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Table 2. MIBs to enable for SAM statistics classes (continued)
SAM statistics class MIB Object types
aosqos.QoSIngressPolicyStatsLogRecord ALCATEL-IND1-
QOS-MIB
alaQoSRuleEntry
equipment.CardHealthStatsLogRecord ALCATEL-IND1-
HEALTH-MIB
healthModuleEntry
Setting up ping tests
The SAM server enables SAM server administrators to run ping tests to receive
information about traffic latency and jitter.
The results from the tests can include SAM statistics such as round-trip time,
one-way trip time, jitter. These test results can be collected as metrics against OAM
Test object subelements representing the tests.
Note: This section describes one method of creating OAM (ping) tests. This
method uses the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Client GUI to set up the OAM test to
run periodically by using the scheduler on the SAM server. To run the OAM test
on the SAM server, you must set the NE schedulable setting to off. This is only one
method for running OAM tests and is provided for users who have no knowledge
about how to run OAM tests. In other methods for running OAM tests, the NE
schedulable setting can be set to on. In any method that is employed to run the
OAM tests, the period of the tests must be set to the same value as the period for
the metric requests. The default value is 15 minutes.
A SAM server administrator can create ping tests in two ways:
Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Client GUI
The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Client GUI allows a SAM server
administrator to set up a ping test, specifying the period of the test, the
type of test, and so on.
OSS requests
The SAM server administrator might also establish OSS requests that
creates ping tests on the SAM server.
Although the two methods are available, the Alcatel-Lucent SAM 5620 LogToFile
Technology Pack expects that a SAM server administrator manually set up ping
tests by using the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM Client GUI. For more information
about setting up these ping tests, see the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager
Release 7.0 User Guide.
To collect ping-related SAM statistics that are meaningful within Tivoli Netcool
Performance Manager, multiple consecutive data points must be collected for any
particular OAM Test object subelement. Thus, it is recommended that ping tests be
set up to run on a schedule that lasts for a significant duration (minimum three
hours).
This section summarizes the steps to follow. For more information, see the
Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager Release 7.0 User Guide.
v Create a test suite. Make sure the NE Schedulable option is selected and Test
Result Storage is set to Both Database and File
v Create one or more ping tests. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM LogToFile
Technology Pack supports several types of ping tests. Remember to select the
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