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Network Management System (NMS)

Add SHA-256 Authorization Protocol Support for SNMPv3 Trap v3 Receiver in IBM SevOne NMS

Currently, IBM SevOne Trap v3 Receiver supports only the following Authorization protocols: NONE (usmNoAuthProtocol) MD5 (usmHMACMD5AuthProtocol) SHA (usmHMACSHAAuthProtocol) The request is to enhance the Trap v3 Receiver configuration by adding...
4 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Planned for future release

HSA Addition Enhancement

While working on Physical to Virtual Migration, HSA vPAS20K(virtual aws peer) addition to primary server PAS20K (Physical) failed. Old physical servers having larger disc space therefore despite the both appliance has same model, HSA add fails. Th...
4 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Submitted

Add Maintenance Mode Status Visibility and Filtering in Device Manager

Currently, SevOne does not provide an easy way to identify devices that are actively in Maintenance Mode. We would like the ability to view and filter devices based on their Maintenance Mode status within Device Manager. Adding a Maintenance Mode ...
7 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Future consideration

The DNS Plugin needs to monitor DNS-related metrics in SevOne NMS

The DNS plugin needs to monitor the following DNS-related metrics in SevOne NMS: Delegation SOA synchronization DNSSEC validity RRSIG expiry
8 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Submitted

Enhanced Authentication method for Webhooks

We want a enhanced authentication method for webhooks for enterprise security. Specifically we are looking for support for auth beyond basic authentication such as OIDC support.  Some of the tools we operate will no longer support only b...
11 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Future consideration

Dynamic Alert Widget Filter Based on Webhook Configuration

We would like to request a new filtering capability in the Alert Widget that allows users to display alerts based on whether the associated policy has a webhook configured in its trigger or clear condition. Current Challenge In our environment, th...
18 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Submitted

Disable cloud-init on NMS OVA images.

The last certified SevOne NMS OVA version was 6.8.0. Since cloud-init was introduced, we have been unable to certify newer versions, including 7.0.1, 7.2.0, and 8.1.0. The cloud-init implementation prevented reliable VM network configuration durin...
19 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Under review

AP Channel, CPU, and Memory metrics for Aruba Standard AP

At present, though the indicators are available and enabled, they are not populating on Aruba AP ( in a controller --> AP deployment)
25 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Needs more information

Add a Dry-Run Mode for SevOne Upgrades

Introduce a --dry-run mode that executes the complete upgrade validation and pre-check workflow without modifying the system or starting the upgrade. The dry run should validate: Installer archive integrity and checksum Required files, permission...
26 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Is a defect

Upgrade Precheck Hardening: Detecting Corrupted Installers, Configuration Drift, and Container Image Failures Before Deployment

Problem During a recent SevOne upgrade, the installation failed because of multiple issues that were not detected before execution: Corrupted nms-installer.tar files on appliances Residual files from a previous 7.2.7 upgrade sshd_config incompati...
26 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Is a defect