13.6 Connecting a global manager with a regional manager

As mentioned earlier, suppose that regional1 and regional2 both manage several common switches, and that you want this common switch information forwarded to global1 from regional1.

To accomplish this, you must connect global1 to regional1 before connecting it to regional2. By using this connection sequence, global1 considers regional1 to be the NNMi management server monitoring these common switches. global1 also ignores information about these common switches that it receives from regional2.

Reference note

We recommend that you use this feature on a small scale to better understand how it works, then expand it to meet your network management needs.

To connect global1 first to regional1, then to regional2, complete the following steps:

1. As mentioned earlier, synchronize the NNMi management server clocks for global1, regional1, and regional2 before you connect these servers in a global network management configuration.

   For details, see Clock Synchronization Issues (SSO/Global Network Management) in NNMi Help.

   Reference note

   NNMi displays a warning message if there is a connection problem with a regional manager, such as a server clock synchronization issue.

2. Set up a connection from global1 to regional1.

   a. From the global1 NNMi console, click Global Network Management in the Configuration workspace.

   

   b. Click Regional Manager Connections.

   

   c. Click the New icon to create a new regional manager.

   

   d. Add name and description information for regional1.

   e. Click the Connection tab.

   f. Click the New icon.

   

   g. Add the connection information for regional1.

   Reference note

   For specific information about the entries that are made on this form, see Global Manager: Connect to a Regional Manager in NNMi Help.

   h. Click Save and Close two times to save your work.

   

3. Complete steps a through h to establish a connection from global1 to regional2.

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