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Cajun P120 Manager

User Guide

March 2001

Summary of Contents for P120 SMON

Page 1: ...Cajun P120 Manager User Guide March 2001 ...

Page 2: ...products and practices described in this document Avaya Cajun CajunDocs OpenTrunk P550 CajunView LANstack 3LS SMONMaster LANEMaster VLANMaster ConfigMaster UpdateMaster QIP and RealNet are trademarks of Avaya Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT Windows 95 Windows 98 and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and or other countries Netscape and Ne...

Page 3: ...ndows NT 2 Cajun P120 Manager as a Standalone Management Application 3 Managing Different Devices 3 The User Interface 4 Tree View 5 Chassis View 6 GBIC Ports 7 Selecting Elements 8 Application Tabs 8 Application Toolbar 9 Get Set Toolbar 10 Dialog Area 11 Desktop 11 Status Line 11 Cajun P120 Modes 12 Using Dialog Boxes and Tables 13 Managing Tables 13 Using Cajun P120 Help 14 Opening the Help to ...

Page 4: ...ng Parameters 28 Updating the Device 28 Chapter 5 Link Aggregation Groups 29 LAGs Overview 29 Viewing the LAG Table 30 Creating LAGs 31 Editing LAGs 31 Deleting LAGs 31 Chapter 6 IP Multicast Filtering 32 IP Multicast Filtering Overview 32 Configuring IP Multicast Filtering 33 Chapter 7 Port Redundancy 36 Overview of Port Redundancy 36 Viewing the Port Redundancy Table 37 Adding a Port Redundancy ...

Page 5: ...wing the Switch Connected for Device Window 47 Sorting the List of Stations 48 Chapter 11 Security 49 Security Overview 49 Configuring Port Security 50 Appendix A Menus 51 File Menu 51 View Menu 51 Actions Menu 52 Help Menu 52 Appendix B Configuration Fields 53 Appendix C Traffic Types 58 Index 60 ...

Page 6: ...Manager manual contains information needed to use the management system efficiently and effectively Who Should Use This Guide This guide is intended for network managers familiar with network management and its fundamental concepts Organization of this Guide This guide is structured to reflect the following conceptual divisions Preface This section describes the guide s purpose intended audience a...

Page 7: ...rt mirroring for ports in a Cajun P120 Device IP Multicast Filtering Viewing and editing IP Multicast filtering information Trap Managers Viewing and modifying the Trap Managers Table Switch Connected Addresses View devices connected to selected ports Security Viewing and modifying the Port Security Table Menus The full menu structure of the menus in the Cajun P120 Manager Configuration Fields All...

Page 8: ... the configuration and Port RMON modes in the Cajun P120 Device Manager Using Dialog Boxes and Tables A explanation of the icons found in the dialog boxes and tables described in the manual Managing Tables An explanation of the symbols used to label table rows Using Cajun P120 Help An explanation of the options for accessing on line help in the Cajun P120 Manager Starting the Cajun P120 Manager Th...

Page 9: ...lect Tools Device Manager Running Cajun P120 Manager Using HP OVWin From the management platform map 1 Double click the icon representing the Cajun P120 Device with which you want to work Or 1 Select a Cajun P120 Device 2 Select Avaya Device Manager Running Cajun P120 Manager Using HP NNM Solaris and Windows NT From the management platform map 1 Select a Cajun P120 Device 2 Click Or Select Tools A...

Page 10: ...in the Get Community field 4 Enter the write community name in the Set Community field 5 To save the parameters check the save to file checkbox Saved configurations will appear in the Device IP Address dropdown list box 6 Click OK The Cajun P120 Device Manager opens Or 1 Double click on the Cajun P120 Manager icon The Device Parameters dialog box appears 2 Select an IP address from the Device IP A...

Page 11: ...s of the Cajun P120 Device Chassis View A graphical representation of the Cajun P120 Device Menu Bar Menus for accessing Cajun P120 management functions Application Toolbar Toolbar buttons for accessing Cajun P120 management functions Get Set Toolbar Toolbar buttons for viewing and changing port and LAG configuration Dialog Area A resizeable window where all dialog boxes and tables first appear De...

Page 12: ...ars and their arrows Tree View The Tree View shows a hierarchical representation of the structure of the Cajun P120 Device To select ports or modules click on their icons in the Tree View When an element is selected in the Tree View the corresponding element is selected in the Chassis View The highest level of the Tree View shows the device s module The second level shows ports This includes ports...

Page 13: ...n the Chassis View The port selected to be the base port appears dark blue The ports selected to be additional ports appear cyan The following table provides a list of the possible port colors in the Chassis View and their meaning Table 1 1 Chassis View Port Colors Color Meaning Green The port is enabled and its status is Okay Yellow The port is enabled and its status is Warning Red The port is en...

Page 14: ...ing management status of the port GBIC ports that contain the following types of transceiver modules can be configured Supported transceiver modules No transceiver modules Unknown transceiver modules GBIC ports that contain unsupported transceiver modules can not be configured Table 1 2 GBIC Port Status GBIC Port Status The GBIC port contains a supported transceiver module There is no transceiver ...

Page 15: ...ee View click the port s icon The port is highlighted in the Chassis View and the Tree View Application Tabs You can access different views of the device using the Application Tabs The application tabs in the Cajun P120 Manager include Device Manager View the Cajun P120 Device Manager for device configuration and Port RMON Device SMON View SMON Switch Monitoring information for the Cajun P120 Devi...

Page 16: ...RMON mode View Port RMON Displays the Device Information dialog box Actions Device Information Displays the VLAN window Actions Virtual LANs Displays the LAG table Actions Link Aggregation Displays the Port Redundancy table Actions Port Redundancy Starts the Port Mirroring wizard Actions Port Mirroring Displays the IP Multicast Filtering dialog box Actions IP Multicast Filtering Displays the Manag...

Page 17: ...port are dimmed Multiple ports can be simultaneously configured using the Get Set Toolbar When multiple ports whose configurations are not identical are selected only the parameters whose settings are identical on the selected ports are reflected in the Get Set Toolbar For example if a port operating at full duplex and a port operating at half duplex are selected neither of the duplex mode buttons...

Page 18: ...e application window is the Desktop This area can be resized by dragging the vertical splitter bar with the mouse Floating dialog boxes and tables can be resized The Chassis View and floating dialog boxes and tables can also be minimized Minimized windows are shown at the bottom of the Desktop Status Line The Status Line shows the communication status between the application and the Cajun P120 Dev...

Page 19: ...de When in configuration mode you can view and change the configuration of the Cajun P120 Device and individual ports When in Port RMON mode you can view graphical representations of the traffic on individual ports To switch to configuration mode Click Or Select View Configuration To switch to Port RMON mode Click Or Select View Port RMON ...

Page 20: ... click To undo changes made to a selected row click When all changes are finalized click to update the device Table 1 6 Dialog Box Icons Icon Function Refreshes the information in the table or dialog box This clears any changes made to the table or dialog box and not yet sent to the device Sends the information from the table or dialog box to update the device Adds a row to the table Starts a wiza...

Page 21: ...c of interest Opening the Help to the Contents Page To open the help to the contents page 1 Select Help Contents The on line help opens to the contents page Opening the Help to a Topic of Interest To open the help directly to a topic of interest 1 Click The cursor changes to the shape of a hand 2 Click on a point of interest in the Cajun P120 Device Manager The help opens to a topic explaining the...

Page 22: ...Cajun P120 It includes the following sections Viewing Device Information View high level information about the Cajun P120 Device Viewing LAG Configuration View information specific to a LAG on a Cajun P120 Device Viewing Port Configuration View information specific to the ports on the Cajun P120 Device Resetting the Device Reset the Cajun P120 switch ...

Page 23: ...In configuration mode click Or Select Actions Device Information The Device Information dialog box opens Figure 2 1 Device Information Dialog Box The Device Information dialog box provides detailed information about the device such as the system name description contact and location the type of device and its MAC address For a full description of all fields in the Device Information dialog box ref...

Page 24: ...e LAG Configuration dialog box provides detailed information about the LAG such as the LAG type its status mode of operation and priority The Get Set Toolbar provides an alternative quick method to view and change the LAG s configuration For more information on the Get Set Toolbar refer to Get Set Toolbar on page 8 Note The information fields in the LAG Configuration dialog box may change accordin...

Page 25: ...ation about the port such as the port type its status mode of operation and any faults occurring on the port The Get Set Toolbar provides an alternative quick method to view and change the port s configuration For more information on the Get Set Toolbar refer to Get Set Toolbar on page 10 Note The information fields in the Port Configuration dialog box may change according to the type of port sele...

Page 26: ...Cajun P120 Manager User Guide 20 Device Configuration Resetting the Device To reset the Cajun P120 Device 1 Select Actions Reset A confirmation dialog box appears 2 Click Yes The device resets ...

Page 27: ...cludes the following sections Displaying the Port RMON Window Displaying the Port RMON window The Port RMON Window An explanation of the parts of the Port RMON window Traffic Selection An explanation on selecting traffic to monitor in the Port RMON window For more information on RMON refer to RMON in The Reference Guide ...

Page 28: ...Select View Port RMON To display the Port RMON window select a port in the Chassis View or Tree View The Port RMON window opens Figure 3 1 Port RMON Window The Port RMON Window The Port RMON window includes three sections A pie chart is displayed at the top of the window In the center of the window is a graph section At the bottom of the window is a list of traffic types ...

Page 29: ...an info box appears displaying the name of the traffic type represented by the line in the graphic and the traffic rate at the selected point in time Zooming In and Out of the Graph To view a graph of all the traffic on the selected port from the time the application was opened double click in the graph The graph shows all of the traffic on the port from the time the application was opened until n...

Page 30: ...ing VLANs Editing VLAN Member Switch Ports Edit VLAN Tagging Parameters Updating the Device For more information refer to VLANs in The Reference Guide Creating and Editing VLANs The building blocks of VLANs are switch ports To build a new VLAN you need to define a VLAN name and number and then decide which switch ports will make up the VLAN VLAN 1 is named Default All ports are initially associate...

Page 31: ...x The tree in the VLANs dialog box shows all of the VLANs To view the member ports of a VLAN double click the VLAN s name or click the handle next to the VLAN s name The tree expands to show the ports associated with the VLAN Ports that use tagging mode have yellow tags attached to their port symbols In the Chassis View the ports associated with the selected VLAN appear in color All other ports ap...

Page 32: ... The VLAN is deleted To edit VLAN names 1 Select the VLAN whose name you want to edit 2 Right click on the VLAN symbol and select Rename A dialog box opens 3 Enter the new name for the VLAN 4 Click OK The VLAN name is changed Editing VLAN Member Switch Ports To assign switch ports to VLANs 1 Click on one or more ports in the Chassis View or Tree View 2 Drag the ports until they are over a VLAN ico...

Page 33: ...arameters of a port 1 Right click on the port in the VLANs table 2 Select the VLAN Tagging mode for the selected port Or 1 Open the Port Configuration dialog box 2 Set the VLAN Tagging Mode field to the desired value Updating the Device Ports whose VLAN information has changed appear dimmed in the VLANs tree To update the device with the changes click For more information on the User Interface ref...

Page 34: ...opics LAGs Overview Viewing the LAG Table Creating LAGs Editing LAGs Deleting LAGs LAGs Overview Link Aggregation Groups LAGs provide a method of creating a high bandwidth link A LAG consists of a group of ports acting as a single logical port All ports participating in a LAG must have the same configuration For more information on LAGs refer to Link Aggregation Groups LAGs in The Reference Guide ...

Page 35: ...ation The LAG table opens Figure 5 1 LAG Table Each row of the LAG table represents a valid Link Aggregation Group and provides the following information The LAG name The number of the LAG s base port The number of ports assigned to the LAG When a LAG is selected the ports in the LAG appear highlighted in the Chassis View and Tree View ...

Page 36: ...the instructions on each of the LAG Wizard s dialog boxes 4 Click Finish The LAG s new configuration is uploaded to the Cajun P120 device and the LAG table is refreshed When editing a LAG the LAG Wizard s dialog boxes will display the current LAG configuration parameters If you want to keep the values currently displayed in one of the dialog boxes click Next Deleting LAGs To delete an existing LAG...

Page 37: ... the IP Multicast Filtering dialog box and descriptions of the parameters in the IP Multicast Filtering dialog box IP Multicast Filtering Overview IP Multicast Filtering provides a method for distributing high bandwidth applications to specific stations that may be configured on different VLANs It allows for a single copy of the data to be propagated on the network copied only when the paths to en...

Page 38: ...e Cajun P120 Device It contains the following parameters Table 6 1 IP Multicast Filtering Parameters Parameter Description Filtering Mode The mode of operation of IP Multicast Filtering on the device Possible modes are enable IP Multicast Filtering is enabled on the device disable IP Multicast Filtering is not enabled on the device Host Aging Time The amount of time in seconds allowed to pass from...

Page 39: ...router s last IP Multicast control packet before the device will stop forwarding all multicast sessions to a router The valid range for this parameter is 30 7200 seconds Delay Time The amount of time in seconds the device waits from receiving a request for a new IP Multicast session until IP Multicast filtering begins This time allows other hosts to report to the device The valid range for this pa...

Page 40: ...y Port Redundancy enables you to define a redundancy relationship between any two ports in a device One port is defined as the primary port and the other as the secondary port In case the primary port link fails the secondary port will take over This connection between the two ports is called a Port Redundancy Note Ports that are assigned to a LAG can not participate in a Port Redundancy CAUTION P...

Page 41: ...ndancy The Port Redundancy Table opens Figure 7 1 Port Redundancy Table The Port Redundancy table provides a list of all port redundancies configured on the device with their respective primary and secondary ports When you select a row in the Port Redundancy table the ports in the redundancy are highlighted in the Chassis View and the Tree View ...

Page 42: ...e number of the primary port in the Primary field 3 Enter the number of the secondary port in the Secondary field The table is updated with the new Redundancy Note A maximum of four port redundancy pairs can be configured on the Cajun P120 Device Note Ports that have already been designated in one redundancy scheme may not be selected for another one Deleting Port Redundancies To delete an existin...

Page 43: ...ck The device is updated with all of the new information To discard all changes made to the Port Redundancy table click All changes made to the Port Redundancy table are discarded For more information on the User Interface refer to Using Dialog Boxes and Tables on page 13 For more information on tables refer to Managing Tables on page 13 ...

Page 44: ...port mirroring mechanism is operating Configuring Port Mirroring To configure Port Mirroring Click Or Select Actions Port Mirroring The Port Mirroring Wizard opens If Port Mirroring is not currently active on the device the Port Mirroring Wizard gives instructions on defining and activating the Port Mirroring feature If Port Mirroring is currently active on the device the Port Mirroring Wizard off...

Page 45: ...rap Manager Overview In the event of a fault or an unusual occurrence the Cajun P120 can send traps to one or more Network Management Stations NMS To enable this feature you must configure the Cajun P120 with a list of the managers workstations Traps are then sent to the stations listed in the Managers table Note Up to five managers may be assigned per device However it is recommended to keep the ...

Page 46: ...Or Select Actions Trap Managers The Trap Managers table opens Figure 9 1 Trap Managers Table The Trap Managers table displays the IP addresses of the managers Editing the Trap Managers Table To add managers to the table 1 Click 2 Enter the IP address of the designated management station 3 Repeat the procedure for each manager ...

Page 47: ...m the table 1 Click on the row with the managers IP address 2 Click 3 Repeat the procedure for each manager For more information on the User Interface refer to Using Dialog Boxes and Tables on page 13 For more information on tables refer to Managing Tables on page 13 ...

Page 48: ...ected for Device Window The Switch Connected Addresses window provides a list of MAC addresses along with the ports to which they are attached To view the list of connected stations Click Or Select Actions Switch Connected Addresses The Switch Connected Addresses dialog box opens Figure 10 1 Switch Connected Addresses for Device Dialog Box All the connections to the Cajun P120 are listed with thei...

Page 49: ...rt in the device Sorting the List of Stations To sort the list of stations click on a column heading to sort by that column To switch the order of the sort e g from ascending to descending click again on the column heading of the field by which the list is sorted For more information on the User Interface refer to Using Dialog Boxes and Tables on page 13 ...

Page 50: ...ity Instructions on accessing the Security table and configuring port security Security Overview The Security feature for Cajun P120 ports prevents unauthorized devices from transmitting or receiving information through the port If no device is attached to the port when security is enabled the port is effectively locked If a device is attached to the port when security is enabled only that device ...

Page 51: ...Figure 11 1 Security Table The Security table enables you to enable and disable security on Cajun P120 ports To enable security on a port check the Security Status checkbox next to the port To disable security on a port uncheck the Security Status checkbox next to the port To apply the changes click To refresh the information in the Security table click ...

Page 52: ...Menu Item Description Refresh Refreshes the display with information from the device Change IP In Standalone version only Opens the Device Parameters dialog box for selecting a different device to manage Exit Exits the Chassis View Table 11 2 View Menu Item Description Configuration Switches the Manager to configuration mode Port RMON Switches the Manager to monitoring mode ...

Page 53: ...ows copying of all transmitted and received packets from one port to another IP Multicast Filtering Displays IP Multicast Filtering information Trap Managers Displays managers and traps configuration information Switch Connected Addresses Displays a list of stations connected to each of the device s ports Security Displays the Security table Reset Device Resets the device Table 11 4 Help Menu Item...

Page 54: ...us For 10BaseT and 100BaseT ports Auto Negotiation determines the speed and Duplex Mode of communication between the endstations For Gigabit ports Auto Negotiation determines the Flow Control setting of the ports For more information refer to Auto Negotiation in The Reference Guide BUPS Module CS The version of the BUPS BackUp Power Supply module The version is updated whenever there is a function...

Page 55: ... Fault Messages A list of fault messages Filtering Mode The mode of operation of the IP Multicast Filtering on the device Possible Modes are Enable IP Multicast Filtering is enabled on the device Disable IP Multicast Filtering in not enabled on the device Flow Control Mode The state of flow control on the selected port ports or ports on the selected LAG IEEE 802 1D STP Mode The state of Spanning T...

Page 56: ... Configuration The name of the LAG MAC Address The MAC address of the device agent or ring interface Max Frame Size The maximum data frame size of supported by the ELAN Module Type The module type Neighbor Sys Name The name of the remote device linked to the interface Operational Status The warning level of the selected port ports or ports on a selected LAG Possible values are OK Warning Fatal Phy...

Page 57: ...STP is enabled and currently blocking the port The port is effectively disabled to prevent the formation of a loop in the network Forwarding The port is currently forwarding information received Port Type The port type optionally includes reference to the module to which it is attached and port connector type Port VLAN ID The number of the VLAN of which the port or ports assigned to a LAG is a mem...

Page 58: ...de regarding VLANs The possible modes are Clear Transmits each outgoing packet in untagged format if it belongs to the port s VLAN Otherwise it discards the packet IEEE 802 1Q VLAN tagging per IEEE 802 1Q VLAN standard The port will transmit frames with a VLAN ID of 1 3071 Field Description ...

Page 59: ...his port whose octet count is less than the minimum standard packet length Frames Too Long Total number of Ethernet packets received at this port whose octet count is more than the maximum standard packet length Jabber Total number of Ethernet packets received at this port that are too long and include CRC errors MulticastPackets Received Total number of good packets received that were directed to...

Page 60: ...r switch ports 27 VLANs 25 G GBIC ports 7 Get Set toolbar 10 H Help menu 52 Help using 14 How this manual is organized viii How to access the VLAN list 26 configure devices 16 configure port mirroring 41 configure port security 50 create VLANs 25 edit VLAN member switch ports 27 edit VLANs 25 select elements 8 use the application toolbar 9 use the Get Set toolbar 10 view connected stations 47 view...

Page 61: ...tching views 8 T Table row symbols 13 Tree View 5 U User interface 3 application tabs 8 Chassis View 6 desktop 11 dialog area 11 Get Set toolbar 10 status line 11 toolbar 9 Tree View 5 Users of Cajun P120 management viii Using application toolbar 9 Cajun P120 help 14 Chassis View 6 dialog boxes 13 Get Set toolbar 10 V Viewing connected stations 47 device information 17 port redundancy table 37 VLA...

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