User guide

Installing and Using Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM LogToFile

2.3.0.0 Technology Pack

Installing and Using Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM LogToFile 2.3.0.0 Technology Pack

describes how to install and configure the various components such as:

v IBM InfoSphere Information Server

v IBM InfoSphere Information Client

v Apache ActiveMQ

Apart from these installations, this guide also talks about the following topics:

v Job related tasks

v The devices and technologies that operate in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM

LogToFile 2.3.0.0 Technology Pack environment.

Intended audience

The audiences are the network administration engineers at IBM customer sites who

install, configure, and use the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM LogToFile 2.3.0.0

Technology Pack as part of their installation.

To install and use the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM LogToFile 2.3.0.0 Technology Pack,

you must have a working knowledge of the following subjects:

v Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager DataMart

v Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager administration

v Internet Protocol networks

v Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Wireline Technology Pack

The audiences must also be familiar with the specific technology that the

Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM LogToFile 2.3.0.0 Technology Pack deals with.

Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager - Wireline Component

IBM

Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager consists of a wireline component

(formerly Netcool/Proviso) and a wireless component (formerly Tivoli

Netcool

Performance Manager for Wireless).

Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager - Wireline Component consists of the

following subcomponents:

v DataMart is a set of management, configuration, and troubleshooting GUIs. The

Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager System Administrator uses the GUIs to

define policies and configuration, and to verify and troubleshoot operations.

v DataLoad provides flexible, distributed data collection and data import of SNMP

and non-SNMP data to a centralized database.

v DataChannel aggregates the data collected through Tivoli Netcool Performance

Manager DataLoad for use by the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager

DataView reporting functions. It also processes online calculations and detects

real-time threshold violations.

v DataView is a reliable application server for on-demand, web-based network

reports.