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ADVISION v 3.1 User Manual

1. 6 0060s 3 1 MIB Loading Procedure ssir eorie sperret raken ka ME SOREN ease a lr Bees 3 1 DISCOVER have Oa Aia tains eee Ole att tiene lane mid iaa ate ts 3 2 Proxied Device ut A E OEE LS ii hae td WR hath hoki O ih 3 2 TRATO DISCO VEL Y ina A AS alone a DA A EAS edt td De ts A IDAS 3 2 IP Auto Discovery Smart 16 16e Shelf Controller 00 0 0 cee eee eee 3 3 IP Auto Discovery TSU Products 00 ccc 3 3 Manual Rediscovery eresi pasii trde iS nitan e Ge eee Saws bes oe See Maes 3 3 Manual Rediscovery Smart 16 16e Shelf Controller 0000000000000 3 3 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual V Table of Contents Removing Objects or ss sest riii ores deep a A eau ee eee Soo we bee eA 3 3 Object Placement without Discovery ccc ccc een nee 3 4 Adding IP Addressable Objects via Loadhosts 0 0 e eee ee eee eee 3 4 Manually Adding Proxied Objects 6 6 6 eee eee ne 3 5 ADTRAN Status raie taaa ween A de Me Roa dir 3 6 Chapter4 Graphical User Interface GUI 6 eee cece eee eee eee eee eee eeeee 4 1 OV ETVICW 5 nn GRR A sete A REN hak SER a Abed lb se Atha Is Atta Ren O mace 4 1 Activating the GUlecos ii A dank ieee Sched RUN Wood Ta E Wea 4 1 Device View ern tote a A Malye gigi Urge att tS 4 2 Accessing the MIB Viewer from the Device Viewer 06006 c eee eee nee 4 4 Ment Bai A Oa tle led al E a E AEA te hate aio 4 4 A A E EOS 4 5 MIS A E e A a A aa 4 6
2. Only in the most unusual circumstances should you terminate a download sequence Whenever a termination occurs either manually initiated or due to I O errors immediately attempt to restore the device to a known config uration state by attempting anew Apply Configuration or by reviewing the configuration with the MIB Viewer and applying any required modifica tions Updating MIB II System Parameters An Apply Configuration updates the user selectable system parameters of MIB II Therefore while a saved configuration can be applied to two units of the same type ensure that the sysContact sysLocation and sys Name are correct after doing so Date and time values in the device are not affected by an Apply Configuration Retrieves a complete device configuration from the displayed device and saves it in a text file A Save File dialog box displays which allows you to select a file to create or update 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 5 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Close Exit View Polling Hide Show Statistics Suspend Resume Polling Demand Poll Clear Error Reset Statistics Device Polling Uploading the Configuration After you select the file ADVISION begins retrieving the device s current configuration An Uploading Progress dialog box displays during the re trieval process showing the number of required and completed transmis sions The Stop button in the Uploading Progres
3. Polling dr neen IS AS AA AAA EER 4 6 DEVICE iria RS IA A A ee 4 7 Modules 000 A a a r A li Tn ibn 4 7 Window A a a a e ies IA a ed CONIA nao Er odia cl atole dd A ES 4 7 Statistics Pa A A Bots a eae eis 4 7 Pushsbutton Indicators a a GE PO nM iS 4 8 BBVA A ne a A A e e a dica 4 8 PBZ E E a Shot dean AN ide A 004 00 Dori da aldo dl ero so e Meld A a ell das Jl a a 4 8 BB Bh ae a a tdo aioe o 4 9 PBA A RS A ANN ao 4 9 Nils dl AAA A E Fea BG E E een 4 9 MIB Vie Wer avi te cee nda Li O A Id td A 4 10 Title Bar A A A eA eh eo ee oma ies 4 11 Ment Bar arr each sexs one wat a A helene wheal attendee telnet OLEA Gcatgedte Sek teate cotas 4 11 File che Per SA da WRN tao Deed tate A A A EA 4 11 A Nt Med OO Ses YN e sie Ai ah ACRE LA Oe Mine aah isthe eke Re Re Melia ts 4 13 Status ron oss es A ERR a eae lea eee eee ee 4 13 WINOW anar aa a SOS RO Pe ETa E 4 13 SNMP Data ATC ni A a eee sea cc ba ae pe teh a Bs 4 13 Text Held dt a e a Sot e a a a O aod ean A ais oan ioc eS des 4 13 COMBO BOXES WI Sh esa NT ie OS EE EE AN EES 4 13 Cal A AAN E a eh a wee BM tit NG Solna ee 4 13 PUSH Buttons A Ditech ac AA sty Toran Sent Dae ae Sa 4 13 TOL Ele BOXES e a tae Ri a Cah a e no id 4 14 Table Index Selectors lt A ne a RE eee es 4 14 Statistics Panel od dws com tn ARA ah Dept eee ea tea ane aed a etch ow 4 14 Command Buttons ii aE ace Sep A eke Paget adhe bie da Sedan ae 4 14 DONE ai A AR deca a E E a are ae es coh Bek IA tg Ad 4 14 A
4. Reviewer are that the Reviewer does not communicate with the device nei ther Polling nor Apply is supported and all fields are editable When launched from the Device Viewer the MIB Reviewer displays a File gt Load dialog box which prompts you for a file to display When launched from the MIB Viewer the current MIB view is copied and displayed The Re viewer consists of the following sections Title Bar Menu Bar SNMP Data Ar ea and Table Index Selectors Identifies the device and the title of the MIB Reviewer 4 14 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Menu Bar File Login Load Save Close Exit Page Window Includes the following menu items File Page and Window Login Load File Save Close Page Exit Menu Bar Device Viewer MIB Viewer Window Graph Viewer Table Viewer Reviewer Figure 4 7 Menu Tree for the Reviewer Menu Bar Contains the following menu items Login Load Save Close and Exit See Login Dialog Box on page 2 4 Displays a previously saved set of values When loading all saved values including Table Index Selectors are updated and can be subsequently edited and saved By default these files are located in your home directory with a preferred suffix of sav You can alter this location during navigation in the Load gt Save dialog or preset the location in the Preferences Files Saves the current MIB R
5. lt filename gt 6 3 ovw 6 3 server 6 3 configuration information accessing 4 1 D D4 DiGroup 5 2 device naming conventions 5 5 device viewer 4 2 apply configuration 4 5 close 4 6 menu bar 4 4 file 4 5 apply configuration 4 5 login 4 5 save configuration 4 5 device viewer menu bar 4 2 device 4 7 file close 4 6 exit 4 6 save configuration 4 5 modules 4 7 polling 4 6 all polling suspend resume 4 7 clear error 4 6 demand poll 4 6 device polling suspend resume 4 6 hide show statistics 4 6 reset statistics 4 6 view 4 6 window devices 4 7 graphs 4 7 MIB viewers 4 7 reviewers 4 7 device specific information 5 1 discovery 3 2 IP auto discovery 3 2 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual Index 1 Index manual 3 3 proxied chassis 3 3 displaying statistics panel 4 6 dministrator 2 5 download sequence terminating 4 5 DSU III DBU 5 3 E entering data into text fields 4 16 environemental variables 6 2 ADVISION_FILE_ERRS 6 2 ADVISION_INSTALL 6 2 HOME 6 2 errors I O 4 6 exiting the device viewer 4 6 F FramePort 144 and 768 5 2 accessing network information 5 2 displaying installed cards 5 2 provisioning options 5 3 G get error dialog box 5 2 graph viewer 4 16 graph viewer menu bar 4 17 file 4 18 close 4 18 exit 4 18 export data 4 18 login 4 18 graph viewer title bar 4 17 graph viewer variable selection dialog 4 18 graph viewer graph data area 4 19 axis lables 4 19 data lables 4 20 erro
6. simply check 4 18 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Graph Data Area Progress Dialog Stop Button Scales Axes Labels the toggle button to the left of the variable description If the maximum num ber of variables has been selected the remaining list is grayed out EN Variable Selection olx Available variables 4 maximum Y Byres kz Byr Ts EF Avg Throughput Rx JE Avg Throughput Tx d Accept Cancel Figure 4 10 Variable Selection Dialog Box If the maximum number of variables has been selected you can replace a current variable with a grayed out variable by de selecting unchecking one of the current variables This action makes the number of variables se lected no longer the maximum Then you can select a new variable from the list of available variables After making a new selection click the Accept button at the bottom of the dialog box to view the new graph or click Cancel to view data for previous variable selections Displays in several different ways point plot area plot bar chart and stacked bar The default display method is chosen to best represent the data Each axis is appropriately scaled and labeled The Graph Viewer window size and the graph size and scale can be modified While data is acquired from the device either from the initial window dis play or a subsequent Refresh Graph request a Progress dialog box
7. visibility of this panel see also Preferences Files on page 6 1 Suspends or resumes polling for device status if Interval polling is specified Forces an immediate poll if no poll is currently outstanding Returns the error or timeout indication to Normal Resets the last poll elapsed time and the poll counter displayed in the Sta tistics Panel to 0 Suspends or resumes polling for the Device View and all MIB Views cur rently displayed for this device Does not affect the initial polling parame ters set for any MIB View displayed at a later time Suspend terminates a Graph or Table View refresh in progress 4 6 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI All Polling Device Modules Window Statistics Panel Suspends or resumes polling for the Device View and all MIB Views cur rently displayed for all devices Does not affect the initial polling parame ters set for any MIB View displayed at a later time Suspend terminates a Graph or Table View refresh in progress These headings indicate which MIB Viewers dialog pages are available for the selected device Headings are device specific and include categories such as Status Configure Diagnostics Performance Dial Test etc See the selected device s user manual for information on the fields represented on the MIB Viewers Accesses the Device menus for the option cards for units containing option cards and
8. Filename bitmaps SOV_BITMAPS conf SOV_CONF fields SOV_FIELDS registration OV_REGISTRATION snmp_mibs OV_SN symbols SOV_SY P_MIBS BOLS Installation also updates the etc services file with an entry for the ad vdb socket C 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Index A accessing configuration information 4 1 accessing the MIB viewer from the device viewer 4 4 activating downloaded configurations 5 1 activating the GUI 4 1 adding IP addressable units when Open View discovery disabled 3 4 adding IP addressble unit to an Open View in stallation 3 4 adding object to HP Open View submap 3 2 adding proxied devices to submap 3 5 adding proxied units not discovered during nor mal discovery process 3 4 ADTRAN object status 3 6 advdb database process 2 3 advdis discover process 2 3 ADVISION features 1 2 GUI 1 1 installing 2 1 onlilne help UNIX only 2 6 packing list 2 1 registration process 2 3 ADVISION GUI advision 2 3 database server advdb 2 3 discover advdisc 2 3 object status advstat 2 3 system requirements 2 1 using the GUI 2 6 advision GUI process 2 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView 3 1 advstat status process 2 3 altering SNMP data 3 1 apply 4 14 applying a configuration 4 5 Cc changing the ADTRAN Status value 3 7 child submap 3 2 closing the device viewer 4 6 command line options 6 3 advdb 6 3 changing the number of supported ob jects 6 3 error_file
9. arie Permanent Virtual Circuit SNM P cnc ee is Simple Network Management Protocol TS OEE A EET Terminal Service Unit 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual A 1 Appendix A Acronyms A 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Appendix B Glossary D4 DiGroup An ADVISION shelf that displays the FramePort 144 and 768 daemon A background program that runs unattended collecting information or performing operating system administration tasks Some daemons activate when an event occurs while others activate at timed intervals Data Link Connection Identifier DLCI A group of bits in a frame relay connection s overhead that identifies the virtual circuit or channel over which the data is being sent to its address discovery The process by which devices are added to an HP OpenView submap event An occurrence or happening lasso The process of selecting an area on an active window by using the left mouse button to draw a rectan gular or square outline around the area loadhosts HP OpenView file that loads adds hosts to the IP topology database maintained by ovtopmd and used by netmon and ipmap Lines are read from standard input or from the specified in file and are in the format used by etc hosts Management Information Base MIB Specifications containing definitions of management information so that networked systems can be remotely monitored configured and controlled netmon A daemon that attemp
10. entered at the command VARIABLES line or withina profile or bashrc etc file Table 6 2 Environmental Variables Option Definition ADVISION_FILE _ERRS Tells ADVISION where to output the error data other than advision_errors ADVISION_INSTALL Directory in which the ADVISION files are installed not just the applica tion This directory is defined at installation and must be correct for the HP OpenView connection to work properly HOME Environment variables of the user s home directory This option can be set by command line or advisionrc file but it is typically the HOME environment variable This is a mandatory variable and is required for ADVISION to run In most cases HOME is defined by the system for the user so no additional action is required 6 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 6 ADVISION Setup Parameters COMMAND LINE OPTIONS This information is provided only for reference purposes The command line options listed in Table 6 3 supersede all other options and are entered when typing the ADVISION command Table 6 3 Command Line Options Option Definition error file lt filename gt Informs ADVISION of where to output the error data other than advision_errors Required for HP OpenView integration notifies the process to reg OVW ister with HP OpenView for ADTRAN object selections server Required fo
11. identifies these options cards Provides a list of open ADVISION views All MIB graph and table views opened for a unit remain in this list until the unit s device view is closed These lists consists of Devices the MIB Viewer the Graph Viewer the Table Viewer and the MIB Reviewer e Devices lists names of open device views Select from the list of unit names to bring that view to the top of the desktop e MIB Viewers lists names of opened MIB views Entries include Unit Name MIB View Title Select from the list to bring that view to the top of the desktop see also MIB Viewer on page 4 10 e Reviewer lists names of open reviews The entries are Unit Name MIB View Title For reviews of files the unit name is extracted from the saved file Select from the list to bring that view to the top of the desktop see also Reviewer on page 4 14 e Graph Viewer lists names of opened graph views The entries are Unit Name Graph View Title Select from the list to bring that view to the top of the desktop see also Graph Viewer on page 4 16 e Table Viewer lists names of opened table views The entries are Unit Name Table View Title Select from the list to bring that view to the top of the desktop see also Table Viewer on page 4 21 The MIB Viewer and the MIB Reviewer differ in that the MIB Reviewer does not communicate with the device at all and all fields are editable The Statistics Panel if enabled appears
12. li de 4 20 Window ReSIZe genii dB RS A A Ba A A a AA a 4 20 Resizing Scaling i680 Ri eS E A ea 4 20 VNS O A oie etn tattle iia obtained te wes 4 20 ZOOMING cis geod a papas ade wid ia 4 20 Return to Default reserare secede a REE BES RAR ag IES og PAE IAN RE EER te ee BA 4 20 Error Dialogs osu tithe BSL RE Gewese AG SOA He eS ee ee e SR ea te ot 4 20 Table Wi wW Ot 0 A A rae id ad SEO gate E 4 21 Title Bar sucinta Mend tad sold ads set a rd di tl 4 21 Menu Bait ni ae iyena r A ead AA A AA a ai 4 21 Hill dt 4 22 POUT SA E A A AA AS AE A A 4 23 WindOw Denda s a aiaa a NA e a a id rd 4 23 Variable Selection Dialogos ita as EEE e el SUS AT 4 23 Table Data Area a A A A OER 4 23 Progress Dialog reote A AA E AA A A A soe tend dae 4 23 Labels iria idad add 4 23 WiNAOWReSIZO toto dd IB RE A ol A A RY 4 24 Row Column Resize Lt E A ar y 4 24 Error Dialogs is acto SA A AAA eae cai ele acne AE A ATA 4 24 Chapter5 Device Specific Information 0 ccc cece cece cece eee cece teenies 5 1 OVERVIEW A A RLS Pe ee es ee Pa ee 5 1 Supported Devices nia tea Bitsy KANE Geen Ee E RE ENE AE EARRA E EAER ace 5 1 System Information oia ca id A a a A E E E ERE A A wane EE 5 1 IO Units Prior tovo 22 a h aA A A A a A A e lo 5 1 IO Units Later than V 3 22 2 2 e ace Sn ea E ee ee A aa 5 2 Get Error Dialog BOX iia a ie ote ds ea engin 5 2 Specifying a New PVG vasa hoi tase be eae A eee eh A edie pee pede 5 2 PHs Ta E sities tice cd se A O
13. on both the Device Viewer and the MIB Viewer windows To hide or display the Statistics Panel use the selec tions under Polling from the menu bar The default state of hidden or vis ible is an installation option specified in the Preferences Files see Preferences Files on page 6 1 The Statistics Panel automatically becomes visible if an SNMP error or a time out occurs Automatic visibility ensures that the ab 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 7 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Push button Indicators PB1 PB2 normal condition displays Changing a view image in either type of viewer also automatically initializes the Statistics Panel The Statistics Panel is organized into two rows of four blocks see Figure 4 4 The top row contains four push button PB indicators referred to as PB1 PB4 in the following paragraphs The bottom row contains nu meric N fields some editable some strictly informative referred to as N1 N4 in the following paragraphs PB1 PB2 PB3 PB4 _ Polling Normal Reset N1 N2 N3 N4 Figure 4 4 Statistics Panel The push button indicators act as shortcuts for the Polling menu Click these buttons to activate the following options The push buttons vary depending on the view selected and the action requested Indicates the viewer s polling mode by displaying Demand Once Interval or Suspended Demand Polling takes place only upon your request T
14. the Shift key instead of the Ctrl key After scaling translation or zooming the graph you may return the graph to its original display settings by pressing the r key on your keyboard All interactive scaling translation and zooming are removed and the default graph margins and axes bounds display While the original geometry is re stored the axes scaling may differ slightly from the original display Various errors may occur when communicating with a device to retrieve data for display in the graph When errors occur the viewer displays a dia log box to help explain the encountered problem The dialogs are listed be low along with a brief explanation of the problem and its possible source A general SNMP communication error occurred The type of error is dis played within the dialog This error can result from several different prob lem sources including an intermittent communication error an incorrect GET community string and an attempt to retrieve data not stored within the device The message states Device contains no data A graph with a selectable list ofindices for example the TSU DSU IQ PVC Interval Performance Graph has no list entries from which to select In this example this error may occur when the unit has not identified any PVCs to monitor 4 20 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Initialization Error TABLE VIEWER Title Bar Menu Bar A problem occur
15. the new window area Changes the graph scale independent of the window To alter the graph scale press the Ctrl key on the keyboard and simultaneously hold down the middle mouse button To increase the graph s size drag the mouse towards you To decrease its size drag the mouse away from you When enlarging the view the graph display is clipped within the window Re positions translates the location of the graph within the window under normal scale or when reduced or of the portion of the graph being viewed when the scale has been so enlarged that all of the graph is not viewable Press the Shift key on your keyboard and simultaneously hold down the middle mouse button Move the mouse in the appropriate direction to re position the graph Releasing the middle mouse button drops the graph at the current location within the window Enlarges zooms in on a particular portion of a graph to fill the current win dow The zoomed graph may or may not have labeled axes depending on the selection method To view the data without any axes place the mouse pointer at a corner of the area to be enlarged Simultaneously press the Ctrl key on your keyboard and the left mouse button and proceed to lasso a rectangular region to enlarge Release the mouse button and the graph changes to display the lassoed region If an axis is included in the lassoed re gion it is shown in the resulting view To ensure that both axes are dis played use
16. tions to other devices After properly configuring one device save the base lines and then load them to the corresponding pages of other devices After loading the saved configuration to the MIB page you can make adjustments to the fields as necessary Click the Apply button to download the new con figuration ADVISION issues a warning message to prevent you from loading a saved page file that is different from the currently displayed page For pages with Table Index Selectors if the selected index is different from the index saved in the file a warning message generates noting the mismatch If you continue the load by clicking Apply the values from the file update the associated fields disregarding the index mismatch By default these files are located in your home directory with a preferred suffix of sav You can alter this location during navigation in the Load gt Save dialog or preset the location in the Preferences Files When saving a MIB Viewer page to a file all of the values are stored as they are currently displayed even if some fields have been edited since the device was last polled All fields whether they have permissions of ReadOnly or ReadWrite are stored in the file Saving all the fields captures 4 12 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Close Polling Refresh Viewer Status Window SNMP Data Area Text Fields Combo Boxes Scales Push B
17. which drives all GUI views Help Contains files for integration into the CDE Help INSTALL SH INSTALL_CD SH Images README advdb lrf auth sample bin bitmaps C device pm conf C fields C Adtran fld registration lrf snmp_mibs mib system Tape Installation script obsolete CD Installation script Image files for ADTRAN unit Device Views Text file describing new features new product support etc File to use with ovaddob j to register advdb the ADTRAN database server Sample user authentication file Contains executables and user includes for login scripts Bit maps defining OpenView symbols for ADTRAN devices Contains files to be added to OpenView s oid_to_symand oid_to_type files to prop erly register ADTRAN units for netmon discov ery File to register additional OpenView database fields required to support ADVISION OpenView registration files for ADVISION pro cesses associated with an OpenView window map session ADTRAN product MIBs 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual C 1 Appendix C Installation Files FILES ALTERED BY INSTALLATION symbols C Adtran mib File used to register symbols for ADTRAN prod Uninstall sh ucts with OpenView This is an uninstall script which runs without operator intervention once started During installation the files in the following directories are linked into the specified OV directories Directory
18. with an SNMP agent card to provide SNMP support through one IP address The existence of these chained devices is currently not reported by the SNMP agent card to ADVISION Manually place these devices on a submap to allow management with ADVISION by following the procedure described under Manually Add ing Proxied Objects on page 3 5 These products have expanded SNMP support for ADVISION version 3 1 The Device Viewer presents an accurate representation of all front panel LEDs and shows supported option cards in their appropriate location on the rear view of the device Status configuration and test parameters for the op tion cards are available for review and setting While there is some addition al support for the base units complete management support requires use of the ADTRAN product T Watch Pro for instance to manipulate the DS1 DSOs mapping 5 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 5 Device Specific Information TSU Mux Limitations NAMING CONVENTIONS SNMP I O TIMEOUT ERRORS Under ADVISION 3 1 the following limitation exists for the TSU Multiplex ers TSU Mux e product family TSU 100e 120e and 600e Members of this product family as well as the standalone TSU and ISU 512 can be chained to a TSU e unit to provide SNMP support through one IP address The existence of these chained devices is cur rently not reported by the unit to ADVISION Manually place these de vices on a sub
19. A A bo head aac 1 2 HRP ORENVIEW 1 a A a as BAN a a sa ae Rae is 1 2 Maps Submaps iisi is A A A A A At ye 1 2 HP OpenView Features citado loss Ge sie ech dee Ge sabe hdc blog SN Bae EY E 1 2 Chapter2 Installing and Using ADVISION 0 cece eee cece rro 2 1 OVINA O I ae aa en Se eee ads See 2 1 System REQUIEM cio an ete destin Gt A Bea ate eee EE woe wate end atte acs te 2 1 Packing List ccd ites see ccste o Cee L ERE AAA AAA A Badd des 2 1 InstallineAD VISION a BAI a EIA ERG A MAA IES EA RDG A Me tba 2 1 Installation seed ee ie ee Oe ee as BISA Oe ee EE 2 2 Uninstall Process nica Neen tes a eek Age ay ek ute BR Aa A a A aaa 2 3 IRE GIS EPA tonere ease See tbe cee is O osu de LE a E fora AS ATA A 2 3 Dy glee aa rire Pi e e SPR RATE AALS UL RRC A ROR a 2 3 Login Privilege Levels nio A eae ee Ea ese BM es 2 4 RYOVISION 5 52 2 cles veld ih Sates a latina 2 4 Read Wiite sips eo oe ie ice RE OR NE a ey LE EGE REE PE LS 2 4 READ OHI Yi A A e lee RR tt dh i 2 4 NODC re tos SE SO Se ee ee da eee ee ee 2 4 LOsinDialO ss BOK earann pest oa Gud Barge data 2 4 LoginsPrivileg Pile 0 ae ok pact a dca Pada eae PO aN a E Es 2 5 Usma ADVISION a e A E e e a did 2 6 Using Online Help pnmo A A A A AA A AAA S 2 6 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView 00 cece eee ee eee eens 3 1 CDV CE VICW a Bon BAS os hase sa Bede awe Beate teste AOS CM wa a os Bi tae Seka gs bee lly Ta 3 1 Management Information Bases MIBs
20. ADRAN ADVISION v 3 1 User Manual Part Number 1950025L1 61950025L1 1B July 2001 Trademarks Copyright O 2001 ADTRAN Inc All rights reserved ADVISION and T Watch Pro are trademarks of ADTRAN Inc Copyright O 1992 1999 Hewlett Packard Company All rights reserved OpenView is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Copyright O 1995 1999 by KL Group Inc All rights reserved ADRAN 901 Explorer Boulevard P O Box 140000 Huntsville AL 35814 4000 256 963 8000 2001 ADTRAN Inc All Rights Reserved Printed in U S A ADTRAN Year 2000 Y2K Readiness Disclosure ADTRAN has established a Year 2000 program to ensure that our products will correctly function in the new millennium ADTRAN warrants that all products meet Year 2000 specifications regardless of model or revision Information about ADTRAN s Year 2000 compliance program is available at the fol lowing Product Matrix www adtran com y2kfax html E mail year2000 adtran com Faxback Document Line 256 963 8200 Y2K plans and product certifications are listed in the Product Matrix see above Y2K Project Line 256 963 2200 Table of Contents List Of Figures coria ori re e OA E E SRS ARAS A ix List Of Fables srei veh re bile ie he AAA AE AAA AS EA BEE BS NE EE GS xi Chapter1 Introduction oooooooomcocoorcncccconcnoo ono o or 1 1 ADVISION ds a E ds IT O ad AE o De O de 1 1 ADNISION GUESS AA L E A E E EE NARA A thy SAA 1 1 ADVISION Features rr
21. Accepts data entered using the keyboard and allows you to view the dis played information The system beeps if you attempt to edit a read only text field or if you attempt to enter more characters than are supported by the device Provide additional menus To access these menus click the box located to the right of the combo box menu field to view and select from the menu options Combo box menus with an arrow indicate alterable fields Combo box menus with no arrow indicate a read only field Increases and decreases a value when you drag the selector right or left respectively Click to the right left of the selector to increase decrease the value by one Activates an option when you click on the push button Push button action implicitly applies all pending field changes 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 13 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Toggle Boxes Table Index Selectors Statistics Panel Command Buttons Done Apply Revert Cancel REVIEWER Title Bar Enables checked box and disables unchecked box mutually exclusive options when you click the box If the system does not respond to your command the field is read only Some MIB Viewer pages display selected data for a set of parameters within the device For example a device may have multiple ports which have iden tical configuration parameters To identify which port the data is associated with a scale displays betw
22. As seca A A BAS aed fl bat 5 2 FramePort 144 E 76822 A A EE es 5 2 Smart 160 166 Shelton sa e aa Meee a tan ADN 5 3 DSUTIT DB a A A A A LAS ii 5 3 Removing a Device Card A A ca Ibis 5 3 SNMEPT O Timeout Errors 4 3026 A e ed 5 3 WG Yer 56 0 Jammer cra erro Tar is re Pl A a ee a a a 5 4 TSU 100 120 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual vii Table of Contents oO rs a rra A A AS lia 4a seus E 5 4 TSU 1006 1206 EGO ri a OREO LAS bt 5 4 TOUMA Limitations O SE fee de fae an Set 5 5 Naming CONVENIOS iis Facute AA sla E SA Likes a Sd 5 5 SNMP I O Timeout Errors 0 00000 cc ce ce eee eee ee eee EE nen ees 5 5 TSU Mux Option Cards ms fast ews tends seal Ra DAA ake WOE DIE a PER BER RN E 5 6 Chapter6 ADVISION Setup Parameters 0 cece cece cece eee e eee e eee eens eeeeee 6 1 OVeIVIEW A EE hac eae Fe ila A BH ocala E E EEE AEE Lae tee ante osa di Bebe iB 6 1 Preferences Files ia a MAES Seek le cane Scene ts Lots valle A Ae cs Ao yen Te Tee willie lS 6 1 Elle Entries ste asks A Ses eh ee aay een A ane ee 6 1 Environment Vatlables e oc ares ayn O a als Dr as O A 6 2 Command Line Options sri caw ren a AS P A AA A AAA 6 3 Database Servet advdb A A A tad na tt oes 6 3 Changing the Number of Supported Objects ooooooocccoccccrococcnncooao eee 6 3 Appendix A Acronyms 0 ccc ccc ccc eee e ene eee n eens ene eeeeneeeeees A 1 Appendix B Glossary oooooooooommmooommmormmmmrrmmmmrr rr romo rr ror rom rr mmmo
23. DTRAN objects and drives the symbol status for the symbol of an IP addressable device which resides on that object s child submap This action does not interfere with the device s object status which is determined by HP OpenView s netmon a daemon that maintains the network topology and status Some ADTRAN devices have no SNMP status data associated with them for instance all ESP option cards and therefore normally have a status of Unknown blue color Also while some devices may have SNMP status data available the data in some cases may not be retrieved from the device while displaying the Device Viewer for example option cards within a Smart 16e Shelf 3 6 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView You may modify the ADTRAN Status value for instance to set ESP option cards to Normal by following these steps Instructions for Modifying the ADTRAN Status Step Action 1 Start OpenView 2 Select an ADTRAN object 3 Select Edit gt Describe Modify Object 4 In the Object Description dialog box select AdvisionStatus and then select View Modify Object Attributes 5 In the Attributes for Object dialog box select the desired status from the scrollable list displayed under ADTRAN Status 6 Select Verify and after receiving a confirmation message select OK The object status or symbol status for the child submap 7 symbol for IP d
24. DVISION command line options 6 3 environmental variables 6 2 preference files 6 1 Smart 16 16 e Shelf 5 3 SNMP I O timeout errors 5 3 Smart 16 16e Shelf removing a device card 5 3 SNMP configuration modifications for IQ units 5 1 SNMP I O timeout errors 5 5 specifying a new PVC 5 2 statistics panel displaying 4 6 hiding 4 6 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual Index 3 Index returning error indicator to normal 4 6 submap child 3 2 supported devices 5 1 suspend polling 4 7 symbols and unit status 3 3 system information MIB viewer 5 1 system requirements 2 1 T T3SU 300 5 4 table viewer 4 21 table data area 4 23 table viewer menu bar 4 21 file 4 22 close 4 23 exit 4 23 export data 4 22 login 4 22 polling 4 23 all polling suspend resume 4 23 device polling suspend resume 4 23 reconfigure 4 23 refresh 4 23 window 4 23 table viewer table data area error dialogs 4 24 GET Error 4 24 initialization error 4 24 viewer creaton warning 4 24 lables 4 23 progress dialog 4 23 rown column resize 4 24 window resize 4 24 table viewer title bar 4 21 table viewer variable selection dialog 4 23 technical support 2 1 terminating a download sequence 4 5 TSU 100 120 z 600 5 4 TSU 100e 120e amp 600e 5 4 TSU mux limitations 5 5 TSU mux option cards 5 6 TSU IP auto discovery 3 3 U unit status and symbols 3 3 units supported by ADVISION 5 1 updating MIB II system parameters 4 5 using ADVISION 2 1 usin
25. ON GUI by clicking on the appropriate ADTRAN symbol from the HP OpenView submap Table 1 1 Color Definitions for Device Status Color Meaning Cyan Warning Red Critical Orange Major Yellow Minor Green Normal Blue Unknown device 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 1 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using ADVISION OVERVIEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PACKING LIST INSTALLING ADVISION This chapter provides information on installing ADVISION including system requirements and the packing list and using ADVISION including security in formation In addition this chapter discusses the registration process To run ADVISION your system must meet the following requirements HP 9000 UNIX workstation with HP UX 10 20 or 11 SUN workstation Su per Sparc or later with Solaris 2 5 1 2 6 or 2 7 e HP OpenView Network Node Manager 4 11 5 X or 6 X e 256 pseudo color display e CD ROM drive e 10 megabytes MB memory per GUI session e 40 MB free disk space The ADVISION package contains the following items e ADVISION installation CD e ADVISION Quick Start Guide Software License Agreement e ADVISION User Manual included in PDF format on the CD If something is missing from your shipment contact ADTRAN Technical Sup port see inside the back cover The installation program does the following during the installation procedure Transf
26. View s SNMP configuration database and onto a specific map ADVISION can also communicate by proxy via SNMP with a device that can t directly communicate with ADVISION Figure 3 1 illustrates this process ADVISION SNMP ADTRAN Proxy Device Proprietary Proxied Device Figure 3 1 ADVISION Communicating with a Proxied Device HP OpenView automatically discovers IP addressable devices and places them on the submap as part of its normal auto discovery process ADVISION s auto discovery process recognizes which option cards are installed in these devices and places these cards on the child submap Through the process of auto discovery ADVISION automatically creates a second executable symbol for the object on the device s child submap The new symbol s device status is set to Status indicating that the device s 3 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView IP Auto Discovery Smart 16 16e Shelf Controller IP Auto Discovery TSU Products Manual Rediscovery Manual Rediscovery Smart 16 16e Shelf Controller Removing Objects condition is dependent on the alarm or test conditions reflected in traps and is independent of the polling status maintained by HP OpenView For any auto discovered Smart 16 16e Shelf controller the ADVISION discovery process interrogates the unit and determines which if any other Smart 16 16e controllers are being proxied and adds symbol
27. al ix List of Figures x ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 List of Tables Table 1 1 Table 6 1 Table 6 2 Table 6 3 Color Definitions for Device Status o oooooooomorrrnrrrr n teen teens 1 3 Preferences File Entry Definitions 0 0 00 6 2 Environmental Variables 0 00 i i o ce ence een A tenes 6 2 Command Line Options se ye se soe vgs a eee Rua Aa ps oia odas 6 3 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual xi List of Tables xii ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ADVISION ADVISION GUI ADTRAN s ADVISION is a comprehensive network management application that provides the tools necessary to control configure and monitor ADTRAN data communication products that can be managed using Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Integration into Hewlett Packard s HP OpenView Network Node Manager for UNIX platform ensures compatibility with industry standards and eliminates the need for proprietary management systems With ADVISION a single management station controls and configures networks that include DDS Switched 56 ISDN Frame Relay and T1 In addition ADVISION limits use of the system resources on the management platform to those needed during active management ADVISION s device specific graphical user interface GUI displays animated graphical representations of devices both front and rear views see Figure 1 1 to assist with
28. an installed card is not shown Gain access to information and options for in dividual cards by selecting the card from the Modules menu or by right clicking the card 5 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 5 Device Specific Information SMART 16 16E SHELF DSU Ill DBU Removing a Device Card SNMP I O Timeout Errors An additional menu item the Provisioning selection is included in the FramePort 144 and 768 ADVISION interface Access this selection from the Device menu Choose to provision the card port PVC or DLCI You must have Provision permission to be able to write to the Provisioning pages however with ReadWrite permission you may perform test functions See the Using Online Help on page 2 6 for more information on Provision and ReadWrite permission The Smart 16 16e Shelf controller provides SNMP support for up to 16 shelves The rackmount cards supported include the following e DSUII AR e DSU II DBU V 34 V 32 ISDN S4W e ISU 128 e ISU 2x64 e T1ESF CSU e TSU V 35 ELA 530 The DSU III DBU V 32 is treated as a V 34 card and is controlled in the same manner Removing a device card from the Smart 16e Shelf causes the MIB Viewer to report an error in the statistics panel and to suspend interval polling When the card is replaced polling may be resumed If the card configuration is al tered so that the HP OpenView submap is no longer valid select the Smart 16 16e Shelf symbol and i
29. aphical User Interface GUI Accessing the A special feature of the Device Viewer is the ability to jump from the Device MIB Viewer from Viewer to the MIB Viewer the Device Viewer Instructions for Accessing the MIB Viewer from the Device Viewer Step Action Ensure that you are in the Device Viewer see Figure 4 2 on page 4 3 Right click on the device or on any option card The available menus and unit identification for that item display in a pop up menu For Option Cards Only Double click the left mouse button on the option card to launch an independent option card Device Viewer You can then dis play menu options by using the menu bar or by right clicking on the option card If the main unit s Device Viewer is no longer needed you can dismiss it without affecting the option card s Device Viewer This procedure eliminates unnecessary polling Menu Bar The following options make up the menu bar File View Polling Device Mod ules and Window The Modules option only appears if an option card is in stalled in the device compare the menu bars in Figure 4 2 on page 4 3 Login Apply Configuration File Save Configuration Close Exit View Front Rear Hide Show Statistics Menu Bar Suspend Resume Polling Demand Poll Polling Clear Error Reset Statistics Device Device Polling All Polling Modules Devices MIB Viewers W
30. aul ReadOnly george ReadWrite ringo Provision Comment lines begin with pound signs in the first column Using this file the site administrator grants or denies access privileges on a per user basis When installed the authorization file should have Read per mission for all users and Write permission for the administrator s account 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 2 5 Chapter 2 Installing and Using ADVISION USING ADVISION Using Online Help To start the ADVISION GUI select one of the following three methods 1 From the OpenView map single click the left mouse button on any ADTRAN object and select the following from the pull down menu on the menu bar Tools gt ADVISION Manager gt ADVISION OR 2 From the OpenView map single click the right mouse button on any ADTRAN object and select ADVISION from the pop up menu OR 3 From the OpenView map double click the left mouse button on any executable ADTRAN object Executable objects have a raised but ton like appearance While loading the ADVISION loading status window displays Once AD VISION successfully loads the loading status window automatically closes and a device specific window opens to provide complete access to all fea tures supported by the ADTRAN SNMP devices ADVISION help is delivered online as a subset of the HP OpenView help system Access the file from within the ADVISION GUI by selecting and ex ecuting a
31. bar identifies the device and presented data The following menu items make up the Men Bar File Polling and Window Login File Export Data Close Exit Refresh Menu Bar Polling Reconfigure Device Polling All Polling Device Viewer MIB Viewer Window Graph Viewer Table Viewer Reviewer Figure 4 11 Menu Tree for the Table Viewer Menu Bar 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 21 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI File Login Export Data File Polling Window Network Interval Performance Table Avg Avg Max Max Avg Avg Max Max Throughput Throughput Throughput Throughput Utilization Utilization Utilization Utilization Rx Tx Rx Tx Rx Tx Rx Tx 855 1304 1001 44640 a S 4 Figure 4 12 Table Viewer Contains the following menu items Login Export Data Close and Exit See Login Dialog Box on page 2 4 Saves data currently displayed in the table to a text file which can later be transferred to a database or spreadsheet program The data is saved in a comma delimited format with data for each variable stored in a single col umn After selecting Export Data you are prompted with a file dialog box to enter a name for the text file Importing the Export Data File When importing the text file be aware that several identifier lines are saved at the beginning of the file identifying the user who created the file his ADVISION permissions the file creation tim
32. di rectory and all users may have one in their home directory The ADVISION_INSTALL directory provides an example of this file Any options set by advisionrc found in the home directory take precedence over values set by the ADVISION_INSTALL preference file Preferences file entries ARE case sensitive Table 6 1 on page 6 2 lists the entry definitions The syntax for each option is as follows lt option gt lt value gt 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 6 1 Chapter 6 ADVISION Setup Parameters Table 6 1 Preferences File Entry Definitions Option Value Definition confirm TRUE required default User preference for requiring a confirmation step FALSE none required after selecting a push button control in a MIB Viewer and before exiting ADVISION dir load SHOME default Directory from which saved configuration pages are retrieved dir save SHOME default Directory to which configuration pages are saved file errors advision_errors default Informs ADVISION where to output the error data splash TRUE always displayed The user preference for the ADVISION About win default dow displayed at startup FALSE never displayed statistics TRUE initially visible default FALSE initially hidden The user preference for the initial display of the statistics panel on any viewer ENVIRONMENT The environmental variables listed in Table 6 2 are
33. ding the ADVISION window displays see Figure 4 1 Once ADVISION successfully loads the window automatically closes The device specific window opens to provide complete access to all features supported by the ADTRAN SNMP devices m ADVISION for HP OpenView created Wed Apr 28 10 50 45 CDT 1999 Copyright c 1996 1999 ADTRAN Inc ADTRAN Inc 901 Explorer Boulevard le AL 35806 il ES Figure 4 1 ADVISION Opening Window The Device Viewer see Figure 4 2 on page 4 3 is the visual interface to the ADVISION supported ADTRAN device Four sections make up this viewer the Title Bar the Menu Bar the Device Image and the Statistics Panel The Title Bar identifies the device The Menu Bar see also Menu Bar on page 4 4 contains a number of menus to configure the device The Device Image pictorially depicts the unit The Statistics Panel see also Statistics Panel on page 4 7 contains push buttons and numeric fields that keep you informed of the GUI s communication with the unit 4 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Title Bar p gt PERAR Menu Bar pp Device Image Statistics Panel Title Bar p Menu Bar p Device Image p Statistics Panel Figure 4 2 Two Views of the Device Viewer 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 3 Chapter 4 Gr
34. displays to show how much of the requested data has been retrieved A progress bar along with a numeric percentage is shown This is particularly useful when most of the retrieved data is plotted along the X axis and therefore not vis ible Interrupts data acquisition and leaves the graph in its current partially com plete state This option can eliminate unnecessary network traffic if only part of the graphed data is of interest and is already displayed Presets scaling to show defined ranges of data for example 0 900 for DS1 Errored Seconds by 15 minute intervals Scales can also float automatical ly re scaling the graph to plot the displayed data as in DS1 Path Coding Vi olations by 15 minute interval Displays text along the graph s axes describing the engineering units of the data 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 19 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Data Labels Window Resize Resizing Scaling Translation Zooming Return to Default Error Dialogs GET Error Viewer Creation Warning Provides labels across the bottom of graph identifying the data represented by symbol type for point line plots or by color for area or bar charts Resizes the graph window in any direction at any time The aspect ratio of the graph need not be maintained The graph is redrawn to fit the new win dow display area rescaling the axes and possibly changing the data label or ganization to best fit
35. e ADVISION_INSTALL as follows a lf running sh or ksh add the following to your login script profile or login opt advision bin adv envvars sh b If running csh add the following to your csh resource file cshrc source opt advision bin adv envvars csh If you have selected another location for the ADVISION installation directory modify this script to reflect your installation directory To start the ADVISION database server execute the following SOV_BIN ovstart advdb 2 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using ADVISION Uninstall Process REGISTRATION LOGIN UNIX Installation Procedure Continued Step Action 7 Installation is now complete Dismount the CD ROM and log offas root 8 Execute ovw to start the ADVISION processes advstat and advdisc To view formatted traps in HP OpenView load MIBS for ADTRAN devices into HP OpenView Device MIBs are located in the following directory var opt OV share snmp_mibs Vendor Adtran To remove the ADVISION installation as root and with OV environment variables defined execute the following from the command line opt advision UNINSTALL SH Registration defines ADVISION processes to OpenView This definition occurs on installation Registration involves four processes 1 The first process involves the ADVISION database server One copy of this database serve
36. e the filename the source ADTRAN unit and the ADVISION table page name Following these identifier lines the first data row contains a description of the field and the second row contains the actual MIB variable along with any instance specification noted as an index 4 22 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Close Exit Polling Refresh Reconfigure Device Polling Suspend Resume All Polling Suspend Resume Window Variable Selection Dialog Table Data Area Progress Dialog Labels Closes the table window Exits ADVISION closing all viewers Your response to a confirmation box avoids accidental termination Contains the following options Refresh Reconfigure Device Polling Sus pend Resume and All Polling Suspend Resume See Refresh on page 4 18 See Reconfigure on page 4 18 See Device Polling Suspend Resume on page 4 18 See All Polling Suspend Resume on page 4 18 See Window on page 4 7 Lists variables that may be displayed on the Table Viewer The listed vari ables are logically associated for example listing all Network Frame Relay Performance data for an IQ product Each list has a maximum number of variables that may be simultaneously viewed Typically that number is eight and is displayed in the upper right corner of the dialog box To select a variable simply check the toggle button to the left of the variable descrip tion If the maxim
37. e duration of time that the SNMP GET request and response transaction is in progress The elapsed time displays in N3 Displays with a green highlight for the duration of time that the SNMP SET transaction is in progress The elapsed time displays in N3 Indicates the status of the last SNMP transaction by displaying Normal Timeout or Error If a time out or error condition occurs while the Statistics Panel is hidden the panel automatically becomes visible again Reset the Error or Timeout indication back to Normal by clicking this push button indicator or by changing the Polling menu selection Initially and at the end of every successfully completed SNMP transaction Normal displays and continues to display until an abnormal result is re ceived Indicates that a poll failed to obtain a response after waiting and retrying as specified in the HP OpenView SNMP configuration database Timeout indi cates that the displayed data is not current Possible errors resulting in this display include community string errors loss of physical link and device er rors see also SNMP I O Timeout Errors on page 5 3 Indicates that an SNMP error occurred An SNMP error usually indicates that the device does not have a compatible firmware revision for ADVISION management Report this condition to ADTRAN Technical Support see in side back cover for resolution This error could also indicate a device configuration change If an SNMP er ror is det
38. ect GET community string and an attempt to retrieve data not stored within the device Message states Device contains no data A table with a selectable list of indices for example the TSU DSU IQ PVC Interval Performance Table has no list entries from which to select In this example this error may occur when the unit has not identified any PVCs to monitor A problem occurred while trying to determine data display constraints index ranges before actually retrieving data For instance all TSU IQ per formance tables have to poll interrogate the device to determine what set of intervals and PVCs are available for retrieval If an SNMP I O error occurs during this phase of table generation the dialog text explains the detected error If the index ranges are obtained and the index maximum value is zero the dialog text states Device contains no data You may observe this error when attempting to retrieve daily performance statistics before the unit has recorded the first day s data If the maximum index range value is nonzero but still below the minimum value the text states Startup limits out of range No errors resulting from normal operations should result in this notice 4 24 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 5 Device Specific Information OVERVIEW This chapter discusses device specific information for ADVISION and provides details on the features unique to the ADVISION GUI For all other device specific info
39. ected and the polling mode is Interval polling automatically sus pends because this error is unlikely to be corrected by retries You can demand a poll to verify this and or to resume interval polling as previously described Displays the word Reset and is not an indicator Click on this button to reset the duration of the last poll in N3 and to reset to zero the count of the number of polls in N4 Specify the length of time between successive polls when in the interval mode the length of time between successive polls when a timeout condi tion occurs displays the time that the last SNMP activity took to complete the transaction of a GET or SET request and displays a count of the number of SNMP transactions completed Determines the length of time between successive polls when in the interval mode Most device and status views are defined to poll at one second inter vals You can suspend interval polling or temporarily override the rate by 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 9 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI N2 N3 N4 MIB VIEWER editing the value to any suitable value in seconds and then pressing Enter Specifying a value of zero causes ADVISION to poll the device continu ously at the fastest rate possible The flashing yellow polling indicator in block PB2 reflects the impact of this setting Specifies the length of time between successive polls when a timeout condi tion occurs Typical defaul
40. ed under the current Load Save Configuration for the T3SU 300 All non port config uration parameters are saved and restored You must update each port con figuration separately to completely restore a unit s configuration You may use the individual page Save gt Load feature from the port configuration page to aid you in this These products have limited SNMP support for ADVISION version 3 1 us ing the SNMP Agent option card although they have complete proprietary management support using the ADTRAN product T Watch Pro Under ADVISION 3 1 the following limitations exist for the TSU Multiplex ers TSU Mux product family TSU 100 120 and 600 e Inthe front view of the Device Viewer only three of four CSU indicators are animated OK ALARM and TEST ERROR is not supported The OK green indicator is on when the DS1 line status variable indicates no errors The ALARM red indicator is on when an error is reported The TEST yellow indicator is only on when the device is reporting an active local loopback test but does not show when the device is in non loop back test mode Some test conditions at the device produce OK and ALARM indications that are not reported to ADVISION e The rear view in the Device Viewer does not display the presence of op tion cards There is no SNMP support of TSU MUX option cards in AD VISION 3 1 e Members of this product family as well as the standalone TSU and ISU 512 can be chained to a TSU
41. een the Data Area and the Command Buttons Se lect data for two different parameters using two scales displayed in the same region When a page with selectors first displays the selector values default to their minimum If you want to view data for a different item e g port move the scale to the appropriate value The data associated with the new selection is retrieved from the device and displayed This section is the same as for Device Viewer Statistics Panel see page 4 7 Located beneath the Statistics Panel the Command Buttons include Done Apply Revert and Cancel Applies any changes made on the current page to the device and dismisses the MIB Viewer Applies changes to the device This button is only active when fields have been altered In any text field altered integer values are compared to an allowable range for the text field before being sent to the device If the value is not within range a message dialog opens noting which field is in error and describing the allowable range Correct the value before attempting another Apply Discards field changes made since the last Apply and polls the unit for its current set of values Discards field changes made since the last Apply and dismisses the MIB Viewer The MIB Reviewer allows you to review and modify the contents of MIB views which have been saved through the File gt Save function of the MIB Viewer The two primary differences between the MIB Viewer and the MIB
42. ers all files into the installation directory tree e Links ADVISION files to the appropriate HP OpenView directories e Registers the ADVISION database server with HP OpenView for start up via ovstart e Registers other ADVISION fields and applications e Updates etc server to define the ADVISION database server socket ad dress as 7966 The ADVISION installation program requires that all HP OpenView environ ment variables be defined 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 2 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using ADVISION Installation If you are reinstalling ADVISION run OV_BIN ovstop advdb before proceeding with the installation To install ADVISION follow these steps UNIX Installation Procedure Step Action Log in as root Mount the CD ROM specifying the appropriate device filename and mount directory For example usr sbin mount dev dsk c0t2d0 cdrom Change the directory to the mounted CD ROM directory Execute the following INSTALL_CD SH a Enter the path to the tar file depot CD ROM mount directory b Confirm the target Operating System for the installation default is determined via uname c Enter the ADVISION installation directory opt advision is assumed If the ADVISION installation directory already exists the system issues an installation error Disregard the error and continue the installation Define the ADVISION environment variabl
43. es the Graph window Exits ADVISION closing all viewers Your response to a confirmation box avoids accidental termination Includes the following items Refresh Reconfigure Device Polling Suspend Re sume and All Polling Suspend Resume Accesses the device to update all data displayed on the graph A progress dialog box displays progress during data acquisition Displays the Variable Selection Dialog from which to select for viewing a dif ferent set of data Suspends or resumes polling for the Device View and all MIB Views cur rently displayed for this device It does not affect the initial polling parame ters set for any MIB View displayed at a later time Suspend terminates a Graph or Table View refresh in progress Suspends or resumes polling for the Device View and all MIB Views cur rently displayed for all devices It does not affect the initial polling parame ters set for any MIB View displayed at a later time Suspend terminates a Graph or Table View refresh in progress See Window on page 4 7 Lists variables that may be displayed in the Graph Viewer see Figure 4 10 on page 4 19 The listed variables are logically associated for example list ing all Network Frame Relay Performance data for a unit from the IQ prod uct family Each list has a maximum number of variables that may be simultaneously viewed Typically that number is four and is displayed in the upper right corner of the dialog box To select a variable
44. evices on the map should now reflect the selected status 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 3 7 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView 3 8 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI OVERVIEW The ADVISION GUI provides access to configuration information which is viewable and modifiable though a series of pull down and pop up menus locat ed in five different device specific viewers This chapter discusses the GUI view ers and their menus in the following sections e Device Viewer on page 4 2 e MIB Viewer on page 4 10 e Reviewer on page 4 14 also called the MIB Reviewer e Graph Viewer on page 4 16 e Table Viewer on page 4 21 ACTIVATING To activate the device specific GUI shown in Figure 4 2 on page 4 3 follow one THE GUI of the procedures described below 1 From the OpenView map single click the left mouse button on any ADTRAN object and select the following from the pull down menu on the menu bar Tools gt ADVISION Manager gt ADVISION OR 2 From the OpenView map single click the right mouse button on any ADTRAN object and select ADVISION from the pop up menu OR 3 From the OpenView map double click the left mouse button on any exe cutable ADTRAN object Executable objects have a raised button like appearance 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI DEVICE VIEWER While loa
45. eviewer contents to a text file All fields regardless of current user permissions are stored in the file Closes the Reviewer window Exits ADVISION closing all Viewers and exiting the ADVISION applica tion Your response to a confirmation box avoids accidental termination Conditionally displays the total configuration page for some products for example TSU 100e TSU 120e and TSU 600e Page is actually a set of pages consisting of its own total configuration page and additional total configu ration pages for each of its option cards When multiple pages make up the total configuration page Page becomes visible and has a drop down ra dio button list of included page names To view a page simply select the page name from the list See Window on page 4 7 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 15 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI SNMP Data Area Contains several different field types All fields are editable regardless of Text Fields Combo Boxes Scales Push Buttons Toggle Boxes Table Index Selectors GRAPH VIEWER your permission These field types include the following Text Fields Combo Boxes Scales Push Buttons and Toggle Boxes See Text Fields on page 4 13 See Combo Boxes on page 4 13 See Scales on page 4 13 See Push Buttons on page 4 13 See Toggle Boxes on page 4 14 Some pages display selected data for a set of parameters within the device For example a device may have multip
46. field installations or diagnostics E3 198 79 125 100 Ecd ex 198 79 125 100 Mm ES File View Polling Device Window File View Polling Device Window Help Figure 1 1 Front and Rear Graphical Representations of a TSU 100e Activating the application GUI requires a simple point and click of a mouse Once activated a network manager has complete access to all features supported by the ADTRAN SNMP devices The GUI contains device specific symbols on the submaps displays animated product images that reflect device options and indicators and provides a set of product specific dialogs boxes for monitoring configuring and testing ADTRAN SNMP devices 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ADVISION Features HP OPENVIEW Maps Submaps HP OpenView Features ADVISION also provides Management Information Bases MIBs to use with the HP OpenView MIB Browser and Event Browser Included MIB trap definitions describe formatting for device specific alarms and events A summary of ADVISION s features follows e Easy to use SNMP application with graphical user interface GUI e Integration into HP OpenView s UNIX platform see Chapter 3 e Automatic device discovery e Comprehensive trap and alarm processing e Color coded device specific symbols indicate network status e View modify save and apply device configuration e Complete diagnostic control e Detailed status information e Perfo
47. finition in HP OpenView version 4 x and later e Ability to use the OpenView MIB Browser to examine and alter SNMP data in ADTRAN devices Follow the instructions in the ensuing Step Action table to load the ADTRAN MIBs Instructions for Loading ADTRAN provided MIBs Step Action 1 Start HP OpenView 2 From the HP OpenView menu bar select the following Options gt Load gt Unload MIBS SNMP From the Load Unload MIBS dialog box click on the Load button 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 3 1 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView DISCOVERY Proxied Devices IP Auto Discovery Instructions for Loading ADTRAN provided MIBs Continued Step Action Load adtran mib ads1 mib for T1 product support and 4 all device MIBs applicable to your setup ADTRAN MIBs are located under Vendor Adtran 5 Click OK The message MIB Successfully Loaded appears When asked if you want to load the TRAP TYPE macro click OK The system notifies you that the load was successful The Technical Support section of the ADTRAN website provides a complete list of the MIBs required to support each ADTRAN device Discovery is the process by which devices objects are added to the HP OpenView submap This process occurs either through IP Auto Discovery below or Manual Rediscovery see page 3 3 In both cases an entry for the device is added into HP Open
48. g ADVISION GUI 2 6 using push buttons 4 16 using scales 4 16 V variable selection dialog 4 18 Index 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 ADTRAN Support General Information 800 9ADTRAN ADTRAN Home Page http www adtran com ADTRAN Technical Support Phone 888 4ADTRAN E mail support adtran com
49. his mode is uncommon and is found on views that contain no dynamic data such as some option cards Once Polls the device only once to supply dynamic data which is most commonly unchanging configuration data You can initiate a demand poll at any time Interval Repeatedly polls the device to collect dynamic data for the viewer Polling takes place at the rate indicated in the numeric field directly below this push button N1 The time shown in the field is the time between the end of one poll and the beginning of the next poll Click this push button indicator or change the Polling menu selection to suspend interval polling Suspended Suspends polling Click this push button indicator to suspend polling then use the Polling menu to resume interval polling The field now displays In terval Indicates SNMP input output I O activity by displaying Poll Polling or Applying 4 8 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Poll Polling Applying PB3 Normal Timeout Error PB4 Numeric Fields N1 Displays when there is no SNMP I O activity Click this push button indi cator or change the Polling menu selection to initiate a demand poll You can initiate a demand poll no matter what poll mode is active interval once de mand or suspended however attempting to demand a poll while a poll is still outstanding has no effect Displays with a yellow highlight th
50. indow Reviewers Graphs Tables Figure 4 3 Menu Tree for the Device Viewer Menu Bar 4 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI File Login Apply Configuration Save Configuration Includes the menu items Login Apply Configuration Save Configuration Close and Exit See Login Dialog Box on page 2 4 Applies to the displayed device a complete device configuration previously saved in a text file A Load File dialog box displays to allow selection of the text file generated via the Save Configuration item described in the next section When the file selection is made ADVISION reads the saved configuration data from the selected file into memory The restrictions for each saved field are compared to the user s permissions If ANY field has a higher permission requirement than that of the user the download process is terminated and the user is notified through an information dialog box Otherwise ADVISION begins to transfer the saved configuration to the device A Downloading Progress dialog box displays during the transfer showing the number of required and completed transmissions The Stop button in the Downloading Progress dialog box allows you to stop the transfer If an SNMP error occurs principally no response timeouts an information dia log box displays noting the error and the rest of the transfer is terminated Terminating a Download Sequence
51. ions follow for TSU IQs and the TSU 600es where the last parameter is the file you created in step 2 Type all of this information on one line SOV_BIN loadhosts o 1 3 6 1 4 1 664 1 147 TSUIOfilename SOV_BIN loadhosts o 1 3 6 1 4 1 664 1 149 TSU600e filename The last group of numbers of the octet string 147 and 149 in the above example changes for each product type A list of octet values for each supported product is located in the following file opt advision conf C oid2sym txt You must manually add proxied devices to the submap except for the Smart 16 16e Shelf which is placed on the submap via auto discovery Follow the instructions in the ensuing Step Action table Instructions for Manually Adding Proxied Objects Step Action 4 Select Edit gt Add Object from the HP OpenView menu The Add Object Palette window appears 2 Select the device class from the Symbol Classes list 3 Select the appropriate symbol of the device you want to add 4 Click and hold the middle mouse button to drag the symbol to the child submap The Add Object dialog box appears 5 Enter the words that you want displayed underneath the symbol into the Label field If the ADVISION GUI supports the device select Execute If the device is not supported skip to step 9 6 See the section Supported Devices on page 5 1 for a list of supported devices 7 From the list under Application Action selec
52. le ports which have identical config uration parameters To identify which port the data is associated with a scale displays between the Data Area and the Command Buttons Data may be selected for two different parameters which are displayed with two scales in the same region In the MIB Reviewer the Table Index Selector val ues are view only items Provides a graphical presentation of various tabular MIB data available in ADTRAN devices Each graph displays in a separate window Some graphs are preconfigured so that the viewable data sets are not user selectable However several graphs have logically grouped together a sizable number of MIB variables and allow you to select from a list a reasonable number of variables to simultaneously view You may also modify several presentation parameters at run time The following sections make up the Graph Viewer Title Bar Menu Bar Variable Selection Dialog and Graph Data Area 4 16 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI 10 12 20 2 Network Interval Performan ce Graph File Polling Window Title Bar Menu Bar A 13 20 11 20 9 20 Time Stamp 4 Avg Throughput Rx Max Throughput Rx Identifies the device and presented data Avg Throughput Tx Max Throughput Tx Figure 4 8 Graph Viewer The following menu options make up the Menu Bar File Polling and Win dow Menu Bar File Login Expo
53. m ooss B 1 Appendix C Installation Files o ooooooooommmmmommmorrromrrrmmmrrrmmmrrommo ooss C 1 Index iss AE A LPR AE PRS wR SEE PhS A a He BEE 1 viii ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 List of Figures Figure 1 1 Front and Rear Graphical Representations of a TSU 100e ooooooococcoommo oo 1 1 Figure 1 2 HP OpenView Submap Showing Different ADTRAN Specific Symbols 1 2 Figure 2 1 Login Dialog Box sepa earar a T eee eee 2 4 Figure 3 1 ADVISION Communicating with a Proxied Device 0 0000 e eee 3 2 Figure 4 1 ADVISION Opening Window 0 0 000 e eee eee 4 2 Figure 4 2 Two Views of the Device Viewer 00 00 4 3 Figure 4 3 Menu Tree for the Device Viewer Menu Bar 00 000 c eee eee eee 4 4 Figure 4 4 Statistics Bandler da ade e 4 8 Figure 4 5 MIB Viewer until nal E A E A A Bae aa 4 11 Figure 4 6 Menu Tree for the MIB Viewer Menu Bar ooooococoooocooooonoo eee eee 4 12 Figure 4 7 Menu Tree for the Reviewer Menu Bar 0 00 c cece cece eee ee 4 15 Bigure 4 8 Graph VI Wer gate ais ait A aa 4 17 Figure 4 9 Menu Tree for the Graph Viewer Menu Bar 0 00 cece cece eee 4 17 Figure 4 10 Variable Selection Dialog Box 000 e eee 4 19 Figure 4 11 Menu Tree for the Table Viewer Menu Bar 00 0000 e cece cece eens 4 21 Fiore 4 12 Table Vi Wei e Ge lel eh alae Ye poe ERA 4 22 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manu
54. map to allow management with ADVISION by following the procedure described under Manually Adding Proxied Objects on page 3 5 e ADTRAN units which are remotely controllable via the FDL link with a TSU Mux e product are accessible to ADVISION However the user must manually add the remote device to the OpenView map See Man ually Adding Proxied Objects on page 3 5 for general help on adding ob jects to the map The following describes naming conventions and Address Slot specifications for the TSU Mux e units Remember the following naming conventions The name of the remote device should be the name of the unit which is connected to it via the FDL with the remote unit s unit address append ed separated by for example near unit name 25 Set the remote device s Address Slot specification in the Advision Status dialog to the unit s address e To add the remote device s option cards add them to the Open View map with a name constructed by appending the card s slot and port separated by to the remote unit s name near unit name unitad dress slot port for example near unit name 25 1 3 for unit 25 slot 1 and port 3 Set the card s Address Slot specification in the Advision Status dialog to the unit s Interface Index This number can be viewed on the Interface Table dialog of the remote unit You may experience SNMP I O timeout errors when applying a Total Con figuration to a unit containing o
55. n ADTRAN device and then clicking on the Help button You can also access the ADVISION help system by selecting ADVISION from the HP OpenView Help menu Choose Print from Help s File menu to print a hard copy of the help information 2 6 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView OVERVIEW MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASES MIBS MIB Loading Procedure When integrated with HP OpenView ADVISION becomes a comprehensive network management application ADTRAN provides MIBs containing definitions of management information used to remotely monitor configure and control networked devices ADVISION allows OpenView to automatically discover ADTRAN devices and place them into the appropriate submap using an ADTRAN specific symbol see Figure 1 2 on page 1 2 ADVISION also allows you to manually discover devices and add them to a submap In addition OpenView provides device status based on received traps or polled status information This chapter discusses MIBs discovery methods and ADTRAN status ADTRAN provided MIBs provide the following information and functions e Definitions needed to format traps with descriptions and interpretation of status variables contained in the trap messages These embedded definitions can be passed to HP OpenView during the MIB loading process to automat ically build the trap configuration database entries This process eliminates the need for manual trap de
56. nitiate Manual Rediscovery to rebuild the sub map Close the ADVISION Device Viewer for the shelf and relaunch to al low the GUI to reflect the new configuration You may experience SNMP I O timeout errors when applying a Total Con figuration to a unit or its option cards or when applying several changes from any MIB View Configuration page Responses from the unit can be de layed since all changes have to be validated To alleviate this problem in the OpenView SNMP Configuration Database extend the unit s timeout value up to 5 seconds and set its retry value to none 0 Note that these values do not affect ADVISION s operation until the Device View of the unit is closed and re opened 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 5 3 Chapter 5 Device Specific Information T3SU 300 TSU 100 120 8 600 TSU 100E 120E amp 600E Port Configurations cannot be updated directly on the T3SU 300 To modify a port configuration select the Port Configuration page Next select which port to modify by setting the field Update Profile from Port and clicking Apply The port s configuration will be copied to the units temporary working buffer which is displayed in the configuration dialog Modify the configuration as desired and then select the port in the Apply Profile to Port field Clicking Apply updates the selected port s configuration with the working buffer s settings The port configuration procedure described above is not support
57. nus 4 16 push buttons 4 16 scales 4 16 text fields 4 16 toggle boxes 4 16 MIB reviewer title bar 4 14 MIB viewer 4 10 get error dialog box 5 2 IO Units later than v 3 22 5 2 IO Units Prior to v 3 22 5 1 system information 5 1 MIB viewer command buttons 4 14 cancel 4 14 done 4 14 revert 4 14 MIB viewer device image 4 2 MIB viewer menu bar file 4 11 close 4 13 load 4 12 login 4 12 save 4 12 MIB viewer SNMP data area 4 13 push buttons 4 13 scales 4 13 text fields 4 13 toggle boxes 4 14 MIB viewer statistics panel 4 7 4 14 numeric fields 4 9 N1 4 9 N2 4 10 N3 4 10 N4 4 10 push button indicators PB1 4 8 PB2 4 8 PB3 4 9 PB4 4 9 MIB viewer table index selectors 4 14 MIB II system parameters updating 4 5 MIBs 3 1 N naming conventions device 5 5 O object status 3 6 online help UNIX only 2 6 Open View 1 1 3 1 P placing ADTRAN objects on the map 3 4 polling demanding 4 6 resuming 4 7 suspending 4 7 preferences file file entries confirm 6 1 6 2 dir load 6 2 dir save 6 2 file errors 6 2 splash 6 2 statistics 6 2 preferences files 6 1 file entries 6 1 proxied chassis 3 3 manually deleting 3 3 proxied devices 3 2 R rediscovery IP address 3 3 procedure for 3 3 when adding new cards 3 3 removing a device card Smart 16 16e shelf 5 3 removing objects 3 3 resizing table columns and rows 4 24 resume polling 4 7 reviewing and modifying MIB views 4 14 S saving a configuration 4 5 setting up A
58. ordingly any newly discovered cards are added to the map and any cards no longer present are deleted from the submap on the HP OpenView database The rediscovery process for the Smart 16 16e Shelf controller searches for new controllers being proxied by the device If a new controller is found it is added to the submap and its option cards are placed on their respective submap You must initiate a manual discovery on a proxied chassis to discover changes Any existing proxied chassis is not affected by this process If a proxied chassis has been physically removed from service it is also removed from the submap through manual object deletion This practice alleviates the potential removal from a submap of a proxied device in the event that communication with the unit fails during the rediscovery process To remove an object that refers to units which have been removed from 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 3 3 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView OBJECT PLACEMENT WITHOUT DISCOVERY Adding IP Addressable Objects via Loadhosts service select and delete the object from the HP OpenView map Edit gt Delete gt From All Submaps In two instances you must manually place ADTRAN objects on the map 1 When you need to add IP addressable units on an installation where OpenView s discovery has been disabled 2 When you need to add proxied units which are not discovered during the normal discovery proces
59. pply ic its Sa Aa Ae SS td E AA a ae E 4 14 REVOVE O TE buat E Salant Rah ate etal aaron A E E 4 14 Cancel A IS eee Be ech ac eg oe Si Lap PR toler a tn ea ike evel bes 4 14 IROVACW OL RA A MAIL SUSE A oe eas etl ok A a ate Ae al A oS eh Ate ae 4 14 Title Bar 32 A See Ah ate ete ee Ae OS eh ono ate ee 4 14 Ment Bar acd cca betas a A AA A Bak AGM ae Rts Baan Me REA aa Bek RRR 4 15 AA SI A A E AAN 4 15 LA a o o oa cd la A a Ai 4 15 WIN OWN A A A Ste a ea ais 4 15 SNMP Da tac Area a A A a face E ste ee 4 16 Text Biel dS sos AAA do weet ee stds es 4 16 vi ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Table of Contents Combo BOXES vivia A A A Hud 4 16 Seales ni A AS ATA E A E AA RE ia eh gata 4 16 Push Buttons A Chee A A eee i cue ae tie dt 6 4 16 Toggle BOXES iene ite AAA AAA Ba a 4 16 Table Index Selectors 2 0 6 ec eee ene nen tne n eee nen teen eens 4 16 Graph Viewer coli DAS Eee AS a Aha meee ite ah 2 4 16 Title Dat Di bo RRs pT Eg ag ORM BI A A SIE Ee tek 4 17 Ment Bat scien A dost Sets deh A A eae aid Tears A ti Sule 4 17 A E eee be eo wks Laon eran 4 18 POLE iia da AAA AA reas ae ease eileen tas 4 18 Wind OW Aor snc fs dot este O Pe eat hd Rab ne ds dad Loree hes td o e dint a id 4 18 Variable Selection Dialog viii A a a a e ia 4 18 Gtaph Data Area cesar a ESS Lees krana pa nese 4 19 Progress Dialog Loiola EAT etna ADA A ahs 2 4 19 A A A A RN 4 19 Axes Label ii A A oe ane ree SA E 4 19 Data Labels its ls dd
60. ption cards or when applying several chang es from a MIB View Configuration page Responses from the unit can be delayed since all changes have to be validated To alleviate this problem in the OpenView SNMP Configuration Database extend the unit s timeout val ue up to 20 seconds and set its retry value to none 0 These values do not affect ADVISION s operation until the Device view of the unit is closed and re opened 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 5 5 Chapter 5 Device Specific Information TSU MUX OPTION CARDS ADVISION supports the following TSU Mux option cards DSU III Drop and Insert DSX 1 Dual OCU DP Dual Modem Dual Nx56 64 E amp M FXO FXS Multiport DBU Nx56 64 Nx56 64 DBU OCU DP Quad Modem 5 6 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 6 ADVISION Setup Parameters OVERVIEW PREFERENCES FILES File Entries ADVISION s setup parameters include preference files environment variables and command line options Preference files contain entry definitions that affect software operation and specify certain filenames Environment variables specify file locations and the directories used Command line options include run time specifications which affect operation of the GUI This chapter provides informa tion on these three parameters ADVISION allows the installation of two advisionrc preferences files The administrator may place one advisionrc fileinthe ADVISION_INSTALL
61. r HP OpenView integration notifies process to connect with advdb ADVISION database server to identify the configu ration of objects for display Database The database base server as a default supports 10 000 ADTRAN objects in Server advdb Changing the Number of Supported Objects cluding IP addressable units proxied units and their option cards If the maximum supported value is reached the daemon exits with an error mes sage stating that maximum number of objects has been reached To change the number of supported objects edit the advdb startup com mand in the following file to include as a command line argument nxxx where xxxx is the number of objects to be supported SADVISION_INSTALL advdb 1rf Then restart advdb by entering the following on the command line SOV_BIN ovstart advdb The command line argument can also be used to decrease the number of supported objects and hence the amount of memory required by advdb This should only be done if the number of ADTRAN devices is known to be small 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 6 3 Chapter 6 ADVISION Setup Parameters 6 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Appendix A Acronyms EU ad Channel Service Unit E E EOIR E EOE O Data Link Connection Identifier DU Data Service Unit Placa Facility Data Link EU Frame Relay Service Unit a l EA PEN E TE Hewlett Packard ISU iin aeee ISDN Service Unit MIB iraani Management Information Base A an
62. r dialogs 4 20 GET error 4 20 initialization error 4 21 viewer creation warning 4 20 progress dialog 4 19 resizing scaling 4 20 return to default 4 20 scales 4 19 translation 4 20 window resize 4 20 zooming 4 20 GUI 1 1 GUI activating 4 1 H hide show statistics 4 6 hiding statistics panel 4 6 HP 1 2 HP Open View 1 1 3 1 HP OpenView description 1 2 features 1 2 maps submaps 1 2 symbols 1 2 colors meaning of 1 3 l I O errors 4 6 installing ADVISION 2 1 IP auto discovery 3 2 IP host table 5 2 IQ units 5 1 applying performance data interval settings 5 2 including the IP Host table 5 2 prior to revision 3 22 applying SNMP configuration modifica tions 5 1 downloading configurations 5 1 retrieving large sets of performance data 5 2 revision 3 22 and later applying configuration modifications 5 2 updating PVC performance monitoring configurations 5 2 specifying a new PVC 5 2 IQ Units later than v 3 22 5 2 IQ units prior to v 3 22 5 1 L log in 2 3 dialog box 2 4 login dialog box activating 2 4 changing user accounts 2 5 login privilege file 2 5 sample file 2 5 privilege levels 2 4 None 2 4 ReadOnly 2 4 ReadWrite 2 4 manual discovery 3 3 maps submaps 1 2 MIB reviewer SNMP data area 4 16 MIB reviewer menu bar 4 15 file 4 15 Index 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Index close 4 15 exit 4 15 load 4 15 login 4 15 save 4 15 page 4 15 window 4 15 MIB reviewer SNMP data area pull down me
63. r runs per HP OpenView installation The database server starts when HP OpenView starts The following three processes start with each window session of HP OpenView 2 ADVISION Discover 3 ADVISION Status maintains ADTRAN objects map color status ADVISION GUI The four process names follow database advdb discover advdisc status advstat GUI advision ES da The login security feature allows you to control user access to ADVISION Once activated the current user name and privileges are displayed in the Lo gin dialog box followed by the data entry region 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 2 3 Chapter 2 Installing and Using ADVISION Login Privilege Levels Provision ReadWrite ReadOnly None Login Dialog Box The four privilege security levels include Provision Read Write ReadOnly and None Provides complete ReadWrite capabilities plus the ability to make provi sioning changes for ADTRAN Carrier products Allows users to view current status configuration and provisioning data for all devices to modify configuration parameters for ADTRAN Enterprise products and to initiate tests on all devices Allows users to view current status configuration and provisioning data for all devices User has no access to ADVISION The Login dialog box is the interface used to login to ADVISION see Figure 2 1 4 Login Authorization BEI Username engineering Read Provi
64. red while trying to determine data display constraints index ranges before actually retrieving data For instance all TSU IQ per formance graphs have to poll interrogate the device to determine what set of intervals and PVCs are available for retrieval If an SNMP I O error occurs during this phase of graph generation the dialog text explains the detected error If the index ranges are obtained and the index maximum value is zero the dialog text states Device contains no data You may observe this when attempting to retrieve daily performance statistics before the unit has recorded the first day s data If the maximum index range value is nonzero but still below the minimum value the text states Startup limits out of range No errors resulting from normal operations should result in this notice Provides a tabular view of various MIB data available in ADTRAN devices Each table opens within a separate window and is ReadOnly regardless of the user s permission Some tables are preconfigured so that the viewable data sets are not user selectable However several tables have logically grouped a sizable number of MIB variables together and allow you to select from a list a reasonable number of variables which can be simultaneously viewed This viewer consists of the following sections Title Bar Menu Bar Variable Selection Dialog and Table Data Area see the menu tree in Figure 4 11 and also Figure 4 11 on page 4 21 The title
65. rmance data for the TSU IQ DSU IQ This is especially true if 5 minute intervals are being retrieved The interval range is determined at the start of data retrieval Data for the oldest interval may be removed from the unit s buffers before the graph or table viewer attempts to retrieve it To specify a new PVC within the Configure PVC dialog select the largest available index which will have a DLCI value of zero 0 Enter the appro priate settings and select Apply The new DLCI will be entered into the con figuration table and the next higher index will be available for entering a new definition To view the new index you must select Refresh Viewer see page 4 13 from the Polling item in the menu bar The entire IP Host table is currently not included in the unit s Total Config uration Only the first table entry is saved and restored upon applying the configuration to the unit Additions to the IP Host table should be handled in a similar fashion as described in Specifying a New PVC above ADVISION displays the option cards installed in the FramePort 144 and 768 in a shelf called a D4 DiGroup The shelf is arranged in two rows of twelve cards and does not necessarily reflect the actual layout of the option card s physical chassis Gain access to information on the network data associated with the FramePort via the D4 DiGroup menu selections by selecting De vice from the menu bar or by right clicking on the shelf in an area where
66. rmance graphs e Online help By coupling ADVISION with HP OpenView OpenView s maps become more informative A map contains related objects symbols and submaps that provide a graph ical and hierarchical representation of a network Submaps can contain ad ditional submaps child submaps child submaps can have additional submaps and so on While you can create multiple maps you may only view one map at a time HP OpenView provides the following features Symbols to place on submaps ADVISION allows OpenView to auto matically discover ADTRAN devices and place them into the appropri ate OpenView submap using ADTRAN specific symbols instead of generic symbols see Figure 1 2 En 198 79 126 46 ADTRAN ADTRAN Figure 1 2 HP OpenView Submap Showing Different ADTRAN Specific Symbols e Auto discovery of ADTRAN devices customized to display installed options You can also manually add SNMP proxied ADTRAN devices to these maps ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction e Visual indication of ADTRAN device status derived from traps and polling propagated and integrated with HP OpenView IP status throughout the map ADVISION interprets traps received by Open View and sets the color of the corresponding symbol to the severity lev el color of any error condition allowing a network manager to quickly determine the status of a particular device see Table 1 1 e Ability to launch the ADVISI
67. rmation refer to the device user manual SUPPORTED ADVISION supports the following devices PP 8 DEVICES e ATLAS 800 ATLAS 800 base units and Quad T1 PRI Option Card only e IQ Units DSU IQ TSU IQ IQ Probe NxIQ TSU IQ Rackmount and TSU IQ e DSU IV ESP e FramePort 144 amp 768 on page 5 2 e MX2800 amp MX2810 e Smart 16 16e Shelf on page 5 3 e T3SU 300 e Total Access Shelf Gen 1 SCU and NMI e TSU 100 120 amp 600 on page 5 4 e TSU 100e 120e amp 600e on page 5 4 e TSU ESP SYSTEM Activate the system information MIB Viewer by selecting it from the device s y y 8 INFORMATION Status menu You can edit the following fields System contact Name and Loca tion All other fields are read only IQ UN ITS PRIOR For DSU TSU IQ units with a software revision prior to 3 22 most SNMP con TO V 3 22 figuration modifications are not applied by the unit until an Apply Configura tion command is sent Send this command by clicking the push button on the Unit Configuration page Refer to your DSU TSU IQ manual for the list of items which do not require an Apply Configuration command to become active Also for these units to allow a total configuration download to work without er ror the Apply Configuration command is not automatically sent at the end of 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 5 1 Chapter 5 Device Specific Information IQ UNITS LATER THAN V 3 22 Get Error Dialog Box Specifying a New PVC IP Ho
68. rt Data Polling Close Exit Refresh Reconfigure Window Device Polling All Polling Device Viewer MIB Viewer Graph Viewer Table Viewer Reviewer Figure 4 9 Menu Tree for the Graph Viewer Menu Bar 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 17 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI File Login Export Data Close Exit Polling Refresh Reconfigure Device Polling Suspend Resume All Polling Suspend Resume Window Variable Selection Dialog Contains the following menu items Login Export Data Close and Exit See Login Dialog Box on page 2 4 Allows you to save data currently displayed on the Graph to a file which can later be transferred to a database or spreadsheet program The data is saved in a comma delimited format with data for each variable stored in a single column When you select Export Data a file dialog box prompts you to select the data filename Importing the Exported Data File When importing the file be aware that several identifier lines are saved at the beginning of the file identifying the user who created the file his ADVI SION permissions the file creation time the filename the source ADTRAN unit and the ADVISION graph page name Following these identifier lines the first data row contains a description of the field and the second data row contains the actual MIB variable along with any instance specification noted as an index Clos
69. s for instance chained units attached to a TSU 100e 120e s 600 The following Step Action table provides instructions for adding IP addressable units to an OpenView installation using OpenView s loadhosts utility The loadhosts utility adds loads hosts to the OpenView database Instructions for Using loadhosts to Add IP addressable Units Step Action 1 Ensure the device is not already on the map Create a text file which contains the IP address followed by the name of the device you wish to add An example of the file 2 contents follows underlined text is not included in the file IP Address Device Comment identifying unit 10 22 3 7 tsuiq Pleasant Prairie You can have multiple devices in the file but restrict the file to units of the same type for instance only TSU IQs in one file and DSU IQs in another If using DNS ensure itis updated with the hostnames specified in the above file s 3 Otherwise add the contents of the file s to the end of the etc hosts file for name resolution 3 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView Manually Adding Proxied Objects Instructions for Using loadhosts to Add IP addressable Units Step Action Logged in as root run the loadhosts command 0OV_BIN loadhosts o from a command prompt This action loads the nodes into the OpenView database map Example invocat
70. s dialog box allows you to stop the transfer If an SNMP error occurs principally no response time outs an information dialog displays noting the error and the uploading process terminates Terminating the Upload A terminated upload via the Stop button selection or an I O error does not affect the text file because all data must be retrieved without error before the text file opens and the retrieved data is written to it This procedure helps en sure that a partial configuration file is never created I O Errors If problems persist with I O timeouts during either an upload or download sequence try suspending all polling of the device and its proxy or host unit if it s a card in a multi card unit and try again The reduced I O load should have a positive impact on performance Closes the current Device Viewer and all open MIB Viewers generated from the Device Viewer If you close all windows without exiting ADVISION remains dormant in memory ready to quickly respond to the next invoca tion with no delay for program loading Exits ADVISION closing all Device and MIB Viewers A confirmation dia log box avoids accidental termination Selects from the views available for the unit front and rear Contains the menu items Hide Show Statistics Suspend Resume Polling Demand Poll Clear Error Reset Statistics Device Polling and All Polling Hides or shows the Statistics Panel The Preferences Files specifies the default
71. s for the proxied shelf on the auto discovered unit s child submap A child submap for each proxied chassis is created with the second executable chassis symbol which also reflects the unit status and symbols for any of the proxied unit s option cards While there is no auto discovery option card support for the TSU 100 120 amp 600 the TSU 100e 120e amp 600e do have option card support ADVISION does not automatically revise the configuration of a device with respect to its resident option cards within the HP OpenView database Whenever a card is added or replaced in the unit the user must manually rediscover the device so that the proper configuration is displayed Rediscovery is also necessary when a unit is given an IP address which has been previously assigned to a different device type To initiate a rediscovery of an ADTRAN product follow the steps in the ensuing Step Action table Instructions for Manually Rediscovering an ADTRAN Product Step Action Select the applicable unit on the HP OpenView map Only one 1 selection at a time is allowed and the map must be a Read Write map Execute ADTRAN s discovery process by selecting 2 Tools gt ADVISION Manager gt ADVISION Discovery from the HP OpenView menu bar The rediscovery process interrogates the unit and updates its set of option cards listed on the child submap The objects for existing cards which have changed type are updated acc
72. s index 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 23 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Window Resize Row Column Resize Error Dialogs GET Error Viewer Creation Warning Initialization Error Resizes the window in any direction at any time however the table is not rescaled to adjust to the new window size Table adjustments must be per formed by the user If the table display area is larger than the window size scroll bars automatically appear to allow the user to view the entire table Alters the height of each row and the width of each column When you po sition the mouse cursor over a cell border the cursor changes to a bounded arrow e g gt Hold down the left mouse button and drag the border to the desired location and drop it there by releasing the button By selecting an intersection the width and height of a cell along with its row and column can be concurrently altered in a similar manner Various errors may occur when communicating with the device to retrieve data to display in the table When errors occur the viewer displays a dialog box to help explain the encountered problem The dialogs are listed below along with a brief explanation of the problem and its possible source A general SNMP communication error occurred The type of error is dis played within the dialog This error can result from several different prob lem sources including an intermittent communication error an incorr
73. sion Enable White Provision Enable Password Done Cancel Figure 2 1 Login Dialog Box Instructions for Activating the Login Dialog Box Step Action Ensure that you are in the Device Viewer and that the network 1 administrator has activated ADVISION s security feature If this option is grayed out it has not been activated yet 2 From the File menu select Login 2 4 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using ADVISION Instructions for Changing User Accounts using the Login Dialog Box Step Action 4 Open the Login dialog box see the previous Step Action table on page 2 4 Enter the user name and password and then click Done 2 Standard system login names and passwords are defined in etc passwd Login Privilege The privilege permission levels are defined in the following authorization File file ADVISION_INSTALL auth If this file is not present on a system all users are granted Provision privi leges If the file is present users not included in the file are denied access to ADVISION Entries in the file have the following format lt username gt lt Provision ReadWrite ReadOnly None gt User names and passwords must be defined for standard login on the UNIX system see the following sample file Sample S ADVISION_INSTALL auth file Username Permissions A EIA LIA a A john None p
74. st Table FRAMEPORT 144 amp 768 the application sequence You must manually send the Apply Configuration to activate the downloaded configuration DSU IQ TSU IQ IO Probe and TSU IQ units with software revision 3 22 and later do not require the Apply Configuration command for updates to take effect Individual modifications and Total Configuration updates take effect automatically On all units applying a Total Configuration does not update PVC performance monitoring configurations or PVC diagnostic con figurations This decision allows a Total Configuration file saved for one unit to be readily applied to another unit whose list of defined PVC DLCIs are most likely different The last parameters to be updated when applying a Total Configuration to these devices are the Performance data interval settings for example num ber of intervals length of interval etc The device s SNMP agent typically will not respond before a timeout condition occurs since it is in the process of reallocating its memory to the specified settings even if the values did not change Therefore the Apply Total Configuration process typically gener ates an error on the last buffer transmitted while the unit actually has been updated properly Be sure to review the Performance data interval settings after observing this to ensure the desired settings were achieved A Get Error dialog may occur when retrieving the last interval of a large set of perfo
75. t ADVISION ADVISION 8 Set Target Objects for Self 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 3 5 Chapter 3 ADVISION Integration with HP OpenView ADTRAN STATUS Instructions for Manually Adding Proxied Objects Continued Step Action 9 Under Object Attributes select AdvisionStatus Click on Set Object Attributes The Add Object Set w Attributes dialog box opens Enter the physical address or slot number into the ADTRAN y Device Address Slot field 12 Select the ADTRAN Product Type from the scrollable list Click on Verify The message All Data OK should appear If not information on how to correct the error is shown 13 If an error occurs modify the appropriate entry and select Verify again 14 Once you receive the All Data OK message click OK The system returns to the Add Object window For executable objects enter the Selection Name This entry 15 consists of the selection name of the proxy followed by a tilde and then the address for example device mycomp com 3 The HP OpenView database contains a field entitled ADTRAN Status for each ADTRAN device object This field reflects the status of the device as determined through traps received from the device or from status information obtained while polling the device when displaying the unit s Device View The ADTRAN status field drives the HP OpenView object status for all non IP addressable A
76. t value are the same as the timeout value for nor mal Polls To reduce congestion during high traffic periods manually increase this value by editing the field to the appropriate value in seconds and then pressing Enter Displays the time that the last SNMP activity took to complete the transac tion of a GET or SET request and its corresponding response Use this time when diagnosing network problems when determining practical timeout settings for the SNMP Configuration database or when establishing base lines of access performance Displays a count of the number of completed SNMP transactions with or without error since either initiating the view or resetting the statistics MIB Viewers are dialog pages which display SNMP data obtained from a device View change and control the data parameters from within the pages These pages consist of six parts the Title Bar the Menu Bar the SNMP Data Area the Table Index Selectors the Statistics Panel and the Com mand Buttons see Figure 4 5 4 10 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Title Bar pp 10 6 254 1 1 Port Statistics Menu Bar y SNMP Data Area__ gt Table Index Selectors gt Statistic Panel yp gt Command Buttons__p Figure 4 5 MIB Viewer To select a MIB Viewer go to the Device Viewer menu bar and select Device for the main device MIB Viewer or Module for an
77. ts to discover nodes on the network After it discovers a node it polls the node regularly to check for status topology configuration and threshold changes This daemon discovers and polls only the nodes in the management region object Object has many meanings It can represent a logical or physical entity or resource or a group of such physical entities or resources that exist in a network environment For example an object can be an ADTRAN device or a group of ADTRAN devices 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual B 1 Appendix B Glossary permanent virtual circuit PVC A dedicated private line channel in a multiplexed transmission or packet network polling The periodic gathering of data proxy A device that provides communication between two noncommunicating devices registration The permanent assignment of a unique object identity to an item Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP A protocol that communicates management information between network management stations and the agents in the network elements trap A message sent to indicate a failure or problem with a specific device B 2 ADVISION User Manual 61950025L1 1 Appendix C Installation Files INSTALLED The following files comprise the ADVISION install These files are placed in the FILES specified directory SADVISION_INSTALL FileName Function Advision X Resource file for the ADVISION GUI Data_A File containing device descriptions
78. um number of variables has been selected the remaining list is grayed out If the maximum number of variables has been selected you can replace a current variable with a grayed out variable by deselecting unchecking one of the current variables This action makes the number of variables selected no longer the maximum Then you can select a new variable from the list of available variables After making a new selection click the Accept button at the bottom of the dialog box to view the new graph or click Cancel to view data for previous variable selections The displayed table represents tabular MIB data displayed in columnar fash ion Each row represents data for a given index for the MIB table with each column a MIB variable within the table The Viewer s window size and the size of a column or row can be modified Shows how much data has been retrieved from the device either from the initial window display or from a subsequent Refresh Table request The di alog box includes a progress bar and a numeric percentage The Progress di alog box also has a Stop push button which interrupts the data acquisition and leaves the table in its current partially complete state Stopping data ac quisition can eliminate unnecessary network traffic if only part of the table s data is of interest and is already displayed Each table column contains a label identifying the displayed MIB variable and each row has a label identifying the entry
79. uttons the complete MIB Viewer page state as a baseline so you can review it at a later time Closes the current MIB Viewer Contains the same menu options as Device Viewer Polling see page 4 6 with the addition of Refresh Viewer Conditionally enabled when a page containing a Table Index Selector s value range is dynamically bounded by an SNMP variable obtained from the device Whenever a page is initially viewed the unit is polled to obtain the valid range for the selector and then data is retrieved for the selector s default value Any subsequent polling of the device maintains the limits initially obtained However in many cases the Table Index Selector s range may change while the page is being reviewed If you have reason to believe the range might have changed during this time simply select Refresh Viewer and the Table Index Selector s range variable will be polled Data displayed within the di alog will be subsequently polled Shows the status category Status Configure etc of the displayed page Menu items under this option are radio buttons identifying all of the pages associated with the category To display a different page select the page name from the list See Window on page 4 7 Displays information about SNMP data parameters Several different field types contain this information Some fields are editable or executable some fields are view only The different types of fields are described below
80. y option card MIB Viewer MIB Viewers are also accessible from the Device Viewer through the pop up menus displayed when you right click an ADTRAN device or its option cards Title Bar Identifies the device and the title of the MIB Viewer Menu Bar The following menu items make up the Menu Bar File Polling Status and 8 P 8 Window Status is unique to the device and the category selected for exam ple Status Configure etc File Contains the following options Login Load Save and Close 61950025L1 1 ADVISION User Manual 4 11 Chapter 4 Graphical User Interface GUI Login Load Save Login File Load Save Close Refresh Viewer Hide Show Statistics Suspend Resume Polling Polling Demand Poll Menu Bar Clear Error Reset Statistics Device Polling Status All Polling Devices MIB Viewer Window Graph Viewer Table Viewer MIB Reviewer Figure 4 6 Menu Tree for the MIB Viewer Menu Bar See Login Dialog Box on page 2 4 Restores any MIB View to a previously saved set of values When loading the saved values all user modifiable fields are updated and can be subse quently edited Any ReadOnly fields or fields not modifiable due to the user s privilege level are not restored When you click the Apply button all updated fields either by File gt Load or user input are downloaded to the device You can also use the File gt Load feature to download common configura

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