What You'll Learn

• Process topology and event information from any source
• Configure and customize the Service Assurance Manager Platform
• Use the Command line interface to process data from multiple sources
• Configure and run the SNMP Trap Receiver to process SNMP Traps
• Configure and run the EMC Smarts Syslog Adapter to process syslog messages
• Configure and run notification adapter to export information from an EMC Smarts Server

Course Outline

1. SNMP Trap Receiver

2. Advanced processing using a hook script

3. Activation

4. Simulation of traps using the sm_snmp command

5. Syslog Adapter

6. Configuration

7. Analyzing Syslog Adapter configuration file

8. Verifying security settings

9. Setting the location of the syslog file

10. Changing hook script parameters

11. Activation

12. Manual

13. Script

14. Notification Adapters

15. Notification Adapter processing

Labs

Labs reinforce the information you have been taught. The labs for this course include:

• Configure and start a Service Assurance manager Adapter Server
• Setting the sm_edit environment variable
• Configuring security
• Starting and configuring a SAM Adapter Platform
• Associating EMC Smarts Analysis Servers with the Adapter Platform
• Verifying topology and relationships
• Create and update notifications using the command line interface
• Creating and modifying notifications
• Creating new topology elements
• Setting and clearing event from multiple sources
• Setting event expirations
• Additional exercises
• Configure and run the SNMP Trap Receiver Modifying the Trap Receiver log file
• Starting the SNMP Trap Receiver
• Edit the trap configuration file
• Simulating a trap
• Creating custom SNMP traps
• Comparing third-party traps with EMC Smarts notifications
• Using an ASL hook script Modifying trap parameters
• Customizing user-defined fields
• Process syslog messages
• Reviewing the syslog file
• Configure and run Notification Adapters