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Iris Packet Broker (IPB) 7.13.2
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Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide
3
IPB Installation
Rev. 001-140228
Bind G10s and IPB Devices to an Aggregation Cluster
When configuring a large number of IPBs to feed data to a G10 probe, you can combine the elements in
an aggregation cluster to simplify displaying statistics within Iris applications.
Step
Action
1.
On the Probes tab, click the
Create Cluster Device
button to create an aggregation
cluster. IPBs appear with an “I” icon and aggregation clusters appear with a “C” icon in
the tree hierarchy.
2.
On the Probes tab, select an IPB in the Probe List pane, and click the
Bind to
Aggregation Device
button in the Probe Details tab (
Figure 3.15 - IrisView Admin Probe Management Tab (IPB)
3.
Select the cluster to associate with the IPB and then click OK. The IPB is moved under
the cluster in the Probe List pane.
If you need to unbind an IPB from an Aggregation Cluster, first ensure the IPB is not currently
being upgraded during execution of a software campaign. Refer to
details.
4.
Repeat
for each IPB you want to bind to the Aggregation Cluster.
5.
Once the IPB420 has been added to the cluster, you can add the G10 probe to the
cluster.
You will not be able to add the G10 probe to the cluster until the IPB420
(with configured Egress ports) has been bound to the aggregation cluster.
6.
Aggregation Cluster Ingress and Egress Port settings appear in the Cluster Ports tab
based on the IPB Port Settings configured in the IPB GUI. Refer to
and the
IPB Software User Guide
for IPB port setting details.
Ingress
ports are the equivalent of
span
ports with Time and Port stamping enabled
in the IPB GUI. Both IPB220 and IPB420 devices can have ingress ports appear in
Iris Admin.
Egress
ports are the equivalent of
monitor
ports with TekComms format port
stamping enabled. Only IPB420 devices can have egress ports appear in Iris Admin.
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