DNM-NT/Windows 2000 4.0 Installation and Getting Started
1 Overview | | December 2001 |
Product Description | Page 18 |
DEFINITY | DNM provides you with graphical and tabular tools to monitor the status and performance |
Network | of a network of DEFINITY systems. | |
Management | The primary features of DNM include: | |
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•Graphical User Interface (GUI) -- The DNM main window contains a navigation tree that lists all the supported systems and displays a colored alert symbol that indicates highest exception level. You can expand the list to view all of the configuration components and specific alert symbols for each component.
aConfiguration -- You can view the configuration and administered properties of all supported systems (managed nodes) in both a graphic view and a table view.
bAdministration -- You define the system-wide parameters for the features below:
–Data collection -- You define the parameters for the data to be collected from each system, including the type of data, the schedule for collecting data, and the length of time to store the data.
–Exception logging -- You define the conditions to log exceptions for performance thresholds, faults, and system errors.
–Exception alerting -- You specify the alert levels for exceptions from each supported system. Alerts levels may include exceptions that are critical, major, minor, or warning. The alert level and location of the exception display in the main window as long as the exception exits.
