User Manual

ADCP-75-192 • Issue D • October 2005 • Section 3: Network and System Installation and Setup
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9.5 Using a Third Party Network Management System with Digivance CXD
Digivance CXD control and monitoring is executed via Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP). As such, any Network Management System (NMS) based on SNMP will be
compatible with the Digivance CXD system. However, not all NMS products are the same.
While it is up to the operator to determine which NMS is right for their needs, it is
recommended that the chosen NMS will have the following features:
• Auto-polling
• The NMS must regularly poll all nodes for MIB entry updates.
• The NMS must regularly search for new nodes on its network.
• Graphical User Interface for data display and manipulation
• At a minimum, a MIB browser capable of SNMP level 2 sets and gets, coupled with a
node map generator, would suffice.
• Ability to output poll data to a database for customizable GUI operations such as user
accounts and data sorting is strongly recommended.
• Trouble ticket generation
• The Digivance CXD system outputs a wealth of raw event information. It is up to the
NMS to determine what alarms are generated, and how to dispatch resources to rectify
the situation. For a complete list of Digivance CXD faults, see Chapter 6 of this
document.
• E-mail, pager, and cell phone notification methods are recommended for a user-
defined subset of fault conditions.
• Scheduling tables are a plus for those operators who are not on call 24 hours a day.
10 CONFIGURING THE HUBMASTER NODE
A correctly configured Hub Master Node is the key to an operational Digivance CXD network.
To simplify this task, the Digivance CXD system software includes the configure-hubmaster
script. The use of this script is described in Section 10.1. In addition to the common node tasks
throughout this document, the Hub Master has the following responsibilities:
• Network Timing Protocol Daemon (/usr/sbin/ntpd), synchronous with GPS input.
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server (/usr/sbin/dhcpd3).
• Domain Name Server (/usr/sbin/named).
• Node IP Receiver/Sender (/usr/sbin/niprs) server-side properties discussed in Section
9.2.
• Digivance CXD Tenant processing (/usr/bin/tenantscan and /usr/bin/tenant).