Overview

Before installing the software and initializing the interface, ensure that the following activities have been performed:

  1. Configure the TCP/IP software to include a route to the Operations Sentinel server (see 2.2).

  2. Assign a TCP port number to the MCP host system interface software. You use this port number when setting up the services file on the Operations Sentinel server.

  3. Set up the hosts file on the Operations Sentinel server (see 2.3).

  4. Set up the services file on the Operations Sentinel server (see 2.4).

  5. Assign usercodes to be used by the interface software (see 2.5).

  6. Update the SP-AMS sample database supplied with Operations Sentinel to respond to site-specific messages (see 2.5.3).

  7. Define an Operations Sentinel configuration that contains the MCP host systems to be monitored. See the Operations Sentinel Administration and Configuration Guide for a description of how to use the Configuration application.