IBM 4.3-W User Manual

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Chapter 3:  Devices and Services
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Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack User’s Guide, Version 4.3-W
Pre-Requisites
This section describes the pre-requisites for the Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack.
SNMP Access
The Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack needs read access to SNMP agents of PSTN gateway, 
gatekeeper, and CallManager Server devices. Customers must provide a valid IP address and community name to 
access these devices.
UDP Port number 161 needs to be open in the remote firewalls.
CallManager servers, as well as Unity servers and other Cisco media servers running under the Microsoft 2000 
environment, can be configured with the following standard SNMP Extensions:
HOST-MIB
PERFMON-MIB (optional – perfmon counters)
SQL-MIB (optional – SQL Server and Database metrics)
EXCHANGE-MIB (optional – MS Exchange metrics)
DHCP-MIB (optional – Dhcp server metrics)
HTTP-MIB (optional – Http server metrics)
Cisco CallManager Configuration
To enable CDR and CMR collection from CCM and CUCM environments, some configuration parameters must 
be set using the CCM System Administrator. Configuration settings must be defined separately on every server 
in a cluster.
The following configuration service parameters control the generation of CDR records: 
cdrEnabled — Determines whether CDR records are generated. Default value: 
false
.
CdrLogCallsWithZeroDurationFlag — Enables logging of CDR records for calls that were never 
connected, or which lasted less than one second. This parameter must be enabled to allow data to be 
collected on short connections.
CallDiagnosticsEnabled — Determines whether CMR records are generated. Only IP phones and MGCP 
gateways support CMR records. Default value: 
false
.
MaxCdrRecords — Controls the maximum number of CDRs on the system. When this limit is exceeded, 
the oldest CDRs are automatically removed once a day, along with the related CMR records. Default value: 
1.5 million records.
The Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack never deletes records. IBM recommends 
retrieving CDRs every hour or every four hours. This polling interval permits the system administrator to 
decrease the maximum number of CDRs on the CallManager and to improve performance.