Edge Documentation

Third Party Data Adapters provide some pre-configured options for loading data from certain popular data sources. This page details the options available for each of the Third Party Data Adapters.

HP NNMi

The HP NNMi adapter retrieves information about nodes and incidents from the HP Network Node Manager (NNMi) application.

Connecting with HP NNMi

Perform the following steps to configure an HP NNMi Data Adapter:

1. Log in to AppBoard as an administrator.
2. Select Data Sources to launch the Data Source Administration panel.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter the name of the Data Source.
5. Select the Third Party adapter type.
6. Select the HP NNMi adapter.
7. Click Add Data Source.
8. Enter the configuration items as detailed in the following table:

Name	Description
url	The url for accessing the HP NNMi application.
httpAuthUsername	The Username for accessing the HP NNMi application.
httpAuthPassword	The Password for accessing the HP NNMi application.
cacheTimeout	Time limit before re-loading results from the database.

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

The IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus adapter retrieves information from a Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus object server.

Connecting with IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

Perform the following steps to configure an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Data Adapter:

1. Log in to AppBoard as an administrator.
2. Select Data Sources to launch the Data Source Administration panel.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter the name of the Data Source.
5. Select the Third Party adapter type.
6. Select the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus adapter.
7. Click Add Data Source.
8. Select a template (database type) from the drop-down list provided.
9. Enter the configuration items as detailed in the following table:

Name	Description
driver
connectTimeout
timeout	Time to wait before timing out on connecting to the datasource.
cacheTimeout	Time limit before re-loading results from the database.
catalogName
schemaName
tableNameRegex	Regular expression specifying which tables you want returned from the server.
ansiMode
host	IP Address or DNS resolvable host name.
port	TCP port for the server connection. Default is 4100.
dbname	server name / database name.
url
username	Username credential used to connect
password	Password credential used to connect
poolsize	Number of connections to pool