1. OVERVIEW › 1.4 Files Overview

1.4 Files Overview

CA MICS Network Analyzer Option supports data from the
following commercially available network monitor products:

o CA NetSpy Network Performance

o CA NetMaster Network Management for SNA
  - Network Tracking System (NTS)
  - Network Error Warning System (NEWS)

o IBM TCP/IP for z/OS

o Tivoli NetView Performance Monitor (NPM)

o Tivoli NetView Session Monitor (NLDM)

o Tivoli NetView Hardware Monitor (NPDA)

Information from these products is grouped into three
information areas:

o The NVS Information Area contains information about
  NetView sessions in the following files:

  NVSLSY - NLDM System (PLU) Activity File
  NVSNLL - NLDM Link Activity File
  NVSNSA - NLDM Session Accounting File
  NVSNSC - NLDM Session Connectivity File
  NVSRTE - NLDM Route File
  NVSRTM - NLDM Response Time File
  NVSVBF - NLDM VTAM Bind Failure File

  For file descriptions, see chapter 5.

o The SNT Information Area contains information about
  networks in the following files:

  SNTCAF - Network Components Activity File
  SNTGAF - NPDA Generic Alert File
  SNTLNF - NPDA LAN File
  SNTNAC - NCP Network Accounting File
  SNTNAF - NCP Activity File
  SNTNCL - NCP Link File
  SNTNEF - NPDA Event File
  SNTNIN - Network Incident File
  SNTNLP - NCP Line Processor Activity File
  SNTNPL - NPM Link Activity File
  SNTNSF - NPDA Statistical File
  SNTNSP - CA NetSpy Application PLU File
  SNTNSS - CA NetSpy Terminal SLU File
  SNTNSV - NLDM Service File
  SNTNTS - Telnet Server Entry File
  SNTNVR - CA NetSpy Virtual Route Activity File
  SNTPSU - NPM User Activity File
  SNTPSY - NPM System (PLU) Activity File
  SNTTCS - Stack Entry File

  For file descriptions, see chapter 5.


o The TCP Information Area contains information about IBM's
  TCP/IP services in the following files:

  TCPSTN - Telnet Server File
  TCPCTN - Telnet Client File
  TCPFSF - FTP Server File
  TCPFCF - FTP Client File
  TCPFLF - FTP Login Failure File
  TCPAPI - API Calls for Sockets File
  TCPIPX - IP Statistics File
  TCPICX - ICMP Statistics File
  TCPTCI - TCP Statistics File
  TCPUDI - UDP Statistics File

  For file descriptions, see chapter 5.

Figure 1-2 illustrates the relationship between data sources
and files.

+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Data   |                                                  |
| Source | CA MICS Network Analyzer Files                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| CA     | SNTCAF, SNTNAC, SNTNAF, SNTNCL, SNTNIN, SNTNSP,  |
| NetSpy | SNTNSS, SNTNVR, SNTNTS, SNTTCS                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| NPM    | SNTCAF, SNTNAC, SNTNAF, SNTNCL, SNTNIN, SNTNPL,  |
|        | SNTPSU, SNTPSY                                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| NLDM   | NVSLSY, NVSNLL, NVSNSC, NVSNSA, NVSRTE, NVSRTM,  |
|        | NVSVBF, SNTNSV                                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| NPDA   | SNTGAF, SNTLNF, SNTNEF, SNTNSF                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| NTS    | NVSLSY, NVSNLL, NVSNSA, NVSNSC, NVSRTE, NVSRTM,  |
|        | NVSVBF, SNTNSV                                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| NEWS   | SNTNEF, SNTNSF                                   |
|--------+--------------------------------------------------|
| TCP    | TCPSTN, TCPCTN, TCPFSF, TCPFCF, TCPFLF, TCPAPI,  |
|        | TCPIPX, TCPICX, TCPTCI, TCPUDI                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+

 Figure 1-2. Data Sources and Files