Thanks, Steve's messages advises this as well, Thanks to all.

>>> "Whitehead, Neil" <whitern AT RBOS.CO DOT UK> 05/18 4:33 PM >>>
Todd,

One solution that does not involve writing rule sets and will keep the the
map colours relatively useful. (well it worked for me!)

1) Define and discover a loopback address on all your routers.
2) Unmanage and hide (from all maps) the BRI interfaces on your branch
routers.

The effect of this will be that when the Serial line dies, the Serial0
interface will be marked as down, but the Loopback interface will still be
reachable so will stay green. Your router object will turn yellow - Viola !!
One marginal router marked as "marginal". When the serail line is restored
to service everything will turn green again.



Neil Whitehead (x22808)
IT Services (Telecoms)
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Tel: 0131-523 2808
Mobile:07803 501793
e-mail: whitern AT rbos.co DOT uk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd E. Lewis [SMTP:telewis AT PROVIDENTBANKMD DOT COM] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 5:03 PM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu 
> Subject:      Re: Ruleset for Netview NT 5.1.1
>
>
> *** Warning : this message originates from the Internet ****
>
> I guess what I mean is: when the 56kb line drops (thus turning the serial
> interface red) the BRIO port should turn from red to green. Right now
> netview is telling all the time that my BRIO ports are down when in fact
> they should be down unless the 56kb link dies. Maybe the ruleset needs to
> written in TEC. I'm not sure. I hope this is a little clearer.
>
> >>> James Shanks <James_Shanks AT TIVOLI DOT COM> 05/18 12:23 PM >>>
> Todd -
>
> Please elaborate more on what you are trying to accomplish.
>
> (1) What is your ruleset supposed to do?   The scenario is not obvious to
> me.
>
> (2) How do you propose to write the ruleset when there is no ruleset
> editor
> on NT?
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
>
>
> "Todd E. Lewis" <telewis AT PROVIDENTBANKMD DOT COM> on 05/18/99 11:44:42 AM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on
>       NetView <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
>
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU 
> cc:    (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:  Ruleset for Netview NT 5.1.1
>
>
>
>
>
> We have cisco 2503 routers deployed in all of our bank branches. There's
> to
> serial ports and one BRIO (ISDN Dial-up port).
>
> The serial port connects to a 56kb frame relay link. So a normal status of
> the router should show serial port up and BRIO down. When the 56kb link
> goes down the BRIO should dial-up to get the branch back online.
>
> I need help with writing a rule set that will cover the above scenerio.
> Any
> help would be much appreciated, since I'm very green at writing rule sets.


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