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IntraSpection ™ Personality Modules AsantéF AST ™ 100 Hub AsantéF AST 100 TX Managed Hub User’ s Manual Asanté T echnologies, Inc. 821 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 1.800.662.9686 www .asante.com August 1997 Part Number 06-00341-00 Rev . A 100NMM PM book Page i Wednesday, August 27, 1997 12:40 PM[...]

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Page iii T able of Contents Introduction...................................................................... 1-1 IntraSpection Personality Modules ............................................ 1-1 AsantéFAST 100 Hub Personality Module ........................... 1-1 AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Module ...... 1-2 Management Options .[...]

Page iv Viewing General Device Information ............................ 3-14 Viewing Module Information ......................................... 3-15 Viewing SNMP Agent Information ................................. 3-16 Enabling/Disabling Ports ................................................ 3-17 Disabling a Group ................................[...]

Page 1-1 1 Introduction IntraSpection Personality Modules A P ersonality Module is a “plug-in” to the IntraSpection system that allows f or e xpanded management of an SNMP device by specificall y addressing the device’ s proprietar y inf or mation (the “Private MIB”). Management capabilities are accessed via the P er sonality Module’ s[...]

Introduction Page 1-2 AsantéF AST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Module The AsantéF AST 100 TX Managed Hub P er sonality Module allows f or e xpanded management of an AsantéF AST 100TX Mana g ed Hub or a stack of 100 Hubs with an attac hed Mana g ed Hub. See Figure 1-2. Figur e 1-2 AsantéF AST 100 TX Mana ged Hub Device P a g e Management Optio[...]

IntraSpection Personality Modules Page 1-3 System Requirements Server ❏ IntraSpection v er sion 1.01 ❏ PC with 80486 or faster micr oprocessor ❏ 48MB RAM ❏ 100MB free disk space ❏ W indows NT™ 3.51 or higher or Windo ws NT 4.0 (rec- ommended) ❏ W eb ser ver that supports Common Gatewa y Interface (CGI) 1.1 (such as Netscape F astT rac[...]

Introduction Page 1-4 About This Manual This manual is divided into the f ollowing chapters: ❏ Chapter 1, “Introduction, ” describes IntraSpection P er sonality Modules. ❏ Chapter 2, “Installation” e xplains how to install the AsantéF AST 100 and AsantéF AST 100 TX Mana g ed Hub P er sonality Modules. ❏ Chapter 3, “Management, ”[...]

Page 2-1 2 Installation Installing a Personality Module This chapter e xplains how to install the AsantéF AST 100 Hub and AsantéF AST 100 TX Mana ged Hub P er sonality Modules. Both P er sonality Modules are contained within the same installation file. When you install the file, you install both P er sonality Modules. ▲ Important: Bef ore ins[...]

Installation Page 2-2 7 Click Ye s to accept the agreement and continue with the installation. Click No to e xit the installa- tion. The IntraSpection P er sonality Module Read Me win- dow appears. Review the inf or mation carefully . 8 Click Next to continue. The decompressed P er sonality Module files are installed onto your computer . The “De[...]

Installing a Personality Module Page 2- 3 The “IntraSpection Module Installation” window appear s. ▲ Important: This window should be pointing to the director y that contains the IntraSpection (websuite.e xe) program. If it is not, click Browse and locate that director y . 14 Click OK . ∆ Note: A “Select Data base” window ma y appear . [...]

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Page 3-1 3 Management This chapter e xplains how to access and use a Personality Module’ s Device P age. The Device Pag e provides access to the P er sonality Mod- ule’ s mana g ement options. Accessing the Device Page T o access the Device P a ge f or an AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack, you must fir st create a map of the netw ork. 1 Make sure the[...]

Management Page 3-2 ❏ Make sure the Enterprise ID field has a v alue of all . ❏ T ype the lowest (beginning) IP address on y our networ k in the Low IP Addr ess field. ❏ T ype the highest (last) IP address on your netw or k in the Hi IP Address field. ❏ Select New in the Discovery Mode field to create a new map, or select Append to atta[...]

Device Page Components Page 3-3 Device Page Components A P er sonality Module’ s Device P age consists of sev eral components, including device inf or mation, a front panel ima g e, and mana g ement menu items. See Figure 3-2. Figur e 3-2 Device P age components The Device P ages f or the AsantéF AST 100 Hub and AsantéF AST 100 TX Managed Hub P[...]

Management Page 3-4 Front Panel Image Components The front panel image contains the f ollowing components (as illustr ated in Figur e 3-4): ❏ Device — the entire stac k of hubs and the attached management module. ❏ Group — each module within the device. ❏ Port — each port on each g roup. ❏ Status LEDs — real-time LEDs that r epr ese[...]

Selecting the Device for Management Page 3-5 Selecting the Device for Management The AsantéF AST 100 Hub and AsantéF AST 100 TX Managed Hub can be managed at differ ent levels; that is, at the device, group, or por t level. For e xample, if a group is selected and y ou select the Reset menu, that group (module) will be r eset. If the device is se[...]

Management Page 3-6 Menu Components The menus on the AsantéF AST 100 Hub and AsantéF AST 100 TX Man- aged Hub Device P a g es provide access to the differ ent mana g ement options supported b y each P er sonality Module. T ables Some menus contain tables with inf or mation that is configurable directl y on-screen fr om y our W eb browser while o[...]

Performing Basic Management Functions Page 3-7 Performing Basic Management Functions This section e xplains how to perf orm some basic mana gement func- tions with both P er sonality Modules. This section covers the following tasks: Configuration T asks Management T asks Management T ask Page Setting community strings page 3-8 Configuring network[...]

Management Page 3-8 Setting Community Strings Community strings define access r ights for r eading and wr iting SNMP data objects f or a device. The community strings (read community and wr ite community) f or an AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack’ s management module are manuall y set in the management module via the module’ s console port. In order [...]

Setting Community Strings Page 3-9 Figur e 3-7 IntraSpection Map Manag er Pag e 3 Click the Edit Device button. The Map Configuration T a ble appears, similar to Figure 3-8. Figur e 3-8 Map Configuration T able 4 Enter the management module’ s IP address in the IP Address field. 5 Enter the management module’ s read community string in the R[...]

Management Page 3-10 Configuring Network Access Parameters T o configure and/or manage an AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack ov er the net- wor k or via out-of-band access, the hub stack’ s management module needs to be properl y configured with networ k access parameter s. These parameters are initially set-up in the manag ement module via the module[...]

Configuring Device Identification Information Page 3-11 Configuring Device Identification Information T o help with hub identification, you can add certain hub details; such as, the hub stack’ s physical address, name, location, and contact infor- mation. T o configure device identification information: 1 Do not select any item on the Device[...]

Management Page 3-12 Performing a Software Upgrade An AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack’ s software can be upgr aded via IntraSpec- tion. T o upgrade an AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack’ s software: 1 Click Software . The Software Upg rade table appears, similar to Figur e 3-11. Figur e 3-11 Software Upg rade table 2 T ype the software’ s file name and n[...]

Updating the Device Page Page 3-13 Updating the Device Page The files f or both Personality Modules are stored within the Intr aSpec- tion Application Ser ver’ s database. Occasionally , these files should be updated from the Device P age to ensur e that you are viewing the hub’ s latest inf or mation. T o update the Personalty Module’ s De[...]

Management Page 3-14 V iewing General Device Information General device inf or mation includes items suc h as the mana gement module’ s version and revision number s, chassis type, backplane type, and backplane revision number . T o view g eneral device inf or mation: 1 Do not select any item on the Device P ag e’ s front panel image. (This sel[...]

Viewing Module Information Page 3-15 V iewing Module Information Module inf or mation includes inf ormation on each group within the device. T o view module inf ormation: 1 Do not select any item on the Device P ag e’ s front panel image. (This selects the entire hub stack.) 2 Click Modules . The Module T able appears, similar to Figure 3-13. Fig[...]

Management Page 3-16 V iewing SNMP Agent Information This menu allows y ou to view information on the management module’ s software ag ent. This information includes the module’ s a g ent type and mode, software and firmware version number s, and trap authentication status. T o view SNMP agent inf or mation: 1 Do not select any item on the Dev[...]

Enabling/Disabling Ports Page 3-17 Enabling/Disabling Ports The enabling or disabling of a port is a manual operation that can be used to isolate networ k devices possibly causing pr oblems on the net- wor k or to prevent unauthorized use of a port or station. T o ena ble or disable a port: 1 Click Ports . Y ou do not need to select any particular [...]

Management Page 3-18 Disabling a Group T o disa ble a g roup: ▲ Important: Group 15 (the bottom module within a stack) and the stac k’ s management module CANNO T be disabled. For mor e information on groups and g roup number ing, see “Group Number ing” on page 3-4. 1 Select the group to be disab led on the Device Pag e’ s front panel ima[...]

Partitioning a Port Page 3-19 Partitioning a Port P or t par titioning is an operation that is done automatically by the hub in certain circumstances to stop transmission on a port, if the port is enabled f or automatic par titioning. T o ena ble or disable automatic partitioning: 1 Select the port to be par titioned (or group containing the port) [...]

Management Page 3-20 Resetting a Group or Device If you c hang ed the IP address, subnet mask, and/or default gatewa y f or a management module within a device, that management module needs to be reset. Resets can be perf or med at the device level (resets the entir e stack) or at the group lev el (resets an individual hub or a management module). [...]

Enabling Traps Page 3-21 Enabling T raps The T rap A uthentication feature enables an AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack’ s management module to g enerate traps. T raps are g enerated when cer- tain actions — such as an unauthorized IP address attempts to access a certain por t — are violated. T o ena ble T rap A uthentication: 1 Do not select any it[...]

Management Page 3-22 Managing T rap Receivers The T rap Receiv ers menu allows you to set whic h management stations on your netw ork can receiv e traps. This section descr ibes how to add and delete a trap receiv er . T o add a trap receiv er entr y: 1 Do not select any item on the Device P ag e’ s front panel image. (This selects the entire hub[...]

Managing Trap Receivers Page 3-23 Deleting a T rap Receiver Entry T o delete a trap receiv er entr y: 1 Click once on the ro w containing the entr y to be deleted. 2 Click Modify . The Modify Dialog box appear s. 3 Open the Status drop-down menu and select invalid . 4 Click Apply. 5 Click Refresh in the T rap Receiver T able. The trap receiv er is [...]

Management Page 3-24 Setting Alarms Alarm thresholds can help you locate prob lems or faults on the net- wor k. When you set a threshold f or an activity on a hub, you instruct the hub to take a specific action when a value f alls a bove or belo w the set threshold. This section e xplains how to set, delete, and modify alar m thresholds. T o add a[...]

Setting Alarms Page 3-25 Field Description Action Index Displays the number of the alarm entry . This field is read-only; it cannot be edited. Status The status of the alarm entry . Select valid to add an alarm or invalid to delete the alarm. T arget Domain The portion of the device for which the alarm is to be set. Select port , group , or segmen[...]

Management Page 3-26 Deleting an Alarm T o delete an alar m: 1 Select the alarm entr y to be deleted by clicking once on its row in the Alarm Threshold T able. 2 Click Modify . The Modify Dialog box appear s. 3 Open the Status drop-down menu and select invalid . 4 Click Apply . The alarm is deleted. Click Refresh to view updated inf or mation. Modi[...]

Viewing Node Summary Information Page 3-27 V iewing Node Summary Information The Node Summar y menu provides IP mapping information (a summar y of node activity) f or the device or a selected group. Each node address remains in the table f or the amount of seconds specified in the Node Aging T imer . T o view node summar y inf or mation: 1 T o vie[...]

Management Page 3-28 Setting Port Security The P or t Secur ity menu allows netw ork managers to control access to ports b y specifying the physical addr esses that are author ized to con- nect to the ports. If an unspecified physical address attempts to con- nect to a certain por t, an action (such as automatic partitioning of the port, sending o[...]

Setting Port Security Page 3-29 5 Enter the number of the port for whic h por t secur ity inf or mation is to be set in the PortIndex field. 6 Open the Status drop-down menu and select valid . 7 Enter the physical (MA C) address that is allow ed to use the selected port number in the Allowed Addr ess field. ▲ Important: Enter the physical addr [...]

Management Page 3-30 V iewing Statistics Statistics f or an AsantéF AST 100 Hub stack can be view ed in two differ- ent f ormats: table or gr aph. Statistics collected include runts, alignment error s, late collisions, shor t events, good frames, and bad frames. T able Statistics 1 Select a group or a port f or which statistics are to be gathered [...]

Viewing Statistics Page 3-31 Graph Statistics 1 Select a group or a port f or which statistics ar e to be gath- ered by clic king on it once on the front panel ima g e. T o view statistics f or the device, do NO T select anything. 2 Click Graph . The Graph Statistics pag e appear s for the g roup, por t or device selected, similar to Figure 3-28. F[...]

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Page 4-1 4 Menus This chapter describes each manag ement menu and its contents on the AsantéF AST 100 Hub and AsantéF AST 100 TX Mana g ed Hub Personality Modules’ Device P a ge. The table below pro vides a brief descr iption of each menu; the sections that f ollow e xplain each menu in detail. Table 4-1 Device Page Menu Descriptions Menu Descr[...]

Menus Page 4-2 Menu Description Control T itle for the submenus listed below it; this menu cannot be selected. See “Control” on page 4-11. Reset Allows you to reset a group or device. See “Reset” on page 4-11. Partition Allows you to enable or disable a group and partition a port. See “Partition” on page 4-12. Threshold Allows you to se[...]

Identify Page 4-3 Configuration This menu is not a management option; it is a title f or the configuration sub-menus listed below it. This menu CANNO T be selected. Identify This menu provides r ead-only and configurable identification inf or ma- tion f or the device. T a ble 4-2 describes each field in the Identify menu. ∆ Note: For instruc[...]

Menus Page 4-4 Device This menu provides r ead-only , gener al information on the device. T a ble 4-3 describes each field in the Device menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Vie wing General Device Inf or mation” on page 3-14. Table 4-3 Device Menu Field Description V ersion Number Read-only field; displays the current ve[...]

Modules Page 4-5 Modules This menu provides r ead-only inf or mation on each group within the device. T a ble 4-4 describes each field in the Modules menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Vie wing Module Inf or mation” on page 3-15. Table 4-4 Modules Menu Field Description Group Index Read-only field; displays the number o[...]

Menus Page 4-6 Ports This menu provides r ead-only and configurable inf or mation f or each port on the device. T a ble 4-5 describes each field in the P orts menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Enabling/ Disabling P or ts” on page 3-17 and “P ar titioning a P or t” on page 3-19. Table 4-5 Ports Menu Field Descriptio[...]

Ports Page 4-7 Field Description Admin Status Configurable field; determines the state of the port. ❏ enabled — the port is enabled and can receive packets. ❏ disabled — the port is disabled and cannot receive packets. See “Enabling/Disabling Ports” on page 3-17 for instructions. 100NMM PM book Page 7 Wednesday, August 27, 1997 12:40 [...]

Menus Page 4-8 Agent This menu provides r ead-only and configurable inf or mation f or the device’ s SNMP a g ent. T a ble 4-6 describes each field in the Agent menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Vie wing SNMP Agent Inf or mation” on page 3-16. Table 4-6 Agent Menu Field Description SWV ersion Major Read-only field; [...]

Network Page 4-9 Network This menu provides configur a ble netw ork access information f or the device’ s mana g ement module. This inf or mation is needed to access the device across the netw ork (in-band management). T a ble 4-7 describes each field in the Netw ork menu. ▲ Important : If you c hange the IP address , subnet mask , or default[...]

Menus Page 4-10 SWUpgrade This menu provides r ead-only and configurable softwar e upgrade and boot method inf or mation (the parameter s used f or downloading a new version of software) f or the device. T a ble 4-8 describes each field in the SWUpg rade menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “P er- f or ming a Software Upgr a[...]

Reset Page 4-11 Control This menu is not a management option; it is a title f or the sub-menus listed below it. This menu CANNO T be selected. Reset This menu allows y ou to reset the device or a selected g roup within the device. T a ble 4-9 describes each field in the Reset menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Resetting a [...]

Menus Page 4-12 Partition This menu allows y ou to disa ble a gr oup or configure a por t f or auto- matic partitioning. T a ble 4-10 describes each field in the P ar tition menu. ▲ Important: Group 15 (the bottom module in the stack) and the stac k’ s management module CANNO T be disabled. For mor e information on groups and g roup number in[...]

Threshold Page 4-13 Threshold This menu displays the current alarms that are set and allows alarms to be added or modified. Alarms can help you locate problems or f aults on the network. When you set an alarm threshold f or an activity on a hub, you instruct the hub to take a specific action when the value f alls a bove or belo w the set threshol[...]

Menus Page 4-14 Field Description Subject Configurable field; determines the counter to be polled. ❏ readableframes — the total number of good or readable frames (frames without error). ❏ frametoolong — the number of frames that were longer than 1,518 bytes. ❏ runts — the number of frames that were shorter than 64 bytes. ❏ alignment[...]

Threshold Page 4-15 Field Description Startup Event Configurable field; determines when the alarm is to be triggered. ❏ rising — alarm is triggered when the event rate rises above the threshold. ❏ falling — alarm is triggered when the event rate falls below the threshold. ❏ rising and falling — alarm is triggered when the event rate r[...]

Menus Page 4-16 Node Summary This menu provides IP mapping inf or mation (a summar y of node activ- ity on the device or a selected group). T a ble 4-12 describes each field in the Node Summar y menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Vie wing Node Summar y Information” on page 3-27. Table 4-12 Node Summary Menu Field Descrip[...]

Table Page 4-17 V alidate This menu updates the P ersonality Module’ s Device P ag e with the latest inf or mation stored in the IntraSpection Application Ser ver database. For instructions on using this menu, see “Updating the Device P a g e” on page 3-13. Statistics This menu is not an actual management option; it is a title to the sub- men[...]

Menus Page 4-18 Field Description ❏ Datarate Mismatch — the number of errors where the incoming data rate is not within the tolerance level of 10Mhz (+ or - 0.01%). ❏ Short Events — the number of data bursts, where data is less than 10 bytes in length. ❏ MauJabberLockups — the number of times the hub repeater chip goes into a lockup sta[...]

Graph Page 4-19 Graph This menu provides r eal-time statistical information, in a graph f ormat, on the device, group or port selected. T a ble 4-14 describes each field in the Graph menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Vie wing Statistics” on pa ge 3-30. Table 4-14 Graph Menu Field Description Seconds Drop-down menu; spec[...]

Menus Page 4-20 Security This menu is not a management option; it is a title f or the sub-menus listed below it. This menu CANNO T be selected. Port Security This menu allows y ou to contr ol access to ports by specifying the physi- cal addresses that are allo wed to connect to certain por ts. If an unau- thorized physical address attempts to conne[...]

Trap Receivers Page 4-21 T rap Receivers This menu allows y ou to deter mine the mana gement stations that will receiv e traps from the device. T a ble 4-16 describes each field in the T rap Receiv er s menu. ∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Managing T rap Receiv er s” on page 3-22. Table 4-16 Trap Receivers Menu Field Descr[...]

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Index-i Index Numerics 100NMM.ipm, installation 2-1 A about this manual 1-4 add button 3-6 agent information, viewing 3-16 menu 4-8 reset, description 4-11 alarm thresholds. See alarms alarms adding 3-24 configuring 3-24 deleting 3-26 detected value 4-15 last measurement 4-15 modifying 3-26 owner string 4-15 polling interval 4-15 responses 4-15 sam[...]

Index-ii default gateway and changing 4-9 configuring 3-10 description 4-9 description information 4-3 device (entire hub stack) defined 3-4 general information, viewing 3-14 identification information, configuring 3-11 menu, description 4-4 page accessing 3-1 components of 3-3 front panel image 3-4 menus, overview 4-1 updating 3-13 view of 1-1 se[...]

Index-iii IntraSpection Application Server , starting 2-2 Map Manager 3-9 navigation bar 3-8 IP (Internet Protocol) address and changing 4-9 configuring 3-10 description 4-9 unauthorized 4-8 mapping. See node summar y J jabber status 4-6 L last IP address 4-16 physical addr ess 4-16 late collisions 4-17 LEDs, viewing 3-4 link status, port 4-6 local[...]

Index-iv management (continued) trap receiv er s (continued) menu 4-21 traps, enabling 3-21 validate menu 4-17 viewing statistics 3-30 , 3-31 map, of the network, creating 3-1 Map Manager Page 3-9 mapping, IP. See node summary mau jabber lockups 4-18 menus buttons 3-6 components of 3-6 configurable information 3-6 overview of 4-1 read-only informat[...]

Index-v port (continued) security menu 4-20 using 3-28 violations 4-20 selecting 3-5 type 4-6 unauthorized access, violations 4-20 viewing image of 3-4 ports menu 4-6 R readable octets 4-18 read-only information 3-6 receivers (of traps) adding 3-22 deleting 3-23 refresh button 3-6 remote, boot info 4-10 protocol 4-10 configuring 3-12 requirements c[...]

Index-vi thresholds (continued) startup event 4-15 subject 4-14 target domain 4-13 group 4-13 port 4-13 threshold value 4-15 thresholds, alarm. See alarms trap authentication configuring 3-21 description 4-8 receivers adding 3-22 address, description 4-21 deleting 3-23 community string 4-21 menu 4-21 traps adding receiving stations 3-22 deleting re[...]