HP (Hewlett-Packard) OV-UX manual

HP Hub & Switch Management for OV -UX User Guide[...]

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Contents 1 I nfo r matio n About HP Hub & Swi t ch M a nagement for OV- UX In troduc ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Fe atures o f HP H ub & S w itch Ma nagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 HP Proactive Ne tworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Sta r ting HP Op enView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Verify in g I n stal l ation of t he Mana ger P r odu ct Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Stoppi ng an d Restar t ing the Ma nager Ap plicat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Stopping t he Mana ger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Sta tus - Po rt Cou n te rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Sta tus - Po rt S tat us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Identi t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 [...]

Pr od ucin g a Conf ig ur at ion Rep or t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 10 HP Hub & Swit ch Ma na gement Admi n Starti ng HP Hu b & S w it ch Ma nag em ent Ad min . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 -5 HP Admi n Parame te rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 -[...]

1 Info rmation Ab ou t HP Hub & Switch Management for OV -UX Swit ch Manag emen t for OV - Inf o rmation Ab out HP Hu b & Th is chapte r incl ude s: ■ Intr oduction ■ Features of HP Hub & Sw it c h Managemen t ■ Tec hni cal Pro duc t S upp ort Introduction Th is guid e wi ll help yo u us e HP Hub & Switch Managemen t for basic[...]

Informati o n About H P Hub & Switc h Mana gemen t for OV-UX Fe atu r es of HP Hub & Sw it ch M anageme nt Information Ab ou t HP Hu b & Switch Management f or OV - Features of HP Hub & Switch Management Th is secti o n p r ese n ts so me of th e f eatures th at ar e in cl uded in this versi o n of HP Hub & Switch Manag ement. H[...]

In format ion Abou t HP Hub & Switc h Ma na g e ment for OV-U X F eat ur es of HP Hub & Switch Manage ment ■ Scalab le sol uti ons f ro m 10 Mb ps t o Gig abit Et her net ■ Blocks unw ante d traffic with Pr o tocol Filte r in g HP Proa ct iv e Net w or king produc ts sav e time , mone y and incr ease pr od uc - ti vi ty . The agent-en a[...]

Information Ab ou t HP Hu b & Switch Management f or OV - Informati o n About H P Hub & Switc h Mana gemen t for OV-UX Tech ni cal Pr o duct Suppor t • A n e x pa ns ion sl ot fo r G i ga bi t co nnecti vi ty • Gigabit Fiber Opti c po rt or 8 10 / 100 auto -s ensing po rts • L ayer 3 swi t chin g • F ast Ethe r C hannel ® to server[...]

2 Before I n stallin g HP Hub & Swit ch Management for OV -UX Th is chapte r incl ude s: ■ Suppor t Infor mat ion ■ Manage me nt St ati on R equ irem en ts ■ Hardw a re Re quire me nts ■ So ftwa re Requ irements ■ R equ ired Netwo rk Co nfig ur at ion ■ Be fo re In stall i ng HP H ub & Swit ch Mana ge ment ■ Remo ving HP Hub &[...]

Before Ins ta llin g HP Hu b & Switc h Manage ment fo r OV-UX Mana geme nt St at io n Requ ir em en ts Management Station Requirements Hardware Th e fol lo wi n g tabl e shows the reco mmendati ons fo r HP 90 00 hard war e. Befo r e In st all i ng HP H u b & Switch Managemen t fo r OV - HP 9000 Systems with H P - UX 10.2 0 or 1 1 .00 Models[...]

Before Ins ta lling HP Hub & Switch Mana ge ment for OV-U X Requ ir ed Netw or k Conf ig ur ation * Th e mor e Open Vie w W i ndows ( ovw ) session s you ru n, the more OS c onf igure d swap space will be nece ssar y. A g ood guidelin e is to co nf igure 25 m egaby tes o f sw ap spa ce for each a dditi onal ovw ses si on t hat you expe ct to ru[...]

Before Ins ta llin g HP Hu b & Switc h Manage ment fo r OV-UX Requ ir ed Pa tches Required Patches The following patch es must be installed before insta lling HP Hub & Switch Manageme nt fo r OV -UX . C ont act y our HP Aut hor ize d Deale r or th e n earest HP Sales and Supp ort Of fi ce , or do wnloa d the pat c hes f r om t he HP Elec tr[...]

Before Ins ta lling HP Hub & Switch Mana ge ment for OV-U X Rem o vi ng HP Hu b & Switch Mana ge ment Not e: It is al so a good practice t o make a backup of your cur r ent Open V iew application ( esp ecially y our n e two r k map) bef or e pr o ceeding wit h the ins talla tion o f new applicati o ns . Installation Directories The HP Hub &[...]

Befo r e In st all i ng HP H u b & Switch Managemen t fo r OV - Before Ins ta llin g HP Hu b & Switc h Manage ment fo r OV-UX Rem o vi ng HP Hu b & S w itc h Ma nage m ent th em , that i s , re move Hub & Switch Man agement fi rs t, then remo ve Networ k Nod e Mana g er and / or th e SNM P Manage ment Plat f or m. In struc t ions a [...]

3 Intr oduction to HP Hub & S w itch Managemen t Th is chapte r intr oduces HP Hub & Swi t ch Mana gemen t and i n cl ude s th e followin g to pics: ■ HP Hu b & Sw it ch Man age ment Overvi ew ■ HP Open V i ew Netw or k Man age ment Platf orm ■ De finiti ons, Pro ce sses, a nd File s ■ What D e vice s Can Be Managed HP Hub &[...]

Intr oducti on to HP Hub & Swi tc h Man age me nt HP O pen View Netw ork Manage men t Plat fo rm HP OpenV iew Network Management Platform HP Op en View is a “p latf or m” for netw or k mana gement appl icatio ns . As a pla tfo rm, it al low s mul tiple netw or k manage me nt a pplic ati ons t hat are Ope nVi ew c ompliant —such a s H P Hu[...]

In tro duc tion to HP H ub & Switc h Manage men t De finiti ons, Pr oces ses, an d File s SNMP Manager and Agents HP Hub & Swit ch Mana gement uses SNM P (S imple Net w or k Manageme nt Protocol ) t o communic ate wi th manage d de vi ces. SNMP comm ands a re tran smit te d a nd recei ve d on the n etw or k using the I nternet Prot oc ol (I[...]

Intr oducti on to HP Hub & Swi tc h Man age me nt What HP Devi ce s Can B e Man aged What HP Devices Can Be Managed Fo r devi ce man agement, HP Hu b & Swi t ch Mana gemen t pr ovides a De vice Vi ew f o r mo st manage d HP devi ces. Y ou can di splay a Device V i ew usi n g your br ow ser if th is featu r e is su pp orted fo r the d evi ce[...]

In tro duc tion to HP H ub & Switc h Manage men t W hat HP De vices Can B e Ma naged T abl e 3-1. HP Device s That Ca n be Managed HP J3174A Ad vanc eS ta ck Switch 208 T Note 6 HP J3177A Ad vanc eS ta ck Switch 224 T Note 6 HP J3200A Ad van ceStack 10Bas e-T S w itch i ng H ub-12R Note 7 Bro wser - man ageabl e (firmw ar e A.0 3.x x) HP J3202A[...]

Intr oducti on to HP Hub & Swi tc h Man age me nt What HP Devi ce s Can B e Man aged T abl e 3-1. HP Device s That Ca n be Managed Note 1 Optional SN MP module fo r H P 1 00 VG hu bs is J2414A or J 241 4B Note 2 Opti ona l SN MP mod ule for 10Ba se -T h ubs is J260 3A/B . HP Ad vanceS t ack 10Base- T hubs pr ovided� with SNMP module p reinsta[...]

4 Running HP H u b & Switc h Manageme nt This chapter describe s how to start and stop HP Hub & Switc h Management. It in clud es th e follo wi ng to pics: ■ Star ti ng th e Mana ger Applicat io n ■ V e rif y ing In st a lla ti on o f the Manager Pro duc t Se t ■ Stopping and Rest ar ti ng the Ma na ger App lic at ion Not e: Bef ore y[...]

Runn i ng HP Hub & Swit ch Ma nage men t St ar ti ng the Mana ge r Applic atio n 2. Opti onal ly , execut e th e /opt/OV/bin/ovstatus comman d to veri fy th at the tr apd, ov wdb, ov to pmd , and netmon back ground pr ocesses ar e runnin g . I f the ba ckgroun d pro ce sse s are no t r unning , execut e t he /opt/OV/bin/ovstart c omm a nd. I f [...]

Runnin g HP H ub & Switc h Ma nage ment Verifying In stalla tion of the Ma na ge r Pr oduc t S et preven t jobs f r om st o ppin g , you ma y wa nt to redir ect m e ssag e s t o a tem porar y file . To r un ovw in the back groun d a nd t o redir ect error messag es to a tem por ary file , t y pe ovw > /tmp/ovw.log 2>&1 & This star[...]

Runn i ng HP Hub & Swit ch Ma nage men t St opping and Re star ti ng th e Man ager A ppl ication T able 4-1. Open V i ew Menu I te ms Op en Vi ew Menu Me nu It em adde d by HP Hu b & Switc h M anagemen t De sc riptio n Option s H P Hu b & Swi t ch Admin R uns th e HP Ad min ut i lit y fo r setting Hu b & Sw it ch M a nage ment param[...]

Runnin g HP H ub & Switc h Ma nage ment St oppi ng and Restar tin g the M a nage r Ap p licat io n Rest ar ting th e Manag er If y ou ha ve stopp ed th e ba ckg r ound proc esses and yo u w ant to restar t them, use th e comm an d /opt/OV/bin/ovstart . M anageme nt Runni n g HP Hub & Swit ch 4- 5[...]

Runn i ng HP Hub & Swit ch Ma nage men t St opping and Re star ti ng th e Man ager A ppl ication Runni n g HP Hub & Swit ch M anage me nt 4- 6[...]

Alerts - Fi nd/F ix/ I nform HP Pr oact iv e Ne tw orking 5 Alert s - Find/Fix /Inform Ale r ts - Find/Fix /Info rm Th is chapte r contains in fo rmatio n on: ■ HP Proa ct iv e Net w or king ■ Interp re tin g the Aler t Log HP Proactive Networking HP Proa ct iv e Net w or king of fers the c omb ine d bene fits of ou tsta nding pr od - uc ts and[...]

Alerts - Find/Fix /Inform Alerts - Fi nd/Fix /In form HP Pr oa cti v e N e tw orki ng ■ Advanc ed Switc hin g. New swi tchin g t ech ni ques l ik e m e sh in g, VLAN tagging, and vo ic e an d da ta handling p r ovide hi gh p erfor manc e networking for t he future . Contr o l of Co sts. HP provides T otal Cost of Owner s hip b enefits by fo cusin[...]

Alerts - Fi nd/F ix/ I nform In terpr e ting the Ale r t L o g - Find/Fix/I nform ■ Switch meshing for switching ■ Ci sc o Fast Et he rChanne l ® fo r server s HP Proa ct iv e Net w or king produc ts sav e time , mone y and incr ease pr od uc - tiv i ty . Ale r ts - Find/Fix /Info rm Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/ Inform The Alert L og[...]

Alerts - Find/Fix /Inform Alerts - Fi nd/Fix /In form Interpre tin g the Ale rt Lo g - Find /F ix /I nfo rm The dial og box d i splays m o re inf ormat ion abou t the aler t as we ll a s some suggesti on s for fix i ng th e p r ob lem . Wh en you ha ve revi ew ed an ale rt, th e “Ne w ” ico n is no longer d i splayed. Clo s ing an al er t ind i[...]

Alerts - Fi nd/F ix/ I nform In terpr e ting the Ale r t L o g - Find/Fix/I nform Sensitivity setti ngs are se l ected in th e Co nfigur ati on p age fo r the d evi ce. Se l ect th e F aul t Detec tio n butt on. Fo r hu b s , yo u can se t the sensi t iv it y f or logging ne twor k p r ob lem s an d disabli ng por ts . Swit ches only have a sen s i[...]

Alerts - Fi nd/Fix /In form Interpre tin g the Ale rt Lo g - Find /F ix /I nfo rm Fi rs t T ime Instal la ti on In for mati on . There wi ll be an entr y in the Aler t Log fo r fir s t tim e installat io n informatio n fo r the d evice. Alerts - Find/Fix /Inform 5- 6[...]

Acce ssi ng Hub Fe atur es Mo re Informat ion on Device Feat ur e s 6 Accessing Hub Features HP Hub & Swit ch Mana gement le ts you ma na ge your HP de v i ces w ith your browser fr om a nyw her e in your ne tw ork . Several feature s pr ovid e inf ormati on a bou t the st at us of your d evice , a l er t you to pr ob lem s in your ne twor k, a[...]

A ccessi n g Hub Featur es A ccessing the D e vi ce View Accessing the Device V iew T o lau nch the D evic e Vi ew , doub le-cl i ck o n a devic e symbol in t he HP Ne tw ork Nod e M an ager ma p or right- mouse- c lick o n th e d evice symbol an d se le ct Monit or HP Hub / Swi tch . The S t atu s - Overview p a ge f or th e device di spl a ys. Se[...]

Acce ssi ng Hub Fe atur es In terpreti ng De vice Sta t us Ac cessi ng Hub Fe atu r es Figure 6-1. Hub St at u s Ove r view Pa ge Re adin g t h e P e rf orma nce G a uges Th e perfo r manc e g au ges disp l ay stati sti cal in formati on ab out the se lecte d device . By looking at the g au ge s, yo u c a n q u ic kly de t erm ine if th ere a re pr[...]

A ccessi n g Hub Featur es Interpre tin g De vi ce St at us T abl e 6-1. Gauge At tribut es for Hubs Attribute Des criptio n Sev erit y V alues Utili zation % Repr esen ts th e tra ffic on th e port a s a perc enta ge of th e po rt’ s bandwi dth . W a rning: 40 % Cri t ical : 7 5% Collis ions % Repr esen ts the numb er of collis io ns th a t have[...]

Acce ssi ng Hub Fe atur es Configur ing Your D e vice T abl e 6-2. Swi tc hing Hub Gl o bal Count e rs Counter Descr iptio n T o tal O cte ts T otal numbe r of octets of da ta (i ncluding bad pa cke t s) received on th e netwo r k. T his object ca n be u s ed to esti ma te E t hern et ut ili za tion . Broa dcast Pack ets M es sages se nt to all us [...]

A ccessi n g Hub Featur es Conf i gur ing Your Devi ce If the d e vi ce yo u se l ected is not mana geabl e by brow se r , you ca n on ly manage it fr om t he manageme nt wo rkst at ion . A ccessin g Hub Fea t ure s Figure 6-2. 10Ba s e-T Hu b-12M D e vice Vi ew Y ou c an e nab le a nd d i sab le individ ual port s (click o n the por t to sel ect i[...]

Acce ssi ng Hub Fe atur es Configur ing Your D e vice and f aulty ne twor k in te rf ace c ard s. T h e Fault Det ect ion page le ts y ou se t the sen s itivi ty and a cti on s th at occur w hen a f a ult is de tec ted on a port in yo ur ne twor k. For h ubs, you c an se t th e se nsitivity f or l o gg in g ne tw ork p r oblems and di sab l in g po[...]

A ccessin g Hub Fea t ure s A ccessi n g Hub Featur es Conf i gur ing Your Devi ce Confi g uri ng IP Select th e w a y t hat you want I P addre sses c onfigur ed f or your ne t w ork : ■ Manual - Se t th e I P add re ss t h rou gh th e c onso l e. ■ Disab l ed - IP i s di sab led , ther e i s no a ccess to ma nagement o r tel n et. No t Reco mm[...]

Acce ssi ng Hub Fe atur es Configur ing Your D e vice Port Configurati on The Port Con f igu rati on pa ge di splays in fo rma t ion about th e hub por ts. T o enab le a por t, se lect the po rt nu mber in t he pa ge, th en cli ck Ena b le Sele cted P o rt s . Use the Disable Selected Ports bu tton to disable a port or gro up of po rt s. The info r[...]

A ccessi n g Hub Featur es Conf i gur ing Your Devi ce A ccessin g Hub Fea t ure s Figure 6-4. Setting Bac kup Lin ks Y ou c an create on e or mor e ba c kup li nks b y selec t ing the Backup Li nks but ton and c licki ng on the Ad d N e w Backup Li nk... bu tt on at the bottom of th at pa ge . The pa rame te rs a re de scr i bed in t he ta bl e. T[...]

Acce ssi ng Hub Fe atur es Configur ing Your D e vice T abl e 6-4. Backup Li nk Pa ramet e rs Paramete r D es cr iption Retr ie s T he maxi mum number of ti me s th e pr im ary po rt can f ail befo re the back up port beco mes ac tiv e. Confi g uri ng Load B ala ncing - Sw itchi ng Hub s On ly th e swi t ch in g h ubs pr ov ide a l o ad balancin g [...]

A ccessi n g Hub Featur es Conf i gur ing Your Devi ce If yo u wan t to change the URL that is accessed when the S up port tab is sel ect ed , ty pe in th e ne w addre ss and clic k on t he Appl y Cha n ge s button. For e xampl e, y ou c ould ch an ge th e URL t o launch your sit e hom e page. A ccessin g Hub Fea t ure s 6-12[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Swit ch St at us 7 Managing Switches This c hap ter ha s in fo rm ation on: ■ Switch St atus ■ Switch Iden tit y ■ Config ura t ion ■ Using VLA Ns ■ Suppor t/ Mgmt URL Switch Status Status - Overvi ew T o la unch th e St atu s - Ove rview page fo r a swit ch that is mana gea ble by browser , dou ble -c lick on t he s[...]

Mana ging Switches Swi t ch St at us M anaging Switches Figure 7-1. Swit ch S t atus Overvi ew Page Graph Area The b ar grap h gi ves a qu ick overvi ew of the p erformance of the swi t ch. Eac h bar shows th e h i ghest perc entag e of tran sm i tte d (TX ) or r eceiv ed ( RX) traffic utilization for that por t in the last five seconds. The gr aph[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Swit ch St at us The graph only scales to 40% utilizatio n. Network utilizat ion above this level ind i ca te s serio u s perfor mance pr oblems. The gr aph als o sh ow s yo u if a port is ac ti ve , dis a ble d, or n ot con necte d. Al ert Log Area - Fin d /Fi x /Info rm The “F ind / Fix/Infor m ” c apab ility of a device[...]

Mana ging Switches Swi t ch St at us Statu s - Port Status The Port Status pa g e (s wi tc hes only ) di spla ys the ope r ati onal st atus of ea ch swi t ch po rt . Th e settings can be ch anged in the C o nfig uratio n - Port Config ura t ion p a ge . The Port Status se t t ings a re descr i bed in t he fo llow in g ta ble . T a ble 7-1. Port St [...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Identity Identity Th e Id en tity t ab di splay s th e f o llowin g info rm atio n ab o ut the switc h:. ■ System Nam e ■ Pr oduct Num be r and Name ■ Sy stem Loca ti on ■ Fi rmwar e V e rs ion ■ Sy stem Cont act ■ IP A ddr ess ■ System Up-Time ■ Managemen t Se rv er Th e Mana gement S erver fiel d disp lays th[...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n M anaging Switches Figure 7-2. HP Pro Cur ve Switch 8000M Devic e Vi ew Confi g uratio n - Fault Detection The au tom a tic fau lt de tection feature pro tec t s your ne tw ork from fa ilin g because of pro b lems suc h as net w or k loo p s, de fect iv e ca ble s , t r ansce iver s and f aulty ne t wor k in ter[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Confi gur at io n Confi g uratio n - System Informatio n Th e System Info rm at ion page lets yo u enter a syste m name for t he d evice , th e loca t i on of the device , and whom t o c ont act in t he ev e nt of a proble m. Confi g uratio n - IP Configuration Select th e w a y t hat you want I P addre sses c onfigur ed f or [...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n Ch aracte risti c s of Boo tp and DH CP . The Bootp p r otocol is de si gned for a n etw ork in w h ich e ach host has a p ermanent ne tw or k loc ati on. I t is no t adap ta ble t o a m obi le c omputing envi ron ment. The Dynami c Ho st C onf iguration Pr otocol (DHCP) manag es th e a lloc ati on of TCP/IP c o[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Confi gur at io n Modify por t set ti ngs Figure 7-4. Swit ch P o rt Conf i gur at ion T a ble 7-2. Switc h Po rt Co n figuration Se ttin g s Se tting Des criptio n Po rt Th e po rt nu mber . Th e po rt ma y be app ended wi th on e of the follow in g: • T rk x - The po rt tru nk to whic h th is po rt b e lo ngs • Mes h - T[...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n T a ble 7-2. Switc h Po rt Co n figuration Se ttin g s Se tting Des criptio n Flow Cont rol Indicates th e cu rrent stat e of fl ow cont rol fo r th is port . W hen disabl ed, t he port does no t g ene rate fl ow co nt rol pa cke ts and dr op s an y flow co ntr ol pack ets it receives. • 10/ 1 00TX , 1 0FL, 10[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Confi gur at io n Figure 7-5. Select ing a Moni to ring P ort on a S witch Using VLANS Virtual LAN s, or VLA N s, a re generally de fi ned a s bro adcast dom ains c re ated with sof twa re ra th er th an bei ng a f unc ti on of the hardw a re . They can be view ed as a group of end n ode s, possib ly on dif feren t p hy s ica [...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n VLA Ns ma ke la r ge ne tw orks more m a nag eable . Y ou ca n group user s a cco rdin g t o so me shared charac teri sti c, such as a comm on busi ne ss f unc ti on or a c omm on p r otoc ol. A si ngle swit c h may ha ve seve r al independen t VL ANs w ithin it. Not e: VLAN s must be c r eat e d with t he devic[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Confi gur at io n En abl i ng Broad cas t Control f o r IP Th e I P pr otoc ol us es Ad dress Res olution Pr otocol (ARP ) p ackets to fi nd the MAC a dd re ss of a node tha t correspo nds t o th e n etw ork laye r a ddre ss. Whe n Broadcas t C ontrol is enab led, the sw itch inter cepts the A R P p acket on its way to th e de[...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n environ ment (w here m or e than one IP netw ork is co nfigure d in a sing le broad ca st domain ). See Routin g I nforma t ion Pro tocol. Internet Group Ma nagement Protocol (IGMP) Mul ti media a nd email app lication s ne ed the ability to c om munica t e to mul ti ple de st inat ions e fficient ly . IP mu lti[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Confi gur at io n Not e: Usi n g t h e co nsole you can des i gn ate spe c ific por t s to a l way s or never for w ard mul tic ast p a cke t s. Forward with High Priori ty When “ For wa rd with High Prio ri ty ” is c hec ked, a ny IGM P pa ckets re ceiv ed by th e switch wil l be forw arded in a prio rit i zed ma nn er , [...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n If y ou ha ve conf igur ed VL ANs f or th e sw itch (y ou mu st do th is wi th the device cons ole ), se lect a V LAN fo r w h ich t he fe ature s will ap ply . Confi g uratio n - Support/Mgmt URLs S upport URL T o go di re c t ly to the HP Support Sit e o n th e W o rld W i de W e b, click o n the Su p por t ta[...]

Mana gi ng Swit ch es Confi gur at io n Management Server URL Enter the URL f o r yo ur mana gement server . Thi s will le t yo u di spl ay th e online hel p at any c lient in t he ne tw ork. Not e: This fiel d wil l contain the addr e ss for the HP Netwo r k City we b site by default . If you do not change it , the onl i ne hel p wil l be loade d [...]

Mana ging Switches Conf i gur atio n M anaging Switches 7-18[...]

Setting U p Security for a D e vice De vice Pa ssword s 8 Setting Up Security for a Dev i ce It is advisa bl e to set up se curity fo r your d evi ce s to pr event un au th orized ac ce ss t o the de vic e or the netw ork. Y o u can c onfigur e d evice secu rit y to preven t unaut horized use o f cert ain part s of the ne twor k by c er tai n n ode[...]

Se tting Up Secu rity fo r a De vi ce De vice Pa ss wor ds Figure 8-1. Assig n Password s to a Device There a r e two ca tegori es of passwo rds: ■ Operato r (R ead on ly): The Operato r can view al l pa ges e xcept the Secu ri ty pages. For switch es, t h is password i s the sam e as th e conso le pa ssword. ■ Manager ( F ull R ead a nd W rite[...]

Setting U p Security for a D e vice De vice Pa ssword s T abl e 8-1. Man ager/Ope r at or Pa sswo rd Co mbi nat io ns Pass wo rds R ea d Pro t ecte d Writ e Pr ot ec te d Re su lt s M anage r pass wor d set Oper at or pa ssword no t set N/A Y es An yone c an ge t Read A ccess, bu t only t he Mana ge r can re ad and writ e to the de vice . Reco mmen[...]

Se tting Up Secu rity fo r a De vi ce Po rt Security (h ub s only) Port Security (hubs only) Y ou can a ssign securit y le v els on h ubs por t by por t. Select the Port Se cur i ty bu tton t o vi ew the cu rrent setti n g s fo r each p o rt. Thi s featu r e i s not a vai lable fo r s w itch es . Fig u re 8-2. Vi ew the Se cu rity Set ting s for Ea[...]

Setting U p Security for a D e vice Po rt Se cu rit y (h ubs on ly) T a ble 8-2. Add r ess Selectio n Settin g D es cr iption First Hea rd The de vi ce lear ns th e addres s of th e device a tta ched t o the port an d make s i t th e au t hor i zed MA C a ddr e ss. If a di ffere nt device is later at tach ed to the por t, the new a ddr ess is regis[...]

Se tting Up Secu rity fo r a De vi ce Po rt Security (h ub s only) Not e: In o r der for t r aps to func tion, you m u st als o set the tra p in the Thr e sholds d i al og box, as follows: 1. Using the right m ouse bu tt on , c lick on the de v i ce symbol i n th e HP Ne tw ork Nod e M an ager ma p. 2. Select SNM P Con fi g ura t io n . 3. Select t[...]

Setting U p Security for a D e vice Set Secu rity Policy for Select ed Po rts (h ubs only) por t w ill not be di sa ble d when a ne w ad dress is learne d if the se tt ing is Continuous . Set Security Policy for Selected Ports (h ubs on ly) Y ou can se t the sec urity policy por t by port , or by sele cting a gro up of por ts. Select one por t by c[...]

Se tting Up Secu rity fo r a De vi ce The I ntr usi o n Log ( h ub s only) ■ Intr uder Address - A ddress o f th e i ntr uder . The IP addre ss is displaye d f or SN MP agent vi ol ati o ns. The M A C addr ess is d i spl a yed for po rt vi ol atio ns. Th e po rt vi ol ati on must b e cleared b efore anothe r p ort vi ol ati on will display . ■ [...]

Pe rf or mi ng Dia gnosti cs Perf or ming a Ping / Lin k Test 9 Perfo r ming Diagn os tic s Pe rformin g Diagnost ics Using HP Hub & S witch Mana gement , you c an hel p isola t e f a ult s by r unn ing device self -t ests , Link t e sts, an d Ping te sts (I P netw orks). Not e: For olde r HP devices that cannot be manag e d wi th a W eb br o w[...]

Pe rfo r min g Dia gn os tic s Reboot ing a De vi ce Pe rfor ming Diagnost ics Figure 9-1. Ping/Link T e st The n umber of su cc e sses or fa ilures of the t e st pa ckets re a chi ng the Destinatio n I P or MAC Ad dress are di splayed a t the to p of th e pa ge . A f ail ur e mean s th at ei ther the de v i ce at the de st in at ion ad dre ss did [...]

Pe rf or mi ng Dia gnosti cs Re se tting a Hub to F act ory Def aul t Settin gs Resetting a Hub to Factory Default Settings Rese tt ing t he hub t o the factory de fa ult se tt ings re moves an y c onf igur atio n change s th at yo u h ave ma de si n ce i n sta llin g t he d evice , a nd re sto r es th e fact ory de fa ul ts . The IP a ddress is a [...]

Pe rfo r min g Dia gn os tic s Pr oduc in g a Confi gur ation R eport Pe rfor ming Diagnost ics 9- 4[...]

10 HP Hub & S w itch Managem ent Admin HP Hub & Switch M anagement A dmi n is an admin i st ra tion utility tha t a llo ws you t o set specif ied c onf igur ation a nd c ontro l parame ters used by HP Hub & Switch M anagemen t for OV -UX . HP A dm in is a u tom a tic al ly installe d wh en y ou install HP Hub & Switch Mana g ement f[...]

HP H ub & Swit ch Ma nageme nt Ad mi n HP Admin P a rameters The parame te rs ar e br iefly descri be d be low . For mo re info rmat io n, se e t he HP Admin o n lin e he lp. Network Parameters Ne twork par a me te rs ena bl e you to se t va lue s and be havio r for ne twork devic e communic at ion and Cl oseup V iew ac ti vi ty . The parame t [...]

HP Hub & Switch Mana g e ment Admi n HP Admin Par a me ters th e a t ta c hed devi ce s ap pe ar s. Wh en t he devi ce sym bol i s in th e e xecutabl e stat e (a box appear s a r ound t he symbol) a nd you do uble -c lick o n it, a Clo s eup Vi ew o f the d evi ce ap pear s. HP A dmin gives you t w o c h eck boxe s i n th e Ma ke Devi c e Sy mb[...]

HP H ub & Swit ch Ma nageme nt Ad mi n HP Admin P a rameters T abl e 10-2. Use r In terfac e Paramet e rs HP Hub & Switch M anageme nt Ad mi n Parameter D es cr iption Us er Leve l • T hi s pa ra mete r controls HP Hub & Switch Manage ment message s to th e us er . Ther e ar e 3 use r-l eve l parameters: • Beginne r ( U se r Le vel [...]

HP Hub & Switch Mana g e ment Admi n HP Admin Par a me ters Graph O p tions P a rameters HP A dmi n grap h op ti ons parame ter s en able yo u to cont ro l diff erent a sp ects of th e g ra phi ng fe at ure . The parame ter s ar e de scribed in th e f o llowi ng ta ble . T abl e 10-3. Graph Op ti on Pa ramet e rs Pa ramete r Des criptio n Gr ap[...]

HP H ub & Swit ch Ma nageme nt Ad mi n HP Admin P a rameters Print e r Confi g urati on Paramet e rs Ne tw ork mana gement a ppl ica t ion s that impl emen t pr int e r suppor t on X W i nd ow systems ca n use the Print Co nfigu rati on di alo g bo x t o configure print er co nfigu ra ti on parame ters. HP Hub & Switch M anageme nt Ad mi n [...]

HP Hub & Switch Mana g e ment Admi n HP Admin Par a me ters T abl e 10-4. Printe r C onf igura t io n Pa rameters Paramete r D es cr iption Se t As De fau lt Sets th e p r inte r select ed in the “I ns talled Pr in te rs” bo x as t h e defa ul t pr in te r . Re move Re move s a sel ect ed pr in te r f ro m the “Ins ta lled Pri nte rs ” [...]

HP H ub & Swit ch Ma nageme nt Ad mi n HP Admin P a rameters HP Hub & Switch M anageme nt Ad mi n Figure 10-3. OpenV ie w Confi gurat i on Opt ions The opti on s are desc ribe d in more de ta il h ere. ForceM apUpdate s. If th e a ttr ibut es (na me of ico n , ap plic at ion name ) of a symb ol ar e chan ged, fo r ex ampl e, duri ng an upda[...]

HP Hub & Switch Mana g e ment Admi n HP Admin Par a me ters Distr i bute d C ons ole. HP Hub & S witch Managemen t i s started remot el y when you use Net w ork Node Ma na ger’ s Dist ri but e d C onsol e f eat ur e f r om a clien t stat ion . The program “ov exec” displays a pop -up w i ndow in wh ic h you en ter a p a ssword f o r t[...]

HP H ub & Swit ch Ma nageme nt Ad mi n HP Admin P a rameters HP Hub & Switch M anageme nt Ad mi n 10-1 4[...]

11 Management for Non-B r owserable Dev i ce s This c hapter pr ovid es a summary of hub, bridge , an d swit ch managem en t f unc ti ons f or device s t hat ca nno t be mana ged w ith the W e b bro w ser interface. It in clud es th e follo wi ng to pics: ■ About Cl oseup V iews ■ Overvie w of T o olbar Fun ctio ns Use the o nlin e h elp fo r m[...]

Manageme nt for Non- Brow se r abl e De vi ce s A bou t Cl ose up Vi ews Displayi n g the Closeup V i ew Y ou ca n disp l ay a C los eu p View in sev eral ways, i n cl udin g t he fo llo wi ng: ■ Fr om an HP Open View map, us e the le ft mo us e butt on an d do ub le -c lick on a hub , br idg e , or sw it ch symbol. ■ On an HP OpenView map, sel[...]

Manageme nt fo r No n- Br ow sera bl e Dev ices Ab out Clos eup V iews The n umber of Clo s eup Views that you can di splay a t one tim e de pend s on your free system re so urce s avai labl e ( such as avai la ble memory ). If th e HP devic e ca n be mana ged with y our b r owse r , the menu option SNMP Configure HP Hu b/Sw itch wil l also disp la[...]

Manageme nt for Non- Brow se r abl e De vi ce s Ov ervi ew of To ol ba r Fu nctio ns Hub L A N P o rts The C l oseup V i ew all ows you to vie w each h ub por t a nd de term ine por t st at us. Port st atus can be de term ine d by the por t ico n symb ol a nd co lor s displ aye d. Y ou c an i ndiv i duall y sele ct an y por t on a Clo s eup Vi ew b[...]

Manageme nt fo r No n- Br ow sera bl e Dev ices Ov er vi ew of To ol ba r Fu nctio ns T abl e 11-1. Su mmar y of T o olbar Funct ions Icon T oolba r But t on Des c ription Port St atisti cs Di spl ay s ga uges for viewi ng s tat is tica l co un ters f or a segm ent and se lected por ts on th e segme nt. • H ub s: gaug es for LA N Activ ity , Er r[...]

Manageme nt for Non- Brow se r abl e De vi ce s Ov ervi ew of To ol ba r Fu nctio ns T abl e 11-1. Su mmar y of T o olbar Funct ions Icon T o ol ba r Bu tt on Descri pti on Diagnose Display s a pop- u p menu list of de vice or ne twor k test fu nc tion s. The test s t hat ca n be p erfor med depen d on the ty pe of de vi ce. Securi ty Display s a t[...]

Manageme nt fo r No n- Br ow sera bl e Dev ices Ov er vi ew of To ol ba r Fu nctio ns T abl e 11-1. Su mmar y of T o olbar Funct ions Icon T oolba r But t on Des c ription Pr oper ti es Di spl ay s a dialog box that al lows yo u to vie w or change in fo rmat io n about a se lec ted VLAN or s egment : • P or t numbe r • Nam e of VL AN • C onne[...]

Manageme nt for Non- Brow se r abl e De vi ce s Ov ervi ew of To ol ba r Fu nctio ns Confi g uratio n F u nct i on s The Conf ig urat ion bu tton disp l ays a menu that al lows yo u to perform c onfigurat ion f unc ti on s f or the de vice . Th e menu items displa y ed dep end on t he typ e of de vice . See t he onl ine help fo r de ta il s about t[...]

Append ix A Ag ent Fi rmware V e rsio ns A Appendix A Appendix A cont ai ns t he fol l ow ing to pic s: ■ Ag ent Fi rmw a re V e rsion s ■ Prepar ing Netw or k Devi ces ■ Globally A ssigned IP Ne t wor k Addresse s ■ Config urin g I P Par am ete rs Agent Firmware V ersions HP Hub & Swit ch Mana gement c ommuni ca te s w ith ne t wor k d[...]

A ppend ix A Pr epar ing Ne twork Dev i ce s Fo r HP d evice s, u s e an ex is ti ng ve rsi o n o f HP Hub & Swit ch Mana gemen t or other device m anagement utility . Update the devi ce’s sof t wa re or fi rmware to the curren t s upport ed version. Not e: HP Hub & Switch Manag e ment ma y be able to dis c over devices th at hav e pr evi[...]

Append ix A Confi gur in g IP Par ame ter s bridg e. Globally Assi gned IP Net w ork Addresses If y ou in te nd to conne ct yo ur n etw ork to ot her ne tw or ks t hat us e g l oba lly admin i st er ed I P addresse s, He wlett- Packar d stron gly re c omm ends t ha t y ou use IP a ddr esses th at have been assi gned to yo u. Ther e is a f orm al pr[...]

A ppend ix A Conf i gur ing I P Pa rameters The net w ork ma na geme nt st ation is co nfigure d for IP usin g t he TCP/I P st ac k utilities. T o conf igure a device fo r IP , you ty pic a lly connec t to t h e d evice’s console po rt an d use the c onsole po rt int e rfac e . (Ref er t o the de vice’s in st al- la tion manual f or more inf o [...]

Append ix A Confi gur in g IP Par ame ter s na me “public” on t h e d e vice to a llo w the dev i ce to be disc ove r e d and manag e d by HP Hub and Swi tch M a nagement. T y picall y , the co mmunity name on H P hubs and bri d ges will auto matical ly defa ult to “publi c ”. T o config ur e a device fo r IP ne twor ks, us e the device’s[...]

A ppend ix A Conf i gur ing I P Pa rameters Append ix A A- 6[...]

Index A Acknowle dge Ale r ts … 5 -5 Add Ne w Ba ckup L i nk … 6 -1 0 Addres s Re so lution Protocol … 7 -1 2 Add re ss Se lection … 8- 4 agent software … A-1 agen t sy st e m … 3-3 Al ert Lo g … 5- 3, 7- 3 aler ts … 6 -2 cl osing … 5-4 first time in sta ll info r mat ion … 5-6 Ale r ts pa ge … 7 -3 ARP … 7 -1 3 ARP, cach e [...]

Dev i ce I D, de fi ne d … 11- 4 Dev i ce V iew … 6- 5 devi c e s, chai ned … 3-4 DHCP … 7-8 Diag no se de fi ne d … 11-6 disa ble po rt … 8-6 Disa ble Po r t , defin ed … 11 -6 Disab l e S elect ed Po rt s … 6- 9 DISP LAY va ri able, X W i ndow s … 4-2 Distribu ted Console … 10 -11, 10 -13 Dy namic Ho st Confi g ur at ion Pr ot[...]

Mana gemen t Se rve r setting URL … 7 -17 mana ge r SN MP mana ge r system … 3 -3 Mana ge r, wi th passwo rd … 8-2 Modi fy Selec t ed Po rts … 7-8 moni tor po rt … 7-10 Move Se lect ed Ports … 6-6 mu lt ic as t packet s … 6- 5 queri e rs … 7-14 traffic … 7-14 mu lt ic asts … 6 -4 N Ne two r k N o de Manage r desc ri pt ion … 3[...]

sec u ri ty de fi ne d … 11-6 intrusion s … 8 -7 po lic y … 8-7 vi ol at ion … 6-9 Se lect All Po rts … 6-6 Se nd Al arm … 8- 5 se nsitiv ity … 6- 7, 7- 6 hi gh … 5-5, 6- 7 low … 5- 5, 6- 7 medi um … 5-5, 6- 7 th reshol d le ve l … 5- 4 Se rvice Ad ve rt is ing Proto col … 7 -1 3 Set As De fault, printe r … 1 0 -1 1 Se t S[...]