VoIP Availability Manager configuration tasks

Configuring VoIP Availability Manager consists of the following tasks:

• Add IP Availability Manager in the domain.conf file as a source from which VoIP Availability Manager imports topology and status updates (mandatory).

• Add VoIP Performance Manager in the domain.conf file as a source from which VoIP Availability Manager imports topology and status updates (optional).

• Enable SNMP trap reception so that traps issued by Avaya, Cisco, or Nortel devices can be received and processed by VoIP Availability Manager (optional if managed environment contains Avaya, Cisco, or Nortel devices).

• Configure SNMP trap integration to distribute Avaya, Cisco, or Nortel traps to VoIP Availability Manager (mandatory if managed environment contains Avaya, Cisco, or Nortel devices).

• Specify access credentials using the Polling and Thresholds Console for client tools, Cisco Call Managers, and Nortel devices (mandatory for client tools and if the managed environment contains Nortel devices or Cisco Call Managers).

• Customize SNMP polling (optional).

  Chapter 2, Setting Configuration Parameters, Chapter 6, Configuring the SNMP Trap Integration, Chapter 8, Configuring Polling Groups, and Chapter 10, Creating Credential Sets, provide the procedures for performing these tasks.