Cisco Systems OL-9118-03 manual

CH A P T E R 4-1 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 4 Getting Started This chapter pro vides information about start ing and stopping the Cisco Mobile W ireless T ransport Manager (MWTM), and an o vervie w of ho w to use the MWTM to manage your Cisco I P T ransfer Point (ITP) or Radio Access Netw ork-Optimiz[...]

4-2 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Starting the MWTM Client Ti p For a def inition of MWTM nodes, see What is ITP?, page 1-6 and What is RAN-O?, page 1-7 . Because the MWTM application comp rises a server component and a client component, you must start both components to ru n t[...]

4-3 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Starting the MWTM Client Before Starting the MWTM Client When you start an MWTM client, the version and rel ease of the client must match th at of the MWTM server . If there is a client-serv er mismatch, the MWTM disp lays a warning message whe[...]

4-4 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Access the Node Y ou use the MWTM to link to the no de by using the connection protocol (T elnet or SSH) that you set in the Node SNMP and Cred entia ls dialog box (see Credenti als Fields, page 3- 21 ). T o access the[...]

4-5 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Step 5 Select the Seed Settings tab, if it is not already selected. Y ou use the Seed Setting s tab to create, sav e, load, and delete MWTM seed f iles. Load one or more seed nodes, or an existing seed f ile, by using [...]

4-6 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Launching the Discovery Dialog T o launch the Discov ery dialog box and be gin the Discov ery process, choose Network > Netw ork Discovery from the MWTM main menu. The MWTM displays the Discov ery dialog box. Figure[...]

4-7 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Discovery Dialog Tabs The Discov ery dialog bo x contains these tabs: Loading Seed Nodes and Seed Files Y ou use the MWTM to load one or more new seed node s; or , to crea te, save, load, and delete existing MWTM seed [...]

4-8 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Loading a Seed Node T o load a seed node, enter the name or IP address of the seed node in the IP Address, Ad dress range, Subnet, CIDR, or DNS Hostname f ield, and click Add Node (or press Enter ). Note Follo w the gu[...]

4-9 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Saving a Seed File Y ou use the MWTM to sav e a specific seed fi le, change th e list of seed files, and select one seed f ile to be loaded automatical ly when the MWTM client is started or the Disco very dialog box is[...]

4-10 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Note If another user modif ies and sav es the seed f ile before you sav e your changes, the MWTM asks if you want to o verwrite that user’ s changes. If you choose to do so, the other user’ s changes are overwritt[...]

4-11 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Creating a New Seed File T o create a ne w seed file in the MWTM, launch th e Discovery dialo g box, as described in Launching the Discovery Dialog, page 4-6 , then select the Seed Settings tab, if it is not already s[...]

4-12 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Changing an Existing Seed File T o modify an exist ing seed file in MWTM: Step 1 Load the seed f ile as described in Loading a Seed File , page 4-8 . Step 2 T o add another seed node to the seed file, enter the name o[...]

4-13 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Creating and Changing Seed Fi les Using a Text Editor A seed file is simply an unformatted list o f seed node names. T o create a seed file by using a text editor , simply create a f ile and list the seed node names, [...]

4-14 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Figur e 4-4 Discov ery T ab Bef ore Disco very The Discov ery tab comprises: • Discov ery Settings, page 4-15 • Discov ered Nodes, page 4-17 Related Topics: • Discov ery Overvie w , page 4-4 • Polling a Node, [...]

4-15 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Discovery Settings The Discov ery Settings pane of the Disco very tab contains: Field or Button Description Entire Network Check box used to speci fy the extent of th e network disco very: • T o discover the entire [...]

4-16 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork If you run Disco very with the Ent ire Network check box unchecked, and t hen you run Discov ery with the Entire Network check b ox checked, an y Unmanage d nodes in the f irst Discov ery are not rediscov ered by the [...]

4-17 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork T o recove r from this situation and generate a ne w , complete, and reliab le MWTM database, you must perform one o f these procedure s: • Run Discov ery again, with Entire Network and Delete Existing Da ta checked[...]

4-18 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Y ou can resize eac h column, or sort the table based on the information in one of the columns. By default, the MWTM displays all of the columns in th e Discovered Nodes sectio n except Internal ID, Uptime, Reboot Rea[...]

4-19 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Node T ype T ype of node. Node types can be specif ic to ITP , RAN-O, or generic to both. ITP specific nodes include: • Cisco2650XM, Cisco26 51XM • Cisco2811 • Cisco7204VXR, Cisco7 206VXR • Cisco7301 • Cisco[...]

4-20 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork T rap Polling (RAN-O only) Indicates whether trap polling is enabled. This field is read-only . If you want to: • Enable trap polling for the RAN-O node, set ipran-mib snmp-access to outOfBand on the node. • Disab[...]

4-21 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Discovering Your Ne twork Verifying Discovery After you disco ver the network (see Discovery Overview , page 4-4 ), examine t he Discovered Nodes table to v erify that the MWTM disco vered all of the nodes in th e network. If you suspect that [...]

4-22 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window • (ITP only) The missing n odes are connected to the seed nodes by SCTP connect ions, not just serial connections. If the y are not connected by SCTP connecti ons, you must add the missi ng nodes to the seed f[...]

4-23 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Figure 4-6 Discovery Dialog Figur e 4-7 MWTM Main Windo w The MWTM main windo w is the primary windo w of the MWTM client interface. It is the fi rst windo w to appear whe n you launch the MWTM client . It displ[...]

4-24 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Navigational Features T o help you keep track of which view you are currently using, as well as oth er important information, most MWTM windo ws display the name of the syst em on which the MWTM server is ru nni[...]

4-25 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window MWTM Client Navigation Tree The MWTM Client na vigation tree displays objects in a v ariety of formats and views. The DEF A UL T view , and other views that you can create, display a hierarchy of the objects tha[...]

4-26 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Note For additional features that appear only in the navigation tr ee of the web interface, s ee MWTM W eb Interface Navigation T ree, page 11-3 . MWTM Client Content Area The content area in the right pane disp[...]

4-27 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Figur e 4-8 Summary Statistics Window The Summary Statistics wind ow pro vides basic summary information about all disco vered netwo rk objects that the MWTM disco vered. For detail ed information on objects wit[...]

4-28 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Column Description Status Current status of the network objects. Possibl e values are: Unkno wn (red) Unav ailable (red) Inacti ve (red) Failed (red) Do wn (red) Blocked (red) Pending (red) W arning (yellow) Shu[...]

4-29 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Right-Click Menu for the Summary Lists T o see the right-click menu for the summary lists, select Summary Lists or any of the objects under Summary Lists in the na vigation tree and press the ri ght mouse but to[...]

4-30 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Displaying Alarms Note For details about viewing alarms us ing the MWTM web interface, see Displaying Al arms, page 11-27 . Y ou use the MWTM to view a summary of all currently activ e alarms in your networ k, i[...]

4-31 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window The activ e alarms table contains: Column Description T ype T ype of network object associ ated with the selected alarm. T o see all higher-le vel alarms associat ed with the network object, select the turner be[...]

4-32 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Displaying the MWTM Main Window Right-Click Menu for All Alarms T o see the right-click menu for all acti ve alarms, select Alarms in the na vigation tree and press th e right mouse butt on. For details on the menu options , see Right-Click Me[...]

4-33 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the MWTM Main Menu Using the MWTM Main Menu The MWTM main menu appears in th e menu bar of most MWTM windo ws. Some menu items do not appear on some wind ows. In additi on, menu items that are dimmed are not av ailable on that windo w . [...]

4-34 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the MWTM Main Menu File > Print (Ctrl-P) Opens the Print window where you can: • Specify options for printing • Print the current win dow • Sav e the current window to a f ile The MWTM printing option s require that you def ine [...]

4-35 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the MWTM Main Menu Edit > Delete (Delete) Deletes the c urrently select ed element or el ements from the MWTM database. The MWTM disp lays the Conf irm Deletion dial og box. T o: • Delete the selected elements, cl ick Ye s . The ite[...]

4-36 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the MWTM Main Menu Network > Poll Nodes > Cl ean Poll (Alt-C) Polls all selected nodes and remo ves any Unknown objects after the completio n of the poll. If you hav e implemented MWTM U ser-Based Access, this option is a v ailable[...]

4-37 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the MWTM Main Menu V iew > Cisco.com Displays the Cisco.com Home Page in a web browser . Go > Back (Alt-Left Arro w) 1 Navi gates back to the last windo w viewed in this session. Go > F orward (Alt-Right Arro w) 1 Navi gates for[...]

4-38 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the MWTM Main Menu T ools > Event Editor (Alt-B) Launches the Event Editor , which you use to: • Customize the visible category , sev erity , color , and message associated with events • Conf igure sounds for the MWTM to play for [...]

4-39 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Accessing the MWT M through a Web Browser Accessing the MWTM through a Web Browser Y ou can manage network no des through one of two grap hical user interfaces: • MWTM client interface —The standard interface for accessing MWTM data. (This[...]

4-40 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Accessing the MWTM th rough a Web Browse r Y ou access the web interface using one of tw o methods: • Open a bro wser and enter http:// server_name :17 74 in the Address field. • From the MWTM client interf ace, choose V iew > MWTM Serv[...]

4-41 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Loading and Saving MWTM Files Figure 4-1 0 MWTM W e b Interf ace For detailed in formation ab out the MWTM we b interface, see Chapter 11, “ Accessing Data from the W eb Interface. ” Loading and Saving MWTM Files Y ou use the MWTM to quick[...]

4-42 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Loading and Saving MWTM File s Note T o load the DEF A UL T network vie w , choose File > Load DEF A UL T V iew from the MWTM main menu. The MWTM loads the DEF A UL T view . T o display a Sav e File dialog box, use one o f these procedures:[...]

4-43 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Using the Windows Start Menu Using the Windows Start Menu This section includes: • Changing the Defaul t MWTM Server Name, page 4-43 • Launching the MWTM Client, page 4-43 • Launching the MWTM DOS Prompt, page 4-44 • Launching the MWTM[...]

4-44 User Guide for the Ci sco Mobile Wireless Tra nsport Manager 6.0 OL-9118-03 Chapter 4 Getting Started Exiting the MWTM Client Launching the MWTM DOS Prompt T o launch a DOS prompt for the MWTM fro m the Wi ndows Start menu, choose Start > Programs > Cisco MWTM Client > MWTM DOS Prompt . The MWTM opens a D OS window , starting in the [...]