Nortel Networks 209321-A manual

Part No. 209321- A August 2000 4401 Great Am erica Parkway Santa Clar a, CA 95054 Getting Star ted wit h the Business P olicy Switch 2000 Mana g ement Softwa re[...]

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3 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software No r tel Netw orks NA In c. softw are licen se ag reemen t NOTICE: Ple ase car eful ly read t his li cens e agr eeme nt befo re copyi ng or usi ng the ac companyi ng soft war e or ins tall ing the h ardw are uni t with pr e-ena bled so ftwar e (e ach of whic h is ref erre[...]

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5 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software 9. Ge n er a l. If any prov i sio n of this Ag reement is hel d to be inva lid or u nenfor ce able by a co urt of com peten t jur is dicti on, t he rem ainde r of the prov isio ns of this Agr eement s hall rem ain i n fu ll for ce a nd eff ect. This A greeme nt wi ll be g[...]

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7 Getting Star ted with the Business P olicy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Contents P r e f a c e .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .... ... .. .. . 1 3 Before y ou begi n ............. ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... . 1 3 T e x tc o n v e n t i o n s ........ ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ..[...]

8 Contents 209321-A Devi ce M ana ger wi ndow . ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ........ 3 4 M e n ub a r .......... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ........ 3 5 T o o l b a r .................. ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... . 3 6 D e v i c ev i e w . ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ............. ....... [...]

9 Getting Star ted with the Business P olicy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Figures F i g u r e1 M a i n m e n u .. ............. ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... . 1 9 F i g u r e2 I P C o n f i g u r a t i o n / S e t u p m e n u ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... . 1 9 Figure 3 Device Manager wi ndow ..... ...... ...... ....... ...... .[...]

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13 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Preface Business P olicy Switch 2000 manage m ent softwa re provide s the means to configur e and moni tor the ope ration of your Business Poli cy Switches. Management sof tware include s the conso le inte rfac e re sident in each Busi ness Policy Swi tch; Java-ba se d D[...]

14 Prefac e 209321-A T ext conventions This guide us es the following text conve ntions: angle brackets ( < >) Indica te that you choose the text to ent er based on the descri ption ins ide the bracke ts. Do not type the brackets when entering the command. Example: If the co mm and syntax is ping <ip_address > , you enter ping 192.32.10[...]

Preface 15 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Related pub lications Fo r m ore inf ormation about using the Business Polic y Switch, refer to the foll owing publ ications: • Using t he Busi ness P olicy Sw itc h 2000 ( part number 208700-A) Descri bes how to install and use the Busine ss Policy Switch 2000; [...]

16 Prefac e 209321-A Y ou can print selecte d technic a l manuals and rele ase notes free , directly from the Intern et. Go t o the support.ba ynetworks. com/library/t pubs/ URL. Find the produ ct for which you need document ation. Then loc ate the specific category and model or versi on for your hardware or software pr oduct. Use A dobe Acrobat R [...]

17 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Chapter 1 Mana gement ba sics This chapte r summarizes basic operational proc edures in a Business Pol icy Switch a nd pr ovides an ov ervie w of switch management o ptions. T opic s in t his chapte r inclu de the fol lowing in formation: • Overv iew of management to o[...]

18 Chapter 1 Manag eme nt basics 209321-A W eb man ag em ent in te rf ace The Busine ss Polic y Switch W e b management i nter face i s a W eb-bas ed g r aph ical user inter face that you use with a W eb bro wse r to manage a standalon e switch or switc h stack. Y ou can acce ss de vices on your network from v arious loc ation s within the n etwork[...]

Chapter 1 Ma nagem ent b a sics 19 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 1 Mai n menu 5 Select IP Configurati on/Set up (or press i) to display the IP Configur ation/ Setup menu ( F igure 2 ). Figu re 2 IP C onfiguration/Setup me nu Note: The default mana gement VLAN in the Busine ss Polic y Switch is VLA[...]

20 Chapter 1 Manag eme nt basics 209321-A 6 Do one of the follo wing, ba sed on your configur atio n: • For a st andalone swit ch, ent er the IP a ddress of th e swit c h in the In-Band Switch IP Address f ield. • For a stack c onf igura t ion, en ter th e Sta ck IP ad dres s in the In -B and St a ck IP Ad dres s f ield. 7 In the In-Band Sub ne[...]

21 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Chapter 2 Install ing De vice Mana ger s oftware De vice Manage r softwa re is a va ilable on the Nortel Ne tworks Ser vices and Support W eb site as a sel f-extr ac ting ex ecuta ble file. Thi s chapter pr ovides instr uctions to install the Devic e Manager so ftware in[...]

22 Cha pter 2 Insta lling Devic e Manager s oftware 209321-A T o install th e management s oftwar e on a W indo ws platf orm: ➨ On the Business Polic y Switch softw are W eb page, cl ick jdm_xxx.e xe . The fi le uncompresse s and insta lls th e Ja va Runtim e Environmen t (JRE) and the De vice Manager sof tware in to the appr opriate di rectorie [...]

Ch apter 2 Insta llin g Devi ce M anage r software 23 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software • AIX wor kstation r unning t he IBM AI X 4.1 oper ati ng syste m — 120 M B space on the hard disk — 4 MB av aila ble in a temporary direc tory — 60 MB free in the dir ector y whe re you wa nt to insta ll the De vi[...]

24 Cha pter 2 Insta lling Devic e Manager s oftware 209321-A 2 Inst all the Ja va Runtim e Environment f or Sol aris sys tems: a On the Business Polic y Switch UNIX softw a re W eb Page, c lick Solar is_JRE_1. 1.8_09a_sparc.b in. b Fo r instruct ions to install the Sola ris JRE, click inst all_jre .txt. 3 Inst all the De vice Manager sof tware: On [...]

Ch apter 2 Insta llin g Devi ce M anage r software 25 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Insta llin g the softwar e in an HP -UX env ironmen t Nortel Net works does not directl y provide the JRE for HP -UX systems. Ho wev er , you can down load the JRE from the HP corpora te W eb site. T o install th e De vice[...]

26 Cha pter 2 Insta lling Devic e Manager s oftware 209321-A T o start Devic e Manager : ➨ Enter: % JDM a.b.c.d where a.b.c.d is the IP address of the de vice. Insta llin g the softwar e in an IBM AIX e nvironm en t Nortel Net works does not dir e ctl y provide the JRE for IBM AIX systems. Howe ver , you ca n do wnload the JRE fr om the IBM corpo[...]

Ch apter 2 Insta llin g Devi ce M anage r software 27 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software T o start Devic e Manager : ➨ Enter: % JDM a.b.c.d where a.b.c.d is the IP address of the de vice.[...]

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29 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Chapter 3 De vice Mana g er bas ics This cha pter desc ribes b a sic pr ocedures f or usin g the De vice Mana ge r sof tw are. The chapte r incl udes the follo wing infor mation: • Instructi ons to start De vice Manager , set t he Devic e Manager prope r tie s, and ope[...]

30 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A The init ial Devic e Manager windo w opens ( Fi gure 3 ). Figu re 3 De vi ce Manage r wind ow Set t ing the Devi ce Manager properties De vice Manage r communicates wit h the Bu siness Pol icy Switc h using Si mple Netw ork M anage ment Protocol (SNMP). The soft ware is shipped with def ault va lues set [...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 31 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 4 Pro pe r t ies dia log bo x 2 T ype inf orma tion a nd se lect c heck bo xes. 3 Click OK. T able 1 describes items i n the Properties dialog box. Ta b l e 1 P roper ties dialog box items Area Item Descript ion P ol li ng Statu [...]

32 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Openin g a devi ce “Opening” a de vice disp lays the de vice vi ew , a picture of the de vice. T o open the de vice vie w , you must enter community st rings that det e rmine the acc ess lev el grante d to t he de vice. Ta b l e 2 sho ws the default acces s community str ings for the De vice Manage r[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 33 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software T o display the dev ice view: 1 Do one of the follo wing: • C hoose De vice > Ope n. • Choose De vice > Open La st, a nd select a n IP a ddress fr om the list. • Click the folder i c on in the Dev ice Manager windo w . • Pr[...]

34 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A 3 In the Read Community and Write Community te xt boxes, type t he proper communit y strings ( T a b l e 2o np a g e3 2 ). 4 Click Open. De vice Manage r automatic all y determines wha t ver sion of so f twa re the selec ted de vice is r unning a nd di splays the a ppropria te Devi ce Manager dial og box[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 35 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 7 Parts of the De vice Manager window Me nu ba r Use the menu bar to set up and operat e Devic e M anager ( T able 4 ). Ta b l e 4 M enu bar com mands Command De script ion Devi ce Ope ns the Open Dev ice dialog bo x. Ed i t O p [...]

36 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A T o olba r The toolbar cont ains bu ttons that provide quick access to commonl y used commands and some additi onal actions ( Ta b l e 5 ). Device vi ew The de vice view ( Figure 8 ) allo ws you to de termine at a glance the operating stat us of the vario us u nits and p orts i n your hardwa re co nfigur[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 37 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Selec ting o bjects The type s of objec ts conta ined in the de vice vie w are: • A standalone switc h ( calle d a unit in the menus and dialog boxe s) • A switch stack (c a lle d a cha ssis i n the menus a nd dial og boxes) • A m [...]

38 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Selec ting multiple obj ects T o select mul tiple objec ts of th e same type ( such as ports or switches of the same type): ➨ Do one of the follo wing: • For a blo ck of cont iguous ports, drag to se lect the group of ports. • For mul tiple ports, MDAs , or swi tc hes in the stack, [Ctrl]- c lic k [...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 39 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 9 MDA dia lo g bo x LE Ds a n d p or ts The colo r of LEDs in the de vice vi ew is the sa me as the color s of the LEDs on the physic al s witch. Ho we ver , th e de vice vie w does no t s how b linking a cti vity of th e LEDs. F[...]

40 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Figu re 10 P o r t colo r legend Sho r tcut m enu s Each object in the dev ice view has a short cut menu that op ens when you right -click a sele cted obje ct. The switch shortcut menu ( Fi gure 11 ) provi des access to basic har dware inf ormation about the swit ch and to t he graphing dia log boxe s fo[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 41 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software The port sho rtcut menu ( Fig ure 12 ) provide s a faster pa th f or editing a nd graphing a single port ; howe v er , you can acces s the s a me options using t he menu ba r or the toolba r . Figu re 12 P o r t shor tcut menu T able 8 d[...]

42 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Sta tus bar The stat us bar d ispl ays error an d info rma tional message s from the softwar e appli cation. The se messages a re n ot related t o the de vice be ing managed. Usin g th e button s i n D evice Ma nag e r di alo g bo xes T able 9 describe s butt ons in De vice Manage r dia log box es. Not a[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 43 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Edit in g o b jec ts Y ou can edit objects and va lues in the D evi ce Manager de vice vie w in the foll owing wa ys: • Select an object and, on the t oolbar , click th e Edit Se lecte d bu tton. The edit dia log box ope ns for that ob[...]

44 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Ty p e s o f s t a t i s t i c s The data table s in the stat istics dialog box es list th e c ounte rs, or categor ies of stat istics being gathered , for the specifie d object. F or exa mple, the cat egorie s for ports i nclude Inte rface, Ethe rnet Errors , Bridge, and Rmon. Each cate gory can be asso[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 45 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 14 Line graph Figu re 15 Area graph[...]

46 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Figu re 16 Ba r grap h Figu re 17 Pi e graph[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 47 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Stat is tics f or s ingle an d m ultip le ob jec ts Statist ics for a sele cted object or obje cts are displaye d in the statist ics dialog box. The dial og box for a singl e object sho ws all six t ypes of stat istics for eac h counter [...]

48 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A Figu re 19 Interfac e statistics for multiple por ts T o change the type of st atistic s displa yed, select a dif feren t type from the sho w list at the bo ttom of the dial og box. The statist ics are update d based on the poll inter val sho wn at the bott om of the dialog b ox. Y ou c an s e lect a dif[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 49 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Viewin g sta tis tic s a s gr ap hs T o crea te a g raph for a n ob ject : 1 Select the object or objects to be gra phed (see “Select ing objects” on page 37 ). 2 Do one of the follo wing: • On the t oolbar , cl ick Graph S elect e[...]

50 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A 5 Click one of the gra ph bu ttons at the bottom of t he dialog box ( see “T ypes of graphs” o n page 44 ). A graph dialog box opens f or the selected gr a ph type. 6 T o print a c opy of the gr aph, clic k Print. Button s at the t op of the graph dia log box es for line, a rea, a nd bar g raphs allo[...]

Chapter 3 D evice Mana ger b a sics 51 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software T e l n e t i n gt oas w i t c h From De vice M anager , you can init iate a T elnet sessi on to t he console int erface for the swit ch or stack you are curr entl y acce s s ing. T o T elne t to a switch: ➨ Do one of the follo wing: ?[...]

52 Chapter 3 Device Manage r basics 209321-A By def ault, traps are sent i n SNMP V2c format. Howe ver , if yo u are using a n older networ k m anagemen t system (NMS), one that supports onl y S NMP V1 traps ( H P OpenV ie w), you can specif y tha t the tra ps be sent in V1 format. Management sta tions opera ting with Devic e Manager are automati c[...]

53 Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e ba sics A Bu sines s P ol icy Sw itc h inc lude s a W e b m anag em ent i nterfa ce that l ets y ou monitor your switch through a W orld W ide W eb bro wser fr om any w here on the netw ork. The W eb interf a ce provi des man y of th[...]

54 Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 209321-A Fo r instru ctions to se t the IP a ddress of the switch, r efer to “Setting the swit ch IP parame ters” on page 18 . Access to the W eb management inte rface must a lso be ena bled for the switch (the defau lt setting ) usin g the console interface. F or informat ion about ena bling W e[...]

Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 55 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 21 Syst em Inform ation hom e page Network secur ity does not yet exi st the first ti me you access the W e b management int erface . As the system adminis trator , you must c reat e ac cess parame ters and passwords . [...]

56 Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 209321-A 5 In the P assword t ext box, type y our passwor d. 6 Click Log On. The Syst em Informatio n home page ope ns. W ith W e b access e nabled, the switc h can support u p to four conc urrent W eb page users. T wo pr e-defined user levels are ava ilable, and each user le vel has a corr esponding[...]

Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 57 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Figu re 23 Parts o f the Web m anagemen t page Me nu The menu ( Figur e 24 ) is the s a me for all pages. It c ontains a l ist of s even main headings. Figu re 24 Me n u Web browser toolbar Menu Summary sysDescription sysUpTime[...]

58 Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 209321-A The first s ix heading s provi de opt ions for vie wing and c onfi guring switch parame ters. The Su pport heading provides opti ons to open th e onli ne Help file and the Nortel Ne tworks W eb site . T able 14 lists the main menu headings and thei r associate d options. F or detail ed infor[...]

Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 59 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software Content a rea The conten t area displ ays tables of informat ion with butt ons that you use to configur e and monitor the switch. Some table s may be too big to fit the displa yed page ar ea. In the se cases , use the scroll ba[...]

60 Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 209321-A Setting up securit y T o set passwor ds and RAD IUS (Remote Aut hentication Dia l In User Service ) authenti cati on settings f or the f or the switc h or stack, use the Securit y pages. Thes e pag es allo w you to crea te or m odify the pa sswords of a standalone s w itc h or any switch es [...]

Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 61 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software •R a d i u s Allow s yo u to set t he ser v er p aram eter s t hat will provide authe nticatio n, autho rizatio n, a nd accoun ting for RA DIUS. Sett in g cons ole , T elnet , and Web p a ssw ord s 1 From the main menu, selec[...]

62 Chapter 4 W eb mana gement interfac e b asics 209321-A • RADIUS Authentic ation—sets a pa sswor d for r e mote di al-in. I f you selec t this passw ord type, you must also set up R ADIUS authenti c ation from the Radius mana gement page. 4 T ype the password for r ead-only and read-write u ser acc e ss. 5 Click Submit to sa ve the changes. S[...]

Getting Started with t h e Business Policy Switch 2000 Managem ent Software 63 Inde x A Ab s olu t eV al ue s ta ti s t ic s 44 acc ess le ve ls 20, 32, 56 Ac t io n s me nu 35 AIX inst alla tion of De vice Man ager 26 Ala r m M an ag e r butt o n 36 Ar ea C har t butt o n 50 ar e a gra ph exa m p l e 45 A ver a g e s ta ti st ic s 4 4 B Bar Cha rt[...]

64 Index 209321-A G gr aph crea ting 49 modi fying 50 Graph command 40, 41 gr aph dialog box 50 Gr aph m en u 3 5 G r a p hS e l e c t e db u t t o n3 6 , 4 9 gr aph ty pes 44 H Help b utt on 36 Help menu 35 Hel p , D evic e M an a ger 5 2 Horizo ntal b utton 50 Hots wap Detect e very paramet er 31 HP/UX inst alla tion of De vice Man ager 25 I If t[...]

Index 65 Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Manage ment Software P pa ss word m anagem en t pages 6 1 pas swords 20, 56 , 60 Pa s t e bu t to n 4 2 patc hes, Solar is 23 pie gra ph exa mple 46 polli ng int erv al 48 po lling int erv al, set ting 31 polli ng wait ing per iod 32 por t c o lor l eg en d 39 port s hortcut menu 41 port[...]

66 Index 209321-A sta tus polli ng 31 St op bu tto n 42 Supp ort heading 58 supp ort W eb site 21 supp ort, Norte l Ne tworks 16 swit ch sta ck , s ele cting 38 swit ch stack , sett ing IP par amet ers 20 swit ch unit short cut menu 4 0 swi tc h, s el ec ti n g 3 7 System Inf ormation home pa ge 54 T tec hnical p ublicati ons 16 tec hnical sup port[...]