Graphical OpenNMS administration utilizes graphical metaphors for all configuration and maintenance tasks to reduce the time to learn and understand the product. Filters OpenNMS administration is rule based to reduce administration and maintenance of the platform. Configuration files are maintained and stored in XML format on the file system of the Master Station but are pushed to the Distributed Pollers as necessary. Configuration files are assembled into bundles called poller packages. These packages are assigned to specific distributed pollers to control how the distributed poller operates.
Packages are re-usable and allow for redundancy and ease of administration.
SCM uses the serviceconfig.xml file to determine the services to run, how to run them and dependencies between services. The Administrator tools are used to graphically manipulate the configuration files. One could edit the config files directly with editors or perl, but the admin tools are designed to be user friendly ways to configure the system. Discovery Discovery performs an advanced ICMP sweep of devices in a discovery range. Discovery is a threaded system allowing pools to pollers.