3Com 3900 manual

® http://www.3com.com/ W eb Ma nageme nt User Guide For the SuperStac k ® II Switch 3900 and Swi tch 9300 Part No. 10012 703 Publ ished Augus t 1999[...]

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C ONT ENTS A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Conventions 5 Y ea r 2000 Com pliance 6 1 W EB M ANAG EMENT O VERVIEW Web Management Overview 8 Browser and P la t form Re quir e ments 9 Color Recommen dations 9 Browser Support 9 Platform Requirements 10 Embedd ed Web Mana gement Applications 1 0 Interfa ce Desc r iption 11 WebConsole T ab 13 Configuration W izard 1[...]

Launching Web Manage ment A pplications 2 5 Managing a Single Device 25 Launching the Form-Specific He lp 25 Laun ching the WebManag e Framework 25 Enabling E-mail Notification for Status Log 25 Logging Out 25 2 I NSTALLATIO N AN D S ETUP Installing Suppleme nta l T ools 27 W indows Installation 27 UNI X Help Instal latio n 28 Setti ng Up the Form-[...]

A BOUT T HIS G UI DE The W eb Management s oftwar e is a suite of HTML-bas ed appli cations that is ship ped wit h the Super Stack ® II S witch 390 0 and Sw itch 93 00. This g uide describ es the softwar e, includin g an overv iew and infor m atio n on in stallation an d set up. This gui de is inten ded for n etwork administ rators who are respons[...]

6 A BOU T T HIS G UIDE Y ear 2000 Compli ance For in form atio n on Y ear 2 000 compl iance an d 3Com produc ts, visi t the 3Co m Y ea r 200 0 Web pa ge: http :/ /w ww.3c om .c om/p ro ducts /y r2 000. ht ml Ta b l e 2 T ext Conventions Conventi on Des cri pt ion Scr ee n di splay s This ty peface repr esents inf ormation as it app ears on the scre[...]

1 W EB M ANA GEMEN T O VE RV IE W This c hapter d esc ribes t he compon ents in the W eb Management s uit e of app licati ons for t he SuperS tack ® II Swit ch 3 900 a nd Sw itch 9300. T he ch apter co vers th ese to pic s: ■ W eb Ma na gemen t Ove r vie w ■ Embed ded W eb Ma nagem ent Appli cations ■ Installa ble Web Ma nag ement T ools ■[...]

8 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Web M anagem ent Over view Th e Web Ma nag ement suite o f featu r es c on sists of e mbe dded Web Mana ge ment a pplicatio ns and installabl e tools: ■ Embed ded W eb Mana geme nt appl icati ons — Use the embed ded Web M anage me nt appl ication s for most of your dev ice con figurat ion an d m anagem[...]

Web Manageme nt Overview 9 Browser and P latform Requi r ements The Web M anage men t suite of a ppl ication s ha s cert ain d epende ncies , as descri bed in this sec tion. Co lor Re commenda tions The mi nim um grap hics c apa bility is S VGA (80 0x600 resol ution). For best pe rfo rma nc e, use XGA (10 24x 768 re so lut i on). Br owser Suppo rt [...]

10 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Platform R equirements T abl e 3 li sts the platform s that you need for each of the Web Ma nagemen t fea tures. Embe dded Web Man age me nt Ap plic atio n s W ith t he emb edde d Web M anage me nt appl icat ions, you c an m ana ge your system using a Web browser . The e mbe dded Web Mana gem ent a pplica[...]

Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 11 Figure 2 Parts of the W eb Management Opening Scr een (3900 shown) Interfa ce Description The screen f or t he embe d ded Web M ana gem ent ap plication s i s divide d int o thr ee areas, show n in Figure 2 and describ ed her e: ■ T ab s pane l — At the t op o f the We b Mana gem ent screen, the T ab s[...]

12 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W ■ Perform ance tab — When y ou select this t ab , t he menu tr ee li sts cha rts t hat supp ort dyn amic monitori ng. See “Perf o rmanc e T ab” on pa ge 20 for more details. ■ He lp tab — When you selec t this tab, the menu tr ee lists the Help configu ratio n for m an d links to 3Co m suppo r[...]

Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 13 We bCon sole T ab I n the Web Console appli c atio n, the menu t ree o f folder s contains icons f or opti ons th at y ou c an c ha nge to m ana ge y our dev ic e. Cl ick a n ic on t o view th e re late d confi guratio n form. Using t he W ebConsol e T o m od ify ma ny of the pa ram eters a nd at tribute s[...]

14 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Conf igurat ion W izar d The W e bConsol e menu tree al so cont ains an icon calle d Define Wizard for the T runk Def initi on configu ration wi z ar d . Use th e wizar d to cr eate valid conf igur ations, modify att ributes a nd param eter s, and prevent common confi g ura tion mishaps. See Figur e 4. T [...]

Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 15 De viceV iew T ab The Dev iceView appli cation a ctive ly monitors the devi ce and allows you to conf igure sys tem and fr ont-panel p ort para m ete rs in r eal -time. T o use the Devic eV iew appl ication , click t he D evice Vie w tab on the Web Manageme nt opening sc ree n to laun ch the devi c e image[...]

16 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W About th e Dev ice Image As y ou mov e yo ur po inter ov er the i mag e, a b lue border ou tlines t he p art of th e devi ce imag e un der you r p oint er . Click an element in th e device i mage in the DeviceVi ew workspace (s hown in Figu re 5), a conf iguration form appea rs below the i mag e. See F ig[...]

Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 17 Conf igurin g Paramete rs in De vic eView T o config ur e a parameter : 1 Cli ck the image of th e are a that y o u want to co nfigur e: ■ T o vi ew and modi fy system -level par am e ters, c lick a n ywhe re al o ng th e outlin e of th e chassis i mag e. ■ T o v iew a nd m odify por t -level p aram et[...]

18 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Usi ng S tatus Loggin g Devic eView has a Stat u s Log th at moni tors sy stem an d p ort chang es on the device a n d disp lays th e eve nts i n a log. Se e Figure 7. Figure 7 Status Log in Devi ceView (3900 Shown) For In te rnet Exp lorer , you may want to fol low the in stru c tio ns to im prove Stat u[...]

Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 19 Figure 8 De vic e View Configur ation Form (3900 Shown) 3 In t he Stat us Logg ing field, select enabl ed. For inform ation on o ther options, cli ck Help. 4 Click Ap ply . 5 In t he menu tree, c lic k Status Lo g and con figure the option s for e- mailing system or p ort cha nges. For inf ormat ion on the[...]

20 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Performa nce T ab Y ou can m onit or cer tain a spec ts of your n etwo rk per form ance w ith cha rts of l ive act ivity . See the H elp fo r infor matio n on ch oosing op tions that do no t affec t networ k p erfo rmance. See C hapter 2 for Help install ation. Using the Perform anc e Features T o la un c[...]

Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 21 T o c ustom ize you r Perfo rma nce m onitor ing sc r e en: 1 On th e Web M anage me nt openi ng scree n, click the Performan c e tab. Th e Ethe r net me nu tr ee appears . 2 I n the menu tr ee, click the Configur ation op ti on. The We b M oni to rin g conf igurati o n fo rm appear s. See Fi gure 9 . 3 I [...]

22 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Help T ab The f ourth tab of the Web Man ageme nt op ening sc r een con tains the se lin ks: ■ The Hel p conf igurat ion f orm — After you install the Help fi les (see Chapt er 2), t ype the pa th t o the di re cto ry in w hic h you inst alled you r Help files. Click Apply to comple te th e softwa re [...]

Inst allabl e Web Mana gement T ools 23 Usin g We bManag e Framework Use the W ebManage Framework t o organize the device s that yo u manage i nto easily ac cess ible gr oups. Y ou can als o creat e a folder for each g r o up, a s shown in F igure 10 an d desc ribed next. For b est resul ts, fi rst create t he folders, then c r eat e the li nk to t[...]

24 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Usi ng th e Form -Specific He lp Files Each co nfigurat ion form ha s a Help button a nd one or more related He lp topic s. See Fi gure 11 . Ma ny Help fo rms have ad dition al link s in the Help b a nner a nd at t he bott om of the p age, inc ludi ng a link to t he HT ML vers ion of t he I mplementat ion[...]

Launchi ng W eb Man agemen t Applicat i o ns 25 Launchi ng Web Man age me nt Ap plic atio n s Depe ndin g on wh ich op tiona l files yo u decide t o inst all, you ca n m anage a s ingle d evic e, acce ss Help f rom eac h for m , use We b Manage F ramewor k to or ganize y our a ccess t o multiple devic es, or e nable e-ma il not ification of St atus[...]

26 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W[...]

2 I NSTA LL ATI ON AND S ETUP This ch apter co vers in stalla tion an d set up for t he add itional tools t hat yo u can instal l on your sy stem : ■ Inst alling Supplemen tal T ools ■ Setti ng Up the Form- Speci fic Help Fil es Ins talli ng Supplem ental T ools Use the file c a lled webm anag v3 0. exe to launch the wizar d that insta lls som [...]

28 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION AND S ETUP 3 Double- click th e file and foll ow the inst ructio ns in the wiz ard . Thr ee installa tion opt ions are prov ided: ■ Cu sto m — I nstalls o ne or m ore supp lemen tal Web M anage men t co mpo nent s. ■ He lp Files In stall — I ns tal ls on ly th e fo rm -sp ec ifi c H e lp fil es fo r t he Web Man[...]

Se tting Up the For m -Spe cifi c Help Fi les 29 Sett ing Up th e Form- Specifi c Help File s T o access Help for the s ystem, i nstall t he supplement al Help fil es o n your work station or server using H elp Fil es Install or T ypica l in the installation wizar d. See “Win dows Instal lation” or “UNIX Help Inst all ation” earli er in th [...]

30 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION AND S ETUP 4 Click Ap ply . The sy stem displa y s a mess age that ind icates th at th e Hel p Server h as been se t properly . 5 To link the f orm-s peci fic H elp to W eb Manage m ent, s el ect any i tem in the menu tr ee on the Web Cons ole opening sc reen. Then clic k the Help butt on on a ny f orm. Help is now conf[...]

3 T R O UBLE SHOOTIN G Th is ch ap te r c o ver s th e fo ll ow in g to pi cs: ■ Browser Issue s ■ T roublesh ooting t he Web M ana gemen t Soft ware Browser I ssues In addit ion t o the t ips in thi s secti on, see S ystem Issues a nd Kn own Pr o blem s for W eb Management in th e rel ease notes th at ar e shipped with you r produc t, or t h e[...]

32 C HAPTER 3: T ROUBLESHOOTING Impr oving Dev iceV iew Certai n Status L og opt ions all ow you t o sen d e-ma il messa ges regar d ing sys tem and port st atus chan ges to one or mor e e-mai l addr esses. T o access these e -mai l options, instal l the addition al Web Ma nagem ent files and enable Stat us Logging. See Ch apter 2 for i n f ormatio[...]

Brow ser Is sues 33 Figur e 14 T rusted Sites Zone D ial og Box 5 Click t he Add Sites bu tton. 6 In t he Ad d th is Web s it e to th e z on e fi e ld, ty p e ht tp :/ / pl us t he IP address of t he dev ice th at you w an t to m anage t hrough W eb Ma nagemen t. Th is in formati on is add ed i n the Web sites fie ld . Clear t h e Req ui re s erv e[...]

34 C HAPTER 3: T ROUBLESHOOTING Figur e 15 Securi ty Settings Dialog Box 5 Sel ect Jav a Custo m Setti ngs. The Inte r net zone dialo g box appear s (Fig ur e 16). Figur e 16 Edit Permis sions T ab[...]

Troubl eshooting the We b Man agemen t Sof t war e 35 6 Sel ect the Ed it Permi ssions tab . I f the op ti ons l iste d un de r Unsign ed Conte nt c anno t be co nfigured , ve rify that you are us ing the la test ver sion of Inte rnet Expl orer . 7 In t he Ru n Un signed Con tent c hoice s, click the Enab le op tion button. 8 Click OK to cl ose the[...]

36 C HAPTER 3: T ROUBLESHOOTING If you m od ify your classp ath an d do not inc lude t he 3C om d ir ect ories (and possibly if yo u d o not li st th em bef ore any othe r director ies in your classpa th), the Web Manage men t compon ents ma y fail to r un properl y . In W ind ows 9 5, your CLAS SP A TH is set in t he au toex ec .b at file. It usua[...]