AT&T OneVision DEFINITY G3 Guide Installation and operation manual

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Issue 1
June, 1995
OneVision DEFINITY G3
Fault Management Adding
Proxy Agent Nodes
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Adding Proxy Agent Nodes
This addendum to the OneVision DEFINITY G3 documentation explains how to
add a Proxy Agent as a managed node to your HP OpenView NMS. It describes:
■Node Limitations
■How to add a Proxy Agent icon to the network map
■How to configure aProxy Agent object
Complete the procedures in this addendum after you add a DEFINITY G3 switch
to the network map. You can find the procedures for adding switches to the
network map in chapter 3 of your
OneVision DEFINITY G3 Fault Management
Installation and Integration
guide.
Node Limitations
The number of Proxy Agent nodes that you can have on your NMS is limited only
by the total number of nodes allowed by your NMS.

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Adding Proxy Agent Icons
Use the following steps to add a Proxy Agent icon as a node on the HP
OpenView NMS:
1. Display the appropriate network map.
2. Select Edit from the menu bar.
Result: The system opens the Edit pull-down menu.
3. Select Add Object from the Edit menu.
Result: The system opens the Pallet window.
4. Click on the icon labeled OneVision.
Result: The following icons for the AT&T GBCS subclasses display:
G3PBX, G3 Proxy, and Generic icon.
5. From the icons window, select the G3 Proxy icon shown at left, and (still
holding down the mouse button) drag the icon onto the map.
Result: The system inserts the icon on the map and opens the Add Object
window. TheSymbol Type should be OneVision:G3 Proxy.
6. In the Label field, enter the name of the Proxy Agent machine on your
network.
Result: This entry is automatically inserted into the Selection Name field.
NOTE:
If you are not using a name server, or if you do not want to use the
actual Proxy Agent name, you also need to specify the IP address of
the Proxy Agent in the Selection Name field. See your platform
documentation for more information.
7. In the Behavior panel, click on Execute to make the PBX object
executable.
Result: The Application Action list box is added to the Add Object window.
This list box contains a list of executable applications.
8. Select the application DEFINITY G3:Telnet to G3 Proxy. (You may
need to scroll through the list.)
9. Select OK, located at the bottom of the window.
Result: The system returns to the Pallet window.
10. Repeat steps 4 through 9 for each additional Proxy Agent.
11. On the Pallet window, select OK.
Result: The system closes the Pallet window and returns to the network
map to which you added the icon.

Configuring Proxy Agent Objects
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Configuring Proxy Agent Objects
A G3 Proxy object cannot receive any data until it is configured appropriately. To
create the appropriate configuration, complete the following steps.Start on the
network map that displays after you finished the preceding procedure.
1. Select Options from the menu bar at the top of the map.
Result: The system opens the Options pull-down menu.
2. Select SNMP Configuration from the Options pull-down menu.
Result: The system opens the SNMP Configuration window. Existing
nodes are listed at the top of the window.
3. Turn off the “Use Proxy to access Target” button.
4. Move the cursor to the Target field and enter the Proxy Agent’s name.
NOTE:
The name you enter in the Target field must match the name you
entered in the following fields. These names must be spelled and
capitalized exactly the same.
■The Selection Name field in step 6 of the previous
procedure, Adding Proxy Agent Icons
■The Proxy field described in Chapter 3 of your installation
guide.
5. Move the cursor to the Community field and enter the community string for
the Proxy Agent (usually public).
6. Enter a Set Community, which is usually the same value as the Community.
7. Complete the other fields as normal. We suggest you use the following
values:
8. Select the Add button.
9. Select the OK button.
Timeout 0.8
Retry 3
Port (none)
Polling 5m

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The following table is an example of the parameters completed for a Proxy
Agent:
Field Parameter Comments
Proxy - Not used
Target The Proxy
Agentname or
IP address
■If your network has a name
server, use the Proxy Agent
name that you entered in the
Label field.
■If your network does not have
a name server or if you do not
want to use the Proxy Agent’s
actual name, use the IP
address as it displays in the
Selection Name field.
Community public
Set Community public
Timeout 0.8
Retry Count 3
Remote Port - Not used
Status Polling 5m