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JP1 Version 11 JP1/Network Node Manager i Setup Guide


Summary of amendments

■ The following table lists changes in this manual (3021-3-A72-20(E)) and product changes related to this manual.

Changes

Location

Descriptions of how the installation script behaves and how to handle the behavior were added as items to check before installing NNMi on an NNMi management server.

Table 1‒1

The unzip command was added as a command required to install NNMi on a Linux server.

Table 1‒1, 1.5.4

In Configuring communications, the following description was changed:

  • Configuring an SNMP proxy

5.3.1

A procedure for using the TLSv1 cryptographic protocol in an environment where a new installation of NNMi 11-50 was performed was added.

5.3.3(3)

In Working with Certificates for NNMi, descriptions were changed to include the use of certificate repositories in the PKCS #12 format and the JKS format. The following descriptions were deleted accordingly:

  • Configuring the application failover feature to use CA certificates

  • Configuring the global network management feature to use a Certificate Authority

10

Certificate repositories in the PKCS #12 format are now supported, and descriptions were added or changed accordingly.

10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 18.3.1, 18.3.2

In Working with Certificates for NNMi, descriptions were changed to include the use of certificate repositories in the JKS format. In addition, the commands to be run were changed in the following topics:

  • Generating a Self-Signed Certificate

  • Generating a CA-Signed Certificate

  • Configuring application failover to use self-signed certificates

  • Configuring an HA cluster to use a new certificate

  • Configuring an SSL connection to the directory service

10.4, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5(2), 10.4.7

The file nms-auth-config.xml was added as an LDAP configuration file. Accordingly, the related descriptions were added, and the description of the existing LDAP configuration file ldap.properties was changed.

12.1, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.8, 12.4.4, 12.4.5(1), 12.7

The following descriptions were deleted from Task 3: Configure user access from the directory service and Task 5: (Configuring for the external mode only) Configure group retrieval from the directory service:

  • Simple approach for Microsoft Active Directory

  • Simple approach for other directory services

12.2.3, 12.2.5

A note about a message that can be ignored in mixed mode when settings are specified for the LDAP configuration file was added.

12.2.4, 12.6

A command to be run when the value of the defaultRole parameter is changed was added.

12.2.9

The following descriptions were deleted from User identification.

  • Configuring NNMi user access from the directory service (detailed approach)

  • Determining how the directory service identifies a user (LDAP browser approach)

  • Determining how the directory service identifies a user (Web browser approach)

12.4.4

A procedure for switching the LDAP configuration file from the file ldap.properties to the file nms-auth-config.xml was added.

12.8

In the subsection Initial preparation (in Global Network Management,), the description for configuring certificates was changed. In addition, the following description was added:

  • NNMi management servers upgraded to the version 11-50

15.4.2(2)

A description of HTTP access to NNMi was added.

18.2.1

A procedure for performing a restoration in an NNMi failover environment on a different set of servers was added. In addition, notes were added regarding the backups that are necessary when performing such a restoration.

18.7.3(1), 18.7.3(3)

In Configuring NNMi in a High Availability Cluster, the following descriptions were changed:

  • Changing virtual IP addresses

  • Renaming physical hosts

  • Unconfiguring NNMi from an HA cluster

  • Unconfiguring NNMi on the passive cluster node

  • Unconfiguring NNMi on the active cluster node

19.6.2(2)(b), 19.6.2(2)(c), 19.7, 19.7.2, 19.7.3

In Maintaining NNMi, the following descriptions were changed:

  • Configuring communication settings

  • Configuring NNMi to require encryption for remote access

21.4, 21.18

The description of specifying a file path on the Windows NNMi management server was changed.

21.8.1

In Administering SNMP traps, the following description was added:

  • Block SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c Traps

21.8.2

In the subsections that describe enabling the auto-trim oldest SNMP trap incidents feature (in Maintaining NNMi), the values used in the description were changed.

21.21.1, 21.21.2

In the subsection Configuring physical sensor status, the text to be added to the property file was changed in the following topics:

  • Propagating physical sensor status to a physical component

  • Configuring physical sensor status to not propagate to the physical component

  • Overriding physical sensor status values

21.28.1(1), 21.28.1(2), 21.28.1(3)

In NNMi Security, the following description was changed:

  • Configure TLS Protocols

23.3

A description in Upgrading from NNMi Version 9, 10, or 11, was changed to explain how to upgrade to version 11-50. In addition, procedures to be performed after upgrading to version 11-50 were added to the following topics:

  • Global network management upgrade steps

  • Upgrading to NNMi 11-50 configured for application failover

24.1.1, 24.1.2, 24.2, 24.3, 24.3.1, 24.3.2, 24.4, 24.4.1

Chapter 29. RESTfulAPI was added to Part 8: Integration with NNMi.

29

Descriptions were added for the environment variables %jdkdir% and $jdkdir.

C.1

In addition to the above changes, minor editorial corrections were made.