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Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Statistics for single and multiple objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Viewing statistics as graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Telneting to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Trap log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Online Help . .
Contents 9 Graphing multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Interface tab for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 VLAN tab for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Graphing port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Chapter 7 RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Working with RMON information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Viewing statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Viewing history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figures Figure 1 Device Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Figure 2 Device Manager Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Figure 3 Open Device dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Figure 4 Device view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 5 Parts of the Device Manager window . .
Figures Figure 30 Edit Chassis dialog box — Fan tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Figure 31 Edit FileSystem dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Figure 32 Graph Chassis dialog box — Chassis SNMP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Figure 33 Graph Chassis dialog box — IP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Figure 34 Graph Chassis dialog box — ICMP In tab . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figures 13 Figure 65 RMONControl dialog box — Ether Stats tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Figure 66 RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Figure 67 RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Figure 68 How alarms fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Figure 69 Alarm example — threshold less than 260 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tables Table 1 Properties dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Table 2 SNMP community string default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table 3 Open Device dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Table 4 Menu bar commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table 5 Toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tables Table 30 ICMP Out tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Table 31 Interface tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Table 32 VLAN tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Table 33 STG tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Table 34 Interface tab fields for multiple ports . .
Preface Welcome to the Nortel Networks® Device Manager software, a set of graphical network management applications you can use to configure and manage the Nortel Networks Business Policy Switch 2000TM. This guide provides information about using the features and capabilities of the Java-based Device Manager graphical user interface (GUI) to perform network management operations for the switch. Note: This version of Device Manager supports Business Policy Switch software version 1.0.
Preface Related publications Refer to the following publications for information to help you develop your documentation: • • • Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 (part number 208700-A) Business Policy Switch 2000 Installation Instructions (part number 209319-A) Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software (part number 209321-A) These documents provide information about the Business Policy Switch including installation instructions and configuration settings.
Preface 19 How to get help If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Networks product from a distributor or authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance.
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Chapter 1 Device Manager basics This chapter describes basic procedures for using the Device Manager software.
Device Manager basics Note: On startup, Device Manager performs a DNS lookup for the machine on which it is running. If the DNS lookup is slow or fails, the initial Device Manager window may take up to 30 seconds to open. Figure 1 Device Manager window Setting the Device Manager properties Device Manager communicates with the Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Device Manager basics 23 Figure 2 Device Manager Properties dialog box 2 Type information and select check boxes. 3 Click OK. Table 1 describes the Properties dialog box items. Table 1 Properties dialog box items Area Item Description Polling Status Interval Interval at which status information is gathered (default is 300 seconds). For a full stack, set this interval to 60 seconds.
Device Manager basics Table 1 Properties dialog box items (continued) Area Item Description SNMP Retry Count Number of times Device Manager sends the same polling request if a response is not returned to Device Manager. You may want to set this field to three or four. Timeout Length of each retry of each polling waiting period. When you access the device through a slow link, you may want to increase the timeout interval and then change the Retransmission Strategy to superlinear.
Device Manager basics 25 To display the device view: 1 Do one of the following: • • • Choose Device > Open. Choose Device > Open Last, and select an IP address from the list. Click the folder icon in the Device Manager window. • Press [Ctrl] + O. The Open Device dialog box opens (Figure 3). Figure 3 Open Device dialog box Table 3 describes the Open Device dialog box fields.
Device Manager basics 3 In the Read Community and Write Community text boxes, type the proper community strings. Note: To gain Read-Write-All access to a device in Device Manager, you must enter the Read-Write-All community string for both the Read Community and Write Community strings. 4 Click Open. Device Manager automatically determines what version of software the selected device is running and displays the appropriate Device Manager dialog boxes.
Device Manager basics 27 Device Manager window The Device Manager window (Figure 5) has the following parts: • • • • Menu bar Toolbar Device view Status bar Figure 5 Parts of the Device Manager window enu bar Toolbar Device view Status bar Menu bar Use the menu bar to set up and operate Device Manager (Table 4). Table 4 Menu bar commands Command Description Device Opens the Open Device dialog box. Edit Opens edit dialog boxes for selected objects in the device view.
Device Manager basics Table 4 Menu bar commands (continued) Command Description Rmon Opens RMON configuration and monitoring dialog boxes. Actions Provides quick opening of a Telnet session without going through other dialog boxes. Help Opens online Help topics for Device Manager and provides a legend for the port colors in the device view. Toolbar The toolbar contains buttons that provide quick access to commonly used commands and some additional actions.
Device Manager basics 29 Table 5 Toolbar buttons (continued) Button Name Description Menu bar equivalent Telnet Opens a Telnet session. Actions > Telnet Alarm Manager Opens the Rmon Alarm Manager.
Device Manager basics Device view The device view allows you to determine at a glance the operating status of the various units and ports in your hardware configuration. You also use the device view to perform management tasks on specific objects.
Device Manager basics 31 Selecting multiple objects To select multiple objects of the same type (such as ports or switches of the same type): ➨ Do one of the following: • • For a block of contiguous ports, drag to select the group of ports. For multiple ports, MDAs, or switches in the stack, [Ctrl]-click on the objects. Note: In a switch stack that contains Business Policy Switches and BayStack switches, you can select only one type of switch at a time.
Device Manager basics Figure 7 MDA dialog box Table 7 describes the MDA dialog box fields. MDA dialog box Table 6 MDA dialog box fields Field Description Type Type of component or subcomponent installed in the Business Policy Switch 2000. Descr Description of the component or subcomponent installed in the Business Policy Switch 2000.
Device Manager basics 33 Table 7 MDA and MDA port colors (continued) Color Description Dark blue Port is being tested. Dark red Port has been manually disabled. Orange Port has no link. A blinking LED on an MDA is not indicated in the graphical representation of the switch. For a full description of switch LEDs, refer to the respective switch user manuals. LEDs and ports The color of LEDs in the device view is the same as the colors of the LEDs on the physical switch.
Device Manager basics Figure 8 Color port legend Shortcut menus Each object in the device view has a shortcut menu that opens when you right-click a selected object. The switch shortcut menu provides access to basic hardware information about the switch and to the graphing dialog boxes for the switch.
Device Manager basics 35 Table 9 describes the commands on the switch unit shortcut menu. Table 9 Switch unit shortcut menu commands Command Description Edit Opens a read-only dialog box that provides basic hardware information about the switch. Graph Opens a dialog box that displays statistics for the switch and allows you to display the statistics as a graph.
Device Manager basics The MDA shortcut menu contains a single command, Edit, that opens a read-only dialog box with basic hardware information about the MDA. Figure 11 MDA shortcut menu Status bar The status bar displays error and informational messages from the software application. These messages are not related to the device being managed. Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes Table 11 describes buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes. Not all buttons appear in all dialog boxes.
Device Manager basics 37 Table 11 Device Manager buttons (continued) Button Name Description Stop Stops the current action (compiling, saving, and so forth). If you are updating or compiling a large data table, the Refresh button changes to a Stop button while this action is taking place. Clicking the Stop button interrupts the polling process. Export Data Exports information to a file you specify. You can then import this file into a text editor or spreadsheet for further analysis.
Device Manager basics Working with statistics and graphs Device Manager tracks a wide range of statistics for each switch, the stack (chassis), and each port. You can view and graph statistics for a single object or multiple objects. For information about the statistics tracked for the switch and ports, refer to “Statistics for single and multiple objects” on page 41 and “Graphing chassis statistics” on page 65.
Device Manager basics 39 Types of graphs With Device Manager, you can create line, area, bar, and pie graphs. Figure 12, Figure 13, Figure 14, and Figure 15 illustrate the different graph styles, respectively.
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Device Manager basics 41 Statistics for single and multiple objects Statistics for a selected object or objects are displayed in the statistics dialog box. The dialog box for a single object shows all six types of statistics for each counter (Figure 16). Figure 16 Interface statistics for a single port The statistics dialog box for multiple objects shows a single type of statistics (Table 12) for the selected objects. For example, Figure 17 shows LastValue statistics for the selected ports.
Device Manager basics Figure 17 Interface statistics for multiple ports Statistics type To change the type of statistics displayed, select a different type from the show list at the bottom of the dialog box. The statistics are updated based on the poll interval shown at the bottom of the dialog box. You can select a different polling interval. Buttons for bar, pie, and line graphs are located at the bottom of a statistics dialog box.
Device Manager basics 43 Viewing statistics as graphs To create a graph for an object: 1 Select the object or objects to be graphed See “Selecting objects” on page 30. 2 Do one of the following: • On the toolbar, click Graph Selected. • • From the shortcut menu for the object, choose Graph. From the main menu, choose Graph > Chassis or Graph > Port. A statistics dialog box opens with tabs for different categories of statistics for the selected object (Figure 18).
Device Manager basics 5 Click one of the graph buttons at the bottom of the dialog box See “Types of graphs” on page 39. A graph dialog box opens for the selected graph type. 6 To print a copy of the graph, click Print. Buttons at the top of the graph dialog boxes for line, area, and bar graphs allow you to change the orientation of the graph, change the scale, or change the graph type. Table 13 describes the buttons in the graph dialog boxes.
Device Manager basics 45 Telneting to a switch From Device Manager, you can initiate a Telnet session to the console interface for the switch or stack you are currently accessing. To Telnet to a switch: ➨ Do one of the following: • • From the Device Manager main menu, choose Actions > Telnet. On the toolbar, click the Telnet button. A Telnet window to the switch opens. Trap log You can configure a Business Policy Switch to send SNMP generic traps.
Device Manager basics Device Manager receives traps on port 162. If this port is being used by another application, you will not be able to view the trap log until the other application is disabled and Device Manager is restarted. By default, traps are sent in SNMP V2c format. However, if you are using an older network management system (NMS), one that supports only SNMP V1 traps (HP OpenView), you can specify that the traps be sent in V1 format.
Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch The first three sections of this chapter describe how you can use Device Manager to configure your switch. The last section describes how to use Device Manager to graph switch statistics. Viewing switch IP information You can view the switch IP information using the IP dialog box. To open the IP dialog box: ➨ From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > IP. The Edit IP dialog box opens (Figure 19) with the Globals tab displayed.
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 19 Globals tab Table 15 describes the Globals tab items. Table 15 Globals tab items Item and MIB association Description DefaultTTL Default value inserted into the Time-To-Live field of the IP header of datagrams originated at this entity, whenever a TTL value is not supplied by the transport layer protocol. Default value is 16. ReasmTimeout Maximum number of seconds that received fragments are held while they are awaiting reassembly at this entity.
Configuring and graphing the switch 49 Figure 20 Edit IP dialog box — IP Address tab Table 16 describes the IP Address tab items. Table 16 IP Addresses tab items Item Description Addr The device IP address. NetMask The subnet mask address. BcastAddr The IP broadcast address used. ReasmMaxSize The size of the largest IP datagram that this entity can reassemble from incoming IP fragmented datagrams received on this interface.
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 21 Edit IP dialog box — ARP tab Table 17 describes the ARP tab items. Table 17 ARP tab items Item Description Interface The device unit number. MacAddress The unique hardware address of the device. IpAddress The Internet Protocol address of the device used to represent a point of attachment in a TCP/IP internetwork. Type The type of mapping.
Configuring and graphing the switch • 51 On the toolbar, click Edit. The following sections provide a description of the tabs in the Edit > Chassis dialog box and details about each item on the tab. System tab You can use the System tab to specify, among other things, tracking information for a device and device descriptions. To open the System tab: 1 Select the chassis. 2 From the shortcut menu, choose Edit > Chassis. The Chassis dialog box opens with the System tab displayed (Figure 22).
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 22 Edit Chassis dialog box — System tab Note: The chassis keeps track of the elapsed time and calculates the time and date using the system clock of the Device Manager machine as a reference. Table 18 describes the System tab items. Table 18 System tab items 209322-A Item Description sysDescr The assigned system name. sysUpTime The time since the system was last booted.
Configuring and graphing the switch 53 Table 18 System tab items (continued) Item Description AuthenticationTraps Click enable or disable. When you select enabled, SNMP traps are sent to trap receivers for all SNMP access authentication. When you select disabled, no traps are received. To view traps, click the Trap toolbar button. NextBootMgmtProtocol The transport protocol(s) to use after the next boot of the agent. CurrentMgmtProtocol The current transport protocol(s) that the agent supports.
Configuring and graphing the switch Base Unit Info tab The Base Unit Info tab provides read-only information about the operating status of the hardware and whether or not the default factory settings are being used. To open the Base Unit Info tab: 1 Select the chassis. 2 From the shortcut menu, choose Edit > Chassis. The Chassis dialog box opens with the System tab displayed (Figure 22). 3 Click the Base Unit Info tab. The Base Unit Info tab opens (Figure 23).
Configuring and graphing the switch 55 Table 19 describes the Base Unit Info tab items. Table 19 Base Unit Info tab items Item Description Type The switch type. Descr A description of the switch hardware, including number of ports and transmission speed. Ver The switch hardware version number. SerNum The switch serial number. LstChng The value of sysUpTime at the time the interface entered its current operational state.
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 24 Edit Chassis dialog box — Stack Info tab Table 20 describes the Stack Info tab fields. Table 20 Stack Info tab fields 209322-A Field Description Descr A description of the component or subcomponent. If not available, the value is a zero length string.
Configuring and graphing the switch 57 Table 20 Stack Info tab fields (continued) Field Description OperState The current operational state of the component.
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 25 Edit Chassis dialog box — Agent tab Table 21 describes the Agent tab fields. Table 21 Agent tab fields Item Description NextBootpAddr The IP address of the BootP server to be used the next time the switch is booted. NextBootNetMask The subnet mask to be used the next time the switch is booted. ValidFlag Indicates if the configuration and/or image file(s) were downloaded from this interface and if the file names have not been changed.
Configuring and graphing the switch 59 Figure 26 Edit Chassis dialog box — SNMP tab Table 22 describes the SNMP Info tab fields. Table 22 SNMP tab fields Field Description LastUnauthenticatedIpAddress The last IP address that was not authenticated by the device. LastUnauthenticatedCommunityString The last community string that was not authenticated by the device. TrpRcvrMaxEnt The maximum number of trap receiver entries. TrpRcvrCurEnt The current number of trap receiver entries.
Configuring and graphing the switch 3 Click the Trap Receivers tab. The Trap Receivers tab opens (Figure 27). Figure 27 Edit Chassis dialog box — Trap Receivers tab Table 23 describes the Trap Receivers tab items. Table 23 Edit Chassis dialog box — Trap Receivers tab items Item Description NetAddr The address (or DNS hostname) for the trap receiver. Community Community string used for trap messages to this trap receiver.
Configuring and graphing the switch 61 Figure 28 Chassis, Insert Trap Receive dialog box 2 Type the Index, NetAddr, and the Community information. Note: Refer to Table 23 for description of the Chassis, Insert Trap Receivers dialog box items. 3 Click Insert. Power Supply tab The Power Supply tab provides read-only information about the operating status of the switch power supplies. To open the PowerSupply tab: 1 Select the chassis. 2 From the shortcut menu, choose Edit > Chassis.
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 29 Edit Chassis dialog box — Power Supply tab Table 24 describes the Power Supply tab fields. Table 24 Power Supply tab fields Field Description Desc The power supply type. OperStat The operational state of the power supply. Possible values include: • other: Some other state. • notAvail: State not available. • removed: Component was removed. • disabled: Operation disabled. • normal: State is in normal operation. • resetInProg: There is a reset in progress.
Configuring and graphing the switch 2 63 From the shortcut menu, choose Edit > Chassis. The Chassis dialog box opens (Figure 22) with the System tab displayed. 3 Click the Fan tab. The Fan tab opens (Figure 30). Figure 30 Edit Chassis dialog box — Fan tab Table 25 describes the Fan tab fields. Table 25 Fan tab fields Field Description Desc The fan type. OperStat The operational state of the fan. Values include: • other: Some other state. • notAvail: This state is not available.
Configuring and graphing the switch Working with configuration files You can view information and upload or download the configuration and image files from the Edit FileSystem dialog box. To open the Edit FileSystem dialog box: ➨ From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > File System. The FileSystem dialog box opens (Figure 31). Update only one item at a time. Click Apply after each change. Figure 31 Edit FileSystem dialog box Table 26 describes the FileSystem dialog box items.
Configuring and graphing the switch 65 Table 26 FileSystem dialog box items (continued) Item Description Action • • • Result This object is used to download or upload a config file or an image file. In read operation, if there is no action taken since the boot up, it will return with a value of other. Otherwise, it will return the latest action such as: dnldConfig dnldImg upldConfig upldImg In a write operation, the value that can be written is: dnldConfig - download a config file to a device.
Configuring and graphing the switch The following sections describe the Graph Chassis dialog box tabs with descriptions of the statistics on each tab. Six columns provide the statistics for the counters that are listed on the tab. For descriptions of the chassis IP statistics, refer to Table 12 on page 38. SNMP tab The chassis SNMP tab lists chassis statistics. For descriptions of the type of statistics shown in each column, refer to Table 27. To open the SNMP tab: 1 Select the chassis.
Configuring and graphing the switch 67 Figure 32 Graph Chassis dialog box — Chassis SNMP tab Table 27 describes the SNMP tab fields. Table 27 SNMP tab fields Field Description InPkts The total number of messages delivered to the SNMP from the transport service. OutPkts The total number of SNMP messages passed from the SNMP protocol to the transport service.
Configuring and graphing the switch Table 27 SNMP tab fields (continued) 209322-A Field Description InGetRequests The total number of SNMP Get-Request PDUs that have been accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol. InGetNexts The total number of SNMP Get-Next PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol. InSetRequests The total number of SNMP Set-Request PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol.
Configuring and graphing the switch 69 Table 27 SNMP tab fields (continued) Field Description InReadOnlys The total number of SNMP PDUs delivered to the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error-status field is readOnly. It is a protocol error to generate an SNMP PDU containing the value “readOnly” in the error-status field. This object is provided to detect incorrect implementations of the SNMP.
Configuring and graphing the switch Figure 33 Graph Chassis dialog box — IP tab Table 28 describes the Chassis IP tab fields. Table 28 Chassis IP tab fields 209322-A Field Description InReceives The total number of input datagrams received from interfaces, including those received in error.
Configuring and graphing the switch 71 Table 28 Chassis IP tab fields (continued) Field Description ForwDatagrams The number of input datagrams for which this entity was not their final IP destination, as a result of which an attempt was made to find a route to forward them to that final destination. For addresses that do not act as IP Gateways, this counter will include only those packets that were Source-Routed by way of this address and had successful Source-Route option processing.
Configuring and graphing the switch Table 28 Chassis IP tab fields (continued) Field Description ReasmOKs The number of IP datagrams successfully reassembled. ReasmFails The number of failures detected by the IP reassembly algorithm (for whatever reason: timed out, errors, etc.). Note that this is not necessarily a count of discarded IP fragments because some algorithms (notably the algorithm in RFC 815) can lose track of the number of fragments by combining them as they are received.
Configuring and graphing the switch 73 Figure 34 Graph Chassis dialog box — ICMP In tab Table 29 describes the ICMP In tab fields. Table 29 ICMP In tab fields Field Description SrcQuenchs The number of ICMP Source Quench messages received. Redirects The number of ICMP Redirect messages received. Echos The number of ICMP Echo (request) messages received. EchoReps The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages received. Timestamps The number of ICMP Timestamp (request) messages received.
Configuring and graphing the switch ICMP Out tab The chassis ICMP Out shows ICMP Out statistics. To open the ICMP Out tab: 1 Select the chassis. 2 Do one of the following: • • • From Device Manager main menu, choose Graph > Chassis. From the shortcut menu, choose Graph. On the toolbar, click Graph. The Chassis dialog box opens (Figure 32) with the SNMP tab displayed. 3 Click the ICMP Out tab. The ICMP Out tab opens (Figure 35).
Configuring and graphing the switch 75 Table 30 describes the ICMP Out tab fields. Table 30 ICMP Out tab fields Field Description SrcQuenchs The number of ICMP Source Quench messages sent. Redirects The number of ICMP Redirect messages received. For a host, this object will always be zero, because hosts do not send redirects. Echos The number of ICMP Echo (request) messages sent. EchoReps The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages sent.
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Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports This chapter describes how you use Device Manager to configure and graph ports on a Business Policy Switch 2000. The windows displayed when you configure a single port differ from the ones displayed when you configure multiple ports. However, the options are similar. Viewing and editing a single port configuration To view or edit the configuration of a single port, double-click on the port.
Configuring and graphing ports The following sections provide a description of the tabs in the Edit Port dialog box, and details about each field on the tab. Interface tab for a single port The Interface tab shows the basic configuration and status of a single port. To view the Interface tab: 1 Select the port you want to edit. 2 Do one of the following: • • • • Double-click on the selected port From the shortcut menu, choose Edit. From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > Port.
Configuring and graphing ports 79 Note: 10/100BASE-TX ports may not autonegotiate correctly with older 10/100BASE-TX equipment. In some cases, the older devices can be upgraded with new firmware or driver revisions. If an upgrade does not allow autonegotiation to correctly identify the link speed and duplex settings, you can manually configure the settings for the link in question. Check the Nortel Networks Web site (support.baynetworks.com/ software) for the latest compatibility information.
Configuring and graphing ports Table 31 Interface tab items for a single port (continued) Field Description LastChange The value of sysUpTime at the time the interface entered its current operational state. If the current state was entered prior to the last reinitialization of the local network management subsystem, the value is zero. AutoNegotiate Indicates whether this port is enabled for autonegotiation or not. AdminDuplex The current administrative duplex mode of the port (half or full).
Configuring and graphing ports 81 Figure 37 Edit Port dialog box — VLAN tab Table 32 describes the VLAN tab items. Table 32 VLAN tab items for a single port Item Description Type Indicates the type of VLAN port (Trunk or Access port). If the port is a trunk port, the port is probably a member of more than one VLAN. If the port is an access port, the port can only be a member of one VLAN if there is no membership conflict. VlanIds The VLANIDs of which this port is a member.
Configuring and graphing ports STG tab for a single port In the Spanning Tree Group (STG) tab, you can view the status and modify the configuration of a port’s spanning tree parameters. To view the STG tab: 1 Select the port you want to edit. 2 Do one of the following: • • • • Double-click the selected port From the shortcut menu, choose Edit. From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > Port. On the toolbar, click Edit.
Configuring and graphing ports 83 Table 33 describes the STG tab items. Table 33 STG tab items for a single port Item Description StgId The number of times this port has transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state. Priority The value of the priority field that is contained in the first (in network byte order) octet of the (2-octet long) Port ID. The other octet of the Port ID is derived from the value of dot1dStpPort.
Configuring and graphing ports Graphing multiple ports You can graph port statistics from the graph port dialog box. To open the graph port dialog box: 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph. 2 Do one of the following: • • • From the shortcut menu, choose Graph. From the Device Manager main menu, choose Graph > Port. On the toolbar, click Graph. The following sections discuss the graph port statistics tabs with descriptions of the statistics.
Configuring and graphing ports 85 The Graph Port Interface tab (Figure 39) shows port interface statistics. Figure 39 Graph Port dialog box — Port Interface tab Table 34 describes the Port Interface tab fields. Table 34 Interface tab fields for multiple ports Field Description Index A unique value assigned to each interface. The value ranges between 12 and 255. Descr Type of switch and number of ports. Type Media type for this interface.
Configuring and graphing ports Table 34 Interface tab fields for multiple ports (continued) Field Description OperStatus Current operational state of the interface, which can be one of the following: • up • down • testing If AdminStatus is up, then OperStatus should be up if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic. If AdminStatus is down, then OperStatus should be down.
Configuring and graphing ports 2 87 Do one of the following: • • • From the shortcut menu, choose Edit. From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > Port. On the toolbar, click Edit. The Port dialog box for a multiple port (Figure 36) opens with the Interface tab displayed. 3 Click the VLAN tab. The VLAN tab opens (Figure 40). Figure 40 VLAN tab for multiple ports Table 35 describes the VLAN tab fields for multiple ports.
Configuring and graphing ports Table 35 VLAN tab fields for multiple ports (continued) Field Description DiscardUntaggedFrames This field only applies to trunk ports. It acts as a flag used to determine how to process untagged frames received on this port. When the flag is set, the frames are discarded by the forwarding process. When the flag is reset, the frames are assigned to the VLAN specified by rcVlanPortDefaultVlanId.
Configuring and graphing ports 89 Interface tab for graphing ports The Interface tab shows interface parameters for graphing a port or ports. To open the Interface tab for graphing: 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph. To select multiple ports, [Ctrl] + left-click the ports that you want to configure. A yellow outline appears around the selected ports. 2 Do one of the following: • • • From the Device Manager main menu, choose Graph > Port. From the shortcut menu, choose Graph.
Configuring and graphing ports Table 36 describes the Interface tab fields for graphing ports. Table 36 Port Interface tab fields for multiple ports 209322-A Field Description ifInOctets The total number of octets received on the interface, including framing characters. ifOutOctets The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters.
Configuring and graphing ports 91 Table 36 Port Interface tab fields for multiple ports (continued) Field Description OutErrors For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that could not be transmitted because of errors.
Configuring and graphing ports Figure 42 Graph Port dialog box — Port Ethernet Errors tab Table 37 describes the Port Ethernet Errors tab fields. Table 37 Ethernet Errors tab fields Field Description AlignmentErrors A count of frames received on a particular interface that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check.
Configuring and graphing ports 93 Table 37 Ethernet Errors tab fields (continued) Field Description InternalMacReceiveErrors A count of frames for which reception on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error. A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the FrameTooLongs object, the AlignmentErrors object, or the FCSErrors object.
Configuring and graphing ports Table 37 Ethernet Errors tab fields (continued) Field Description MultipleCollisionFrames A count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision.
Configuring and graphing ports 3 95 Click the Bridge tab. The Bridge tab for graphing ports opens (Figure 43). Figure 43 Graph Port dialog box — Bridge tab Table 38 describes the Bridge tab fields. Table 38 Bridge tab fields Field Description DelayExceededDiscards Number of frames discarded by the port due to excessive transit delays through the bridge. It is incremented by both transparent and source route bridges.
Configuring and graphing ports RMON tab The RMON tab displays Ethernet statistics for graphing a port or ports. To open the RMON tab for graphing: 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph. To select multiple ports, [Ctrl] + left-click the ports that you want to configure. A yellow outline appears around the selected ports. 2 Do one of the following: • • • From the Device Manager main menu, choose Graph > Port. From the shortcut menu, choose Graph. On the toolbar, click Graph.
Configuring and graphing ports 97 Table 39 describes the RMON tab fields. Table 39 RMON tab fields Field Description Octets The total number of octets of data (including those in bad packets) received on the network (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets). You can use this object as a reasonable estimate of Ethernet utilization. For greater precision, sample the etherStatsPkts and etherStatsOctets objects before and after a common interval.
Configuring and graphing ports Table 39 RMON tab fields (continued) 209322-A Field Description <=64 The total number of packets (including bad packets) received that were less than or equal to 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets). >64 The total number of packets (including bad packets) received that were greater than 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).
Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports MultiLink Trunking (MLT) is a point-to-point connection that aggregates multiple ports so that they logically act like a single port with the aggregated bandwidth. Grouping multiple ports into a logical link allows you to achieve higher aggregate throughput on a switch-to-switch or switch-to-server application. MultiLink Trunking provides media and module redundancy.
Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports Setting up MLTs To set up MLTs: ➨ From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > MLT. The MLT dialog box opens (Figure 45). Figure 45 MLT dialog box The active MultiLink Trunks are displayed with the fields described in Table 40. Table 40 MLT dialog box fields Field Description ID The number of the MLT (assigned consecutively). Name The name given to the MLT. PortType Access or trunk port. PortMembers The ports that are assigned to the MLT.
Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports 101 Figure 46 PortMembers dialog box 3 Click the port numbers you want to add. 4 Click OK. 5 In the Enable column, select True to enable your selection. Note: The first enabled distributed MLT causes the stack to reset. Please refer to the switch manuals for more details on MLT rules. MultiLink Trunk statistics To view MLT interface statistics: 1 From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > MLT. The MLT window opens (Figure 47).
Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports Figure 47 MLT Statistics — Interface tab Table 41 describes the fields in the Interface tab. Table 41 Interface tab fields 209322-A Field Description InMulticastPkt The number of packets delivered to this MLT that were addressed to a multicast address at this sublayer. For a MAC layer protocol, this number includes both Group and Functional addresses.
Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports 103 Table 41 Interface tab fields (continued) Field Description HCOutUcastPkts The number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted that were not addressed to a multicast address at this MLT.This total number includes those packets discarded or unsent. HCInMulticastPkt The number of packets delivered to this MLT that were addressed to a multicast address at this sublayer.
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Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports 105 Table 42 describes the fields in the Ethernet Errors tab. Table 42 Ethernet Errors tab fields Field Description AlignmentErrors A count of frames received on a particular MLT that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check. The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the alignmentError status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC (or other MAC user).
Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports Table 42 Ethernet Errors tab fields (continued) 209322-A Field Description FrameTooLong A count of frames received on a particular MLT that exceed the maximum permitted frame size. The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the frameTooLong status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are, according to the conventions of IEEE 802.
Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs This chapter describes using Device Manager to manage VLANs on your Business Policy Switch 2000. The chapter covers creating, editing, and deleting VLANs. It includes the following sections: • • • VLANs (this page) Creating VLANs (page 108) Modifying and managing existing VLANs (page 116) VLANs A VLAN is a collection of ports on one or more switches that define a broadcast domain.
Creating and managing VLANs • The default VLAN (VLAN ID 1) cannot be renamed or deleted, and it cannot have its type changed from port-based VLAN. Creating VLANs Device Manager enables you to create a port-based or protocol-based VLAN. Device Manager enables you to create a port-based, protocol-based, and source address MAC-based VLAN. Note: After a VLAN is created, you cannot change the VLAN type. The VLAN must be deleted and a new VLAN of the chosen type created.
Creating and managing VLANs 109 Table 43 describes the Basic tab fields. Table 43 Basic tab fields Field Description Name Name of the VLAN. Color An administratively-assigned color code for the VLAN. The value of this object is used by the VLAN Manager GUI tool to select a color when it draws this VLAN on the screen. Type Indicates the type of VLAN: byPort or byProtocolId. StgId Spanning tree group ID to which the VLAN belongs. PortMembers Ports that are members of the VLAN.
Creating and managing VLANs Figure 50 VLAN, Insert Basic dialog box for a port-based VLANs 3 Type the VLAN ID. The value can be from 1 to 4094, as long as it is not already in use. (The default VLAN has a VID=1.) 4 Type the VLAN name (optional). If no name is entered, a default name is created. 5 In the Type field, click byPort if not already selected. 6 Specify the port membership by clicking the PortMembers buttons. 7 Click Insert.
Creating and managing VLANs 3 111 Change the Type field to byProtocolID. The dialog box changes to display additional fields needed to set up protocol-based VLANs (Figure 51). Figure 51 VLAN, Insert Basic dialog box for a protocol-based VLAN 4 Type the unique VLAN ID. 5 Type the VLAN name (optional). If no name is entered, the protocol name becomes the default VLAN name. 6 In the Color text box, type in the color. 7 In the StgID text box, type in spanning tree group ID (stgid).
Creating and managing VLANs Creating a source address MAC-based VLAN To create a source address MAC-based VLAN: 1 From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > VLANs. The VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 49). 2 Click Insert. The VLAN, Insert Basic dialog box opens (Figure 52). This dialog box opens with the Type field set to by poPort. 3 Change the Type field to bySrcMac. The dialog box changes to display additional fields needed to set up source MAC-based VLANs (Figure 52).
Creating and managing VLANs 7 Type in the spanning tree group ID of the VLAN. 8 In the Type field, click bySrcMac if not already selected. 9 Specify the static membership by clicking the ellipsis (...) field. 113 10 Click Insert. The VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 53). Figure 53 VLAN dialog box 11 Highlight the BySrcMac field. 12 Click MAC. The MAC, VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 54). Figure 54 MAC, VLAN dialog box 13 Click Insert The Insert VLAN MAC dialog box opens (Figure 55).
Creating and managing VLANs 15 Click Insert. Note: In a source MAC-based VLAN, a potential member becomes an active member of the VLAN when a frame with the specified source MAC address is received. Source MAC-based VLANs are not supported in a mixed stack environment. Accepting tagged and untagged frames In the Business Policy Switch 2000, you configure whether or not tagged frames are sent or received on the port level.
Creating and managing VLANs 115 To set a port to discard tagged frames it receives: 1 In the Device Manager main window, select a port. 2 From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Port. The Port dialog box opens displaying the Interface tab. 3 Click the VLAN tab. The VLAN tab opens (Figure 56). Select the DiscardTaggedFrames and the DiscardUntaggFrames check boxes. Figure 56 VLAN tab 4 Click Apply. Snoop tab You can use the Snoop tab to enable or disable the VLAN snooping on a switch.
Creating and managing VLANs Figure 57 Snoop tab Table 44 describes the Snoop tab fields. Table 44 Snoop tab fields Field Description Name Name of the VLAN. Enable Sets whether IGMP snooping is enabled or disabled. ReportProxyEnable Sets whether IGMP report proxy is enabled or disabled. Rebustness Allows tuning for the expected packet loss on a subnet. If a subnet is expected to be bad, the Robustness variable can be increased. IGMP is robust to packet losses.
Creating and managing VLANs 117 Figure 58 VLAN dialog box Note: After a VLAN is created, you cannot change the VLAN type. The VLAN must be deleted and a new VLAN of the chosen type created. Table 45 describes the fields in the VLAN dialog box. Table 45 VLAN dialog box fields Field Description Id The VLAN ID for the VLAN (unlabeled farthest left column). Name The name of the VLAN. Color The color used, for visual purposes only, by VLAN Manager to associate a color with a VLAN.
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Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Device Manager This chapter describes diagnostic information available in Device Manager on the following tabs: • • Topology tab (this page) Topology Table tab (page 120) Topology tab To view topology information: ➨ From the Device Manager menu bar, select Edit > Diagnostics. The Diagnostics dialog box opens with the Topology tab displayed (Figure 59).
Troubleshooting Device Manager Table 46 describes the Topology tab items. Table 46 Topology tab items Items Description IpAddr The IP address of the device. Status Whether Nortel Networks topology is on (topOn) or off (topOff) for the device. The default value is topOn. NmmLstChg The value of sysUpTime the last time an entry in the network management MIB (NMM) topology table was added, deleted, or modified. If the table has not changed since the last cold or warm start of the agent.
Troubleshooting Device Manager 121 Table 47 describes the Topology Table tab fields. Table 47 Topology Table tab fields Field Description Slot The slot number in the chassis in which the topology message was received. Port The port on which the topology message was received. IpAddr The IP address of the sender of the topology message. SegId The segment identifier of the segment from which the remote agent sent the topology message. This value is extracted from the message.
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Chapter 7 RMON The Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) MIB is an interface between the RMON agent on a Business Policy Switch 2000 and an RMON management application, such as the Device Manager. It defines objects that are suitable for the management of any type of network, but some groups are targeted for Ethernet networks in particular. The RMON agent continuously collects statistics and proactively monitors switch performance. You can view this data through the Device Manager.
RMON 2 Do one of the following: • • • • Double-click on the selected port From the shortcut menu, choose Edit. From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > Port or Edit > Chassis. On the toolbar, click Graph button. The Port dialog box opens displaying the Interface tab (Figure 61). 3 Click the RMON tab. The RMON tab opens and displays the Ethernet statistics (Figure 61). Figure 61 Port dialog box — RMON tab For descriptions of the RMON tab fields, refer to Table 39 on page 97.
RMON • • 125 Buckets are gathered at 30-minute intervals. Number of buckets gathered is 50. Both the time interval and the number of buckets is configurable. However, when the last bucket is reached, bucket 1 is dumped and “recycled” to hold a new bucket of statistics. Then bucket 2 is dumped, and so forth. To view RMON history: 1 Select an object (port or chassis). 2 On the toolbar, click Graph. The graph Port dialog box opens displaying the Interface tab. 3 Click the RMON tab.
RMON Creating a history You can use RMON to collect statistics at intervals. For example, if you want RMON statistics to be gathered over the weekend, you will want enough buckets to cover two days. To do this, set the history to gather one bucket each hour, thus covering a 48-hour period. After you set history characteristics, you cannot modify them; you must delete the history and create another one.
RMON 127 Figure 64 RMONControl, Insert History dialog box 3 Select the port from the port list or type the port number. 4 Set the number of buckets. The default is 50. 5 Set the interval. The default is 1800 seconds. 6 Type the owner, the network management system that created this entry. 7 Click Insert. Table 48 History tab fields Field Description Index A unique value assigned to each interface. An index identifies an entry in a table. Port Any Ethernet interface on the device.
RMON Table 48 History tab fields (continued) Field Description Interval The interval in seconds over which the data is sampled for each bucket in the part of the media-specific table associated with this entry. You can set this interval to any number of seconds between 1 and 3600 (1 hour). Because the counters in a bucket may overflow at their maximum value with no indication, note the possibility of overflow in any of the associated counters.
RMON 129 Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering You can use RMON to gather Ethernet statistics. To gather Ethernet statistics: 1 From the Device Manager main menu, choose RMON > Control. The RMONControl dialog box opens with the History tab displayed. 2 Click the Ether Stats tab. The Ether Stats tab opens (Figure 65). Figure 65 RMONControl dialog box — Ether Stats tab 3 Click Insert. The RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box opens (Figure 66).
RMON 4 Select the port(s). Enter the port number you want or select the port from the list menu (Figure 67). Figure 67 RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list Device Manager assigns the index. 5 Click Insert. The new Ethernet Statistics entry is displayed in the Ether Stats tab.Table 49 describes the Ether Stats tab fields. Table 49 Ether Stats tab fields Field Description Index A unique value assigned to each interface. An index identifies an entry in a table.
RMON 3 Highlight the row that contains the port ID you want to delete. 4 Click Delete. 131 The Ether Stats entry is removed from the table. Alarms Alarms are useful when you need to know when the values of a variable go out of range. You can define an RMON alarm for any MIB variable that resolves to an integer value. You cannot use string variables (such as system description) as alarm variables. All alarms share the following characteristics: • • • An upper and lower threshold value is defined.
RMON Figure 68 How alarms fire Rising value Falling value Alarm fires No firing 7821EA It is important to note that the alarm fires during the first interval that the sample goes out of range. No additional events are generated for that threshold until the opposite threshold is crossed. Therefore, it is important to carefully define the rising and falling threshold values for alarms to work as expected. Otherwise, incorrect thresholds causes an alarm to fire at every alarm interval.
RMON 133 spanning tree is disabled (which would cause the value for outbound octets to drop to zero), the falling alarm cannot fire because the baseline traffic is always greater than the value of the falling threshold. By definition, the failure of the falling alarm to fire prevents the rising alarm from firing a second time.
RMON and allows for the detection of threshold crossings that span the sampling boundary. If you track the current values of a given delta-valued alarm and add them together, therefore, the result is twice the actual value. (This result is not an error in the software.) Alarm Manager example Note: The example alarm described in the following procedure generates at least one alarm every five minutes. The example is intended only to demonstrate how alarms fire; it is not a useful alarm.
RMON 2 135 In the variable field, select a variable for the alarm from the list and a port (or other ID) on which you want to set an alarm (Figure 71). Figure 71 Alarm variable list Alarm variables are in three formats, depending on the type: • • • A chassis alarm ends in .x where the x index is hard-coded. No further information is required. A card, spanning tree group (STG) or EtherStat alarm ends with a dot (.). You must enter a card number, STG ID, IP address, or EtherStat information.
RMON 5 Click Insert. If you want to make field changes, see the field descriptions shown in Table 50. Table 50 RMON Insert Alarm dialog box fields Field Description Variable Name and type of alarm—indicated by the format: alarmname.x where x=0 indicates a chassis alarm. alarmname. where the user must specify the index.
RMON 3 137 Click the Ether Stats tab to view statistics (Figure 61 on page 124). The RMONAlarms dialog box opens with the Alarms tab (Figure 72) displayed. To delete an alarm: 1 From the Device Manager main menu, choose RMON >Alarms. The RMONAlarms dialog box opens with the Alarms tab (Figure 72) displayed. Figure 72 RMONAlarms dialog box — Alarms tab 2 Click any field for the alarm that you want to delete to highlight it. 3 Click Delete. Table 51 describes the fields on the Alarms tab.
RMON Table 51 Alarms tab fields (continued) Field Description Sample Type The method of sampling the selected variable and calculating the value to be compared against the thresholds. If the value of this object is absoluteValue(1), the value of the selected variable will be compared directly with the thresholds at the end of the sampling interval.
RMON 139 Table 51 Alarms tab fields (continued) Field Description Owner The network management system which created this entry. Status The status of this alarm entry. Events RMON events and alarms work together to notify you when values in your network are outside of a specified range. When values pass the specified ranges, the alarm is triggered and “fires.” The event specifies how the activity is recorded.
RMON Figure 73 RMONAlarms dialog box — Events tab Table 52 describes the RMONAlarms Events tab fields. Table 52 Events tab fields 209322-A Field Description Index This index uniquely identifies an entry in the event table. Each entry defines one event that is to be generated when the appropriate conditions occur. Description Specifies whether the event is a rising or falling event. Type The type of notification that the Device Manager provides about this event.
RMON 141 Creating an event To create an event: 1 In the RMONAlarms dialog box Events tab, click Insert. The RMONAlarms, Insert Events dialog box opens (Figure 74). Figure 74 Insert Events dialog box 2 In the Description field, type a name for the event. 3 Select the type of event you want. The default setting is log-and-trap. You can set the event type to log to save memory or to snmp-trap to reduce traffic from the switch or for better CPU utilization.
RMON Deleting an event To delete an event: 1 In the Events tab, highlight an event Description. 2 Click Delete. The event is removed from the table. Log information The Log tab chronicles and describes the alarm activity, which is then generated to viewed. To view the Log tab: 1 From the Device Manager main menu, choose RMON > Alarms. The RMONAlarm dialog box opens with the Alarms tab displayed (Figure 72 on page 137). 2 Click the Log tab. The Log tab opens (Figure 76).
RMON 143 Table 53 describes the Log tab fields. Table 53 Log tab fields Item Description Time An implementation-dependent description of the event that activated the log entry. Description Specifies whether the event is a rising or falling event. HP OpenView You can integrate RMON into HP OpenView. To do so, you must set the HP OpenView path to include the UNIX environment variable. The path is set in the .cshrc file.
RMON 2 Ensure that the HP OpenView directory is in path /opt/OV/bin. MIB files are shipped with the Device Manager and are located in the following directory: dm/hpov/baystack_mibs 3 Load each of the MIB files in the following order: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • bayAgent.mib bayChas.mib bayChasTraps.mib bayEMTmib baylfex.mib bayS5Reg.mib bayS5Rt.mib bayS5Tcs.mib baySRoot.mib rc_vlan.mib rfc1213.mib rfc1215.mib rfc1447.mib rfc1450.mib rfc1493.mib rfc1573_bs.mib rfc1573_rcc.mib rfc1643.
RMON 145 Log only event bug HP OpenView versions 4.0 and 5.0 contain bugs that do not affect the integrity of the product when it stands alone. However, when combined with Device Manager, unexpected results occur. The “Log only” event categorization bug in HP OpenView 4.0 causes traps to be written to the ASCII trap log file and to be displayed in the event browser. The default category for SNMP traps, such as “link up” and “link down,” happens to be “Log only.
RMON To have standard SNMP traps displayed in the event browser for HP OpenView 5.0: 1 From the Options menu, choose Event Configuration. 2 Select enterprise name snmpTraps. 3 Double-click the event (trap) name you want. 4 Change the category from Log Only to any event type. Your choices are Error Events, Threshold Events (normally used for RMON alarms), Status Events, Configuration Events, or Application Alert Events. 209322-A 5 Click OK. 6 Choose File > Save.
Chapter 8 Security parameters You can set the security features for a switch so that the actions are performed by the software when a violation occurs. The security actions you specify are applied to all ports of the switch.
Security parameters Figure 77 General tab Table 54 describes the General tab items. Table 54 General tab items 209322-A Items Description AuthSecurityLock If this parameter is listed as “locked,” the agent refuses all requests to modify the security configuration. Entries also include: • other • notlocked AuthCtlPartTime This value indicates the duration of the time for port partitioning in seconds. Default: 0 (zero).
Security parameters 149 Table 54 General tab items (continued) Items Description SecurityAction Actions performed by the software when a violation occurs (when SecurityStatus is enabled). The security action specified here applies to all ports of the switch. A blocked address causes the port to be partitioned when unauthorized access is attempted. Selections include: • noAction: Port does not have any security assigned to it, or the security feature is turned off. • trap: Listed trap.
Security parameters SecurityList tab The SecurityList tab contains a list of Security port items. To view the SecurityList tab: 1 From the Device Manager menu bar, select Edit > Security. The Security window opens with the General tab displayed (Figure 77). 2 Click the SecurityList tab. The SecurityList tab opens (Figure 78). Figure 78 SecurityList tab Table 55 describes the SecurityList tab fields.
Security parameters 151 To view the Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box: 1 From the Device Manager menu bar, select Edit > Security. The Security window opens with the General tab displayed. 2 Click the SecurityList tab. The SecurityList tab opens (Figure 78). 3 Click inside a row. 4 Click Insert. The Security, Insert SecurityList dialog box opens (Figure 79). Figure 79 Security, Insert SecurityList dialog box Table 56 describes the Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box items.
Security parameters To view the AuthConfig tab: 1 From the Device Manager menu bar, select Edit > Security. The Security window opens with the General tab displayed (Figure 77). 2 Click the AuthConfig tab. The AuthConfig tab opens (Figure 80).
Security parameters 153 Table 57 describes the AuthConfig tab fields. Table 57 AuthConfig tab fields Field Description BrdIndx Index of the slot containing the board on where the port is located. This value is meaningful only if SecureList value is zero. For other SecureList values, this parameter should have the value of zero. PortIndx Index of the port on the board. This value is meaningful only if SecureList value is zero. For other SecureList values, this parameter should have the value of zero.
Security parameters Figure 81 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box Table 58 describes the Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box fields. Table 58 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box fields Item Description BrdIndx Index of the board. This corresponds to the index of the slot containing the board, but only if the index is greater than zero. A zero index is a wild card. PortIndx Index of the port on the board.
Security parameters 155 AuthStatus tab The AuthStatus tab displays information of the authorized boards and port status data collection. Information includes actions to be performed when an unauthorized station is detected and the current security status of a port. An entries in this tab may include: • • • • • • A single MAC address All MAC addresses on a single port A single port All the ports on a single board A particular port on all the boards All the ports on all the boards.
Security parameters Figure 82 AuthStatus tab Table 59 describes the AuthStatus tab fields. Table 59 AuthStatus tab fields Item Description AuthStatusBrdIndx The index of the board. This corresponds to the index of the slot containing the board if the index is greater than zero. AuthStatusPortIndx The index of the port on the board. This corresponds to the index of the last manageable port on the board if the index is greater than zero. AuthStatusMACIndx The index of MAC address on the port.
Security parameters 157 Table 59 AuthStatus tab fields (continued) Item Description CurrentActionMode A value representing the type of information contained, including: noAction: Port does not have any security assigned to it, or the security feature is turned off. partitionPort: Port is partitioned. partitionPortAndsendTrap: Port is partitioned and traps are sent to the trap receive station.
Security parameters Figure 83 AuthViolation tab Table 60 describes fields for the AuthViolation tab fields. Table 60 AuthViolation tab fields 209322-A Field Description BrdIndx The index of the board. This corresponds to the slot containing the board. The index will be 1 where it is not applicable. PortIndx The index of the port on the board. This corresponds to the port on that a security violation was seen.
Index Symbols <=64 field 98 alarms, RMON characteristics of 131 creating 133 >1023 field 98 AlignmentErrors field 92, 105 >127 field 98 Area Chart button 44 >255 field 98 area graph example 39 >511 field 98 ARP tab 50 >64 field 98 access levels 24 AuthConfig tab AccessCtrlType field 153 BrdIndx field 153 MACIndx field 153 PortIndx field 153 SecureList field 153 Action field 65 AuthenticationTraps field 53 Actions menu 28 AuthStatus tab AuthStatusBrdIndx field 156 AuthStatusMACIndx field
Index BootRouterAddr tab 58 conventions text 17 Bridge tab 94 Copy button 36 BroadcastPkts field 97 Copy File tab 64 buckets 124 CRAlignErrors field 97 BucketsGranted field 127 Cumulative statistics 38 BucketsRequested field 127 CurrentDefaultGateway field 53 buttons dialog boxes 36 toolbar 28 CurrentImageVersion field 53 C D CarrierSenseErrors field 93, 105 data, exporting 42 chassis configuration, editing 50 graphing 65 default access community strings 24 BootMode field 53 Chassi
Index 161 Edit command 35 Graph menu 27 Edit menu 27 Graph Selected button 28, 43 Edit Selected button 28 graph types 39 Enable 116 graphPort, Interface tab 89 Enable command 35 Enable field 23 H Ether Stats Control tab 129 Help button 28 Ethernet Errors tab 92 Help menu 28 Ethernet statistics, disabling 130 Help, Device Manager 46 Event Index field 136 Horizontal button 44 events, RMON 139 HP OpenView, using with RMON 143 ExcessiveCollisions field 94, 106 I Export Data button 37, 42
Index InDiscards field 71, 90 InErrors field 90 J Jabbers field 97 InGenErrs field 69 InGetNexts field 68 InGetRequests field 68 InGetResponses field 68 InHdrErrors field 70 InMulticastPkts field 102 InNoSuchNames field 68 Inpkts field 67 InReadOnlys field 69 InReceives field 70 Insert Alarm dialog box 134 Insert AuthConfig dialog box BrdIndx field 154 Insert button 36 Insert Control dialog box 127 Insert Ether Stats dialog box 129 Insert Event dialog box 141 InSetRequests field 68 Interface item ARP
Index 163 menus. See individual menu names Open Device button 25, 28 Minimum statistics 38 Open Device dialog box 25, 27 MLT requirements 99 operating port, color 33 MltId field 80, 86 OperState field 55, 57, 62, 63 MRouterExpiration field 116 OperStatus field 79, 86 MRouterPorts field 116 OutBadValues field 68 Mtu field 79, 85 OutBroadcast field 102 MulticastPkts field 97 OutDiscards field 71, 90 Multi-Link Trunk window 101 OutErrors field 91 Multi-Link Trunking.
Index port-based VLANs 108 ReasmOKs field 72 PortMembers field 100, 109, 117 ReasmReqds field 71 ports color-coded 32, 33 configuring 77, 119 controlling 77 disabled 33 editing 77 graphing 78, 84, 88, 89 selecting 31 viewing 77 ReasmTimeout field 48 PortType field 100 Power Supply tab 62 Print button 36 product support 19 Properties dialog box 22, 23 Hotswap Poll Interval field 23 If Traps, Status Interval ) field 23 Status Poll Interval field 23 protocol-based VLAN 110 Protocol-based VLAN window
Index 165 Security parameters General tab AuthCtlPartTime field 148 AuthSecurityLock field 148 CurrNodesAllowed field 149 CurrSecurityLists field 149 MaxNodesAllowed field 149 MaxSecurityLists field 149 PortLearnStatus field 149 SecurityAction field 149 SecurityMode field 148 SecurityStatus field 148 statistics Ethernet statistics, enabling 129 for a single object 41 for multiple objects 42 graphing 38 ICMP Out 74 MLT 101 RMON 123, 126 single port 41 types 38 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box AccessC
Index Telnet session 28, 29, 45 UserDefinedPid field 109 tested port, color 33 text conventions 17 V Threshold Type field 136 ValidFlag tab 58 TimeExcds field 73, 75 Value field 136, 138 Timeout field 24 value, changed 37 TimestampReps field 73, 75 Variable field 136, 137 Timestamps field 73, 75 Ver field 55, 57 toolbar, Device Manager 28 Viewing 77 topology 119 VLAN 80 Trace field 24 VLAN Basic tab 108 Transparent Bridging tab 95 VLAN dialog box 109, 116 trap log 45 VLAN menu 27
