Integration overview
The
integration of with involves two areas of functionality:
- The processing of performance data by . traps carry performance-oriented data and serve as points of integration between and .
- The launching ofGlobal Consoleclient tools for a selected topology object or a selected notification to open a web interface that loads a drill-down display relevant to the selected object. The drill-down display contains a collection of performance metrics associated with the object.For integration to occur, you need to satisfy the following prerequisites:
- The is installed.
- is configured.
- The integration is configured, as described in Chapter 3, “Configuring VoIP Performance Manager Integration.”
- discovery is completed and that discovered .For the first functionality, performance metrics are sent in the form of traps to . uses the performance data to update performance-related attributes in classes of the data model.“Performance-related objects and attributes” on page 26describes the classes that are updated.VMware predefines the traps and generates them periodically—every four minutes by default. Each predefined trap is given a name that identifies the category, or view, of the collected performance metrics contained in the trap. The periodic receiving of performance metrics enriches the topology. Together, the enhanced data model and the periodic updates of performance data, enable to generate performance-related events.For the second functionality,Global Consoleusers access drill-down displays associated with the topology and notifications. This allowsGlobal Consoleusers to troubleshoot alarms which involve specific topology objects and selected notifications. “VoIP client tools” on page 29 describes how client tools interact and the client tools that are available.