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1. Network Utilization Email Configuration Read Community public Event History Write Community private Network Event Notification Timeout msecs AAmmA Ing Retries A Reset Apply 3 Click DEFAULT SNMP in the left server settings selector panel 4 Drag the slider to set the timeout value or type a value in the box provided Click the check box to use the value from the initialization file 5 Click APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous value 6 Click CLOSE SNMP Retries The SNMP Retries parameter specifies the default number of retries for SNMP and discovery requests This parameter is of type Integer and has a default value of 2 76 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration Changing SNMP Retries Parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab SCH Server Settings File Users Groups Server Default SNMP Network Utilization Email Configuration Read Community Public Event History Write Community private Use default values from initialization file Network Event Notification Timeout msecs g Retries Apply 3 Click DEFAULT SNMP in the left server settings selector panel 4 Drag the slider to set the retries value or type a value in the box provided Click the check box t
2. The delete PERMANENT option removes the node from the network map and also removes any data stored in the database for that node The delete ARCHIVE option removes the node from the network map but retains any collected data in the database The node can then be rediscovered and N Form will automatically resume adding to the data already saved in the database 4 Click OK The node is instantly removed from the map All connected clients will see the deletion dynamically occur EDITING DEVICE ATTRIBUTES N Command allows the user to configure the SNMP properties read write communities timeout in milliseconds and retries and enter user comments for each device These properties enable the server to communicate with each device using SNMP Editing the Attributes of a Device 1 Select the device 2 Click the Epit button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt EDIT 30 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager The Edit Device dialog appears Edit 10 12 200 20 SNMP Attributes Comments Notification a user comment E3 Edit 10 12 200 20 x SNMP Attributes Comments Notification Node address Read Community Write Community privat Timeout 0 Apply ma Retries z Tr Use defaults wi OK Apply Cancel PBeveApplt Window 3 Click the SNMP ATTRIBUTES tab to modify SNMP properties Unch
3. Choose user ACCESS LEVEL from the drop down menu PERSONAL SETTINGS ONLY allows access only to User Set tings Tool No REPORT GENERATION OR ADMINISTRATION adds access to Network Manager Element Manager and Event manager to the privileges above No ADMINISTRATION adds access to the N Spect Report Man ager to the privileges above ALL AREAS allows full access to all N Form modules includ ing Administration Tool 86 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration 6 Click APPLY to create the user with default password password and return to the Server Administrator or click CANCEL to discard changes and return to the Server Adminis trator Creating a Group 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the GRouP Tab 3 Click CREATE The Create Group dialog appears B Create Group Technical Publications Sth Floor North z jall technical writers Chris Smith Guest User 4 Enter group information Group information consists of NAME group name required LOCATION group s physical location optional COMMENTS notes optional 5 Select the members of the group from the list of previously configured users 6 Click APPLY to create the Group and return to the Server Administrator or click CLOSE to discard changes and return to the Server Administrator 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 87 Deleting a User or Group Bar
4. device This forced collection will not affect the automatically scheduled data collection time N Form stores the time of each collection in the database and only collects the data stored in the device since its last collection time therefore the forced collection will not cause any duplication of data in the database Forcing the Collection of a Selected Device 1 Select a device in the network map 2 Select NODE gt COLLECT DATA 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 35 36 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 4 N Command Element Manager ABOUT THIS CHAPTER CONTENTS This chapter describes the N Command Element Manager Topic Page N Command Element Manager 38 Viewing a Device 40 Status Polling 41 Configuring a Device 42 Charts and Tables 42 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 37 N COMMAND ELEMENT MANAGER Once the Network Manager discovery is complete the network devices may be configured and diagnosed using the N Command Element Manager The Element Manager polls the devices at regular intervals for their latest configuration and status data As each device is configured or diagnosed the Element Manager displays a graphical representation of the appropriate front and rear panels showing the current state of status LEDs and installed option cards The user can modify any SNMP updateable configuration parameter and view the data stored in the device The Element Manager is accessed
5. Collections per Day 1 Collections per Day 2 Collections per Day 3 Collections per Day 4 Collections lt Collections per Day 6 Collections lt Collections per Day 8 Collections lt 12 Collections per Day 12 DNDBRWNR For example consider a device configured with a 120 sample storage buffer and a sampling period of 5 minutes or 300 seconds The time until data is discarded is Time Until Discard 120 300 36000 seconds 10 hrs N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager The number of Collections per Day would be calculated as follows 86400 36000 Collections 2 4 8 which rounds up t0 5 Thus the number of Collections per Day from the table above would be six Collecting data at twice the rate that data is discarded from an individual device s buffer allows N Form to provide the user with an additional level of data redundancy At each collection the timestamp at which the collection is completed is stored in the database The next time data is collected from the device only the data with timestamps newer than the last collection time will be collected and stored The first time data is collected from a device all the data in the device will be collected Subsequent collections will only collect and store the new data in the device The first collection time each day occurs at midnight local time This primary collection should complete data collection for the previ
6. Se Zn Click DELETE N FORM USER SETTINGS Start an N Form Server Administrator Select the USERS OR GROUP Tab Select a user or group Starting the N Form User Settings Tool 1 Log on to your personal N Form web site 2 Click the USER SETTINGS button on the toolbar at the bottom a of the screen A User Settings Tool appears File Login Name Access Level E Mail Address Location Comments BE Personal Settings Chris Smith Chris Smith Personal Settings Only csmith adtran com Huntsville a user comment Change Password Apply Cancel The Users Administrator is used to update user information including name email address location user comments and password 88 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration Changing a Password 1 Start an N Form User Settings Tool 2 Click CHANGE PAssworb The Change Password dialog appears Change Password For root Current Password ad New Password 7 Repeat New Password m 3 Enter the OLD PAsswoRrD Enter and verify the NEw PASSWORD 5 Click OK to set the NEw PASSWORD or CANCEL to exit and leave the password unchanged 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 89 90 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Appendix A Supported Products The N Form software suite currently supports the following products Future releases wi
7. Utilization Email Configuration Event History Network Event Notification Use default values from initialization file Mail Server Hostname localhost From Address root Reset 3 Click EMAIL CONFIGURATION in the left Server Settings selec tor panel 4 Enter FROM ADDRESS 5 Click APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous value 6 Click CLOSE 82 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration EVENT LOG PARAMETERS Days of Saved Events The Days of Saved Events parameter specifies the number of days system events are stored in the database before being discarded This parameter is of type Integer and has a default value of 30 days The valid range is 1 to 90 days gt Configuring the Days of Saved Events parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab The Server Settings dialog appears SCH Server Settings File Users Groups Server Default SNMP Network Utilization Email Configuration Event History Network Event Notification C Use default values from initialization file Days of saved events g 30 Reset Apply 3 Click EVENT History in the left Server Settings selector panel 4 Drag the slider to set the number of days to keep network event history or click the check box to use the values from the initializati
8. call the ACES Help Desk ACES Help Desk 888 874 2237 XV Repair and Return If ADTRAN Technical Support determines that a repair is needed Technical Support will coordinate with the Custom and Product Service CAPS department to issue an RMA number For information regarding equip ment currently in house or possible fees associated with repair contact CAPS directly at the following num ber CAPS Department 256 963 8722 Identify the RMA number clearly on the package below address and return to the following address ADTRAN Customer and Product Service 901 Explorer Blvd Huntsville Alabama 35806 RMA Training The Enterprise Network EN Technical Training offers training on our most popular products These courses include overviews on product features and functions while covering applications of ADTRAN s product lines ADTRAN provides a variety of training options including customized training and courses taught at our facil ities or at your site For more information about training please contact your Territory Manager or the Enter prise Training Coordinator by phone at 800 615 1176 ext 7500 by fax at 256 963 7941 or by email at training adtran com Training 800 615 1176 ext 7500 xvi Table of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Introduction ssssosssnssoonsonssnsssonssnnsnnsnnnsnnnsnnssnnnsnnssnnnssnnsnnnsnnnsnnnssnnsnnne 1 An Overview o
9. example if your CD ROM has been assigned drive letter D type D setup exe 2 Wait while the installation program checks for required soft ware The installation program makes several checks to verify that your system is ready to install N Form The program first checks to verify that the system has Windows NT Service Pack 3 or greater installed Next the program verifies that the system has the SNMP services installed If SNMP is not present you must install it before installing N Form see instructions above Finally the program checks to see that the JRE is installed If the JRE is not present the program automatically starts the installation program for the JRE and the user should follow the prompts to complete the installation The user may cancel the JRE installation if desired but the report generation features of the N Form product suite will not be available 3 Accept the licensing agreement 4 Choose the destination folder The destination folder will contain the following installations required for the N Form product suite N Form server executable and related files e Apache web server version 1 3 12 e Perl version 5 6 0 e Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere version 7 0 5 Choose the database destination folder The N Form database consists of a single file called nform db This file will contain all the historical data stored by N Form N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Usin
10. formation originally in tabular form cannot be shown as a chart Click STOP to stop updating the chart Click SERIES to modify the number of data series plotted in the chart The Change Series dialog appears E Change Series Frames Rx Frames Tx Select the series you wish to display Control Click or shift click to select multiple series Click Save As to save the data currently plotted in the chart to a file The Save As dialog appears 10 FileName 10_12_200_12_Frames_Transferred20001204051251944 Extension CS csv jpeg Choose a file type from the dropdown menu CSV comma separated values text only format JPEG graphical image format PS postscript graphical image format Click OK to accept the autogenerated unique filename or enter a filename and click OK The file is saved on the N Form server and appears in the Ex ported Data section on the user s personal web page The file is accessed by clicking on the filename hyperlink on the web page The file is opened in a browser window for viewing and may be saved to the user s computer using the browser s SAVE or SAVE As functions 44 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 4 N Command Element Manager 11 12 13 14 15 Right Click on the plot for additional display and export op tions Choose DISPLAY As from the popup menu to alter the chart type Choose the desired chart type from
11. is running and shows the number of simultaneous discoveries being used When a discovery is complete the requested subnet and all corresponding devices dynamically appear in the network map See Chapter 7 N Form Administration for more information on configuring the number of simultaneous discoveries to use for the discovery process N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager Rediscovering a Node a 1 Select a node in the network map 2 Click the Discover button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt DISCOVER The Discovery dialog appears with the required OPERATIONS and SNMP PROPERTIES for the selected device filled in Discover network Operations SNMP Properties Single node Node 10 12 200 20 Use mask End Address Read Community Write Community Define range Timeout Retries Use SNMP Defaults v START EXIT 3 Click START The Discovery status dialog appears Discovering node 10 12 200 240 Percent complete Cancel 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 29 Deleting a Node from the Device Map 1 Select a node 2 Click the DELETE button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt DELETE The Delete dialog appears Delete TSU IQ x Choose type of delete operation Archive O Permanent ok CANCEL Java Applet Window 3 Select the delete option ARCHIVE or PERMANENT button
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13. only inside their local domain and N Form event notification would therefore have this same limitation This parameter is of type String and the default value is localhost Configuring the EMail Server Hostname parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab The Server Settings dialog appears EE N Form Server Settings File Users Groups Server Default SNMP Network Utilization Email Configuration Event History Network Event Notification Use default values from initialization file Mail Server Hostname localhost From Address root Reset Apply 3 Click EMAIL CONFIGURATION in the left Server Settings selec tor panel 4 Enter MAIL SERVER HOSTNAME or click the checkbox to use the values from the initialization file 5 Click APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous value 6 Click CLOSE 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 81 EMail From Address The EMail From Address parameter specifies a valid email account username for the N Form server on the mail server used to send email This parameter is of type String and the default value is root gt Configuring the EMail From Address parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER tab The Server Settings dialog appears EE N Form Server Settings File Users Groups Server Default SNMP Network
14. security EMailServer String localhost The email server to which to send Event notices CollectionBarrels Integer 16 The number of threads allowed for the server to use during collection 1 96 CollectionOffset String 0 Start of collection time offset in seconds from midnight local time JarDir Flag jars The path from the N Form web root directory to the java archives directory ReinitializeService Flag FALSE Force N Form service to reload configuration files not needed StopService Flag FALSE Stops the registered NT service not needed StartService Flag FALSE Starts the registered NT service not needed UnregisterService Flag FALSE Removes N Form from the NT services registry not needed RegisterService Flag FALSE RegistersN FormasanNT service RuninShell Flag FALSE Torunfromthecommandline notneeded DataBaseEngine Path Sybase win32 dbeng7 Thepathnameofthe Sybase engine DataBasePath Path The path to the Sybase database TrapDays Integer 30 The number of days before traps are automatically deleted 94 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Name Type Default Value Definition PollFreq Integer 5 The time in minutes between discovered node status checks SNMPRetries Integer 2 The number of retries for SNMP and discovery requests SNMPTimeout Integer 5000 The time in milliseconds to wait for response from SNMP or discovery SNMPWrite S
15. the available options LINE CHART AREA CHART BAR CHART STACKING BAR CHART Choose SAVE As from the popup menu to export the chart The Save As dialog appears FileName 10_12_200_12_Frames_Transferred20001 204051251844 Extension ESV csv jpeg pS lava Applet Window Choose a file type from the dropdown menu CSV comma separated values text only format JPEG graphical image format PS postscript graphical image format Click OK to accept the autogenerated unique filename or enter a filename and click OK Drag over an area of the plot to zoom in on the selected region Choose RESET CHART from the popup menu to restore the original chart view 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 45 46 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 5 ABOUT THIS CHAPTER N Command Event Viewer This chapter describes the N Form Event Viewer CONTENTS Topic Page Event Viewer 48 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 47 EVENT VIEWER gt N Form records all events and standard alarms such as receive yel low alarm transmit yellow alarm receive blue alarm transmit blue alarm red alarm loss of signal and loopback Events are dis tinguished from traps in that they may represent a system level event for anode that does not normally send traps These events are dynamically displayed using the N Command Event Viewer The events may be acknowledged by any client and user c
16. un za a ae rn hee et 41 Configuring Device ues ahnen 42 Charts and Tables arnt obaran ariari ea niea 42 N Command Event Viewer e essserseseesoesoeseecoosossoesosseesoeseeeoeeoorseeoecoeeeose 47 Event MIC WEF anna A A E TE 48 N Spect Report Manager sessssesessesosoesesossesesoosossesoceesesossosceseeoososossoseese 53 N Spect Report Manager u uussennsessensssessnsenennnsnnennnnennnsens onen 54 xvii Chapter 7 Appendix A Appendix B Network Port Reports cc c00 ich hese ieeds te beedeselivse stand geh ai 55 PV C Reports tyis sedative eet era enini Rachel 57 N Form Data Collection ue22220ssnnennnnsnnenneennnensnesnnnene essen 59 Data Archiving and Rollup 20rsessesnnesnseenseenensneennennnennnnnnnen 62 N Form Administration cccssscscsssscssssssssscescseesesserssessecsscsscssssecees 73 N Form Administration Tool uursu022unenseenseesneesnnesnersnneennennennnn en 74 Default SNMP Parameters 20022220220nenseennnensensnennnesnesnnennne essen 75 Discovery Parameters uuuessessenseesnnesnnennnnsnnennnennnennnnsnesnnense E 78 Data Collection Parameters 2220esnnensnennnessennnensnesnnesnne esse nnnennn en 79 Email Parameters anieri een regnen eh 81 Event Lg Parameters iee n a RR 83 Network Event Notification u ursuerssesnnenseensennneennnennnnsnnesnnennnennennn en 84 User Group Administration ucesseessrsn
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18. which enables the software for 30 days from the time of installation After the trial period has expired N Form must be registered to obtain a permanent license key After the trial period has expired a non administrator user is prevented from logging in and presented with a message explaining that the N Form software license is invalid or expired and asking them to contact their N Form administrator Any user with administrator privileges will see the registration screen shown below and must complete the registration before logging in ZJ Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer N Form Software License is invalid or expired Please enter the following information to register this product Software Product Id 195082112 Server ID 00e02931a32d Serial Number First Name Last Name Company Address City State Province Zip Postal Code Country p Phone Number EMail Address Please enter a password for use when modifying your registration information Password Repeat Password If you have previously registered this server id or have had an error in registering please use the manual entry form If some problem prevents the registration process from completing successfully the administrator can call ADTRAN Technical Support to obtain a temporary license key that will provide another 30 day license 16 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Insta
19. 1950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 39 On devices that contain multiple slots for expansion the status and configuration information for the option card in each slot appears in a separate folder in the configuration selector panel as shown below E3 10 14 1 61 TSU 6006 GED ok Stet ERROR ALARN moouLes WW EIN 10 14 1 61 System Information 10 14 1 61 Stot 1 T SYSTEM INFORMATION E 10 14 14 61 Siot 2 System Description TSU 600e REVB E 10 14 14 61 Slot 2 po System Object ID 1 3 6 1 4 1 664 1 129 E 10 14 1 61 Slot Up Time y E 10 14161 Siotfa po p 7 Days 18 06 37 00 10 14 1 61 Stotfd System Contact ADTRAN Customer Support 1 888 423 8726 E 10 14 1 61 Slot 4 po System Name ADTRAN TSU 600e E 10 14 1 61 slot s E 10 14 1 61 Siot 6 Undock 06 55 07 PM Submit Reload System Location ADTRAN Customer Support 1 888 423 8726 VIEWING A DEVICE N The device view panel shows a graphical representation of the selected device The view shows the front and rear of the device LED status changes and installed option cards The Element Manager automatically polls the selected ADTRAN device at regular intervals When the device is polled the status LEDs on the device view match the status LEDs on the actual device Viewing the Back ofa Device 1 Select VIEw gt REAR 40 N F
20. 5 0 Percent complete The Discovery status dialog displays the progress of the discovery A status bar at the bottom of the Network Manager indicates that a discovery is running and shows the number of simultaneous discoveries being used When a discovery is complete the requested devices dynamically appear in the network map See Chapter 7 N Form Administration for more information on configuring the number of simultaneous discoveries to use for the discovery process 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 27 Discovering an Entire Subnet Pay 1 Select THE NETWORK at the top of the network map 2 Click the Discover button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt Discover The Discovery dialog appears Discover network Operations SNMP Properties IP Address 10 12 0 0 Single node Subnet Mask Read Community ik Define range Write Community Timeout Retries Use SNMP Defaults v 3 Select USE MASK Enter IP ADDRESS This is the IP address of the subnet you wish to discover 5 Enter SUBNET MASK 6 Select the USE SNMP DEFAULTS checkbox or enter SNMP properties 7 Click START The Discovery status dialog appears Discovering range 10 12 200 26 to 10 12 200 50 Percent complete _ Cancel The Discovery status dialog displays the progress of the discovery A status bar at the bottom of the Network Manager indicates that a discovery
21. ADRAN N Form User Manual Part Number 61950821L1 1A February 2001 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 To the Holder of the Manual The contents of this manual are current as of the date of publication ADTRAN reserves the right to change the contents without prior notice In no event will ADTRAN be liable for any special incidental or consequential damages or for commercial losses even if ADTRAN has been advised thereof as a result of issue of this publication Trademarks N Form N Command and N Spect are trademarks of ADTRAN Inc Copyright 2001 ADTRAN Inc All rights reserved Java and Java Runtime Environment JRE are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc Microsoft MS DOS Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer are registered trademarks and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Netscape Navigator is a trademark of Netscape Communications Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Exchange are trademarks of Adobe Apache web server is a trademark of The Apache Software Foundation Copyright 2000 The Apache Soft ware Foundation All rights reserved Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere database server is a trademark of Sybase Perl Copyright 1997 1998 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington All rights reserved Copyright 1997 2000 by KL Group Inc All rights reserved All other products names and se
22. Displaying Events for an Individual Node 1 Select a node in the Network Manager 2a Click the EVENTS button in the toolbar or choose NODE gt EVENTS or 2b Right click on the device and choose EVENTS from the popup menu Only events for the selected unit are displayed in the Event Viewer window Specifying Security Levels for Viewed Events Open an Event Viewer 2 Choose VIEW gt ALERT FILTER The Alert Filter dialog appears Alert Fiter U E Alert on v Critical _ Warning v Major _ Normal C Minor Unknown Java Applet Window 3 Click the check boxes to select the desired alert levels to view 4 Click OK Only events of the selected alert levels will appear in the Event Viewer 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 49 Sorting the Events List in the Event Viewer 1 2 Start EVENT VIEWER Choose ACTIONS gt Sort and choose a sort option from the list MOST RECENT LEAST RECENT HIGHEST SEVERITY LOWEST SEVERITY ASCENDING NoDE NAME DESCENDING Nope NAME ACKNOWLEDGMENT Viewing Details about a Specific Event 1 2 Open an Event Viewer Select a specific event and choose View gt EvENT or double click the specific event The View Event Data dialog appears Eiview Event Data x Source 10 14 1 58 Date Time 10 17 00 12 45 PM Severity Major Message Network LMI is down Ifindex variable not received Acknowledged No Notes added No Java Apple
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24. Event Severity NONE Event History EMail Addresse NONE Network Event Notification csmith adtran Unknown 84 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration 3 Select the notification EVENT SEVERITY level from the drop down menu NONE UNKNOWN NORMAL WARNING MINOR MAJOR CRITICAL 4 Enter valid EMAIL ADDRESSES in the panel below the severity menu These email addresses can be in any form accepted by the local mail server In addition to the typical user domain form some email servers are set up to accept just the username or other aliases to represent users and groups of users 5 Click APPLY to save the new values or RESET to restore the previous values 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 85 USER GROUP ADMINISTRATION Creating a User 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the Users tab 3 Click CREATE The Create User dialog appears BiCreate User Login cesmith Name Chris Smith Access Level All Areas A E Mail Address csmith adtran com Location Huntsville Comments a user comment Apply Cancel Java Applet Window 4 Enter user information User information consists of LOGIN unique login name required NAME user s name optional EMAIL ADDRESS user s email address optional LOCATION user s physical location optional COMMENTS notes optional 5
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26. LD DiscoveryBarrels NFORM_DISC_BARRELS discovery barrels NFormWebDir NFORM_WEB_DIR NotifyLogLevel NFORM_NOTIFY_LEVEL EchoLogLevel NFORM_ECHO_LEVEL LogLevel NFORM_LOG_LEVEL PrintHelp LoggerControl logger enabled IniFile NFORM_INI DataDir NFORM_DATA_DIR directory data LogsDir NFORM_LOGS_DIR directory logs BinDir NFORM_BIN_DIR directory bin InstallDir NFORM_INSTALL directory install 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 97 To change parameters with Windows NT system environment variables 1 Open the System Properties by starting START MENU gt SET TINGS gt CONTROL PANEL gt SYSTEM and clicking the ENVIRON MENT tab System Properties NFORM_DATABA D N Form Sybase win32 dbeng NFORM_DATABA D N Form TEMP C ATEMP TMP C ATEMP TMPDIR CATEMP USERNAME dhogan INFORM_DISC_BARRELS n 2 Select the desired parameter from the list of System Variables and change the value in the VALUE box at the bottom of the window 3 Click SET to apply changes and OK to exit For example to change the number of discovery threads to 16 using the environment variable change the NFORM_DISC_BARRELS variable as shown above To change parameters with the initialization file 1 Open the N Form initialization file N Form ini located in the N Form installation directory 2 Edit the desired parameter entry in the corresponding section of the initializat
27. N Command client module is made up of three parts e Network Manager e Element Manager Event Viewer Network Manager The Graphical User Interface GUD for the Network Manager is based on a hierarchical tree navigational structure This topology tree interface allows at a glance high level network health monitoring with the ability to quickly drill down to detailed device configuration and real time troubleshooting diagnostics The Network Manager enables each device to send a message to an e mail account or alphanumeric pager to alert users of high priority events N Form uses a manually initiated discovery feature to quickly and accurately poll the entire network to locate all Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP accessible devices The discovery feature may be used to discover a single device a subnet or the entire network Once initiated the N Form 4 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction discovery populates the topology tree with device types names and addresses The Network Manager is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager Element Manager Once the Network Manager discovery is complete the network devices may be configured and diagnosed using the N Command Element Manager The Element Manager is accessed from the Network Manager and displays a graphical representation of a device s front and back panels as you configure or diagnose the device The pro
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29. ORE SETTINGS to restore from a saved state Four menus appear at the top of the Network Manager screen Below the menus is a toolbar containing shortcuts to the most frequently used functions The tool bar may be repositioned by 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 23 dragging the knurled handle on the leftmost end of the bar The toolbar may be anchored horizontally or vertically on the top bottom or left right side of the window or it may be unlocked and positioned anywhere on the screen Bam Searching for a Node in the Network Map This feature allows the user to search for a particular address in the network map The search dialog can be accessed two ways described in the steps below 1 Click the SEARCH button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt SEARCH The Node search dialog appears E3 Node search x 5 5 Address to search 10 12 200 25 2 Type in the IP address or name you wish to search for and click SEARCH The network map will open to display the desired address if it is available N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager DISCOVERY N Form s discovery feature polls the network to seek and find SNMP accessible devices N Form can discover a single device given the device address a range of devices given a starting device address and ending device address or a subnet given the subnet address and subnet mask N Form s discovery p
30. P Trap Service If you already have Apache installed the existing files will be untouched but the Apache service installed by N Form will be started and will replace the existing service If Apache is subsequently reinstalled it will replace the service started by 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 11 N Form In other words the most recently installed Apache service will run Other web servers can be installed along with N Form however N Form s Apache web server utilizes port 80 and any other installation using port 80 will interfere with the N Form operation 10 Wait while the Sybase database server is started by N Form as a background application UNINSTALLATION PROCEDURES The N Form uninstallation script should be used if it is necessary to uninstall the N Form server Uninstalling the N Form Server 1 Click on the link in the START MENU gt PROGRAMS gt N FORM folder that reads UNINSTALLING N FORM 2 After the uninstallation is complete if the UnInstallShield makes a DETAILS button active click on it to display a list of files or folders that were not deleted Any files generated by N Form such as the database file and user reports will not be deleted by the Uninstallation script These files must be manually deleted by the user 3 Delete any folders or files that may be left behind after the UnInstallShield is complete 12 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing a
31. Traffic Volume The PVC Traffic Volume report indicates the amount of traffic present on the selected PVC The graphs show bytes and frames transmitted and received PVC Congestion The PVC Congestion report details congestion in the network in both the transmit and receive directions Congestion in the Frame Relay network when the throughput of the PVC is below the CIR may indicate a Service Level Agreement violation Under normal conditions congestion in the Frame Relay network should only occur when the throughput of the PVC exceeds the CIR 58 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager PVC Burst Rate The PVC Burst Rate report indicates the amount of time per interval that the PVC transmits or receives data ata rate above the CIR PVC Efficiency The PVC Efficiency report displays how efficiently the PVC is operating by measuring round trip delay and packet loss If packets are being dropped in the network when the PVC throughput is below the CIR the network may be congested PVC Protocol Distribution The PVC Protocol Distribution Report indicates how the Layer 3 protocols are distributed over the selected PVC Graphs are shown for the transmit and receive direction N FORM DATA COLLECTION To be included in a report generated by the Report Manager a device must appear in the network tree i e must currently be discovered and the device must have data currently in the database i e
32. ameter may be specified by more than one method the precedence is enforced as shown Precedence highest to lowest Admin value specified by Administration Tool see Chapter 7 N Form Administration ENV value specified as Windows NT system environmental variable INI value specified in initialization file Default default value The table below lists the environmental variable names and entries from the initialization file used to set each of the N Form parameters Name ENV INI UserDir NFORM_USER_DIR directory users EMailFrom NFORM_EMAIL_FROM email from EMailServer NFORM_EMAIL_SERVER email server CollectionBarrels NFORM_COLLECT_BARRELS collection barrels CollectionOffset NFORM_COLLECT_OFFSET collection offset JarDir NFORM_JAR_DIR directory jars ReinitializeService StopService StartService UnregisterService RegisterService RuninShell DataBaseEngine NFORM_DATABASE_ ENGINE database engine DataBasePath NFORM_DATABASE_PATH database path TrapDays NFORM_TRAP_DAYS traps days PollFreq NFORM_POLL_FREQUENCY statuspoller frequency N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Name ENV INI SNMPRetries NFORM_SNMP_RETRIES snmp retries SNMPTimeout NFORM_SNMP_TIMEOUT snmp timeout SNMPWrite NFORM_SNMP_WRITE snmp write_community SNMPRead NFORM_SNMP_READ snmp read_community PingFailureThreshold NFORM_PING_THRESHO
33. anel is displayed select the desired PVCs and click NEXT If the report requires user defined parameters such as those required for the exception reports the Report Parameters panel appears Enter Parameters lover Utilization 80 Under Utilization 20 lt lt Cancel L Next gt gt 5 Ifthe Report Parameters panel is displayed enter any user definable parameters such as OVER UTILIZATION PERCENTAGE and click Next The Interval selector panel appears Generate Now Schedule Schedule Report Name my_report Interval 24 Hour Day v Data Resolution Interval bd Recipients root guest Schedule Report lt lt Cancel 6 Select the SCHEDULE tab to generate a report that will auto matically be created repeatedly at a specified interval 7 Enter a NAME for the report 8 Select the DESIRED INTERVAL and DATA RESOLUTION from the drop down menus 9 Select the desired receivers from the RECEIVERS list Select multiple receivers by holding down the Shift key to select a N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager continuous range of receivers or holding down the Control key to select individual receivers 10 Click SCHEDULE REPORT The Report Scheduled dialog appears Ej Report Generator 11 Click OK The selected report is now scheduled and will automatically be generated at the selected interval Scheduled re
34. apter 6 N Spect Report Manager The Report Manager report selector panel shows the reports that are available The individual reports are selected by expanding the folders in the report selector panel As the user configures areport new panels are added on the right side of the Reporter Manager As new panels are added the previously used panels are grayed and scroll off the left side of the window The user may scroll or enlarge the window to see all the panels At any point select Cancel to return to the previous panel and modify your selections The N Spect reports are grouped into two types Network Port reports and PVC reports At the top of each report is an explanation of the report and notes on key information to look for in the results and descriptions of the report s graphs or tables as applicable NETWORK PORT REPORTS Network Port Utilization Exception The Utilization Exception report indicates when the average utilization of the network port exceeds an over utilization threshold or falls below the under utilization threshold for the transmit and receive directions If the average consistently exceeds thresholds set additional bandwidth may be necessary to prevent network bottlenecks If devices consistently under utilize the amount of bandwidth for the device this bandwidth could be re allocated in the network for more efficient use of overall bandwidth Network Port Throughput Exception The Throughput Exception repo
35. cal time and the N Form server s local time and the resulting timestamps are converted to Coordinated Universal Time UTC This offset compensates for devices that are in differenttime zones and for the effects of Daylight Savings time The offset also compensates for devices on which the internal clock is incorrectly set however it is advantageous to ensure that each device s clock is set correctly when the device is configured To speed the data collection process data may be collected simultaneously from multiple devices The number of simultaneous collections is set by the Server Administration Tool and is discussed in Chapter 7 N Form Administration The default value is 16 and the valid range is 1 to 96 However adding additional simultaneous collections also increases the amount of network bandwidth consumed by the collection process There will be some point beyond which the additional network traffic caused by adding additional collections will offset any speed gain DATA ARCHIVING AND ROLLUP Data is stored internally in each device at some device specific interval typically 5 to 30 minutes This raw data referred to here as interval data from the device is collected by the N Form server and stored in the database As the data ages and becomes less relevant the interval data is archived or rolled up into larger intervals in order to decrease the amount of data which must be stored Typically the highest frequency data is s
36. can be created on demand or can be scheduled to be created automatically at regular intervals based on a 24 hour day business day calendar week business week calendar month quarter or calendar year These scheduled reports are then published to the Generalized Reports section of the user s personalized web page N Spect includes a comprehensive set of reports illustrating network trends Reports include exception based reporting point to point performance monitoring and many others The resulting reports include a brief description on how to interpret the data and any graphs and or tables Reports are preserved in Adobe Acrobat PDF format allowing for reduced file size and web posting Starting the N Spect Report Manager 1 Log on to your personal N Form web site 2 Click the REPORT MANAGER button on the toolbar at the bot tom of the screen A Report Manager appears Il E Reporter lel ES File Saved Scheduled Help Select 1 Report 9 EI Network Port B utilization Exception D Throughput Exception B utilization D Throughput D Traffic Volume Protocol Distribution D Top Talker D T1 Physical Layer D Dos Physical Layer Gpve B utilization Exception D Throughput Exception B utilization D Throughput D Traffic Volume D congestion D Burst Rate D Efficiency D Protocol Distribution Next gt gt lava Applet Window 54 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Ch
37. ch is launched via a web server The applet runs within any browser using the JRE plugin Figure 1 on pag e3 shows the basic components that make up the N Form product suite and illustrates the way these components work together In addition to the N Form server and the basic N Form client modules for user and server administration the N Form product suite consists of two client modules N Command and N Spect The N Command client module has three parts a Network Manager an Element Manager and an Event Viewer The N Spect module includes an automated Report Manager N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction N Form Login Personal Web Page N Command Network Manager N Spect Report Manager N Form User Settings F BoDona2p napoo H F ew lo Element Manager Figure 1 N Form Product Suite Components 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual THE N FORM TOOLS User Administration Tool The User Administration Tool allows users to change and update their user information and password Server Administration Tool The Server Administration Tool allows the N Form administrator to set up and manage users groups and to configure the N Form Server Each user is allowed exclusive access to his her own data and reports THE N COMMAND STRUCTURE The
38. count privileges which control access to N Form modules Each user has their own personalized web site on which to view their scheduled reports and saved charts and data Groups simplify report and data distribution by allowing information to be sent to a number of users by selecting only a single group as the receiver A user must use the root administrator account or another account with All Areas access privileges to use the administration tools Starting the N Form Administration Tool 1 Log on to your personal N Form web site 2 Click the ADMINISTRATION TOOL button on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen An N Form Server Administrator appears E N Form Server Settings File Users er T Create Guest User Modify Delete The Server Administrator has three tabs across the top of the window USERS GROUPS and SERVER These tabs are used to access each type of administrative function The Users tab displays the tools used to create modify and delete users The GROUP tab displays the tools used to create modify and delete groups The SERVER tab displays the tools used to configure 74 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration parameters controlling the default SNMP settings network utilization email configuration event history log configuration and network event notification DEFAULT SNMP PARAMETERS gt SNMP Read Community amp SNMP W
39. d clicking on the calendar to select the day or week 9 Click GENERATE REPORT The Building Report dialog will appear Generate Report Generating report 0 Java Applet Window When the report is completed it will open in a new browser window using the Acrobat plugin The user may then save the report as a PDF file or print the report using the Acrobat plugin Scheduling a Report 1 Start the Report Manager 2 Select a report from the list of available reports displayed in the Report Selector panel 66 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager The Device Selector panel becomes visible on the right and displays an abbreviated copy of the network map Only devic esthathave data in the database and are applicable for the type of report chosen appear in the network map in the Device Se lector panel Select 1 device 3 SegmentiAddress Device Type Network 9 B10141 910 14 1 249 TSU lQ 10 12 2 lt lt Cancel Next gt gt 3 Select the desired device from the Network Map in the Device Selector panel and click NEXT If this is a PVC report the PVC Selector panel appears Select multiple PVCs PVC 100 PYC 110 PVC 200 PVC 300 PVC 400 PVC 500 PVC 510 PVC 600 PVC 610 PVC 700 PVC 710 PVC 800 lt lt Cancel Next gt gt 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 67 4 Ifthe PVC Selector p
40. e Integer Integer value in decimal hexadecimal octal or binary format e g 23 or 0d23 0x17 0027 0b10111 Float standard floating point number e g 1 1 0 1 0e6 String Single word or quoted string e g User This user manual is for you Path Same as string but may be relative to another path specific to each variable Enum Enumerated list of values strings specific to each variable e g Top Left Right Bottom A path type parameter may be relative to some other fixed location For example all the N Form component directory locations are relative to the N Form installation directory An absolute path begins with a forward or backward slash e g N Form or contains a colon e g C Program Files Adtran N Form The path parameters and their relative dependencies are listed below 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 93 RELATIVE PATH DEPENDENCIES Path InstallDir BinDir LogsDir DataDir IniFile WebDir UserDir DataBasePath DataBaseEngine JarDir Relative to None InstallDir InstallDir InstallDir InstallDir InstallDir InstallDir InstallDir InstallDir WebDir The N Form Parameters are shown in the table below Name Type Default Value Definition UserDir Boolean data The path from the N Form web root directory to the user data directory EMailFrom String root The username of the N Form server in the email system for from and
41. eck the USE DEFAULTS checkbox to specify new values for this device The default values may be changed by the server administrator see Chapter 7 N Form Administration 4 Click the COMMENTS tab to add or change a user comment 5 Click APPLY to enter changes and continue editing or click OK to enter changes and exit EVENT NOTIFICATION BY EMAIL The N Form Network Manager can configure each node to notify specified users via email when events are encountered Different users can be specified to receive notification of events of different severity levels and a severity level can be assigned to each network node Consider a device which is part of a subnet which is part of the network The device level events can be designated as minor severity subnet events can be designated as major severity and network level events can be designated as critical severity A single user might wish to receive notification of events from the specific device but may not be concerned with other events Other users might need to be notified of events from a particular subnet only The network manager may be notified of 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 31 events from the entire network Notification for events from the entire network must be configured in the Administration Tool see Chapter 7 N Form Administration Event notification severity falls through to each higher level of eriticality For example a user who receives minor severity even
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44. epted address forms 6 Click APPLY to enter changes and continue editing or click OK to enter changes and exit 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 33 TELNET N Form facilitates telnet access to any device which is telnet capable Access is accomplished by tunneling through the server to the device Multiple telnet sessions may be invoked simultaneously Opening a Telnet Session to a Selected Device 1 Select a telnet capable device in the network map 2 Click the TELNET button on the toolbar or choose Nope gt TELNET A telnet login screen for the device appears E4 Connected to 10 14 1 249 oj x File Edit online Java Applet Window 3 Enter the PASSWORD for the selected device 34 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager DATA COLLECTION The N Form server automatically collects performance data stored in the devices in the network map and stores the data in the N Form database This data collection occurs at one or more automatically scheduled times during the day depending on the configuration of each particular device This data collection is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager The Report Manager cannot generate or schedule a report for a device until that device has data in the database If the user wants to schedule a report immediately for a device which has just been discovered they must manually force a data collection on that
45. esnnensnensnnsnnennnennnesnesnnennnennnennnon 86 N Form User Settings uch an detect Brise far nnd 88 S upp rted Prod ctsi s sesscsesscesssssnesssnssssessennsnssnesssnsnensnnsesennssnnsrsn rennen 91 N Form Parameters essessersorsossnseseesonsnnesnennensennennnessersersnnsnesnessersnnennen 93 ABa o ET E E T E E A tte She felelet feige 93 Relative Path Dependencies sesseeseeeesseseseeesseesrssresrrsreseesresresrrsresrese 94 Configuring Parameter Values 0 0 0 0 ceeecceseeeeseenseceeecaeceseesseeeeeeeeeeenaes 96 xviii Chapter 1 Introduction ABOUT THIS CHAPTER This chapter introduces the N Form product suite and presents an overview of the software modules CONTENTS Topic Page An Overview of the N Form Product Suite 2 The N Form Tools 4 The N Command Structure 4 5 N Spect Report Manager 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE N FORM PRODUCT SUITE The N Form product suite is based on a client server architecture The N Form server acts as the central network manager by discovering polling collecting and storing data from ADTRAN devices on the network The N Form server is accessed and controlled from virtually any computer on the network by a Java client using the Java Runtime Environment JRE browser plugin The Java client accesses a personalized web page that is setup and maintained automatically for each user The N Form client software is aJava based applet whi
46. f the N Form Product Suite eensseeensenneeseneenennnnen 2 The N Form 0018 ies init rar aaa Ran 4 The N Command Structure carers asr aa e eita AERE EVA 4 N Spect M Report Manager uuesussseesnersneesnesnnennnennnnensennnesnnensennnn ae 5 Installing and Using N Form sc00ss0000sssenssnsssnnnssssssnsnsssnnsnssssnnsunee 7 Minimum System Requirements uunuessessneesnesnnennnnnnneennnennnennne nennen 8 SNMP Setup ur Rare ED sinn 8 Installation Procedures oecumene ian a ea EA 9 Uninstallation Procedures orcii een a Ea A ES 12 Login Proc dures i425 23 sccckeslocessnTecevesteiebisseccehloctecteruecesttediecvansetcvecteesehibecees 13 Personal Web Page 3 2 2 20 Ea E SE 15 N Form Registration 2 2 2 2 ner la tl eon 16 N Command Network Manager cscccssssscccsssscccsssscccsssssscscsssscecees 21 Network M nager 2 20 32 22 innen 22 DISCOYETY as ee ER ine ie Dei en al 25 Editing Device Attributes 20 0 0 cecesscecseeceeecetsocesoeeeseceeeceaerensseneesoeerss 30 Event Notification by Email oo eee eee eseeseceseceseeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeecaeesseeees 31 WONG ss i ana eae ane a a aditesans dees EEA A e E adanttea lathe 34 Data Collection tis sites iets nn A 35 N Command Element Manager ccsccccsssscccsssssccssssssccssssscccsssscesens 37 N Command Element Manager 0 eeeceesseeseceseceseeeneeeseeeseeeaeeeaeenseeees 38 Viewing Device 230 2 2 ann Banas 40 Status Polbn ge
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48. figuration and unschedule the report Editing a Scheduled Report Start the Reporter 2 Select SCHEDULED gt SCHEDULED REPORTS The Manage Reports dialog appears This dialog shows a list of available reports to manage E Manage Reports ioj x Available Reports To Manage fregona lava Applet Window N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager Select the desired report from the list Click View The report will appear fully expanded in the Report Manager Select the report in the Manage Reports dialog and click DELETE Navigate in the Reporter window and make the desired changes Click SCHEDULE REPORT to reschedule the updated report 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 71 72 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration ABOUT THIS CHAPTER This chapter describes the N Form configuration parameters and Administration Tools CONTENTS Topic Page N Form Administration Tool 74 Default SNMP Parameters 75 Discovery Parameters 78 Data Collection Parameters 79 Email Parameters 81 Event Log Parameters 83 Network Event Notification 84 User Group Administration 86 N Form User Settings 88 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 73 N FORM ADMINISTRATION TOOL gt N Form contains administration tools for managing users passwords groups and server configuration parameters Each N Form user account has a password and ac
49. from within the Network Manager and may be started four different ways Starting the Element Manager 1 Select a device to view from the network map 2a Right click the selected device and choose VIEW from the popup menu Alternately 2b Click the VIEW button on the toolbar 2c Choose NODE gt VIEW 2d Double click the device on the network map 38 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 4 N Command Element Manager An Element Manager appears amp 310 12 2 5 TSU 1Q File View Help Device View Panel Configuration Selector Configuration Panel Panel The Element Manager contains three panels The upper device view panel shows a graphical representation of the selected device The left configuration selector panel shows an expandable tree of information about the selected device The device name or IP address if not defined in the Domain Name Server appears at the top of the tree Below the name are expandable folders of information about the selected device The folders vary depending on the device type and installed options As the folders are expanded and a configuration selector is chosen the corresponding information is displayed in the right configuration panel Each configuration panel may be undocked by clicking the UNDOCK button below the folder list on the left and moved anywhere on the screen thus freeing the right panel to display additional information 6
50. g N Form Optimal performance is achieved by installing the database on a local hard drive versus a networked hard drive 6 Choose the database backup location for both databases will cause the backup to fail The database backup location cannot be the same as the database destination Choosing the same location The user can choose to have the database automatically store a backup copy at this location each day For better data security this backup should be stored on a separate physical drive For better performance this backup should be stored on a local drive The database will perform a full backup each day at the completion of data archiving The backup will have the same name as the existing database nform db Each day s full backup will replace the existing backup or create a new one if one does not exist It is not necessary to stop the database server during backup and the database remains available during the backup However querying the database slows the backup speed If no queries are executing the backup takes approximately the same time as a file copy between the database and backup location Wait while the installation program configures Perl Wait while the installation program configures Apache 9 The installation program will now start the N Form server and the Apache web server as Windows NT services The following Windows NT services are required by N Form ADTRAN N Form Server e Apache SNM
51. gram polls the device at regular intervals allowing you to monitor the LEDs as you troubleshoot events The Element Manager is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 4 N Command Element Manager Event Viewer The spread sheet like interface for the Event Viewer displays the device name address time of event event status user entered notes and an acknowledgment field The event information is color coded by event severity The Event Viewer is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 5 N Command Event Viewer N SPECT REPORT MANAGER The historical trend analysis tool is built around an intuitive GUI The Report Manager creates easy to read reports based on user selections Reports can be scheduled to run automatically at regular intervals based on a 24 hour day business day business week calendar week calendar month quarter or even calendar year These scheduled reports are then published to individual users via their personalized web pages N Spect includes a comprehensive set of reports illustrating network trends Reports include exception based reporting point to point performance monitoring and many others The reports include a brief description of how to interpret the data and 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 5 any graphs or tables Reports are preserved in Adobe Acrobat PDF format allowing for reduced file size and web posting The Report Manager is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 6 N Spect Repo
52. h point are displayed ADR TST 1Q Gi Network Statistics 10 12 200 20 Frames Transferred C Frames Transferred LD Bytes Transferred D utilization Tx 100 D utilization Rx LD Throughput Tx 80 Bi Throughput Rx D Unavailable Time 60 A T1 Physical Error io Di TI State Change D Discard Frame Errors 20 LD Physical Layer Errors D Protocol Distribution Tx D Protocol Distribution Rx 0 e a 01 35PM 02 20PM 03 05PM 03 50PM 04 35PM 05 20PM Time Full Status Polls Rx ak Tx D Top Talkers Tx E E b Stop Series Exportpata Undock ADRAR _ TST IQ e ae ap ae E F D a NEXT PREV ADD pai SHIFT a a a EI Network Statistics 10 12 200 20 Frames Transferred D Frames Transferred D Bytes Transferred Time Rx D Utilization Tx 05 20 PM 0 DI utilization Rx 05 05 PM o D Throughput Tx gaso EM 2 C Throughput Rx 04 20 PM ol D Unavailable Time 04 05 PM ol A T1 Physical Error 03 50 PM 0 DT State Change i ol D Discard Frame Errors 0 D Physical Layer Errors o Ly Protocol Distribution Tx 35 PMI 0 D Protocol Distribution Rx 2 EM s Full Status Polls 0150 PM 0 Ly Top Talkers Tx ol ee M Show chart stop series Undock 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 43 All charts may also be displayed as tabular data however in
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54. ification assigned to it COMMENTS User comments such as the device s physical lo cation The tree structure can be explored by selecting the switches to the left ofthe node icons to expand or close a segment of the network The network is expanded to reveal nodes the nodes are expanded to reveal individual devices and the devices are expanded to reveal accessory cards The tree structure can also be completely expanded or collapsed by selecting WINDOW gt EXPAND ENTIRE TREE or WINDOW gt COLLAPSE ENTIRE TREE The tree is updated automatically to reflect the current state of the network The tree can be refreshed manually by choosing WINDOW gt RELOAD TREE The current display state of each node in the network map may be manually saved at any time by the user This saved display state can then be restored allowing the user to view a particular part of the network map without having to navigate back to the same display state each time they log in The network map can be filtered to display only ADTRAN devices by selecting WINDOW gt VIEW ADTRAN Devices Once this option is selected the menu item becomes WINDOW gt VIEW ALL DEVICES and is used to switch back to the all device view When switching between ADTRAN only and all device views the last stored display state for each view is restored Saving Restoring the State of the Network Map Device Tree 1 Choose FILE gt SAVE SETTINGS to save a state or choose FILE gt REST
55. ion file prior to starting the N Form server section parameter value 98 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 For example to change the number of discovery threads to 16 using the initialization file change the barrels entry in the discovery section as shown below snmp read community public orice community private 5000 milliseconds 2 server mail adtran com Jfrom sstrand adtran com Jl discovery fbarrels 16 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 100 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1
56. k APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous value 6 Click CLOSE 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 79 Collection Offset The Collection Offset parameter specifies the offset from the default primary data collection time of midnight server local time This parameter is of type String and the value of the offset is seconds from midnight and must have a value between 86400 The default value is 0 The offset may be entered in the following formats seconds MM SS HH MM SS e g 3600 60 00 01 00 00 all represent 1 AM local time Collection Offset may be specified as a system environment variable or an entry in the initialization file Changing the Collection Offset parameter la Change the value of the Windows NT system environment variable NFORM_COLLECT_OFFSET to the desired value Alternately 1b Edit the offset entry in the collection section of the initializa tion file prior to starting the N Form server collection offset value See Appendix B N Form Parameters for more information on setting the Collection Offset parameter 80 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration EMAIL PARAMETERS EMail Server Hostname The EMail Server Hostname parameter specifies the name of the mail server used by the N Form server to send email Email notification is dependent on the network s local mail server Some servers are configured to send email
57. ks the installation replaces some of the files that are updated by the required service packs Therefore it is necessary to reinstall the service pack following the SNMP installation N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using N Form Installing the SNMP Service 1 From the Start Menu choose START gt SETTINGS gt CONTROL PANEL gt NETWORK E RFC Configuration E Server a Workstation 2 Select the SERVICES tab 3 Click ADD 4 Select SNMP SERVICE from the list 5 Click OK if the SNMP software exists on a local disk or select HAVE DISK to load from the installation disks 6 Reboot the computer 7 Reinstall Service Pack 3 or greater INSTALLATION PROCEDURES The N Form installation CD ROM contains the N Form server and related software The installation program copies the necessary files from the disk onto the user s hard drive The program installs the Apache web server Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere database server and ADTRAN N Form server The installation program gives the option of installing the database files and program files in different directories 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 9 Installing the N Form Server 1 Insert the N Form CD ROM and wait for the installation pro gram to autorun To manually start the installation from the Start Menu choose RUN and type the drive letter of the CD ROM followed by a colon then type setup exe For
58. license for the Program the End User shall be required to destroy or return all copies of the Program OEM shall have the right to conduct and or direct an independent accounting firm to conduct during nor mal business hours an audit of the appropriate records of the End User to verify the number of copies of the Program in Use the computer systems on which such copies are installed and the number of Seats or Concurrent Users xiii xiv Customer Service Product Support Information and Training ADTRAN will replace or repair this product within five years from the date of shipment if the product does not meet its published specification or if it fails while in service A return material authorization RMA is required prior to returning equipment to ADTRAN For service RMA requests training or more information see the toll free contact numbers given below Presales Inquiries and Applications Support Please contact your local distributor ADTRAN Applications Engineering or ADTRAN Sales Applications Engineering 800 615 1176 Sales 800 827 0807 Post Sale Support Please contact your local distributor first If your local distributor cannot help please contact ADTRAN Tech nical Support and have the unit serial number available Technical Support 888 4ADTRAN The Custom Extended Services ACES program offers multiple types and levels of service plans which allow you to choose the kind of assistance you need For questions
59. lick APPLY 6 Click CLOSE 78 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 7 N Form Administration DATA COLLECTION PARAMETERS Collection Threads The Collection Threads parameter specifies the number of separate threads to use for device data collection Specifying multiple threads for collection speeds the collection process by allowing data from multiple devices to be collected simultaneously This parameter is of type Integer and has a default value of 16 The valid range is 1 to 96 However adding additional simultaneous collection threads also increases the amount of network bandwidth consumed by the collection process There will be some point beyond which the additional network traffic caused by adding additional collections will offset any speed gain Changing the Collection Threads parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab The Server Settings dialog appears SEE Server Settings Derav SNM C Use default values from initialization file Network Utilization j a Email Configuration Discovery threads g 32 Event History Collection threads K jig Network Event Notification _Reset apy 3 Click NETWORK UTILIZATION in the left Server Settings selec tor panel 4 Drag the slider to set the number of simultaneous devices to collect or click the check box to use the values from the ini tialization file 5 Clic
60. ll continue to add other ADTRAN product families Ld DSU IQ 1200212L1 56 64K Frame Relay Monitoring DSU TSU IQ 1200215L1 T1 FT1 Frame Relay Monitoring DSU NxIQ 1200255L1 Frame Relay Nx port for TSU Multiplexers TSU IQ 1200275L1 T1 FT1 DSU with DSX 1 port with Frame Relay Monitoring TSU IQ Rackmount 1200277L1 Rackmounted T1 FT1 Frame Relay monitoring DSU IQ Probe 1200214L1 In line unit supports rates of 56K to 2M Atlas 800P V5 4200226L1 Supports 6M of Frame Relay TSU 100e 1202052L1 Modular T1 FT1 DSU CSU with V 35 and one option slot TSU 120e 1202129L1 Modular T1 FT1 DSU CSU with integral V 35 DTE and DSX 1 ports and one option slot TSU 600e 1202076L1 Modular T1 FT1 DSU CSU with 6 option slots 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 91 92 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Appendix B TYPES N Form Parameters The default N Form parameters should be adequate to allow N Form to work on most networks However these parameters may be modified to configure N Form behavior for a specific environment If you have any question about a parameter please contact ADTRAN Technical Support before modifying its value The parameters that control the operation of N Form have seven distinct type definitions These type definitions and example values are listed below Boolean True False T F Yes No Y N Flag True False T F Yes No Y N on command line existence implies Tru
61. lling and Using N Form Registering N Form 1 Fillin allthe required information on the registration page see previous page and click REGISTER The N Form Software Registration Confirmation screen appears displaying the completed information 4 Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer N Form Sofware Registration Confirmation Please verify the information is correct and Confirm Software Product Id 195082112 Server ID 00e02931a32d Serial Number 1234567890 First Name Chris Last Name Company ADTRAN Address 1901 Explorer Boulevard City Huntsville State Province AL Zip Postal Code 35814 4000 Country USA Phone Number 256 963 8000 EMail Address csmith adtran com Please enter a password for use when modifying your registration information Password fms Repeat Password m If you have previously registered this server id or have had an error in registering other than from submitting incomplete information please use the manual entry form 2 Verify the information and click CONFIRM The registration process retrieves a license key and stores the key in the local N Form database The registration information and the license key are displayed on the successful registration page 3 Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer amp x E hitp dhogannt adttan com z ose License Key Successfully Sent to N For
62. ly exceeds the thresholds set increasing the CIR may be necessary to prevent data from being lost If the utilization of a PVC is consistently low lowering the CIR may reduce network costs PVC Throughput Exception The PVC Throughput Exception report indicates when the average throughput of one or more PVCs exceeds an over utilization threshold or falls below the under utilization threshold for the transmit and receive directions If the average consistently exceeds the thresholds set increasing the CIR may be necessary to 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 57 prevent data from being lost If the throughput of a PVC is consistently low lowering the CIR may reduce network costs PVC Utilization The PVC Utilization report indicates the average and maximum bandwidth utilized on the selected PVC over the specified interval Typically the maximum utilization will be greater than the average utilization If the difference between the average and maximum utilization is consistently small increasing the CIR may be necessary to prevent network bottlenecks PVC Throughput The PVC Throughput report indicates the average and maximum bandwidth utilized on the selected PVC over the specified interval Typically the maximum throughput will be greater than the average throughput If the difference between the average and maximum throughput is consistently small increasing the CIR may be necessary to prevent network bottlenecks PVC
63. m Server Thank you for registering this product These are the values that you or the system provided Server ID 00e02931a32d Product ID 195082112 Serial Number 1234567890 Product License 2042f969d7ac0a831701f029da22d93a Please print or save this frame for your records Return to N Form Login 3 Print this information and save it for future reference 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 17 The registration process described above automatically generates the license key and places it in the local database The administrator may also manually register N Form If N Form has previously been registered but needs to be re registered because for instance the database file containing the license key has been deleted or damaged or if the administrator wishes to manually generate a license key the administrator must manually register N Form Manually Registering N Form 1 On the registration page click MANUAL ENTRY The manual registration page appears Z Adtran N Form Network Managment System Mi N Form Software License Registration Contact ADTRAN to obtain a valid license and enter the appropriate information below ADTRAN N Form License Registration Page or Contact ADTRAN Technical Support Page If you have received a PERMANENT license use this form Software Product Id 1950982112 Server ID 00e02931a32d Serial Number License Key If you have received a TEMPORARY lice
64. me N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using N Form PERSONAL WEB PAGE Beh The personal web page maintains a list of user specific network reports and user exported data The web page also allows the user to access any of the N Form modules by clicking the buttons on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen The buttons and their functions are listed below Starts the N Form User Administration Tool The User Administration Tool is discussed in Chapter 7 N Form Administration Starts the N Command Network Manager The Network Manager is discussed in Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager Starts the N Command Event Viewer The Event Viewer is discussed in Chapter 5 N Command Event Viewer Starts the N Spect Report Manager The N Spect Report Manager is discussed in Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager Starts the N Form Server Administration Tool The N Form Server Administration Tool is discussed in Chapter 7 N Form Administration Exits the N Form personal web page and returns to the N Form login screen The N Form personal web page is discussed in Chapter 2 Installing and Using N Form Opens the online help document for the N Form product suite Opens a browser window that contains links to download necessary N Form client components and patches for various platforms 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 15 N FORM REGISTRATION N Form includes a trial license
65. must have been collected The data collection process uploads the data stored internally in each device and stores that data in the N Form database Data collection occurs 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 or 24 times per day based on the individual device s buffer size and sampling rate The internally stored buffer represents a fixed size time window of data This interval data is stored in the first in first out buffer at a user defined sampling rate As new data is sampled and stored in the buffer the oldest data ages out of the time window and is discarded The amount of time it takes for a sampled interval to 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 59 enter the buffer and then be discarded may be calculated using the following formula Time Until Discard Samples In Buffer Sample Period N Form schedules the number of collections per day so that the server has two opportunities to upload the data before it is discarded Thus if one collection fails for some reason such as network congestion the data will still be in the device for the next collection opportunity The number of times per day that N Form collects data is calculated in the following way 86400 Time Until Discard Collections 2 The Collections value is rounded up to the nearest integer and the resulting value is used to select the number of Collections per Day from the table below Collections lt Collections lt Collections lt Collections lt
66. n the Device Selector panel and click NEXT If this is aPVC report the PVC Selector panel appears Select multiple PVCs PVC 100 PVC 110 Pvc 200 PVC 300 PVC 400 PVC 500 PVC 510 PVC 600 PVC 610 PVC 700 PVC 710 PVC 800 lt lt Cancel Next gt gt 4 Ifthe PVC Selector panel is displayed select the desired PVCs and click NEXT If the report requires user defined parameters such as those required for the exception reports the Report Parameters panel appears Enter Parameters ver Utilization eo Under Utilization 20 lt lt Cancel Next gt gt 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 65 5 Ifthe Report Parameters panel is displayed enter any user definable parameters such as OVER UTILIZATION PERCENTAGE and click NEXT The Interval selector panel appears Generate Now Schedule Select Interval Interval 24 Hour Day Data Resolution Interval 44 November w 2000 no S M T WT E s 29 12 19 26 3 HZ A Den oa 40 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 A Ge 3 1 8 4 11 18 25 2 9 Generate Report lt lt Cancel 6 Select the GENERATE Now tab to generate a report that is immediately available for viewing 7 Select the DESIRED INTERVAL and DATA RESOLUTION from the drop down menus 8 Select the desired date from the calendar by choosing the month or quarter and year an
67. nd Using N Form LOGIN PROCEDURES The default user preconfigured with N Form is the Administrator account with username root and default password password This account may be used to set up additional users and perform other administrative tasks see Chapter 7 N Form Administration When a new user is created by the N Form Administrator their default password is password You may need to consult an N Form Administrator for a username and password as well as the address of the login page for your location Logging in to N Form 1 Open an N Form compatible browser and point to the N Form login page set up during installation For more details on the browser requirements please refer to Minimum System Requirements on page 8 The login page appears Welcome to N Form Please Login Username csmith Password 2 Type your USERNAME and PASSWORD 3 Click LOGIN 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 13 14 The user personal web page appears 4 Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer Refresh Delete Wed Dec 10 42 35 6 Generated Reports for csmith Date TD Wed Dec 6 2000 00 05 21 C Tue Dec 5 2000 00 05 34 Refresh Delete Exported Data for csmith Date IT Mon Dec 4 2000 18 10 41 IT Mon Dec 4 2000 18 10 56 IT Mon Dec 4 2000 18 11 04 Filename Re rt utilization re 3A Re rt utilization re 180 1 t 342C3000 1 Filena
68. nfiguration fields The time for the last device poll is shown in the lower left of the configuration panel If a poll attempt fails the time field is shown in red and remains red until the next successful poll 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 41 CONFIGURING A DEVICE The Element Manager can be used to configure ADTRAN devices connected to the network Configuring a Device Select a device and start an Element Manager 2 Select a data folder in the configuration selector panel to open in the configuration panel 3 Modify desired configuration data Click SUBMIT to update the configuration or RELOAD to dis miss changes and reload the existing configuration CHARTS AND TABLES The charts and tables produced by the Element Manger are distinguished from the reports produced by the Report Manager in that they use data directly from the selected devices The Report Manager produces reports using data from the database Viewing Charts and Tables Select a device in the network map Open an Element Manager 3 Select a chart or table from the configuration selector panel Each chart or table is displayed in the configuration panel If a device has multiple PVCs a drop down menu appears at the top of the configuration panel and data is displayed for the PVC chosen 42 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 4 N Command Element Manager As you move the mouse over the plot thex and y coordinates of eac
69. nse use this form Temporary License Key 2 Enter the required information If N Form has previously been registered enter the serial number and the license key shown on the original confirma tion page from your records or enter the serial number and a manually generated license key see Manually Generating a License Key below If you have been assigned a temporary license key by ADTRAN Technical Support enter it in the space provided 18 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using N Form 3 Click Commit PERMANENT Key to permanently activate the software or click COMMIT TEMPORARY KEY to activate another 30 day license Manually Generating a License Key 1 Click MANUAL ENTRY on the main registration screen shown on previous page The manual registration page appears 4 Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer N Form Software License Registration Contact ADTRAN to obtain a valid license and enter the appropriate information below ADTRAN N Form License Registration Page or Contact ADTRAN Technical Support Page If you have received a PERMANENT license use this form Software Product Id 1950982112 Server ID 00e02931a32d Serial Number License Key If you have received a TEMPORARY license use this form Temporary License Key TT 2 Click on the ADTRAN N Form License Registration Page hyperlink The N Form Key Genera
70. o quickly drill down to detailed device configuration and real time troubleshooting diagnostics Starting the N Command Network Manager 1 Log on to your personal N Form web site 2 Click the NETWORK MANAGER button on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen A Network Manager appears ie Network Manager File Node Window Help Beer 3 Segmentaddress Comments The Network 10 12 2 9 10 12 200 910 12 200 1 9 10 12 200 240 g Onboard 1 El onboard 2 910 12 200 150 10 12 200 2 910 12 200 15 910 12 200 241 910 12 200 255 amp 10 12 200 16 910 12 200 17 910 12 200 18 910 12 200 19 6910 12 200 20 TSU 120e 0 1 DBU Interface 0 2 DSX 1 Interface Email Ofline Huntsville Huntsville Huntsville Huntsville Information about the discovered network segments is displayed in four columns in the Network Manager SEGMENT ADDRESS The address of the network device dis played as a domain name or IP address Network segments are represented by an IP address with an asterisk 10 12 1 Device Type ADTRAN products for which there are N Form models are displayed by their product name such as TSU IQ 22 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager ADTRAN products that have not been modeled and non ADTRAN devices have no DEVICE TYPE listed STATUS Displays whether the device is OFFLINE or has EMAIL not
71. o use the value from the initialization file 5 Click APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous value 6 Click CLose 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 77 DISCOVERY PARAMETERS Discovery Threads The Discovery Threads parameter specifies the number of separate threads to use for device discovery Specifying multiple threads for discovery speeds the discovery process by allowing multiple devices to be discovered simultaneously This parameter is oftype Integer and has a default value of 32 The valid range is 1to 64 However adding additional simultaneous discoveries also increases the amount of network bandwidth consumed by the discovery process There will be some point beyond which the additional network traffic caused by adding additional discoveries will offset any speed gain Changing Discovery Threads Parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab E N Form Server Settings File berauit Siia C Use default values from initialization file Network Utilization Email Configuration Discovery threads Q 32 Event History Collection threads K fg Network Event Notification AET 3 Click NETWORK UTILIZATION in the left Server Settings selec tor panel 4 Drag the slider to set the number of simultaneous devices to discover or click the check box to use the values from the ini tialization file 5 C
72. om ments may be attached to each individual event All connected cli ents see event acknowledgments and updated comments dynamically Starting the Event Viewer 1 Log on to your personal N Form web site 2 Click the EVENT VIEWER button on the tool bar at the bottom of the screen The Event Viewer may also be started from within the Network Manager 1 Start N Command Network Manager 2 Choose NODE gt EVENTS An Event Viewer appears SE File Actions View Ack Severity Date Time Source Message _ Warning 1 22 01 10 15 10 12 200 100 Severely Errored Framing Seconds threshold exceeded _ 41 22 01 10 15 Warning 1 22 01 10 15 10 12 200 100 PVC DLCI 851 on Line 1050 changed state T Warning 1422101 10 15 10 12 200 100 PVC DLCI 401 on Line 1042 changed state ail Waring 1422 01 10 15 0 12 200 100 PVC DLCI 101 on Line 1039 changed state Bares i 15 10 12 200 100 PVC DLCI 100 on Line 1027 changed state Warning 1 22 01 10 15 10 12 200 100 PVC DLCI 200 on Line 1027 changed state I Warning 1 22 01 10 15 nLine 10 hanged state By default all network events of all severity levels appear in the Event Viewer The Event Viewer has a flexible filtering feature 48 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 5 N Command Event Viewer that allows the user to view the events for a single device or for se lected severity levels
73. on file 5 Click APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous value 6 Click CLOSE 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 83 NETWORK EVENT NOTIFICATION This panel configures the N Form server to notify specified users via email when network level events are encountered Event notification for network level events can only be configured with the Administration Tool Event notification for nodes and individual devices is configured in the Network Manager see Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager Event notification severity falls through to each higher level of criticality For example a user who receives minor severity events would also be notified of events of major and critical severity but a user who only receives critical severity events would not be notified of events with lesser severity Email notification is dependent on the network s local mail server Some servers are configured such that they cannot send email outside their local domain and N Form event notification would therefore have the same limitation The N Form email server configuration is discussed above Configuring Network Event Notification 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab The Server Settings dialog appears E N Form Server Settings File Users Groups Server Deri SN ME _ Use default values from initialization file Network Utilization Email Configuration
74. opulates the network map with the address device type name and current status of each device The user may predefine SNMP properties to be used during discovery in order to discover devices which have non default SNMP properties such as read community write community names timeout and retry values To speed the device discovery process multiple devices may be discovered simultaneously The default value is 32 and the values range from 1 to 64 However adding additional simultaneous discoveries also increases the amount of network bandwidth consumed by the discovery process There will be some point beyond which the additional network traffic caused by adding additional discoveries will offset any speed gain The number of simultaneous discoveries is set by the Server Administrator see Chapter 7 N Form Administration 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 25 Discovering a Single New Device Pay 1 Select THE NETWORK at the top of the network map 2 Click the Discover button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt Discover The Discovery dialog appears Discover network Operations SNMP Properties Node 10 12 200 20 End Address Single node Use mask Read Community ik Define range Write Community Timeout Retries 2 Use SNMP Defaults v 3 Select the SINGLE NODE radio button 4 Select the USE SNMP DEFAULTS checkbox or enter SNMP properties 5 Enter
75. orm User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 4 N Command Element Manager STATUS POLLING gt The rear view of the selected device is shown and installed option cards are visible as shown below amp 310 14 1 207 TSU 1Q File View Help DEU INTERFACE TAN INTERFACE ESP PRI le CJ verg TEST JACKS X NETWORK TEST ERST Dsk CONTROL TISUAC SOHZISA on OFF F EF 10 14 1 207 Device E 10 14 1 207 Siotf1 10 14 1 207 System Information System Information ADTRAN TSUIQ Yer 3 31 11 3 6 1 4 1 664 1 186 4 Days 230839590 System Description System Object ID Up Time System Contact System Name System Location Product Information ADTRAN Product Name ADTRAN TSUIQ Part Number 1200 275 CLEI Code Serial Number 02 17 20 PM_ Submit Reload The Element Manager automatically polls the selected ADTRAN device at regular intervals It can also poll an ADTRAN device on demand Polling a Device on Demand 1 Select a device and start the element manager 2 Select a data folder in the configuration selector panel to open in the configuration panel 3 Select the POLL button on status only configuration panels or select RELOAD on updateable configuration panels Polling the device returns and updates the status and co
76. ot be created with only interval data because only 30 days of interval data are stored in the database The available report intervals and corresponding data resolutions are shown below All times are referenced to N Form Server local time 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 63 Data Interval Definition Resolution 24 Hour Day 24 Hour Day Interval Hourly Business Day 8AM 5PM server local time Interval Hourly Calendar Sunday through Saturday Hourly Daily Week Business Monday Friday Hourly Daily Week 24 hr days Month 1 Calendar Month Daily Weekly Quarter 3 Calendar Months Daily Weekly beginning January March Year 12 Calendar Months Weekly Monthly beginning January Generating an Immediate Report Start the Report Manager 2 Select a report from the list of available reports displayed in the Report Selector panel The Device Selector panel becomes visible on the right The Device Selector panel displays an abbreviated copy of the network map Only devices that have data in the database and are applicable for the type of report chosen appear in the net work map in the Device Selector panel Select 1 device HilseamentiAddress Device Type Network 9 101417 940 14 1 249 TSU IQ 10 12 2 lt lt Cancel Next gt gt 64 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager 3 Select the desired device from the Network Map i
77. ous day Scheduled reports are generated and the database is archived immediately after completion of primary collection The start time of primary collection can be changed by providing an offset from the default time see Chapter 7 N Form Administration The offset is contained in the environmental variable NFORM_COLLECT_OFFSET The value of the offset is seconds from midnight and must have a value between 86400 The default value is zero The offset may be entered in the following formats seconds MM SS HH MM SS e g 3600 60 00 01 00 00 all represent 1 AM local time The other collection times during the day are relative to the primary collection time For example if the primary collection time is 1 AM then a device which is collected four times a day will be collected at 1 AM 7 AM 1 PM and 7 PM The total collection time for each device is limited to one hour If the collection is not completed within this time collection will 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 61 cease for that device until the next collection time arrives This time limit prevents a slow segment of the network from tying up the collection resources and causing data to be lost in responsive segments due to being deleted from the buffers before being collected The timestamps stored in the devices are based on the device s internal clock As the data is stored in the database an offset is added to compensate for differences between the device s lo
78. ports are generated each day following the primary data collection time which is by default midnight local time for the N Form server After the report is generated a PDF version of the report is posted to the Generated Reports section of the personal web page of each user in the report s receiver list as shown below These reports are accessed by clicking on the report title hyperlink which opens the report in a client browser window using the Adobe Acrobat plugin The report may be saved or printed using the Acrobat plugin Wed Dec 10 42 35 6 Generated Reports for csmith Date TD Wed Dec 6 2000 00 05 21 TD Tue Dec 5 2000 00 05 34 Exported Data for csmith Date T Mon Dec 4 2000 18 10 41 TD Mon Dec 4 2000 18 10 56 TD Mon Dec 4 2000 18 11 04 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 69 Deleting a Report from the Personal Web Page 1 Log in to your personal web page 2 Click the check box on the left to select the desired reports 3 Click DELETE Viewing Deleting a Scheduled Report Start the Reporter 2 Select SCHEDULED gt SCHEDULED REPORTS The Manage Reports dialog appears This dialog shows a list of available reports to manage E Manage Reports od Available Reports To Manage reports Java Applet Window 3 Select the desired report from the list 4 Click View to view the fully expanded report configuration in a Report Manager or click DELETE to delete the report con
79. rite Community These parameters specify the default SNMP read and write communities The parameters are oftype String SNMP Read Community has a default value of public and SNMP Write Community has a default value of private Changing SNMP Read Community amp SNMP Write Community Parameters 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab EA N Form Server Settings File Default SNMP Use default values from initialization file Network Utilization Email Configuration Read Community Event History Write Community Network Event Notification Timeout msecs public private tese 3 Click DEFAULT SNMP in the left server settings selector panel 4 Type the desired string in the space provided or click the check box to use the values from the initialization file 5 Click APPLY to save the new setting or RESET to restore the previous values 6 Click CLOSE 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 75 SNMP Timeout The SNMP Timeout parameter specifies the default time in milliseconds N Form will wait for a response from SNMP or discovery This parameter is of type Integer and has a default value of 5000 Changing SNMP Timeout Parameter 1 Start an N Form Server Administrator 2 Select the SERVER Tab EA N Form Server Settings Default SNMP Use default values from initialization file
80. rt Manager N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 2 Installing and Using N Form ABOUT THIS CHAPTER This chapter presents the system requirements and procedures required to install and register the N Form product suite CONTENTS Topic Page Minimum System Requirements 8 SNMP Setup 8 Installation Procedures 9 Uninstallation Procedures 12 Login Procedures 13 Personal Web Page 15 N Form Registration 16 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SNMP SETUP N Form requires the following Server Data Collection Recommended Platforms Pentium II SOOMHz or higher Operating Systems Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 3 128 MB RAM 1 GB hard disk space CD ROM drive for installation Client Network Configuration and Reports 1024 x 768 display resolution Any hardware with Internet browser Netscape Navigator Version 4 76 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5 5 or higher Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 4 05 or higher Java Runtime Environment JRE Version 1 3 or higher If an SNMP server agent has not been installed on your computer you must install it before installing N Form The N Form setup program will determine whether this software is on the target computer and prompt the user to install it if necessary The SNMP files are found on the Windows NT installation disks If you install SNMP from your Windows NT dis
81. rt indicates the amount of traffic present on the network port The graphs show bytes and frames transmitted and received relative to the network port bandwidth Network Port Protocol Distribution The Network Port Protocol Distribution Report indicates how the Layer 3 protocols are distributed over the entire network port Graphs are shown for the transmit and receive direction To drill down to an individual PVC use the PVC Protocol Distribution report 56 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager PVC REPORTS Network Port Top Talker The Network Port Top Talker Report indicates the relative bandwidth utilization for each of the top users on the network port Network Port T1 Physical Layer The T1 Physical Layer report indicates Errored Seconds and Severely Errored seconds as well as unavailable time for the network port If the T1 line runs with errors this could indicate a problem with the physical media Network Port DDS Physical Layer The DDS Physical Layer report indicates Bipolar Violations and unavailable time for the DDS line If the DDS line runs with errors this could indicate a problem with the physical media PVC Utilization Exception The PVC Utilization Exception report indicates when the average utilization of one or more PVCs exceeds an over utilization threshold or falls below the under utilization threshold for the transmit and receive directions If the average consistent
82. rt indicates when the average throughput of the network port exceeds an over utilization threshold or falls below the under utilization threshold for the transmit and receive directions If the average consistently exceeds thresholds set additional bandwidth may be necessary to prevent network bottlenecks If devices consistently under utilize the amount of bandwidth for the device this bandwidth could be 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 55 re allocated in the network for more efficient use of overall bandwidth Network Port Utilization The Network Port Utilization report indicates the average and maximum bandwidth utilized on the network port over the specified interval Typically the maximum utilization will be greater than the average utilization If the difference between the average and maximum utilization is consistently small and the average is relatively high additional bandwidth may be necessary to prevent network bottlenecks Network Port Throughput The Network Port Throughput report indicates the average and maximum bandwidth utilized on the network port over the specified interval Typically the maximum throughput will be greater than the average throughput If the difference between the average and maximum throughput is consistently small and the average is relatively high additional bandwidth may be necessary to prevent network bottlenecks Network Port Traffic Volume The Network Port Traffic Volume repo
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84. t Window Deleting an Event for a Node 1 2 Select an event in the Event Viewer or choose ACTIONS gt SELECT ALL to select all events Click DELETE or choose ACTIONS gt DELETE The selected event is cleared from the Events Viewer window All connected clients will see the event deleted N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 5 N Command Event Viewer Adding or Editing Notes for an Event 1 Click on an event in the Event Viewer to select it 2 Choose View gt Notes An Event Note Editor dialog appears 4 Event Note Editor 3 Enter the desired text 4 Click APPLY to record the note or CLEAR to delete it The date time and username will be appended to the note when it is added to the Event Viewer Event Note Editor an event note lt 10 24 00 2 55 PM root 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 51 52 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager ABOUT THIS CHAPTER This chapter describes the N Spect Report Manager CONTENTS Topic Page N Spect Report Manager 54 Network Port Reports 55 PVC Reports 57 N Form Data Collection 59 Data Archiving and Rollup 62 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 53 N SPECT REPORT MANAGER The N Spect Report Manager is a historical trend analysis tool built around an intuitive graphical user interface The Report Manager creates easy to read reports based on user selections Reports
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86. the address for the single device in the NODE entry field 6 Click Start The Discovery status dialog appears Discovering node 10 12 200 240 Percent complete The Discovery status dialog displays the progress of the discovery A status bar at the bottom of the Network Manager indicates that a discovery is running and shows the number of simultaneous discoveries being used When a discovery is complete the requested device dynamically appears in the network map See Chapter 7 N Form Administration for more information on configuring the number of simultaneous discoveries to use for the discovery process N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager 6 Discovering a Range of Devices 1 Select THE NETWORK at the top of the network map 2 Click the Discover button on the toolbar or choose NODE gt Discover The Discovery dialog appears Discover network Operations SNMP Properties Start Address 10 12 200 1 Single node 10 12 200 20 Use mask End Address Read Communi puk Define range Write Community Timeout Retries Use SNMP Defaults v 3 Select the DEFINE RANGE radio button Select the USE SNMP DEFAULTS checkbox or enter SNMP properties 5 Enter START ADDRESS 6 Enter END ADDRESS 7 Click START The Discovery status dialog appears Discovering network 10 12 2 0 mask 255 255 25
87. tor page appears Z Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer Baer N Form Key Generator Enter the below information to generate a valid N Form License Server ID 00e02931a32d Product 1 Serial Number 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 19 3 Enter the required information and click SUBMIT The page returns the license key Z Adtran N Form Network Managment System Microsoft Internet Explorer binvkeygenerator pf nodeid 00602931 a32dproductid 1 950821 28ncommandsn 1234567890 cmd createsccountauto Generated License Key Here is the input Server ID 006029313324 Product ID 195082112 Serial Number 1234567890 E E Here is the generated key NCommand 2042f969d7ac0a831701f029da22d93a 4 Print this information and save it for future reference 20 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager ABOUT THIS CHAPTER CONTENTS This chapter describes the N Command Network Manager Topic Page Network Manager 22 Searching for a Node in the Network Map 24 Editing Device Attributes 30 Event Notification by Email 31 Telnet 34 Data Collection 35 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 21 NETWORK MANAGER The GUI for the Network Manager is based on a hierarchical tree navigational structure This topology tree interface allows at a glance high level network health monitoring with the ability t
88. tored for 30 days On the 31st day this oldest interval data is rolled up from interval to 62 N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 6 N Spect Report Manager hourly data For example if the device data is stored at 5 minute intervals then there will 12 datapoints in each hourly interval Eventually this hourly data will be rolled up to daily data After one year daily data is discarded from the database The process by which the data is rolled up is dependent on the specific type of data being manipulated The available rollup options are shown in the table below Rollup Type Each rollup value takes the value of the SUM Sum of all values within each rollup interval AVG Average of all values within each rollup interval MAX Maximum value within each rollup interval MIN Minimum value within each rollup interval TIME Start time of the rollup interval NONE Last datapoint in the rollup interval The report manager uses the same logic to manipulate the data for each report with the additional rollup intervals of days to weeks weeks to months and months to quarters The report manager produces the reports using the data stored in the database Therefore the rollup or archiving of the database has a bearing on the data resolution available for reporting Data may be rolled up from higher frequency data to lower frequency but is not interpolated from lower frequency data to higher frequency Therefore a yearly report cann
89. tring private The SNMP write community string SNMPRead String public The SNMP community string PingFailureThreshold Integer 2 The minimum consecutive ping failures that will generate a trap DiscoveryBarrels Integer 32 The number of threads allowed for the server to use during discovery 1 64 WebDir Path Apache htdocs nform Locationof N Formwebdirectory NotifyLogLevel Integer 48 The detail level of information being logged to a notification procedure such as the NT event log EchoLogLevel Integer 60 The detail level of information being displayed in shell output LogLevel Integer 60 The detail level of information being written in the log file PrintHelp Flag FALSE Displays this information notneeded LoggerControl Boolean TRUE TRUE enables information logging FALSE disables the logging IniFile Path N Form ini The pathname from the installation directory to the initialization file DataDir Path Data The path from the installation directory to the data directory LogsDir Path logs The path from the installation directory to the logs directory BinDir Path bin The path from the installation directory to the executables directory InstallDir Path N Form The path for the N Form product installation 61950821L1 1 N Form User Manual 95 CONFIGURING PARAMETER VALUES In addition to a default value each N Form parameter may be specified by one or more of the methods listed below If the par
90. ts would also be notified of events of major and critical severity but a user who only receives critical severity events would not be notified of events with lesser severity Email notification is dependent on the network s local mail server Some servers are configured to send email only inside their local domain and N Form event notification would therefore have the same limitation The N Form mail server is configured in the Server Administration Tool see Chapter 7 N Form Administration Configuring Event Notification 1 Select the node ES 2a Choose NODE gt EDIT Alternately 2b Right click on a device and choose EDIT from the popup menu The Edit dialog appears EZ Edit 10 12 200 2 I Event Severity its Notification Email Addresses csmith adtran com OK Apply Cancel 3 Click the NOTIFICATION tab N Form User Manual 61950821L1 1 Chapter 3 N Command Network Manager 4 Select the notification EVENT SEVERITY level from the drop down menu NONE UNKNOWN NORMAL WARNING MINOR MAJOR CRITICAL 5 Enter valid EMAIL ADDRESSES in the panel below the severity menu These email addresses can be in any form accepted by the local mail server In addition to the typical user domain form some email servers are set up to accept just the username or other aliases to represent users and groups of users Refer to your email server documentation for clarification of acc
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