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OS Image Editor 235
OS Images Portlet 233
OSPF 377
Portal > 42
Overall Compliance 307

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PDF 90
Performance Dashboard 279
Performance Dashboard
Portlet 279
Performance Indicators 179
Performance Note 13
Perl 32
Perl / Java (Groovy) Lan-
guage Policies 322
Permissions when installing
to Unix 31
Policy 377
Policy Enforcement Points
(PEP) 377
Policy routing 378
Policy Rules 378
Port Details 192
Port Expanded 193
Portal > Roles 41
Portal > Settings 41
Portal > Users 36
Portal Database Backup 62
Portal Database Restore 62
Portal Overview 71
Portlet Instances 81
Portlet Level Permissions 58
Portlets 78
Ports > Details 181, 183
Ports Expanded 193
Ports Portlet 191

Ports required 30
Post-processing rules 114
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tun-
neling Protocol) 378
Printing manager contents
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Private Key 378
Profile 378
ProScan 303

Compliance Reporting

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count number of occur-

rences 315

Editor - Compliance 313
Editor - General 310
Java (Groovy) 323
Perl 322
Supported Regular Ex-

pressions 320

Use Cases 303
Use paradigms 303

ProScan Editor 310
ProScan Manager 306
Proscan Monitor 269
Proscan Policy Group Editor
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Protocols Used 23
Public / Private Page Behav-
ior 40
Public Key 378

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QoS 378
Quick Navigation 62
Quick Start 27
Quickstart 15

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RADIUS 378
RCSynergy 35
Recommended Operating
System Versions 16
Recorder / Page turn icons
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Redcell > Mediation 46
Refresh 72
Refresh Monitor Targets 276
re-index 34
Report Template Editors 196
Report Templates 195
Reports

Customizing Logos 206
Portlet 200
Snap Panels 203

Repositories 57
Resolve DNS Hostnames
Activity 156
Resource Discovery 152
Resource Icons 166
Resource Management Port-
lets 143
Resource Monitor Snap Pan-
els 247
Resource Monitors Portlet
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Restoring Database 61
Retention Policies 248
Return to previous 72
RIP 378
Rule Editor 111

Actions 116

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Saving Views 213

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Содержание OpenManage Network Manager

Страница 1: ...Dell OpenManage Network Manager version 5 1 Web Client Guide ...

Страница 2: ...werVault PowerConnect OpenManage EqualLogic KACE FlexAddress and Vostro are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server MS DOS and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and or other countr...

Страница 3: ...s 24 Windows Management Interface 24 Getting Started 27 Installation and Startup 28 How to Set Linux Permissions 31 Perl 32 Starting Web Client 33 Control Panel 34 Search Indexes 34 My Account 35 RCSynergy Domain 35 Portal Users and Organizations 36 How to Add Users and connect them to Roles 36 How to Configure Organizations 38 Public Private Page Behavior 40 How to Add and Configure User Roles Pe...

Страница 4: ...ile Editor 65 Managed Resources 68 Common Setup Tasks 68 SMTP Configuration 69 Netrestore File Servers 70 3 Portal Conventions 71 Tooltips 72 Refresh 72 The Back Button 72 Show Versions 72 The Dock 73 Status Bar Alerts 75 Chat Conferencing 76 Menu Bar 77 Site Map 77 Graphs 77 Portlets 78 Expanded Portlets 82 How to Show Hide Reorder Columns 84 How to Filter Expanded Portlet Displays 85 Common Menu...

Страница 5: ...e Management 143 Authentication 143 Container Manager 146 Container Manager Expanded 146 Container View 147 How to Use Containers 147 Container Editor 148 Map Context 151 Resource Discovery 152 How to Discover Resources 152 Discovery Profiles 153 Discovery Profile Editor 154 How to Edit Discovery Profiles 154 Managed Resource Groups 162 Static Group 164 Dynamic Group 165 Managed Resources 166 New ...

Страница 6: ...Control and Styles 210 Data Node Finder 213 Layout 216 OVERVIEW 219 Alarms in Visualizations Topologies 219 Links in Visualization 220 7 File Servers 221 File Server Editor 222 File Management 223 How to Backup Configurations 225 How to Restore Configurations 227 Configuration Files 229 Image Repository 233 Firmware Image Editor 235 Configuration Image Editor 236 Deploy Firmware 238 How to Deploy ...

Страница 7: ...o Create A Performance Template 286 Key Metric Editor 289 9 Traffic Flow Analyzer 293 How does it work 294 Setup 294 How to Use Traffic Flow Analyzer 295 Exporter Registration 296 Traffic Flow Portlet 296 Drill Down 299 Search 301 Traffic Flow Analyzer Example 301 10 Change Management ProScan 303 How to Use ProScan Change Management 303 How to Configure ProScan Groups 304 How to Do Change Manageme...

Страница 8: ...I 341 Actions Portlet 343 Adaptive CLI Editor 348 General 349 Attributes 350 Scripts 355 Comparison 360 External Commands 360 Seeded Scripts 362 How to Create a Monitor for an External Script 364 Adaptive CLI Script Language Syntax 366 Attributes 366 Conditional Blocks 367 Perl Scripts 368 How to Create Adaptive CLI Example 369 Scheduling Actions 369 Active Performance Monitor Support 371 Adaptive...

Страница 9: ...enManage Network Manager Dell OpenManage Network Manager s benefits Productive Discovery and wizard driven configuration features within minutes of installing Dell OpenManage Network Manager you can monitor your network Easy Dell OpenManage Network Manager provides the network information you need and offers advanced capabilities with minimal configuration overhead Valuable Dell OpenManage Network...

Страница 10: ...o hundreds of possible network scenarios including multiple condition checks Dell OpenManage Network Manager s alarms help you recognize issues before your network users experience productivity losses Alarms can also trigger actions like email executing Perl scripts paging SNMP traps Syslog messaging and external application execution Traps and Syslog Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you inves...

Страница 11: ...onfiguration changes made memory consumption spike Right click to access resource actions under File Management that let you see the current configuration files on devices and compare current to previous You can also back up devices see Backup Configurations on page 225 and restore previously backed up files see Restore Configurations on page 227 Finally you may simply want to Resync another right...

Страница 12: ... now support three expiration formats Never Date certain and a format that indicates the license will be valid for a number of days after registration Online Help Filter Access general online help by clicking Help in the The Dock at the top of the screen Help appropriate to each portlet appears when you click question mark icon on the portlet title bar By default this opens a separate browser wind...

Страница 13: ...rk with alacrity Unfortunately the devices managed or the networks that communicate with those devices are not always as fast as this software If discovery takes a long time it can often network and device latency is the culprit You can also optimize installations to be faster see the recommendations in the Administration Section of the User Guide and Administration Sections and limit device queri...

Страница 14: ...14 A Note About Performance Preface ...

Страница 15: ...the other documents to work they must be in the same directory Cross document links do not work between documents for different versions of this software but may provide an approximate location to consult If you are sure your hardware software and network is correct and just want to get started immediately go to Getting Started on page 27 The Dell OpenManage Network Manager portal delivers powerfu...

Страница 16: ...d Operating System Versions The following are supported operating system versions Microsoft Windows The supported operating systems are Windows 2003 Standard Enterprise and Web and Windows Server 2008 including R2 and Enterprise Edition This is a 64 bit application it has been tested for Windows on 64 bit operating system versions NOTE Windows Terminal Server is not supported The installer becomes...

Страница 17: ...h6Test Added by NetworkManager 127 0 0 1localhost localdomainlocalhost 1 rh6Test localrh6Testlocalhost6 localdomain6localhost6 Upgrading on Linux The following are best practices for upgrading from a previous OpenManage Network Manager version on a Linux machine 1 Make sure Red Hat is not installed with a MySql database option or remove the Linux MySql first 2 Ensure you have installed the 32 bit ...

Страница 18: ...package containing 32 bit libtcl8 4 so for the example below tcl 8 4 13 3 fc6 i386 rpm for Red Hat NOTE Do not use any x86_x64 rpms these would not install the 32 bit libraries Any 32 bit tcl rpm that is of version 8 4 and provides libtcl8 4 so works You can download them from Sourceforge sourceforge net Download these then issue the command rpm ivh force tcl 8 4 13 3 fc6 i386 rpm This forces the ...

Страница 19: ...er JavaScript and Flash processing and some transparencies do not work Other anomalies include non rounded corners no alpha rendering scroll bars in performance indicators non working multi level menus a too large OS Images schedule form and others To fix these anomalies install the Chrome plug in at code google com chrome chromeframe After it installs close IE and re open it The look and feel sho...

Страница 20: ...ecting expandable hardware may also be critical to future growth For ease of management deployments selection best practice is to use the fewest possible servers Standalone single server deployment offer the simplest and easiest management solution Where high availability HA is required you can produce the simplest deployment with as few as two servers Minimum Hardware The minimum hardware specifi...

Страница 21: ... hardware your Dell OpenManage Network Manager installation can support is dramatically lower in such cases Best Operating System Disks RAM Hardware Network Size Devices2 Application Constraints3 Installation Changes to Heap RAM Settings 64 bit OS with 6GB RAM or 32 bit OS with 4GB RAM All below are 64 bit OS s 5 Users 20 2Mbs Internet egress and a 1 1000 sample rate Use defaults 1 or 2GB applicat...

Страница 22: ...33 for more information about using web access to this software 64 bit Since Dell OpenManage Network Manager has a web server demands on 32 bit system resources are near their limits A standalone 32 bit system with Application server Web server and database requires nearly all addressable memory and is therefore not supported Applications like Traffic Flow Analyzer and Performance Monitoring requi...

Страница 23: ...The application server might not even be in the same network and therefore the host would be unable to connect If your network does not have DNS you can also assign hostnames in windir System32 drivers etc hosts on Windows etc hosts in Linux Here you must assign a hostname in addition to an IP address somewhere in the system Here are some example hosts file contents including two commented lines w...

Страница 24: ...For successful discovery of the resources on your network this software requires authenticated management access to the device To get this access you must provide the correct SNMP community strings WMI login credentials and any other command line Telnet SSH or browser HTTP HTTPS authentication and SNMP must be turned on if that is not the device s default Some devices require pre configuration to ...

Страница 25: ...dministrator group on the WMI device Both are requirements for any installation managing WMI devices The following are common Windows Base prerequisites Credentials You must use administrative credentials to manage the computer system Firewall Some firewalls installed on the computer may block Windows Management requests Allow those you want to manage See Firewall Issues below License Make sure yo...

Страница 26: ...ystems supporting the Web Based Enterprise Management interface WBEM WBEM is always installed on the following operating systems versions and later Red Hat Linux 5 5 or 6 0 VM Ware ESX with WBEM installed You can install Web Based Enterprise Management on some other systems if they do not already use it but monitored devices must have this installed NOTE To verify WBEM is running on your system ru...

Страница 27: ...d have a privilege level sufficient to stop services and to restart the computer system Firewall Some firewalls installed on the computer may block Web Based Enterprise Management requests Allow those you want to manage License Make sure you have the correct WBEM driver license installed Licenses come in the following types Major Vendor by Name Such as Dell Compaq HP Gateway Server Desktop individ...

Страница 28: ... Network Manager s performance management capabilities Reports Run reports to clarify the state of your network and devices See Reports on page 200 for details Real time Diagnosis through Collaboration Collaborate with others about network issues both by sending them messages that display the device conditions of concern and with online chat within Dell OpenManage Network Manager See Sharing on pa...

Страница 29: ...iation server that supports WMI must communicate to managed Windows systems Windows installation also installs Internet Information Services IIS formerly called Internet Information Server That installation does not turn IIS on by default Do not enable IIS on the host s running Dell OpenManage Network Manager Also Do not install if you are logged in as user admin Installation and startup include R...

Страница 30: ...Linux ensure you are installing as a user with the correct permissions and are in the correct group You must configure the installation directory so this user and group have all permissions 770 at least You may install without any universal world permissions However you must create a home directory for the installing user NOTE All files created during installation respect a umask of 007 All files ...

Страница 31: ...res appropriate permissions exist so that the install succeeds on Linux Your steps may vary slightly depending on the version on which you install 1 Create a user for example redcell 2 Typically the redcell user s home directory resembles export home redcell 3 In any case ensure that user redcell owns its home directory the export home redcell directory 4 Create dell openmanage networkmanager and ...

Страница 32: ...owing text and provide a specific IP address to control inbound listener interface binding on the local machine specific interface used for binding mediation listeners such as SNMP trap listener com dorado mediation listener address localhost Events with no corresponding definition appear as alarms of indeterminate severity The only way to change behavior of an unknown event in this version would ...

Страница 33: ...tname is the name of the system where OpenManage Network Manager is installed HTTPS You can connect to application server securely by configuring the included Apache Tomcat server for secure access Consult your favorite search engine for more detailed information about setting up SSL with Tomcat web servers The following sections discuss typical administrative steps in getting started once you hav...

Страница 34: ... Redcell Database Aging Policies DAP Redcell Data Configuration Redcell Mediation Redcell Filter Management Server Tips describing these screens and fields appear when you hover the cursor over fields or click the blue circle around a question mark next to them This blue circle can also toggle the appearance disappearance of the tip Users with less than Administrator permissions may not see all of...

Страница 35: ...Use the Action button to explore other possibilities The contact has to approve you in their requests To Follow means you want to receive the followed person s activity stream blog postings and so on Friending means your friends can see your activity and you can see theirs They have to accept any Friend request Tip You can export vCards for all contacts in the system to use with other software tha...

Страница 36: ...the role User To assign a new user to specific permissions only remove all rights on the User role or confine its permissions to those that are universal first Even though you don t see that user assigned to the User role Best practice to spend some time designing your system s security before creating users organizations and roles When you are signed in edit your user information by clicking the ...

Страница 37: ...lue CSV file Once you have configured a user you can click Action and to do the following Edit Re configure the selected user Select the user s Role in the editor too Roles configure access and action permissions Permissions Manage the user s access to and control over various parts of the portal Manage Pages Configure the Public or Private pages for a user depending on the selected tab Possible a...

Страница 38: ...e portal screen Organizations Create Organizations just as you would create Users You can create a Regular or Location type of organization NOTE You must first create a Regular organization to be the parent for a Location How To Configure Organizations Follow these steps to configure organizations Associating organizational roles with organization members empowers them to exercise the associated p...

Страница 39: ...es in the MyCorp menu 8 Select Organization Administrator from the default roles available If you need permissions other than this administrative user provides you can create an organization role with the correct permissions in Portal Roles 9 Click the Available tab and select TestUserBoss as the organization s administrator 10 Click Update Associations 11 You can click the Admin location and simi...

Страница 40: ...o shared between both summary and maximized portlets A sort on IP Address in Resources persists if you expand the summary portlet to maximized mode How To Add and Configure User Roles Permissions Add and configure User Roles with the following steps 1 Click Go to Control Panel and navigate to Portal Roles 2 Click the Add tab under the heading at the top of the page and select Regular Roles Notice ...

Страница 41: ...in the Portal Users and Organizations user editor NOTE Owner Roles do not have an Action button Owner implies something you have added or created and so actions do not apply Notice also that when you Assign Members a screen appears with tabs where you can assign Users Sites Organizations and User Roles Typical best practice is to assign users to one of these collective designations then assign the...

Страница 42: ...rs Custom Fields Lets you configure custom fields for Blog entries Bookmarks or Bookmark Folders Calendar Events and so on Monitoring Lets you see all the live sessions on the portal Click a session to see its details This is usually turned off in production for performance reasons Plugins Configuration Configure role access to portlets and features By default only administrators can add portlets ...

Страница 43: ...encil and paper to the right of a listed group to see and configure its permissions Edit permissions with the Edit button to the right of the listed permission The following describes the actions of the permissions when checked Action Default Behavior read Enables Details Visualize and View as PDF ...

Страница 44: ...provide a description You can also click on the Search button at the bottom to find a phrase within the functional permissions write Enables the Edit Save and Import Export execute Lets you see the view altogether launch from a portlet and query for elements Alternatively this action can control a specific application function typically described by the permission name like provisioning a policy a...

Страница 45: ...lick the Edit button next to the Entity Type Managed Equipment Port Contact Vendor or Location for which you want to create custom attributes This opens an editor listing the available custom attributes for the entity type Edit Custom Attributes on page 89 describes right clicking to access this directly from the portlet menu and the details of how to edit custom attributes ...

Страница 46: ... both server and partition configurations Use the button on the right above the listed servers or partitions to do this Importing Partitions MedServers overwrites those in the database with the same names Exporting a partition exports contained medservers too Importing a partition looks for overlapping routing entries and saves the partition with only its unique entries If no entries are unique th...

Страница 47: ...rts in the proposed application server mediation server link validating the installed versions of Dell OpenManage Network Manager in both locations are the same and validating the connection between application server and mediation server A job screen like those described in Audit Trail Jobs Screen on page 91 appears to track the progress of testing The Partitions tab of the Mediation monitor disp...

Страница 48: ...itor opens a screen where you can enter an address in IP to Search for Clicking Search locates the mediation partition that services the entered IP address although it does not determine whether that partition is up and running Redcell Filter Management This screen accessible from Go to Control Panel lets you manage the filters in OpenManage Network Manager ...

Страница 49: ...se this editor to configure filters Enter a Name and Description and use the green plus to select an entity type If you check Shared to make the filter available to all users You can add groups of filter criteria click Add Group that logical AND or OR with each other Configure the filter in the Criteria Group panel as described in the How to Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 Delete filte...

Страница 50: ...r Dell OpenManage Network Manager we include Wikis Journals Blogs so in addition to the collaborative features within Dell OpenManage Network Manager itself as in Sharing on page 87 and Status Bar Alerts on page 75 This means you can collect the knowledge and advice of those managing your network as it expands or changes To experiment with this screen s capabilities click the Install More Portlets...

Страница 51: ... triggering three Actions Edit Delete and Execute Notice that the bottom right corner of this page also lets you Enable Disable Execute All policies listed How To DAP Workflow The following are steps typical for implementing DAP 1 From the screen listing Database Aging Policies DAP click Add Policy and select a policy from the displayed list of alternatives 2 This opens Aging Policies Editor 3 In ...

Страница 52: ... screen first a selector appears where you can click on the kind of policy you want to create then the editor appears If you click the Edit icon to the right of a listed policy the Aging Policies Editor appears with that policy s information already filled out ready to modify The General screen has the following fields Name An identifier for the policy Description A text description of the policy ...

Страница 53: ... Historical Reports based on number of instances days and weeks months or years Set these thresholds in the Options tab All DAPs require a Name and a record threshold Check the Enabled checkbox to enable the policy DAPs run on a schedule If the record threshold number is greater than or equal to the configured threshold then the DAP runs at the scheduled time You may also manually click the gear i...

Страница 54: ...olicies Options The Options tab in this editor can vary depending on the type of policy Typical fields can include the following Keep Aged Item for this many days The number of days to keep the aged item before archiving it Archive Aged Item Check this to activated archiving according to this policy ...

Страница 55: ...tabase Aging Policies DAP Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 55 Sub Policies Some types of Database Aging Policies can have sub policies that further refine the aging for their type of contents ...

Страница 56: ... or Delete listed policies with the icons in the far right Action column in this list Such sub policies contain the following types of fields Component Select the component for the sub policy from the pick list Action Type This further sub classifies the Component Retention Days The number of days to keep the aged item before archiving it Archive Check this to activated archiving according to this...

Страница 57: ...ing Policies DAP Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 57 Repositories When you select a repository in the Aging Policies Editor the available policies come from what is configured in this tab of the editor ...

Страница 58: ... fields appear in the editor Repository Name An identifier for the archiving destination Description A text comment Virtual Path This is the path relative to the installation root directory Any user with administrator permissions can specify or change the default archive path here Online Check this to put this repository online Dell OpenManage Network Manager automatically writes to any configured...

Страница 59: ...werUser still have View permissions 4 Now check View for the relevant roles for example Silver Group 5 Click Save 6 You should now be able to log out as admin and log in as Guest or other community members and confirm you cannot view the portlet you just configured How To Configure Resource Level Permissions You can provide permission for a user group role organization on a defined resource The fo...

Страница 60: ...ld Container Configure Membership for Container 4 Create Gold Customer as a Top Level Container 5 Make it Shared and configure its membership Select and Add a group of devices Set Authorization for User Container 6 In the Authorizations tab Add Gold Customer with limited permission and User Synergy Admin with full permission 7 Delete Group User 8 Create a Gold Customer user as described above Set ...

Страница 61: ...abase The command line here adds routines For example mysqldump a u oware password dorado routines owbusdb owbusdb mysql This writes the owbusdb to a plain text file called FILENAME mysql owbusdb mysql in our examples This file is a full backup with which you can fully restore your database in case of problems NOTE Defaults for the database are oware login and dorado password These are typically d...

Страница 62: ...Navigation portlet lets you quickly perform some basic tasks Resource Discovery Discover devices in your network with the Quick Discovery defaults or lets you construct a Quick Discovery profile if none exists See Resource Discovery on page 152 for details Link Discovery After you have discovered resources this discovers their connections See Link Discovery on page 176 Backup Config Files This let...

Страница 63: ...and Power User can see all the above menu items The User role sees only sees four Link discovery and OS image upload do not appear by default To see them you must give User write permission License Viewer This screen appears when you click License Management in the Quick Navigation portlet Click Close to return to Dell OpenManage Network Manager You may find Licenses in a name slightly different f...

Страница 64: ... products for which you have licenses already displaying the Product Edition Expire Date whether the license is Valid any IP restrictions the User who installed the product and or license and the Version of product for which the license is valid License Details Product This portion of the screen displays the details of a license selected in the Registered Product Licenses portion of the License Vi...

Страница 65: ...Profile Editor appears with a step by step set of screens to configure resource discovery You can navigate through it by clicking the screen tab names at the top or by clicking the Next button at the bottom of the page Discovery Profile Editor Use this editor to configure discovery once you have started Discover Your Network Baseline discovery is the initial discovery to compare to later discoveri...

Страница 66: ...pens the authentication editor Click the arrows to arrange the order in which credentials are tried top first Ordering only applies when two credentials are of the same type Actions 7 You can configure Actions to run as part of discovery By default the actions screen includes the Resync action Use Add Action to select others to enter here You can also edit parameters if available delete and re ord...

Страница 67: ...ute from the profile editor Dell OpenManage Network Manager does not save the profile to execute later Results 10 Execute Clicking Execute begins discovery confirm you do not mind waiting and the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device appears on the Results screen This is a standard Audit screen See Audit Trail Jobs Screen on page 91 for more about it 11 A message D...

Страница 68: ...n Setup Tasks If you install it Add Applications the Common Setup Tasks portlet can appear on the page of your choice It reminds you of the following common tasks SMTP Configuration Netrestore File Servers Netrestore Image Repository A red flag appears with the Setup required message in the Status column when these are not configured Configuring them displays a green flag with the Setup complete m...

Страница 69: ...your SMTP server SMTP Server Port The port for your SMTP server 110 is typical Authentication Enabled Check this to enable authentication for this server Checking enables the next two fields User Name The login ID for the SMTP server if authentication is enabled Password The password for the SMTP server if authentication is enabled Use SSL Enable Secure Sockets Layer protocol to interact with your...

Страница 70: ... for retrieving and deploying devices configuration files and for deploying firmware updates to devices on your network See File Servers on page 221 for a description of the portlet that manages file servers If you want to configure servers from the Common Setup Tasks portlet a slightly different screen appears when you click Edit This displays configured file servers Configure new servers by clic...

Страница 71: ...Because the elements that manage the Web portal are so flexible and can be very detailed only Dell OpenManage Network Manager s most important or most frequently used features appear documented below Tip Clicking Go to in the Dock and selecting My Private Pages to open pages not shared with others unless you configure sharing See Sharing on page 87 Because they are so fundamental to Dell OpenManag...

Страница 72: ...lthough browsers have a Back button this is not always the best way to return to a previous screen within the portal For example clicking Back within a breadcrumb trail of links returns to the root of that trail If it is available the Return to previous button in the upper right corner of a screen provides the most dependable way to return to a previous screen Show Versions To see which products a...

Страница 73: ...he Dock This menu bar appears at the top of portal pages Its exact appearance depends on your package With it you can open online help add edit and navigate to portal pages and content Click the down arrow to see menus for items on the dock Here are its functions Help Opens the online help Add This menu lets you add Pages or Applications Tip The breadcrumb trail that appears near the top of pages ...

Страница 74: ...before edits take effect Tip You can create a new page then Copy Portlets from Page you can duplicate another page s portlets on the selected page Page Layout Configure the page s columns This menu item does not appear if you have an expanded portlet open because the focus is not in the context of a page Tip The Freeform page layout may stack portlets on top of one another Toggle the Fullscreen ic...

Страница 75: ...ut Opens the Manage My Account screen where you can configure your name job title image e mail and so on The Sign out link lets you log out of Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toggle Full Screen The icon on the far right of this bar toggles its appearance disappearance so you can use more screen area for portlets if you need it This toggle also impacts the Menu Bar Status Bar Alerts The Status bar ...

Страница 76: ...chat with your colleagues including the saying whether your online presence appears and whether to play a sound when messages arrive Tip When you have a message from another user that user s name appears on the status bar to the left of this icon Conferences This configures your user settings for any online chat with multiple colleagues The Create tab lets you edit to invite colleagues configure a...

Страница 77: ...ith Manage Page The pages that appear on this bar can vary depending on which Dell OpenManage Network Manager package you have installed The toggle on the right side of the The Dock makes this menu bar appear or disappear Tip You can drag and drop the menu bar labels to different positions and can click a label to rename the page or delete it with the x Site Map To see where pages and sub pages ar...

Страница 78: ...ially they appear in a small summary screen format Click Add More to add a portlet to a page you have created See Portlet Instances on page 81 below for the distinction between portlets that display the same data and portlets that can exist in more than one instance displaying different data For a more specific look at available portlets see the chapters following this one The following describe c...

Страница 79: ... displaying up to 200 rows the expanded portlet supports 1000 Using the portlets filtering capability makes more sense than trying to see more rows See How to Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 Portlet Toolbar Buttons on portlet toolbars let you do the following The Question Mark icon accesses online Help opening the page appropriate for the portlet Refresh Isolates the browser s page ref...

Страница 80: ...defaults Settings in expanded portlet does not include the Filter item See Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 for information about the alternative Tip As an Administrator you can configure a portlet s default display filter then click the portlet name and re name it For example make the default filter in Managed Resources display only Powerconnect then click Managed Resources in the uppe...

Страница 81: ...th a purple icon and others for example the Authentication or Container Manager portlets have green icons The green icon portlets are instanceable and the purple icon portlets are non instanceable In other words you can add only one instance of the purple icon Container View portlet to a community and it displays the same data even if it appears on more than one screen NOTE Once you have added a n...

Страница 82: ...multi selection of listed items Return to the smaller portlet by clicking Return to Previous in the expanded portlet s upper right corner Tip If you want to multi select within listed items in a portlet you must expand it The one exception to this rule the File Management portlet User permissions may limit access to the expanded portlets For example OpenManage Network Manager can have many communi...

Страница 83: ... in an expanded portlet Snap Panels The snap panels that appear below the expanded portlet s list can stack on top of each other so several can appear simultaneously in each slot for Snap Panels Click the title bar of the panel to toggle its expansion or collapse In the Reference Tree snap panel click the plus to expand the tree of connections You can collapse the entire snap panel area with a Clo...

Страница 84: ...on any changes and Close this screen The changes appear instantaneously when you return to the expanded portlet Pages Most portlets use the recorder icons to page through a list that occupies more than one screen The right left arrows go forward and back one page The icons at either end go to the beginning or end of the pages Exports Excel and Acrobat icons appear at the top right corner of the ex...

Страница 85: ...revious screen How To Filter Expanded Portlet Displays Among other places filters appear at the top of expanded portlets Many pre installed filters come from drivers your installed package Filters match entity types but may not necessarily be sensible in the context of a particular portlet You can pick from already configured filters with the drop down on the left or you can click Advanced Filter ...

Страница 86: ...ems Several menu items appear in multiple portlets In addition to editing commands New Open such menus let you Import Export All Share with User See Sharing below Edit Custom Attributes View as PDF Tag items with a location NOTE You can also export or import page configurations as well as items Dell OpenManage Network Manager manages like equipment discovery profiles locations and so on Aging Poli...

Страница 87: ...TION You must import into the correct portlet You cannot import event processing rules into the Actions portlet for example You must import event processing rules into the Event Processing Rule portlet Sharing You can share elements within Dell OpenManage Network Manager with colleagues when more than one user exists on your Dell OpenManage Network Manager system and consult with them using the te...

Страница 88: ...e appropriate portlet Right click and select Share Asset In the subsequent screen select a user with whom you want to share type any message you want to include and click Share Asset The chat message to the selected user includes your text and a link that opens to display the Snap Panels for the selected item Cancel aborts sharing ...

Страница 89: ...ustom fields directly The following are the custom attribute properties you can alter Enabled Check Enabled to activate the selected custom field Label This is a label for the tooltip identified in the Name The Label is what you see in the portlets appropriate for the entity type you have selected The Type column in the attribute describes the data type of the custom attribute String Integer Date ...

Страница 90: ...n the docked toolbar You can also create PDF reports containing descriptions of multiple selected assets but you must open an expanded portlet to multi select Tag The right click menu of many items lets you tag them for example Managed Resources Locations Contacts Customers Services and Containers When you select the Tag menu item and Coordinates a new Map popup appears see Tag on page 138 and you...

Страница 91: ...appears displaying the duration for its component messages Hover your cursor over each portion of the graph for more details Tip The time for messages and logged in user initiating the action appear on the bar between the upper and lower screen and an icon summarizing the action appears on its right Click the second icon from the left to configure the amount of detail displayed in audit messages C...

Страница 92: ...ewer Some portlets also offer an Audit Trail menu item that displays Audit Trail Jobs Screens for the selected item The top of this screen contains a list of Audit Records Click one of this list to see the Job details as you would in the Audit Trail Jobs Screen ...

Страница 93: ...audit trail User ID the login ID of the user whose actions resulted in this trail and Status of the messages appear in the table hover the cursor over the icon for a text message describing status Right click to Delete a message manage its Aging Policy or View as PDF See Redcell Database Aging Policies DAP on page 50 for more about such policies Tip To see the audit trail for recently completed pr...

Страница 94: ...P The IP address of the user who created this audit trail Subject The equipment at the origin of the message traffic with Dell OpenManage Network Manager You can right click a selected item and either Delete it or View Job This last option displays a screen with the details of the job itself View Job The Audit Job Viewer displays the audit trail messages in tree form To see the contents of an indi...

Страница 95: ...n this screen Once you save the schedule the action for example Discovery Profile it also appears in the Schedules Portlet as a scheduled item Schedules Portlet You can view and modify schedules in the Schedules portlet or the Expanded Schedules Portlet This displays the Enabled status a Description the Type of schedule its Next Execution and Recurrence in columns You can do the following by right...

Страница 96: ...n page 166 for more about available actions See Scheduling Actions on page 369 for the details of scheduling actions that require parameters Open This appears for an activity based scheduled items It opens the activity editor and lets you modify the activity s data properties and schedule parameters To edit an existing schedule for an already scheduled action like a Discovery Profile just right cl...

Страница 97: ...ar include Submission Date Start Date whether the schedule is still active Scheduled and the Execution Count If a green icon appears in the Scheduled column it means the schedule will be executed on next start date If the schedule has exceeded execution count or passed stop date if specified then a red icon appears there ...

Страница 98: ...98 Schedules Portal Conventions ...

Страница 99: ...he field at the top of the menu to search for the portlet functionality you want to add This limits the display to Dell OpenManage Network Manager portlets The previous chapter discussed the Schedules Portlet on page 95 Tip Filter what appears on a page with the Container View portlet Select a container and the rest of the portlets on that page filter their data reporting to reflect that container...

Страница 100: ...losed alarms appear without color Date Opened The date the alarm appeared Entity Name The entity emitting this alarm often within the Equipment DeviceIP The IP address of the equipment where the alarm appeared Event Name The event associated with the alarm Tip If you hover the cursor over a row in the portlet display a tooltip appears with information about the alarm This can include the alarm s D...

Страница 101: ...led since the chart in effect provides the filter When the chart is disabled then filtering options are available Settings are saved if you have Admin rights or the Portlet is on your Public Private pages like standard behavior NOTE Changes appear after you click Apply The Filter panel disappears when you check the Show Chart checkbox Expanded Alarm Portlet The expanded Alarm portlet appears when ...

Страница 102: ...ayed as an alarm Equipment The name for the entity emitting the alarm Acknowledged True or False Assigned User The user who has been assigned this alarm right click or click Action to do this Date Assigned The date and time that the alarm was assigned Ack Time The time the alarm was acknowledged Cleared By The user who cleared the alarm MIB Text The alarm s MIB Text Rather than filtering with the ...

Страница 103: ...he alarm has been resolved addressed If your system has enabled propagation policies clearing recalculates dependent alarms Email Alarm E mail the alarm Enter a subject an e mail address to which you want to mail the alarm s content and click the to add to the list of addresses the minus deletes them Then click Send Email Clicking Cancel ends this operation without sending e mail See SMTP Configur...

Страница 104: ...escription The convention indicating such tooltips are available is the question mark that appears next to the cursor when you hover it over the displayed field Alarm Snap Panels These include the following Alarm Details The source Severity Message Date Opened and so on MIB Details The Notification OID and MIB Text for the selected alarm Reference Tree The connection between the alarm and its sour...

Страница 105: ...0 24 PST 2010 Assigned User qatester Acknowledged false Ack By Ack Time Cleared By Date Cleared MIB Text Monitor session was skipped due to resource constraints Typically this implies one or more monitors should run less frequently This may also be caused by a large number of timeouts which force executions to take longer to complete than normal Advisory Text ...

Страница 106: ...the Receive Time Entity Name Device IP and Event Name You can right click to Share with User in this screen Tip Hovering the cursor over the DeviceIP column produces a tooltip that lets you know the device s current state up down and that contains Model Vendor Discovery Date Ping Rate ms and the device s Description information NOTE The default filter for this portlet displays only recent events I...

Страница 107: ...panded Alarm Portlet on page 101 Configure these as visible or hidden by clicking Settings The following are some additional columns available Receive Time The date the event was received Event Name The event identifier Location The location of the equipment emitting the event SubType A classification for the event For example Trap Protocol The protocol that delivered the event Frequently System i...

Страница 108: ... Rules This portlet manages Dell OpenManage Network Manager s response to events By default it appears with seeded rules but you can create your own New copy or modify Copy or Open or delete Delete existing rules by right clicking in the portlet You can also Import and Export rules to files The Rule Type column indicates whether rules are Pre Processing Correlation or Post Processing Automation Ic...

Страница 109: ... configured actions associated with the rule The Event Filter Summary summarizes any configured filter s for the selected rule How To Create Event Processing Rules To create a rule in this portlet follow these steps 1 Right click and select New then select a rule type These can be Pre Processing correlation or Post Processing automation rules If Pre Processing is your selection Device Access Frequ...

Страница 110: ...ltering Settings tab Specify Event Filtering In this panel select the Event Definition Click pick list to find available events Typing a letter goes to that letter in the list You can then click to select from the pick list Click Add Filter to further filter the selected events See Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 for more about this feature Specify Settings for Selected Rule Type This ...

Страница 111: ...not want to see events correlated with this one 7 Click Save to preserve the event processing rule Rule Editor After you select between pre and post processing rules for new rules the following screens manage the event processing described in brief in the Create Event Processing Rules on page 109 The following screens and fields appear in this editor General Filtering Settings Syslog Escalation Cr...

Страница 112: ...ction to include selected items in this filter or Add All to include all displayed events After you finish event selection click Done at the bottom of this selection screen Click Add Filter to further filter the selected events See Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 for more about this feature After you Add Filter the button changes to Clear Filter so you can remove any filter from the ev...

Страница 113: ... that field Enter the User Name Variable and or User Name RegEx match string in those fields This confines rule response to the selected users Check Suppress Correlated events if you do not want to see events correlated with this one Frequency Throttle This rule type changes event behavior based on the frequency of the selected event Enter the Time Period seconds and Maximum events to publish with...

Страница 114: ...es not appear in Event history if you Publish it however listeners for that event will hear it Suppress Alarm This screen presents the Specify Event Filtering portion of the screen without any Settings in the lower screen Specify events alarms to suppress with this selection and filtering Syslog This screen presents the Specify Event Filtering portion of the screen without any Settings in the lowe...

Страница 115: ...elow the Message Match Text field Check the Match Any to match any or all of the entered match text rather than one or more specific strings Criteria Syslog Event Setup This portion of the Criteria screen sets up the event emitted when matching occurs Here are the fields Category The syslog category varbind value Event Severity Select the alarm severity of the event emitted when a match occurs Mes...

Страница 116: ...Message Enter a message to test Test Message Result The text extracted for the event as it appears in the template Click Apply to accept these escalation criteria or Cancel to abandon them without saving Actions This screen catalogs the actions configured for the Post Processing Automation rule you have configured in previous screens Click Add Action to create a new action in the editor The Action...

Страница 117: ... another host then configure automation in this screen to do that Enter the following fields Destination Address The IP address of the northbound destination Destination Port The port on the northbound destination Community String The SNMP community string for the northbound destination Send as Proxy When checked this sends the IP address of the application server as the source of the event Unchec...

Страница 118: ...ing trap defined in 6 is used For example if the value of the generic trap field is coldStart then the application uses the coldStart trap 6 Then one new binding is appended onto the variable bindings field snmpTrapEnterprise 0 6 which takes its value from the enterprise field of the Trap PDU The destinations for the SNMPv2 Trap PDU are determined in an implementation dependent fashion by the prox...

Страница 119: ... by a proxy forwarder application using an SNMP version other than SNMPv1 The value of this object SHOULD contain the value of the agent addr field from the original Trap PDU as generated by an SNMPv1 agent 1 3 6 1 6 3 18 1 3 snmpCommunityMIBObjects 3 snmpTrapCommunity OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX OCTET STRING MAX ACCESS accessible for notify STATUS current DESCRIPTION The value of the community string fiel...

Страница 120: ...ns and messages for e mail and SMS recipients You can include fields that are part of the event by using the variables described in Email Action Variables on page 122 Notice that below the Description of the e mail action you can check to send this mail and or SMS to associated Contacts if any are available even if you specify no mail address destination The SMS tab is similar to the e mail tab bu...

Страница 121: ...ddresses configured in the the Email Action This screen has the following fields Recipient Addresses Enter an e mail address in the field below this label then click the plus sign to add it to the list of recipients The minus removes selected recipients Subject The e mail subject Email Header Footer The e mail s heading and footing SMS Body The e mail contents to be sent as text SMS Max Length The...

Страница 122: ...on its appearance in that list Select the device target of the custom action by selecting from the Target pick list If you do not specify an explicit target Dell OpenManage Network Manager uses the default entity for the event as the target If you select an action with additional parameters those parameters appear in the screen below the Target field To see definitions for such parameters hover th...

Страница 123: ...ontain return these values then the message No data for attribute name appears in the email instead Basic Variables Attribute Description Email Action Variable Name The event alarm name Name Message Description from the event Message Entity Name The entity interface card name EntityName Equipment Manager Name The name of the equipment parent or chassis EquipMgrName Device IP address the IP of the ...

Страница 124: ...Manager_Cu stom3 Custom 4 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom4 Custom 5 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom5 Custom 6 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom6 Custom 7 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom7 Custom 8 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom8 Custom 9 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom9 Custom 10 RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Cu stom10 Custom 11 RedCell Config Equipm...

Страница 125: ...ell Config EquipmentManager_Na me Network Status Network Status RedCell Config EquipmentManager_He althStatus Notes Equipment Notes RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Not es OSVersion OSVersion RedCell Config EquipmentManager_OS Version Serial Number Unique identifier for the equipment RedCell Config EquipmentManager_Seri alNumber Software Version Version of the equipment s software RedCell Config Eq...

Страница 126: ...e separator is relative when used as part of a query RedCell Config Port_UniqueAddress Model Model number of the port RedCell Config Port_Model MTU Maximum Transmission Unit RedCell Config Port_Mtu Name Port name RedCell Config Port_Name Notes Port Notes RedCell Config Port_Notes Port Description Description of the port RedCell Config Port_DeviceDescriptio n Port Number Port Number RedCell Config ...

Страница 127: ...g Interface_Custom4 Encapsulation Encapsulation RedCell Config Interface_Encapsulation IfIndex SNMP Interface Index RedCell Config Interface_IfIndex Interface Description Description of the Interface RedCell Config Interface_DeviceDescripti on Interface Number Interface Number RedCell Config Interface_InterfaceNumbe r Interface Type Common Interface Type RedCell Config Interface_CommonType MTU Max...

Страница 128: ...ition Editor or open a details panel for the underlying equipment Set Behavior This lets you select from the following options Reject Every received message is rejected Suppress The message is tracked in Event History and then ignored Alarm The message is tracked in Event History and then processed with Correlated events and Event Processing Rules of any type other than Syslog Set Severity Set the...

Страница 129: ...rm Suppress Reject Alarm means Process at the mediation server generate event history and an alarm Suppress means Process at the mediation server and generate an event not an alarm Reject means Reject at the mediation server do not process Propagation The propagation behavior for the event Default Impacts subcomponents Impacts top level Not service effecting Only service effecting alarms are propa...

Страница 130: ... Network Manager generates a calculated alarm for the corresponding link at the highest severity of either endpoint If both endpoints are clear then the resulting calculated event is clear This means alarm correlation removes any existing calculated alarm against the link If you upgrade Dell OpenManage Network Manager all alarms migrated to from previous versions appear as service effecting regard...

Страница 131: ...this OID Bindings in Event A read only reminder of the MIB bindings for this event This displays the varbind contents of the event matching the Binding Object Name and the OID object identifier Message Template A template for messages that accompany this event Specifying an OID within the curly braces in the template acts as a tag which replaces the OID with its MIB value For example Interface 1 3...

Страница 132: ...related Events and Correlation Key Bindings For example a link down event could correlate with a link up event or an alarm with a clear alarm event In the Correlated Events panel click Add to display a selector with filter to find events to correlate with the one you are editing In Correlation Key Bindings use the right left arrows to select Key Variables from Available Variables The variables con...

Страница 133: ...t associated alarms and the information entered in Contacts Editor Visualize Displays a mapping of the selected contact s association to devices See Chapter 5 Visualize My Network Delete Displays a mapping of the selected contact s association to devices Visualize Displays a mapping of the selected contact s association to devices Dell OpenManage Network Manager only retrieves Contact and Location...

Страница 134: ...Address Phone and so on Click the tabs at the top of this screen to move between the panels The Contact ID a unique identifier for the contact in your system is a required field at the top of the first page Click Save to preserve your new or modified contact information Click Cancel to leave the contact unmodified ...

Страница 135: ...out editing or creating locations If you select Visualize a map of the selected location s connection to equipment appears See Chapter 5 Visualize My Network for more The Update Coordinates option lets you revise a location s longitude and latitude See Tag on page 138 for more This screen has the following columns Icon The icon for this location Name The name for this location Details A descriptio...

Страница 136: ...ange the name of an unused location without deleting anything Parent The parent of this location the location to which this location is subordinate Select a Parent Location from the pick list The maximum number of levels supported is 15 Details A text description of the location Type Type of location as selected from the drop down menu Available types are Area Hub Customer National Hub Other Provi...

Страница 137: ... portlet Click Settings to change the column appearance see Show Hide Reorder Columns on page 84 This has the same columns as Locations on page 135 Locations Snap Panels Selecting a location row displays the Reference Tree Snap Panel with that location s connection to containers see Container View on page 147 and equipment Click the plus icons to expand the tree The Location Details panel displays...

Страница 138: ...n in the Locations portlet The location created by default is the address entered in the Locations editor You can also enter the address in the Search field or click and drag the marker that appears on this screen Click Apply to accept the re location A Delete Tag button appears when you have created a tag and lets you remove it Cancel closes the screen Tip You can zoom in or out on the displayed ...

Страница 139: ...Displays a panel showing the alarms registered models and identifiers for the selected vendor Visualize See a topology of the network filtered to display only the selected vendor see Chapter 5 Visualize My Network Import Export Common menu capabilities described in Import Export on page 86 This screen has the following columns Vendor Icon The icon for this vendor Enterprise Number The enterprise n...

Страница 140: ...he pick list Contact Click the Add button to select from contacts in Dell OpenManage Network Manager to associate with this vendor See Contacts on page 133 for instructions about configuring contacts Expanded Vendor Portlet When you expand the Vendor portlet besides sharing you can also click Settings to configure the columns that appear here see Show Hide Reorder Columns on page 84 This screen ha...

Страница 141: ...Vendors Key Portlets 141 Vendors Snap Panel The snap panel displays the icon for the selected vendor ...

Страница 142: ...142 Vendors Key Portlets ...

Страница 143: ... chapter contains information about the following portlets Authentication Container Manager Container View Discovery Profiles Managed Resources Ports Reports Authentication The authentication summary screen displays credentials used to communicate with and manage devices This portlet displays credentials used in discovery and communication with network resources The Name column identifies the set ...

Страница 144: ...aying that deletion is not allowed Import Export Imports or exports authentications to your Dell OpenManage Network Manager system Authentication Editor You can right click and select New or Open to create or modify credentials for your system You can also Delete and Share with User from that right click menu The fields that appear in this editor vary depending on the type of authentication The ID...

Страница 145: ...ortlet lets you configure column appearance see Show Hide Reorder Columns on page 84 This offers the same column setup as the summary screen Authentication Snap Panel When you select a listed authentication the Reference Tree Snap Panel displays a tree of that authentication s connections to Discovery profiles and equipment ...

Страница 146: ...sers and devices appears in Container Manager Expanded Right click to select from a menu with New Edit and Delete and Refresh Members Selecting New or Edit displays the Container Editor described below Container Manager Expanded The expanded view displays the same information as the summary view but displays the selected container s authorized users creator owner and membership in the Reference Tr...

Страница 147: ...ers in Container Editor described in the next section NOTE You may have to wait a few moments to see a container s contents accurately Portlets that respond to Container or Map Context filtering include the following Audit Trail Event History Locations Vendors Contacts Managed Resources Ports Authentications Discovery Profiles Monitors Services Tip If a container displays unexpected results right ...

Страница 148: ...r tree Click Add Child or Delete Child to create or remove a node to from the node you have selected in the tree Clicking a node in the tree displays the tabbed panel on the right where you can edit it The Container Details panel has the following tabs General Membership Authorizations Click the labels at the top of the screen to access these NOTE Alarm states are recalculated and propagated for c...

Страница 149: ...hip of the container Membership Container membership defines the inventory items that are in a container You can select either a Static membership which cannot change or a Dynamic one based on a filter When Dell OpenManage Network Manager evaluates the filter it adds the resulting items as members in the container The sub tabs at the top of the screen let you edit these types See Managed Resource ...

Страница 150: ...pecifies the name of the user or group and whether the entry is inherited or not A child container by default inherits the authorizations from parent hierarchy no explicit authorizations for child containers are necessary Edit any authorizations in the parent When editing a child container click a listed authorized user or group and its permissions appear in the panel at the bottom of this screen ...

Страница 151: ...tomatically placed by location Notice that you can move the center of the map with the arrows in its upper left corner above the zoom in out buttons The menu in the upper right corner lets you select a Map or Satellite views and fine tune them to include labels terrain and so on You can configure locations with the Tag menu item See Tag on page 90 for an explanation ...

Страница 152: ...e is cross correlated with the Alarm State table if there are alarms against it and its color reflects the current Alarm state Resource Discovery The following explains and demonstrates the features included in Resource Discovery The guide assumes you have full access to all the features full license included in the web portal How To Discover Resources Here are the steps 1 Set up Discovery Profile...

Страница 153: ... OpenManage Network Manager classifies such ambiguous devices as routers Menu Options When you right click a profile the following menu options appear in addition to the Common Menu Items New Opens Discovery Profile Editor in new profile mode see General on page 154 Edit Opens Discovery Profile Editor Copy Opens Discovery Profile Editor and renames the selected profile as CopyOf Original Name Exec...

Страница 154: ...r you confirm deletion A notification message appears when deletion is completed on the application server The remaining menu items include Import Export Selection Export All and if other users exist in the system Share with User NOTE Dell OpenManage Network Manager discovers Aruba Access points through the controllers to which they connect discovery does not find stand alone access points Discove...

Страница 155: ... whether to Resolve Hostname s ICMP Ping Device s Manage ICMP only Device s or Manage Unclassified Device s This last checkbox determines whether OpenManage Network Manager attempts to manage devices that have no OpenManage Network Manager device driver installed If your system s license permits it such management may be possible but more limited than for devices with drivers installed CAUTION If ...

Страница 156: ...ough this series of panels Previous Next move back and forth between screens Save lets you preserve whatever stage you have configured and close the editor Inspect moves directly to the Inspection screen described below and Execute triggers the discovery profile and opens the Results panel displaying message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device s Click the X in the top ri...

Страница 157: ...range If you specify an address in the middle of the subnetwork then Dell OpenManage Network Manager may discover devices outside of that subnetwork This also means that IP addresses in the network that precede the specified address are not discovered To avoid these issues use the CIDR specification of the network to discover rather that the subnet ID 4 Authentication You can create new or add exi...

Страница 158: ... profile refers to and create a new one Actions 5 When you click Next the Actions panel appears You can simply accept the default actions that appear here like Resync and Learned MAC discovery by clicking Next to the Inspection portion of discovery or you can do the following Add Action This opens a screen with a selection list of available actions Click Apply to select an action to add to the lis...

Страница 159: ...e list and the Move arrows help arrange the order in which actions appear listed and are executed The list of actions the profile executes goes from top to bottom Inspection Using the Inspection Panel is an optional step If you want to execute the profile after entering the required information on the General and Network panels you can skip this step and just click Execute at the bottom of the pan...

Страница 160: ...open an editor where you can revise the authentications for that device Clicking Create New lets you create new authentications Choose Existing lets you select from existing authentications Test Device lets you try out the authentications you have selected and Close closes this screen Notice that you can configure new or existing authentications port retry and timeout settings before you click App...

Страница 161: ... about retrieving archives of such screens 9 A message Discovery Profile Execute is complete appears in the Messages at the bottom left of the status bar 10 Click the X in the top right corner of the discovery profile editor to close it Discovery Profiles Expanded This larger view offers a Reference Tree snap panel where you can see the connection between a selected profile and the authentications...

Страница 162: ... selected group Edit Resources Lets you edit resources associated with the selected group like its location contact or whether to manage it by hostname Visualize Displays a topology map of the selected group See Chapter 5 Visualize My Network for more Actions Select from a sub menu of actions available for the group Adaptive CLI Select from a sub menu of Adaptive CLI Change Management Elect to run...

Страница 163: ...roup contains devices of several types the Device Options panel displays a tab for each device type Select the backup parameters there before executing or scheduling backup Link Discovery Discover links between members of the selected group and others See New Link on page 175 and Link Discovery on page 176 for details Resync Resources Queries the devices in the group to update Dell OpenManage Netw...

Страница 164: ... for available resources with a filter Click Apply Filter after you have configured it and a list of devices fitting its criteria appears Select device s and click Add Selected or simply click Add All to add the entire list to your static group Notice that you can continue to re use this filter to list devices and continue to select them When you select a device it no longer appears listed When yo...

Страница 165: ... and OpenManage Network Manager creates the group on the fly After you enter the Name and Category for the group create the filter To see what the group would look like click Preview Group This opens the Preview tab concealing the General tab To return to General click that at the top of the screen Click Save to preserve the group configuration or Cancel to exit without saving ...

Страница 166: ...Memory and Ping See the Managed Resources Expanded section for a description of columns and additional capabilities in that version of the portlet Icons that appear next to the equipment name have some significance For example You can schedule actions selected here in addition to executing them immediately See Schedule Actions on page 186 for more about that Right clicking a listed resource can di...

Страница 167: ...tails panel displays the Name Description Vendor Location Contact and Equipment Icon for the selected device The Extended Details panel includes Network Properties and Settings tabs These let you view or alter things like IP Address DNS Hostname Manage by Hostname Network Status Model and Equipment Type Serial Number Software Version Firmware and Hardware versions The Settings tab lists the System...

Страница 168: ... IP Address Port Retries and Timeout Notice you can Add interfaces with the button in the upper right corner Authentication This lists the authentications for the selected device You can Add authentications with the button in the upper right corner too These authentications originate in the portlet described in Authentication on page 143 ...

Страница 169: ...nd a Details panel with model and other information A Network Details panel displays VLAN s by ID VLAN s by Port or STP Data Click the button in the upper right corner of the panel to select among those options Notice that you can right click listed interfaces configuration files and so on to perform more actions Visualize Create a topology map of the selected resources See Chapter 5 Visualize My ...

Страница 170: ...If you want to execute a ProScan policy not already associated with this device then select Execute Proscan Policy A selection screen appears where you can select a policy and either execute or schedule it Direct Access This opens a sub menu where you can select the type of available direct cut through access to the selected device or ICMP ping that device See MIB Browser on page 188 and Terminal ...

Страница 171: ...ling a schedule does not interrupt suppression once it has started You must right click selected devices and select Stop All Alarm Suppression You can also delete suppressions after you select Event Management View Active Suppression s The viewer lists devices for which alarm suppression is active their description and configuring user Click the Stop Suppression icon to the right of listed devices...

Страница 172: ...n page 277 and Top Asset Monitors on page 276 for more information Show Key Metrics This lets you see available key metrics for the selected resource and con figure their display Resource Groups This lets you add the selected device to new Dynamic or Static groups or to existing groups See for Managed Resource Groups on page 162 more about this Resync This re queries the device for more current in...

Страница 173: ...king Advanced Filter to the right of this pick list see Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 for more The Settings button lets you configure the displayed columns and their order Tip You can select multiple devices by Ctrl clicking them in the expanded portlet This lets you do these same tasks on more than one device You can also perform such tasks on multiple devices with managed resource ...

Страница 174: ...General Details This includes information about the Equipment Name Vendor Location Contact Icon and its Last Modified and Discovery Date General Properties This tab includes the IP Address DNS Hostname Firmware Version Hardware Version Model Serial Number Software Version Managed by Hostname if active this resolves a DNS name rather than use an IP address to manage this resources and Equipment Typ...

Страница 175: ...licable New Link When you create a new link the Link Details screen appears where you can configure the link This screen has the following fields Link Name A text identifier for the link Link Type Select the type of link from the pick list A End Point Resource Address Click the plus to select a resource for one end of the link When you right click a selected resource it automatically appears here ...

Страница 176: ...n Visualization on page 220 When you elect to discover links from a right click menu the Network Link Discovery screen appears Check the type of links you want to discover or from which you want to refresh collected data Other options available on this screen include the following Layer 2 Layer 3 checkboxes Select the layer for which you want to discover links Depending on the layer selected the a...

Страница 177: ...e about Job Viewer screens Link Discovery Prerequisites Although Dell OpenManage Network Manager automates link discovery you must enable the sources for link discovery information on the devices where you do such discovery Data sources used to derive links appear listed below These sources are typically required for the network operations so if all the sources are disabled there would be no netwo...

Страница 178: ...for resources You can see it by selecting Details in the right click menu for the Managed Resources portlet You can also install an Equipment Details portlet on a page and use the Container View portlet to select individual devices that appear in it In that case you must select an individual device before it displays data ...

Страница 179: ...ht click nodes in that reference tree to drill down to additional details Tip Notice the breadcrumb trail at the top of the Equipment Detail panel tracks the levels through which you drill down You can click a level that appears in this trail to return to a previous screen If you click Return to previous in the upper right corner of the screen you will return to the original screen from which you ...

Страница 180: ...opbacks Interfaces Details The details available for interfaces can include a Reference Tree panel that displays the interface s root equipment and its sub components The Details panel also appears with the following fields Creator The user that created this interface Slot Number This interface s type For example Loopback Name The interface name Equipment Name The name of the equipment that contai...

Страница 181: ...net Mask Port Description 8 Date Created Tip If the Ports portlet is on the same page as the Managed Resources Proscan portlet selecting a device in Managed Resources makes its ports appear in the Ports portlet These can get out of sync but clicking the browser s Refresh restores the correspondence between a selected device and the ports displayed You can also add Links to ports with the right cli...

Страница 182: ... contains the following fields Link Name An identifier for the link Link Type Select the type of link to create in the pick list A Z Endpoint Resource Select a resource for the A or Z endpoint A Z Endpoint Address The IP address if available for the endpoint Click Save to preserve your edits or Close to abandon them ...

Страница 183: ...rt s encapsulation Subnet Mask The port s subnet mask Install Date The port s installation date In Use An indicator use IF Index The SNMP MIB designation for the port Container Index The SNMP MIB designation for the port s container Slot Number The port s slot number Speed The port s speed MTU The port s MTU Port Icon The port s configured icon Learned MAC Addr The port s learned MAC address Count...

Страница 184: ... available to support further services Busy Operable and currently in use with no operating capacity to spare IP Address The port s IP address Hardware Version The port s hardware version MAC Address The port s Media Access Control MAC address Administrative State One of the following values Locked Device use is prohibited Shutting Down Only existing users can use the device Unlocked Normal use of...

Страница 185: ... Busy Operable and currently in use with no operating capacity to spare Install Date The date this equipment was installed Notes Any notes recorded about the device RTM Category The Right to Manage category for licensing DNS Hostname The DNS name of the resource this name must be unique Vendor The vendor that manufactures distributes this resource See the Vendors on page 139 for more information a...

Страница 186: ...esource s type For example Router Location Name The resource s location IP Address The resource s IP address Discovery Date When the resource was discovered Administrative State One of three descriptive values The options are Locked Device use is prohibited Shutting Down Only existing users can use the device Unlocked Normal use of device is permitted Hardware Version The resource s hardware versi...

Страница 187: ...ger creates a scheduled item around the activity and its data A row also appears in the screen described in Schedules Portlet on page 95 for this schedule 6 When you have scheduled something from the Add Schedule button clicking Apply in the schedule panel returns you to the previous screen 7 If you click Execute in that previous screen the action begins and audit trail panel appears displaying th...

Страница 188: ...nu the MIB Browser lets you examine SNMP data available about devices The screen that opens when you select this option displays MIBs available in Dell OpenManage Network Manager in a tree on the left Notice that a pick list at the top of the left column narrows what appears in the tree NOTE A progress bar at the bottom of this screen indicates a query for the selected information is in progress U...

Страница 189: ...n the right In addition to the Device Results tab which displays what the currently selected device uses from the MIB the MIB Information tab displays the parameters available for the selected node Notice that the Description Comments Notification Variables and Valid Values tabs appear at the bottom of this screen ...

Страница 190: ...menu lets you Copy or Paste text within the terminal session Click and drag to select text Terminal This menu lets you set Foreground and Background colors as well as configuring the Font and Buffer sizes Reset Terminal restores the defaults NOTE Terminal is now an applet that requires a Java Runtime Environment be installed and associated to the browser as a plug in on the client machine Tip You ...

Страница 191: ...d to the selected device An intervening dialog appears advising you about the required network conditions for a successful connection Ports This summary portlet displays discovered device ports This displays a list of ports with columns for Port Icon Equipment Name Name Type and Encapsulation Hover your cursor over the Name column and a popup appears adding the port s Date Created and Operational ...

Страница 192: ...ardware Version Port Description Model Date Created typically this is the date discovered Creator Port Type Encapsulation Subnet Mask Install Date In Use If Index Container Index Slot Number Speed MTU maximum transmission unit Port Icon Learned MAC Addr Count CLI Name Notes Operation Type Switch Mode Duplex Name Port Number Equipment Name Operational State IP Address MAC address Administrative Sta...

Страница 193: ...available ports The Settings button lets you configure columns that appear and their order The available columns for this view include many related to the attributes that appear in Port Details on page 192 above This screen also includes a Reference Tree displaying a tree of the selected port s relationship to logical interfaces and monitors ...

Страница 194: ...dress The port s Media Access Control MAC address Hardware Version The port s hardware version Port Type The type of port Administrative State One of three descriptive values The options are Locked Device use is prohibited Shutting Down Only existing users can use the device Unlocked Normal use of device is permitted Operational State One of the following values Down Inoperable because of a fault ...

Страница 195: ...king in this portlet lets you create a New template Edit a selected template see Report Template Editors for information about subsequent screens view Details or Delete a selected template You can also Import Export report templates to files The expanded Report Templates portlet also includes a Reference Tree snap panel displaying a tree for selected templates connecting them to Report Groups and ...

Страница 196: ... Manager has several report template editors Creating a New template can make Comparison Table and Trend templates This editor has General Inventory and Layout tabs You can edit any but pre existing templates whether they have reports attached to them or not Consider this example Template T has three columns A B and C Someone creates a report R against Template T executes the report saves the data...

Страница 197: ...olumn line Summarize by Group Group similar results together Advanced Settings Orientation Select from Portrait and Landscape Include Chart Details Enables the following fields Report Summary Enable a report summary Row Separator Display a row separator Page Header Position Select none top bottom or both Auto Column Split Enable automatic column splitting This automatically aligns the columns equa...

Страница 198: ...ribute enabled Device Name Gig e Port Name Health Status M5 ge 0 0 1 Up ge 0 0 2 Down ge 0 0 3 Up ge 0 0 4 Unknown M18 ge 0 1 1 Up ge 0 1 2 Starting ge 0 1 3 Up ge 0 1 4 Down The Inventory and Layout tabs are common to all editors Inventory Select the type of inventory for a report and its data types in this screen ...

Страница 199: ...of each row to re order data columns Click to select a row and the editor panel at the bottom of the screen appears It has the following fields Column Text The column label Horizontal Alignment Right Left Center the default Column Width The column width in characters Sort Priority Configures report sorting Define the attribute sort order here You can sort within a sort so you can sort on Name and ...

Страница 200: ... appear in the columns in this summary screen Generally speaking the report selects the target equipment and the template configures the layout and attributes reported NOTE If the Interface details panel is empty then the Interface reports will have no contents Some devices have ports but no interfaces Use the Ports report for such devices Right click a selected report to do the following New Edit...

Страница 201: ...display meaningfully Execute Report Advanced Also lets you schedule reports Aging Policy If you automate report generation you may also want to configure a Database Aging Policy to insure the volume of reports does not overwhelm your storage capacity See Redcell Database Aging Policies DAP on page 50 for more about doing that Delete Removes the selected report from the list display Delete History ...

Страница 202: ...heck to activate emitting a notification event Email Address Enter an e mail destination for the generated report and click the plus to list it You can enter several such e mails Export Directory Enter directory destinations for saved reports as you would e mail destinations x Click Add Schedule to schedule the report for future or repeated execution Execute to run the report immediately or Save t...

Страница 203: ... to view the reports in the Historical Reports node Reports Snap Panels The Snap Panels for reports display a Reference Tree of connections between the selected report and target equipment and between the report and any Report Template The Report History Snap Panel displays the selected report s Run Date Row Count and the User who ran the report Right click a row in this panel and you can Delete P...

Страница 204: ... so on Here select the existing All Powerconnect Routers filter 6 Click Save 7 Locate the newly created report in the Reports portlet 8 Right click and select Execute 9 Click the My Alerts panel in the lower left corner of the portal 10 Click the magnifying glass icon to the right of the Report is now ready for viewing message 11 The report appears onscreen 12 Hover your cursor over the lower righ...

Страница 205: ...that are the source of the report Click Add Filter in the filter panel to select an existing filter create a new filter or copy an existing filter When you create a new filter you must enter a Name and optionally a Description for it select an Entity Type with the green plus and elect whether this filter is available to other users Shared See How to Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 85 for ...

Страница 206: ...orts Reports come with a default logo but you can change that as is illustrated in the above screen Put the png jpg or gif graphic file with your desired logo in owareapps redcell images on the application server In the owareapps installprops lib installed properties file alter this property redcell report branding image filename_here No need to include the path just use the file name CAUTION You ...

Страница 207: ...How To Create a Visualization Creating a topology map of devices or services is as simple as right clicking the item s you want to map and selecting Visualize You can also save different topologies after you configure them See VIEW DETAILS on page 213 for more about that You can fine tune the appearance of what you see with the tools described in Configuring Views and what follows Tip If you do no...

Страница 208: ...ORY tab list and its connections to the network See Alarms in Visualizations Topologies on page 219 for more about the alarm states indicated by icons in topology CAUTION If you have installed a firewall on the application server ports 80 and 8080 must both be open for topology to work Click the double arrows in the upper right corner to open the Legend for this screen which describes the link col...

Страница 209: ...t Actions to execute The Layout selected in determines the arrangement of such expansions or drill ins When you drill in the path back to the top level appears below the topology Click the level where you want to drill out or click Home to go to the top level Right clicking a device can also let you select available Adaptive CLI Actions to execute on the selected device or component If you right c...

Страница 210: ...ays all discovered levels from device to interface Tip The fewer levels displayed the more quickly the display appears Clicking the Filter button opens a screen that lets you further tune the Topology display It includes the following Level 1 Filters Excluded Association Types Contact Vendor Location lets you turn off those icons When these are activated the icons disappear Level 2 Filters Select ...

Страница 211: ...ls appear next to icons in topology Select the attributes in the middle panel You can also elect to Show Labels for Problem Nodes Only and Truncate Node Label Characters and select the maximum number of characters Click to move attributes from Attributes to Display all appear by default to Available Attributes to conceal attributes you do not want displayed The Node Rendering pick list lets you se...

Страница 212: ...andon it and close this options screen NOTE Revising colors does not mean the revision appears in the legend Background Image Click the to select an image typically a map that you want to appear in the background or the to remove an existing one Click and drag icons to locations on that image after it has appeared onscreen The selector looks for images on the machine where the browser is located T...

Страница 213: ...Views and current Layout Level Node Edge Settings Top Level graphic elements Name Description Owner Dates and Filters Clicking Load Existing loads other saved views selected from a screen that also lets you Delete a selected view Users who do not own the retrieved view can save a copy Deletion is only possible for views you own If you delete the default view and do not set a new one then the Netwo...

Страница 214: ...ist of devices in that category in the topology Click on a list item to highlight that device and its network connection in the topology view A circle highlights the device and a colored glow highlights its network connection s Notice that the listed inventory changes if you drill in Tip To make sure the selection appears in your view select Center view around selected item at the bottom of this p...

Страница 215: ...the devices listed In a composite list like appears in Inventory it shows the highest alarm state Indeterminate No alarm information is available for this device Status Green means the device is Online red means Offline and yellow means indeterminate Topology Alarm Triangle These appear next to the device icons The upward pointing triangle indicates the icon attached is a top level device The colo...

Страница 216: ...isplay links between managed objects in a balloon tree structure The root is typically whatever device you have expanded or drilled into You can specify the following in the settings for this layout Minimal nodes spacing Use the slider to determine how close nodes are to each other Child Root angular sector o Use the slider to determine the angular sector The root sector determines how much of an ...

Страница 217: ...e icons Cluster Spacing Use the slider to determine the spacing between icons not in child parent hierarchy Radial Radial layouts arrange nodes in concentric rings Minimal concentric rings radius Use the slider to determine the concentric ring spacing Minimal nodes spacing Use the slider to determine the nodes spacing Angular sector o Use the slider to determine the arc where child nodes appear Ov...

Страница 218: ... the automated orientation of the topology Remember you can click and drag device icons Cluster Spacing Use the slider to determine the spacing between icons not in child parent hierarchy Hierarchical Cyclic This arranges connections in a hierarchy Use the following settings to alter its appearance Distance between levels Use the slider to determine the distance between levels Distance between nod...

Страница 219: ... view to center on it Alarms in Visualizations Topologies Colored circles and triangles appear next to topology nodes to indicate its network status circles or the alarm state of the device triangles apex points up or the alarm state of its child entities off center triangles apex points down For information about the alarm hover your cursor over the triangle and a popup appears describing the dev...

Страница 220: ...devices in your network see Link Discovery on page 176 they appear in the visualization Hover the cursor over a link and a panel appears with the link information Name Type for example Ethernet A Z Names for the endpoints NOTE Dell OpenManage Network Manager currently does not support displaying one ended links ...

Страница 221: ...e Disables the selected file server When file servers are disabled they are not used in a Backup Restore or Deploy operation This too appears only for External File Servers Enable Activates the selected file server Again exposed for External file Servers only Test Tests the selected file server by sending and retrieving a file Delete Removes the selected file server from the list This appears for ...

Страница 222: ...utton at the bottom of the screen Click Save to preserve your changes Tip FTP servers typically must be on the same side of the firewall as the devices with which they communicate If you have several such servers the specified Net Mask also determines which server communicates with devices in which portion of the network Notice that you can now configure an IP address used by Dell OpenManage Netwo...

Страница 223: ...hree or more config files no comparison option appears The View option appears for a single selection only and only lets you view files that are not binary Tip The icon to the left of the File Name listed in the portlet lets you know whether a configuration file is binary and not viewable or text and viewable The file management menu contains the following View Edit This opens a panel displaying t...

Страница 224: ...the latest and next to latest backup If it does not have a previous backup then the menu offers to compare to a designated label You can compare two different Selected devices too Ctrl click to select two different devices before you Compare Notice that the Prev Next buttons at the bottom of this screen cycle through as many as five previous configuration files The comparison screen appears with t...

Страница 225: ...g configurations to Dell Force 10 devices may produce errors when individual commands already exist in the running config and cannot be overwritten Dell OpenManage Network Managerignores such errors and reports success by default since the errors indicate a command was not applied not that restoration was unsuccessful Best practice is to restore to startup config to avoid these errors especially w...

Страница 226: ...ile Name A text identifier for the file Description A text identifier for the file Update User Label A text identifier for the file Entering such a label creates it and makes it available for later restoration comparison and so on Email Settings Click add email to configure an email notification about this backup Select Targets for Backup This screen defaults to the device you selected in Managed ...

Страница 227: ...tion See Scheduling Actions on page 369 Execute performs the backup immediately The Results tab in this screen opens displaying the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device s See Audit Trail Portlet on page 93 Save preserves this configuration without scheduling or executing it Close closes this screen without saving the configured restoration How To Restore Configura...

Страница 228: ...store a specific Configuration File The latter lists available files and lets you click to select Click Apply to configure the selected target or Apply to All to configure all targets 5 Click one of the buttons at the bottom of the screen to initiate the next backup action Add Schedule opens the scheduling screen to let you automate the restoration you have configured on a specified date time or r...

Страница 229: ...This is a useful way to make a pattern configuration file to deploy to several devices See Image Repository on page 233 for additional information about how to do this Backup Restore Back up the device again related to the selected file or restore the selected file Archive Save the selected file to disk and optionally delete it from this list Import Export Export the selected config file to disk o...

Страница 230: ...Delete or Archive it The Labels Using Config File snap in displays all labels connected to the selected configuration file and the date on which that connection was made The Reference Tree displays the configuration file name and lets you right click it to access the available operations it supports To see the most recent configuration files see Top Configuration Backups on page 277 ...

Страница 231: ...e Notice that you can check A a to make your search case sensitive or RegEx to use regular expressions to search Click the Find button to locate text in the config file Click Replace to replace found text once it is located Check the All checkbox and click Replace to bulk replace all instances of the Find text Click Save to preserve your edits or Close to abandon them Notice that the edited config...

Страница 232: ...232 File Management File Servers ...

Страница 233: ...m Configuration Files that are promoted to mass restore See the Configuration Image Editor on page 236 for its functionality Edit Displays the selected Firmware image in the Firmware Image Editor screen or the Configuration Image Editor if the selected line is a configuration image Deploy Deploys the selected file to devices and with the options you select in a subsequent selection screen For this...

Страница 234: ...anded Image Repository portlet When you click the plus this portlet expands to display the OS images list a snap panel Reference tree of the connections to devices and another panel listing the files within the selected image ...

Страница 235: ...amily The Image Files tab displays a selector that lets you create new OS Images retrieving files from the local file system Import from Disk or a URL Import from URL Because such images can consist of multiple files you can import multiple files here Finally you can also import a Readme File to accompany this image and view it in that tab Click Save to preserve the OS Image you have configured or...

Страница 236: ...een has the following tabs General Parameters Configuration General Parameters In this screen you can name and describe the configuration file and configure a filter to screen restoration targets The Version field automatically tracks changes to the original The Target Filter panel lets you configure how this configuration decides which devices to target When targets fail restoration skips them ...

Страница 237: ...get Param The panel of parameters that appears to the right of this screen lets you insert a value retrieved from Dell OpenManage Network Manager s database into the restored configuration file For example if a Contact appears in the file delete the specifics retrieved from a particular device s config and double click the Target Param Contact Dell OpenManage Network Manager inserts _EquipmentMana...

Страница 238: ...ts DNS Hostname and so on NOTE Target Params include all available discover able parameters Some may not apply to the specific device or configuration file Deploy Firmware This screen lets you configure a deployment whether triggered from resource groups individual resources or the Image Repository screen Deployment validates the selected image is appropriate for the selected devices or appropriat...

Страница 239: ...at match the deploy file s type You can also remove devices from the target list with the Remove All button Notice the Status column in the table of targets shows whether the OS deployment is supported or not NOTE You can also select devices then change the OS selection so a potential mismatch will occur This will likely trigger rejection of the deployment by the device but is not a recommended ex...

Страница 240: ...Save Configuration Only Check this if you simply want to configure for later restoration Label for Configuration Enter a label name if applicable Select Targets for Deployment Use the Add Equipment or Add Groups buttons to select individual devices or groups of devices both are possible together Use Remove All to delete all targets or use the delete icon in the Action column to delete individual e...

Страница 241: ...devices when you restore this file This can include items like the device s DNS Hostname IP Address and so on Delete the file s specifics and double click to insert the Target Params in place of these variables 6 Save the configuration 7 Right click to deploy this configuration 8 You can check Generate and save for configuration only if you simply want to configure deployment for later and save fo...

Страница 242: ...242 Deploy Configuration ...

Страница 243: ... the monitor attempts to process To improve performance such behavior is disabled by default so processing occurs only for the ICMP Monitors To re enable processing for other monitors during discover assuming they are enabled set create the following property in owareapps installprops lib installed properties pm monitor process implicits true By default this is set to false Monitors automatically ...

Страница 244: ...server The bar graph displays Total Used and Free memory on the server One such graph appears per server monitored Hover your cursor over a bar to see its reading in a tooltip Click the trio of bar graphs related to the server you want to monitor and its information appears in the text and in the thread count gauge The text displays the Server Type appserver the Node Name typically the IP address ...

Страница 245: ... graph that appears to the right of the monitors displays the aggregate availability information for the enabled monitors Topics graphed include Available Not Available No Data and Not Applicable Right click a listed monitor to do the following not all menu items appear for all types of monitors New Monitor Lets you either create a new monitor of the type you select in the sub menu or edits the mo...

Страница 246: ...ears Only enabled monitors report data and demand resources while disabled monitors do not Refresh Monitor Re query to update any targets for the current monitor See Scheduling Refresh Monitor Targets on page 276 for instructions about automating this Manage Retention Policies Select this to manage the data retention policies for the selected monitor See Retention Policies on page 248 for details ...

Страница 247: ...Description Poling Interval Target Count and Retention Policy Resource Monitor Snap Panels When you select a monitor the Snap Panels at the bottom of the screen display details about it The Reference Tree shows the selected monitor s connection to attributes groups retention policies and its membership the devices monitored The Details Snap Panel displays the attributes the popup shows when you ho...

Страница 248: ... 277 You can create and display dashboards by right clicking items in Managed Resources selecting Show Performance Excluding Attributes from Display The show perf exclude property in the portal ext properties file contains a comma delimited list of the attribute display names to exclude from display Remember best practice is to override properties as described in Overriding Properties on page 23 F...

Страница 249: ...stributed device interaction at regular intervals Monitors may share a retention policy Data is rolled up hourly and daily into summary data The retention policy controls how long data is held per roll up period When you manage these policies you configure how monitored data is retained When you select Manage Retention Policies in the Monitors portlet first a list of available policies appears Cli...

Страница 250: ... the selected data The amount retained has both a performance and data storage impact For example retaining day s information from an active performance SNMP monitor configured with one target s worth of data retrieved on one minute intervals can consume 0 7 G of database and require 21 inserts per second Traffic flow analysis can process and retain even larger amounts of information Flows that co...

Страница 251: ...s editor lets you fine tune the monitor you selected and right clicked to open the editor It includes the following panels and fields General Monitor Options Calculated Metrics Thresholds Inventory Mappings Conditions General The General panel is common to all different monitor types General Monitor Options Name The identifier for this monitor Description A text description for this monitor ...

Страница 252: ...Retain Availability Data Check to activate You must Retain availability data to enable alarms If you define thresholds you should retain availability data Retain availability data stores the Boolean values of whether availability data was in the range your defined metrics Retain Polled Data Check to activate If you uncheck Retain polled data only calculated data remains you cannot view data retrie...

Страница 253: ... default ICMP monitoring enables Update Network Status and monitors all discovered devices NOTE Migrating from previous versions automatically replaces any configured Heartbeats with ICMP monitors with Update Network Status enabled If your previous system had HTTP or SNMP heartbeats you must manually configure monitors to provide equivalent monitoring in this version of Unreachable Attempts before...

Страница 254: ...e being edited The entity and options panels for the various types of monitors appear below in Monitor Options Type Specific Panels on page 266 Calculated Metrics The calculated metrics panel lets you create attributes that are calculated from existing monitor attributes The metric attribute legend assigns a letter value to each monitor attribute The Reassign button reassigns the letters This is u...

Страница 255: ...appears to the right of each row The Add button creates a new calculated metric and the Remove All button deletes all the calculated metrics Clicking on the Add button or edit button displays the calculation editor This panel contains the following properties Name The attribute name to be displayed for the calculation ...

Страница 256: ...rmula codes from the metric attribute legend Thresholds The thresholds panel allows the user to set threshold intervals on attributes in the monitor The table lists the attributes for which attributes have been configured Each row has an edit action and delete action The Add button allows thresholds to be specified for another attribute If all monitor attributes have thresholds defined for them th...

Страница 257: ... the range calculation is to be done based on Average or Consecutive values Consecutive Value Count Select how many consecutive values to consider at once for a range calculation Typically the larger the number here the less flutter in reporting threshold crossings Emit Notification Check to emit an event if the device crosses the configured threshold s The notification event contains the threshol...

Страница 258: ... this you can also apply thresholds to regular expressions This is useful to monitor components within components for example cores within a CPU Click Apply to preserve your edits or Cancel to abandon them The threshold interval editor pops up when you select the Add button or the Edit icon to the right of a threshold s row in the threshold attribute editor This screen contains the following field...

Страница 259: ...ground When an upper or lower threshold has no upper or lower bound then those background colors may appear as white Inventory Mappings The inventory mappings panel allows the user to associate any of several predefined inventory metrics with a monitor attribute The available metrics are CPU Utilization Memory Utilization ICMP Round Trip Time ICMP packet errors and Bandwidth utilization ...

Страница 260: ...s you configure the following Metric ID Inventory metric name Attribute ID Attribute to associate with the inventory metric Conditions This panel lets you add multiple conditions to the monitor you are editing Click the Add button to enter a new set of conditions or click the Edit this entry button to the right of a listed Monitor Condition to open the editor Click the Delete button to remove a li...

Страница 261: ...s Enter the number of occurrences of what is specified in the Condition Filter to satisfy the Conditions Description A text description for the conditions Condition Filter Minimally use this panel to select a condition an operator and a value If you want to use the logical AND or OR operators with a second condition click the green plus and select a second condition operator and value For example ...

Страница 262: ...list of interfaces that appear further by selecting Interface Type as ge gigabit ethernet for example Tip Notice that you can add refinements like filtering on Administrative State and IP Address to the filter 5 Select interfaces Ctrl click to add more than one then click Add Selection then Done to confirm your entity Tip Hover your cursor over a line describing an interface to have a more complet...

Страница 263: ...n the monitored attributes to map them and to make conditional properties based on monitored behavior Tip Calculated Metrics is particularly valuable if you want to monitor a composite like ifInErrors ifOutErrors or want to calculate a parameter like errors per minute when you have a 5 minute monitoring interval 11 Click Save and the monitor is now active Notice that the Availability icon appears ...

Страница 264: ...ckbox an alarm of the configured severity would accompany crossing the threshold 8 Accept the other defaults and click Apply 9 Click Save 10 Test ICMP Monitor now appears in the portlet How To Create a Key Metrics Monitor Follow these steps to create a Key Metrics Monitor also see Key Metric Editor on page 289 1 In the Resource Monitors portlet and create a new monitor by right clicking and select...

Страница 265: ...or selection 5 Select Available columns and click the right arrow to move them to Selected In this case we select SNMP Interfaces Monitor Target Polled Date Time ifInErrors 6 Arrange the columns and fonts as you like in the Layout tab 7 Save the template 8 Right click and select New in the Reports portlet 9 Enter a Name and Title for the report 10 Notice that since this is the first report created...

Страница 266: ...rt 15 Hover your cursor over the lower right corner of the report to see a set of icons that let you expand zoom out and in save or print the report Monitor Options Type Specific Panels The following describes the panels associated with the following Monitor Options types ICMP Key Metrics Proscan SNMP SNMP Interfaces SNMP Table Monitor ...

Страница 267: ...es Packet Size Size of packet for ICMP transmission Packet Count Number of packets to send Timeout Number of seconds without a response before a timeout is issued The ICMP Entity Panel lets you select resource groups and Resource manager objects Clicking Add button displays a selector panel for these ...

Страница 268: ... redeploys the monitor Key Metrics The Key Metrics Properties panel contains a list of key metrics you can add to the monitor They are grouped by category The Monitor Entities Panel lets you select equipment group and equipment manager objects as described in ICMP on page 267 above The Key Metrics Properties panel at the bottom of this screen uses a pre defined list of key metrics It does not chec...

Страница 269: ...itoring 269 Proscan In this screen you simply select the Proscan policy to monitor In the Thresholds tab you can set thresholds for both in and out of compliance numbers The Proscan policy contains the target network assets ...

Страница 270: ...Monitors Monitoring SNMP The SNMP attributes panel lets you specify which SNMP attributes are to be monitored Specify SNMP attributes as follows With the SNMP browser or Entering SNMP attribute properties explicitly ...

Страница 271: ...s the SNMP browser Click on the desired SNMP nodes and then click on the Add Selection button to add an SNMP attribute When done selecting click the Done button to add selected attributes to the monitor or Cancel to abandon the operation and close the browser ...

Страница 272: ...or this attribute Name This attribute s name Instance SNMP instance 0 for scalar or the ifIndex value for an SNMP column View Type Scalar or Column Syntax Integer Boolean DisplayString and so on Meta Syntax Counter Gauge and so on If you type in an OID and click the search button next to the OID field the browser searches the MIB for the OID and fills in the other values if it finds the OID ...

Страница 273: ...t and interface It also supports port and interface filters on groups and equipment manager objects The PF and IF table columns indicate if a port filter or interface filter is configured for the entity Click the icons on the right side of the list of Monitor Entities to configure filters Clicking these buttons displays an interface configuration panel ...

Страница 274: ...ut the counter s change since its last measurement Columns include the SNMP Attribute Name OID Row Identifier Foreign Key Series Name Meta Syntax Units and Action If you check the Collect from ifXTable checkbox then OpenManage Network Manager attempts to fetch attributes from the ifXTable These attributes are ifHighSpeed ifHCInOctets ifHCInUcastPkts ifHCOutOctets and ifHCOutUcastPkts If any of the...

Страница 275: ...e following fields Oid A field where you can enter the object identifier This also has an integrated search function Click the magnifying glass icon on the right to activate it A successful search populates the rest of the fields for the object identifier Row Identifier This mandatory field defaults to instance The OID instance Name The text identifier for the OID Foreign Key Enter the foreign key...

Страница 276: ...at are members of dynamic groups refreshing these ensures that group memberships are up to date To do this you can create or alter the schedule for Monitor Target Refresh When executed this updates monitors with groups as targets based on current memberships This removes targets no longer members of a monitored group and adds new group members A seeded schedule refreshes these every six hours by d...

Страница 277: ...and 25 Right clicking a backup offers the same options as the portlet described in Configuration Files on page 229 Dashboard Views The Dashboard Views portlet lets you assemble several monitors into a single display or dashboard You can create and display dashboards by right clicking items in Managed Resources selecting Show Performance or by selecting New in the Dashboard Views portlet Right clic...

Страница 278: ...n the upper right corner of the dashboard to select an alternative already configured view from those in Dashboard Views portlet Click the edit button in that same corner to alter the configuration of the existing dashboard See Dashboard Editor on page 281 for more about altering views You can configure Dashboards appear by configuring them in the Dashboard Views portlet or by selecting a device o...

Страница 279: ...ews portlet right click to select New Simple Dashboard 2 Select a name for example SNMP Interface to display the monitor configured in How to Create an SNMP Interface Monitor on page 262 3 Click Add Entity in the Entities panel 4 In the filter that appears select the type Interface 5 Filter for the IP address of the entity monitored in the previous SNMP interface monitor creation select it and cli...

Страница 280: ...se the filter at the top of this selector to limit the listed dashboards from which you can select See Dashboard Views on page 277 for more about creating and configuring the views from which you select Tip If you delete the Network Status Dashboard can put it back by adding the Performance Dashboard portlet to the desired page then select the desired Dashboard View you would like to display as yo...

Страница 281: ...s Show attributes that are constructed from other attributes TimeFrame Use the selectors to configure the time frame for the performance measurement displayed Entities Select the equipment you want to monitor When you right click to Show Performance with resource s selected those resources appear in this list Dashboard View Attributes Click the arrows between Available and Selected panels to selec...

Страница 282: ...wing controls View Name The name of the dashboard view Required Time Frame The period over which to display the data May be either relative like last 30 minutes or absolute between specific dates and times The specified frame applies to all charts in the dashboard Data Source Source for the data Current displays current raw data Hourly displays rolled up hourly data Daily displays rolled up daily ...

Страница 283: ...appears 3 Click on the desired layout or click Close to keep the current layout The components displayed to reflect the selected new layout If no dashboard components have been configured yet a default configuration appears with three or four rows depending on the dashboard style If the dashboard components have been configured it will create at least enough rows to display all the configured dash...

Страница 284: ... right corner of the component The component editor appears The following properties appear in the General Properties section Title Title of this component required Show Title Check to display this title above the chart for this component This overrides the default title that is shown for some charts Component Type Combo Box which specifies what type of component to create These include the follow...

Страница 285: ... Series listbox Select the desired series and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Attributes listbox If the attribute is not a composite then nothing appears in the Available Series listbox Here click the right arrow to move the attribute to the Selected Attributes listbox Dial Chart Properties Dial charts have the following additional properties Monitor Select which monitor the cha...

Страница 286: ...annot convert custom dashboards to simple dashboards Show Performance Templates By default the Show Performance command displays data for the first twelve attributes it finds You can control which attributes appear when you select Show Performance by creating a performance template A performance template lets you set dashboard parameters and associate them to one or more device models Then when yo...

Страница 287: ...g 287 3 To create a new performance template click on the Add button The Performance Template Editor appears 4 Name your template The Show Composites and Time Frame fields are the same as in the dashboard see Dashboard Editor on page 281 ...

Страница 288: ...at works 6 Click on a vendor to see the device types for that vendor Then click on a device type to see the models available for that vendor and device type Select the model you want and click on the select button 7 To select the attributes that you want to appear by default in a performance dashboard for the selected device click on a monitor to see the attributes available for that monitor Click...

Страница 289: ...lates The template name appears in the upper right corner of dashboards that appear when you select Show Performance If other templates for that device type exist they also appear in a template pick list in the upper right corner You can pick another template to display its attribute selection The No Template selection displays the default dozen attributes that would appear if you selected Show Pe...

Страница 290: ...290 Key Metric Editor Monitoring Metrics This panel s display depends on the selected device ...

Страница 291: ...Key Metric Editor Monitoring 291 Chart Click Chart to first select up to three metrics you want to graph and the polling interval for the graph ...

Страница 292: ...292 Key Metric Editor Monitoring Then click Save and the graph appears Click the screwdriver wrench icon in the upper right corner to return to the chart configuration screen ...

Страница 293: ...irectional stream of packets between two network nodes The following key parameters appear in flows Source IP address Destination IP address Source port number Destination port number Layer 3 protocol type ToS byte Type of Service Input logical interface Using that data Traffic Flow Analyzer can help you visualize network traffic troubleshoot and anticipate bottlenecks ...

Страница 294: ...tions NetFlow NetFlow is a traffic profile monitoring technology J Flow Juniper s implementation of NetFlow sFlow For Dell devices Collector Application listening on a UDP port for NetFlow datagram Exporter Network element that sends the NetFlow datagram Conversations IP communications between two network nodes Flow A flow is a unidirectional stream of packets between two network nodes Setup If th...

Страница 295: ...ution of autonomous system numbers ASN based on static mapping of AS number registrations It also supports user overrides to the default mappings To do this configure properties you can find in the owareapps trafficanalyzer lib ta properties file Remember best practice is to override properties as described in Overriding Properties on page 23 How To Use Traffic Flow Analyzer 1 Register the device ...

Страница 296: ...st of available information types This displays the Exporters Detail Top 5 Applications Top 5 Autonomous Systems Top 5 Conversations Top 5 Endpoints Top 5 Protocols Top 5 Receivers and Top 5 Senders related to the device selected before right clicking Select a type and click the Refresh double arrow to the right of the selector The screen that then appears has the features of the Expanded Traffic ...

Страница 297: ...ng the summarized collected data over the configured time period The only thing that can be changed in this view is the period Change this by clicking the clock dropdown button in the upper right corner of the portlet The Expanded Traffic Flow Portlet displays an interactive graph You can also Drill Down to details about components within this portlet by clicking on one of the links in the table b...

Страница 298: ...eframe Lets you change the period between Last 15 Minutes Last Hour Last 24 Hours Last 5 Days and Last 30 Days Search Displays a search dialogue to find specific traffic data Report Type Lets you change the report type between Top 5 10 or 25 and Bottom 5 10 or 25 Load View Loads a saved traffic flow view created with the Save button Save Saves the current view to a named view Below the title bar a...

Страница 299: ... detail view of the selected entity and the name of the entity appears in the navigation bar When a detail view appears the entity type appears as in the title bar You can change to a Top Bottom n report of a different type then click refresh to display a report of the top entities that apply to the current detailed entity This process can continue until the conversation detail view is reached Thi...

Страница 300: ...300 Traffic Flow Portlet Traffic Flow Analyzer To go back up through the drill down path the user can click anywhere on the navigation bar ...

Страница 301: ... to the current view and drills down to it Tip The Settings button the gear in the upper right corner lets you confine the search by types All Applications Protocols and so on Traffic Flow Analyzer Example The following describes typical situations where flow is useful When ports are over utilized because of intermittent performance problems diagnosis of the problem sometimes difficult Turn on flo...

Страница 302: ...op 5 Conversations 7 Often the top conversation is video streaming software 8 To answer Where and who is running this rogue application drill down into the conversation to see End points involved in the conversation This identifies the user running the streaming application You could now go and stop or block this rogue application Alternative 2 An alarm indicates port X is surpassing its threshold...

Страница 303: ...ting lets you specify a text string regular expression or optionally the generated configlet from File Management NetConfig for matching Group results must be separated by device like Adaptive CLI Manager When ProScan policies run the application emits notifications whose contents depend on whether compliance was or was not maintained Tip Your system may have several ProScan examples You can use t...

Страница 304: ... restore the labelled compliant configuration 9 Create event processing rule that says when ProScan fails execute the restore action in 7 If you have multiple device types you do not need to assign actions for each device or even each device type OpenManage Network Manager supports the assigned policies so it knows which actions to do to that device based on which device sent the trap How To Confi...

Страница 305: ...g it something distinctive is helpful 5 Right click this file and Restore to the device Since the name is a comment or description it should not interfere with the device s operations 6 Right click the device and select File Management Backup This makes the MyTestContact file label Current Tip To confirm MyTestContact is labeled Current you can use an Advanced filter in the expanded Configuration ...

Страница 306: ...reate an SNMP authentication alternative before scanning could occur ProScan Portlet This portlet lets you configure compliance requirements You can use filtering in the Expanded ProScan Portlet to limit the visible policies The Icon and ProScan Type columns indicate whether the policy is a single policy or a group Columns also display the Overall Compliance of a policy and the Target s number of ...

Страница 307: ...ee Creating or Modifying ProScan Policy Groups on page 325 for the group editor Edit Opens the selected policy or group for modification See Creating or Modifying a ProScan Policy on page 310 for more information See Creating or Modifying ProScan Policy Groups on page 325 for the group editor Refresh Targets Queries to check targets particularly those in dynamic groups are up to date Tip Best prac...

Страница 308: ...ce Policy Summary on page 308 for a description of the snap panel that appears below the listed policies in this manager Compliance Policy Summary This snap panel appears at the bottom of the expanded portlet described in ProScan Portlet on page 306 It catalogs the compliance policy s history and lists the Equipment scanned a status icon indicating whether the run discovered equipment in green or ...

Страница 309: ...story records When you edit a compliance policy to add remove equipment OpenManage Network Manager creates or deletes the corresponding history record Every time OpenManage Network Manager executes the compliance policy it updates the Last Run Date Status and Details on the history record NOTE Executing Proscan policies may trigger a benign warning that No proscan policies have target group s if t...

Страница 310: ...roScan policy as it executes Tip If you have more than one type of device you must typically have more than one ProScan policy to address each device type To run more than one ProScan so you can address multiple types of devices create a ProScan group See Creating or Modifying ProScan Policy Groups on page 325 General This tab has the following fields General Properties Name A unique identifier fo...

Страница 311: ...ration to run against based on a label This software automatically updates the Current label so it points to the most recently backed up configuration files By date When you click this radio button you can then select a configuration file backed up that precedes a specified date most closely in a selector that appears below the radio button NOTE You can scan even historic configurations for compli...

Страница 312: ...ou can also select listed equipment click the Remove icon to delete it from the list Tip Use filtering in the subsequent selector screen to make individual selection easier but do not forget this is not dynamic selection You must assign policies whenever your managed environment adds new equipment To provide information for individual policies that are part of groups this screen displays inherited...

Страница 313: ... applicable policy To create a policy first select whether you want to Match Any logical OR or All logical AND of the criteria you configure with the radio buttons at the top of this screen See these sections for more about criteria Editing Compliance Policy Criteria Match Regex for each line Count number of occurrences Input Source Grouping For additional criteria information consult these sectio...

Страница 314: ...igure one saying a maximum of four lines containing name server can appear 5 in any order Match Regex for each line and another that says the configuration must contain no ip domain lookup domain Notice the radio buttons Match Any of the following and Match all of the following Selecting Any means that if either of the lines matched the policy would succeed Selecting All says that both lines must ...

Страница 315: ...matical operator and a number of lines after you provide regex or string criteria with the operator and count value This returns true if the criteria as a whole match the input source count and operator combination On the other hand for example if you choose a match criterion that includes 9 lines as the operator and the scanned configuration has ten lines that match the scan returns false Input S...

Страница 316: ...n these OpenManage Network Manager logically extracts the data from the main config essentially creating sections and then does the audit For example if your configuration has one section of router bgp and multiple sections for each bgp neighbor you can specify matches within each neighbor Your policy can audit each router bgp section and each neighbor within each router bgp See Create Source Grou...

Страница 317: ...dress family router bgp 88 bgp log neighbor changes neighbor 2 3 4 5 remote as 22 neighbor description This is Test neighbor test parameter xxx neighbor 4 5 6 7 remote as 66 neighbor description This is Test neighbor test parameter xxx address family ipv4 redistribute connected route map map 12 redistribute static route map hjlhjhjhjk redistribute ospf 888 metric 500 match internal external 2 nssa...

Страница 318: ... match criteria Select the Config Term as match Regex for each line so the order in which these lines appears does not matter 2 Add a source group criterion to search for a section that begins with routers bgp in regex routers sbgp No end match criterion is needed Click Apply 3 Click Add to make another criterion This time the start is address family s and the end is exit address family Click Appl...

Страница 319: ...y address family ipv4 vrf VPN_PE_A redistribute ospf 10 vrf VPN_PE_A match internal external 1 external 2 no auto summary no synchronization exit address family 6 Applying the second group criterion on the above result divides the source Source 1 address family ipv4 redistribute connected route map map 12 redistribute static route map hjlhjhjhjk redistribute ospf 888 metric 500 match internal exte...

Страница 320: ... lines so OpenManage Network Manager returns a false value 8 The error details appear in the audit trail panel Regular Expressions The following table outlines standard supported regular expressions Label Pattern Single digit d Two digits d 2 Three digits d 3 Four digits d 4 Five digits d 5 Number 0 9 One or more 0 9 Zero or more Decimal 0 9 Float 0 9 0 9 IP Address d 1 3 3 d 1 3 IP Address Mask d...

Страница 321: ...tespace s One or more s Zero or more String w o space S One or more S Zero or more Newline n FormFeed f Tab t Carriage Return r Backspace b Escape e Backslash B URL http ftp mailto w w HTML Tag w 1 Label Pattern Label Pattern Email address U S A Za z0 9 _ A Za z0 9 A Za z 2 4 MAC Address 0 9a fA F 1 2 5 0 9a fA F 1 2 Time hh mm ss 0 0 9 1 0 2 0 5 0 9 0 5 0 9 IP Address d 1 3 3 d 1 3 Validated IP A...

Страница 322: ...dows application servers if you want to use that type of Config Term it typically comes with other supported operating systems Perl When you select Perl as the type of Config term an editor appears that lets you enter Perl scans As the screen says input_source is what the code scans The following is example of the type of Perl you can enter that scans for contents like description in shut down int...

Страница 323: ... As the screen says this implements ProScanGroovy or Groovy Java classes The method should return Success or Failure results and assumes public String validate String input precedes what you enter in the text editor The following is example of the type of Java code you can enter that scans for contents like description in shut down interfaces and prints output Success visible in the Audit viewer w...

Страница 324: ...ys the progress of compliance scanning you have configured You can the revisit history of this policy s use in the Audit portlet see Audit Trail Portlet on page 93 Select an audit trail in this portlet to review details When you see the Success indicator then the scanned item is compliant If you also see a warning message that no policies have target groups this does not have an impact on complian...

Страница 325: ...enable this grouping Grouped Policies Click Add Policy to select ProScan policies in a selector screen Click the Remove icon to delete a selected policy You can use individual policies in several groups Grouped Targets Click Add Targets to select targets for the scans NOTE Individual policies that are part of groups display inherited group targets grayed out Executing a group executes all the memb...

Страница 326: ...rt comes seeded with installation Dell OpenManage Network Manager stores incremental changes as RedcellConfigChangeRecords by device timestamp The ConfigChangeRecordsDAP Database Aging Policy DAP manages how long the OpenManage Network Manager database retains these records This DAP s default setting stores incremental records for 30 days then archives or purges them Reporting shows only records i...

Страница 327: ...ed device s configuration If you run the Change Determination Process on equipment it first backs up the devices configuration s and stores those with the Change Determination label Initiate Change Determination Back up device con fig and add it to label Change Deter mination Check internal con fig changed flag Is there a configuration change Make equipment change records for later reporting Copy ...

Страница 328: ...ce s Change Determination label points Before making this comparison Dell OpenManage Network Manager determines whether it made configuration changes that have not yet been backed up If such changes exist Dell OpenManage Network Manager backs up the resource configuration before running the CD process Dell OpenManage Network Manager always flags configuration changes made in Dell OpenManage Networ...

Страница 329: ...hange Determination process uncomment the property in owareapps changemgmt lib cm properties or add it to owareapps installprops lib installed properties Change Determination Flag Allows system to be flagged to only run change determination against devices we have received Config Change Event for Default Behavior is to run change determination for All targets the same as setting the below property...

Страница 330: ...vice To successfully execute this report you must enable a scheduled Change Determination Process The process must run before the reports has any contents To run the process go to the Schedules portlet and schedule that change determination process Reporting Limitations The Configuration Change Report only reports on incremental configuration changes discovered in the CD process Simply making chan...

Страница 331: ... When Dell OpenManage Network Manager receives a configuration change notification the device transmits an event to the OpenManage Network Manager mediation server When received this event automatically generates an event called OpenManage Network ManagerEquipmentConfigChangeNotification Event history displays that notification 3 When OpenManage Network Manager receives the OpenManage Network Mana...

Страница 332: ...nManage Network Manager s Configuration Change Report It displays the name of the device in question the IP address date time of change who made the change what was removed and what was added You can schedule this report to run immediately after an Change Determination process too so you can capture a history of changes ...

Страница 333: ...r a description of that process Storage Array Portlet This portlet lets you manage storage arrays on your network The summary portlet displays columns describing the listed arrays Status Equipment Name IP Address Vendor and Capacity The following menu items are available from right clicking in the portlet Edit Select from the General Authentication or Management Interface editors in the sub menu F...

Страница 334: ...Array Portlet Expanded Tip Storage arrays also appear in the Managed Resources portlet Storage Array Portlet Expanded The expanded portlet displays additional information about discovered storage arrays The expanded portlet adds columns for Firmware Version Software Version Total Capacity GB Assigned Capacity GB Allocated Capacity GB and Exposed Capacity GB This screen also contains several Snap p...

Страница 335: ...on the array For example the RAID type PROTOCOL The protocol to communicate with this array CLONING OPTION Whether the array is cloned or not SNAP SHOT OPTION Whether the array has a snap shot or not Storage Array Configuration This panel displays the following information about the selected array CONTROLLERS A count of the array s controllers MAX CONTROLLERS The array s maximum number controllers...

Страница 336: ...hin the array MAX PORTS The maximum number of ports the array supports PORT TYPES The type of ports the array supports Ethernet iSCSCI and so on Storage Array Capacity This panel displays a graph and the following information about the selected array Total Capacity The array s total capacity The following fields do not appear for all devices Category Select the category of storage displayed in the...

Страница 337: ... disks for the selected array This lists the RAID Group Name the RAID Type and its Virtual Disk General This editor lets you configure general features of discovered storage arrays This screen has the following fields General Details Equipment Name The identifier for the array ...

Страница 338: ...mation about configuring contacts Equipment Icon The icon that appears in the portlet Model The model of the array Last Modified The date this array was last modified Discovery Date The date this array was discovered Equipment Details Properties IP Address The IP address for the array DNS Hostname The DNS host for the array Firmware Version The firmware version for the array Hardware Version The h...

Страница 339: ...for the array was created Creator The logged in user who created the record for the array Install Date The date the array was installed Administrative State The administrative state of the array Not Determined Unlocked Locked Shutting Down Operational State The operational state of the array Not Determined Enabled Active Busy Disabled Notes Enter text to describe the array here ...

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Страница 341: ... See Attributes on page 350 for the details You can also assemble configurations made here as component Tasks to execute with other component Tasks You can even use this capability to include Perls scripts within OpenManage Network Manager See Perl Scripts on page 368 Tip You can have Actions maintain lists like ACLs and when these change in the Adaptive CLI script push the updated list out to the...

Страница 342: ...erl script skips or excludes this statement Embedded CLI Example IF ShowCmdString Show ShowCmdString ENDIF ShowCmdString You could use the CLI format for the above example but if you need to check attributes of other types besides String then you must switch to Perl For example Boolean myFlag equals True if myFlag Integer myInt greater than zero Example if myInt 0 To check whether a string is a pa...

Страница 343: ...rtlet lets you manage actions like Adaptive CLI backups change management actions and so on The list of actions available to your system depends on the exact configuration you have installed This portlet is the primary access point for Adaptive CLI editing The summary portlet displays columns with the Name Family and Target Entity Type for the listed Action The Family column describes the type of ...

Страница 344: ...he expanded portlet also has snap panels to display Reference Tree connections between the selection and other elements within Dell OpenManage Network Manager as well as an Execution History panel listing Device Name s Execution Date and Status for the selected Action and a Scheduled Actions panel cataloging any Schedules for the selected Action Right click a Schedule to edit execute or delete it ...

Страница 345: ...k Manager validates the parameters before executing the Adaptive CLI If a parameter is invalid for example a blank community name in the Dell PCT Set SNMP Community Settings Adaptive CLI Dell OpenManage Network Manager logs a validation error to the audit trail In this case the Adaptive CLI is not executed and leaves behind no history record Some Adaptive CLI scripts also let you Preview what is s...

Страница 346: ...which you want additional information and the Execution Details panel displays the Results of execution in one tab and the Sent Commands in another Notice that you can Find text within a result click Go to repeat the find You can also see the bottom panel if you right click a single execution within the Execution History snap panel in the Expanded Actions Portlet ...

Страница 347: ...nes appear highlighted in yellow Use the right left arrows or the page numbers at the bottom of the screen to page through the side by side comparison Audit Opens an Audit Trail Viewer for the selected Action See Audit Trail Viewer on page 92 for details Show Last Results Show the last execution details like history for a single run Schedule Schedule the selected Action See Scheduling Actions on p...

Страница 348: ...nes that appear depend on the type of command you are editing General Attributes Scripts NOTE The Adaptive CLI Manager logs into devices in enable mode by default For most configuration commands and even some show commands you must typically first set the device to its configuration mode Tip Dell OpenManage Network Manager validates entries If saving fails a red X appears next to required omitted ...

Страница 349: ...nel lets you choose ports When the Adaptive CLI type is External then Target Type can be None otherwise it is not an option Export File Location This is a file name and path C mypath myfile where you elect to store the result of an adaptive CLI execution You may specify the variable IPAddress in the filename for pattern substitution Overwrite on Export Check to overwrite the result file This overw...

Страница 350: ...en requires a complementary script to remove it In this case the valid values labels and so on for the attributes are always going to be the same in both create and delete Adaptive CLIs therefore sharing the same schema is both safe and easy Any delete script can mark unused attributes as Not applicable Do not use Parameter Schema This option does not save a set of standard attributes to re use la...

Страница 351: ...g tabs may appear depending on the type of attribute you are configuring some are absent Additional fields may appear depending on the attribute type you are configuring Datatype Settings Default Value An optional default value for the attribute Collection Settings Is Collection Check to classify this attribute as a collection Allow Duplicate Values Check to enable allowing duplicates Allow Reorde...

Страница 352: ...ong Inventory Reference and String The following fields appear for each of these types omitting redundant fields NOTE Configure the data type of an attribute before you save a task After attributes are in Scripts you cannot change the data type Boolean Default Value Check for True Coded Value Default Coded Value Enter the default coded value If an attribute a Coded Value then enter valid values in...

Страница 353: ...u can manage these as described in Coded Value above IP Address See also Validating IP Address Variables on page 354 Default Value Enter a default IP Address Valid Values Enter valid values as described in Coded Value above Check IP Mask Subnet Allow 32 Bit Mask and Allow Any Valid Ip in the Properties tab if you want the values entered to be those Editable Valid Values Check to enable editing of ...

Страница 354: ...button appears Clicking this button opens a selector where you can select from previously configured attribute schemas collections of attributes to use in the Adaptive CLI you are configuring Validating IP Address Variables Programatically IP address attributes support four extended properties IP_MASK SUBNET ALLOW_32_BIT_MASK and ALLOW_ANY_VALID_IP The state of the first two largely defines Dell O...

Страница 355: ...ither an IP address IP address and subnet or subnet then IP_MASK remains false SUBNET is true With the ALLOW_ANY_VALID_IP true the subnet field is optional and OpenManage Network Manager disables any requirement that a subnet id be specified Basically the only validation is that a valid IP address is entered For example in this configuration 10 10 10 4 10 10 10 4 24 and 10 10 10 0 24 would all be ...

Страница 356: ...tutes a valid attribute Name Enter an identifier for the script you are creating or altering Target Filter Click the plus to create a filter that describes the target for this script For example this filter could confine the action of the configured script to devices from a certain vendor or only devices with an operating system version later than a certain number Since you can have several script...

Страница 357: ...Right click the previously configured attributes in this panel to designate them as Mandatory Optional Not Applicable or Non Configuration in a context menu that appears when you right click Tip The Non Configuration attributes you select are not sent to the device with the script but can serve to remind users of critical information For example you can make Non Configuration boolean attributes in...

Страница 358: ...ately right after the command is invoked Continue Pattern Like Error Conditions this screen lets you enter conditions to which script execution can respond The Continue Pattern editor operates like the Error Conditions editor but has slightly different fields Continue Pattern If you expect the device output of a script to prompt to continue you may add a Continue Pattern with a regular expression ...

Страница 359: ...ttribute type 0 or 1 for numeric types or true or false for String type NOTE Currently Active Performance Monitor supports only numeric types Parse Expression Enter a regular expression for Parse Expression and the Parse Algorithm Extract or Match used when evaluating the device output on a given script execution Click Apply to accept your edits or Cancel to abandon them Click Add new attribute ex...

Страница 360: ...es appear highlighted in yellow Use the right left arrows at the bottom of this screen to page through the side by side comparison External Commands External commands are essentially scripts that run in the Dell OpenManage Network Manager environment For example you could run the DOS dir command and schedule its execution You can execute external commands with a device as target using device attri...

Страница 361: ...of running a script as lines the Execution Details snap panel Right click the particular command run in the snap panel at the bottom of the Expanded Actions Portlet Tabs show the Results Sent Command and Script and Parameters When viewing a script run the results of running it appear target device by device ...

Страница 362: ...or these external commands as is described in Attributes Extraction on page 359 Seeded Scripts Several external perl scripts come with Dell OpenManage Network Manager as examples of the kind of commands you can execute These are in owareapps performance scripts under the installation root To run these the scripts panel in the Adaptive CLI editor should contain something like the following ...

Страница 363: ...e scripts http_test pl Notice that these also include a parameter Result that contains values extracted Set up attribute extraction in the Values Extraction tab of the script editor Script Names and Functions common pl Common functions defined for scripts in this directory ...

Страница 364: ...nning on a specified host telnet_test pl Check if the TELNET service is running on a specified host How To Create a Monitor for an External Script The following steps describe creating a monitor for an external command configured as an Adaptive CLI ACLI Create the Adaptive CLI 1 Right click in the Actions portlet and create a new External Command ACLI 2 Make a new attribute schema with attribute S...

Страница 365: ...working you can create a monitor to see how this attribute is doing 1 In the Monitors portlet create a new ACLI Monitor 2 Uncheck Update Network Status recommended since the ICMP monitor is already doing this 3 In Monitor Options select your example monitor configured previously 4 Confirm that Monitor Attributes displays the Status attribute configured previously 5 In the Conditions tab of the Mon...

Страница 366: ...scripting language syntax CLI script is a line based syntax In other words each line s syntax has to be completed CLI script supports primarily two features Attributes and Conditional Blocks Attributes Each attribute in the script is marked by a delimiter The following delimiters are supported Think of Attribute delimiters as a pair of open close markers surrounding a variable name For single char...

Страница 367: ...ace If you set the mandatory Attribute to interface and set optional to brief then the resulting command would be show interface brief Conditional Blocks Every line in the script is presumably a command to be sent to the device except for lines that denote either a beginning or ending of a conditional block The begin conditional block marker is tied to a Attribute and has the following syntax opti...

Страница 368: ...ipts to operate correctly you must have Perl installed on the directory path for all OpenManage Network Manager servers Perl does not come with OpenManage Network Manager and must be installed on the server system independently for it to work with Adaptive CLI You can install your version of Perl and set the PATH environment variable accordingly so that one can run perl v from the command line whe...

Страница 369: ...lowing three scripts show run show Required show Optional 4 Save this Adaptive CLI execute it with action Execute 5 When executing select a target 6 Click Next The Show Run command results appear These are searchable with the job screen Scheduling Actions You can schedule actions with a right click in the Actions Portlet or the Schedules Portlet This opens an editor with the following screens Gene...

Страница 370: ...ets This has the following fields General Settings Action Identifies the action being scheduled Schedule Description Identifies the schedule Associated Targets Click the Add button to select target equipment You can remove listed equipment with the icon to the right of listed items or with the Remove All button ...

Страница 371: ...ver the cursor over fields to make their description appear in a tooltip Schedule This screen is a standard scheduler screen as described in Schedules on page 95 Active Performance Monitor Support You can monitor Adaptive CLI execution results with Active Performance Monitor To do this you must select Adaptive CLI as the monitored type when creating a new performance monitor see Resource Monitors ...

Страница 372: ...monitor and may have to configure both its input values and metric type for each output attribute The Input data depends on what is configured in the Adaptive CLI attributes Input Parameters In Active Monitoring all attributes of the schema appear in the Input Data for user entered values You must enter the data necessary for all selected targets scripts To enter data click Edit and then enter val...

Страница 373: ...s but you must select their metric type settings on this screen if it is something other than the default Click Save to preserve your configuration or Cancel to abandon it and close the editor screen Adaptive CLI Records Archiving Policy You can use OpenManage Network Manager s archiving feature to preserve Adaptive CLI information Click the Redcell Database Archiving Policy DAP node of the Contro...

Страница 374: ...374 Adaptive CLI Records Archiving Policy Actions and Adaptive CLI ...

Страница 375: ...An organized collection of Oware objects DEPLOYMENT The distribution of solution blades throughout the domain DIGITAL CERTIFICATE A digital certificate is an electronic credit card that establishes your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web It is issued by a certification authority CA It contains your name a serial number expiration dates a copy of the certificate holder...

Страница 376: ...hernet Access com ponent Because Ethernet trunk is a point to point connection there are two Ethernet Access Ser vices per trunk per Ethernet service instance ETHERNET ACCESS POINT These represent the access points through which Ethernet frames flow in and out of an Ethernet service For an Ethernet Service that uses an Ethernet Trunk Service an Ethernet Access Port must be associated with either o...

Страница 377: ...rvices let this application treat these devices as objects MEDIATION AGENT Any communication to and from equipment is handled by the Media tion Agent This communication includes SNMP requests ASCII requests and unsolicited ASCII messages In addition the Mediation Agent receives and translates emitted SNMP traps and converts them into events MEG Maintenance Entity Group MEP Maintenance End Point MI...

Страница 378: ...tion of configuration data that is utilized as a tem plate to specify configuration parameters to be applied to a device as a result of a policy con dition being true PUBLIC KEY A public key is a value provided by some designated authority as a key that combined with a private key derived from the public key can be used to effectively encrypt and decrypt messages and digital signatures The use of ...

Страница 379: ...idential ought to be contained in a program layer between an application such as your Web browser or HTTP and the Internet s TCP IP layers The sockets part of the term refers to the sockets method of passing data back and forth between a client and a server program in a network or between program layers in the same computer TRAP SNMP TRAP A notification from a network element or device of its stat...

Страница 380: ...380 Glossary ...

Страница 381: ...99 Alarm State 102 Assigned User 102 Date Assigned 102 Date Closed 102 Date Opened 100 Email 104 Entity Type 100 In Equipment Detail 181 In Topology 219 Notification Instance 102 Service Effecting 100 Snap Panels 104 Suppression 170 Amigopod 27 API 375 Top 276 Attributes Extraction 359 Audit Trail 93 Audit Trail Screen 91 Audit Trail Snap Panels 94 Authentication 24 375 Authentication Editor 144 A...

Страница 382: ...ostnames 156 Discovery Profile Actions 158 General 154 Inspect 66 159 Network 66 156 Results 67 161 Discovery Profile Editor 65 154 Discovery Profiles 153 Discovery Profiles Expand ed 161 DISPLAYED LEVELS To pology 210 DNS 23 Dock 73 Domain 375 Domain Name Servers 23 Dynamic Group 165 E Edit Custom Attributes 89 Email Action 120 Email Action Variables 122 Encryption 375 Equipment 375 Equipment Det...

Страница 383: ...mns 84 Add User Roles 40 Add Users 36 Backup Configurations 225 Configure ProScan Groups 304 Configure Resource Level Permis sions 59 Create a Container for each Customer 60 Create a Custom Dash board View 282 Create a Key Metrics Monitor 264 Create a Monitor for an External Script 364 Create a Monitor Report 265 Create A Performance Template 286 Create a Report Tem plate 195 Create a Simple Dash ...

Страница 384: ...7 Managed Resource Groups 162 Managed Resources 68 Managed Resources Ex panded 173 Managed Resources Portlet 166 Managing Windows systems 29 Mandatory Fields 81 Map Context Portlets filtered 147 Map Context without Con tainers 152 mass deployments 237 Match Regex for each line 315 Mediation 46 377 Mediation Agent 377 MEG 377 Memory Footprint 28 Menu 102 Menu Bar 77 Menu Options 153 MEP 377 MIB 377...

Страница 385: ...roScan 303 Compliance Reporting 329 count number of occur rences 315 Editor Compliance 313 Editor General 310 Java Groovy 323 Perl 322 Supported Regular Ex pressions 320 Use Cases 303 Use paradigms 303 ProScan Editor 310 ProScan Manager 306 Proscan Monitor 269 Proscan Policy Group Editor 325 Protocols Used 23 Public Private Page Behav ior 40 Public Key 378 Q QoS 378 Quick Navigation 62 Quick Start...

Страница 386: ... Groups and Virtual Disks 337 General 337 Host Access and Ports 336 Reference Tree 335 Storage Array Configu ration 335 Summary 335 Storage Array Portlet 333 Storage Array Portlet Ex panded 334 Storage Arrays 333 Sub Policies 55 Supported Operating System Versions 16 Supported PowerConnect Models 24 Supported Web Browsers 19 Syslog Escalation Criteria 115 System Basics 15 System requirements 15 T ...

Страница 387: ...Views 208 Data Node Finder 213 Displayed Levels 210 Graph Inventory 214 Hierarchical Cyclic 218 Icons 215 LAYOUT 216 Layout 216 Saving Views 213 STYLE OPTIONS 211 View Details 213 ZOOM 210 Visualize My Network 207 VLAN 379 W WBEM 26 root login 27 WBEM Prerequisites 27 Web Based Enterprise Man agement 26 Why share a schema 350 Windows Management In terface 24 Windows Server 2008 16 Windows Terminal...

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