Specifications

152 Implementing IBM System Networking 10Gb Ethernet Switches
Tivoli Network Manager can display network events, perform root-cause analysis of network
events, and enrich network events with topology and other network data. Tivoli Network
Manager integrates with other IBM products, such as IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager,
Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager, and IBM Systems Director.
Using Tivoli Network Manager, you can perform the following tasks:
򐂰 Manage complex networks.
򐂰 View the network in multiple ways.
򐂰 Apply ready-to-use device and interface polling capabilities.
򐂰 Use built-in root-cause analysis capabilities.
򐂰 Troubleshoot network problems using right-click tools.
򐂰 Generate richer network visualization and event data.
򐂰 Discover increasingly bigger networks.
򐂰 Run reports to retrieve essential network data.
򐂰 Build custom multi-portlet pages.
Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager
Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager provides configuration management support for
network devices, including extensive configuration policy thresholding capabilities.
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
The Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus software collects and manages network event information, and
delivers real-time, centralized monitoring of complex networks and IT domains.
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus tracks alert information in a high-performance, in-memory database,
and presents information of interest to specific users through filters and views that can be
configured individually. Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus has automation functions that can perform
intelligent processing on managed alerts.
4.5.2 IBM System Networking Element Manager solution requirements
IBM System Networking Element Manager V6.1 is a software product that is distributed as a
virtual appliance. A virtual software appliance requires a hypervisor to enable it to execute.
SNEM V6.1 supports the following hypervisors:
򐂰 Linux Kernal-based virtual machine (KVM)
򐂰 VMware ESX/ESXi
Both KVM and ESX are hypervisors that support SNEM V6.1 as a virtual software appliance.
Installation of the ESX version and KVM are independent and mutually exclusive and you
must choose the version based on the type of hypervisor you are using.
More information
For more information about the SNEM, see the following resources:
򐂰 IBM SNEM 6.1 Solution Getting Started Guide:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T7000471&aid=1
򐂰 IBM SNEM 6.1 User Guide:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T7000473&aid=1
򐂰 IBM SNEM 6.1 Release Notes Changes:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T7000474&aid=1