Dell OpenManage Network Manager Quick Start Guide 5.2 - Page 14

Fault Management - Problem Diagnosis, Alarms

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1 Back up a single device's configuration that is nearest to the kind you would like to see generally. 2 Right-click this backed up file in the File Management portlet, and Promote it so it appears in the Image Repository portlet. 3 Right-click > Edit the promoted configuration in the Image Repository. 4 Name the file, and, if necessary, configure a filter In the General Parameters tab of the editor. 5 In the Configuration tab, locate the parameters you want to preserve in discovered devices when you restore this file. This can include items like the device's DNS Hostname, IP Address, and so on. Delete the file's specifics and double-click to insert the Target Params in place of these variables. 6 Save the configuration. 7 Right-click to deploy this configuration. 8 You can check Generate and save for configuration only if you simply want to configure deployment for later, and save for now. You can also optionally name a label for the deployed files. 9 Select the devices, or groups of devices to which you want to deploy. 10 Click Save, Execute or Add Schedule depending on your desired outcome. 11 If you click Execute, you will have to confirm this action. When Dell OpenManage Network Manager performs the restoration (deploy), it reads the Target Params from those discovered for each device, inserts those in the config file, then restores it, device by device, skipping any that do not pass the filter set up in step 4. Fault Management - Problem Diagnosis Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you diagnose network problems with its Alarms viewer, and lets you monitor performance with its Performance Management - Troubleshooting capabilities, as described below. The following briefly outlines these capabilities Alarms Alerts about network performance issues can include alarms about the following: • Excessive interface utilization • Unexpectedly high CPU load • Loss of available memory • Slow response time 12

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1
Back up a single device’s configuration that is nearest to the kind you would like to see
generally.
2
Right-click this backed up file in the File Management portlet, and
Promote
it so it appears in
the Image Repository portlet.
3
Right-click > Edit the promoted configuration in the Image Repository.
4
Name the file, and, if necessary, configure a filter In the
General Parameters
tab of the editor.
5
In the
Configuration
tab, locate the parameters you want to preserve in discovered devices
when you restore this file. This can include items like the device’s DNS Hostname, IP
Address, and so on. Delete the file’s specifics and double-click to insert the
Target Params
in
place of these variables.
6
Save the configuration.
7
Right-click to deploy this configuration.
8
You can check
Generate and save for configuration only
if you simply want to configure
deployment for later, and save for now. You can also optionally name a label for the deployed
files.
9
Select the devices, or groups of devices to which you want to deploy.
10
Click
Save, Execute
or
Add Schedule
depending on your desired outcome.
11
If you click
Execute
, you will have to confirm this action.
When Dell OpenManage Network Manager performs the restoration (deploy), it reads the
Target Params from those discovered for each device, inserts those in the config file, then
restores it, device by device, skipping any that do not pass the filter set up in step 4.
Fault Management - Problem Diagnosis
Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you diagnose network problems with its Alarms viewer,
and lets you monitor performance with its Performance Management - Troubleshooting
capabilities, as described below. The following briefly outlines these capabilities
Alarms
Alerts about network performance issues can include alarms about the following:
Excessive interface utilization
Unexpectedly high CPU load
Loss of available memory
Slow response time