IBM Tivoli
Netcool/Precision TN 5.4 Fundamentals
Course reference: TN13GB
Course Summary:
| Format: | Classroom |
| Duration: | 2.0 Day(s) |
| Price: | 800.00 GBP plus VAT, 940.00 GBP incl VAT |
The IBM Tivoli Netcool/Precision for Telecommunications Networks 5.4 Fundamentals course is designed for the system administrator responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the Netcool/Precision Telecommunications Networks product.
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The course provides an understanding of the key product processes, including the integration with the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus product. After covering a basic overview of product components and their associated functionality, students install and configure the Netcool/Precision TN product. The latter half of the course demonstrates how to modify default discovery characteristics and customize the Network Pilot for reporting and topology viewing.
Audience
Pre-sales engineers, system integrators, value added resellers (VARs) and system administrators of Netcool/Precision TN, who will be required to install, configure and maintain Netcool/Precision TN.
Prerequisites
Students must have a system administrator level understanding of UNIX and the Unix Editor, including knowledge of network management. Each candidate must have a practical understanding of UNIX at system administration level with the ability to:
- Understand network management, including SNMP and TCP/IP, routing, switching and network management systems
- Determine the cause of a software problem, and create a work around or fix the problem
- Work with basic scripting techniques
- Understand basic telecommunications networking, such as DWDM, SONET/SDH, ATM, and DSL
- Attendance of the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Administration and Configuration course is mandatory
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, each student gains an understanding of the advanced administration and configuration options available within Netcool/Precision TN. Practical experience is gained throughout the course. Students learn:
- How to Install Netcool/Precision, including licensing
- That Netcool/Precision TN integrates and sends alerts to the Netcool OMNIbus ObjectServer
- How to use Network Pilot
- How to discover a network
- How to use visualization to view discovered devices and view associated alarms
- Further advanced features
Contents:
Product overview and case study
- Product architecture and technology
- Installation
- Using the supplied demonstration network
- Using Network Pilot
- Network element discovery
- Advanced configuration