Preface
xx Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack User’s Guide, Version 4.3-W
•Chapter 4, Element and Sub-Element Properties
Describes the properties that the Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack discovers during the inventory
process.
•Chapter 6, Sub-Element Grouping Rules
Describes the sub-element collection grouping rules and the NOC reporting grouping rules that the Cisco
IP Telephony Technology Pack defines.
•Chapter 5, Defined Resources
Provides information about the elements and sub-elements that the technology pack defines in the Proviso
database.
•Chapter 7, Collection Formulas
Provides information about the SNMP and bulk collection formulas included in the Cisco IP Telephony
Technology Pack.
•Chapter 8, Discovery Formulas
Provides information about the Discovery formulas that the Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack provides
for devices operating in the Cisco IP Telephony environment.
•Appendix A, Configuration
Describes how to configure the Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack.
•Appendix B, UBA Parameters Reference (443, Topology Editor)
Provides Unix reference pages for each of the pack-specific UBA parameters supplied with the XSD file for
the Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack.
•Appendix C, Template File Reference
Explains the edits (using a text editor) that need to be made to pack-specific UBA parameters delivered in
the pack’s template file.
The Netcool/Proviso Product Suite
Netcool/Proviso is made up of the following components:
•Netcool/Proviso DataMart is a set of management, configuration and troubleshooting GUIs that the
Netcool/Proviso System Administrator uses to define policies and configuration, as well as verify and
troubleshoot operations.
•Netcool/Proviso DataLoad provides flexible, distributed data collection and data import of SNMP and
non-SNMP data to a centralized database.
•Netcool/Proviso DataChannel aggregates the data collected through Netcool/Proviso DataLoad for use
by the Netcool/Proviso DataView reporting functions. It also processes on-line calculations and detects real-
time threshold violations.
•Netcool/Proviso DataView is a reliable application server for on-demand, web-based network reports.