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1. v 24 Speed 24 v 25 Received Bytes 1 v 26 Received Bytes 2 v 27 Received Bytes 3 v 28 Received Bytes 4 v 28 Received Bytes 5 Ex 2 After adjustment Example 3 Adjusting the table boundary To do this position your pointer on the right table border When the pointer has transfomed into arrows as shown in the figure below left click on the border and drag it to the right while holding the left mouse button to increase the table width 19 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide SwimView Interface Parameters 1 X Table Piot Chart Bar chart Edit Options Port Number 4 Port Description Allied Tel Port Type ISO 8802 MTU 1500 Speed 100000000 Physical amp ddress 00 30 84 Administration Status down Operation Status down Last Change Time and Date 0 days 0 Received Bytes 648 Received Unicast Packets 4 Received Non Unicast Packet 4 Received Discard Packets Received Error Packets 0 Ex 3 Before adjustment y SwimView Interface Parameters 1 X Table pict chart Bar Chart Edit Options f Port Number 4 Port Description Allied Telesyn Ethernet Switch Port Type ISO 8802 3 CSMA CD MTU 1500 Speed 100000000 Physical Address 00 30 84 4213 40 Administration Status down Operation Status down Last Change Time and Date 0 days 0 12 46 140 Received Bytes 548 Received Unicast Packets 4 Received Non Unicast Packets 4 Received Di
2. 7 3 5 1 Popup Display You can see the exact value of a dot by moving the mouse cursor onto the dot The values are displayed in the form of x y where x indicates the elapsed time sysUpTime seconds and y indicates the value of the data Below the graph s horizontal axis time is displayed Note that the times shown there are only a reference point They are not synchronized with the plotted dots 7 3 6 Pie Chart Tab In the Pie Chart tab network statistics are shown in the pie chart This chart is useful for checking the proportions of the various packet counts The data is updated after each polling interval Note The pie chart is not displayed when all values are zero Topics e Popup Display iO SwimView History Control Parameters 26 Utilization Packet Type Error Type Custom f tusmmm rrr rm R uusot ttem a 3j 2 1 GJ al 1 Received Packets V 2 Unicast Packets V 3 Broadcast Packets V 4 Multicast Packets Packet Type Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 5 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 26 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner poteneko Status valid Close RMON History Pie Chart tab 19 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 3 6 1 Popup Display To display the numeric value for a particular section of the pie chart move the mouse cursor onto that section 7 3 7 Options Tab In the Options tab you can customize the options for viewing a
3. z B 07 V Address e CASnapshots snapshot him z 2L Unks o un am sB j y Uu s s e R E 192 168 10 20 AT View Plus for 8124XLV2 Swim View History Control Parameters 1 2003 05 16 15 39 51 Front Panel 1ORASE T 10OG ASE TX FAST ETHERNET SWITCH bl D NMBELEEEDHEEEHHEL w Table Max Min Average Value Value Value 10749 10748 10747 10746 10745 10744 10745 10742 10741 10740 10739 10738 Recewed Bytes Receimwed Packets Uracast Packets RMON History Control Parameters snapshot 7 3 8 Close Closes the RMON History window 7 4 Alarm Table From the Alarm Table menu you can view and edit the RMON Alarm table on the RMON agent RMON Alarm table is used to monitor a specific variable by setting a threshold on the variable and by specifying an event action to be taken if the threshold is reached The Alarm Table is not automatically updated To see the latest information click the Refresh button Topics e Alarm Table Tab e Event Table of Alarm e Add Button e Edit Button e Remove Button AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 30 iflnUcastPkts 25 delta value 30 etherStatsPkts 25 delta value 30 etherStatsPkts 1 delta value RMON Alarm Table
4. Examples SwimView TargetHost 172 16 99 123 SwimView TargetHost swimhub 2 1 3 Get Community Get Community is an SNMP community string used to get MIB values from the agent You must specify the same community string as the one configured on the target host If the string is not specified the default community string public is used Examples SwimView TargetHost 172 16 99 123 GetCommunity getswim SwimView TargetHost swimhub GetCommunity getswim 2 1 4 Set Community Set Community is an SNMP community string used to change values of the agents MIB variables You must specify the same community string as the one configured on the target host If the string is not specified default community string private is used Examples SwimView TargetHost 172 16 99 123 SetCommunity setswim SwimView TargetHost swimhub SetCommunity setswim 2 1 5 Trap Community Trap Community is an SNMP community string used to receive traps from the agent You must specify the same community string as the one configured on the target host If the string is not specified the default community string public is used Example SwimView TargetHost swimhub TrapCommunity trapswim N AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 2 1 6 Titlebar String You can specify a string to display on the titlebar Example SwimView TargetHost swimhub DisplayName swim 2 1 7 Parameter File Option parameters can be written in a file and you
5. Interface Parameters 1 26 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help end Q 0 086 Pwo dr 0 3 8 L3 Address C Program Files Allied TelesynAT View Plus 2 0 tmp snapshot htm 192 168 10 22 AT View Plus for 8224XL SwimView Interface Parameters 1 26 2003 05 30 16 39 48 Front Panel a acr p Allied THOOBASE TK FAST Telesyn 8224XL PORT ACTIVITY RS 22 1000615 AR in sx ex mm r S aa IOE AE mx x am zox eL M CLAN ES ee e Te z PENE m Mrd wm Be 4X 6X EX NEN MO TEX TEX 2OY 22X 26X UD 1 i AEETI Table Paea p Dom M mm Hh o j ae Port 100MB_Ethernet_Port_2 100MB_Ethernet_Port_2 Description 4 Port Type 6 6 6 de ls 6 MTU 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 Speed 100000000 100000000 1100000000 1100000000 100000000 10000 Mum 1o o pup ji d gt Done 0 My Computer MIB Variables snapshot 6 5 6 Default Button f Reset all options to default settings 59 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 RMON The RMON Remote network MONitoring facility collects management information from remote monitoring agents Monitoring agents are implemented as dedicated hardware devices or are built into networking devices like switches With AT View Plus SwimView you can view management information retrieved from built in RMON agents on the Allied Telesyn switches that support RMON You ca
6. Min Value Shows the lowest value of each variable after the current history control entry 1s selected at the Entry tab Average Value Shows the average value of each variable after the current history control entry is selected at the Entry tab XXXXXX sample Index A maximum of the 40 latest index numbers are displayed 73 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 3 4 2 Sort To sort table items click a column title When you click the column title table items are sorted by the column in ascending order One more click sorts the items in descending order To restore the original order click the Reset Table button 7 3 4 3 Reset Table Button f Reorders table items to their original order after sorting 7 3 5 Plot Chart Tab In the RMON History Plot Chart tab RMON history information is displayed in a time scaled plotted graph Data is updated at the polling interval The horizontal axis holds a maximum of the 40 latest data values Topics e Popup Display o SwimView History Control Parameters 26 Utilization Packet Type Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options aj 3j 2 e 1 GJ e 18 16 14 12 10 V 1 Utilization Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 20 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 25 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner poteneko Status valid Close RMON History Plot Chart tab 74 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide
7. 2 disset s ib 4 6 8 1012 14 16 1820 System Name System Description TGAR24 192 llied Telesyn AT RP24 Rapier 24 System Location ersion 2 5 1 00 ll Dec 2002 System Contact sysadmin Connect Tool menu 5 4 1 TELNET Starts the Telnet application specified in the External Command tab of the Options dialog box Option gt Option gt External Command This menu item simply starts the Telnet application with no argument target host specified Note To Telnet directly to the target device click the RS232C port in the Panel window and then select TELNET or select the Telnet command from the Agent menu 5 4 2 WEB Browser Starts the web browser specified in the External Command tab of the Options dialog box Option gt Option gt External Command This menu item simply starts the web browser with no argument URL specified Note To connect directly to the target device via HTTP click the RS232C port in the Panel window and then select WEB Browser or select the WEB Browser command from the Agent menu 5 4 3 MIB Browser Starts the MIB browser AMIGO application that comes with AT View Plus SwimView Refer to the Amigo User s Guide for more details 36 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 5 User Menu In the User Menu you can create edit and execute user defined menu items This function may be useful if there are a small number of AT View Plus SwimView windows that you use more often t
8. for instance around 100 the vertical axis 1s automatically scaled to accomodate the largest variable In this situation you can see the largest variable only because the scale of the vertical axis is very large To see the smaller variables uncheck the largest variable temporarily 48 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 6 3 3 Select All Button Iv checks all variables Clicking this button causes all variables to be plotted on the chart 6 3 4 Clear Button i unchecks all variables 6 3 5 Reverse Button Ly flips the states of all checkboxes that is unchecks all variables currently selected and checks all variables currently not selected Note Displaying many variables at the same time imposes a load on system resources If you encounter delay or reduced system performance reduce the number of variables displayed or increase the polling interval To reduce the number of variables uncheck some variables in the MIB variable table To increase the polling interval click the Options tab and change the Polling Interval 6 4 Edit Tab In the Edit tab you can change the value of any variable with read write access All variables are displayed in a table For variables which can be changed a checkbox is displayed in the first column To change a value input or select a new value in the MIB Value column check the variable then click the Set MIB Value button Topics e Checkbox Column e MIB Variable Column e MIB V
9. pemien ves 0 OK N Add Control Table Entry dialog box Cancel 7 2 3 4 Edit Button L changes the selected entry To edit the entry select an entry on the table then click the Edit button The Modify Control Table Entry dialog box appears Change the required parameters then click OK You can also open the dialog box by double clicking the desired entry 7 2 3 5 Remove Button X removes the selected entry from the table Be careful in using this button because the entry is deleted without any confirmation 7 2 4 Table Tab In the RMON Statistics Table tab network statistics are shown in the table format The data is updated at the polling interval Topics 61 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide e Sort e Reset Table Button c SwimView Statistics 25 Utilization Packet Size Packet Type Error Type custom sereseseseeesessee Entry Tabitd Plot Chart Pie Chart Options j gt ol el Absolute Value Per Sample Per Second Received Bytes 4 239 058 064 711 563 140 709 Received Packets 35 244 223 1 593 315 Unicast Packets 34 390 897 1 590 314 Broadcast Packets 530 350 1 0 Multicast Packets 322 976 2 0 Good Packets 35 244 223 1 593 315 Error Packets 0 0 0 Drop Events 0 0 0 CRC Alignment Error Packets 0 0 0 Undersize Packets 0 0 0 Oversize Packets 0 0 0 Fragment Packets 0 0 0 Jabber Packets 0 0 0 Collision Packets 0 0 0 Cito Indar RA DarcLatc n n n im Port25 1000 Mbps Poll
10. 11 25 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 1 2355 2 ELS L3B T4434 21 112581 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 This table shows a list of all log events which occurred Event Index The index number of the Event table for this log entry Index The index number used to identify this log entry Log Time The time when this log entry was recorded Log Description Text describing the log entry 7 6 2 Event Log Entry By double clicking the log entry the following Event Log Entry dialog box appears 88 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide O Event Log Entry Event Index Log Index fi i Log Time 4 days 3 35 47 710 Log Description 1 3 8 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 delta 8 Rising Threshold X 2 interval 30 alarmIndex 1 Rising Event for Alarmi Event Log Entry dialog box 7 6 3 Remove All Button clears all log entries 7 6 4 Remove Button clears log entries that have the selected Event Index You can select any one of the entries which have the same Event Index number 7 6 5 Display All Button displays all event log entries It may take some time to display all entries 7 6 6 Refresh Button displays the latest log table The log entries are not automatically updated 7 6 7 Close Closes the Event Log window 89
11. If there is a large amount of history data it takes AT View Plus SwimView a long time to retrieve this data when you open the History Control Table window If the message Please wait for a while is displayed for a long time decrease the Request Bucket value in the Entry tab of the History Control Table window Topics 67 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide e Data Group Buttons e Management Information Area e Entry Tab e Table Tab e Plot Chart Tab e Pie Chart Tab e Options Tab e Close D SwimView History Control Parameters 26 Utilization Packet Type Error Type custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options A a tt s Ol e Max Value Min Value Average Yar 15194 15193 is Received Bytes 77 407 19 224 42 007 26 293 43810 amp Received Packets 298 61 175 287 83 Unicast Packets 293 59 170 284 78 Broadcast Packets 4 1 3 1 2 Multicast Packets 3 1 2 2 3 Good Packets 7 2908 61 175 287 83 Error Packets 0 0 0 T T Drop Events 0 a 0 T T CRC Alignment Error Pac a 0 0 0 T Undersize Packets D 0 0 T T Oversize Packets 0 0 0 T T Fragment Packets 0 0 0 T T Jabber Packets 0 0 0 T 0 Lj Collision Packets 0 0 0 0 0 v Ce o o o P Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 20 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 26 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner poteneko Status valid Close RMON History Control Table window 7 3 1 Data Group Buttons At the RMON History Cont
12. Per Sample Displays data which AT View Plus SwimView got from the RMON agent as it 1s Data sampled by RMON Data displayed by AT View Plus SwimView Sample 1 100 LOO Sample 2 50 50 Sample 3 230 250 Per Second Displays Sampled data Sampling Interval configured on the RMON agent The sampling interval here is the RMON agent s sampling interval not the interval configured in AT View Plus SwimView In the following example the RMON agent s sampling interval is 10 seconds Note Calculated values are rounded For example the Number of Error packets is usually very small so that the calculated value is likely to be zero Data sampled by RMON Data displayed by AT View Plus SwimView Sample 1 100 10 100 7 10 Sample 2 50 5 50 7 10 Sample 3 250 25 250 10 7 3 7 3 Regist Menu Add this window to the user defined User Menu 7 3 7 4 Save Polling Data This button opens the Polling Data Save dialog box used to save collected data to a file Specify the name and format of the file in which the data is to be saved Select a file format from the options below To start saving the data click OK When you start saving data the button s label changes to Saving polled data To close the file and stop saving the data click the Saving polled data button CSV Format Saves the data in comma separated values CSV format TAB Format Saves the data in tab separated values TSV format Note Only the values of the collected R
13. Source iflndex 25 Owner monitor Status valid Close RMON Statistics Plot Chart tab 7 2 5 1 Popup Display You can see the exact value of a plotted dot by moving the mouse cursor onto the dot The values are displayed in the form x y where x indicates the time elapsed after the RMON window is opened and y indicates the value of the data Below the graph s horizontal axis time is displayed Note that the times shown there are only for your reference They are not synchronized with the polling interval plotted dots 7 2 6 Pie Chart Tab In the Pie Chart tab network statistics are shown in a pie chart This chart is useful for checking the proportions of the various packet counts The data is updated at the polling interval Note The pie chart is not displayed when all data has the value zero Topics e Popup Display 63 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide D SwimView Statistics 25 ws Utilization Packet size Packet Type Error Type Custom V 1 V 2 V 3 V 4 V 5 V amp V 7 V 8 Packet Size Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 5 sec In Polling Per Sample size Under 64 Packets size 64 Packets Size 65 127 Packets Size 128 255 Packets Size 256 511 Packets size 512 1023 Packe size 1024 1518 Pack size Over 1518 Packet Index 25 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner monitor Status valid Close RMON Statistics 3 D Pie Chart tab 7 2 6 1 Popup Disp
14. axis display name of the chart and graph is displayed with the number When checked item names on the graph chart s x axis are displayed as numbers instead of variable names This option may be useful when you view a lot of variables on a screen Encoding Specifies the character encoding system to use in sending and receiving SNMP data SNMP receive data encoding Specifies the character encoding of the data received from the device Your options are None Auto detect Shift JIS JIS and EUC Note In some cases AT View Plus SwimView may not be able to recognize the SNMP data encoding format received when Auto detect is selected If this occurs you will need to specify the appropriate SNMP data encoding format SNMP send data encoding Specifies the character encoding of the data sent by the device Your options are None Shift JIS JIS and EUC Note It is advisable to set the encoding option to the default value 5 4 Tool From the Tool menu you can launch external applications such as Telnet your web browser or the MIB browser Amigo Topics e TELNET e WEB Browser e MIB Browser 35 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Lm 2 192 168 10 1 AT iew Plus for Rone M B Hu 0 x TELNET WEB Browser MIB Browser ge ze TOBASE T 100BASE EE P im qmi ACT 100M n s 1X 3X 5X 7X 9X 11X 13X15X 17X 19X 21X gem 1 LAA EG LI 2X 4X GX SX 10X 12X14X 16X 18X 20X 22X 24X ive
15. can specify that AT View Plus SwimView is to use the parameter values in the file The parameter file is a plain text file which contains a name value pair on each line Example SwimView TargetHost H3600 paral txt where paral txt is SetCommunity set GetCommunity get Displayname TEST 2 2 Starting From a Network Management Application AT View Plus SwimView can be started from an integrated network management application Topics e Starting From SNMPc e Starting From HP OpenView Network Node Manager e Starting From IBM Tivoli NetView 2 2 1 Starting From SNMPc To start AT View Plus SwimView from SNMPc double click on a node icon on the map window If the node is supported by AT View Plus SwimView the main panel of the node is displayed Note that AT View Plus SwimView and SNMPc run independently of each other so exiting SNMPc has no effect on AT View Plus SwimView AT View Plus SwimView continues to run even after the SNMPc stops running To exit AT View Plus SwimView select Exit from its File menu AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 192 168 10 47 Hg u lx m s n 192 168 10 205 8 82 168 10 22 192 168 10 23 192 168 10 24 192 168 10 30 192 168 10 31 192 168 10 32 L micno 192 168 10 33 192 168 10 34 192 168 10 35 192 168 10 36 192 168 10 37 192 168 10 38 192 168 10 4 Mino CJ Ir qu qe mE TUE z 192 168 10 40 192 168 10 41 192 168 10 42 192168 10 43 192 16
16. connect to the same target host as the one you were connected to when creating the menu item 5 5 2 Edit Add delete and edit user defined menu items 2 User Menu Hegistraton l Registered Menu Common Menu Allied Telesyn online Target Menu system D C Program Filesilnternet Explorenlexplore exe http www alliedtelesyn com User Menu Registration Add Adds a new menu item to the selected group Common Menu or Target Menu Remove Deletes a selected menu item Edit Changes a selected menu item User defined menu items can be created to perform one of the following actions MIB display Displays MIB variables of your choice in the common GUI window Note It takes times to get values for many variables To improve performance you can limit the number of variables to be displayed to about 10 You can further improve performance by increasing the polling interval when the volume of the data is high 38 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Edit Menu Item x system O MIB display MIB set Sets a value for the MIB variable Specify a variable and a value to set You must specify the variable with an instance number For example sysDescr 0 or rptrMonitorPortEntry 1 8 are valid examples If you specify a variable without an instance such as sysDescr the set operation cannot be performed Note The MIB set operation changes the data structure in the device s SNMP agent Take care when us
17. information To add another license click the Add button and repeat the procedure 5 6 4 About Displays version and copyright information for AT View Plus SwimView AT View Plus for Java Device Management Application Version 2 0 pl 0 support agent list AT FH612u AT FH824u AR300 AR3OOL Copyright C 1998 2003 by Allied Telesis K K All rights reserved About AT View Plus SwimView 42 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 6 MIB Variable Window When you select a menu item to view information from the SNMP agent a MIB variable window with tabs appears In this window you can view MIB variables in several different styles set a threshold on variables for monitoring change the value of the variables and change options The window has some common components regardless of the information displayed This section describes operations which are common for all such MIB variable windows The MIB variable windows have several tabs each of which displays variables in different styles such as tables plot charts and bar charts You can quickly change the view by clicking a tab Additionally the MIB variable windows have a tab which is used to change the values of the MIB objects and a tab to configure options Note To change MIB variables you must have configured the community string for the SNMP Set operation both in AT View Plus SwimView and on the device The variable must also have read wri
18. is displayed on other tabs thereafter Note To display changes to the current entry or to display a new entry with the same index number as a previously removed entry be sure to select the current entry Otherwise the changes will not take effect on the other tabs 7 3 3 3 Add Button F adds a new entry to the RMON History control table When you click this button the Add Control Table Entry dialog box appears Enter the following parameters then click OK to create an entry Index The index number used to identify this entry Data Source The index of the interface on which the RMON agent collects data 71 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Request Buckets The number of values which you want the RMON agent to store Sampling Interval The interval at which the RMON agent retrieves data Owner The creator owner of this entry y Add Control Table Entry Index 27 Data Source fide 1 7 0 Request Buckets LN Sampling Interval INN Owner Swinview yes OK Cancel Add Control Table Entry dialog box 7 3 3 4 Edit Button LY changes the selected entry To edit the entry select an entry on the table then click the Edit button The Modify Control Table Entry dialog box appears Change the settings then click OK You can also open this dialog box by double clicking the desired entry 7 3 3 5 Remove Button A removes the selected entry on the table Be careful in using this button because th
19. left while holding the left mouse button to display the other columns AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Swim iew Interface Parameters 1 24 Table Piot Chart Bar chart Edit Options f Port Number 4 Port Description Allied Teles Port Type ISO 8802 3 MTU 1500 Speed 00000000 Physical Address 00 30 84 42 Administration Status down Operation Status down Last Change Time and Date 0 days 0 12 Received Bytes 648 Received Unicast Packets 4 Received Non Unicast Packets 4 Received Discard Packets Received Error Packets Received Unknown Protocol Packets Transmitted Bytes 36171 Transmitted Unicast Packets 6 Transmitted Non Unicast Packets 523 Transmitted Discard Packets 0 Transmitted Error Packets Transmitted Buffer Length 0 Specific Media MIB NULL Ex 1 Before adjustment AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide o SwimView Interface Parameters 1 24 Table Piot chart Bar Chart Edit Options f Port Number 2 3 Port Description Allied Teles Allied Teles Allied Teles Port Type ISO 8802 3 ISO 8802 3 ISO 8802 3 MTU 1500 4500 1500 Speed 100000000 100000000 100000000 Physical Address 00 30 84 42 00 30 84 42 00 30 84 42 Administration Status down down down Operation Status down down down Last Change Time and Date 0 days 0 12 0 days 0 04 0 days 0 04 Received Bytes 548 0 0 R
20. polled data To close the file and stop saving data click this button again The file format can be selected from the following options CSV Format Save data in comma separated values CSV format TAB Format Save data in Tab separated values TSV format Save Polling Data xX File name CAProgram Files Allied Teles Browse csv Format CSV Format AB Farmat OK Cancel File type Save polling data 6 5 5 Start Snapshot Clicking this button opens the Start Snapshot window Use this window to save the information displayed in the front panel as well as tables or charts representing device information Use the Browse button to select the directory or folder where you want to save the image Note You can generate an image of the main panel table data or charts The type of image or device information that you can generate depends on which menu you opened the Start Snapshot window from For 53 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide more information on the file types created in the Start Snapshot window see section 5 2 6 Start Snapshot E les Allied TelesisvSvvim iew s 2tmptsnapshot htm Browse jui PIE GTTaTE pu PIE Cart Start snapshot Below is a snapshot from the MIB Variable window with the main panel and table data both marked in the Start Snapshot window AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 192 168 10 22 AT View Plus for 8224XL SwimView
21. tab 6 1 1 Transpose Button Hg flips rows and columns 6 2 Plot Chart Tab In the Plot Chart tab variables are displayed as a graph To the right of the graph is a table of the numeric variables which can be displayed in the graph Variables selected in the table are plotted on the graph The scale of the vertical axis is automatically adjusted according to the values of the variables The graph is updated at each polling interval Note The polling interval can be changed in the Options tab When you resize the window the graph is resized accordingly Topics e Graph e MIB Variable Table e Select All Button e Clear Button e Reverse Button 45 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide F O SwimView Interface Parameters 1 3 Table Plot Chart Bar Chart Edit Options xu ud n Gon 1 Speed t 2 Speed 2 B o3 3 Speed 3 4 Received Bytes 1 AR V amp Received Bytes 2 4008 oo TH 8 Received Bytes 3 VN VI 5 Received Unicast Packets 1 300 1 9g v8 Received Unicast Packets 2 33 9 Received Unicast Packets 3 200 10 Received Non Unicast Pack 11 Received Non Unicast Pack 100 12 Received Non Unicast Pack 13 Received Discard Packets 1 Received Discard Packets 2 Plot Chart tab The components of the Plot Chart tab are discussed below 6 2 1 Graph The left half of the window contains the graph showing the values of the selected variables The vertic
22. tab 7 4 1 Alarm Table Tab The Alarm Table shows the list of currently defined alarm entries Index The index number used to identify this alarm entry Sampling Interval The time interval at which the RMON agent samples data Sampling MIB Variable Name MIB variable to be monitored The object type must be one of INTEGER COUNTER GAUGE and TIMETICKS Sampling Type How to compare the sampled value with the threshold absolute value means comparing the sampled data with the threshold without modification delta value means comparing the difference between the latest sampled value and the previous sampled value with the threshold Sampling Value The last sampled value 80 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Startup Alarm Type The type of threshold which is applied to the first sampled value after this Alarm entry becomes valid rising alarm A single RMON event is triggered if the first sampled value is greater than or equal to the configured rising threshold falling alarm A single RMON event is triggered if the first sampled value is less than or equal to the configured falling threshold rising or falling alarm A single RMON event is triggered if the first sampled value is greater than or equal to the configured rising threshold or if the first sampled value is less than or equal to the configured falling threshold Rising Threshold The ceiling threshold Falling Threshold The floor threshold Rising Event In
23. the Options menu is executed To select a variable click the MIB Variable field of the target variable When you click the Threshold button the Edit Threshold Item dialog box appears FG Edit Threshold Item x MIB Variable ifoutNUcastPkts 1 Browse Value f1 2345 ok Cancel Edit Threshold Item dialog box The MIB Variable field shows the selected variable name To set a threshold enter a threshold value in the Value field then click OK Note that this specifies a rising threshold which triggers an event when the variable s value increases to exceed the threshold 1 e crosses the threshold from below When the threshold is reached a pop up message is displayed or a predefined command is executed You can select which action is executed in the Option gt Option gt User Action tab 51 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Note Thresholds can only be used for variables of type GAUGE INTEGER COUNTER GAUGE32 INTEGER32 COUNTER22 or COUNTER64 6 5 Options Tab In the Options tab preferences specific to the MIB variable windows can be changed Topics e Polling Interval e Display Data Type of Chart e Regist Menu e Save Polling Data e Start Snapshot e Default Button SwimView FDB Table Parameters X Table Edit Options j Polling Interval Polling Interval 20 4 sec C min Display data type of chart C Absolute Relative Regist menu Save polling data Sta
24. variable has write access and a checkbox is displayed in the first column this field is editable To change the MIB value change the value and check the box and then click the Set MIB Value button If the variable takes a value from a fixed set of options this field works as a pull down listbox For such a variable clicking this field shows the listbox The value in this field is the one at the time when this tab is opened The value in this column is not updated automatically If you want to see the latest value use the Get MIB Value button or switch to the Table tab 90 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 6 4 4 Select All Button If checks all variables that can be changed 6 4 5 Clear Button I unchecks all variables that can be changed 6 4 6 Reverse Button Mv Flips the states of all checkboxes that is unchecks all variables currently checked and checks all variables currently not checked 6 4 7 Get MIB Value Button ofa Updates the MIB Value fields of the selected variables To select a variable click the MIB Variable field of the target variable 6 4 8 Set MIB Value Button e Changes the values of the checked variables using the SNMP Set operation The values in the MIB Value fields are sent to the SNMP agent on the device 6 4 9 Threshold Button E Set a threshold on the selected variable The threshold is used to monitor the variable s value If the threshold is exceeded the action configured on
25. vent for Alarm Owner SwinYiew yes OK Cancel 86 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Add Event Table Entry dialog box 7 5 4 Edit Button L edits the selected Event entry Click this button to open the Edit dialog box for the selected entry Change the configuration then click OK to modify the entry You can also open this dialog box by double clicking the entry 7 5 5 Remove Button A removes the selected Event entry 7 5 6 Close Closes the Event Table window 7 6 Event Log From the Event Log menu you can view and remove RMON event log entries Log entries displayed on the screen are not automatically updated To view the latest log entries click the Refresh button Topics e Log List of All Events e Event Log Entry e Remove AII Button e Remove Button e Display All Button e Refresh Button e lose 87 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide oO SwimView Alarm Event Table z x el Log List of All Events a 14 days 9 23 00 430 1 3 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 5 cO N Co th A w KNN RMON Event Log tab 14 days 9 32 47 170 14 days 9 35 02 590 14 days 9 35 47 710 14 days 9 36 47 890 14 days 9 38 48 250 14 days 9 41 48 800 14 days 9 44 49 350 14 days 9 47 49 900 14 days 9 50 50 390 14 days 9 54 05 980 14 days 9 56 21 420 7 6 1 Log List of All Events 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 1 15 ET 231141 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 1 3 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 25 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1
26. 1 OBASE T 1008 ASE TX iad aes SWITCH iM 3H SH TH 3H WH ISK ISK I R ISK 21K SH Threshold 4 PORT YAD m pwr CurrentLog eruLLpuP em SES oHALF DUPOCOL 2H YH H H I0M IZM MM IGH ISH WH ZH AH Snapshot System Description T 812Z4XL Sys Refresh System Location Level 3 System Contact Rommel 683 5811 Connect View menu 5 2 1 Toolbar Toggles display of the toolbar The toolbar is the area holding command icons just below the menu bar When checked the toolbar is displayed 5 2 2 Status Bar Toggles display of the status bar The status bar is the area at the bottom of the AT View Plus SwimView window When checked the status bar is displayed 25 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 2 3 System Info Toggles display of system information namely System Name System Location System Contact and System Description 5 2 4 Threshold Displays a list of the configured thresholds You can also create new thresholds or change the existing thresholds The table has the following fields e Status Indicates the status of the MIB variable that AT View Plus SwimView is monitoring e MIB Variable Name of the MIB variable that AT View Plus SwimView is monitoring e Current Value Current value of the variable e Max Value Highest value of the variable after AT View Plus SwimView starts monitoring e Min Value Lowest value of the variable after AT View Plus Swi
27. 8 10 45 192 168 10 47 192168 1050 25 SNMPc Management Console 192 168 10 RM ES mi xj GE file Edt wew Insert Manage Tools Config window Hp wlx amp amp 5 a 2s e 13 P gt 4 v Systemninto fale Lg Root Subnet E e 10 10 20 Ld C 172 168 m m eer deno kao kao gt Giitszmesmg f19218510 101 9216810 1119218810 12119216810 2192168 10201192 16810202182168 10201 192 166 10 1 a 192 168 10 42 w 192 168 10 43 2 d b fa memo mt A qu mE qe C amas e p 192 168 10 52 192 168 10 55 192 168 10 6 192 168 1060 192 168 10 65 192 168 10 679192168 107 192 168 10 709192 168 10 39192 1638 10 80 For Help press F1 Starting from SNMPc Note The configuration of SNMPc changes during the installation of AT View Plus SwimView to incorporate AT View Plus SwimView in its menu 2 2 2 Starting From HP OpenView Network Node Manager To start AT View Plus SwimView from HP OpenView select a node on the map window then select AT View Plus AT View Plus from the Tools menu Note that AT View Plus SwimView and HP OpenView run independently of each other so exiting HP OpenView has no effect on AT View Plus SwimView AT View Plus SwimView continues to run even after HP OpenView stops running To exit AT View Plus SwimView select Exit from its File menu AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide ez 192 168 10 5egment1 t M
28. AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Allied Telesyn This User s Guide describes the basic operations of AT View Plus SwimView 1 Overview 2 Starting AT View Plus SwimView e 2 Starting From the Command Line 2 1 1 Command Syntax 2 1 2 Target Host 2 1 3 Get Community 2 1 4 Set Community 2 1 5 Trap Community 2 1 6 Titlebar String 2 1 7 Parameter File e 2 2 Starting From a Network Management Application 2 2 1 Starting From SNMPc 2 2 2 Starting From HP OpenView Network Node Manager 2 2 3 Starting From IBM Tivoli NetView 3 Main Window e 3 1 Initial Window e 5 2 Panel Window 32 1 System Name 3 2 2 System Location 3 2 3 System Contact 3 2 4 System Description 3 2 5 Status Bar 4 Basic Operations e 4 Click e 4 2 OK Cancel and Set Buttons e 4 3 Pop up Menus e 4 4 Resizing Windows e 4 5 Resizing Tables 5 Common Menus e 5 File 5 1 1 Open 5 1 2 Reopen 5 1 3 Close AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 1 4 Property 5 1 5 Exit e 5 2 View 5 2 1 Toolbar 5 2 2 Status Bar 5 2 3 System Info 5 2 4 Threshold 5 2 5 Current Log 5 2 6 Snapshot 5 2 7 Refresh e 5 3 Option 5 3 1 Screen Tab 5 3 2 External Command Tab 5 3 3 User Action Tab 5 3 4 Other Tab e 5 4 Tool 5 4 1 TELNET 5 4 2 WEB Browser 5 4 3 MIB Browser e 5 5 User Menu 5 5 1 Create Your Own Menu Item 5 5 2 Edit 5 5 3 Commo
29. Color selection AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide x Ca Start Snapshot File name Select Reload Use the Browse button to select the directory or folder where you want to save the image and to specify the name of the HTML file When you click OK three files will be created in the directory or folder you ve selected a PNG file an XML file and an HTML file To display the device image and associated information use a web browser to open the HTML file Choose the information that you want to save in the HTML file Note Dependine on the selections that you make the following PNG files will be created PNG File Plot chart Bar Chart Pie Chart snapshot_i pn g Table Data No png file is created for table data Mark this option if you want to update the HTML file at a regular interval Foreground Color This enables you to specify the color of the foreground of the HTML file as displayed on the web browser including the text and table borders Click the Color selection button to open the Foreground Color Selection window where you can choose the foreground color Background Color This enables you to specify the color of the background of the HTML file as displayed on the web browser Click the Color selection button to open the Background Color Selection window where you can choose the background color 28 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 2 7 Refresh Redisplay the Panel window w
30. MON variables are saved Values AT View Plus SwimView calculates from these collected values are not saved 11 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 3 7 5 Start Snapshot Clicking this button opens the Start Snapshot window Use this window to create an image of the device as well as tables or charts representing device information in HTML format Use the Browse button to select the directory or folder where you want to save the image Note You can generate an image of the main panel table data or charts The type of image or device information that you can generate depends on which menu you opened the Start Snapshot window from For more information on the file types created in the Start Snapshot window see section 5 2 6 Start Snapshot a x File name FilestAllied Telesis Swim view 2tmpisnapshot htm Browse r Select v Main panet v Table data IV Plot chart Bar chart V Pie chart v Reload Foreground Color Backaround Color Color selection Color selection ox emen Start snapshot Below is a snapshot from the RMON History Control Parameters window with the main panel and table data marked in the Start Snapshot window 78 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 192 168 10 20 AT View Plus for 8124XLV2 SwimView History Control Parameters 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer US all Fle Edt View Favortes Took Help AN OO A BD Peeve serene Arete
31. Number of Error packets is usually very small so that calculated value is likely to be zero 65 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 2 7 3 Regist Menu Add this window to the user defined menu User Menu 7 2 7 4 Save Polling Data This button opens the Polling Data Save dialog box used to save collected data to a file Specify the name and format of the file in which the data is saved Select a file format from the options below To start saving the data click OK When you start saving data the button s label changes to Saving polled data To close the file and stop saving the data click the Saving polled data button CSV Format Save the data in comma separated values CSV format TAB Format Save the data in Tab separated values TSV format Note Only the values of the collected RMON variables are saved Values AT View Plus SwimView calculates from these collected values are not saved 7 2 7 5 Start Snapshot Clicking this button opens the Start Snapshot window Use this window to create an image of the graph and tables in the RMON tab panel in HTML format Use the Browse button to select the directory or folder where you want to save the image Note You can generate an image of the main panel table data or charts The type of image or device information that you can generate depends on which menu you opened the Start Snapshot window from For more information on the file types created in the Start Snapshot wi
32. al Y axis shows the values and the horizontal X axis shows time New values are plotted when AT View Plus SwimView gets them at the predefined polling interval The scale of the X axis is automatically adjusted according to the number of values plotted The X axis can display a maximum of the latest 20 values The rightmost point is the most recent Each variable is plotted in a different color and shape A list of the variables on the graph and their shapes and colors is displayed between the graph and the variable table By placing the mouse cursor on the plotted dot on the graph you can see the exact values coordinates of the variable For example when you move the cursor onto the 10th point on the X axis which has a value of 100 the numbers 10 100 are displayed 6 2 2 MIB Variable Table The right half of the window is the table of variables suitable for graph display Each entry has a checkbox Only checked variables are plotted on the graph Assume that you selected four variables to display If one of the variables has very large values for instance 1000000 and the other variables have low values for instance approximately 100 the vertical axis is automatically scaled to accomodate the largest variable In this situation you can see only the largest variable 46 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide because the scale of the vertical axis is too large for other three smaller variables To see smaller variabl
33. alue Column e Select All Button e Clear Button e Reverse Button e Get MIB Value Button e Set MIB Value Button e Threshold Button 49 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide F O SwimView Interface Parameters 1 5 Table Plot Chart Bar Chart Edit options i az ata e HE MIB Variable Speed 6 Physical Address 1 Physical Address 2 Physical Address 3 Physical Address 4 Physical Address 5 Physical Address 6 MIB Value 0 00 00 CD 01 DB D8 00 00 CD 01 DB DS 00 00 CD 01 DB D8 00 00 CD 01 DB DS 00 00 CD 01 DB D8 00 00 CD 01 DB D8 Administration Status 1 up Administration Status 2 up Administration Status 3 up Administration Status 4 up Administration Status 5 up Administration Status 6 Edit tab In the Edit tab variables are shown in a table The table has the following columns fields for each entry 6 4 1 Checkbox Column The first leftmost column shows whether or not the variable can be changed i e the variable supports the SNMP Set operation If a checkbox is displayed in the column the variable s value can be changed When you change several variables set the new values in the Value column and then check all corresponding boxes AT View Plus SwimView sends new values for selected variables in a batch 6 4 2 MIB Variable Column MIB variable names are displayed 6 4 3 MIB Value Column The value of the variable is displayed If the
34. ap Edit View Performance Configuration Fault Tools Options Window Help A fign E 4p 29 Symbol ATP LAB SNMPC Open Change Symbol Type Symbol Properties Delete Hide TGAR24 192 Object Properties Trace Route Telnet Alarms AT ViewPlus AT ViewPlus MIB Browser Starting from HP OpenView Note The configuration of HP OpenView changes during the installation of AT View Plus SwimView to incorporate AT View Plus SwimView in its menu 2 2 3 Starting From IBM Tivoli NetView To start AT View Plus SwimView from IBM Tivoli NetView select the device that you want to connect to then choose Tools gt AT ViewPlus to start AT View Plus SwimView Note that AT View Plus SwimView and IBM Tivoli NetView run independently of each other so exiting IBM Tivoli NetView has no effect on AT View Plus SwimView AT View Plus SwimView continues to run even after IBM Tivoli NetView stops running To exit AT View Plus SwimView select Exit from its File menu 10 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide detault Tivoli Netsiew IP Internet E 0 x File Edit Object Subnap Vie Monior Test Tools Options Window Jelp 8 x MIE b Labal We Console MIB oader We Devica Mgmt gt Wired for Mgrrt DM WBZM CMAT Operations Tohict FTP Summar y Feport Mtrer 0 10 23 49 gt 10 10 20 19 Nodes 45 17 55 PM p Starting from Tivoli NetView No
35. ar type Changes the appearance of the toolbar Choose one of Text Only Image Only or Image and Text To put this change into effect click OK Display type Changes the display style for stackable devices To put this change into effect click OK Note This feature only applies to hubs Stack type Displays all stacked devices in one window Tab type Displays each stacked device in a separate tab Resize window when the number of stack changes When checked AT View Plus SwimView resizes the Panel window according to the number of stacked devices If this is not checked the size of Panel window does not change even if AT View Plus SwimView detects a change in the stack configuration Image size fixed When this option is selected the size of the image in the main AT View Plus SwimView window will not change even if the window size is increased Link down as error When this option is selected inactive ports are displayed as red ports in the main AT View Plus SwimView window indicating that links to those ports are down Disabled ports are displayed as black ports 5 3 2 External Command Tab Configures application commands used to directly access the device s management interface You can specify a telnet client and a web browser to use The web browser specified here is also used to view the online user s manual TELNET command Specifies a command line to start the Telnet client For example dtterm e tel
36. arm 7 4 3 Add Button 7 4 4 Edit Button 7 4 5 Remove Button 7 4 6 Close e 7 5 Event Table 7 5 1 Event Table Tab 7 5 2 Select Button 7 5 3 Add Button 7 5 4 Edit Button 7 5 5 Remove Button 7 5 6 Close e 7 6 Event Log AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 6 1 Log List of All Events 7 6 2 Event Log Entry 7 6 3 Remove AII Button 7 6 4 Remove Button 7 6 5 Display All Button 7 6 6 Refresh Button 7 6 7 Close AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 1 Overview AT View Plus SwimView is a device management application that lets you manage Allied Telesyn s hubs switches and routers using Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP You can perform various operations on the devices from an intuitive graphical user interface Since AT View Plus SwimView is written in Java it runs on multiple platforms including Windows Solaris and HP UX and provides a common look and feel on all supported platforms AT View Plus SwimView can be used with an integrated network management platform such as HP OpenView can also be used as a standalone application This User s Guide describes the functions and operations common to all managed devices For device specific operations please refer to the ATI Device Management Guide Topics e Starting AT View Plus SwimView e Main Window e Basic Operations e Common Menus e MIB Variable Window e RMON AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 2 S
37. ata displayed in the RMON Statistics window is collected using the selected control table entry Here you can create a new entry or change or delete an existing entry By default the topmost entry is automatically selected The control table is not automatically updated If you want to see the latest information click the Refresh button The table has the following columns Index The index number used to identify this entry Data Source The index of the RMON interface which collects statistics for the entry Status The status of the control entry Owner The owner creator of the control entry 60 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 2 3 2 Select Button e changes the control entry displayed in the Statistics window To change an entry displayed select the entry in the table then click the Select button Data collected for the selected entry is displayed on other tabs thereafter Note When you edit the current entry or when you add an entry with the same index number after removing the current entry make sure to select the entry again Otherwise the changes will not take effect on the other tabs 7 2 3 3 Add Button F adds a new entry to the RMON Statistics control table When you click this button the Add Control Table Entry dialog box appears Enter the Index the Data Source and the Owner then click OK to create an entry O Add Control Table Entry Index Bo Data Source if Index 1 Owner
38. cription 8224XL T 8224XL AT S24 version 2 4 400 System Location ATP Lab System Contact ATP Connect 12 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Panel window The menu bar includes items specific to the product model in addition to the menu items common to all models Some elements such as network ports also act as menus When you click on a port a pull down menu appears Select these menu items in the same way as from the menu bar where they can also be selected Refer to the ATI Device Management Guide for device specific menu items In the panel window the lower half of the window displays information about the target agent showing values of the MIB II system group variables If you change the size of the window it will open at the new size the next time it is used Topics e System Name e System Location e System Contact e System Description e Status Bar 3 2 1 System Name Usually the System Name is set to a unique descriptive name for identifying the device This is MIB object sysName 3 2 2 System Location Usually System Location is set to information about where the device is installed This is MIB object sysLocation 3 2 3 System Contact System Contact is set to the name or phone number of a contact person for the device This is MIB object sysContact 3 2 4 System Description Usually System Description is set to information about the device such as model name software release and versio
39. ct sysadmin Connect Help menu 5 6 1 Index Displays the main page of the online user s manual 5 6 2 ATI on line Opens the Allied Telesyn home page with the configured web browser 5 6 3 License Registration AT View Plus SwimView can be evaluated for a limited period without a license If you want to use AT View Plus SwimView after that period you must obtain a license Contact your authorized Allied Telesyn distributor or reseller In the License Registration menu you can view add and remove license information stored in AT View Plus SwimView When you buy a license you are supplied with a license sheet with your serial number S N and authentication key A K printed on it Enter these to register your license To register license information follow these steps 1 Start AT View Plus SwimView 2 Select Help License Registration 41 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Note For AT View Plus 1 4 licenses please refer to the AT View Plus SwimView Installation Guide for information on how to convert your licenses to AT View Plus 2 0 compatible licenses 3 Click the Add button green Click Add button 4 Enter the serial number and the authentication key written on your license sheet then click OK Serial number 9876 9876 9876 Authentication key f1 234 1234 1234 ok Cancel Input serial number and authentication key 5 AT View Plus Swim View lists all registered license
40. dex The index of the RMON Event entry which is triggered when the sampled value rises above the rising threshold Falling Event Index The index of the RMON Event entry which is triggered when the sampled value falls below the falling threshold 7 4 2 Event Table of Alarm Event Table of Alarm shows a list of events for the Alarm entry which is selected in the Alarm Table You can check which type of events are configured for a specific alarm entry Index The index number used to identify the Event entry Event Description Text describing the Event entry Event Type The type of action to be taken if the event occurs Select one of none no action taken SNMP trap send out an SNMP trap log record to the log and log amp SNMP trap record to the log and send out an SNMP trap TRAP Community Trap Community name Last Sent Event Time The value of sysUpTime at the time when the last event occured 81 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Status The status of the Event entry Owner The owner creator of the Event entry 7 4 3 Add Button F adds a new entry to the table Click this button to open the Add Alarm Table Entry dialog box enter parameters for the Alarm Table entry and click OK to add the new entry Note If you specify an SNMP trap action trap hosts must be configured in the RMON agent Trap hosts cannot be configured by AT View Plus SwimView Use other means such as a console terminal T
41. e Plot Chart Tab e Pie Chart Tab e Options Tab e Close SwimView Statistics 25 P ka Utilization Packet Size Packet Type Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options A Ol e Absolute Yalue Per Sample Per Second Size Under 64 Packets 0 0 0 Size 64 Packets 38 161 839 65 13 Size 65 127 Packets 13 689 989 78 19 Size 128 255 Packets 1 989 858 5 1 Size 255 511 Packets 4 304 101 8 2 Size 512 1023 Packets 20 695 013 B 1 Size 1024 1518 Packets 1 555 424 0 0 Size Over 1518 Packets 0 0 0 Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 5 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 25 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner monitor Status valid Close RMON Statistics window 7 2 1 Data Group Buttons In the RMON Statistics window you can view various network statistics Data is grouped by the type of information You can view each type of information by clicking a Data Group button at the top of the window just below the title bar 57 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Note Data Group buttons change the data to be displayed The tabs change the view of the data that is how the data selected by the Data Group buttons is displayed The following Data Group buttons are available Utilization Shows utilization as a percentage This is calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Packet Size Shows the number of packets by their octet size Size Under 64 Packets calculated by AT View Plu
42. e Select Button e Add Button e Edit Button e Remove Button e Close iO SwimView Alarm Event Table e x el Rising Event for Alarm 1 log public Falling Event for Alarm 1 log public Rising Event for Alarm 2 log public Falling Event for Alarm 2 log public Rising Event for Alarm 3 SNMP trap public Falling Event for Alarm 3 SNMP trap public RMON Event Table window 85 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 5 1 Event Table Tab The Event Table shows the list of all currently configured Event entries Index The index number used to identify the Event Event Description Text describing the Event entry Event Type The type of action to be taken when the event occurs Select one of none no action taken SNMP trap send an SNMP trap log record to the log and log amp SNMP trap record to the log and send an SNMP trap TRAP Community The Trap Community name Last Sent Event Time The value of sysUpTime at the time when the last event occured 7 5 2 Select Button selects an Event entry to be displayed in the Event Log tab In the Event Log tab only log entries related to the selected Event Index are displayed 7 5 3 Add Button F creates a new Event entry Click this button to open a dialog box for a new entry Specify options then click OK to add the new entry to the table Add Event Table Entry Event Index P Event Type wer o TRAP Community Publie Event Description
43. e entry is deleted without any confirmation 7 3 4 Table Tab In the RMON History Table tab RMON history information is displayed in table format The data is updated at the polling interval Topics e History Table e Sort 72 e Reset Table Button AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 2 SwimView History Control Parameters 26 Utilization Packet Type Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options nj ej sts amp ej Max Value Min Value Average Var 15226 152425 1S Received Bytes 543 525 1 360 87 701 27 114 43678 Received Packets 1244 19 219 68 62 Unicast Packets 1241 12 215 50 59 Broadcast Packets 40 0 8 7 2 Multicast Packets 3 1 2 1 1 Good Packets 1244 19 219 58 52 Error Packets 0 0 0 0 0 Drop Events 0 0 0 T T CRC Alignment Error Pac 0 0 0 Y T Undersize Packets 0 0 0 0 0 Oversize Packets 0 0 0 T T Fragment Packets 0 0 0 0 0 Jabber Packets 0 0 0 0 0 zd Collision Packets 0 0 T 0 o v BE O Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 20 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 26 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner poteneko Status valid Close RMON History Table tab 7 3 4 1 History Table The table shows history data for the selected control table entry The table has the following columns Max Value Shows the highest value of each variable after the current history control entry is selected at the Entry tab
44. e port number of the selected port yyy is the speed of the port Polling Interval yyy sec yyy is the polling interval in seconds 3 In Polling Polling Stopped Status of the polling In Polling or Polling Stopped Absolute Value Per Sample Per Second Indicates how the data is displayed Index Value of etherStatsIndex of the RMON Statistics group Data Source Value of etherStatsDataSource of the RMON Statistics group 69 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Owner Value of etherStatsOwner of the RMON Statistics group Status Value of etherStatsStatus of the RMON Statistics group 7 3 3 Entry Tab In the Entry tab you can select a control table entry to view Data collected by the selected entry is shown on the Table Plot Chart and Pie Chart tabs By default the entry with the lowest index number is selected On this tab you can also add remove or edit entries Topics e Available Control Table Entries e Select Button e Add Button e Edit Button e Remove Button iQ SwimView History Control Parameters 26 Utilization Packet Type Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options oJ 2 x1 a Available Control Table Entries index bata Source Resuest amp u orantes samoin saus ower iflndex 1 iflndex 2 iflndex 3 iflndex 4 iflndex 5 iflndex 5 iflndex 7 iflndex 8 iflndex 9 monitor monitor monitor monitor monitor monitor monitor monit
45. eceived Unicast Packets lt 0 0 Received Mon Unicast Packets lt 0 0 Received Discard Packets 0 0 0 Received Error Packets 0 0 0 Received Unknown Protocol Packets 0 0 0 Transmitted Bytes 36171 0 0 Transmitted Unicast Packets 6 0 0 Transmitted Non Unicast Packets 523 0 0 Transmitted Discard Packets 0 0 0 Transmitted Error Packets 0 0 0 Transmitted Buffer Length 0 0 0 Specific Media MIB NULL NULL NULL H Ex I After adjustment Example 2 Adjusting the boundary between graph and table To do this position your pointer on the border between the graph and the table When the pointer has transfomed into arrows as shown in the figure below left click on the border and drag it to the left while holding the left mouse button to increase the table width 18 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide SwimView Interface Parameters 1 24 Table Plot Chart Bar chart Edit Options s a 24 18 Speedi v 17 Speed i WV 18 Speedi v 18 Speed t v 20 Speed v 22 Speedt V 25 Receive V 26 Receive V 27 Receive V 28 Receive v 28 Receive Y Ex 2 Before adjustment o Swim iew Interface Parameters 1 24 Table Plot Chart Bar Chart Edit Options xe sty zd v 18 Speed 16 v 17 Speed 17 Speed 18 v 19 Speedc19 v 20 Speed 20 v 21 Speed 21 v 22 Speed 22 v 23 Speed 23
46. elnet or Web interface to set up SNMP trap hosts on the agent Note If you configure the station running AT View Plus SwimView as the trap host use the same Trap community name configured in the Target Host Property dialog box File Properties dd Alarm Table Entry Alarm Index Sampling Interval 30 Sampling MIB Variable Name etherStatsPkts 1 Sampling Type detta value Owner Suiv iew yes Startup Alarm Type rising or falling ala Rising Alarm Event Rule Rising Threshold 2000 Event Type SNMP trap Rising Event Index TRAP Community public Event Description Rising Event for Alarmil4 Falling Alarm Event Rule Falling Threshold 2000 Event Type SNMP trap Falling Event Index fe TRAP Community Public Event Description Fal ling Event for Alarmil4 Cancel Add Alarm Table Entry dialog box Alarm Index The index number used to identify this Alarm entry By default the lowest unused number is automatically displayed If you explicitly specify a number currently in use that entry will be overridden 82 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Sampling Interval The sampling interval in seconds Sampling MIB Variable Name Type or select the name of the MIB variable to be sampled Sampling Type How the sampled value is compared with the threshold absolute value compares the sampled data with the threshold without modification delta value compares the diff
47. erence between the latest sampled value and the previous sampled value with the threshold Owner The owner creator of the Alarm entry By default AT View Plus SwimView station name is used where station name represents the host name of the station on which AT View Plus SwimView is running Startup Alarm Type The type of threshold which is applied to the first sampled value after this Alarm entry becomes valid rising alarm A single RMON event is triggered if the first sampled value is greater than or equal to the configured rising threshold falling alarm A single RMON event is triggered if the first sampled value is less than or equal to the configured falling threshold rising or falling alarm A single RMON event is triggered if the first sampled value is greater than or equal to the configured rising threshold or if the first sampled value is less than or equal to the configured falling threshold Note The Startup Alarm Type is only applied to the first sampled value From the second sampled value both the rising and falling thresholds are effective regardless of the Startup Alarm Type If only one type of threshold is significant set the Event Index for the Alarm type that is not required to 0 For example if you want to monitor only the rising threshold set the Falling Event Index to 0 No event occurs for an Event Index of 0 even if the values reach the threshold Rising Alarm Event Rule Configuration for
48. es uncheck the largest variable temporarily 6 2 3 Select All Button lt checks all variables Clicking this button causes all variables to be plotted on the graph 6 2 4 Clear Button I unchecks all variables 6 2 5 Reverse Button Mv flips the states of all checkboxes that is unchecks all variables currently selected and checks all variables currently not selected Note Displaying many variables at the same time imposes a load on system resources If you encounter delay or reduced system performance reduce the number of variables displayed or increase the polling interval To reduce the number of variables uncheck some variables in the MIB variable table To increase the polling interval click the Options tab and change the Polling Interval 6 3 Bar Chart Tab The Bar Chart tab displays variables as a bar chart To the right of the graph is a table of the numeric variables which can be displayed in the chart Only variables selected in the table are displayed in the chart The scale of the vertical axis is automatically adjusted according to values of the variables displayed The chart is updated at the polling interval Note The polling interval can be changed in the Options tab When you resize the window the chart is resized accordingly Topics e Chart e MIB Variable Table e Select All Button e Clear Button e Reverse Button 47 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide F S
49. eshold The floor threshold If the monitored variable falls below this threshold a falling alarm event occurs The default is 2000 Event Type The type of action to be taken when the event occurs Select one of none no action taken SNMP trap send an SNMP trap log record to the log and log amp SNMP trap record to the log and send an SNMP trap Falling Event Index The index of the RMON Event entry which is triggered when the sampled value falls below the falling threshold If you select rising alarm for the Start Alarm Type this defaults to zero Because an Event Index of O is invalid and there is no event related to Index 0 no event will occur even if falling alarm is triggered TRAP Community Trap Community name Event Description Freeform text strings which explain the event By default Falling Event for Alarm idx is used where idx represents Alarm index number 7 4 4 Edit Button 1 edits the selected Alarm entry Click this button to open a dialog box specify options then click OK You can also open this dialog box by double clicking the entry 84 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 4 5 Remove Button X removes the selected Alarm entry 7 4 6 Close Closes the window 7 5 Event Table From the Event Table menu you can view and edit the RMON Event entries The data is not automatically updated Use the Refresh button to view the latest information Topics e Event Table Tab
50. ges made here apply to windows which are opened after the change is applied Windows which are already open are not affected by the changes x Screen External Command User Action Other MIB variable name display type Convert bj Omit Display Sample System Description 0 v The X axis display name of the chart and graph is displayed with the number Encoding SNMP receive data encoding None SNMP send data encoding Snitt JIS i Cancel Other tab MIB variable name display type Choose the display type of the variable name from Convert MIB variable and Both When you change the setting sample text is displayed in the Sample textbox Convert option displays a MIB variable name in English Examples System Description System Contact System Name System Location MIB variable option displays a MIB variable name in its original form Examples sysDescr 0 sysContact 0 sysName 0 sysLocation 0 Both option displays a MIB variable name in both English and its original form Examples System Description sysDescr 0 34 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide System Contact sysContact O System Name sysName 0 System Location sysLocation O Omit Display In the Edit tab of dialog boxes where MIB variables can be edited Stack Port is appended at the end of the MIB variable name If you want to omit this suffix check this box The X
51. gs to use in performing SNMP operations on the target host There are three types of community strings for the SNMP Be sure to specify strings which match the ones configured on the target host By default the following strings are used for the Get operation public or the Set operation p private or the Trap operation fe p op public SNMP version 22 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide This button opens the SNMP Version window Lnd e i SNMP Version x SNMP version ou y2e SNMP version for Trap Only v1 C Only v2 C Both x Jo SNMP Version dialog box SNMP version Select the version of SNMP to use in managing the target device Note Before choosing v2c make sure that the target device you are connecting to supports SNMP v2c SNMP version for Trap Select the version of SNMP that will be used for the SNMP traps You have the option to use both versions 1 and 2 Polling options This button opens the Polling Options dialog box in which you can change the polling interval and retry parameters Polling Options x Polling Interval Polling Interval 30 3 sec C min Retry Timeout s z Retry times b 4 ox ene ona Polling Options dialog box Polling Interval AT View Plus SwimView sends a GetRequest to the SNMP agent at predefined polling intervals to ensure that it is still connected to the device If a shorter or
52. han all others common GUI windows Usually you need to perform several steps to open a window By creating your own menu item you can open the windows by a single action You can also add frequently used commands or applications to the User Menu Topics e Create Your Own Menu Item e Edit e Common e Target v b a 192 168 10 1 AT iew Plus for n ial x Edit Common P e SER TOBASE T 100BASE ATE PORT ACT Target iden oon ACT 3 Fast Ethernet Switch M ur QUEE 2X 4X GX EX 10X 12X14X 16X 18X 20X 22X 24X System Name System Description TQAR24 192 llied Telesyn AT RP24 Rapier 24 System Location ersion 2 5 1 00 11 Dec 2002 System Contact sysadmin Connect User Menu 5 5 1 Create Your Own Menu Item To create a user defined menu item select User gt Edit or open the Options tab of the common GUI window In the Options tab click on the Regist menu button The Regist Menu Item window will appear This window will allow you to add the currently opened common GUI window to the User Menu After adding the common GUI window you can open it by selecting it from the User Menu User defined menu items can be classified as either Common or Target specific Menu items in the Common group are always available regardless of the target host Menu items in the Target group are only 37 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide accessible when you
53. hanges made in the dialog box and closes the dialog box Clicking the Set button commits changes immediately without closing the dialog box Note Clicking the Cancel button after the Set button cannot undo any changes 4 Basic Operations 4 3 Pop up Menus Some elements such as network ports also act as menus When you right click on a port a pull down menu appears Select these menu items in the same way as from the menu bar where they can also be selected 14 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 192 168 10 20 Swim iew for 8124XL 2 B xi File View Option Agent Bridge RMON VLAM Port Tool User Menu Help Allied Telesyn 3124xXL A 10B45E T 1008 ASE TX FAST ETHERNET SWITCH RS 222 iM 3H 35H TH SH WH ISK ISH ITH ISK 21K 23H m anne M ME Ge ME Qe 1 Utilization M MM 6M Sh IR l24 INR IR IR OR A 2 Gn OFULL DUP OHALF DUPOCOL Interface Info System Name system Description Error Statistics AT 8124XL T 8124XL Detail Info System Location Level 3 Spanning Tree Info System Contact Enable Rommel 683 5811 Disable Port Right clicking on a port displays the menu items specific to the device RS232C Right clicking on an RS232C port displays the menu items which allow you to select how to log in to the device s management interface Depending on the device type Telnet or Web HTTP can be selected Reset Button Right clicking on a reset button displa
54. he name of the MIB variable which AT View Plus SwimView calls CURRENT Current value of the variable 32 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide MAXVALUE Highest value of the variable during the monitoring period MINVALUE Lowest value of the variable during the monitoring period A VERAGE Average value of the variable during the monitoring period MAXLIMIT Threshold value configured for the variable For trap events TRAPHOST The host name of the device which sent the trap TRAPIPADDR The IP address of the device which sent the trap GENERICTRAP The generic trap number SPECIFICTRAP The specific trap number ENTERPRISEOID The trap s enterprise OID SENTERPRISENAME The name of the Trap MIB object If AT View Plus Swim View cannot get an object name SENTERPRISEOID is used instead TIMETICKS The traps TIMETICKS VAROIDn The OID of the n MIB object sent with the trap where n is a number in the range to 9 VARNAMEn The name of the n MIB object sent with the trap where n is a number in the range 1 to 9 If AT View Plus SwimView cannot get a name VAROIDn is used instead VALUEn The value of the n MIB object sent with the trap where n is a number in the range to 9 33 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 3 4 Other Tab In the Other tab you can configure how MIB variables are displayed and the character encoding system to use in sending and receiving SNMP data Note that chan
55. ing Interval 5 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 25 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner monitor Status valid Close RMON Statistics Table tab 7 2 4 1 Sort To sort table items click a column title When you click the column title table items are sorted by the column in ascending order One more click sorts the items in descending order To restore the original order click the Reset Table button 7 2 4 2 Reset Table Button f Reorders table items after using sorting function 7 2 5 Plot Chart Tab In the Plot Chart tab network statistics are shown in the time scaled plotting graph Data is updated at the polling interval The horizontal axis contains a maximum of the 40 latest values Topics e Popup Display 62 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide OD SwimView Statistics 25 ws Utilization Packet Size Packet Type Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options aj 3 x aj ttj s o e v 1 Size Under 64 Packets 8000 V 2 Size 64 Packets V 3 Size 65 127 Packets nae e M 4 Size 128 255 Packets 3 V 8 Size 256 511 Packets 4000 s V Bj Size 512 1023 Packe T V 7 Size 1024 1518 Pack 2000 6 V8 Size Over 1518 Packet 7 28 a 15 37 20 15 37 40 15 38 00 15 38 208 15 38 408 15 38 00 15 39 20 15 39 40 15 40 00 15 40 20 15 40 40 15 41 00 Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 5 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 25 Data
56. ing this function Edit Menu Item x system MID set External command 39 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Executes the specified command line Edit Menu Item X Menultem Name Allied Telesyn online MIB display MIB set External command Command Name CAProgram Filesiinternet Explorenlexplore exe Browse Argument http iwww alliedtelesyn com Ok Cancel External command 5 5 3 Common The Common submenu contains the user defined menu items which are accessible regardless of the target device 5 5 4 Target The Target submenu contains the user defined menu items which are accessible only when connected to the specific target device 5 6 Help From the Help menu you can view the online user s manual license information and version information for AT View Plus SwimView Note To view the online user s manual you must first specify the web browser with which to view it in the External Command tab of the Options dialog box Topics e ndex e ATI on line e License Registration e About 40 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 192 168 10 1 AT iew Plus for Rapier24 C xi File View Option Agent Routing Bridge Frame Relay CallList Port Tool User Menu Help Index License Registration About System Name System Description TGAR24 192 llied Telesyn AT RP24 Rapier 24 System Location ersion 2 5 1 00 ll Dec 2002 System Conta
57. ith the latest device information Use this menu when the target host is replaced with another device or if the hardware configuration of the target host changes 5 3 Option In the Option menu general preferences for AT View Plus SwimView can be changed Although AT View Plus SwimView works well with the default configuration you can customize some aspects of its behavior This menu has only one submenu Option Selecting Option Option opens the Options dialog box which has four tabs Topics e Screen Tab e External Command Tab e User Action Tab e Other Tab 5 3 1 Screen Tab Controls the appearance of AT View Plus SwimView TE options IL x screen External Command User Action Other Look amp feel Windows Language English Y Toolbar type rage Only Display type Mhussssssssr rm C Stack Type Tab Type v Resize window when the number of stack changed v Image size fixed v Link down as error Screen tab Look amp feel 29 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Changes how AT View Plus SwimView windows are displayed Your options are Windows CDE Motif and Metal To put this change into effect click OK Language Changes the language English and Japanese are available If you change this setting you must restart AT View Plus SwimView to put the change into effect Note This feature is not supported in this version of AT View Plus SwimView Toolb
58. lay When you move the mouse cursor onto a section of the pie chart the value of the data for the selected area is displayed 7 2 7 Options Tab In the Options tab you can customize the display options or edit the statistics data Topics e Polling Interval e Display Data Type of Chart e Regist Menu e Save Polling Data e Start Snapshot 64 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide C SwimView Statistics 1 x Litilization Packet Size Packet Type Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options A Polling Interval Polling Interval 20 4 sec C min Display data type of chart C Absolute value Per Sample Per Second Regist menu Save polling data Start snapshot Porti 100 Mbps Polling Interval 20 s o mPolng Per Sample Index 1 Data Source iflnde Owner monitor Status valid RMON Options tab Statistics 7 2 7 1 Polling Interval You can change the polling interval here 7 2 7 2 Display Data Type of Chart Specifies how to display data on the graph or chart You can select one from the following options Absolute Value Displays a value as it 1s Per Sample Displays the change in the value between the two pollings This is Current value Previous value Per Second Displays the change in the value per second This is Current value Previous value Polling Interval Note Calculated values are rounded For example
59. longer interval is required adjust the value in the Polling Interval field accordingly The minimum interval is 5 seconds and the maximum is 3600 seconds 1 hour The default is 30 seconds Retry 23 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Configures the SNMP timeout and the number of retries Timeout The number of seconds AT View Plus SwimView waits before it determines that the device 1s not responding The default is 5 seconds Retry times The number of times AT View Plus SwimView sends SNMP messages to the agent before giving up The default is 2 retries Enable Trap operation To receive traps from a target host s SNMP agent check this box Note If SNMPc HP OpenView Tivoli NetView is running AT View Plus SwimView will not receive any traps This is because the traps are being intercepted by the network management application and will never reach AT View Plus SwimView Enable periodic device polling To regularly check the hardware configuration of hot swappable devices check this box When this is checked AT View Plus SwimView checks the hardware configuration at every polling interval The Panel window shows any hardware configuration changes it finds If the target device is not hot swappable or if you do not expect any hardware configuration changes do not check this box Polling the hardware configuration may reduce performance Note AT View Plus SwimView always checks the latest hardware configuratio
60. mView starts monitoring e Average Value Average value of the variable per second after AT View Plus SwimView starts monitoring e Condition Threshold configured on the variable If the variable s value exceeds the threshold an action is executed You can configure the type of action to execute in the User Action tab of the Option menu Note Current Max Min and Average values are zero before the first polling After the first polling they all have the same value Once the threshold is reached the corresponding row is highlighted with a red background Note that thresholds can only be set for MIB variables of type GAUGE INTEGER COUNTER GAUGE32 INTEGER32 COUNTER32 or COUNTER64 O Display Threshold xi 3e xor Ss Ee a eed AdminStatus 1 11427457908 Display Threshold Add button Green plus icon Adds a new threshold definition Remove button Blue X icon Removes the selected threshold Edit button note and pen icon Edits the selected threshold 26 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 2 5 Current Log Displays the event log It records events such as AT View Plus SwimView start up reception of traps or threshold events Display Current Log Contents 2001 1 2 26 14 56 06 SwimView starting 2001 12 26 14 56 15 Target Target host ud82241 tw allied telesis co jp op 2001 12 26 14 56 15 Threshold Threshold overflow MIB variable name ifAdm 2001 12 26 14 56 17 Threshold Th
61. n 5 5 4 Target e 5 6 Help 5 6 1 Index 5 6 2 ATLon line 5 6 3 License Registration 5 6 4 About 6 MIB Variable Window e 6 1 Table Tab 6 1 1 Transpose Button e 6 2 Plot Chart Tab 6 2 1 Graph 6 2 2 MIB Variable Table 6 2 3 Select All Button 6 2 4 Clear Button 6 2 5 Reverse Button e 6 3 Bar Chart Tab 6 3 1 Chart 6 3 2 MIB Variable Table 6 3 3 Select All Button 6 3 4 Clear Button 6 3 5 Reverse Button e 6 4 Edit Tab 6 4 1 Checkbox Column 6 4 2 MIB Variable Column 6 4 3 MIB Value Column AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 6 4 4 Select All Button 6 4 5 Clear Button 6 4 6 Reverse Button 6 4 7 Get MIB Value Button 6 4 8 Set MIB Value Button 6 4 9 Threshold Button e 6 5 Options Tab 6 5 1 Polling Interval 6 5 2 Display Data Type of Chart 6 5 3 Regist Menu 6 5 4 Save Polling Data 6 5 5 Start Snapshot 6 5 6 Default Button 7 RMON e 7 1 RMON specific Buttons e 7 2 Statistics 7 2 1 Data Group Buttons 7 2 2 Management Information Area 7 2 3 Entry Tab 7 2 4 Table Tab 7 2 5 Plot Chart Tab 7 2 6 Pie Chart Tab 7 2 7 Options Tab 7 2 8 Close e 7 3 History Control Table 7 3 1 Data Group Buttons 7 3 2 Management Information Area 7 3 3 Entry Tab 7 3 4 Table Tab 7 3 5 Plot Chart Tab 7 3 6 Pie Chart Tab 7 3 7 Options Tab 7 3 8 Close e 7 4 Alarm Table 7 4 1 Alarm Table Tab 7 4 2 Event Table of Al
62. n This is MIB object sysDescr 3 2 5 Status Bar The status bar is the area at the bottom of the panel window where a brief description of a highlighted menu option or toolbar button is displayed The depressed rectangular area at the right end of the status bar shows the connection state of AT View Plus SwimView 13 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 4 Basic Operations This chapter describes the basic operations within AT View Plus SwimView windows Topics e Click e OK Cancel and Set Buttons e Pop up Menus e Resizing Windows e Resizing Tables 4 Basic Operations 4 1 Click AT View Plus SwimView uses both the left and right mouse buttons To operate items on the menu bar you can use both the left and right mouse buttons To click on the icons on the toolbar use the left mouse button To open the menus for the device images displayed in the main AT View Plus SwimView window use the right mouse button then you can use either the left or right mouse button to select an item in the menu that you have opened 4 2 OK Cancel and Set Buttons Dialog boxes have buttons to commit or discard changes made in the dialog box Clicking the OK button confirms and commits the changes made and closes the dialog box If the dialog box has tabs the OK button commits changes in all the tabs Note Some configuration options are effective only after restarting AT View Plus SwimView Clicking the Cancel button discards the c
63. n also configure RMON agents to selectively collect information or set thresholds on variables to monitor their value Note The RMON menu is displayed only if the target device supports the RMON MIB Note AT View Plus SwimView supports the following RMON groups only Statistics History Alarm and Event Topics e RMON specific Buttons e Statistics e History Control Table e Alarm Table e Event Table e Event Log 7 1 RMON specific Buttons The RMON window is slightly different from the MIB variable windows The RMON window has several tabs and each tab has the following tool buttons in addition to the buttons in the MIB variable windows Absolute Value 2 Displays collected data as they are Per Sample 11 Displays the difference between the last two sampled values The value is rounded Per Second Displays the difference between the last two sampled values per second This is Current value Previous value Polling Interval The value is rounded Start Polling ee Restarts polling Stop Polling E Pauses polling This may be useful for examining current data carefully Refresh 5 Forces immediate polling and displays the latest sampled value regardless of the regular polling timer 56 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 2 Statistics From the Statistics menu you can view RMON Statistics information Topics e Data Group Buttons e Management Information Area e Entry Tab e Table Tab
64. n of the target device when initiating connection To check the configuration on demand after the session is established select View Refresh Current status Indicates whether or not AT View Plus SwimView is currently connected to a target device and whether or not Trap operations are currently enabled 5 1 2 Reopen This command can be used to reconnect to a recently accessed device 5 1 3 Close Closes the SNMP session with the device and closes the Panel window To connect to another device select File Open 5 1 4 Property Change parameters for communicating with the device The dialog box is identical to the Select Target Host dialog box used to open a connection For information on the settings that can be modified or viewed from this dialog box see section 5 1 1 24 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 1 5 Exit Terminates connection to the target device and closes the AT View Plus SwimView application 5 2 View Using the View menu you can determine whether or not to display the AT View Plus SwimView toolbar and status bar view and set thresholds on MIB variables and view the log Topics e Toolbar e Status Bar e System Info e Threshold e Current Log e Snapshot e Refresh 192 168 10 20 Swim iew for 8124XL 2 B x File View Option Agent Bridge RMON YLAN Port Tool User Menu Help g w Toolbar MEET Allied Telesyn vu vy System Info
65. nd editing the RMON history data Topics e Polling Interval e Display Data Type of Chart e Regist Menu e Save Polling Data e Start Snapshot o Swim iew History Control Parameters 1 x Utilization Error Type Custom Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options A Polling Interval Polling Interval 20 4 sec C min Display data type of chart C Absolute Value Per Sample Per Second Regist menu Save polling data Start snapshot Porti 100 Mbps Poling Interval 20 InPolling Per Sample Index 1 Data Source iflnde Owner monitor Status valid RMON Options tab History Control Parameters 7 3 7 1 Polling Interval You can change the polling interval here 7 3 7 2 Display data type of chart Specifies how to display data in graphs and charts You can select one of the following options 76 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Because RMON histories are collected by RMON agents and AT View Plus SwimView only displays the collected data settings here are slightly different from other windows The Polling Interval here is simply the interval at which AT View Plus SwimView gets collected data from RMON agents Absolute Value Displays the sum of values which AT View Plus SwimView got from the RMON agents as shown in the following example Data sampled by RMON Data displayed by AT View Plus SwimView Sample 1 100 100 Sample 2 50 150 Sample 3 Z90 400
66. ndow see section 5 2 6 La as File name lilestAllied Telesis Swim view s 2 mptsnapshot htm Browse Start Snapshot FUNNEL ocean exert Ae RRR no eS ERO SVT AY ANE V Main panel v Table data IV Plot chart Bar chart v Pie chart v Reload rForeground Colo xs Color Color selection Color selection TI x C 66 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Start snapshot Below is a snapshot from the RMON Statistics window with the main panel and table data marked in the Start Snapshot window T 192 168 10 20 AT View Plus for 8124XL V2 SwimView Statistics 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edt View fFavortes Tools Help LS Q O ix FD seo viereete Qe 0 2 m L7 9 Address amp c Snspshotsisnapshot htm Ede ws 192 168 10 20 AT View Plus for 8124XLV2 Swim View Statistics 1 2003 05 16 15 34 47 Front Panel 10g AS amp T 1008 ASE TX FAST ETHERNET SWITCH TM WM OF GH PH DOM tt DK Table Absolute Value Per Sample Per Second Recewed Bytes 0 0 0 Recewed Packets 0 0 0 Unscast Packets 0 0 0 Broadcast Packets 0 0 0 Multicast Packets 0 0 0 Good Packets 0 0 0 Low Daaleatn n n n x 48 Done OD D 3 My Computer 4 RMON Statistics snapshot 7 2 8 Close Closes the RMON Statistics window 7 3 History Control Table From the History Control Table menu you can view RMON History information Note
67. net is appropriate for Solaris On Windows C ProgramFiles Windows NT hypertrm exe may be used Make sure that the command is correct by manually executing the command line To select a command from the file list dialog box click Browse 30 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide WEB browser Specifies the command or file used to start your web browser F 24 Options C Program Files Windows NTihypertrm exe C Program Files internet Explorer EXPLORE EXE External Command tab 5 3 3 User Action Tab In the User Action tab you can specify the action to take when an event occurs There are three types of events an SNMP command timeout a threshold event and the reception of a trap 31 ge ba AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide DI OWVV Se BOY SC BOYS User Action tab You can choose an action for each event type There are two types of actions Popup message AT View Plus SwimView displays a popup window when an event occurs Command AT View Plus SwimView executes a predefined command line when an event occurs You can use the following special arguments in the command line They are automatically passed by AT View Plus SwimView For all event types S TARGETHOST The host name of the device If AT View Plus SwimView cannot get the host name using the address the IP address is used instead TARGETIPADDR The IP address of the device For threshold events MIBNAME T
68. of etherStatsIndex of the RMON Statistics group Data Source Value of etherStatsDataSource of the RMON Statistics group Owner Value of etherStatsOwner of the RMON Statistics group Status Value of etherStatsStatus of the RMON Statistics group 7 2 3 Entry Tab In the Entry tab you can select and control the table entry displayed Data collected by the selected entry is shown in the Table Plot Chart and Pie Chart tabs By default the entry with the lowest index number is selected In this tab you can also add remove or edit the entries Topics e Available Control Table Entries e Select Button e Add Button e Edit Button e Remove Button 99 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide DO SwimView Statistics 25 w Utilization Packet Size Packet Type Error Type Custom PP Entry Table Plot Chart Pie Chart Options x el Available Control Table Entries iflndex 1 df iflndex 1 SwimView yes ifindex 1 SwimView yes iflndex 5 iflndex B iflndex 7 iflndex 8 iflndex 9 iflndex 10 iflndex 11 monitor monitor monitor monitor monitor monitor monitor iflndex 12 monitor Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 5 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 25 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner monitor Status valid Close RMON Statistics Entry tab 7 2 3 1 Available Control Table Entries This table shows all control table entries configured on the target RMON agent D
69. or monitor iflndex 10 monitor iflndex 11 monitor Port25 1000 Mbps Polling Interval 20 sec In Polling Per Sample Index 26 Data Source iflndex 25 Owner poteneko Status valid Close RMON History Entry tab 70 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 7 3 3 1 Available Control Table Entries This table shows all control table entries configured on the target RMON agent Data displayed in the RMON History window is collected using the selected control table entry Here you can create a new entry or modify or remove an existing entry By default the topmost entry is automatically selected The Control table is not automatically updated To see the latest information click the Refresh button The table has the following columns Index The index number used to identify this entry Data Source The index of the RMON interface which collects history samples for the entry Request Buckets The number of values which you asked the RMON agent to store Granted Buckets The number of values the RMON agent allows you to store Sampling Interval The time interval at which the RMON agent collects data Status The status of the control entry Owner The owner creator of the control entry 7 3 3 2 Select Button e changes the control entry displayed in the History window To change the control entry displayed select an entry in the table then click the Select button Data collected by the selected entry
70. reshold overflow MIB variable name iflnOc 2001 12 25 15 55 45 Target Target host ud82241 tw allied telesis co jp clo 2001 12 25 15 57 08 Target Target host ud82241 tw allied telesis co jp op 2001 12 26 15 57 08 Threshold Threshold overflow MIB variable name ifAdm 2001 12 2615 57 13 Threshold Threshold overflow MIB variable name iflnOc Display Current Log Save As Floppy disk icon Saves the log as a text file Specify a filename in the Save As dialog box Each log entry is saved as one line Each field in an entry is delimited by a TAB character Clear note and eraser icon Clears the log Note If SNMPc HP OpenView or Tivoli NetView is running AT View Plus SwimView will not receive any traps This is because the traps are being intercepted by the network management application and will never reach AT View Plus SwimView 5 2 6 Snapshot Clicking this option in the View menu opens the Start Snapshot window Use this window to create an image of the device as well as tables or charts representing device information in HTML format Note If you open the Start Snapshot from the View menu in the main window you can only create an image of the main panel 2 E Select v Main panel Table data Plot chart Bar chart Pie chart V Reload Foreground Color Background Color o Start Snapshot E 53 File name Files Allied TelesisXSwimView v2tmplisnapshot htm Browse E Color selection
71. rol Table window you can view the history of various network statistics Data is grouped by the type of information You can view each type of information by clicking a Data Group button at the top of the window just below the title bar Note Data Group buttons change the data to be displayed The tabs change the view of the data that is how AT View Plus Swim View displays the data selected by the Data Group buttons The following buttons are available Utilization 68 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Shows utilization as a percentage calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Packet Type Shows the number of packets by the following types Received Packets Unicast Packets calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Broadcast Packets Multicast Packets Error Type Shows the number of packets categorized by error types Good Packets calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Error Packets calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Collision Packets CRC Alignment Error Packets Undersize Packets Oversize Packets Fragment Packets Jabber Packets Custom Shows all items plus Received Bytes but without Utilization Note Items calculated by AT View Plus SwimView always have the descriptive title not a variable name because they have no related MIB variables 7 3 2 Management Information Area At the bottom of the RMON History window the following information is always displayed PortX yyy Mbps X is th
72. rt snapshot Options tab 6 5 1 Polling Interval Specifies the polling interval The valid range is 5 seconds to 3600 seconds 1 hour However a short polling interval may reduce system performance Care must be taken to set an appropriate value for your system 6 5 2 Display Data Type of Chart Specifies how to display data on graphs or charts Select one of the following two options Absolute Displays a value as it is 52 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Relative Displays a change in the value per second This is Current value Previous value Polling Interval Note The change here takes effect the next time the data is polled 6 5 3 Regist Menu Add this window to the User Menu If you want to view the current window repeatedly do the following 1 Click Regist menu 2 On Regist Menu Item dialog box select one of Common Menu or Target Menu Common Menu is always accessible regardless of the target device Target Menu can be accessed only when connected to the same specific device type 3 Optionally change the Menultem Name This string is displayed as the menu item name 4 Click OK 6 5 4 Save Polling Data Save the collected data to a file When you click this button the Polling Data Save dialog box appears and lets you specify the name of the file and the file format To start saving data click OK in the Save Polling Data dialog box The Save polling data button changes to Saving
73. s SwimView Size 64 Packets Size 65 127 Packets Size 128 255 Packets Size 256 511 Packets Size 512 1023 Packets Size 1024 1518 Packets Size Over 1518 Packets calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Packet Type Shows the number of packets for each of the following categories Received Packets Unicast Packets calculated by the AT View Plus SwimView Broadcast Packets Multicast Packets Error Type Shows the number of packets categorized by error types Good Packets calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Error Packets calculated by AT View Plus SwimView Collision Packets CRC Alignment Error Packets Undersize Packets Oversize Packets Fragment Packets Jabber Packets Custom Shows all items plus Received Bytes but without Utilization Note Items calculated by AT View Plus SwimView always have the descriptive title not the variable name because they have no related MIB variables 7 2 2 Management Information Area At the bottom of RMON Statistics window the following information is always displayed PortX yyy Mbps 58 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide X is the port number of the selected port yyy is the speed of the port Polling Interval yyy sec yyy is the polling interval in seconds In Polling Polling Stopped Status of polling In Polling or Polling Stopped Absolute Value Per Sample Per Second Indicates how data is displayed Index Value
74. scard Packets 0 N NEL Ex 3 After adjustment 20 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 5 Common Menus This chapter describes the menu items common to all Allied Telesyn managed devices Topics e File e View e Option e Tool e User Menu e Help 5 1 File The File menu lets you start and stop managing a device check the properties of the target host or exit AT View Plus SwimView Topics e pen e Reopen e Close e Property e Exit 5 1 1 Open From the Open menu item you can specify a target host to manage When you select File Open the following dialog box appears To connect to the device fill in parameters in the dialog box then click OK Note This option is not available if AT View Plus SwimView is already connected to a target host 21 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide E b Target host f92 68 10 30 v Confirm 3 Select Target Host Community name for Get operation public for Set operation private for Trap operation public SNMP version Polling options v Enable Trap operation v Enable periodic device polling Current status N A Trap disable i Cancel Select Target Host dialog box Target host The host name or the IP address of the target host To see the description of the host fill in host name or IP address and click Confirm To connect to the host click OK Community name The community strin
75. tarting AT View Plus SwimView AT View Plus SwimView can be started in two ways from a command line or from a network management application When started AT View Plus SwimView identifies the target device after you enter its IP address AT View Plus SwimView will then display the main panel of that device Note In Windows environments AT View Plus SwimView can be also launched from the Start menu or from the Run command in the File menu Topics e Starting From the Command Line e Starting From a Network Management Application 2 1 Starting From the Command Line The command line interface is the most basic way to start AT View Plus SwimView Topics e Command Syntax e Target Host e Get Community e Set Community e Trap Community e Titlebar String e Parameter File 2 1 1 Command Syntax To start AT View Plus SwimView from the command line use the following syntax SwimView options You can specify the following options TargetHost Target host s IP address or DNS host name GetCommunity SNMP Get community string This is used when retrieving MIB values SetCommunity SNMP Set community string This is used when modifying MIB values AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide TrapCommunity SNMP Trap community string This is used when receiving Traps from agents DisplayName Titlebar string 2 1 2 Target Host The target host can be specified by entering the IP address of the device or its host name
76. te The configuration of Tivoli Netview changes during the installation of AT View Plus SwimView to incorporate AT View Plus SwimView in its menu 11 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide 3 Main Window When started AT View Plus SwimView displays one of the following windows depending on how it is started Topics e Initial Window e Panel Window 3 1 Initial Window If the target host 1s not specified or the Get community string does not match the one configured on the host the following window appears m E M 2 SwimView File view Option Tool User Menu Help Initial Window To specify a target host from this window select File gt Open When AT View Plus SwimView can identify the host the panel window displaying the product front panel will appear 3 2 Panel Window When the target host is specified and AT View Plus SwimView can identify the host model the following window appears iBl x File View Option Agent Bridge RMON VLAM Port Tool User Menu Help AI od Telesyr 8224 Lm pma O TN Allie TH 0 0BASE T FAST rani SWITCH R amp 22 PORT ACTIVITY sensi as 100BASE T X TX ox 21 29x Li40100 LINKe4CTIVITIo1OM LINK o4CTIVITY E as E Eo wo DDD CD gD CD s oes x 3X SM TX SX fix IGX 15M 17TX 13X 21X 23X mem LINKO 10M LINK OAOT E 5 7 AT 14d vo o m m E gt 1000BASE T o m m STE 4X EX SX ON 12 14X 16X 18M 20X 22X 24X 111 System Name System Des
77. te access on the device Note The type of variables displayed determines which kind of tabs are displayed and which are not For example chart tabs are not displayed when you are only viewing string variables Topics e Table Tab e Plot Chart Tab e Bar Chart Tab e Edit Tab e Options Tab 43 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide SwimView Interface Parameters 1 2 port2 ISO 8802 3 CSMA CD 1500 1500 0 100000000 00 00 CD 02 E6 18 0000 CD 02 EB 18 T up p down up 0 days 0 00 00 000 0 days 0 00 01 760 1925480 2845 3642 MIB Variable Window 6 1 Table Tab In the Table tab MIB variables are displayed in a table This is the default tab opened by a menu item Values in the table are updated at each polling interval Topic e Transpose Button 44 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide F O SwimView Interface Parameters 1 2 Table Plot Chart Bar Chart Edit Options Port Number 1 2 Port Name port port2 Port Type ISO 8802 3 CBMA CD 1S0 8802 3 CSMAICD MTU 1500 1500 Speed 0 100000000 Physical Address 00 00 CD 02 EB 18 00 00 CD 02 EB 18 Administration Status up up Operation Status down up Last Change Time and Date 0 days 0 00 00 000 0 days 0 00 01 760 Received Bytes 0 1925480 Received Unicast Packets 0 2945 Received Non UnicastPackets 0 3642 Received Discard Packets 0 0 Received Error Packets 0 0 Received Unknown Protocol Pack 0 F Table
78. the rising alarm If you select falling alarm for the Startup Alarm Type only Rising Threshold and Rising Event Index can be configured If there is no Event entry corresponding to the Event Index no event will occur Rising Threshold The ceiling threshold If the monitored variable exceeds this threshold the rising alarm is invoked The default is 3000 Event Type 83 AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide The type of action to be taken when the event occurs Select one of none no action taken SNMP trap send out an SNMP trap log record to the log and log amp SNMP trap record to the log and send out an SNMP trap Rising Event Index Index of the RMON Event entry which is triggered when the sampled value reaches the rising threshold If you select falling alarm for the Start Alarm Type this defaults to zero Because an Event Index of O is invalid and there is no event related to Index 0 no event will occur even if the rising alarm is triggered TRAP Community Trap Community name Event Description Text string describing the event By default Rising Event for Alarm idx is used where idx represents the Alarm index number Falling Alarm Event Rule Configuration for the falling alarm If you select rising alarm for the Startup Alarm Type only Falling Threshold and Falling Event Index can be configured If there is no Event entry corresponding to the Event Index no event will occur Falling Thr
79. wimYiew Interface Parameters 1 2 Table Plot Chart Bar Chart Edit Options gaf 1 Speed 2 V 2 Received Bytes 3 Received Unicast Packets 4 Received Non Unicast Packets 300 58 Received Discard Packets 6 Received Error Packets 245 7 Received Unknown Protocol Packets 200 MiPotNumberi 7g Transmitted Bytes Port Number 2 ijj Transmitted Unicast Packets 18 Transmitted Non Unicast Packets 100 11 Transmitted Discard Packets 12 Transmitted Error Packets 13 Transmitted Buffer Length 0 2 a Bar Chart tab The components of the Bar Chart tab are discussed below 6 3 1 Chart In the left half of the window is the chart showing the values of the selected variables The vertical Y axis shows the values and the horizontal X axis shows the variable name or number You can select whether to display the name or the number in Option Option Other Each variable is shown with a different color The colors of the variables are displayed between the chart and the variable table By placing the cursor on a bar you can see the exact value of the variable 6 3 2 MIB Variable Table The right half of the window is the table of variables suitable for graph display Each entry has a checkbox Only checked variables are shown on the chart Assume that you selected four variables to display If one of the variables has a very large value for instance 1000000 and the other variables have much lower values
80. ys a menu item that allows you to reset the device 4 4 Resizing Windows To resize a window follow the procedures specific to the platform you use The new window size is stored when exiting AT View Plus SwimView and restored when AT View Plus SwimView is restarted You can also resize the image or fix the display of the image using the Options window In the main AT View Plus SwimView window click Option gt Option to open the Options window Then check the Image size fixed option AT View Plus SwimView User s Guide Options E x Look amp feel Windows r Language English m Toolbar type rage Only ual Display type Stack Type C Tab Type Resize window when the number of stack changed v Image size fixed v Link down as error Fixed image size 4 5 Resizing Tables AT View Plus SwimView displays information in tables It is possible to resize table boundaries or field column boundaries by dragging the borders To do this position your pointer on a table border When the pointer has transfomed into arrows left click on the border and drag it to the right or to the left depending on whether you want to increase or decrease the table or field column Example 1 Adjusting the MIB Variable column To do this position your pointer on the column border When the pointer has transfomed into arrows as shown in the figure below left click on the border and drag it to the

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