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Contents

Contents

 

Preface

 

What is in this Guide .......................................................................................................... vii
Conventions ........................................................................................................................ viii
Related SPECTRUM Documentation................................................................................ viii
Other Related Documentation ............................................................................................. ix

Related Hardware Documentation................................................................................ ix
Related Network Protocol Documentation ................................................................... ix

Getting Help ...........................................................................................................................x

 

Chapter 1

Introduction

 

What is in this Chapter...................................................................................................... 1-1
FDDI Modules for the MMAC-FNB................................................................................... 1-1
FDM Management Information Bases .............................................................................. 1-4
Proper Modeling of the FDM ............................................................................................. 1-4
FDM Applications ............................................................................................................... 1-5
SPMA and the FDM ........................................................................................................... 1-5

 

Chapter 2

Modeling the FDM

 

What is in this Chapter...................................................................................................... 2-1
Single Ethernet to FDDI LAN ........................................................................................... 2-2
Multiple Ethernet LANs to an FDDI LAN........................................................................ 2-4
Device Topology Views........................................................................................................ 2-6

Accessing the Device Topology Views.......................................................................... 2-6
FDM DevTop View ....................................................................................................... 2-7

Off-Page Reference Panel ...................................................................................... 2-7
Simplified Device View Panel................................................................................ 2-7
Device Icon Panel................................................................................................... 2-7
Port Connections Panel ......................................................................................... 2-9
Bridging Interface Icons........................................................................................ 2-9

Concentrator DevTop View ........................................................................................ 2-11

FDDI Port Icons ................................................................................................... 2-11

Summary of Contents for SPECTRUM FDM

Page 1: ...FDM Management Module Guide ...

Page 2: ...nti 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 April 1998 by Cabletron Systems Inc All rights reserved Printed in th...

Page 3: ...s 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 accordance w...

Page 4: ...NB 1 1 FDM Management Information Bases 1 4 Proper Modeling of the FDM 1 4 FDM Applications 1 5 SPMA and the FDM 1 5 Chapter 2 Modeling the FDM What is in this Chapter 2 1 Single Ethernet to FDDI LAN 2 2 Multiple Ethernet LANs to an FDDI LAN 2 4 Device Topology Views 2 6 Accessing the Device Topology Views 2 6 FDM DevTop View 2 7 Off Page Reference Panel 2 7 Simplified Device View Panel 2 7 Device...

Page 5: ...tus Bridge Port Configuration View Label 3 7 Physical Device View 3 8 Accessing the Physical Device View 3 8 Icon Subviews Menu Selections 3 11 Chapter 4 Configuration Views What is in this Chapter 4 1 FDM Device Configuration View 4 1 Accessing the FDM Device Configuration View 4 1 FDM Device Configuration View Fields 4 2 Interface Configuration Table 4 3 Interface Device Detail View 4 4 Concentr...

Page 6: ...essing the Device Topology View 2 6 Figure 2 4 FDM DevTop View 2 8 Figure 2 5 FDM Bridging Interface Icon 2 9 Figure 2 6 FDDI Port Icon 2 11 Figure 2 7 Concentrator DevTop View 2 13 Chapter 3 Device View Figure 3 1 Accessing the Chassis Device View 3 2 Figure 3 2 FDM Logical Device View 3 3 Figure 3 3 Logical Module Icon Detail 3 4 Figure 3 4 Accessing the Physical Device View 3 9 Figure 3 5 Physi...

Page 7: ...FDM vi Management Module Guide ...

Page 8: ...Menu Selections 3 5 Table 3 2 Module Type Descriptions 3 5 Table 3 3 FDDI Port Types 3 6 Table 3 4 Port Menu Selections 3 7 Table 3 5 Possible Port States and Definitions 3 8 Table 3 6 Physical Device View Module Icon Subviews Menu Selections 3 11 Chapter 4 Configuration Views Table 4 1 FDDI Ring State Descriptions 4 6 Table 4 2 Ring Connection Descriptions 4 6 Chapter 5 Event and Alarm Messages T...

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Page 10: ...ide is organized as follows Chapter 1 Introduction Briefly introduces and gives and overview of the FDM Management Module Chapter 2 Modeling the FDM Explains the procedure for properly modeling the FDM in SPECTRUM This chapter also describes the Device Topology Views which must be used in order to properly model the FDM Chapter 3 Device View Describes the Device View representations of the FDM dev...

Page 11: ... represented by a shadowed box for example Book or chapter titles are usually printed in italics for example SPECTRUM Operator s Reference Related SPECTRUM Documentation Refer to Operations and Administration documentation as well as the following documentation for more information on using SPECTRUM SPECTRUM Report Generator User s Guide Getting Started with SPECTRUM for Operators Getting Started ...

Page 12: ...works Andrew S Tanenbaum Prentice Hall Inc Local Area Networks Architectures and Implementations James Martin Kathleen K Chapman for the Arben Group Inc 1989 Prentice Hall Inc Related Hardware Documentation Refer to the following documentation to learn more about the FDM FDMMIM and FDMMIM 04 FDDI Concentrator Ethernet to FDDI Bridge Module Installation and User s Guide Cabletron Systems Inc Relate...

Page 13: ...rest Road East French s Forest NSW 2086 Sydney Australia E mail spectrum support ctron com 61 2 950 5950 61 2 950 5900 Japan Cabletron Systems KK Hamamatsucho MK Bldg 4th Floor 1 4 12 Kaigan Minato Ku Tokyo 101 Japan E mail spectrum support ctron com 81 3 3459 1985 81 3 3459 1981 Singapore Cabletron Systems Inc 85 Science Park Drive 03 03 04 The Cavendish Singapore 051 E mail spectrum support ctro...

Page 14: ...MMAC FNB FDDI modules are FDMMIM FDDI Management Media Interface Module The FDMMIM is an Ethernet to FDDI bridge providing the connection between the Ethernet A channel on the MMAC and the FDDI portion of the NOTE If you are running a previous version of SPECTRUM the following user interface aspects may differ from those in SPECTRUM version 4 0 Order and names of menu selections Navigational featu...

Page 15: ...ther FDDI devices FDCMIM 04 FDCMIM 08 FDDI Concentrator Media Interface Modules The FDCMIM 04 and FDCMIM 08 provide four and eight concentrator M ports respectively These modules provide additional FDDI connections when inserted to the left of and adjacent to the FDM module in the MMAC FNB chassis The FDC modules provide no management functions The FDC modules communicate with an FDM through the F...

Page 16: ...5 Introduction 1 3 FDDI Modules for the MMAC FNB Figure 1 1 Bridging Ethernet to FDDI with the FDM Ethernet Network MMAC FNB Ethernet Bus FDDI Network FDDI Ring Connections MMAC FNB FDM FDC MMAC FNB FDDI Bus A B ...

Page 17: ...IB Cabletron Systems Common MIB not fully implemented Backplane Protocol MIB Proper Modeling of the FDM You create the FDM model to represent the physical FDM device bridging between two networks Figure 1 2 shows a representative modeling of the FDM in SPECTRUM Chapter 2 Modeling the FDM explains the proper modeling process Figure 1 2 Bridging Ethernet to FDDI with the FDM in SPECTRUM Ethernet net...

Page 18: ...2_App DownLoad App CtDoanLoadApp FDDI SMT FddiSMT SPMA and the FDM SPECTRUM also provides SPECTRUM Portable Management Application SPMA functionality for the FDM To open the SPMA Application View from any SPECTRUM view follow these steps 1 Select Icon Subviews from the View menu or highlight the FDM model and click the middle mouse button to access the Icon Subviews menu 2 Select Utilities from th...

Page 19: ...plains how to upgrade firmware on Cabletron devices equipped with Flash EEPROMs Using the SNMP Traps Tool Chapter 6 explains how to establish which network management workstations on your network will receive trap alarms from a selected device and also provides a brief overview of some of the traps supported by Cabletron Systems devices SPMA Application TR MicroLAN Switch Module of type 9T122_24 C...

Page 20: ...configuration automatically Follow the instructions contained in this chapter to impose the proper configuration upon models that AutoDiscovery has already created If you create models of your FDM devices manually follow the modeling procedures explained in this chapter to create a model that is consistent with the conventions and rules used by the AutoDiscovery program when it constructs a networ...

Page 21: ...FDM icon to the appropriate port on the Port Connections Panel 6 Navigate into the DevTop View of the BdgCSIFDM model copy the HubCSIFDDI hub icon from the Port Connections Panel and paste it into the FDDI model 7 In the BdgCSIFDM DevTop View move the MMAC FNB model s Off Page Reference to the appropriate port in the Port Connections Panel 8 SPECTRUM creates the Off Page Reference and pipe connect...

Page 22: ... Ethernet to FDDI LAN FDM model bridging Ethernet and FDDI LANs MMAC FNB with installed FDM Copy the Concentrator model from the FDM Device Topology View and paste it into the FDDI network model LAN_802_3 White FDDI Chloe Concentrator Spillane Colin BdgCSIFDM Knight James MMAC FNB Padraic ...

Page 23: ...d copy the respective BdgCSIFDM icon to the appropriate port on the Port Connections Panel 6 Navigate into the DevTop View of each BdgCSIFDM model copy each HubCSIFDDI hub icon from the Port Connections Panel and paste each into the FDDI model 7 In each BdgCSIFDM DevTop View move the MMAC FNB model s Off Page Reference to the appropriate port in the Port Connections Panel 8 SPECTRUM creates the Of...

Page 24: ...nnection in each HubCSIFDDI DevTop View 1 Copy each HubCSIFDDI model from each FDM DevTop View 2 Paste each copy into the FDDI network model 3 Draw a logical pipe connection between the HubCSIFDDI models and the FDM Off Page References within the FDDI LAN 4 Open the DevTop View for each HubCSIFDDI model within the FDDI LAN FDDI LAN_802_3 LAN_802_3 HubCSIFDDI HubCSIFDDI Chloe Colin BdgCSIFDM BdgCSI...

Page 25: ...or Off Page Reference To access the Concentrator DevTop View you must first navigate into the FDM DevTop View then access the Concentrator DevTop View through the concentrator icon To access DevTop views from an FDM or concentrator icon use one of the following methods refer to Figure 2 3 Double click on the DevTop Access Arrow of the icon Highlight the icon and select DevTop from the Icon Subview...

Page 26: ...manage the connected device To logically connect an Off Page Reference Icon to an FDM port follow these steps 1 Select Edit from the File menu 2 Click on the Off Page Reference Icon 3 Drag the Off Page Reference Icon onto a port in the Port Connections Panel at the bottom of the DevTop View the triangular shaped device icon changes to a rectangular icon 4 Select Save Close from the File menu Simpl...

Page 27: ...0 Padraic Spillane FddiSMT FDDI FWD 1 ENET FWD 2 Off Page Reference Icons for the FDM These icons need to be connected to a port Simplified Device View FDM selected FDM Location View Icon Use this icon to navigate to subviews for the FDM Icon for automatically created concentrator model Status activity and information for the FDM s FDDI and Ethernet bridging interfaces Use these interface icons to...

Page 28: ... to the FDDI port and places it in the FDM DevTop View You must then copy the concentrator model from the DevTop View and pastes it into the FDDI network model to allow the FDM to gather statistics on the configuration and performance of the FDDI network For more information on the proper modeling procedure refer to the modeling instructions for your particular network configuration earlier in thi...

Page 29: ...em refer to the manual How to Manage Your Network in SPECTRUM Double clicking on this graph accesses the Port Performance View Table 2 1 Interface Status Definitions Interface Status Definition DIS Disabled Management has disabled the interface No traffic can be received or forwarded while the interface is disabled BLK Blocking The interface will not forward any traffic LST Listening The FDM is no...

Page 30: ...ng the FDM or FDC module s FDDI ports appear in the Port Connections Panel Figure 2 6 provides a detailed illustration of the FDDI port icons You can access the Icon Subviews menu by single clicking the middle mouse button where indicated or highlighting the icon and selecting Icon Subviews from the View menu Figure 2 6 FDDI Port Icon Port Notes Double clicking on this area of the icon accesses th...

Page 31: ...ual attachment station DAS or dual attachment concentrator DAC B Type Connects to the outgoing primary ring and incoming secondary ring This port is a part of a DAS or DAC and is also used to connect a DAS to a DAC M Type Connects a concentrator to a single attachment station SAS DAC or another concentrator DAC or single attachment concentrator SAC This port is only implemented in a DAC or SAC S T...

Page 32: ...trPort Notes Port 1 A Type Notes Active Port 2 B Type Notes Active Simplified Device View FDM selected Concentrator Location View Icon Use this icon to navigate to subviews for the concentrator Icon representing that the FDM is attached to this concentrator port Status and information for the FDDI interfaces Use the Type A and Type B interface icons to access the Port Configuration View and the Rp...

Page 33: ...Device Topology Views Concentrator DevTop View Modeling the FDM FDM 2 14 Management Module Guide ...

Page 34: ...les and ports The Physical Device View displays a physical representation of the modules installed in the MMAC FNB chassis These Device Views show the FDM s configuration When the port or application status is modified the display reflects those changes after the model s next polling cycle When a module is added or removed from the chassis SPECTRUM displays those changes when a model reconfigurati...

Page 35: ...ton of the FDM icon This opens the last device view accessed for the selected FDM model i e Chassis or Physical Highlight the FDM icon and select Device Chassis from the Icon Subviews menu Figure 3 1 Accessing the Chassis Device View BdgCSIFDM BdgCSIFDM Double click Close Navigate Alarms Performance Notes Utilities Zoom Device DevTop Application Acknowledge Flash Green Enabled Configuration Model ...

Page 36: ...ice View File View Help Primary Landscape 0x00400000 VNM Host FDM of type BdgCSIFDM Model Name Contact Description Location Network Address Primary Application System UpTime Manufacturer DeviceType Serial Number 3 3 4 M 5 M 6 M FDM00 FWD FDDI FWD ENET Gen Bridge App ACT ACT 2 FDC44 CON CON CON CON M 2 1 A B ...

Page 37: ...g sections detail each icon zone You can access the menus displayed by single clicking and holding the middle mouse button where indicated Figure 3 3 Logical Module Icon Detail FDM00 FWD FDDI FWD ENET ACT ACT 2 2 1 A B Module Number Notes Facility Module Type Port Number FDDI Port Notes Facility Port Status Bridge Interface Status Navigate Utilities Notes Events Alarms Port Configuration Port Type...

Page 38: ... Configuration View CsTelScript Allows you to telnet to the ESXMIM Table 3 2 Module Type Descriptions Module Type Description FDM00 An FDM Ethernet to FDDI bridging module providing SMT SNMP management of other FDDI modules FDC04 and FDC08 FDM04 An FDM Ethernet to FDDI bridging module with four additional M concentrator ports for connecting to other FDDI devices FDM24 An FDM FDDI Dual Attached Con...

Page 39: ...ort types FDC28 An eight M UTP concentrator port module managed by the FDM FDC34 A four M single mode fiber concentrator port module managed by the FDM FDC38 An eight M single mode fiber concentrator port module managed by the FDM FDC44 A four M STP concentrator port module managed by the FDM FDC48 An eight M STP concentrator port module managed by the FDM Table 3 2 Module Type Descriptions Contin...

Page 40: ...ible interface states Double clicking on the label accesses the Bridge Port ConfigurationView Port Configuration opening the Port Configuration View is the only menu selection available via this label excluding the generic options Navigate Utilities Notes Events and Alarms M Master Connects a concentrator to a single attachment station SAS DAC or another concentrator DAC or single attachment conce...

Page 41: ...FDM model i e Chassis or Physical Highlight the FDM icon and select Device Physical from the Icon Subviews menu Table 3 5 Possible Port States and Definitions State Definition DIS Disabled Management has disabled the port No traffic can be received or forwarded while the port is disabled LRN Learning The FDM is learning network addresses The Learning state occurs when the FDM s Acquired Database i...

Page 42: ...iew Figure 3 4 Accessing the Physical Device View BdgCSIFDM BdgCSIFDM Double click Close Navigate Alarms Performance Notes Utilities Zoom Device DevTop Application Acknowledge Flash Green Enabled Configuration Model Information Primary Application Chassis Physical Select Physical ...

Page 43: ...NM Host FDM of type BdgCSIFDM Model Name Contact Description Location Network Address Primary Application System UpTime Manufacturer DeviceType Serial Number Gen Bridge App FDCMIM 44 SN FNB FDMMIM SN PWR FDDI FDDI 1 2 3 4 PST PST PST PST LNK LNK LNK LNK C O N S O L E M O D E M RESET PWR TWP XMT RCV WRP ROP STBY SYOK XMT RCV CLN POK LNK ENET FDDI B Y P A S S F D D I B F D D I A ...

Page 44: ...tlines the menu selections available per module excluding the generic options Navigate Utilities Notes Events and Alarms Table 3 6 Physical Device View Module Icon Subviews Menu Selections Menu Selection Description Module Notes Opens the Module Notes View Device Configuration View Opens the FDM Device Configuration View ...

Page 45: ...Physical Device View Icon Subviews Menu Selections Device View FDM 3 12 Management Module Guide ...

Page 46: ...pport the following configuration views FDM Device Configuration View Concentrator Device Configuration View FDM Device Configuration View The FDM Device Configuration View provides information on the configuration and operating status of the FDM s interfaces Accessing the FDM Device Configuration View You can access the FDM Device Configuration View using one of the following methods refer to Fig...

Page 47: ...ade the firmware for a device from a TFTP Boot or Bootp Server For more information on this view refer to the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application Tools Guide This button opens the Trap Table View This view allows you to enable and disable SNMP traps on the device For more information on this view refer to the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application Tools Guide BdgCSIFDM BdgCSIFDM Double clic...

Page 48: ...ach of the FDM s bridging interfaces This button updates all the information in the table This button switches the Interface Address entries between the MAC and Canonical addresses This button allows you to apply a specific filter to a column entry This button allows you to arrange the display of information by a defined parameter Interface Address The Ethernet MAC address of the port Description ...

Page 49: ...f inbound packets that have been discarded Inbound Non Unicast The number of inbound broadcast packets Outbound Errors The number of outbound error packets that have occurred Outbound Discards The number of outbound packets that have been discarded Outbound Non Unicast The number of outbound boradcast packets Concentrator Device Configuration View The Concentrator Device Configuration View provide...

Page 50: ... MAC Configuration The actual configuration of the concentrator Table 4 2 shows the possible configurations MAC Path The ring that this concentrator resides on Primary Secondary or Local MAC Address The MAC address of this concentrator MAC Count The number of MACs supported by this concentrator FddiSMT FddiSMT Double click Select Configuration Close Navigate Alarms Performance Notes Utilities Zoom...

Page 51: ... The claim beacon process did not complete within 9 seconds The concentrator is now sending directed beacons to indicate a problem Trace A problem has been detected with the station or its upstream neighbor A trace is being sent to notify the upstream neighbor of the problem The concentrator and all stations between the concentrator and its upstream neighbor will run self tests Table 4 2 Ring Conn...

Page 52: ... Rotation Time TTRT bid made by this concentrator in milliseconds T Neg milli sec The winning TTRT bid on the ring displayed in milliseconds TVX milli sec The valid transmission timer The TVX detects excessive ring noise token loss and other faults When the station receives a valid frame or token the TVX resets If the TVX expires the station starts a ring initialization sequence Through A Indicate...

Page 53: ...Concentrator Device Configuration View SMT Information Configuration Views FDM 4 8 Management Module Guide ...

Page 54: ... also mapped to an identical alarm message and provides any probable cause messages corresponding to these alarms FDM Events and Alarms SPECTRUM supports the following events and alarms for the FDM The event message files are in the following directory SPECTRUM Directory Path SG Support CsEvFormat The alarm message files are in the following directory SPECTRUM Directory Path SG Support CsPCause ...

Page 55: ...m started event e No Probable Cause Message CsEvFormat Event00010308 d w d m Y T A n t device named m has detected a communication Link Down event e CsPCause Prob00010308 Communication link is down CsEvFormat Event00010309 d w d m Y T A n t device named m has detected a communication Link Up event e No Probable Cause Message CsEvFormat Event0001030a d w d m Y T A n t device named m has detected an...

Page 56: ...PLICATE IP ADDRESS The model has the same IP address as that of some other model CsEvFormat Event00010402 d w d m Y T Device m of type t is created with a physical MAC address already used by another model event e CsPCause Prob00010402 DUPLICATE PHYSICAL ADDRESS The model has the same Physical address MAC address as that of some other model Table 5 1 FDM Events and Alarms Event Message Probable Ca...

Page 57: ...FDM Events and Alarms Event and Alarm Messages FDM 5 4 Management Module Guide ...

Page 58: ... 3 7 Port Configuration View Label 3 7 Bridging Interface 2 7 Icons 2 9 BRK 3 8 Broken 3 8 B Type 2 12 C Canonical 4 3 Chassis Device View 3 1 Clear Filter 4 3 Comments x Community Table 4 3 CON 3 7 Concentrator Device Configuration View 4 1 4 4 Label 3 5 DevTop View 2 11 Conceptual Model 2 2 2 4 Configuration Timer 3 1 Connecting 3 7 Contact Status 4 2 Conventions viii CsEvFormat 5 1 CsPCause 5 1...

Page 59: ...GenBridgePort 3 6 Notes Facility 3 6 Gray 2 10 H Hardware Interface 2 10 Requirements vii Help x I Icon Subviews Menu Selections 3 11 Inbound Discards 4 4 Errors 4 4 Non Unicast 4 4 Interface Address 4 3 Configuration Table 4 3 Detail 4 3 Device Detail View 4 4 Index 4 4 Status 2 10 Type 2 10 3 6 Introduction 1 1 Isolated 4 6 L Learning 2 10 3 8 Listening 2 10 3 8 Logical Module Icons 3 4 LRN 2 10...

Page 60: ...nections Panel 2 9 2 11 Notes 2 11 3 7 Number 2 9 2 11 3 6 Performance View 2 10 Status 2 11 3 7 Type 2 11 3 6 Ports 3 1 Primary In 4 6 Out 4 6 Probable Cause Messages 5 1 Proper Modeling of the FDM 1 4 R Receive Rate 2 10 Related Hardware Documentation ix Network Protocol Documentation ix SPECTRUM Documentation viii Restricted Rights Notice ii Ring State 4 5 Ring Op 4 6 Dup 4 6 S SAC 2 12 3 7 SAS...

Page 61: ...arget Token Rotation Time 4 7 TCP IP Based Networks ix Technical Communications x Support x TFTP Download 4 2 Through A 4 7 B 4 7 T Neg 4 7 T Notify 4 7 Trace 4 6 Trademarks i Transmitted Rate 2 10 Trap Table 4 2 T Req 4 7 TTRT 4 7 TVX 4 7 Type 4 3 U Update 4 3 V Virus Disclaimer i W Wrap A 4 6 AB 4 6 B 4 6 Y Yellow 2 10 ...

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