Admin is the only user role that can deploy the QoS policies on the devices in the network.
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Network Operator
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The following are the tasks a Network Operator can perform in QPM:
• View all information in QPM
• Create and edit policies
• Configure the TelePresence compatible policy
• Launch Real Time Charts and Event Browsers
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Approver
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The following are the tasks an Approver can perform in QPM:
• View all information in QPM
• Create and edit policies
• Configure the TelePresence compatible policy
• Launch Real Time Charts and Event Browsers
• Create Monitoring Tasks (under Historical Trends)
• Import devices from the NCM Events page
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Help Desk
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The following are the tasks the Help Desk can perform in QPM:
• View all information in QPM
• Launch Real Time Charts and Event Browsers
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License Overview Page
Use this page to view details of your current QPM license or to install a new license.
To open this page, go to Administration > License > License Overview.
Table E-8 License Overview Page
Field
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Description
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License Name
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Name of the license that is currently installed.
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License Type
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Type of license. QPM 4.1 provides an evaluation license, three types of base licenses and three types of incremental device update licenses or device packs.
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Device Limit
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Maximum number of devices that can be added to the inventory.
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Devices in Use
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Number of devices currently in use.
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License History table
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History of all installed Licenses, with columns for License Type, Installation Date, and Device Limit.
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Install License
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Click to open the Install License page, so that you can add a new license.
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Install License Page
Use this page to install a new license that you obtained.
To open this page, either:
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Click Install License in the License Overview page
Or
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Go to License > Install License
Table E-9 Install License Page
Field
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Description
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Browse
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Enter the path to the new license file, or click Browse to select the new license file from your machine
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Next
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Click to go to the License Details page after you select the license file in the Browse field.
In the License Details page, you can view the details of the license, and click Next to install the license.
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Cancel
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Click to go to the License Overview page, without adding the new license.
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Notification Group Table Page
Use this page to work with Notification Groups that are used while configuring thresholds for TelePresence circuits.
Table E-10 Notification Table Page
Field
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Description
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Name
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Name of the Notification Group
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Description
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Description of the Notification Group
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Type
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Type of notification (Email or Trap)
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Create
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Click to create a Notification Group. The Notification Group Wizard opens.
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Edit
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Click to edit details of a selected Notification Group. The Notification Group Wizard opens
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Delete
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Click to delete the selected Notification Groups
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Notification Group Wizard - Define Notification Group
Use this page to define the notification group to be included in the TelePresence Wizard, and the type of notification.
Table E-11 Notification Group Wizard - Define Notification Group Page
Field
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Description
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Name of the Notification Group
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Enter the name of the notification group
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Description
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Enter the description for the notification group
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Notification Type
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Select the type of notification you want as the alert when the threshold values are crossed in the TelePresence circuit, if this notification group is selected in the TelePresence Wizard.
Select Email if you want to obtain the notification through email.
Select Trap if you want to obtain the notification as SNMP trap.
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Notification Group Wizard - Notification Details Page
Use this page to define the details of email notification and trap notification, for the notification group.
Table E-12 Notification Group Wizard - Notification Details Page
Field
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Description
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Sender's Address
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Enter the email address of the sender. This address will appear in the email alert to be sent to the recipient.
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Email Server
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Enter the name of the email server of the sender
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Recipient's address
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Enter the email address of the recipient(s). The alert mails will be sent to these email addresses.
Use commas to separate multiple email addresses.
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Trap Receiver IP
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Enter the IP address of the server that receives the trap notification.
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Port
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Enter the port number of the trap receiver.
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Add Row
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Click to add a new row for including another Trap Receiver IP and Port.
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Notification Group Wizard - Summary
Use this page to view a summary of the Notification Group you created
You can edit these values by clicking the Back button or clicking the corresponding page in the TOC of the wizard.
Click Finish to save and close the wizard.
NCM Integration Page
Use this page to register QPM to receive events from NCM, for any device configuration change and image upgrade on the device.
Table E-13 NCM Integration Page
Field
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Description
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Enable NCM Integration
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Check this check box to enable NCM integration with QPM globally.
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NCM Hostname or IP Address
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Enter the DNS hostname or IP address of the NCM server. QPM receive events from NCM using this hostname or IP address.
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Launch NCM
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Click to launch NCM in a separate browser window.
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Username
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Username to login to NCM Server.
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Password
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Password to login to NCM Server.
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Test Connection
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Click to check whether the IP address or hostname, the username, and the password that you entered are correct.
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Save
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Click to save the NCM enable flag, IP address, and credentials that you entered.
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Save and (Un)register
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Click to save the NCM enable flag, IP address, and credentials that you entered, and also to register or unregister QPM with NCM:
• If you check the Enable NCM Integration check box, clicking this button registers QPM with NCM and enables QPM to receive events from NCM for any configuration change and image upgrade on the devices. These events are displayed in the Historical Events page or Live Events page.
• If you uncheck the Enable NCM Integration check box, clicking this button disables the events from NCM to QPM.
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