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Tivoli Network Manager

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ITNM to support Layer 2 connection on Huawei Integrated Access (MSAN) devices

we need to get Layer 2 connectivity for device 'Huawei Integrated Access (MSAN) MA5600 device' with OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2011.2.80.8 so that it will be supported in ITNM as per case TS001982826, where support confirmed that the layer 2 connection is no...
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Preserve comments in ITNM's config files

When saving changing to a configuration file via the Discovery Configuration GUI, custom comments within the header of the document are lost.
almost 9 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Limit NCIM Connectionpool in DASH

When having ITNM integrated into DASH, we can see quite a lot of connections going from the DASH server to the database. This is due to the connection pool being for the ITNM GUIs to connect to the database. We'd like to have an option to limit th...
about 6 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

ITNM 3.9 Path-Tool should show/use all information available

ITNM 3.9 Path-Tool : Use all available information (L2, L3, routing information (costs, type, ..) in PathView + HopView
about 10 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 4 Not under consideration

Check Java version in prerequisite scanner

We recently updated one of our customers to ITNM FixPack 10. During preparation for the change, we checked the system requirements using the prerequisite scanner. Unfortunately, the prereq checker doesn't seem to check for the java version require...
about 4 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 3 Not under consideration

ITNM and ITNCM support for Cisco viptela devices

As we are moving our branches to SDWAN devices, we are looking for ITNM and ITNCM support Cisco Viptela devices
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

discovery and Ping polling to VRF interface with HSRP on Nexus

We need to be able to discover and ping polling to the IP addresses on physical interfaces on HSRP with VRF environment on Nexus. When ITNM discover HSRP with VRF's between 2 devices, ITNM sometimes defined the physical or virtual IP address as a ...
over 7 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

Upgrade of JBoss to RHEL supported version

When scanning vulnereability of our application server(s), we've noticed that JBoss 4.x is no longer supported by Red Hat, which caused vulnerability flags. We've been informed that JBoss itself is tightly integrated with TNPMW application, so upg...
over 3 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

ITNM regexpmatch

The eval code REGEXPMATCH in ITNM polling needs to work the same as stitchers. The code example below will never match - ** disregard and typos - the REGEXPMATCH eval statement does not work.
almost 7 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 2 Not under consideration

add support for non-LACP link aggregation

For device discovery when CDP and LLDP are disabled, add support for non-LACP link aggregation. in order to obtain all required link-layer data like link aggregation membership data obtained at Layer 2
about 1 year ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Not under consideration