Using the Virtual Machine on IBM Network Performance Insight 1.2.

3 for
Demos

Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2

Intended Audience ................................................................................................................................ 2

List of software ............................................................................................................................................. 2

Supported web browsers .............................................................................................................................. 3

Getting started with Network Performance Insight Dashboards ................................................................. 3

Starting the Virtual Machine (VM) ............................................................................................................ 3

Starting Jazz for Service Management application server ........................................................................ 4

Access the Ambari server dashboard........................................................................................................ 5

Logging in to the Dashboard Application Services Hub portal ................................................................. 6

Sample Use cases and its data ...................................................................................................................... 7

Use case 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Use case 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 10

Additional Recorded Data ....................................................................................................................... 12

Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 13

Complete Shut down .......................................................................................................................... 13

Related links ........................................................................................................................................ 13

This guide provides you with the information on how to use the NPI demo virtual
machine for NPI 1.2.3.

Introduction
IBM Network Performance Insight (NPI) 1.2.3 Demo Virtual Machine (VM) enables
you to conduct quick demos.

This VM includes a data playback file that has pre-recorded data. You can
immediately consume this data when you access the VM.

You do not need to configure data flow and collection separately to show the NPI
dashboards.

Intended Audience
This document is intended for IBM Tech Sellers and/or Business Partners who want
to show the capabilities of NPI Visualization to potential Network Performance
Insight (NPI) customers.

List of software

The following software are made available in the demo environment

▪ IBM® Network Performance Insight® 1.2.3 GA version

▪ IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.9
▪ IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition Version 7.0.9.30
▪ Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere 8.5 Version
1.1.2.1
▪ IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub Version 3.1.3.0
Supported web browsers

Web browsers Version

Internet Explorer 10
11

Mozilla Firefox 38
ESR 45
52

Google Chrome Latest version within 90 days of release

Getting started with Network Performance Insight Dashboards

This topic provides instructions and general information on how to use the NPI®
Dashboards that render network performance data from the NPI demo virtual
machine.

Network Performance Insight Dashboards are federated on Dashboard Application

Services Hub portal.

Starting the Virtual Machine (VM)

1. Startup the VM.

2. Once the VM is up, click ‘Not listed?’ option and login as root user.

For example, login as:

Username: root
Password: root!@#
Starting Jazz for Service Management application server

1. From the desktop, right-click and select Open Terminal to open a new
terminal.
2. As root user, run startdash.sh script to start the JazzSM server.

# cd /root
# ./startdash.sh
Access the Ambari server dashboard

1. From the desktop, click the Ambari shortcut icon .

This will launch the Ambari administration interface from the browser.
2. Access the Ambari server dashboard by using the following credentials.
The default user name is admin, and the default password is admin.
3. Click Actions > Start All from the Ambari web interface.
4. Click Confirm Start to start all the services.
5. From the prompt, click OK, once all services are started.

NOTE: You must wait for all services to start before proceeding to the next
step.
Logging in to the Dashboard Application Services Hub portal

1. From the desktop, click Applications and select Firefox Web Browser.

2. Access the following Jazz™ for Service Management UI and reporting

server URL:

https://l123vm.persistent.co.in:16311/ibm/console/logon.jsp

3. Log in to Dashboard Application Services Hub portal by using the

username npiadmin, and the password is netcool.
The Dashboard Application Services Hub Welcome page opens.

4. Click Console Integrations icon ( ) in the navigation bar and select

Dashboards under Performance.

The page loads with the menu bar to navigate to different Network
Performance Insight Dashboards.
You will be able to navigate through the NPI 1.2.3 Dashboard and reports.
Sample Use cases and its data
Network Performance Insight® offers different advantages for network operators,
users, and administrators. The way to get started with Network Performance
Insight depends on the type of data you want to collect and your deployment.

Use this information as a guideline to understand the following use cases given as
an example and its relevant data that is populated accordingly.

NOTE: Please note that data is available for selected combinations.

Use case 1
Use case 2
Additional Recorded Data

Data is also available on the following selected reports options.

▪ On Demand Filtering > Flow

▪ NetFlow Reports

For most of the NetFlow reports, data is available for device:

10.55.239.53: Interface Fa0/0:Direction:inbound combination

Reference
Complete Shut down
If you plan to reuse the VM session, use the Shut down option on the Power Off
VM button to avoid data corruption.
.

Related links
▪ IBM Network Performance Insight 1.2.3 Monitoring networks

▪ IBM Network Performance Insight, Version 1.2.3 documentation