1. 1April 2002 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2022, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. May 2002 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Version 2.0

2. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 2 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Definition Notification Engine is an offering in the Cisco Networking Services portfolio of products, addressing fault management capability focusing on detection, diagnosis and resolution of network faults. Enables flexibility and standardization in higher-level network management systems. Simple to integrate tools in Notification Engine enable faster detection, diagnostics and resolution of network faults. –

3. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 3 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Value Proposition Benefit of syslog information in XML or SNMP formats Action/response table for lowered MTTR Consolidation of devices to single MIB Distributed processing at device level Proactive device management via heartbeat

4. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 4 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Feature Highlights Additional support for: –AS 5xxx –ESR 10000 with NRP, OSR 7600 –CatOS messages –Sun Solaris messages Additional functionality: –De-duplication of repeat events –Correlation of cyclic notifications i.e. flapping –“Clear” alarms with auto-sense aging timer –Action/response key: explanation and recommendation index on select messages –Publish messages to the Cisco Networking Services Integration Bus –Publish messages to a Tibco bus

5. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 5 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Legacy Feature Highlights Support: –Integration with Cisco Info Center environment –Support of RPM with Cisco Wan Manager –Support for SNMP v1 & v2c Functionality: –Fail-over to backup host –RTM proxy for reliable transport of SNMP –Self-health monitoring and notifications –Device heartbeat and unreachable notifications –Message suppression, severity override and selective trap suppression –Node administration GUI

6. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 6 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 1.01.51.5.12.0 Release Platforms CATOS ESR10000 OSR7600 75xx GSR12000 4500 75xx GSR12000 4500 3660/3810 6000 MGX/RPM 75xx GSR12000 4500 3660/3810 6000 AS5000 MGX/RPM 75xx GSR12000 4500 3660/3810 6000 AS5000 MGX/RPM Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine IOS Platforms Supported

7. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 7 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Architecture SNMP Northbound Syslog Daemon Cisco Notification Engine Server OSS App(1) OSS App(2) OSS App(…) OSS App(16) RTM Proxy

8. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 8 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Architecture CNS Integration Bus Northbound Cisco Networking Services Server OSS App(n) Cisco Networking Services Integration Bus Cisco Networking Services Daemon Syslog Daemon

9. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 9 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Architecture Process Diagram Syslog Pipe SNMP Notification Generator RTM Proxy SNMP Agent De-duplication and correlation Health Monitor Nodeinfo.dat sys.log nsys.log trap.db* Cisco Networking Services Publish DNS Syslog MessagesSNMP NotificationsXML Alarms *db is for debug

10. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 De-duplication and correlation Message Receiver Frequency Sensor Processed Notification Generator Syslog Messages SNMP or XML Alarms Name/value association Signature Generation P rate Patrol 4 Patrol 3 Patrol 2 Patrol Threads Patrol 1 Patrol 4 Patrol 3 Patrol 2 Patrol Storage Queue Patrol 1 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Architecture Adaptive Compression

11. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Architecture Cisco Info Center (CIC) Integration Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine Cisco Device Events Other Syslog Events Reliable traps RTM Proxy RTTRAPDRTTRAPD CiscoInfoCenter Rules Views

12. © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 © 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine System Requirements Cisco Networking Services Notification Engine 2.x: –Hardware: Netra 20 512Mb Memory* 30G HD* –Software: Sun Solaris 2.7, or 8 *Standard Netra configuration is equipped with more then required

13. 13 Presentation_ID © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.