® ETSMIM Management Module Guide
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Contents Preface What is in this Guide ........................................................................................................... ix Conventions ............................................................................................................................x Related SPECTRUM Documentation....................................................................................x Other Related Documentation ................................................................................
Chapter 3 Configuration View (continued) Ethernet Interface Configuration Detail View .................................................3-4 Serial Port Configuration View ....................................................................................3-5 Serial Port Configuration Detail View ..................................................................3-5 Basic Port Configuration View ........................................................................3-7 Extended Port Configuration View .....
Figures Chapter 2 Figure 2-1. Figure 2-2. Figure 2-3. Device View Example of an ETSMIM Device View .................................................................. 2-3 Ethernet Logical Interface Icon ........................................................................... 2-3 Serial Port Logical Interface Icon ........................................................................
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Tables Chapter 2 Table 2-1. Table 2-2. Chapter 3 Table 3-1. Table 3-2. Table 3-3. Chapter 4 Table 4-1. Device View Ethernet Interface Status Label Definitions ....................................................... 2-4 Serial Interface Status Label Definitions ............................................................ 2-7 Configuration View Input and Output Flow Control Choice Descriptions .......................................... 3-7 Port Default Session Mode Choice Definitions .....................
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Preface Use this guide if you are going to manage an ETSMIM through SPECTRUM. Before reading this manual, you should be familiar with SPECTRUM’s functions as described in the Operation documentation and the Administration documentation. You should also be familiar with any network management and hardware requirements described in the ETSMIM Terminal Server documentation. What is in this Guide The following chapter descriptions outline the organization of the ETSMIM Management Module Guide.
Conventions Conventions In this manual, the following conventions are used: • Command names are printed in bold; for example, Clear or Save & Close. • Menu selections to access a view are printed in bold; for example, Configuration or Detail.
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Chapter 1 Introduction What is in this Chapter This chapter describes the SPECTRUM Management Module for the ETSMIM. It also provides the model type names assigned to the ETSMIM in SPECTRUM. The model type name refers to the template used to specify attributes, actions, and associations for device models in SPECTRUM.
ETSMIM Applications ETSMIM Applications The ETSMIM supports common and device-specific applications. These applications are described in the Bridging Applications Reference, the MIB II Applications Reference, or the Miscellaneous Applications Reference, and are as follows: • MIB-II (SNMP2_Agent) - IP (IP2_App) - System (System2_App) - ICMP (ICMP_App) - UDP (UDP2_App) • Ethernet App - Ethernet IF App RMON and DLM are also supported and SPECTRUM management of these MIBs may be purchased separately.
Chapter 2 Device View What is in this Chapter The Device View for the ETSMIM allows you to view the logical representations of the ETSMIM device and ports. The Device View also provides you with menu bar access to views that monitor and control the ETSMIM’s performance and its ports. Accessing the Device View Access the Device view using one of the following methods. • Double-click on the Device view button of the ETSMIM device icon.
Device View • Highlight the ETSMIM device icon and select Device from the Icon Subviews menu. Go Back Go Up Icon Subviews View Path New View Bookmarks View History Current View Info... Notes... Jump by name... Zoom Map Hierarchy Close Navigate Alarms Performance Notes... Utilities Zoom Device DevTop Device View The Device view provides a logical representation of the terminal server’s Ethernet and serial interfaces. The interface icons represent each port on the ETSMIM.
Logical Interface Icon Figure 2-1. Example of an ETSMIM Device View Primary Landscape 0x00400000 - VNM Host - of type Xyp_ETSMIM * File View Help? Net Addr Model Name Sys Up Time Contact Manufacturer Description Device Type Location Serial Number Prime-App 1 ON Enet Rx 107 Tx 1116 1 ON Rs423 5 ON Rs423 In 0 Out 0 6 ON Rs423 10 ON Rs423 11 ON Rs423 In 0 Out 0 Figure 2-2.
Logical Interface Icon Ethernet Configuration View/Interface Status Ethernet Configuration View/Interface Status The Ethernet Interface Configuration view label displays a textual and background color representation of the current status of the interface. Doubleclicking on this label accesses the Interface Status view. Table 2-1 displays interface status options and their respective colors. Table 2-1.
Logical Interface Icon Interface Receive Statistics Largest Datagram Supported The largest Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), measured in octets, that can be transmitted or received by the port. Length of Output Packet Queue The length of the outbound packet queue in packets.
Serial Port Logical Interface Icon Unicast Packets Requested The number of unicast packets that a higher level protocol requested for transmission. NonUnicast Packets Requested The number of non-unicast packets that a higher level protocol requested for transmission. Outbound Packets Discarded The number of outbound packets discarded even though no errors were detected to prevent them from being transmitted. Such packets may have been discarded to increase buffer space.
Serial Port Logical Interface Icon Serial Port Configuration View/Interface Status Serial Port Configuration View/Interface Status The Serial Port Configuration view label displays a textual and background color representation of the current status of the interface. Double-clicking on this label accesses the Interface Status view. Table 2-2 displays the interface status options and their respective colors. Table 2-2.
Serial Port Logical Interface Icon Serial Port Performance View Device View 2-8 ETSMIM Management Module Guide
Chapter 3 Configuration View What is in this Chapter This chapter provides general descriptions of the configuration views that are available for the ETSMIM. These views allow you to access device-specific configuration information. Accessing the Device Configuration View Access the Device Configuration view using one of the following methods: • Double-click on the Device Configuration view label of the ETSMIM device icon.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View • Highlight the ETSMIM device icon and select Configuration from the Icon Subviews menu. Go Back Go Up Icon Subviews View Path New View Bookmarks View History Current View Info... Notes... Jump by name...
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Resource and Feature Configuration View Dump Address The IP address of the node that received the last terminal server memory dump. Resources The number of times a local resource allocation failed, for example, due to lack of dynamic memory. Features The number of feature entries in the Feature table. SW Type The software version variant running in the terminal server. SW Rev The software version running in the terminal server.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Ethernet Interface Configuration View Resource Utilization Detail View Resource The percentage of processing time that the terminal server has used (calculated every second). Current Usage The number of resources currently in use on the terminal server. Highest Usage The current maximum possible number of resources in the terminal server. Max. Allowed Usage The maximum possible number of resources in the terminal server. You can modify this value.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Serial Port Configuration View Ethernet Interface Configuration Detail View Operational Status The current operational state of the port as either up, down, or testing. You can modify this field. Administrative Status This field provides a button that allows you to set the desired operational state of the port. Last Status Change The system uptime that the port entered its current operational state. Physical Address The Ethernet (MAC) address of the port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Serial Port Configuration View Serial Port Configuration Detail View Port A value uniquely identifying a port. Port Name Refers to an alphanumeric identifier for a port. You can modify this field. Port Type The type of terminal attached to the port for formatting local output. Input Speed The port’s input speed in bits per second. You can modify this field. Output Speed The port’s output speed in bits per second. You can modify this field.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Serial Port Configuration View indicates that port hardware is not present. Active indicates that the port is on with a user present (e.g., logged in). Input FlowCtrl This field provides a button that allows you to choose the type of input flow control. The choices for data flow control are described in Table 3-1. Table 3-1. Input and Output Flow Control Choice Descriptions Flow Control Description XonXoff Software flow control by recognizing Xon and Xoff characters.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Current Sessions The number of sessions currently open. Basic Configuration Clicking on this button accesses the Basic Port Configuration view. Extended Configuration Clicking on this button accesses the Extended Port Configuration view. Basic Port Configuration View Port A value that uniquely identifies the port. Port Status The current operational status of the port. Active Username The user name currently logged into the port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Default Protocol This field provides a button that allows you to choose which protocol to use with Default Name. The choices are LAT (Local Access Terminal), telnet, or any. Default Action This field provides a button that allows you to choose the action to take relative to Default Name. The choices are Preferred (preferred service) or Dedicated (port dedicated). Default LAT Port Name A LAT port name to use with Default Name may be entered.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Table 3-2. Port Default Session Mode Choice Definitions Mode Definition Interactive Locally recognizes all controls. Binary Recognizes only session protocol. XonXoff Recognizes only Xon and Xoff. Transparent Recognizes no data. Port Message Codes This field provides a button that allows you to enable or disable the inclusion of error numbers in the error messages displayed on the port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Prompt The prompt for the system to use on the port. Backwards Switch The character input from the character port to cause a switch to the previous, lower numbered session. Forwards Switch The character input from the character port to cause a switch to the next, higher numbered session. DCD Timeout The time, in milliseconds, that DCD (data carrier detect) may be asserted before disconnecting the port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Resolve Service This field provides a button that allows you to choose the session protocol to use when not otherwise specified: LAT, Telnet, or Any. DTR Wait This field provides a button that allows you to determine when the system sends a DTR (data terminal ready) signal on the port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Xyplex Server Configuration View Xyplex Server Configuration View Access this view by clicking on the Server Button in the ETSMIM Configuration view. Server Date The system’s current local date and time. Server Timezone The adjustment to apply to a universal (Greenwich) time received when downline loaded. The adjustment is represented by two octets; the first octet is the number of hours west of universal, the second is the number of minutes.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Server Broadcast This field provides a button that allows you to enable the server to broadcast it’s IP address used in internet broadcast messages. Server Change This field provides a button that allows you to choose the system’s operation with regard to DEFINE commands. The two options are permOnly, which indicates that commands modify only the permanent database, and OperAndPerm which indicates that commands modify both operational and permanent databases.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View counter that may be zeroed. Examples of counters not zeroed are Ethernet interface counters or port counters. Initialize This field provides a button that allows you to choose how the system resets its software to initial load values, usually by reloading. If conditional execution is selected, the initialization takes place only if the overall system state is acceptable (e.g., when there is no need to store permanent parameters).
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Address The internet address to be recognized as a rotary address. Port Map The list of character ports that compose the rotary. The value for this field contains a bitmap, with one bit for each port, and enough octets for all the ports on the system. Parameter Server Configuration View Loaded From The name of the system that most recently provided the terminal server’s stored parameters. MAC Address The Ethernet address contained in the Client Loader Address.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Bad Parameter Messages The number of invalid parameter service protocol messages received by the system. Rejected Servers The number of parameter servers the system rejected due to exceeding the client server limit. SNMP Parameters View This window displays three tables: Get Client Detail Table, Set Client Table, and Trap Client Table. Double-click on any entry within a table and the detail view for that entry appears.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Entry Status This field provides a button that allows you to choose the status of this entry. Possible choices are Invalid or Valid. IP Address The client’s network address. You can modify this field. Trap Client Detail View Entry The parameter values for a trap client. Entry Status This field provides a button that allows you to choose the status of this entry. Possible choices are Invalid or Valid. IP Address The client’s network address. You can modify this field.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Name Cache Detail View Status This field provides a button that allows you to choose the status of the entry. When set to Invalid, the entry is removed from the table. Domain Name A fully qualified domain name. IP Address The internet address corresponding to the domain name. Source Defines the creator of the entry. Possible sources are defined in Table 3-3. Table 3-3. Source Definitions Source Definition Local Defined by manager.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View ETSMIM Security Configuration View Queue Entry Detail View Entry The job number of a queued request. Status This field provides a button that allows you to choose the status of a queue entry. To remove an entry set to invalid. SourceNode The name of the system that originated the queue entry. Service The name of the service for which the originator is waiting. Port The number of the port for which the originator is waiting, if supplied by the originator.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Internet Security Entries The number of valid security entries in the system’s port security table. Port Security Table Select this button to view the Port Security Table view. Kerberos Select this button to view the Kerberos Parameters view. Script Servers Select this button to view the Script Server Configuration view. Internet Security Table Select this button to view the Internet Security Configuration view.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Limited View This field provides a button that allows you to enable or disable what a user may display. Kerberos Status This field provides a button that allows you to set the level of Kerberos operation on the system as either none or login. Port Login Script Detail View This view is available from the Port Security Table by double-clicking on the desired entry in the Log Script column. Port A value that uniquely identifies the port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Primary Server The domain name of the first Kerberos server to try when the system verifies a Kerberos ID. You can modify this field. Secondary Server The domain name of the Kerberos server to try when the system verifies a Kerberos ID and cannot reach the Kerberos primary server. You can modify this field. Logins without Kerberos The number of user logins on ports for which Kerberos user verification is not enabled.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Script Server Configuration View This window displays the Script Servers Panel. Double-click on any entry within the panel to access the detail view for that entry. The detail view includes more detailed information than the table in a modifiable format. Following are the field descriptions: Script Server Detail View Server Name The name of a network login server, suitable for resolution to a network address.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Telnet Configuration View Direction The direction of TCP connections of this entry. Telnet Configuration View This window displays the Telnet Configuration Table. Double-click on any entry within the table to access the detail view for that entry. The detail view includes the information appearing in the table in a modifiable format. Following are the field descriptions: Telnet Port Detail View Telnet Port An index value that uniquely identifies a port.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Telnet Configuration View EOR Reflection This field provides a button that allows you to enable or disable the end of record reflection. When enabled, an end of record (EOR) is required prior to binary negotiation when establishing a Tn3270 session. Echo Mode This field provides a button that allows you to choose which connection partner in a Telnet session will echo (return to the video display or printer) characters the user has typed at the keyboard.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View LAT Configuration View Abort Output Character The character that causes the terminal server to terminate further display of output to the terminal server when typed in a Telnet session. Should the Abort Output Character be undefined, termination of the display will not occur. You can modify this field. Interrupt Character The character that causes the terminal server to suspend, interrupt, abort, or terminate a user process when typed in a Telnet session.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View LAT Configuration View Retransmit Limit The maximum number of times to retransmit an unacknowledged message. You can modify this field. Identification Size The maximum number of characters to store in the instances of visible service identification. Circuit Timer The number of milliseconds to collect port input data before sending it to the host.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Multiple Node Addresses The number of times a service announcement contained a node name already in the visible service table but with different addresses. Solicitations Rejected The number of incoming LAT session connection attempts rejected. LAT Ports Select this button to access the LAT Port Table view. LAT Nodes Select this button to access the LAT Node Table view. LAT Services Select this button to access the LAT Services Table view.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View LAT Node Table View This window displays the LAT Node Table. Double-click on any entry within the table to access the detail view for that entry. The detail view includes more detailed information than that appearing in the table, with some fields modifiable. Following are the field descriptions: LAT Node Detail View Node The name of the node. Identification A textual description identifying the node. Address The Ethernet address of the node.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View Solicitations Accepted The number of LAT session connection attempts received from the node and accepted. Connected Sessions The number of connected sessions to the node. Multiple Node Address The number of times a LAT message multicast by the node had a different Ethernet address from the previous time. Messages Transmitted The number of LAT messages sent to the node. Slots Transmitted The number of LAT slots sent to the node.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View SLIP Configuration View Identification The text that is used to identify a service. Status This field provides a button that allows you to choose the status of the entry. Set to Invalid to remove the entry. Password The password a user must supply to use the service. Port Map The list of character ports that offer the service. Connections This field provides a button that allows you to enable or disable incoming connections to the service.
ETSMIM Device Configuration View SLIP Configuration View SLIP Configuration Detail View SLIP Port Identifies which port is a SLIP port. SLIP State This field provides a button that allows you to turn SLIP operation on the port On or Off. Local Address The IP address assigned to the port. You can modify this field. Remote Address The IP address of the remote system attached to the port. You can modify this field.
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Chapter 4 Event and Alarm Messages What is in this Chapter This chapter describes the types of events and alarms generated by the ETSMIM and any probable cause messages corresponding to these alarms. ETSMIM Events and Alarms This table describes the event messages appearing in the Event Log, and any corresponding probable cause messages that may be displayed in the Enterprise Alarm Manager for the ETSMIM. Table 4-1.
ETSMIM Events and Alarms Table 4-1. Events and Alarms (Continued) Message in the Event Log Alarm View Probable Cause Message CsEvFormat/Event00010307 {d "%w- %d %m-, %Y - %T"} A (n) {t} device, named {m} has been warm started. No probable cause message. CsEvFormat/Event00010308 CsPCause/Prob00010308 {d "%w- %d %m-, %Y - %T"} A (n) {t} device, named {m} has detected a communication Link down. Communication link is down.
Index A Abort Output Character 3-26 Access 3-24 Active Ports 3-14 Ports High 3-14 Username 3-8 Users 3-13 Users High 3-14 Address 3-15, 3-24, 3-29 Admin Origin 3-7 Admin Status 3-6 Administrative Status 2-4, 3-5 Alarm 4-1 Message 4-1 Announcements 3-27 Attention Character 3-26 Audience ix Authorized Groups 3-29 Auto Prompt 3-29 Autobaud 3-6 B Backwards Switch 3-10 Bad Parameter Messages 3-16 Bandwidth 2-4, 3-5 Basic Configuration 3-7 Basic Port Configuration View 3-7 Begin Line Character 3-10 Binary 3-9 Bi
D (continued) DTR Wait 3-11 DtsDtr 3-7 Dump Address 3-2 Duplicates Received 3-28, 3-30 E Echo Mode 3-25 End of Line Character 3-11 Entry 3-17, 3-19, 3-24 Entry Status 3-17, 3-23 EOR Reflection 3-25 Erase Keystroke Character 3-26 Erase Line Character 3-26 Ethernet Configuration View/Interface Status 2-3, 2-4 Type 2-3, 2-4 Ethernet Interface 3-4 Configuration Detail View 2-4, 3-4 Configuration View 3-4 Ethernet Interfaces 3-3 Event 4-1 Messages 4-1 Events and Alarms 4-1 Exceeded Supply 3-4 Extended Configura
K Keepalive Timer 3-27 Kerberos 3-20, 3-22 Parameters View 3-22 Status 3-21 Known Parameter Servers 3-16 L Largest Datagram Supported 2-5, 3-5 Last 3-14 Last Character Input 3-8 Last Character Output 3-8 Last Kerberos Error 3-23 Last Status Change 2-4, 3-5 LAT Configuration View 3-27 Node Detail View 3-29 Node Table View 3-29 Nodes 3-28 Offered Services Detail View 3-31 Port 3-29 Port Detail View 3-29 Port Table View 3-28 Ports 3-28 Services 3-28 Services View 3-31 Length of Output Packet Queue 2-5, 3-5 Li
P Q Parameter Server 3-15 Configuration View 3-15 Parity 3-6 Password 3-21, 3-31 Password Change Failures 3-22 Pause 3-12 Perform Immediate Search 3-16 Periodic Search 3-16 Physical Address 2-4, 3-5 Port 3-5, 3-7, 3-10, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21 Autoconnect 3-9 Autologin 3-8 Broadcast 3-9 Connectresume 3-9 Default Session Mode 3-9 Default Session Mode Choice Definitions 3-9 Dialup 3-9 Idle Timeout 3-10 Inactivity Logout 3-10 Login Script Detail View 3-21 Loss Notification 3-9 Map 3-15, 3-31 Message Codes 3-9 Multi
S (continued) Domain Address 3-18 Gateway Addr 3-13 Server 3-22 Seconds Since Last Zeroed 3-31 Security Configuration View 3-19 Serial Interface Status Label Definitions 2-7 Port Configuration Detail View 3-5 Port Configuration Table 3-5 Port Configuration View 3-5 Port Configuration View/Interface Status 2-6, 2-7 Port Configuration View/Interface Type 2-6, 2-7 Port Logical Interface Icon 2-6 Port Performance View 2-7 Port Performance View/Characters In 26 Port Performance View/Characters Out 2-6 Ports 3-3,
U UDP Application 1-2 UDP2_App 1-2 Unicast Packets Delivered 2-5 Unicast Packets Requested 2-6 Unknown Protocol Packets Received 2-5 Unsuccessful Kerberos Logins 3-22 Using SPECTRUM x V Version Last Loaded 3-16 Virus Disclaimer i Visible Services Detail View 3-31 W Window Size 3-12 X XonXoff 3-7, 3-9 Z Zero All 3-14 Base 3-14 Counters 3-30 Port Counters 3-8 Index 6 ETSMIM Management Module Guide
