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DEC-Specific Applications

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DecGigaApp

GigaSwitch M Ports

5.

Choose the disposition (FilterAlways Filter, or Forward) for the filter, 
using the Disposition button in the view. Click on the Status button so 
that it displays the desired status (OtherInvalidPermanent
DeleteOnReset, or DeleteOnTimeOut).

6.

Choose Save All Changes from the File menu.

7.

Click on the Add Entry button to add the new filter to the table.

GigaSwitch M Ports

The GigaSwitch M Ports icon subview generates the GigaSwitch M Port 
Table. 

Enabling or Disabling a Particular M Port

1.

Double-click on the Enable setting for the particular port to display the M 
Port Table View.

2.

Click on the Enable button so that it displays the desired setting (True or 
False).

3.

Choose Save All Changes from the File menu and close out of the M Port 
Table View.

GigaSwitch STP

The GigaSwitch STP icon subview generates the GigaSwitch STP Table

Enabling or Disabling the Spanning Tree Application for a Particular 
Port

1.

Double-click on the Enable setting for the particular port to display the M 
Port Table View.

2.

Click on the Enable button so that it displays the desired setting (True or 
False).

3.

Choose Save All Changes from the File menu and close out of the M Port 
Table View.

Summary of Contents for Device Management Module Dec GigaSwitch

Page 1: ...DEC GigaSwitch Management Module Guide ...

Page 2: ...ti virus system is 100 reliable we strongly caution you to write protect and then verify that the Licensed Software prior to installing it is virus free with an anti virus system in which you have confidence Cabletron Systems makes no representations or warranties to the effect that the Licensed Software is virus free Copyright January 1997 by Cabletron Systems Inc All rights reserved Printed in t...

Page 3: ...it was acquired is inoperative 3 Reproduced for safekeeping archives or backup purposes 4 Modified adapted or combined with other computer software provided that the modified combined or adapted portions of the derivative software incorporating restricted computer software are made subject to the same restricted rights 5 Disclosed to and reproduced for use by support service contractors in accorda...

Page 4: ... View 2 1 Accessing the Logical Device View 2 2 Interface Device View 2 5 Device Icon Panel 2 8 Interface Options Panel 2 8 Logical Interface Icon 2 9 Device Topology View Interface Number Label 2 9 Interface Status View Interface Status Label 2 9 Interface Configuration View Port Type Label 2 10 Interface Address Translation Table MAC Address Label 2 11 Network Information Panel Network Informati...

Page 5: ...cs 5 4 GigaSwitch Cut Through Mapping 5 4 Configuring Cut Through Mapping 5 4 GigaSwitch Filters 5 5 Editing Existing Matrices 5 5 Adding a Matrix to the Table 5 5 Editing Destination Filters 5 6 Adding Entries to the Destination Filters Table 5 6 SAP Filters 5 6 Editing the Settings for an Existing Filter 5 7 Adding an Entry to the SAP Filter View 5 7 SNAP Filters 5 7 Editing an Existing SNAP Fil...

Page 6: ...ridge Databases 5 11 Extended Bridge 5 12 Characteristics 5 12 Disable Spanning Tree 5 13 NTP 5 13 Rate Limiting 5 13 Spanning Tree 5 14 Extended FDDI 5 14 Protocol Databases 5 15 SNMP Authentication 5 15 SNMP User Communities Table 5 16 SNMP Trap User Table 5 16 Model Information View 5 17 Index ...

Page 7: ...DEC GigaSwitch vi Management Module Guide ...

Page 8: ...Figure 2 2 DEC Gigaswitch Logical Device View Label and Double Click Zones 2 4 Figure 2 3 Interface Device View 2 7 Figure 2 4 DEC GigaSwitch Physical Device View 2 18 Chapter 5 DEC Specific Applications Figure 5 1 The DecGigaApp Icon Subviews menu 5 2 Figure 5 2 The Extended Bridge Submenu 5 12 ...

Page 9: ...DEC GigaSwitch viii Management Module Guide ...

Page 10: ...Types for the DECGigaSwitch 2 10 Table 2 5 Color and Statistical Definitions for each Attribute 2 12 Table 2 6 GaugeTotals Mode Attribute and Color Definitions 2 14 Table 2 7 GaugeRates Mode Attribute and Color Definitions 2 15 Table 2 8 DEC Gigaswitch l Physical Device View Module Icon Subviews 2 19 Chapter 4 Event and Alarm Messages Table 4 1 DEC GigaSwitch Events and Alarms 4 1 ...

Page 11: ...DEC GigaSwitch x Management Module Guide ...

Page 12: ...or the DEC GigaSwitch in SPECTRUM Who Should Read This Manual You should read this manual if you are going to model and monitor a DEC GigaSwitch device through SPECTRUM Before reading this manual you should be familiar with SPECTRUM s functionality Familiarity with network management is helpful as is an understanding of the device hardware and firmware described in the GigaSwitch s hardware manual...

Page 13: ... shadowed box for example Chapter Description Chapter 1 Introduction Describes the DEC GigaSwitch management module and model types Chapter 2 Device Views Describes the Logical and Physical device views for the DEC GigaSwitch Chapter 3 Configuration Views Describes the Device Module and Port Configuration Views for the DEC GigaSwitch Chapter 4 Events and Alarms Describes the DECElan and DECGiga ap...

Page 14: ...ors How to Manage Your Network with SPECTRUM Other Related Documentation LAN Troubleshooting Handbook Mark Miller 1989 M T Publishing Inc Local Area Networks Architectures and Implementations James Martin Kathleen K Chapman for the Arben Group Inc 1989 Prentice Hall Inc The Simple Book An Introduction to Management of TCP IP based Internets Marshall T Rose Performance Systems International Inc Com...

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Page 16: ...ement agent SPECTRUM bases its management of these devices on the Management Information Base MIB which comes as part of the management module The SPECTRUM model type name of the DEC GigaSwitch device is as follows DECGigaSwitch A DEC GigaSwitch data switch SPECTRUM supports the Fiber GIGAswitch FDDI System Linecard 2 port FGL 2 Switch Control Processor SCP and Clock cards The DEC GigaSwitch allow...

Page 17: ...nagement Information Bases MIB s which come as a part of the software module for the model type Internet MIB II RFC 1213 IETF Bridge MIB RFC 1286 RFC 1285 FDDI DEC Elan Vendor MIB Version 2 7 DEC GigaSwitch MIB Version 1 0 The MIB II IETF Bridge MIB and the FDDI applications are described in the Applications documentation The DECGigaApp and the DECElanApp are the GigaSwitch s device specific appli...

Page 18: ...eGigaSwitch allowing you to set and gather information about each of the interfaces The Physical Device view provides a physical representation of the Gigaswitch and allows access to configuration and status information for the Gigaswitch module Logical Device View This section describes the information available from the Gigaswitch Logical Device view The following diagram illustrates how to acce...

Page 19: ...n of the Gigaswitch device icon This will open the Device view that was opened last i e Logical Physical or Interface Highlight the DEC Gigaswitch device icon and select Device Logical from the Icon Subviews menu Device View Button 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 Ut...

Page 20: ...ew Help Primary Landscape 0x00400000 VNM Host GigaSwitch of type DECGigaSwitch Model Name Contact Description Location Net Addr Prime App Sys Up Time Manufacturer Device Type Serial Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FGL2 FGL2 CLOCK SCP Run Spanning Run Spanning Run Spanning Run Spanning Run Spanning 14 Run Spanning 10 13 14 13 9 ...

Page 21: ... Module Menu Selections Menu Selection Description Module Notes Opens the Module Notes view allowing you to write save and email notes about the highlighted module Module Port Table Opens the Module Port Table view which displays the module s number its ports the MIB II Index and Bridge Ports Module Configuration Opens the Board Table view allowing you to change the DEC Gigaswitch s status NotPres...

Page 22: ... following methods Double click on the Device view button of the GigaSwitch device icon This will open the Device view that was opened last i e Chassis Physical or Interface Table 2 2 Port Icon Subviews Menu Selection Description Port Notes Opens the Port Notes view allowing you to write save and email notes about the highlighted port Port Configuration Opens the FDDI MAC Table view providing FDDI...

Page 23: ... the Icon Subviews menu The Interface Device View includes three panels as well as the Device View Banner shown in Figure 2 3 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 Chassisl Physical Interface ...

Page 24: ...aSwitch of Landscape VNMHost Primary Model Name Contact Description Location Net Addr Prime App Sys Up Time Manufacturer Device Type Serial Number Find Interface Description Network Information Address Phy Addr 7 ON FDDI 8 0 2B B3 1D 24 0 8 ON FDDI 8 0 2B B3 1D 23 0 13 ON FDDI 8 0 2B B3 1D 34 0 14 ON FDDI 8 0 2B B3 1D 33 0 ...

Page 25: ... to the Gauge Control Panel view Filter The Filter area of the Interface Options Panel is only implemented if the SPECTRUM Routing Services Management Module is loaded Network Information The Network Information area of the Interface Options Panel allows you to determine the interface information displayed in the Network Information Label zone of that interface s Logical Interface Icon Possible se...

Page 26: ...Logical Gauge Device Topology View Interface Number Label This label displays the number of this interface Double clicking on this label allows you to access the DECGigaSwitch Device Topology DevTop view Interface Status View Interface Status Label The Interface Status Label displays a text label and an appropriate background color to represent the current status of the interface Table 2 3 shows t...

Page 27: ...inistrative Status of the highlighted interface to On Off or Testing The Interface Configuration view also displays the interface s Operation Status Physical Address Bandwidth Packet Size Queue Length Last Change information as read only values Table 2 3 Interface Status Label Definitions Operational Status Administrative Status Text Display Color ON ON ON Green OFF OFF OFF Blue OFF ON OFF Yellow ...

Page 28: ...0 Mbps HyChan Hyperchannel fddi Fiber Distributed Data Interface lapb X 25 Line Access Procedure Balanced sdlc IBM Synchronous Data Link Control protocol ds1 T1 link USA and Japan CEPT T1 link Europe basicISDN Basic Integrated Services Digital Network primaryISDN Proprietary Integrated Services Digital Network propPointToPointSerial Proprietary Point to Point Serial ppp Point to Point protocol sof...

Page 29: ... Line Graph provides a general indication of network activity The attributes are pre selected and use colors to represent different statistics For more information on the Multi Attribute Line Graph refer to SPECTRUM Views Table 2 5 lists the color and statistical definitions for each attribute Table 2 5 Color and Statistical Definitions for each Attribute Statistic Color Description Transmitted Wh...

Page 30: ... multi attribute line graph that only displays information about packets sent through the interface Pressing this button brings up a multi attribute line graph that only displays information about packets received through the interface Pressing this button brings up the Interface Detail view for the highlighted interface This view displays information about the Packet Error and Discard rates in th...

Page 31: ...e click on the Interface Options Panel or single click on the panel to highlight it and then select Gauge Control Panel from the Icon Subviews menu Selected Attribute This area of the Gauge Control Panel allows you to select the statistical attribute displayed on the Logical Interface Icon s Gauge The label changes color to reflect the attribute selected Table 2 6 and Table 2 7 provide a list of t...

Page 32: ...olor Errors Orange In Packets Lt Blue Out Packets Lt Blue In Octets Green Out Octets Green Discards Tan Forwarded Lt Purple Host Bound Yellow Transmitted White Filtered Gray Table 2 7 GaugeRates Mode Attribute and Color Definitions Selected Attribute Color Load Green Load In Green Load Out Green Packet Rate Lt Blue In Packet Rate Lt Blue Out Packet Rate Lt Blue Discard Tan Filtered Gray Forwarded ...

Page 33: ...affect the logical interface icon The Gauge control panel provides the following buttons Apply the current selections to the Logical Gauge The settings cannot be saved Save the current gauge settings while running SpectroGRAPH Reset back to the last Keep Settings selections Close the Gauge Control Panel Reset back to the default attribute of Load Apply Keep Settings Reset Close Default ...

Page 34: ...e view is accessed using one of the following methods Double click on the Device View button of the Gigaswitch device icon This will open the Device view that was opened last i e Logical or Physical Highlight the Gigaswitch device icon and select Device Physical from the Icon Subviews menu Device View Button Go Back Go Up Icon Subviews View Path New View Bookmarks View History Current View Info No...

Page 35: ...Switch Physical Device View File View Help Primary Landscape 0x00400000 VNM Host GigaSwitch of type DECGigaSwitch Model Name Contact Description Location Net Addr Prime App Sys Up Time Manufacturer Device Type Serial Number 1 2 1 A S B 2 A S B 1 2 1 A S B 2 A S B 1 2 1 A S B 2 A S B line card line card line card clock card scp card ...

Page 36: ...ns the Module Notes View allowing you to write save and email notes about the highlighted module Module Port Table Opens the Module Port Table View which displays the module s number its ports the MIB II Index and Bridge Ports Module Configuration Opens the Board Table view allowing you to change the DEC Gigaswitch s status NotPresent PowerDown PowerUp PowerDownTheUp Fault RevMismatch and SelfTest...

Page 37: ...Physical Device View Accessing the Physical Device View Device View DEC GigaSwitch 2 20 Management Module Guide ...

Page 38: ...h module supports the following the configuration views Device Interface Module Port DEC GigaSwitch Device Configuration View The Device Configuration View includes a device banner and the GigaSwitch s model name contact status and the number of interfaces attached to the module The Device View also provides access to the Interface Configuration Table and the Interface Address Translation Table fo...

Page 39: ...nu The Device Configuration View provides the following information Interface Address Translation Table The Interface Address Translation Table lists the number physical address and network address for each interface installed in the GigaSwitch Double Double click Configuration Label Model Type Model Name Go Back Go Up Icon Subviews View Path New View Bookmarks View History Current View Info Notes...

Page 40: ...face Configuration View which allows you to change the Administrative Status for the interface to On Off or Testing The Interface Configuration view also includes a Device Banner for the GigaSwitch and the Operation Status Last Change Physical Address Bandwidth Packet Size and Queue Length for the selected interface Module Configuration View Access the Module Configuration View by doing the follow...

Page 41: ...change the Purger Enable setting do the following 1 Click the Purger Enable button so that it displays the desired setting either True or False 2 Choose Save All Changes from the File menu and close out of the view To change the Restricted Token Timeout setting do the following 1 Enter the desired setting in the Restricted Token Timeout text box The default is 12500000 2 Choose Save All Changes fr...

Page 42: ...ages corresponding to these alarms DEC GigaSwitch Events and Alarms SPECTRUM supports the following events for the DEC GigaSwitch Table 4 1 lists the generic events and alarms for DEC GigaSwitch devices Table 4 1 DEC GigaSwitch Events and Alarms Event Message Probable Cause Message Event00010306 d w d m Y T A n t device named m has been cold started event e No Probable Cause message Event00010307 ...

Page 43: ...detected an Authentication Failure event e Prob0001030a Authorization failure Other user is trying to connect to device with an invalid community string Event0001030b d w d m Y T A n t device named m has detected an EGP Neighbor Loss EGP Neighbor IP address is O 1 event e Prob0001030b Lost contact with EGP neighbor Event01540003 d w d m Y T Board I 1 reports a failure on device m t event e Prob015...

Page 44: ... accessible through the GigaSwitch s Applications View DecGigaApp The DecGigaApp allows the user to perform basic configuration processes for the GigaSwitch to access bridge information for the switch to configure filters and to upgrade the firmware for specific cards Figure 5 1 illustrates the Icon Subviews menu for the DecGigaApp ...

Page 45: ...analyzed in the GigaSwitch s Performance View The user can choose from a list of SPECTRUM and GigaSwitch applications Memory The user can specify Rewrite Rewriting or Other for the Memory setting Fan Speed The user can select either Maximum or Normal for the GigaSwitch s fan speed SNMP Duplicate Discard Interval The user can specify the interval measured in 1 100 sec at which a duplicate packet is...

Page 46: ...wnThenUp Fault RevMismatch and SelfTestInProgress This table allows the user to choose to Heed or Ignore the temperature warning should the GigaSwitch overheat as well as detailing information on the GigaSwitch hardware and firmware This table shows the Status Input Source and Output information for the left and right power supply sources GigaSwitch ARP ARP Agent The user can specify whether the A...

Page 47: ...ing table allows the user to enable or disable the Inbound or Outbound Cut Through Mapping application for each of the GigaSwitch Bridge Ports The Cut Through Mapping feature allows packets with known IP addresses to travel through the GigaSwitch with out being temporarily stored within the GigaSwitch Packets without known IP addresses for their destination are temporarily delayed while the GigaSw...

Page 48: ...x for a port Editing Existing Matrices 1 Double click on the matrix setting to be changed to display the Port Matrix View 2 Edit the Name the Matrix Value for the bridge the Matrix Value for the front panel and the Status settings so that they display the desired values 3 Choose Save All Changes from the File menu to close out of the Port Matrix View Adding a Matrix to the Table 1 Click the Add an...

Page 49: ... 1 Click the Add an Entry button to display the Add a Destination Filter View 2 Enter the appropriate Name for the filter 3 In the Destination text box enter the MAC address of the device to be filtered 4 In the Matrix text box enter the matrix value for the filter 5 Choose the disposition Filter Always Filter or Forward for the filter using the Disposition button Click on the Status button so tha...

Page 50: ... the matrix value for the filter 5 Choose the disposition Filter Always Filter or Forward for the filter using the Disposition button in the view Click on the Status button so that it displays the desired status Other Invalid Permanent 6 Choose Save All Changes from the File menu 7 Click on the Add Entry button to add the new filter to the table SNAP Filters The SNAP Filter icon subview generates ...

Page 51: ... 7 Click on the Add Entry button to add the new filter to the table Source Filters The Source Filter icon subview generates the GigaSwitch Port Filter Source Address Table The user has the option of editing the settings for an existing filter or adding a new filter to the table Editing an Existing Source Filter 1 Double click on the setting you wish to change displaying the Source Filter View 2 Ed...

Page 52: ...bling or Disabling a Particular M Port 1 Double click on the Enable setting for the particular port to display the M Port Table View 2 Click on the Enable button so that it displays the desired setting True or False 3 Choose Save All Changes from the File menu and close out of the M Port Table View GigaSwitch STP The GigaSwitch STP icon subview generates the GigaSwitch STP Table Enabling or Disabl...

Page 53: ...ck the Action button so that it displays either DoMOP or DTFTP 5 Enter the card s slot number in the Slot to Upgrade text box 6 Click the Upgrade Action button so that it displays DoUpgrade 7 To cancel the file transfer click the Delete Transfer button and choose the appropriate option Model Information View The model information icon subview provides the user with a list of SPECTRUM s settings fo...

Page 54: ...ch should be updated or not by clicking on the Update Switch button so that it shows the desired setting True or False Port Traps The user may enable or disable port traps by clicking on the Port Traps button so that it shows the desired setting Enable or Disable Init Switch The user may choose between Other Reset or ResetWithDefaults for this setting Gateway The user may specify the gateway used ...

Page 55: ...o specify the following characteristics Port Test Pass Thresh The threshold number of successful consecutive self tests before the GigaSwitch is considered operational Port Test Interval Sec Upon a line break the GigaSwitch will test the failed port The Port Test Interval is the amount of time in seconds between the tests of a particular port Manual Filter Click the Manual Filter button so that it...

Page 56: ...isable Spanning Tree To enable or disable the Spanning Tree function for an individual port 1 Double click on the port s number or status entry 2 Click on the Status button so that it displays the desired status Enabled or Disabled 3 Choose Save All Changes from the File menu and close out of the view NTP The Non Translated Protocol Table allows the user to specify the IPX Raw To Snap condition as...

Page 57: ...tiates a self test LB100 Poll Time Secs The length of time in seconds between the polling of the LAN bridge LB100 Response Timeout Secs The length of time in seconds the GigaSwitch waits for a response from the LAN bridge Spanning Tree Mode The user may specify the Spanning Tree Mode by clicking on the button so that it displays AutoSelect existing or IEEE802 Extended FDDI The Extended FDDI icon s...

Page 58: ...anoseconds Protocol Databases The Protocol Databases icon subview accesses the Ethernet Protocol SAP Protocol and SNAP Protocol databases These views allow the user to specify whether the ports will forward or filter packets in each of these protocols To change the 2 Port setting for each of these protocol tables 1 Choose the desired database from the Protocol Databases icon subview 2 Click on the...

Page 59: ...u To add a new Read Only or Read Write station 1 Click on the Add a Read Only Entry or Add a Read Write Entry button 2 In the Add a Station view enter the station s IP Address and its Mask 3 Choose Save All Changes from the File menu 4 Click the Add Entry button SNMP Trap User Table The SNMP Trap User Table provides for the establishment of traps for devices in a particular community To edit an ex...

Page 60: ... SPECTRUM s settings for the GigaSwitch model The Poll Interval used by many of the SPECTRUM applications must be set in the application s Model Information View To set the Poll Interval 1 Click on Model Information in the icon subviews menu 2 Enter the desired poll interval in the Poll Interval text box 3 Click on the Polling Status button so that it displays True ...

Page 61: ...DecElanApp Model Information View DEC Specific Applications DEC GigaSwitch 5 18 Management Module Guide ...

Page 62: ... Module 3 3 STHi Device 3 1 D DEC GigaSwitch Management Module 1 1 DecElanApp 5 11 Bridge Databases 5 11 Configuration 5 11 Extended Bridge 5 12 Extended FDDI 5 14 Model Information View 5 17 Protocol Databases 5 15 SNMP Authentication 5 15 DecGigaApp 5 1 Configuration 5 2 GigaSwitch ARP 5 3 GigaSwitch Bridge Statistics 5 4 GigaSwitch Cut Through Mapping 5 4 GigaSwitch Filters 5 5 GigaSwitch M Por...

Page 63: ...5 GigaSwitch ARP Table 5 3 GigaSwitch Flooding Table 5 4 Gray 2 15 Green 2 12 2 14 2 15 H Host Bound 2 15 I In Load 2 12 Octets 2 14 Packet Rate 2 12 2 15 Packets 2 14 Index 3 3 Init Switch 5 11 Interface Description 2 8 Device View 2 4 Number Label 2 9 Options Panel 2 8 2 14 Performance View Label 2 12 Status Label 2 9 Status Label 2 9 Interface Address Translation Table 3 2 Interface Configurati...

Page 64: ... Interval 5 10 Port Type Label 2 10 Port Configuration View 3 4 Port Matrices 5 5 Port Test Interval 5 12 Port Test Pass Thresh 5 12 Port Traps 5 11 Power Supply 5 3 Primary Application 5 2 5 11 Probable Cause Messages 4 1 PSC Controller 5 3 R Rate Limiting 5 13 Rates 2 14 Red 2 12 Related Documentation xiii Related Reading xiii Remove Mgmt Address 5 13 Remove Mgmt Protocol 5 13 Reset Button 2 16 ...

Page 65: ...or s Reference xi STHi Device Configuration View 3 1 Supported Cards 1 2 T Tan 2 15 TEST 2 10 TESTING 2 10 Timeout 5 3 Total 2 14 Load 2 12 Packet Rate 2 12 Trademarks i Transmitted 2 15 Turquoise 2 12 U Update Switch 5 11 Upgrading Firmware 5 10 V Virus Disclaimer i W White 2 12 2 15 Y Yellow 2 12 2 15 ...

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