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CH A P T E R 3-1 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM This chapter provides deta ils on using SGM to discover and manage your ITP networks . It include s the following sec tions: • Becoming the Root User (Solaris Only), page 3 -2 • Config uring SNMP , page 3-2 • Discovering the Network, page[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Becoming the Root Us er (Solaris Only) 3-2 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Printing SGM W ind ow s, page 3-398 • Connecting to a N e w Server , page 3-399 • Integr ating SGM with Other Prod ucts, page 3-401 • Using the W indo ws Start Menu , page 3-403 Becoming the Root Us[...]

3-3 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Configuring SNMP Note If you want to chang e SNMP settings, do so befor e runn ing Disco very . T o change SNMP settings in SG M: Step 1 Start the SGM client, as descr ibed in the “Starting SGM” section on page 2-2 . Step 2 Select Edit > SNMP[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Configuring SNMP 3-4 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 4 (Optional) T o change the IP address or DNS name of a node, select the node and enter the ne w address or name in the IP Address Range or Hostname fie ld . • IP addresses use the format x . x . x . x , where each x has on[...]

3-5 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Configuring SNMP Step 8 (Optional) If you det ermine that SGM polls a node too often, or not often enough, you can change the poll interv al. T o change the time, in minutes, between polls for a node, select the node and enter the ne w interv al in [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-6 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Discovering the Network SGM uses a Discovery process to popula te the SGM databa se, discovering the nodes, signaling points, li nksets, and links in your netw ork. Y ou c an run Discovery if SGM User-Based A cce ss is disa[...]

3-7 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network T o disco ver the net work in SGM: Step 1 Start the SGM client, as descr ibed in the “Starting SGM” section on page 2-2 . Step 2 Select Edit > Netw ork Discovery from the SGM Main Menu. SGM displays the Di sc over y D [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-8 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 4 Load one or more seed nodes, u sing one of the foll ow ing procedures: • Enter the name or IP address of a seed node in the IP Address or DNS Hostname f ield, and click Add Node . SGM displays details of the SNMP s[...]

3-9 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network – Size (bytes) —Size of the seed f ile or folder , in bytes. – Make this my pr eferred start option —Speci fi es whether t he select ed seed fi le is to be loaded automat ically whene ver this SGM cli ent is started o[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-10 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-4 Discovery P anel Step 6 (Optional) Specify the e xtent of the network disco very . • T o discover the entire netwo rk, select t he Entire Network checkbox. This is called r ecursive discovery , and it is the d[...]

3-11 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network If you run D iscovery with Entir e Ne twork cleared, then you run Discovery with Entire Netw ork selected, any Unmanaged nodes in the first Discovery are not rediscov ered by the second Discov ery . T o recov er from this si[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-12 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 8 Click Dis cover Netwo rk to begin Disco very . When Discov ery begins: • The Discover Network b utton is grayed-out. • The “Discovery In Progress” message is displayed at the bottom of t he Di sc over y D i [...]

3-13 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network Figur e 3-5 Discov e ry P anel with Disco ver ed Nodes By default, SGM displays all of the columns in the Disco vered Nodes section exc ept Internal I D , ITP Uptime , Reboot Reas on , and Last Status Change . T o display th[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-14 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Discov ered Nodes section displays the following information for each discov ered node: • Internal ID— Internal ID o f the e vent. The internal ID is a unique ID for e very e vent, link, link set, signaling po int,[...]

3-15 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network • ITP MIB Level— MIB conformance le vel used b y the ITP , such as ITP MB 5 . • ITP Uptime— T ime the ITP has been up, in weeks, days, h ours, minutes, and seconds. • Reboot Reason — Reason for the last reboot of[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-16 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – W aiti ng (gray ball) —The node is in the Discover y queue but is n ot currently being di scov ered. – W arning (yellow ball) —The node i s acti ve, but on e or more associated signaling points, linksets, or link[...]

3-17 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network If the status reason is Unsupported Conf iguration , correct the configuration and enter the sgm cleandiscov er command to delete all curr ent network data and begin a clean discov ery of the IT P ne twork. If the status rea[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Discovering the Network 3-18 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-6 Sav e File Dialog : Seed File List Dialog The Sav e File Dialog: Seed File List dialog contains the f o llo wing f ields: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a f ile or a folder . ?[...]

3-19 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Discovering the Network • Make this my preferr ed s tart option —Specifies whether the selected seed file is t o be loaded automatically whene ver this SGM cl ient is started or the Discov ery Dialog is opened. By defau lt, this ch eckbox is cl[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Configuring Seed Files 3-20 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Y ou can run Discov ery multiple times to attempt to discov e r additional nodes based on the IP address def ined in the Stream Control T ransmission Protocol (SCTP) linksets. If you are usin g a separate management VLAN to[...]

3-21 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Configuring Seed Files Step 4 When you are ready to sa ve the list of seed nodes in a new seed f ile, se lect File > Sa ve As from the Disco very Dialog menu. SGM displays the Sa ve File Dialog: Seed File List dial og ( Figure 3-6 ). The Sav e F[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Configuring Seed Files 3-22 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Modifying an Existing Seed File T o modify an existing seed file in SGM: Step 1 Select Edit > Netw ork Discovery from the SGM Main Menu. SGM displays the Di sc over y D i al og ( Figure 3-2 ). Step 2 Select the Seed Sett[...]

3-23 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Configuring Seed Files Step 6 When you are ready to sav e the modif i ed seed file, use on e of the follo wing procedures: • T o sav e the changes you hav e made to the seed file without chang ing the name of the f ile, select File > Sav e fro[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Configuring Seed Files 3-24 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Note If another user modif ies and sav es the seed f ile before you sa ve your changes, SGM asks if you want to o verwrite that user’ s changes. If you ch oose to do so, the other user’ s changes are ov erwritten and lo[...]

3-25 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Configuring Seed Files When you sav e and name the seed file, keep the fo llo wing considerations in mind: • Y ou can use any letters, numbers, or ch aracters in the name that are allo wed by your operating system . • SGM sav es the seed file w[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Views 3-26 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Working with Views When SGM discov ers your network, all disco vered nodes, signalin g points, linksets, and lin ks are placed in a DEF A UL T conf iguration view , which is stored on the SGM server and shared by all SGM client[...]

3-27 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Vie ws If your personal def ault vie w has been deleted, then the next time you launch t he client SGM informs you that your default vie w has been deleted and that your vie w has been reset to th e DEF A UL T vie w . T o choose anothe[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Views 3-28 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-7 Networ k View Editor Window The Nodes panel and Signaling Points panel display: • New nodes and signaling poin ts that ha ve been fo und by SGM. • All nodes and signaling poi nts that are in the curren t vie w . [...]

3-29 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Vie ws Step 4 (Optional) The Nodes In Cu rrent V iew table lists the no des that are in the current vie w . If there are nodes listed in the No des In Curren t V i ew table that you do not want to manage, you can remo ve them from the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Views 3-30 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 When SGM discovers one or more ne w node s in the network, SGM also takes the follo wing actions: • SGM broadcasts the discovery of the ne w nodes to all SGM clie nts. • SGM displays the te xt (New Nodes Exist) in the botto[...]

3-31 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Vie ws Step 8 (Optional) The Signaling Po ints Excluded from V iew table lists the sign aling points that ha ve been excl uded from the current vie w . T o add these signaling points to the current v ie w , select them in the Signaling[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Views 3-32 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 10 When you are satisfied with the changes you hav e made to the view , use one of the follo wing procedures to sa ve the vie w: • T o sav e the changes you hav e made to the vie w without changing the name of the file, [...]

3-33 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Vie ws The Sav e File Dialog: V iew List di alog contains the follo wing f ields: – Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a f ile or a folder . – Name —Name of the vie w fil e or folder . – Last Modif ied [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Views 3-34 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 SGM stores the vie w in the view f ile directory on the SGM server: – If you installed SG M in the def ault directory , /opt , then the SGM vie w file di rectory is /opt /CSCOsgm/views . – If you installed SGM i n a dif fer[...]

3-35 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Vie ws Loading the DEFAULT View T o load the DEF A UL T network vie w: Step 1 Select Edit > Network V iews from the SGM Main Menu. SGM displays t he Network V iew Editor windo w ( Figure 3-7 ). Step 2 Select File > Load DEF A UL [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Views 3-36 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-9 Load File Dialog: View List Dialog The Load File Dialog: V iew List di alog contains the follo wing fields: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a f ile or a folder . • Name —Name of t[...]

3-37 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets SGM closes the Load File Dial og: V iew List di alog, loads the vie w , and returns to the Network V iew Editor window . T o close the Load File Dialog : V ie w List dialog without load ing a vie w , click Cancel . Working wit[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-38 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing Basic Information for Linksets T o vie w basic information for linksets, select Linksets in the left pane of the SGM Main Wi ndow . SGM displa ys the Linkset Windo w ( Figure 3-10 ). Figure 3-1 0 Linkset Window The L[...]

3-39 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Y ou can resize each column, or sort the table b ased on the information in one of the column s. See the “Resizing, Sorting, and Hiding T able Columns” section on page 3-279 for more details. The Linkset W indow displ ays [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-40 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Events —Indicates whether there is a recent ev ent associated with the linkset. – T o delete the e vent icon from SGM displays for a specif ic linkset, for thi s SGM client only , select the linkset and click the ico[...]

3-41 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets – Not ITP Device – Not Configur ed for ITP – MIB Data Error – SNMP Exception – SignalingP oint Inactive – Linkset Inactive – Link Congested – Link Send Utilization Threshold Exceeded – Link Receive Utilizatio[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-42 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing Detailed Information for a Linkset SGM can display detailed information abo ut a selected linkset, including its associated links, status , and other informati on. T o display detailed informati on for a linkset, u s[...]

3-43 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Changes you make in this p ane might not be reflected through out SGM until the next poll (by d efault, e very 15 seconds) . For inf ormation about changi ng the polling interv al, see the “V iewing Deta iled Infor mat ion f[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-44 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Ty p e — T ype of link. Possible link types are: – HSL —The link uses the SS7-ov er-A TM (Asynchronous T ransfer Mode) high-speed p rotocol. – SCTPIP —The link uses the Stream Contr ol T ransmission Protocol (S[...]

3-45 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets • Events— Indicates whether there is a recent event associated with the link. – T o dele te the event icon from SGM di splays fo r a spec ific link, select the link and click the ico n. – T o delete the e vent icon fro[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-46 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Unknown (r ed ball) —Either the node associated with this link has failed to respond to an SNMP request , or SGM found that th e link no longer exists. When you physically delete a link, the Status f ield displays Unkn[...]

3-47 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets – Link Remote Interface Inactive – Link Inactive If the cell is too sm all to sho w all of the sta tus reason, place the cursor over the cell to see the full status reason in a mouse o ver help popup. The status re asons a[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-48 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Unknown (r ed ball) —Either the node associated with this linkset has failed to respond to an SNMP request, or SGM fo und that the l inkset no longer e xists. – W arning (yel low ball) —The link set is acti ve, but[...]

3-49 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets If the status reason is Unsupported Conf iguration , correct the configuration and enter the sgm cleandiscov er command to delete all curr ent network data and begin a clean discov ery of the IT P ne twork. If the status reaso[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-50 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Is Ignored— Indicates whether the linkset is Ignored (that is, wheth er the linkset is to be included w hen aggregati ng and displaying SGM status inform ation) . • Inbound A CL— Inbound IP access control li st (A [...]

3-51 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Figure 3-12 Recent Events T able f or a Linkset By default, SGM displays all of the columns in the table e xcept Internal ID , Note , Ack By , Ack Time , Node , SP , Linkset , and Link . T o disp lay these columns, or to h ide[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-52 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Recent Events table di splays the follo wing information for the selected linkset: • Internal ID— Internal ID o f the e vent. The internal ID is a unique ID for e very e vent, link, link set, signaling po int, and n [...]

3-53 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets – Status —Status change message g enerated. – Tr a p —SNMP trap me ssage genera ted. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM Ev ent Config uration File (Solaris Only )” section on page 5-26 for m[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-54 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Link— Name of the link associat ed with the e vent. If there is no link associated with the e vent, None is displayed. • Message— T ext of the message. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM E[...]

3-55 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Figur e 3-13 Statistics Details Window for a Linkset Updates for the linksets that are receiv ed from the SGM server are reflected automatically in this wi ndo w . Changes you make in thi s windo w might not be reflected throu[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-56 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Configuration Data Tab: Naming Information T o vie w naming information for the selected linkset, select the Conf iguration Data tab . The Naming Information sub-sect ion displays the follo wing information for the selected [...]

3-57 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets – Not Configur ed for ITP – MIB Data Error – SNMP Exception – SignalingP oint Inactive – Linkset Inactive – Link Congested – Link Send Utilization Threshold Exceeded – Link Receive Utilization Thr eshold Exceed[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-58 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Configuration Data Tab: General Information T o vie w general information for the selected li nkset, select the Conf iguration Data tab . The General Information sub -section displays the fol low ing information for the sele[...]

3-59 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Configuration Data Tab: Links Information T o vie w links information fo r the selected linkset, select th e Conf iguration Data tab . The Links Information sub-section disp lays the follo wing in formation for the selected li[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-60 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Recent Events section enables you to perform ev ent-related tasks, such as setting f ilters and ackn owledgi ng e vents. For more i nformation about these t asks, see the “W orking with Even ts” section on page 3-235[...]

3-61 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets – Status —Status change message g enerated. – Tr a p —SNMP trap me ssage genera ted. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM Ev ent Config uration File (Solaris Only )” section on page 5-26 for m[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-62 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Link— Name of the link associat ed with the e vent. If there is no link associated with the e vent, None is displayed. • Message— T ext of the message. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM E[...]

3-63 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets The Packet Information sub-section disp lays the following info rmation for the selected link: • Sent Per Sec— Number of pack ets sent by the linkset per second. This f ield initially displays th e phrase W aiting f or sec[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-64 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Statistics Tab: Utilization Information T o vie w utilization information for the selected linkset, select the Statistics tab. The Utilization Informati on sub-section displays t he follo w ing information for the select ed [...]

3-65 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets • Receive Utilization— Amount of the linkset ’ s receiv e capacity being used, as a percentage or in Erlangs (as set in the Preferences windo w), calculated using the fol lowing formula: Receive Utilization = (Bits Recei[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-66 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Charts Tab: ReceivedUtilization T o view real-time ReceivedUtilization info rmation for the select ed linkset, select the Charts tab . SGM displays the Receiv edUtilization chart ( Figure 3-14 ). Figur e 3-14 ReceivedUtiliza[...]

3-67 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets The Receiv edUtilization chart dis plays th e followi ng informatio n for t he selected linkset: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d at[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-68 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Received Utilization Chart , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or for the a verag[...]

3-69 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Charts Tab: SendUtilization T o vie w real-time SendUtilizatio n information for the selected li nkset, select the Charts tab . SGM displays the SendUtilization chart ( Figure 3-15 ). Figure 3-15 SendUtilization Chart f or a L[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-70 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The SendUtilization chart di splays the follo wing information for the selected linkset: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata is d[...]

3-71 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Send Utilization Chart , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or for the a verage from[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-72 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Charts Tab: PktsRcvdPerSec T o view real-ti me packets-recei ved-per-s econd information for the selected link, select the Charts tab. SGM displays the Pk tsRcvdPerS ec chart ( Figure 3-16 ). Figure 3-16 PktsRcvdP erSec Char[...]

3-73 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets The PktsRcvdPerSec chart displays the following information for the selected link: SGM displays the follo wing information in the PktsRcv dPerSec chart: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-74 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Packets Received Chart , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or for the a verage fr[...]

3-75 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Figure 3-1 7 PktsSentP e rSec Chart f o r a Linkset The PktsSentPerSec chart displays the follo wing information for the sel ected link: SGM displays the follo wing information in the PktsSentP erSec chart: • Linkset —Drop[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-76 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Packets Sent Chart —Displays the Packets Sent P er Sec for the links et as a function of time, i ncluding data for up to 16 l inks. T o see the exact time and data coordinates for a data point, left-cl ick the data poi[...]

3-77 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Charts Tab: BitsRcvdPerSec T o vie w real-time bits- receiv ed-per-sec ond information for the sel ected link (or bytes-recei ved-per -second info rmation, if you cleared the Show Details in Bi ts Instead of Bytes checkbox in [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-78 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The BitsRcvdPerSec chart displays the fo llowin g information for the selected link: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata is displ[...]

3-79 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Bits Receiv ed Chart or Bytes Received Chart , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-80 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-1 9 BitsSentPerSec Char t for a Linkset The BitsSentPerSec chart d isplays the follo wing information for the selected lin k: SGM displays the follo wing information in the Bit sSentPerSec or BytesSentPerSec chart: [...]

3-81 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets • Bits Sent Chart or Bytes Sent Chart —Displays t he Bits Sent Per Sec or Bytes Sent Per Sec for the linkset as a functi on of time, including data for up to 16 links. T o see the exact time and data coordinates for a data[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-82 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 T o remove the graphic grid from the chart, click Grid Off . T o display online help for the windo w , click Help . Charts Tab: Drops T o vie w drops information for the selected link, select the Charts ta b . S GM displays [...]

3-83 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets The Drops chart displays the follo wing information for the selected link: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata is displayed from th[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-84 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Drops Char t , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or for the a verage from the cha[...]

3-85 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Figur e 3-21 Edit Notes Dialog for a Linkset If both ends of the lin kset are kno wn to SGM, one is displayed i n the top half of the Edit Notes Dialog for a Li nkset, the other in th e bottom half. If only on e end is known t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-86 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Edit Notes Dialog for a Linkset displays the name of the linkset and the date and time the Notes f ield for the linkset wa s last updated. If there i s no note currently associated with the linkset, the Notes Last Update[...]

3-87 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets Viewing Notes for a Linkset SGM enables you to view the notes that hav e been attached to linksets. T o vie w a note, right-click a linkset in a windo w , then select V iew > Notes in the right-click menu. (The Notes option[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-88 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Deleting a Linkset After Disco very , the linksets in your netw ork are kno wn to SGM and added to the SGM database. Physically d eleting linkset s from your netw ork is not the same as deleting them from t he SGM database. [...]

3-89 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Linksets If you ha ve not physically deleted a kn ow n linkset from your network, and you delete it from SGM, SGM also automatically del etes all associated links from the SGM database. Ho wev er, at the ne xt poll SGM f inds the links[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Linksets 3-90 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Ignoring a Linkset Y ou can instruct SGM to ignore a li nkset when it aggre gates and displays n etwork data. Settin g linksets to Ignored pre vents kno wn linkset problems from af fecting SGM displays for associated nodes. [...]

3-91 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Working with Nodes SGM enables you to view information about all disc ov ered nodes, includi ng their IP addresses, status, and other impor tant information. This section includes the following information: • V iewing Basic Inf[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-92 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing Basic Information for Nodes T o view basic information for nodes, select Nodes in the left pane of the SGM Main Wi ndow . SGM displa ys the Node Windo w ( Figure 3-23 ). Figure 3-23 Node Window The Node W indow displays[...]

3-93 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes The Node Windo w di splays the fol lowing information for each discov ered node: • Internal ID —Internal ID of the node. The int ernal ID is a unique ID for e very e vent, link, li nkset, signaling point, an d node, assigned [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-94 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • ITP Uptime— T ime the ITP has been up, in weeks, days, h ours, minutes, and seconds. • Reboot Reason — Reason for the last reboot of the ITP . • Notes —Indicates whether there is a no te associated with t he node.[...]

3-95 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes If the associated signaling points ar e not referenced to other signaling points, SGM automatically deletes the si gnaling points, all associ ated linksets and links, and all linksets and link s that referenc e the node as an adj[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-96 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The status re asons are l isted in or der of decreasing magnitu de. If two or more reasons apply , the reason of greatest magnitude is displayed. If the status reason is Unsupported Conf iguration , correct the configuration an[...]

3-97 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Figure 3-24 Node De tails Window Updates for the node that are receiv ed from the SGM server are reflected automatically in this wi ndo w . Changes you make in thi s windo w might not be reflected throughout SGM until the next po[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-98 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 If a cell is too small to sho w all of its data, place the cursor o ver the cell to see the full data in a mouse o ver help popu p. Y ou can resize each column, or sort the table b ased on the information in one of the column s[...]

3-99 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes – International —Internation al-bound call. SGM fo rwards international-bound calls to an STP pair that acts as an int ernational gateway . – InternationalSpar e —International-bo und call, used in countries i n which mor[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-100 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Unconfigur ed – SNMP Timeout – Device is unr eachable , possibly wrong community string – Not ITP Device – Not Configur ed for ITP – MIB Data Error – SNMP Exception – SignalingP oint Inactive – Linkset Inac[...]

3-101 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes T o see mouse over help popup for each co lumn in the table, place the c ursor ov er a column header . If a cell is too small to sho w all of its data, place the cursor o ver the cell to see the full data in a mouse o ver help p[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-102 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Vi r t u a l —The links in this li nkset are virtual links, which connect signaling point instan ces running on the same de vice. SGM does not poll virtual linksets, nor do es it display real-time data or accounting stat[...]

3-103 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes • Status— Current status of the link set. Possible v alues are: – Activ e (green ball) —The lin kset is currently ful ly functional. – Unav ailable (red ball) —An error is prev enting traff ic from flowing on this li[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-104 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Link Remote Interface Inactive – Link Inactive If the cell is too sm all to sho w all of the sta tus reason, place the cursor over the cell to see the full status reason in a mouse o ver help popup. The status re asons a[...]

3-105 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes • Signaling P oint— Name of the signaling point associ ated with the li nk. • Linkset— Name of the linkset asso ciated with the link. • SLC— Signaling link cod e (SLC) ID for the link. • Ty p e — T ype of link. P[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-106 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Events— Indicates whether there is a recent event associated with the link. – T o dele te the event icon from SGM di splays fo r a spec ific link, select the link and click the ico n. – T o delete the e vent icon fro[...]

3-107 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes – Unknown (r ed ball) —Either the node associated with this link has failed to respond to an SNMP request , or SGM found that th e link no longer exists. When you physically delete a link, the Status f ield displays Unkno wn[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-108 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Link Remote Interface Inactive – Link Inactive If the cell is too sm all to sho w all of the sta tus reason, place the cursor over the cell to see the full status reason in a mouse o ver help popup. The status re asons a[...]

3-109 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes V alid values are: – Cisco2600 —Cisco 2650, Cisco 2650X M, Cisco 2651, Cisco 265 1XM – Cisco7204 —Cisco 7204, Cisco 72 04VXR – Cisco7206 —Cisco 7206, Cisco 72 06VXR – Cisco7507 —Cisco 7507, Cisco 75 07mx, Cisco 7[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-110 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Cisco7513 —Cisco 7513 series router – Cisco7513 mx —Cisco 7513mx series router – Cisco7513 z —Cisco 7513z series router – IPDevice —IP de vice, other th an those liste d above. Y ou can assi gn this icon to a[...]

3-111 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes – W aiti ng (gray ball) —The node is in the Discover y queue but is n ot currently being di scov ered. – W arning (yellow ball) —The node i s acti ve, but on e or more associated signaling points, linksets, or links is i[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-112 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 If the status reason is Unsupported Conf iguration , correct the configuration and enter the sgm cleandiscov er command to delete all curr ent network data and begin a clean discov ery of the IT P ne twork. If the status reaso[...]

3-113 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Configuration Data Tab: IP Addresses Not for SNMP T o vie w non-SNMP IP address informat ion for the selected node, select the Confi guration Data tab . The IP Addresses Not for SNMP sub-section display s the follo wing informat[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-114 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Last SGM Poll Response (secs)— Ti me, in seconds, taken b y this node to respond to the last SGM poll request. F or a non-ITP node, this field is left blank. • A vg . SGM Poll Response (secs)— A verag e time, in seco[...]

3-115 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Recent Events Tab T o view information about all recent e vents associated with th e node, select the Recent Events tab . SGM displays the Recent Ev ents table for the node ( Figure 3-25 ). Figure 3-25 Recent Events T able for a[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-116 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Recent Events section enables you to perform ev ent-related tasks, such as setting f ilters and ackn owledgi ng e vents. For more i nformation about these t asks, see the “W orking with Even ts” section on page 3-235 .[...]

3-117 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes – Status —Status change message g enerated. – Tr a p —SNMP trap me ssage genera ted. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM Ev ent Config uration File (Solaris Only)” secti on on page 5-26 for mor[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-118 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Link— Name of the link associat ed with the e vent. If there is no link associated with the e vent, None is displayed. • Message— T ext of the message. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM Ev [...]

3-119 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes CPU Processes Tab T o vie w CPU utilization info rmation for the selected node, select the CPU Processes tab . The CPU Processes table is not a vailable if the node is in Discove ry , Polling , Unknown , or Unmanaged status. The[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-120 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Trap Host Configuration T o vie w all trap settings for th e selected node, as well as all hosts an d port numbers to which the nod e sends traps, select the T rap Host Conf iguration tab . If you ha ve implemented SGM User -B[...]

3-121 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes • Release 4 T rap Settings— Indicates whether the following ITP release 12.2(4)MB10 trap settings are enabled: – Linkset Stat e Change – Link State Cha nge – Link Congesti on State Change – Link Receiv e U tilization[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-122 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-26 SGM Real-Time Stat istics: CPU Statistics Window The SGM Real-T ime Statistics: CPU Statistics windo w displays the follo wing information for the selected node: • Node —Name of the node for which CPU sta tisti[...]

3-123 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes • CPU Utilization C hart —Displays the CPU utilization percentage fo r the node as a function of ti me. T o see the exact time and data coordinates for a data point, left-cl ick the data point. The coor dinates are displa ye[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-124 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Editing a Node SGM enables you to edit the following aspects of a node: • Editing Node Prop erties, page 3-12 4 • Attaching a Note to a Node, page 3-126 • Editing SNMP IP A ddresses for a Node, pag e 3-127 Editing Node P[...]

3-125 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes • A new IP address must use the x.x.x.x format, where x is between 0 and 255, and must contai n only numbers an d periods, but no letters or special characters . If you enter an IP address that contains an y letters or special[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-126 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • SSP —Service switching poin t. Y ou can assign this icon to an unkno wn node if you know that it is an SSP . • STP —Signal transfer point. Y ou can assign this icon to an unkno wn node if you kno w that it is an STP [...]

3-127 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes The Note Last Updated field di splays the date and time the Notes fie l d fo r t h i s node was last updated. If there is no no te currentl y associated with this node, this field displays the v alue Not Set . In the Notes field[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-128 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Y ou ca n also select IP addresses that you do not want SGM to use for SNMP polling. This is u seful, for example, to se parate manage ment traff ic from SMS traff ic. T o remove an IP address from the list, click Remove .[...]

3-129 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Figure 3-29 Notes f or Node Dialog The Notes for No de dialog displ ays the following information : • The name of the node is displayed in t he title of the windo w (for example, Notes f or sgm-2600a .) • Last Updated —Dat[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-130 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Deleting a Node After Disco very , the nodes in your netw ork are known to SGM an d added to the SGM databa se. Physically deleti ng nodes from your network is no t the same as deleting them from t he SGM database. The follo w[...]

3-131 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Be aw are of the follo wing special situ ations: • If you ha ve not physi cally deleted a kno wn node from your networ k, and you delete it from SGM, SGM remo ves the node from the poll list , and at the next poll SGM returns [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-132 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Note If you delete a node, SGM remov es it from the Nodes In Current V iew table of the Network V iew Editor window . If SGM then rediscovers the node, SGM places it in the Ne w Nodes Found t able of the Netw ork V iew Edi tor[...]

3-133 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Unmanaging and Managing a Node SGM enable s you to la bel a node Unmanaged , and to remov e the Unmanaged status from a node. In some situations, you mig ht not want t o see a gi ven node or n odes in SGM displays, b ut you migh[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Nodes 3-134 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Y ou ca n also remove the Unmanaged status f rom a node, when you are ready to return the node to the SGM poll list. T o remove the Unmanaged stat us from a node: Step 1 Select a node in a window . Y ou cannot remov e the Unma[...]

3-135 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Nodes Step 4 Click Pol l No d e . SGM begins a poll of th e selected nodes. During polling, the Po ll Node button is grayed-out, the “Selected nodes are bein g polled” message is displayed a t the bottom of t he Discovery Dialog, [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-136 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 T o poll one or more nodes, remo ving and then rediscov ering all associated linksets, use one of the follo wing procedures: • Select one or more nodes in a wind ow , then sele ct Edit > Poll Nodes > Clean [...]

3-137 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points This section includes the following information: • V iewing Basic Information for Signaling Po ints, page 3-137 • V iewing Detai led Informatio n for a Signaling Point, page 3-141 • Editing a Signaling Poin t, p[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-138 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-30 Signaling P o int Window The Signaling P oint W indow displays information about the sign aling points that hav e been discovered by SGM. By default, SGM di splays all of the columns in the Si gnaling P[...]

3-139 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points The Signaling Point W indow displays the fo llo wing information for all discovered signaling point s: • Internal ID— Internal ID of the signaling p oint. The internal ID i s a unique ID for e very e vent, link, l[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-140 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Events— Indicates whether there is a rece nt e vent associated with the signaling po int. During Disco very , SGM might flag most signaling points wi th an e vent icon. If the ev ent icons are to o distractin[...]

3-141 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points – MIB Data Error – SNMP Exception – SignalingP oint Inactive – Linkset Inactive – Link Congested – Link Send Utilization Threshold Exceeded – Link Receive Utilization Thr eshold Exceeded – Link Local I[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-142 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 SGM displays the Signaling Po int Details W indow ( Fig ure 3-31 ). Figure 3-31 Signaling P oint Detail s Window Updates for the signaling p oint that are recei ved from the SGM server are reflected automatically i[...]

3-143 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points T o see mouse over help popup for each co lumn in the table, place the c ursor ov er a column header . If a cell is too small to sho w all of its data, place the cursor o ver the cell to see the full data in a mouse o[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-144 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Vi r t u a l —The links in this li nkset are virtual links, which connect signaling point instan ces running on the same de vice. SGM does not poll virtual linksets, nor do es it display real-time data or acc[...]

3-145 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points – Shutdown (blue ball ) —An ITP administrator has set the linkset to pre vent traff ic from flowing. When a linkset is set to Shutdown , all its associated links are set to Fa il e d by Ci sc o I OS . – Unknown [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-146 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The status re asons are l isted in or der of decreasing magnitu de. If two or more reasons apply , the reason of greatest magnitude is displayed. If the status reason is Unsupported Conf iguration , correct the con[...]

3-147 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points • Ty p e — T ype of link. Possible link types are: – HSL —The link uses the SS7-ov er-A TM (Asynchronous T ransfer Mode) high-speed p rotocol. – SCTPIP —The link uses the Stream Contr ol T ransmission Prot[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-148 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Events— Indicates whether there is a recent event associated with the link. – T o dele te the event icon from SGM di splays fo r a spec ific link, select the link and click the ico n. – T o delete the e v[...]

3-149 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points – Unknown (r ed ball) —Either the node associated with this link has failed to respond to an SNMP request , or SGM found that th e link no longer exists. When you physically delete a link, the Status f ield displa[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-150 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Link Remote Interface Inactive – Link Inactive If the cell is too sm all to sho w all of the sta tus reason, place the cursor over the cell to see the full status reason in a mouse o ver help popup. The statu[...]

3-151 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points – Cisco7513 —Cisco 7513, Cisco 75 13mx, Cisco 7513z – IPDevice —IP de vice, other th an those liste d above. Y ou can assi gn this icon to an unkno wn node if you kno w that it is an IP device. – MSC —Mobi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-152 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Status Reason— Reason for the current status of the signaling point. Possible v a lues ar e: – None – SGM Restart – Unsupported Conf iguration – Unconfigur ed – SNMP Timeout – Device is unr eachab[...]

3-153 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points Configuration Data Tab: Description T o vie w descripti ve information for the sel ected signalin g point, select the Confi guration Data tab . The Description sub-section cont ains a description of t he signaling poi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-154 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Configuration Data Tab: Capability Point Code T o vie w capability point code informat ion for the selected sig naling point, select the Configuration Dat a tab . The Capability Poin t Code sub-section disp lays th[...]

3-155 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points Configuration Data Tab: QoS Information T o vie w quality of servic e (QoS) information for th e selected signaling point, select the Conf iguration Data tab . The QoS Information sub-section displa ys the follo wing [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-156 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-32 Recent Events T able for a Signaling P oint By default, SGM displays all of the columns in the table e xcept Internal ID , Note , Ack By , Ack Time , Node , SP , Linkset , and Link . T o display these [...]

3-157 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points The Recent Events table di splays the follo wing information for the selected signaling po int: • Internal ID— Internal ID o f the e vent. The internal ID is a unique ID for e very e vent, link, link set, signalin[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-158 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Status —Status change message g enerated. – Tr a p —SNMP trap me ssage genera ted. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying the SGM Ev ent Config uration File (Solaris Only )” section on pag[...]

3-159 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points • Link— Name of the link associat ed with the e vent. If there is no link associated with the e vent, None is displayed. • Message— T ext of the message. Y ou c an customize this field. See the “Modifying th[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-160 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Destinatio n Point Code— Destination point code for packets on the selected signaling point. The destinati on point code is the point code to wh ich a giv en packet is routed. • Mask— Mask length for pack[...]

3-161 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points GTT MAP Status Tab T o vie w detailed information about all GTT MAPs associated with the selected signaling point, select the GTT MAP Status tab . The GTT MAP Status table displays the following information for the se[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-162 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 MTP3 Event Log Tab T o vie w the most recent MTP3 e vents associated with the select ed signaling point , select the MTP3 Event Log tab . The MTP3 Event Log table displays the fo llo wing informati on for the selec[...]

3-163 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points Editing Signaling Point Properties T o edit a signaling point’ s properties, such as its name or associated icon, right-click the signaling p oint in a windo w , select Edit > Properties in the right-click menu. [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-164 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 V alid values are: • Cisco2600 —Cisco 2650, Cisco 2650X M, Cisco 2651, Cisco 265 1XM • Cisco7204 —Cisco 7204, Cisco 72 04VXR • Cisco7206 —Cisco 7206, Cisco 72 06VXR • Cisco7507 —Cisco 7507, Cisco 75[...]

3-165 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points Attaching a Note to a Signaling Point T o attach a note to a signaling point, ri ght-click the signaling point in a windo w , then select Edit > Notes in the ri ght-click menu. SGM displays the Edit Notes Dialog fo[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-166 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing Notes for a Signaling Point SGM enable s you to view th e notes that have been attached to signaling points. T o vie w a note, right -click a signaling poi nt in a windo w , then select V iew > Notes in [...]

3-167 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points Deleting a Signaling Point After Disco very , the signaling po ints in your netw ork are kno wn to SGM and added to the SGM database. Physically delet ing signaling points from you r network is n ot the same as deleti[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Si gnaling Points 3-168 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Be aw are of the follo wing special situ ations: • If you ha ve not physically deleted a kn ow n signaling point from your network, an d you delete it from SGM, SGM remo ves the signaling point fr om the poll lis[...]

3-169 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Signaling Points Note If you delete a signaling point , SGM remov es it from the Signaling Points In Current V iew table of the Network V i e w Editor window . If SGM then rediscov ers the signaling point, SGM places it in the Ne w Si[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-170 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Y ou ca n also remov e the Unmanaged status from a signaling point, when you are ready to return the signalin g point to the SGM poll list. T o remo ve the Unmanaged status from a signaling point, right-cl ick a signaling poin[...]

3-171 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • W orking with Sign aling Points, pag e 3-136 • V i e wing the T opology of t he Network, page 3-2 59 • Modifying Preferen ce Settings, page 5-3 Viewing Basic Information for Links T o vie w basic informa tion for link s,[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-172 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 If a cell is too small to sho w all of its data, place the cursor o ver the cell to see the full data in a mouse o ver help popu p. Y ou can resize each column, or sort the table b ased on the information in one of the column [...]

3-173 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • Ignored— Indi cates whether the link is to be included when aggregating and displaying SGM status information: – Clear the checkbox to include t h e link. This is the de fault setting. – Select the checkbox to exclude [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-174 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Shutdown (blue bal l) —An ITP administrator has set the l ink to pre vent traf fic from fl ow ing. – Unknown (r ed ball) —Either the node associated with this link has failed to respond to an SNMP request , or SGM fo[...]

3-175 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links – Link Remote Interface Inactive – Link Inactive If the cell is too sm all to sho w all of the sta tus reason, place the cursor over the cell to see the full status reason in a mouse o ver help popup. The status re asons are[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-176 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-37 Link Details Windo w Detailed inf ormation for links associat ed w ith the select ed linkset is displayed in the left column, and for links associated with the adjacent linkset in the ri ght column. Updates for the[...]

3-177 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Configuration Data Tab: General Information T o vie w general information for the selected link, select the Conf iguration Data tab . The General Information sub -section displays the fol low ing information for the selected lin[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-178 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Configuration Data Tab: Local IP Address Information (SCTP Links Only ) T o vie w local IP address inf ormation fo r the selected SCTP link, select the Confi guration Data tab . The Local IP Address Information sub-sec tion di[...]

3-179 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Configuration Data Tab: Configured Local IP Address Information (SCTP Links Only) T o view conf igured local IP address inform ation for the selected SCTP link, select the Configuration Dat a tab . The Conf igured Local IP Addre[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-180 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – InhibitLoc (blue ball) —A local ITP admin istrator has set the link to prev ent traffic from flo wing. – InhibitRem (blue ball) —A remote ITP admini strator has set the link to prev ent traffic from flo wing. – Shu[...]

3-181 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • Send Utilization— Indicates whether , on average, the link is under its config ured send utilization threshold ( UnderThr eshold ) o r ove r t he threshold ( OverThr eshold ). • Status Reason— Reason for the current st[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-182 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 If the status reason is Unsupported Conf iguration , correct the configuration and enter the sgm cleandiscov er command to delete all curr ent network data and begin a clean discov ery of the IT P ne twork. If the status reaso[...]

3-183 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Notes Tab T o vie w notes for the selected link, select the Notes tab . The Notes section displays: • Notes associated with t he selected link i n the left column. • Notes associated with the adjace nt lin k in the righ t co[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-184 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 T o see mouse over help popup for each co lumn in the table, place the c ursor ov er a column header . If a cell is too small to sho w all of its data, place the cursor o ver the cell to see the full data in a mouse o ver help[...]

3-185 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links – OverWrite —Ov erWrite ev ent. An existi ng f ile, such as a seed f ile or route f ile, has been ov erwritten. – Pol l —Poll e vent, such as an SNMP poll. – Purge —Pur ge e vent. A user h as requested Disco very wit[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-186 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • SP— Name of the signaling point associated with the e vent. If ther e is no signaling point associated with the ev ent, None is di splayed. • Linkset— Name of the linkset associ ated with th e e vent. If there is no [...]

3-187 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Figur e 3-39 Statistics D etails Window f or a Link Updates for the links that are receiv e d from the SGM server are reflected automatically in this wi ndo w . Changes you make in thi s windo w might not be reflected throughout[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-188 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Note Each link is identif ied by its signaling link cod e ID (SLC). An asterisk indicates that a link is not conf igured, or that a poll could not get d ata for the link. F o r exa mp le , SLC (*) 3 means there is no lin k ass[...]

3-189 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Configuration Data Tab: Interface Information T o vie w interface information fo r the sel ected link, select the Configuration Data tab . The Interface Information sub-secti on disp lays the follow ing information for the selec[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-190 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Configuration Data Tab: Remote IP Address Information (SCTP Links Only ) T o vie w remote IP address informati on for the selected SCTP link, s elect the Confi guration Data tab . The Remote IP Address Information sub-sectio n[...]

3-191 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Status Summary Tab: Status Information T o vie w status information for the selected link, select the Status Summary tab . The Status Information sub-section displays the fol lo wing information for th e selected link: • Last [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-192 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Congestion Level— Indicates whether there is congestion on the link. A l ink is congested if it has too man y packets waiting to be sent. This conditi on could be caused by the f ailure of an element in your network. Pos[...]

3-193 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links – Link Receive Utilization Thr eshold Exceeded – Link Local Interface Inactive – Link Remote Interface Inactive – Link Inactive If the cell is too sm all to sho w all of the sta tus reason, place the cursor over the cell[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-194 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Status Summary Tab: Remote IP Address Information (SCTP Links Only) T o vie w remote IP address informati on for the selected SCTP link, s elect the Status Summary tab . The Remote IP Address Information sub-sectio n displays [...]

3-195 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links If a cell is too small to sho w all of its data, place the cursor o ver the cell to see the full data in a mouse o ver help popu p. Y ou can resize each column, or sort the table b ased on the information in one of the column s.[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-196 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Pol l —Poll e vent, such as an SNMP poll. – Purge —Pur ge e vent. A user h as requested Disco very with Delete Existing Data selected, and SGM has delet ed the existing SG M database. – Status —Status change mess[...]

3-197 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • Linkset— Name of the linkset associ ated with th e e vent. If there is no linkset associated with the e vent, None is displayed. • Link— Name of the link associat ed with the e vent. If there is no link associated with[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-198 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Signalling routi ng control(TSRC): Adjacent Sig nalling Point is restarting – Link av ailability control(TLA C): Link has been inhibited b y a local management operation – Link av ailability control(TLA C): LInk has be[...]

3-199 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links – Incorrect NI (Network Indicator) —A signaling link test message was receiv ed with an incorrect N I. This can occur when links are connected to the correct linkset and link, but th e NIs of the two adjacent point codes are[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-200 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – Signal unit err or rate monitor failur e —The signal unit error rate monitor has f ailed. – T1 timeout no FISU recei ved —A T1 timeout no FI SU has been recei ved. This timer a voids message mis-sequencin g during ch[...]

3-201 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links cleans them up and sends a “PEER NOT READ Y” to the MTP3. A subsequent request t o start the link from the MTP3 will then cause the link to come up. – Communication lost —M2P A/SCTP has determined that the remote end sig[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-202 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T ransmit Queue Depth— Number of packets wait ing to be sent on b y the link. • T ransmit Queue High Depth— Highest le vel reached b y the transmit queue since the last reboot of the ITP , or sinc e ITP last reset th[...]

3-203 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Statistics Tab: LSSU Information T o vie w Links Status Signal Unit (LSSU) in formation for the selected link, select the Statistics tab . The LSSU Information sub-section di splays the follo wing information for the selected li[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-204 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Send Threshold %— Indicates when a cItpSpLinkSentUtilChange is to be generate d for the lin k, as a percent of it s total send ca pacity . For example, if Send Plan Capacity is 64000 bits per second, an d Send Threshold [...]

3-205 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Statistics Tab: Service Information T o vie w service information for t he selected link, select the Statist ics tab . The Service Information sub-section disp lays the following infor mation fo r the selected link: • Duration[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-206 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Q.752 Measurements Tab: Retra nsmitted Information T o vie w Q.752 retransmitted in formation for the select ed link, select the Q .752 Measurements tab . The Retransmitted Information sub -section displays the fol lo wing inf[...]

3-207 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • IP Address— (SCTP lin ks only) IP address corresponding to t he media-dependent “phy sical” address. If the interface does not hav e such an address (for example, a serial line), this f ield displays N/A . • IP Mask?[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-208 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Line Protocol Stat us— C urrent state of the line pr otocol. Possibl e values are: – Up —Software processes that hand le the line protocol consider the line to be usable (that is, keepalives are successful). – Down[...]

3-209 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Interface Details Tab: Errors Information T o vie w detailed interf ace errors information for the selected link, select the Interface Details tab . The Errors Information sub-section disp lays the following information for the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-210 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Uptime— T ime the link has been up, in weeks, days, hours, minut es, and seconds. • Remote Port— Remote po rt number for the SCTP association. • Local Port— Local port number for the SCTP association. • Primary[...]

3-211 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links M2PA Peer Config Details Tab: T ransmission Configuration Information T o vie w detailed M2P A peer transmission confi guration information for the selected link, select the M2P A Peer Config Details tab . The T ransmission Conf[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-212 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 M2PA Peer Stats Details Tab: Remote IP Address Information (SCTP Links Only) T o vie w detailed M2P A peer remote IP address statistics i nformation for the selected SCTP link, select the M2P A Peer Stats Details tab . The Rem[...]

3-213 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • Unordered Chunk s Received— Number of unordered chunks receiv ed per second by this SCTP association. • Retransmitted Chunks— Number of chunks retran smitted per second by this SCTP associ ation. • Retransmitted F as[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-214 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Receiv edUtilization chart dis plays th e followi ng informatio n for t he selected link: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata i[...]

3-215 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Received Utilization Chart , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or for the a verage fr[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-216 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Charts Tab: SendUtilization T o vie w real-time SendUt ilization informati on for the selected link, select the Charts tab . SGM displays the SendUtilization chart ( Figure 3-41 ). Figure 3-41 SendUtilization Char t for a Link[...]

3-217 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links The SendUtilizat ion chart displays the f o llo wing information for the selected link: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata is displa[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-218 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • SLC —Displays up to 17 color -coded icons: – One for each link (SLC) in the Send Utilization Chart , up to 16 total links. – One for the av era ge of all SLCs. T o remov e the data for a link or for the a verage from[...]

3-219 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Figure 3-42 PktsRcvdP erSec Chart for a Link The PktsRcvdPerSec chart displays the following information for the selected link: SGM displays the follo wing information in the PktsRcv dPerSec chart: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-220 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Packets Received Chart —Displ ays the Packets Receiv ed Per Sec for the link as a function of tim e. T o see the exact time and data coordinates for a data point, left-cl ick the data point. The coor dinates are displa y[...]

3-221 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Figure 3-43 PktsSentP erSec Chart f or a Link The PktsSentPerSec chart displays the follo wing information for the sel ected link: SGM displays the follo wing information in the PktsSentP erSec chart: • Linkset —Drop-do wn l[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-222 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Packets Sent Chart —Displays t h e Packets Sent Per Sec for the link as a function of time. T o see the exact time and data coordinates for a data point, left-cl ick the data point. The coor dinates are displa yed in the[...]

3-223 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Charts Tab: BitsRcvdPerSec T o vie w real-time bits- receiv ed-per-sec ond information for the sel ected link (or bytes-recei ved-per -second info rmation, if you cleared the Show Details in Bi ts Instead of Bytes checkbox in th[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-224 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The BitsRcvdPerSec chart displays the fo llowin g information for the selected link: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata is display[...]

3-225 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • SLC —Displays up to 16 color -coded icons, one for each link (SLC) in the Bits Received Chart or B ytes Received Chart . T o remove the data for a link from the chart, click the icon in this fiel d . T o return the data to[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-226 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-45 BitsSentPerSec Char t for a Link The BitsSentPerSec chart d isplays the follo wing information for the selected lin k: SGM displays the follo wing information in the Bit sSentPerSec or BytesSentPerSec chart: • Li[...]

3-227 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links • Bits Sent Chart or Bytes Sent Chart —Displays t he Bits Sent Per Sec or Bytes Sent Per Sec for the l ink as a function of ti me. T o see the exact time and data coordinates for a data point, left-cl ick the data point. The[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-228 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Charts Tab: Drops T o vie w drops information for the selected link, select the Charts ta b . S GM displays the Drops chart ( Figu re 3-46 ). Figur e 3-46 Drops Char t for a Link[...]

3-229 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links The Drops chart displays the follo wing information for the selected link: • Linkset —Drop-do wn list box used to select the linkset from wh ose perspecti ve data is to be di splayed. By default, d ata is displayed from the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-230 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 T o superimpose a graphic grid on the ch a rt, which can make the data easier to read, click Grid On . T o remove the graphic grid from the chart, click Grid Off . T o display online help for the windo w , click Help . Editing[...]

3-231 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links Figur e 3-47 Edit Notes Dialog for a Link The Edit Notes Dialog for a Lin k displays the name of the link and the date and time the Notes fiel d for the link w as last up dated. If there is no note currently associated with the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-232 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 In the Notes field, ent er any important information about the link, such as a detailed description, its locati on, its service history , and so on. Click Sav e to save t he annotations and e x it the Edit Notes Dialog for a L[...]

3-233 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Links The Link Notes dialog displ ays the follo wing information: • Name —Name of the link. • Notes Last Updated —Date and time the Notes field for the link w as last updated. • Notes —Notes associated with the link. Click[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Links 3-234 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Deleting a Link from the SGM Database T ypically , you delete a link in the SGM da tabase for one of the follo wing reasons: • Y ou hav e physically del eted the link from your n etwork. This is t he most common reason for d[...]

3-235 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Ignoring a Link Y ou can instruct SGM to ignore a link when it aggreg ates and displays netwo rk data. Se tting li nks to Ignored prev ents known link problems from af fecting SGM displays for associat ed linksets and nodes. In[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-236 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Setting an Ev ent Filter , page 3-244 • V iewing Ev ent Properties, page 3- 253 • Attaching a Note to an Ev ent, page 3-256 • V iewing Notes for an Event, page 3-258 Related Topics: • Modifying the SGM Ev ent Conf[...]

3-237 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Figure 3-49 Ev ent Window The Event W indo w displays information about the e vents deli vered by the SGM e vent logg er and e vent processor for all nodes, signaling point s, linksets, and links in the current network view . N[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-238 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Event W indo w provides the follo wing toolbar b uttons: • Set Filter— Opens the Event Filter dialog. • A pply Filter— Activ ates and deactiv ates the ev ent fi lter specif ied in the Event Filt er dialog: – If [...]

3-239 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events – Edit —Edit e vent. A user has edited a node, signaling po int, linkset, or link. – Ignore —Igno re ev ent. A user has Ignored a link or li nkset. – Login —Login e vent. A user has logged in to SGM. – LoginDisabl[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-240 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Ack By —If you hav e not implemented SGM User-Based Access, name of t he device that last ackno wledge d the e vent. If you hav e implemented SGM U ser-Based Access, name of the user who last ackno wledged the e vent. I[...]

3-241 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events By default, SGM di splays all of the columns in the Recent Ev ents panel except Internal ID , Note , Ack By , Ack Time , Node , SP , Linkset , and Link . T o display these columns, or to hi de other c olumns, see the proc edure[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-242 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – LoginDisable —LoginD isable e vent. SGM has disabled a user’ s User-Based Access authentication as a re sult of too many failed attempts to log in to SGM. – LoginF ail —LoginFail e vent. An attempt by a user to lo[...]

3-243 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events • Ack Time— Date and time the e vent was la st ackno wledged or unacknowledged. • Node— Name of the node associated wi th the ev ent. If there is no node associated with the e vent, None is displayed. • SP— Name of [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-244 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • If the e vent is associated with a link, SGM displays the Conf iguration Data tab of the Link Deta ils W indow ( Figure 3-37 ). For more information, see the “V iewing Detai led Information for a Link” sectio n on pag[...]

3-245 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Figure 3-50 Event Filt e r Dial og, Showing Event Properties Step 2 (Optiona l) T o spe cify whi ch ev ent categories you want to d isplay in the Event W indow , select the Pr operties tab and modify the follo wing settings: ?[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-246 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Tr a p —Checkbox used to indicate whether Tr ap e vents are to be displayed in the Event W i ndow . The default sett in g for this checkbox is selected. • Ignore —Checkbox used to i ndicate whether Ignore e vents ar[...]

3-247 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Step 3 (Optiona l) T o spec ify which event sev er ities you want to display i n the Event W indow , select the Pr operties tab and modify the follo wing settings: • None —Check box used to i ndicate wh ether ev ents of sev[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-248 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 4 (Optional) T o further def ine the ev ent fi lter for the Event W indow , select the Properties tab and mod ify the follo wing settings: • Acknowledged —Checkbox used to indicate whether only ackn owledged e vents [...]

3-249 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Step 5 (Optional) T o specify th e node, signaling poi nt, linkset, and link fo r which SGM is to displa y ev en ts in the Event Wi ndow , select the Selected Objects tab . SGM displays the Even t Filter dialog with the Selecte[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-250 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Y ou can modify the follo wing settings: • Node— Drop-dow n list box of all nodes that have been discovered b y SGM: – If you want t o filt er e vents based on a node, select a node f rom the drop-do wn list box. – If[...]

3-251 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Figur e 3-52 Load File Dial og: Load Filter Dialog The Load File Dialog: Load Filter d i alog contains the following f ields: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a f ile or a folder . • Name —Nam[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-252 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 T o sav e any changes you ma de to the lis t of files, click OK . SGM sav es the changes and closes the Load F ile Dialog: Load Filter dialog. T o close the Load File Dialog : Load Filter dialog wi thout loading an e vent f i[...]

3-253 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events • Last Modif ied —Date and time the ev ent filter f ile or folder was last modif ied. • Size (bytes) —Size of the e vent fi lter fil e or folder , in bytes. • Filename —Name by wh ich you want to sav e the ev ent fi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-254 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-54 Event Proper ties Dialog The Event Properties dialog pro v ides the follo wing information for the selected eve n t : • Properties T ab— Displays detailed information about the selected e vent. • Message—[...]

3-255 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events – Edit —Edit e vent. A user has edited a node, signaling po int, linkset, or link. – Ignore —Igno re ev ent. A user has Ignored a link or li nkset. – Login —Login e vent. A user has logged in to SGM. – LoginDisabl[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-256 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Acknowledged By— Name of the de vice that last acknowledged the e vent. If no one has ackno wledged the ev ent, this field is blank. • Ack Timestamp— Date and time the e vent was last ackno wledged or unacknowledged[...]

3-257 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with Events Figur e 3-55 Edit Event Dialog The Edit Ev ent Dialog di splays the message te xt of the e vent and the date and time the Notes field for t he ev ent was last updated. If there is no note currently associated with the e vent, t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with Events 3-258 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing Notes for an Event SGM enables you to view the notes th at hav e been attached to events. T o vie w a note, use one of the fol lo wing procedures: • Select an e vent in a windo w , then select Vi e w > N o t e s [...]

3-259 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network The Event Notes dialog displays the follo wing information: • Name —Message text of the e vent. • Last Updated —Date and time the Notes field for the e vent was last updated. • Notes —Notes associat[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-260 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-57 T opology Windo w The T opology W indow displays tab ular information about sign aling points an d linksets in the left pa ne and the graphical t opology ma p in the ri ght pane. Linksets that are[...]

3-261 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network SGM automatically assign s th e follo wing node elements: • Cisco 2650 series rout er • Cisco 2650XM series rout er • Cisco 2651 series rout er • Cisco 2651XM series rout er • Cisco 7204 series rout e[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-262 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 A line indicates a single logical con nection conf igured between two no des: • A line that ends in a diamond or circ le indica tes that the connection has a configured linkset, associ ated with that node. ?[...]

3-263 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network Step 2 The topology signaling p oint table in the left pane of the T opology win dow displays the name and status of the sign aling po ints that are cur rently displayed in the topolog y map. T o display the to[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-264 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 6 T o see mouse ov er help popup in the topology map, p lace the cursor ov er a signaling point or li nkset. When you pl ace the cursor ov er a linkset, the mouse ov er help popup is displayed from the pe[...]

3-265 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network Step 13 (Optional) T o display the topolog y map in a spring layout, click the Spring lay out button , or select T opology T ools > Layout > Spring In a spring layout, nodes with the most links are dra wn[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-266 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 16 (Optional) Some topolog y maps are so larg e and comple x that it can be diff icult to fi nd a specif ic signaling point or linkset. If the signaling point or lin kset is listed in the tables in the l [...]

3-267 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network Step 19 (Optional) T o display detail ed information about an element i n the map, double-click it, then respond t o SGM’ s prompts: • Double-click a signaling point to di splay the Details W indow for that[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-268 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 21 (Optional) T o displa y the topology e xcluded signaling point panel, select th e Excluded Signaling Poin ts tab in the left pane. The topology ne w signaling point panel displays grap hical elements f[...]

3-269 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network The Sav e as JPEG dialog pr ovides the fol lo wing options: • T o sav e the entire topology map as a JPEG file, select All . • T o sav e just the portion of the topology map displayed in the current win do [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-270 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-59 Save Dialog f or a T opo logy Map The Sav e dialog for a topology map pr ovides th e follo wing options: – T o select the directory i n which you want to sa ve the topolog y map JPEG file, eithe[...]

3-271 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network – T o specify a name for the JPEG f ile, enter the name in the File Name field, or select a file from those listed in the Sav e In fi e ld . – T o specify the type of f ile to sav e , and to disp lay all fi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing the Topology of the Network 3-272 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Magnetic Grid Settings d ialog provides th e follo wing options: • T o activ a te the grid , select the Grid Activated checkbox. T o deactiv ate the grid, clear the Grid A ctivated checkbox. • T o disp[...]

3-273 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing the Topology o f the Network The Pick Grid Color di alog pro vides the follo wing options: – T o select a grid color from a set of color swat ches (the recommended method), click the Swat ches tab and select a swatch. – T o select a gr[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing Server Status Information 3-274 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 26 (Optional) T o ha ve SGM hide linkset lines as you d rag an object around the topology map, then dr aw the linkset li nes when you drop the object in its f inal position, click the Node Dragging Optimize[...]

3-275 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing Server Status Information Figur e 3-62 Server Status Inf ormation Windo w The Server Status Information windo w di splays t he following informat ion about polling: • Current P oll Interval— Poll interv al used to collect data for the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing Server Status Information 3-276 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • State— Current state of the process. V alid v alues are: – Initial (yello w ball) —Process is being initialized. – Starting (yello w ball) —Process has been started but is not yet in Ready state. ?[...]

3-277 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Viewing Server Status Information The T asks table displays the foll ow ing information ab out the long-runni ng services being performed b y the SGM server: • T ask ID— Number to uniquely id entify the task. • Interval— T ime between runs[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Finding Information in a Window 3-278 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Finding Information in a Window Sometimes it can be dif ficult to f ind a specifi c piece of information, such as a node name or ev ent text, in a window . SGM enab les you to search for a character string in the [...]

3-279 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Resizing, Sorting, and Hiding Table Columns Step 4 (Optional) If you w ant SGM to search forward (do wn and to the right) in the window , select the Sear ch F orward radio b utton. This is the default setting. If you want SGM to search backw ard ([...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Viewing Online Help 3-280 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o sort a table based on the data in a column, left-click in the column header . The table is sorted alphanumerically from top to bottom, based on the data i n the selected column. T o sort the table in re verse order , [...]

3-281 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File Editing an ITP Route Table File ITP uses a route table to select the appr opriate signaling path for ea ch message, or signal unit, that i t must forward. The rout e table prov ides the destination po int code of th[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File 3-282 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Replace Linkset Dialog enables you to quickly rep lace incorrect link set entries in route table f iles: – T o replace an incorrect lin kset with a correct links et, s elect an incorrect linkset in the Links[...]

3-283 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File From the drop-do wn list box of signaling points, select th e signaling point with the point code, v ariant, and netw ork name t hat matches the route table file y ou want to edit. – If you select a si gnaling poi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File 3-284 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Y ou can resize each column in the r oute table, but you cannot sort the table based on the information in one o f the columns. See the “Resizing, Sort ing, and Hiding T able Columns” section on page 3-279 for[...]

3-285 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File If you enter a ne w mask that is more restricti ve than the destination point code, SGM asks if you wa nt to adjust the point code au tomatically based on t he ne w mask: • Click Ye s if you want t o adjust the po[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File 3-286 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 8 (Optional) T o add a n e w route to the route table, select the Dest. Point Code fie l d in a blank ro w , then fill i n the fi elds with v alues for the new route. Step 9 (Optional) T o delete an e xisting[...]

3-287 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File • Size (bytes) —Size of the route table f ile or folder , in bytes. • Number of Files —T ot al number of rout e table fi les and folders (displayed in bottom left corner). T o load a route table f ile, enter[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File 3-288 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-68 Sa ve File Dialog: Route T able File List Dialog The Sav e File Dialog: Route T able File List dialog contains the foll owi ng fi elds: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a[...]

3-289 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing an ITP Route Table File T o sav e the route table file wit h a new name, use on e of the follo wing procedures: • T o sav e the file with a completely ne w name, enter the new na me and click OK . • T o sav e the file with an e x istin[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-290 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 14 Copy the modifi ed route table f ile from the SGM ro u t e s directory to a location that the ITP can reach via TFTP . Step 15 TFTP the modif ied route table f ile back to the ITP . Editing a Glob[...]

3-291 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table T o edit a GT T fil e using SGM: Step 1 Launch the SGM GTT client, usi ng one of the follo wing procedures: • Select Products > Glob al Title Conf igurator from the SGM Main Menu. • Select Start >[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-292 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-69 GTT Co nfigurat or , Showi ng Selectors an d GT A T ab The GTT Configurator windo w provides a set of tabs , each of which launches a specific GTT panel. Each panel is composed of a series of[...]

3-293 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • Current select ed tab ( Selectors and GT A , App Group , MAPs , CPC , or Address Con version ) • For each panel, the locat ion of tables on that panel • For each table: – Column widths – Sort-b[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-294 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figur e 3-70 Save File Dialog : GTT Pr efer ences File List The Sa ve Fil e Dialog: GTT P reference s File List cont ains the foll ow ing fi elds: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the ta[...]

3-295 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table T o sav e the GTT preferences file with a ne w name , use one of the following procedures: • T o sav e the file with a completely ne w name, enter the new na me and click OK . • T o sav e the file with[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-296 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-71 Load File Dialog: GT T Pref erences File List The Load File Dialog: GTT Preferences F ile List contains the follo wing fields: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a[...]

3-297 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table T o sav e any changes you ma de to the lis t of files, click OK . SGM sav es the changes and closes the Load File Dialog: GTT Preferences File List. T o close the Load File Dialog: G TT Pref erences File L[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-298 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o populate th e MAP T able, select a ro w in the GT A T able that does not have an asso ciated A pplication Group . The MAP T able is populated with all MAP entries that match the selected ro w&apos[...]

3-299 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table The GT A T able displays the follo wing information: • Name —Name of the selector as sociated with this GT A. • Global Ti tle Address Dig its —Address digits for the GT A. • Poi n t C od e —Des[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-300 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Cost —Relati ve cost of t he application group. V alid values are inte gers in the range 1 through 8 . • Poi n t C od e —Destination point code for th e application group. • Routing Indicator [...]

3-301 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • Adjacency —Indicates whether a point code -SSN combination is to be considered adjacent to the local node for SCCP management: – If the checkbox is selected, the point code-SSN combination is consi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-302 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o populate t h e CPC List, sel e ct a ro w in the MAP T able that has an associated CPC List Name . The CPC List is populated with all point codes in that CPC list. Y ou can also add entries to the [...]

3-303 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • T o populate the Ap p Group T able and GT A T able, select a row in the MAP T able. The App Group T able and GT A T a ble are populated with all application group and GT A entries that match the select[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-304 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 9 Select the CPC tab if you are primarily in terested in displaying da ta for concerned point code names. SGM displays the CPC panel ( Figure 3-72 ). Figure 3-72 GT T Configurator , Showing CPC T ab [...]

3-305 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table T o copy one or more po int codes from one CPC list to anot her , select a CPC list in the CPC List Name column. SGM displays th e point codes associated with t hat CPC list in the Poin t C o de column. Se[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-306 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Address Con version T able displays t he follo wing information: • Name— Name of the GT T address con version table. Enter a 1-to-12 character name. • Numbering Plan— (China and ITU only) Numb[...]

3-307 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • Nature of Addr ess Indicator— (China and ITU onl y) Nature of address indicator for t he selector . V alid va lues are inte gers in the range 0 thr ough 127 . • Pre-Addr es s Con version— GTT add[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-308 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Edit GTT T able dialog contains the followi ng field s and b uttons: • Va r i a n t — SS7 protocol variant. Y ou cannot edit this field. • V ersion— V ersion of the f ile format to be used by [...]

3-309 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Figur e 3-75 Selector A dd Dialog The Selector Add Dialog contains the following f ields: • Selector Name —Name of the selector to be added. Enter 1-to-12-character alphanumeric string. • Tr a n s l [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-310 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Post-Con version T able name —GTT address con version table to apply af ter performing local GTT tran slation. If there is an address con version table na me in this f ield, the referenced table mus[...]

3-311 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Figur e 3-76 GT A Add Dialog The GT A Add Dialog contai ns the follo wing fields: • Selector Name —Name of the sele ctor associated with this GT A. Y ou cannot edit this f ield. • Global T itle Addr [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-312 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Confi gure By P oint Code— Indicates whether to configure the GT A by point code. T o conf igure the GT A by point code, select this radio b utton. SGM makes the Conf ig By Point Code f ields av ail[...]

3-313 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • A pp. Group —Name of the application group that is to provide th e point code, routing in dicator , and SSN to be us ed by the GT A. Enter the name of an application group. This f ield is av ailable [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-314 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-77 Phone Nu mb er Lookup Dialog The Phone Number Lookup Dial og contai ns the follo wing tables, field, and but t o ns : • Selector T able— Selector T able associated with the GT A T able to [...]

3-315 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • Pre-Addr es s Con version Entry Used— Entry in the GTT address con version table used for pre-address co nv ersion, if the Se lector T able being searched performs pre-address con version. For China [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-316 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Click Perf orm Lookup to launch the search: • If one or more matchi ng entries are found, di splays the entrie s that contained the GT A digits in the GT A T able. • If the Selector T able being searc[...]

3-317 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Figure 3-78 App Group Add Dialog The App Group Add D ialog contains the f ollo wing f ields: • A pp. Group —Name of the application group to be added. En ter 1-to-12-ch aracter alphanumeric string. •[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-318 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Routing Indicator —Routing indicator for the ap plication group. S elect a v alue from the drop-down list box. V alid v alues are: – gt —Route on the global title. Thi s is the defaul t routing [...]

3-319 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Figur e 3-79 MAP Add Dialog The MAP Add Dialog contains the fol low ing fi elds: • Primary Pt. Code —Primary point cod e for the MAP . Enter a point code. • Primary SSN —Primary SSN for the MAP . E[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-320 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • CPC List Name —Name of the CPC list t o be associated with this MAP . Enter a CPC list name. • Re-route if Congested —Indicates whether the MAP is to be routed to the backup point code-SSN combi[...]

3-321 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Step 17 (Optional) T o add a ne w CPC list to a CPC T able, select a Concerned Pt. Code Name List or a CPC List, then use one of the fo llo wing procedures: • Select Edit > Add from the GTT menu. • [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-322 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Step 18 (Optional) T o add a new Address Con version T able, select a n Address Conv ersion T able, then use one of the follo wing procedures: • Select Edit > Add from the GTT menu. • Select Add fr[...]

3-323 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Step 19 (Optional) T o ad d a ne w entry to a Con version Entry T able, select a Con version Entry T able, then use one of the follo wing procedures: • Select Edit > Add from the GTT menu. • Select [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-324 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • In Address— Input SCCP address entr y . Ente r an address as a 1 to 15 digit hexadecimal string . • Out Address— Output S CCP address entry . Enter an address as a 1 to 15 digit he xadecimal str[...]

3-325 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Figur e 3-83 Create New T able Dialog The Create New T able Dialog co ntains the following f ields: • Va r i a n t —SS7 p[rotocol varian t. V alid varian ts are: – ANSI – China – ITU • V ersion[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-326 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Select a v ariant, version, and instan ce for the ne w GTT file, then click OK . SGM creates the new GTT f ile and closes the Create New T able Dialog. T o close the Create New T able Dialog without creat[...]

3-327 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • Size (bytes) —Size of the GTT f ile or folder , in bytes. • Number of Files —T otal number of GTT f iles and folders (displayed in bottom left corner). T o load a GTT f ile, enter the name of the[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-328 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 If you ha ve not yet load ed or sa ved a GTT f ile, SGM displays No File Loaded in place of the GTT file name. T o delete a GTT file fro m the GTT f ile list, select a file and cli ck Delete . SGM issues [...]

3-329 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table Figure 3-86 Semantic Chec k GTT Dialog The Semantic Check GTT dialog contains the following f ields: • ITP Name or IP Address —Name or IP address of the I TP against which to check the GTT file. Enter [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-330 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Figure 3-87 GTT T a ble Info Dialog The GTT T able Info Dialog contains the follo wing fields: • Filename —Name of the GTT file. • V ersion —V ersion of the file format to be used by the GTT . V a[...]

3-331 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table • Instance ID —ID of the instance used by the GTT . V alid IDs are 0 to 7 . The default in stance ID is 0 . If there is no instance associated with the GTT , this field displ ays N/A . • Last Modif i[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Translation Table 3-332 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Sav e File Dialog: GTT File Li st contains the following f ields: • Ty p e —Icon indicating whether the it em in the table is a f ile or a folder . • Name —Name of the GTT fi le or folder . ?[...]

3-333 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Editing a Global Title Tran slation Table T o delete a GTT file fro m the GTT f ile list, select a file and cli ck Delete . SGM issues an informational message containing the name and location of the deleted file. T o sav e any changes you ma de t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-334 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Working with SGM Statistics Reports Once e very hou r , SGM gathers critical information from all kno wn nodes, signaling points, linksets, and li nks. SGM then uses that infor mation to calculate statistics, [...]

3-335 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • /custom —Contains all custom report f iles. These are the report files generate d using t he sgm accstats and sgm linkstats commands. Each fi le is identif ied with a unique ID tag, specified when the sgm [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-336 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o specify whether SGM is to generate netw ork statistics reports in e xport format, enter the sgm statreps [ export | noexport ] command: – T o generate network stat istics reports in expor t format, e[...]

3-337 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o specify whether SGM is to veri fy th at a disk has at least 10 MB of space remaining before generating network statisti cs reports, enter the sgm statreps [ diskcheck | nodiskcheck ] command: – T o ver[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-338 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o specify whether SGM is to display send and recei ve ut ilization for l inksets and links as percentages or in Erlangs in W eb p ages, enter the sgm web util command: – T o display utilizatio n as a p[...]

3-339 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports T o include a specif ic signaling point, specify the node name and signaling po int: sgm-75-59a.cisco.c om;net0: sgm-26-51a.cisco.c om;net1: – W ildcard matching is not supported. – If a node or si gnaling p[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-340 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 – If a linkset a ppears in both the linksets.i nclude fi l e a n d t h e linksets.e xclude file, it is e xcluded. That is, excluding a linkset o verrides including the same linkset. – If you specify a spec[...]

3-341 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports – If a node or si gnaling poin t appears in b oth the nodes.incl ude file and the nodes.e xclude f ile, it is excluded. That is, e xcluding a node or signaling point ov errides including the same node or signa[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-342 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o use P A GER to display the contents of t he system reports log, enter the sgm replog command . The reports log lists al l messages related to the creation and maintenance of SGM reports. T o clear the [...]

3-343 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports Note This command copies all f iles in the current directory to the ne w directory . If you are logged in as t he super user , and you do not o wn the ne w directory , you might not be able to cop y the f iles. [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-344 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing the Linkset Statistics Hourly Reports SGM enables y ou to vie w hourly summaries of statistics for all l inksets kno wn to SGM on the specif ied date and hour . T o vie w hourly summaries of statistics[...]

3-345 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • Hourly InSrv —Percentage of time the linkset was in service on the specified date and h our . • Long T erm InSrv —A verage percentage of time t he linkset was in service since SGM pol ling began for th[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-346 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o display only the top 100 o r bottom 100 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 100 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the[...]

3-347 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports T o vie w an archiv ed linkset statistic su mmary report, click a date. SGM displays the Linkset Statistics: Daily Su mmary Report page for that date. The Linkset Statistics: Daily Summary Report table displays [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-348 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 SGM enables you to modif y the way inf ormation is presented in the Li nkset Statistics: Daily Summary Report page: • Y ou can sort the Linkset Statistics: Daily Summar y Report page based on the information[...]

3-349 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o display only the top 300 o r bottom 300 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 300 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-350 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Link Statistics: Daily All Hours Report an d Link Statistics: Hourly Report pages both display the fol lowin g information: • Number and Sort Order (in header) —Displays the number of records in the ta[...]

3-351 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • L T erm Send Util or L T erm Send Erls —Lon g-term a verage Send Utilization for the l ink, expressed as either a utilization percentage or a number of Erlangs (as set in the Pr eferen ces windo w), since [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-352 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 SGM enables you to modif y the way inf ormation is presented in the Li nk Statistics: Daily All Hours Report an d Link Statistics: Hourly Report pages: • Y ou can sort the pages based on the information in o[...]

3-353 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o display only the top 300 o r bottom 300 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 300 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-354 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing the Link Statistics Daily Summary Reports SGM enables you to vie w a daily summary of statistics f or all links kno wn to SGM on a specified date. T o vie w a daily summary of statistics, use one o f t[...]

3-355 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports The Link Statistics: Daily Summary Report page displays the fo llo wing inform ation: • Number and Sort Order (in header) —Displays the number of records in the table, the c olumn by which th e table is sort[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-356 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • L T erm Send Util or L T erm Send Erls —Lon g-term a verage Send Utilization for the l ink, expressed as either a utilization percentage or a number of Erlangs (as set in the Pr eferen ces windo w), sinc[...]

3-357 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports If a statistics calculation results in a n im possible valu e, such as a number di vided by zero, or a number that is impossible based on the configuration, SG M displays MathError in the field. SGM enables you [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-358 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o display only the top 100 o r bottom 100 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 100 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the[...]

3-359 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports Viewing the Five Day Link Utilization Report The Fiv e Da y Link Utilizatio n Report page disp lays send and re ceiv e util ization percentages for all links for the last f ive (5) days. T o access the Fiv e Day[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-360 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 SGM enables you to modif y the way inf ormation is presented in the Fi ve Day Link Utilization Report page: • Y ou can sort the Fiv e Day Link Utilization Report page based on the information in one of the c[...]

3-361 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o display only the top 300 o r bottom 300 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 300 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-362 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 On the Hourly Network Statisti cs Export Files page, the Zip f iles are archived b y type (linkset or l ink), date, and hour . For example, sgmLinksetStats.2002-10-15-08.csv .zip is the Zip file that contains [...]

3-363 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports See the “SGM Linkset Statistics Daily Export File Format” section on page F-5 for detailed information abou t the format of daily link and linkset statistics expo rt files. Viewing the Rolling Network Statis[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-364 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing SGM Accounting Statistics Reports SGM enables you to view accounting statis tics reports. Y ou can also export the reports. SGM enable s you to view the follow ing accounting statistics repor ts: • V[...]

3-365 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports Figur e 3-90 Acco unting Statistics: Da ily Detail Repor t Pa ge The Accounting Statistics: Daily D etail Report page displays the fol lowin g inform ation: • Number and Sort Order (in header) —Displays the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-366 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Linkset —Name of the linkset. T o see statistics for only a selected linkset, click the li nkset nam e. • Gateway Scr eening —Indicates whether the traf fic passed or fa iled the Gateway Screening te[...]

3-367 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o display only the top 20 or bottom 20 records, based on the col umn by which the table is sorted, cl ick the To p 2 0 menu option : – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the top[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-368 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o display only the top 500 o r bottom 500 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 500 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the[...]

3-369 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports Generating and Viewing Custom SGM Statistics Reports SGM enables you to create custom link and linkset statist ics summary reports, and custom accounting reports. Y ou can also export the reports. This section c[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-370 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • (Optiona l) T o in clude or ex clude specific nodes or linksets in the report, use the node-list ar gument. See the following se ctions for more information: – Including Specific Nodes in Cu stom Reports[...]

3-371 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports Step 3 (Optional) If this is the f irst time you are using the sgm linkstats command to generate a report, you must enter the command two more times: • The first en try gets the f irst set of raw data. • The[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-372 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Generating a Custom Acc ounting Statistics Report T o create a c ustom accounting s tatistics re port for SGM, us e the follo wing procedure: Step 1 Log in as the root user , as des cribed in the “Becoming t[...]

3-373 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports – -ssi —Sort numerically based on servi ce indicator (SI), in ascending order . – -ssm —Sort based on number of MTP3 MSU s sent, in descending order . • (Optional) T o disable automati c output to the [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-374 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 If you installed SGM i n the defau lt directory , /opt , then the /custom directory is located a t /opt/C SCOsgm/reports/cus tom . If you installed SGM i n a dif ferent directory , or if you mov ed the report [...]

3-375 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports K eep in mind the following considerations: – If you instal led SGM in the def ault directory , /opt , then the nodes.inclu de file is located at /o pt/CSCOsgm/r eports/etc/nodes.include . If you installed SGM[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-376 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 K eep in mind the following considerations: – Each line in the special include file must contain a sing le node name , or node name and signaling poin t name, that matches e xactly the real, fully qualified [...]

3-377 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports K eep in mind the following considerations: • If you installed SGM i n the defau lt directory , /opt , then the linksets.include file is located at /o pt/CSCOsgm/r eports/etc/linksets.include . If you instal l[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-378 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 K eep in mind the following considerations: • If you instal led SGM in the def ault directory , /opt , then the nodes.exclude file is located at /opt/CSCOsgm/r eports/etc/nodes.e xclude . If you instal led S[...]

3-379 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports For e xample, the following command genera tes an accounting stat istics report that excludes the li nksets spec ified in the linksets.e xclude fi le : ./sgm accstats default K eep in mind the following consider[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-380 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Custom Net work Statistics Export Fi les page disp lays the following inform ation: • Export File —Name of the custom statistics export ZIP f ile, archived b y type (linkset or link ), date, and hour .[...]

3-381 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports T o access the Accounting Statistics: Cust om Detail Report pa ge, click HTML in the Vi e w column beside a custom accounting statistics report on the Custom Network Statistics Expo rt Files page . SGM displays [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-382 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • Recv MSUs —T otal number of MTP3 MSUs rec ei ved on the specified date. • Send Bytes —T otal number of b ytes sent on the specif ied date. • Recv Bytes —T otal number of bytes rece ived on the sp[...]

3-383 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o display only the top 100 o r bottom 100 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 100 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-384 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Link Statistics: Cust om Detail Report page disp lays the follo wing inform ation: • Number and Sort Order (in header) —Displays the number of records in the table, the c olumn by which th e table is s[...]

3-385 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • L T erm Send Util or L T erm Send Erls —Lon g-term a verage Send Utilization for the l ink, expressed as either a utilization percentage or a number of Erlangs (as set in the Pr eferen ces windo w), since [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-386 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 SGM enables you to modif y the way inf ormation is presented in the Li nk Statistics : Custom De tail Repor t page: • Y ou can sort the pages based on the information in one o f the columns. See the “Resiz[...]

3-387 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • T o display only the top 300 o r bottom 300 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 300 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the t[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-388 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Linkset Statistics: Custom Det ail Report page displays the fol low ing inform ation: • Number and Sort Order (in header) —Displays the number of records in the table, the c olumn by which th e table i[...]

3-389 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports SGM enables you to modif y the way inf ormation is presented in the Li nkset Statistics : Custom De tail Repor t page: • Y ou can sort the pages based on the information in one o f the columns. See the “Resi[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-390 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • T o display only the top 300 o r bottom 300 records, based on t he column by which the table is sorted, cl ick the T op 300 menu option: – If the column is sorted i n descending order , displays only the[...]

3-391 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports Viewing the Current Point Code Inventory The Current Point Code In ventory page disp lays all point codes that are currently being used by all node s that are known to SGM. T o access the Current Point Code In v[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-392 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The Current Point Co de In ventory page displays the fol lowing information: • Number and Sort Order (in header) —Displays the num ber of point codes in the table, the col umn by which t he ta ble is sorte[...]

3-393 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports On the Point Code In ventory: Daily Re ports page , point code in ventory re ports are archi ved b y date. Each archiv ed file cont ains a list of all point codes that were being used b y all nodes that were kno[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-394 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Viewing the Daily Point C ode Inventory Export Files The Daily Point Code In ventory Export Files p age displays all archi ved SGM daily point code in ventory reports for the serv er to which you are connected[...]

3-395 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports T o access the SGM System Reports Log: Last X Messages page, use one of the follo wing procedures: • Select System Report Log from the SGM Serv er Home Page. • Select Log from the menu bar of an y SGM Networ[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports 3-396 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 The SGM System Report Paramet ers and T imers page displays the following inform ation: • Server Name (in header) —Name of t he SGM server for which report parameter and timer settings are b eing displayed[...]

3-397 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Working with SGM Statistics Reports • DiskCheck —Indicates whether SGM is to ve rify that a disk has at least 10 MB of space remaining before generating netw ork statistics reports. For more information, see the descriptio n of the sgm statr e[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Printing SGM Windows 3-398 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 • We b U t i l —Indicates whether SGM is t o display send and recei ve utilization for linksets and links as percentages or in Erlangs, in W eb pages. For more information, see t he description of the sgm web util [ perc[...]

3-399 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Connecting to a N ew Server Figure 3-92 Print Dialog The Print dialog enables you to specify print settings, such as whi ch printer to print to, whether to send output to a f ile (the default location for t he print f ile is your home directory ),[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Connecting to a New Server 3-400 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 T o connect t he client to a ne w serv er: Step 1 (Optional) If you want to determine the def ault host name before you connect to the ne w server , it is contained in the SER VER_NAME entry in the System.pr operties f[...]

3-401 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Integrating SGM with Other Products Integrating SGM with Other Products SGM does not require either CiscoW orks2000 or HP OpenV iew , but SGM does integrate wi th those products to p rovide added v alue. See the follo wing sections for more inform[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Integrating SGM w ith Other Produc ts 3-402 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Integrating SGM with CiscoWorks2000 SGM can integ rate with CiscoW orks2000 during install ation, reg istering with CiscoW orks2000 as an installed applicatio n. See the “Installing SGM on Solaris” and ?[...]

3-403 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Using the Windows Start Menu Launching CiscoView CiscoV ie w provides a real-time, color-co ded, graphical representat ion of Cisco ITPs. Y ou can use CiscoV iew to quickly identi fy an incorrect status on a port or interface. If you are running C[...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Using the Windo ws Start Menu 3-404 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Launching the SGM Client T o launch the SGM Client, use one o f the follo wing procedures: • Double-click the SGM icon on the desktop . • Select Start > Programs > Cisco SGM Client > Launch SGM Client f[...]

3-405 Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager User Guide 78-15589-01 Chapter 3 Managing ITP Networks Using SGM Using the Windows Start Menu Changing the Default SGM Telnet Path SGM provides a def ault T elnet interface fo r T elnet sessions, but you can also specify a path to a different T eln et application, if you prefer . T o specify th e path to the n [...]

Chapter 3 Managing ITP Netw orks Using SGM Using the Windo ws Start Menu 3-406 Cisco Signaling Gateway Mana ger User Guide 78-15589-01 Launching the SGM SSL Certificate Tool T o launch the SGM SSL Certif icate T ool from the W indows Start menu , select Start > Pr ograms > Cisco SGM Client > SGM SSL Certif icate T ool . Uninstalling SGM Y [...]