User guide

DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide, Release 2.0, 585-229-808
4 Performance Management Overview
Introduction
Issue 1
November 1998
Page 75
Introduction
As one of a collection of Business Communication System (BCS) management
applications, the Performance Management system enables you to monitor the
performance of the managed nodes (DEFINITY switch) in your DEFINITY system
using an industry standard SNMP-based Network Management System (NMS).
The system collects switch performance data, primarily usage peaks, from the
DEFINITY Proxy Agent through SNMP. Using Performance Management, you
can retrieve that performance data and generate various types of reports, which
can then be viewed on the screen in various formats or exported to other
applications.
Features Performance Management provides the following capabilities:
• Data collection
Where you specify the type of data, time of collection, and length of storage
for data to be collected from each managed node.
• Exception thresholds
Where you specify thresholds, or tolerance levels, for processor occupancy
and trunk group grade of service. When the thresholds are exceeded, a
performance alert appears on the screen.
• Performance reports
Where you can define what managed nodes and associated components
should be tracked, what the report output should look like, and whether the
report output should go to the screen, a printer, or a file.