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1. Nameserver Parameters Device Management Device Configuration View This button accesses the Nameserver Parameters View described later in this section Security Parameters l This button accesses the Security Parameters View described later in this section LAT Parameters This button accesses the LAT Parameters View described later in this section VCLI Parameters This button accesses the VCLI Parameters View described later in this section Serial Port Parameters This button accesses the Serial Port Table described later in this chapter Boot and Network Administration View You can access this View by clicking the Boot Parameters button in the Configuration View The Boot and Network Administration View allows you to configure the Boot and Network Administration Xylogics Terminal Server Parameters for the device This view provides the following information Internet Addr The Internet Protocol IP address of the terminal server Subnet Mask The Internet subnet mask Config File The name of the host file containing the macro gateway router rotary definitions for this terminal server MOTD File The host file name containing the message of the day MOTD for the terminal server Image File The software file name to request for down line load of the terminal server Dump File The software file name that received the last terminal server memory dump TFTP
2. The Serial Port Configuration view allows you to configure serial port parameters You can click label c within the Serial Port Logical Interface icon to access the Serial Port Configuration view The Serial Port Configuration view fields for the CSMIM and Annex2 differ from the CSMIMII MicroAnnex MicroCS and 5390 5390 2 each view type with the associated fields is described below Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Serial Port Configuration View for the CSMIM and Annex2 Port The ID for this port Dedicated Port Defines the application name or TCP port number to which this port can connect The allowed names are telnet rlogin and call Dedicated Addr Defines the Internet address of the host to which this port can connect to Term Var This parameter displays the type of terminal using the CLI connection Location The location of the Xylogics Terminal Server device Buffer Size The number of 256 byte buffer blocks allocated to receive or send input characters from this port Prompt This parameter defines a port specific CLI prompt Device Management Type This parameter allows you to configure the port Possible settings are hardwired dialing x25 tn3270 pc terminal modem and printer Mode This parameter sets the access method to a serial line port either from the device to the terminal server or from the network through the server to the device Table 3 describes the access methods
3. Enabling this parameter allows network connections to the port without having to wait for a Data Carrier Detect DCD modem signal The default is Disabled Input Buffer Size This parameter regulates the number of per port buffers in 512 byte blocks It is valid for serial port connections only Input Stop Char The control character sequence that stops input if XON XOFF flow control is enabled The default is CTRL S 4S Input Start Char The control character sequence that restarts input if XON XOFF flow control is enabled The default is CTRL Q 4Q Output Stop Char The control character sequence that stops output if XON XOFF flow control is enabled The default is CTRL S 4S Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Output Start Char The control character sequence that restarts output if XON XOFF flow control is enabled The default is CTRL Q 4Q Serial Port Timers and Counters View To access the Serial Port Timers and Counters view click the Serial Port Configuration View Port Timers button This view provides the following information about the serial port timer and counter parameters Short Break Enabling this parameter returns the user to the CLI prompt if a break shorter than two seconds is received This parameter is only valid for a CLI connection The default is Enabled Long Break Enabling this parameter returns the user to the CLI prompt if a break greater
4. LAT Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the LAT Parameters button in the Configuration View The LAT Parameters View allows you to configure the LAT Parameters for the device The fields for this View are described in the LAT Parameters View earlier in this chapter Security Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the Security Parameters button in the Xylogics Terminal Server device Configuration View The Security Parameters View allows you to configure the Security Parameters for the devices The View fields are described under the Security Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Parameters View for the CSMIM and Annex II Configuration View discussed earlier in this chapter NameServer Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the NameServer Parameters button in the Configuration View The NameServer Parameters View allows you to configure the NameServer Parameters for the Xylogics Terminal Server device This View provides the following information Nameserver Broadcast Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to broadcast a name server request if the preferred name servers do not respond Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to listen for RWHO broadcasts when building its host table Min Unique Hostnames This button allows you to Enable or Disable the terminal server minimum uniqueness feature Host Table Si
5. described later in this section Security Parameters This button accesses the Security Parameters View described later in this section Nameserver Parameters l This button accesses the Nameserver Parameters View described later in this section Network Parameters The Network Administration View allows access to objects pertaining to the setup and configuration of IP and TCP networks Interface RIP Configuration View This View allows access to objects pertaining to the setup and configuration of IP RIP protocol services at the device level The Interface RIP Configuration View is accessed by double clicking any column entry in the Interface Routing Table Device Management 58 Device Configuration View Boot and Network Administration View You can access this View by clicking the Boot Parameters button in the Configuration View The Boot and Network Administration View allows you to configure the Boot and Network Administration Parameters for the MicroCS The fields for this View are described in the Boot and Network Administration View for Xylogics Terminal Server device earlier in this chapter Protocol Administration You can access this View by clicking the Protocol Parameters button Information for the IPX Apple Talk RIP MOP and TMUX fields is described Serial Port Table You can access this View by clicking on the serial ports Detail button in the Configuration View This table contai
6. This button allows you to Enable or Disable the terminal server minimum uniqueness feature Host Table Size Defines the number of entries in the terminal server host table Zero indicates no host table 251 sets no limit on the size of the table Name Server 1 This button allows you to define the name server type on the primary name server host Choices are none ien116 and dns Device Management 53 Device Configuration View Name Server1 Addr The Internet address of the primary host providing the name service Name Server 2 This button allows you to define the name server type on the secondary name server host Choices are none ien116 and dns Name Server2 Addr The Internet address of the secondary host providing the name service Security Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the Security Parameters button in the Configuration View The Security Parameters View allows you to configure the Security Parameters for the devices The View provides the following information Security Subsystem This button controls whether the host based security policy is Enabled for access to the subsystem from the server Password Defines the administrative password used by the terminal server when setting up a virtual CLI connection The default value is lt set gt Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views ACP Key Defines the encryption key used when exchanging messages
7. inactivity on the port When the interval expires the port is automatically reset A value of O disables the timer Dialup Addresses When enabled the Annex requests the PPP dial up addresses from the host based ACP The default is Disabled Demand Dial When enabled allows the Annex to instruct the modem attached on the port to dial the phone number SLIP Security This parameter controls dial up SLIP access If enabled and security is enabled on the Xylogics Terminal Server device access to the slip command is restricted using the Access Control Protocol ACP The default is Disabled Do Compression Enabling this parameter starts TCP IP header compression on this SLIP link The terminal server negotiates for TCP IP compression on each connection The default is Disabled Allow Compression Enabling this parameter allows the terminal server to use TCP IP header compression if the Device Management 29 other end of the SLIP link initiates compression The default is Disabled Slip Parameters Subnet Mask The Internet subnet mask for the interface The default is 0 0 0 0 Load Dump Host The Internet address of the host from which the terminal server receives a load or to which the server dumps over the SLIP interface The default is 0 0 0 0 Allow Dumps Enabling this parameter allows dumping across a SLIP link The default is Enabled MTU Size This parameter sets th
8. AppleTalk node ID hint that is used by the Annex on this port ARAP Guest Login If enabled allows ARAP guest login service IP Security Controls whether IP security is enabled on this port The default is enabled IP Classification Configured as a DECServer interface port The default is disabled Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Password The local password for the port This parameter can be used as a backup for other security mechanisms If security is enabled cli security disabled and the port password is set you must enter the password regardless of the mode parameter s setting User Name The port s user name CLI Line Editing Parameters View This view provides the following information about CLI line editing functions Echo Enabling this parameter echoes all characters as they are typed The default is Disabled Hardware Tabs Enabling this parameter allows the terminal to expand ASCII tab characters if the terminal does not support hardware tabs This parameter only effects CLI The default is Enabled Telnet CRLF Enabling this parameter translates a carriage return into a carriage return followed by a line feed Disabling this parameter translates a carriage return into a carriage return followed by a null string The default is Disabled Device Management 27 Map To Upper Enabling this parameter converts case from lower to upper for characters sent from a termin
9. Directory Specifies the directory name to be prepared to all files when booting via TFTP Server Capability Defines whether the server can act as a file server host for another server Disabled Modules Defines which selected modules are disabled Valid arguments are All None or one or more of the following names separated by commas Admin LAT PPP SLIP SNMP Nameserver Edit The default is None Preferred Load Addr The preferred load address for terminal server Preferred Dump Addr The preferred dump address for terminal server Load Dump Gateway The Internet address of the gateway used when the preferred load or dump host is on a different network or subnet Load Broadcast Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to broadcast for the Config and MOTD files if they are not found on the preferred local host Broadcast Addr The Internet address that the terminal server uses when sending broadcasts Configuration Views Load Dump Sequence Lists the available network interfaces and the order in which the terminal server uses them when doing a down line load or an up line dump Authoritative Agent Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to send an ICMP Address Mask Reply to a received CMP Address Mask Request Routed This button allows you to Enable or Disable the RIP listener of the terminal server routing daemon The Control View allows you to configure the
10. Interface Configuration Table Description Type Bandwidth Physical Address Operation Status Access From the Ilcon Subviews menu for the Device icon select Configuration This view Figure 11 provides status and configuration information about the device as a whole as well as on a port by port basis It also H H provides button access to an Interface Address Translation table and a subview that lets you establish redundancy for the model Fields and Device Management 48 Xylogics Terminal Server CSMIM and Annex ll Configuration View The Configuration View for the CSMIM and Annex II provides the following information and updatable fields for the CSMIM and Annex II HW Type The hardware type on which the terminal server is running HW Rev The hardware revision level on which the terminal server is running ROM Rev The firmware version of the bootstrap ROM installed in the terminal server Memory Size The amount of memory in the terminal server Serial Ports The number of basic character serial ports available Clicking on the Detail button accesses the Serial Port Table described later in this section Current Date The current date and time provided by the time server displayed in the following format Fri Aug 19 14 51 29 1994 Time Zone This read write field allows you to define the time zone in which the terminal server resides in minutes west of Greenwich Mean Time GMT Dayligh
11. Management Xylogics Modem Application View Signal Name The name for the hardware s signal Possible values are power online busy paperout and fault State Indicates the current signal state Possible values are none off and on Changes The number of times the signal has changed from on to of f Xylogics Modem Application View The application provides access to the Modem Call Table view This Modem Call table represents phone call statistics and accounting parameters and is cleared each time the Annex is rebooted When the number of archived calls exceeds the defined maximum the oldest terminated call is replaced by new call information Modem Calls Table Access Double click any text label on the Xyl ModemApp icon or select Modem Table from the Icon Subviews for the XylModemApp Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views This table provides the following information Maximum Table Entries Represents the number of call for which modem call accounting information is kept Port The port number on which the phone call took place Modem Type The type of modem Call Time The time when the call took place Number Called The number to which this call was made If the call was not initiated by the Annex the value is returned as a zero length string Duration The length of the phone call Username The name of the user associated with this port at the time of the call Status Describes
12. SLIP Security This parameter controls dial up SLIP access If enabled and security is enabled on the Xylogics Terminal Server device access to the slip command is restricted using the Access Control Protocol ACP The default is Disabled Local IP Addr The Internet address for this port The default is 0 0 0 0 Device Management 31 Remote IP Addr The Internet address for the host at the other end of the serial line The default is 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask The Internet subnet mask for the interface The default is 0 0 0 0 Load Dump Host The Internet address of the host from which the terminal server receives a load or to which the server dumps over the SLIP interface The default is 0 0 0 0 Metric The hop count to the remote end of the serial line This parameter should be modified only if a different route other than the SLIP interface is to be used to the remote end The default is O LAT Port Parameters View This view provides the following information about the LAT port parameters Port The number of serial ports on this annex LAT B Decoding Enabling this parameter allows the terminal server to decode a LAT host s data b packet The default is Disabled Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Authorized Groups This parameter specifies which remote group codes are accessible to users on the port PPP Port Parameters View The CSMIM AnnexlI and 5390 provi
13. a list of remote LAT group codes that are accessible to all VCLI users Service Limit Defines the upper boundary on the number of services that the terminal server can maintain Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Retransmit Limit The number of times to retransmit a packet before notifying the user of a network failure LAT Queue Max Defines the maximum number of LAT host requests that the terminal server saves in its internal queue when the host is not available Circuit Timer The time interval in tens of milliseconds between the transmission of LAT packets Keep Alive Timer The time interval in seconds between the transmission of identification packets during times of network inactivity VCLI Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the VCLI Parameters button in the Configuration View The VCLI Parameters View allows you to configure the VCLI Parameters for the Xylogics Terminal Server device The View provides the following information Maximum VCLIs The maximum number of virtual CLI connections allowed by the terminal server at any one time A value of zero indicates the terminal server does Device Management Device Configuration View not allow VCLI connections a value of 255 indicates the terminal server can maintain an unlimited number of VCLI connections VCLI Security Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to validate the user on virtual CLI conn
14. a portion of a Topology view in which the Device icon representing the Xylogics model appears surrounded by icons representing the network entities which the device connects in this case two Ethernet LANs and an Off Page Reference icon representing a Wide Area Link to a corporate network Figure 2 Xylogics Device Icon in Topology View Moder Name F Xy Anex Device Icon a Xylogics Terminal Server Introduction Through its double click zones and its Icon Subviews menu the Device icon is your starting point for accessing the views and other displays that let you perform device management activities such as those listed in the Tasks section immediately following this introduction The rest of the documentation for this management module is organized according to view type as follows e Device Views Page 11 e Device Topology Views Page 35 e Application Views Page 36 e Performance Views Page 46 e Configuration Views Page 48 e Model Information Views Page 63 Device Management The SPECTRUM Model Xylogics Terminal Server Tasks This section lists device management tasks alphabetically and provides links to descriptions of the views and or tables used to perform the task Application Information examine e Logical Interface Icons Page 12 e Application Views Page 36 e Device Configuration View Page 48 Device configure Port examine enable disable e Configuration Views Pag
15. open the Interface Address Translation table which cross references network addresses IP addresses to physical MAC addresses for selected nodes between networks Double clicking on any column entry opens an address specific Address Translation Table Information view This view provides the same information as the corresponding row for the IF Address Translation Device Management Ethernet Logical Interface Icon Interface Icon Subviews Menu Options Table 2 lists the Icon Subviews menu options available for the Interface icon Table 2 Interface Icon Subviews Menu Option Opens the Detail Interface Detail view which displays Packet Error and Discard Breakdown pie charts IF Status Interface Status View Page 33 IF Configuration Model Information Views Page 63 Model Information view for the selected interface see Model Information Views on Page 63 Model Information Interface Address Translation Table view which shows the Physical and Network address for each interface IF Address Translation Table Secondary Address Secondary Address Panel Page 34 Panel Ethernet Logical Interface Icon The Ethernet Logical Interface icon consists of five zones providing configuration and performance information for all Xylogics Terminal Server devices Figure 5 provides a detailed illustration of the Ethernet Port Logical Interface Xylogics Terminal Server Device View
16. sending the data Forwarding Count This parameter controls the forwarding process for the port If set to a non zero value the port will not forward received characters until the specified number of characters is reached When set to zero the port will wait for the Forwarding Timer to expire before forwarding characters Allowable values range from O to 255 The default is 0 Port Security Parameters View This view provides the following information about the port security parameters CLI Security Enabling this parameter activates security for the terminal server This parameter is mandatory if any Xylogics Terminal Server device port security mechanisms are to be used The default is Disabled Connect Security Enabling this parameter activates a security mechanism to control access from the CLI to the network A user must receive authorization to Device Management connect to a host on the network The default is Disabled Server Security Enabling this parameter activates a security mechanism to control access to the port from the port server Only authorized users can access the port The default is Disabled Vci Login Password Enables the port password if the port is configured as a DECserver interface port The default is enabled Vci Login Timeout Enables a login timer if the port is configured as a DECServer interface port The default is disabled Apple Talk Security The default
17. the Xylogics Terminal Server device Total CPU Reschedules The total number of processes that have timed out since last booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Usable Memory The amount of memory available for data buffers and other structures Free Memory The amount of currently available memory Min Free Memory The minimum amount of free memory since booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Max Callouts The number of allocated Callout structures for timed events in the Xylogics Terminal Server device Device Management Device Configuration View Free Callouts The current number of free Callout structures Least Callouts The least number of Callouts that were available since last booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Total Mbufs The total number of mbufs allocated by the Annex kernel Free Mbufs The number of currently available mbufs Min Mbufs The least number of mbufs available at any time since the last reboot of the Annex Denied Mbufs The number of times a process requested an mbuf and was denied since there were none available Xylogics Terminal Server Model Information Views This section provides a brief description of the Model Information views available for models of Xylogics Terminal Server devices in SPECTRUM Model Information views provide descriptive and configuration information about SPECTRUM models of individual devices interfaces and applications Figure 12
18. the status of the call Possible value are Active Normal Termination or Aborted Device Management 44 Xyl Parallel Application Views Xyl Parallel Application Views The Xyl Parallel Application provides one application specific view the Parallel Port Table view Table 13 below provides descriptions and associated model type for device supporting the Xyl Parallel Application Table 13 Xyl Parallel Application Device Types Model Type Description Micro Annex Xyl_MicroCS Micro CS Xyl_MicroCsS Annex II Xyl_CSMIM Xly_CSMIMII Annex II Xyl_CSMIM Parallel Port View Access From the Icon Subviews for the XylPortApp icon select Parallel Port Table The fields for this table are described in the next section Xylogics Parallel Port Configuration view Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views Xylogics Parallel Port Configuration View Access Double click any column in the Parallel Port view to open the Xylogics Parallel Port Configuration view The Parallel Port Configuration view provides configuration information for the parallel ports The fields for this view similar to the column heading fields in the Parallel Port table are described below Index A value for each interface Width The defined maximum number of characters per printer line TCP Keep Alive The default keep alive for connections to this parallel port CR LF When enabled the Annex conver
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20. Boot and Network Control Parameters for the CSMIM and Annex II The View provides the following information Boot Mode This button allows you to configure the boot mode pe I This button allows you to instruct the terminal server to reset the selected subsystem Device Management 52 Device Configuration View Boot Time The time at which the next boot is scheduled in HH MM format Image File The software file name to request for down line load of the terminal server Broadcast Message The message that is broadcast to the terminal server ports Port Broadcast Mode This button allows you to configure the direction that an administrative broadcast message is sent given that the port is a slave port Port Broadcast Message Displays the messages sent by users on other ports NameServer Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the NameServer Parameters button in the Configuration View The NameServer Parameters View allows you to configure the NameServer Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Parameters for the device This view provides the following information Nameserver Broadcast l Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to broadcast a name server request if the preferred name servers do not respond Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to listen for RWHO broadcasts when building its host table Min Unique Hostnames
21. Device Topology IP_Address BE views available for Xylogics models e Interface Device Topology View fae idress Interface Device Topology Xylogics View Access From the Icon Subviews menu for the Xylogics Device icon select DevTop The lower panel of the Interface Device Topology view Figure 7 uses interface icons to represent the device s serial network I O ports These icons provide the same information and menu options as those in the Logical Device View Page 11 If there is a device connected to a particular interface a device icon appears on the vertical bar above the interface icon along with an icon representing the network group that contains the device Device Management 35 Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views This section describes the main Application view and the associated application specific subviews available for models of Xylogics Terminal Server devices in SPECTRUM Access From the Ilcon Subviews menu for the Device icon select Application When a device model is created SPECTRUM automatically creates models for each of the major and minor applications supported by the device The Application view identifies all of these application models shows their current condition status and provides access to application specific subviews Figure 8 shows an Application view in its default mode Icon where each of the application models is r
22. If enabled CLI input is masked to seven bits If disabled eight bit ASCII input is expected The default is Enabled Banner Allows you to enable or disable the Annex banner and message of the day Flow Control This button accesses the Serial Port Flow Control and Signal Parameters view which is described later in this chapter Port Timers This button accesses the Serial Port Timers and Counters view which is described later in this chapter Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Port Security This button accesses the Port Security Parameters view which is described later in this chapter CLI Line Edit This button accesses the CLI Line Editing Parameters view which is described later in this chapter SLIP PPP Parameters This button accesses the Serial Networking Parameters view which is described later in this chapter Serial Port Configuration View for the CSMIMII MicroCS MicroAnnex and 5390 5390 2 Port The ID for this port Buffer Size The number of 256 byte buffer blocks allocated to receive or send input characters from this port Device Management 20 Dedicated Port Defines the application name or TCP port number to which this port can connect The allowed names are telnet rlogin and call Dedicated Addr Defines the Internet address of the host to which this port can connect to Term Var This parameter displays the type of terminal using the C
23. LI connection Location The location of the Xylogics Terminal Server device Prompt This parameter defines a port specific CLI prompt Apple Talk Node ID The default Appletalk node ID hint that is used by the Annex on this port The address consists of two sections separated by a dot the address is in either hex or decimal format Printer Host The IP address of the machine running a Berkely style lpd server Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Printer Name A valid printer name contained in the etc printcap file on the remote host Location A descriptive string for this port This string is displayed by the CLI who command Modem Var A string defining the type of modem attached to the serial port Term Var A string defining the type of terminal attached to the serial port Type This parameter allows you to configure the port Possible settings are hardwired dialing x25 tn3270 pc terminal modem and printer Mode This parameter sets the access method to a serial line port either from the device to the terminal server or from the network through the server to the device Table 4 describes the access methods The default is cli Device Management 21 Table 4 Access Methods Method cli Description Provides access to the CLI for a port connected to a terminal or for an incoming modem slave Provides access to a port through the port server but does not provide acce
24. Label 37 Configuration views 48 Device Management Index Control 52 D Daylight Savings 49 Device Configuration View 48 Device icon 8 11 36 Device Performance View 46 Devices supported by this module 7 Domain 49 Name Server 49 E Ethernet Interface Configuration View 14 15 Ethernet Logical Interface Number 14 Ethernet Logical Interface Status 14 Icon mode 36 Icon Subviews Menus for Interface icon 13 Page 64 Icons Device 8 36 Interface 12 35 Interface Device Topology View 35 Interface icon 12 Interface Icon Subviews Menu Options 13 Interface Status View 33 Administrative Status 34 Operational Status 33 L label a 14 label b 14 label c 14 label d 15 Labels Application Icon Condition Status 37 Model Name 37 Model Type 37 Interface IF Status Label 12 Interface Number Label 12 Interface Type Label 12 Physical Address Label 13 Xylogics Terminal Server Index LAT Parameters 50 58 List mode 36 Load Broadcast 51 Min Unique Hostnames 53 60 Mode Icon or List 36 Model Information View 62 Model Information views 63 Model type 8 Model Type Label 37 MotMPRouter 8 N Name Server 1 53 60 Server 2 53 60 Nameserver Broadcast 53 60 Nameserver Parameters 50 58 Network I O ports 35 O Operational Status 33 Device Management P Performance View 47 Performance views 46 R Required Reading 6 Restricted Rights Notice 3 Routed 52 Rwhod 53 60 S Secondary A
25. SPECTRUM Enterprise Manager Device Management oP EORUM From apr Layee Mengaji Technologies Xylogics Terminal Server Supports Management Module SM XYL1001 Notice Aprisma Management Technologies Inc Aprisma reserves the right to make prior notice The reader should in all cases consult Aprisma to determine whether any such changes have been made The hardware firmware or software described in this manual is subject to change without notice IN NO EVENT SHALL APRISMA ITS EMPLOYEES OFFICERS DIRECTORS 2 AGENTS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS MANUAL OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT EVEN IF APRISMA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Copyright June 2000 by Aprisma Management Technologies All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Order Number 9031499 01 Aprisma Management Technologies Inc 121 Technology Drive Durham NH 03824 SPECTRUM the SPECTRUM IMT VNM logo DCM IMT and VNM are registered trademarks and SpectroGRAPH SpectroSERVER Inductive Modeling Technology Device Communications Manager and Virtual Network Machine are trademarks of Aprisma or its affiliates Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation Nortel is a trademark of Nortel Network Corporation Xylogics is a tra
26. The default is cli Table 3 Access Information Method Description cli Provides access to the CLI for a port connected to a terminal or for an incoming modem T slave Provides access to a port through the port server but does not provide access to the CLI Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Table 3 Access Information Method Description unused _ Indicates that the port has no connection adaptive Provides a port with both cli and slave capability slip Provides a port that can perform a network interface using SLIP dedicate Provides a port with access to only one specific host as defined in the Dedicated Addr parameter ppp Provides a port that can perform as a network interface using PPP Allow Broadcasts If enabled allows the port to receive broadcast messages generated by the broadcast and boot commands Broadcast Direction This parameter defines the direction an administrative broadcast message is sent on a port This parameter is valid only if the Mode parameter is set to slave If network is specified administrative broadcast messages are sent out of Device Management the network side of the connection If Port is specified broadcast messages are sent out of the port side of the connection The default is Port Imask 7Bit If enabled the port ignores the eighth bit of received characters The default is Disabled CLI Imask7
27. Xylogics Terminal Servers with a Software version great than 9 0 CSMIM CSMIMII Annexll Xyl_CSMIM This model type is used with Xylogics Termi nal Servers with a Software version less than 9 0 CSMIM CSMIMII Annexllil MODMIM MODE XT 4 MODEXT 8 Xyl_CSMIMII This model type is used for Xylogics Terminal Servers that has a Software Version greater than 9 0 MicroCS MicroAnnex Xyl_MicroCS This model type is used for Xylogics Terminal Serv ers that have a Software Version greater than 9 0 Device Management Supported Devices Annex II Xyl_Annexil The model type is used for Xylogics Terminal Servers with a Software Version of R7 1 Xylogics Terminal Server Introduction The SPECTRUM Model SPECTRUM uses these device model types for modeling supported Xylogics Terminal Servers Xyl_5390 Xyl_5390lI Xyl_CSMIM Xyl_CSMIMII Xyl_Micro Xyl_Annexll Xylogics models are represented in SpectroGRAPH views by Device icons As Figure 1 shows the appearance of the Device icon varies slightly depending on the kind of view it appears in Figure 1 Small and Large Device Icons a Small Device icon appears in Model Name aa Topology Device Topology Application and Container views Xyl_Annexlil Model Name a oe gt I Large Device icon appears in Device Topology v Location and A Interface Device views Xyl_Annexll Device Management The SPECTRUM Model Figure 2 shows
28. able 9 Character Port Operational States Operational States Description Up Indicates that the port is able to function normally Down Indicates the port s inability to function for operational or administrative reasons Maintenance Indicates that the port is in maintenance mode e g running a test Absent Indicates that port hardware is not present Active Indicates that the port is up with user present e g logged in Admin Status The status of this port AdminOrgin The origin for establishing the session on the port Sessions The number of open sessions on the port that are in the connecting connected or disconnecting state Character Port Detail View This views contains the following information Port ID Number identifier for the port Port Type The port s type Physical if the port represents and external hardware connector Virtual if it does not Operational Status Display the port s operational status Port Name The port s assigned name Application Views Administrative Status This button displays the port s desired state and allows you to modify the value The administrative states are described in table Table 10 Character Stream Port Administrative States Administrative State Description Enabled Indicates that the port is allowed to pass characters and form new sessions Disabled Indicates that the port is al
29. al to the terminal server This parameter is enabled for older terminals that do not support upper case characters The default is Disabled Map To Lower Enabling this parameter converts case from upper to lower for characters sent from a terminal to the terminal server This parameter is enabled for older terminals that do not support lower case characters The default is Disabled Telnet Escape Defines the character that returns you to the telnet prompt when using the CLI telnet command Setting this parameter to U disables the escape The default is CTRL 4 Redisplay Line Defines the reprint line character The default is CTRL R R Toggle Output Defines the flush control character used to flush the output buffer The default is CTRL O 0 Newline Echo Defines whether a carriage return is echoed as an enabled carriage return or a carriage return and line feed Choices are CR and CR LF Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Attention Char Defines a control character sequence that returns you to the CLI prompt Erase Char Defines the character erase control character sequence at the CLI level The default is the Delete key displayed as values may be displayed as one or two characters Erase Word Defines the word erase control character sequence at the CLI level The default is CTRL W AW Erase Line Defines the line erase control character
30. between the terminal server and the security server The default value is lt unset gt Network Turnaround The amount of time in seconds that the terminal server waits for a response from a security server Security Broadcast l Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to broadcast its security requests when neither of the preferred security servers are available Security Server1 Addr The Internet address of the primary host ACP server to which the terminal server sends its security requests Security Server2 Addr The Internet address of the secondary host to which the terminal server sends its security requests LAT Parameters View You can access this View by clicking on the LAT Parameters button in the Configuration View The LAT Parameters View allows you to configure the LAT Parameters for the Xylogics Terminal Device Management Device Configuration View Server device The View provides the following information Server Name A string of up to 16 characters used to name the terminal server in the LAT protocol Facility Number The LAT host number LAT Location Specifies the location information for the LAT protocol LAT Key Enables disables the LAT protocol Group Value Specifies a list of the enabled LAT group codes The value is displayed as a string of hex characters with each bit defining whether or not a specific group is enabled or disabled VCLI Groups Specifies
31. col Inbound Packets Discarded The number of inbound packets discarded even though no errors were detected to make them undeliverable Such packets may have been discarded to increase buffer space Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Inbound Errors The number of packets containing errors preventing them from being delivered to a higher level protocol In addition the Interface Receive Statistics Page 15 contains a gauge which measures the total number of octets received by the port An Octets Received button accesses a rate graph displaying the total number of octets received by the port over a given timeframe Interface Send Statistics The Interface Send Statistics view provides the following information on outgoing port traffic measured in packets sent Outbound Packet Queue The length of the outbound packet queue in packets Unicast Packets Requested The number of unicast packets that a higher level protocol requested for transmission NonUnicast Packets Requested The number of non unicast packets that a higher level protocol requested for transmission Device Management Serial Port Logical Interface Icon Outbound Packets Discarded The number of outbound packets discarded even though no errors were detected to prevent them from being transmitted Such packets may have been discarded to increase buffer space Outbound Errors The number of packets containing errors preventing them from being trans
32. ddress Panel 34 Security Broadcast 54 Subsystem 53 Security Parameters 50 58 Serial ports 35 Syslog Facility 50 T Time Broadcast 49 Topology view 8 Trademarks 3 Page 65 Index VCLI Parameters 50 Views Application 36 Configuration 48 Device Configuration 48 Device Performance 46 Interface Device 11 Interface Status 33 Model Information 63 Performance 46 Topology 8 Xylogics Terminal Server Index Index Device Management Page 66 Xylogics Terminal Server
33. de the PPP Parameters view This view displays the following information about the PPP port parameters PPP Security Protocol This parameter requires peers to pass a security check before communicating with the terminal server The options are Password Authentication Protocol PAP or none The default is none Dialup Address Req Enabling this parameter allows the terminal server to request the endpoint address from the Access Control Protocol ACP This parameter if enabled overrides both Local IP Addr and Remote IP Addr The address is based on the user s login The default is Disabled MRU The Maximum Receive Unit MRU parameter Values range from 64 to 1500 The default is 1500 ACM The Asynchronous Control Mask ACM parameter specifies which of the first 32 bytes Device Management 32 OxO to Ox1F can be transmitted as clear text and which should be protocol escaped before being transmitted The default is OxOOOOOOOO Metric The hop count to the remote end of the serial line This parameter should be modified only if a different route other than the PPP interface is to be used to the remote end The default is 0 Local IP Addr The Internet address for this port The default is 0 0 0 0 Remote IP Addr The Internet address for the host at the other end of the serial line The default is 0 0 0 0 Remote Username The PPP ports user s name The parameter is dis
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35. devices support both common and device specific applications Applications that are common to many of the different kinds and makes of devices managed by SPECTRUM are listed in Table 8 along with the corresponding documentation topics The views and subviews available for Motorola Vanguard device specific applications are described in the rest of this section grouped by major applications as listed below e Character Stream Application View RFC1316App Page 38 e Parallel Port Application Page 42 e Xylogics Modem Application View Page 43 e Xyl Parallel Application Views Page 44 Table 8 Common Applications Application For more info see Routing GenRtrApp Miscellaneous Applications Ethernet EthernetApp Miscellaneous Applications Bridging GenBridgingApp Bridging Applications MIB II SNMP2_Agent MIB II Applications Character Stream Application View RFC1316App The RFC 1316 application supports the following application specific view Character Port Table Access Double clicking on any portion of the text label on the RFC1316App Application icon This table provides the following information Port ID An administratively assigned identifier for the port Type The type of port Physical if the port represents an external hardware connector Virtual if it does exist Operstat The port s operational state The operational states are described in Table 9 below T
36. e 48 e Interface Status View Page 33 e Configuration Views Page 48 Device Performance monitor e Device Views Page 11 e Device Performance View Page 46 Interface Mask and Address examine e Secondary Address Panel Page 34 Model Information examine e Model Information Views Page 63 Model Redundancy configure e Device Configuration View Page 48 Port Configuration examine modify e Logical Device View Page 11 Device Management 10 Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views This section describes the Device views and subviews available for models of Xylogics Terminal Server devices in SPECTRUM Device views use icons and labels to represent the Figure 3 Interface Device View modeled device and its components such as modules ports and applications There are twp SpectroGRAPH Router Device_IP Address BE types of Device views for Xylogics models e Logical Device View e Interface Status View Page 33 Logical Device View Access From the Icon Subviews menu for the Xylogics Device icon select Device gt Logical This view provides dynamic configuration and performance information for each of the device s serial network I O ports which are represented by Interface icons in the bottom panel of the view as shown in Figure 3 The middle panel of the view also displays a Device icon which allows you to monitor the device operation and access other device
37. e Maximum Transmission Unit MTU size on a compressed SLIP port The possible MTU selections are large 1006 or small 256 The default is small Discard ICMP Enabling this parameter discards any ICMP packets transmitted to the SLIP link to reduce unnecessary traffic The default is Disabled Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views SLIP TOS Enabling this parameter provides type of service queuing on the SLIP link The terminal server will transmit interactive traffic e g telnet rlogin and ftp before transmitting other traffic The default is Disabled PPP Parameters Remote Username The PPP ports user s name The parameter is displayed as lt set gt or lt unset gt The default is lt unset gt Remote Password The PPP port user s password The parameter is displayed as lt set gt or lt unset gt The default is lt unset gt MRU The Maximum Receive Unit MRU parameter Values range from 64 to 1500 The default is 1500 ACM The Asynchronous Control Mask ACM parameter specifies which of the first 32 bytes OxO to Ox1F can be transmitted as clear text and which should be protocol escaped before being transmitted The default is OxOOOOOO00 Device Management 30 Protocol The PPP protocol running on the interface Options are ipcp atcp and all the default is all Security Protocol This parameter requires remote users to pass a security ch
38. eck before communicating with the terminal server The options are Password Authentication Protocol PAP or none The default is none The CSMIM ANNEX11 and 5390 provide the SLIP Parameters view This view displays the following information about the SLIP port parameters Port The selected serial port on this annex SLIP TOS Enabling this parameter provides type of service queuing on the SLIP link The terminal server will transmit interactive traffic e g telnet rlogin and ftp before transmitting other traffic The default is Disabled MTU Size This parameter sets the Maximum Transmission Unit MTU size on a compressed SLIP port The possible MTU selections are large 1006 or small 256 The default is small Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Do Compression Enabling this parameter starts TCP IP header compression on this SLIP link The terminal server negotiates for TCP IP compression on each connection The default is Disabled Allow Compression Enabling this parameter allows the terminal server to use TCP IP header compression if the other end of the SLIP link initiates compression The default is Disabled Filter ICMP Packets Enabling this parameter discards any ICMP packets transmitted to the SLIP link to reduce unnecessary traffic The default is Disabled Allow Dumps Enabling this parameter allows dumping across a SLIP link The default is Enabled
39. ections VCLI Password Defines the password used by the terminal server when setting up a virtual CLI connection The default value is lt unset gt CLI Prompt The string used by the terminal server to prompt all CLI users Serial Port Table You can access this View by clicking on the serial ports Detail button in the Configuration View This table contains entries concerning the Serial Port Double click on any entry in the Serial Port Table to access the Serial Port Configuration View The Serial Port Table s fields are discussed below Port ID An index value that uniquely identifies a port Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Mode Defines the mode for accessing the serial port The default is CLI CntiLns The type of hardware control used on the port modem control dcddtr flow control ctsrts or both IdleTm Defines whether input or output resets the idle timer for the port Port Sec Controls whether or not the host based security policy is enabled for access to the port from the port server Echo Controls whether or not the terminal server echoes all characters as they are received from the port SLIPMtu Forces the compressed SLIP interface to use a Maximum Transmission Unit MTU of either 1024 bytes large or 256 bytes small The default is large PPPMru Defines the maximum receive units in bytes The default value is 1500 Device Management 56 Device Configura
40. epresented by an Application icon see Figure 9 for a close up The Application icons are arranged hierarchically under a Device icon with major applications in the top row and their respective minor applications stacked directly below If you prefer to see applications displayed by name only in a single vertical list select View gt Mode gt List Device Management 36 Figure 8 Xylogics Terminal Application View BE SpectroGRAPH Application IP_Address Annex CSMIM Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views Application Icons When the Application view is in Icon mode each of the application models is represented by an Application icon Figure 9 Double clicking the Model Name label a at the top of the icon opens the associated Model Information view see Model Information Views Page 63 For some applications the Model Type label c at the bottom of the icon is also a double click zone which opens an application specific view Any views accessible through these double click zones are also accessible from the Application icon s Icon Subviews menu Device Management 37 b a b c Application Icons Figure 9 Application Icon a A OOO00000 oot c Model Name Label Model Information View Condition Status Label Model Type Label Application Specific View Xylogics Terminal Server Supported Applications Xylogics Terminal Server
41. es Page 7 The SPECTRUM Model Page 8 Purpose and Scope Use this documentation as a guide for managing Xylogics Terminal Server devices with the SPECTRUM management module SM XYL1001 The documentation describes the icons menus and views that enable you to remotely monitor configure and troubleshoot Motorola Vanguard devices through software models in your SPECTRUM database Only information specific to the supported management module is included under this documentation topic For general information about device management using SPECTRUM and for explanations of basic SPECTRUM functionality and navigation techniques refer to the topics listed under Required Reading Required Reading To use this documentation effectively you must be familiar with the information covered by the other SPECTRUM online documentation topics listed below Getting Started with SPECTRUM for Operators Getting Started with SPECTRUM for Administrators How To Manage Your Network with SPECTRUM SPECTRUM Views SPECTRUM Menus SPECTRUM Icons Management Module Software Release Notice Introduction Supported Devices The SPECTRUM management module SM XYL 1001 currently allows you to model three different types of Xylogics Terminal Server devices as described below Synoptics 5390 Xyl_ 5390 This model type is for Xylogics Terminal Servers with a Soft ware version less than 9 0 Synoptics 5390 Xyl_5390I1 This model type is for
42. f Session origins Table 11 Origin Descriptions Origin Type Description Dynamic Network or local session establishment None Disallows session establishment Network Allows network session establishment Local Allows local session establishment Session Table Accesses the Sessions table which provides information on the current sessions on the device The Print button allows you to print out a copy of the table to a printer or a file Table 12 Device Management 41 Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views Table 12 Session Table Descriptions Statistic Port ID Description Name for the port SessID A reference to additional local MIB information This should be the highest available related MIB corresponding to charSessProtocol such as Telnet For example the value for a TCP connection in the absence of a Telenet MIB is the object identifier of tcepCONNState State The current session s operational state disregarding flow control is one of the following connected indicates that character data could flow on the networks side of a session connecting indicates moving form nonexistent toward connected disconnecting indicates moving from connected or connecting to nonexistent Device Management 42 Parallel Port Application Parallel Port Application This application provides the following views and
43. ice Management 46 The view also provides button access to the Enterprise Alarm Manager and the Event Log Figure 10 Device Performance View SpectroGRAPH Performance IP_Address J Xylogics Terminal Server Performance Views Performance View Access From the Icon Subviews menu for the Xylogics Device icon select Performance This view provides the following performance statistics about the packets being passed through the device Frame Rate Delivered Forwarded Transmitted Error Discarded Device Management 47 Performance View Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views This section describes the various Configuration views and subviews available for models of Xylogics Terminal Server devices in SPECTRUM Configuration views allow you to view and modify column headings within the Device Configuration current settings for the modeled device and its view and its subviews are explained in detail in interfaces ports and applications The following the SPECTRUM Views documentation Configuration views are available for models of Seeger eevee Figure 11 Device Configuration View e Device Configuration View e CSMIM and Annex II Configuration View il ae Page 49 e MicroAnnex MicroCS and CSMIM II Configuration View Page 56 Device Configuration View Redundancy and Model Reconfiguration Options Interface Address Translation Sort Find Update
44. information Double click any field in this view to access the Parallel Port Details view Parallel Port Table Access Double Click the text area of the Parallel Port Application icon This table provides the following information Port ID The name of the port Port Type The port s hardware type Possible values are centronics dataproducts or other In Signals The number of input signals for the port that are displayed in Parallel Port Input Signals table Out Signals The number of output signals for the port that are displayed in the Parallel Port Input Signals table Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views Parallel Port Detail View Access Double click any text field in the Parallel Port table The Parallel Port Detail view provides configuration information on a selected entry from the Parallel Port table and allows you to modify the configuration values The Print button allows you to print out a copy of the table toaa printer of file This view provides the following information Port ID Identifier for this port Port Type The port s hardware type Input Signals The number of input signals for the port are displayed in the Parallel Port Input Signals table Detail Click the Detail button to access the Parallel Port Output Signal table This table list port output control signals and contains entries only for this signals the software can detect Port ID The ID for this port Device
45. lowed pass characters but form new sessions Off Indicates that the port is in maintains mode e g running a test Maint Indicates that the port is not allowed to pass characters or have any sessions Device Management 40 Character Stream Application View RFC1316App System Up Time of Last Change The value of the System Up Time at the time the port entered its current operational state If the current state was entered prior to the last reintialization of the local network management subsystem then this object contains a value of Zero Port Reset This button allows you to force the port hardware and software into a clean initial state disconnecting all to the port s existing sessions Session Index References the session number for the port A port s session indexes need not be sequential and may be reused for different ports Number of Sessions The number of open sessions on the port that are in the connecting connected or disconnecting state Maximum Sessions The maximum number of concurrent sessions allowed on the port A value of 1 indicates no maximum Xylogics Terminal Server Application Views Character Stream Application View RFC1316App provides definitions of the fields available in the z Session table Session Origins Allows the user to set the administratively allowed origin for establishing a session on the port Table 11 provides descriptions o
46. mation 61 Parallel Port Detail View n 42 Xylogics Modem Application View ccececereeeees 43 MODEL INFORMATION VIEWS 63 Modem Calls Uaarcticiseussdacie eipeiestiinntonscinteitis 43 Xyl Parallel Application Views ceeeeeeeeeeeees 44 INDEX 64 Paak ON ga te ene neers rer eee 44 Xylogics Parallel Port Configuration View 44 PERFORMANCE VIEWS 46 Device Performance VieW ccccceseceeceeeeeeeeeteseeeees 46 Performance VIOW iccisetaisccscissieiscvesasecascramanrseasnanadvenanres 47 CONFIGURATION VIEWS 48 Device Configuration View cccsccce scans ccececsscccedscronsscemeeses 48 CSMIM and Annex II Configuration View 4 49 Boot and Network Administration View 005 50 NameServer Parameters VieW cccceeeeeeeeeee 52 LAT Parameters ViGW saconionseunnanoaniienss 54 VCLI Parameters VOW densi ccsadicsudisaivsndeicn 55 sgial Fort TaBe serana 55 MicroAnnex MicroCS and CSMIM Il 0 56 Boot and Network Administration View 2 05 58 Trap Host WG ecsniincninen ienna 59 Device Management Page 5 Xylogics Terminal Server Introduction This section introduces the SPECTRUM Device Management documentation for Xylogics Terminal Server devices This introduction to the Device Management documentation for Xylogics Terminal Server devices contains the following information e Purpose and Scope e Required Reading e Supported Devic
47. mitted to a higher level protocol This button accesses a rate graph displaying the total number of octets transmitted by the port over a given timeframe In addition the Interface Send Statistics Page 16 contains a gauge which measures the total number of octets transmitted by the port Serial Port Logical Interface Icon The Port Logical Interface icon consists of five zones providing configuration and performance information Figure 6 provides a detailed illustration of the Port Logical Interface icon and the following sections detail each icon zone Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Figure 6 Serial Port Logical Interface Icon a b Rs232 aA mo N Out 0 c a Serial Port Logical Interface Number b Serial Port Interface Status c Serial Port Performance View d Serial Port Configuration View Interface Number Click label a to access the Interface Port Notes view Port Interface Status Double clicking label b accesses the Port Interface Status view The Port Interface Status view Device Management provides the following information for the serial port interfaces Port Provides the interface number for this port Type The current type of this port Operational Status The current operational state of the port ON OFF or TEST Administrative Status The desired operational state of the port ON OFF or TEST This field can be changed Serial Port Configuration View
48. nal state of the port Administrative Status The desired operational status of the port This can be edited Interface Status View Access From the Icon Subviews menu for the Interface icon in the Interface Device view select IF Status This view provides information on the operational status of the interface and allows you to enable or disable the port Operational Status The current state of the interface ON OFF or Testing Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Administrative Status This button allows you to select the desired operational state of the interface ON OFF or Testing Secondary Address Panel Access From the Icon Subviews menu for the Interface icon in the Interface Device view select Secondary Address Panel This panel provides a table of IP addresses and masks obtained from the Address Translation table within the device s firmware You can change the current address displayed in the IP Address field by selecting an entry from the table in this panel and clicking the Update button Device Management 34 Xylogics Terminal Server Device Topology Views This section provides brief descriptions of the Device Topology views available for models of Xylogics Terminal Server devices in SPECTRUM Device Topology views show the connections Figure 7 Interface Device Topology View between a modeled device and other network entities There is one kind of Device Topology SpectroGRAPH
49. ns entries concerning the Serial Port Double click on any entry in the Serial Port Table to access the Serial Port Configuration View The Serial Port Table s fields are discussed below Port An index value that uniquely identifies a port Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Mode Defines the mode for accessing the serial port The default is CLI Control Lines The type of hardware control used on the port modem control dcddtr flow control ctsrts or both Idle Time Defines whether input or output resets the idle timer for the port Security Controls whether or not the host based security policy is enabled for access to the port from the port server Echo Controls whether or not the terminal server echoes all characters as they are received from the port SLIP Mtu Forces the compressed SLIP interface to use a Maximum Transmission Unit MTU of either 1024 bytes large or 256 bytes small The default is large PPP Mru Defines the maximum receive units in bytes The default value is 1500 Device Management 59 Device Configuration View LAT B This feature controls interpretation of LAT Data B packets received from the host Trap Host View You can access this View by clicking the Trap Hosts Parameters button in the Configuration View Double click any entry in the Trap Host Table to open the Trap Host Configuration View The Trap Host View allows you to configure traps for device
50. played as lt set gt or lt unset gt The default is lt unset gt Remote Password The PPP port user s password The parameter is displayed as lt set gt or lt unset gt The default is lt unset gt Serial Port Performance View The Serial Port Statistics view displays two color coded pie charts presenting breakdowns of Port Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Performance statistics Each statistic is presented as a total amount since the Xylogics Terminal Server device was initialized and as a percentage of overall traffic Table 6 and Table 7 display the information provided by each chart Table 6 Char Breakdown Pie Chart Statistic Description In chars The total number of characters received by the port Out Chars The total number of characters transmitted by the port Table 7 Error Breakdown Pie Chart Statistic Description Framing Errors The total number of framing errors detected for the port The total number of overrun errors detected for the port Overrun Errors Parity Errors The total number of parity errors detected for the port Device Management 33 Port Interface Status View Access Double click label b of the Logical Interface Device icon This view provides the following information Port Provides the interface number for this port Type The current type of this port Operational Status The current operatio
51. r device CPU Util The percent of CPU time currently in use Details l This button accesses the Diagnostic Detail View providing detailed breakdowns of the device diagnostic statistics The Diagnostic Detail View is described later in this section Device Management Device Configuration View This View also contains a Multi Attribute Line Graph which provide buttons that access other Views and a general indication of server activity For more information on the Multi Attribute Line Graph and its buttons refer to SPECTRUM Views Diagnostic Detail View This View displays detailed breakdowns of the device diagnostic statistics Accessing the Diagnostic Detail View You can access this View by clicking on the Details button in the Diagnostic View Diagnostic Detail View Information The Diagnostic Detail View provides the following information CPU Util The percentage of the device s total CPU power currently utilized Max Processes The total number of process structures allocated for use Active Processes The number of currently active processes Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Most Processes The maximum number of active processes since booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Total CPU Activates The number of processes that have been activated since last booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Total Context Switches The total number of context switches since last booting
52. s icon and the following sections detail each icon zone Ethernet Logical Interface Icon Figure 5 Ethernet Logical Interface Icon a b d ___ Ethernet Interface Number b Ethernet Logical Interface Status c Ethernet Interface Configuration View d Interface Receive Statistics e Interface Receive Statistics Ethernet Interface Number Click label a Ethernet Logical Interface Number to access the Interface Port Notes view Device Management Ethernet Logical Interface Icon Interface Status Double clicking label b Ethernet Logical Interface Status accesses the Ethernet Interface Status view The Ethernet Interface Status view provides the following information for the Xylogics Terminal Server device s Ethernet interfaces Port Provides the interface number for this port Type The current type of this port Operational Status The current operational state of the port ON OFF or TEST Administrative Status The desired operational state of the port ON OFF or TEST This button can be changed Ethernet Interface Configuration View The Ethernet Interface Configuration view label c displays a text label and an appropriate background color to represent the current status of the interface Text labels are Enet and Loopback Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Double clicking label d accesses the Ethernet Interface Configuration view The Ethernet Interface Configuration vie
53. sequence at the CLI level The default is CTRL U U Char Erase Enabling this parameter echoes the character or word erase character for a video terminal the previous character looks like it has been erased Disabling this parameter echoes the erase or word character for a hard copy terminal The default is Enabled Line Erase Enabling this parameter echoes line erase for a video terminal It erases all characters on the line and moves the cursor back to the beginning of a line Disabling this parameter echoes the line Device Management 28 erase character for a hard copy terminal It echoes the erase character and a new line so the deleted line is still visible The default is Enabled Serial Networking Parameters Click the SLIP PPP Parameters button from the CSMIMII and MicroCS models to access the following parameters General Parameters Port The selected serial port on this annex Local IP Addr The Internet address for this port The default is 0 0 0 0 Remote IP Addr The Internet address for the host at the other end of the serial line The default is 0 0 0 0 Metric Defines the hop count to the remote end of the SLIP or PPP interface Setting this object to O defaults to a value of 1 Phone Number The phone number used for this port when doing demand dialing Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Net Inactivity The number of minutes allowed for serial protocol
54. shows an example of the Model Information view accessed from the Icon Subviews menu for the Xylogics model s Device icon Model Information views are also available for each of the Interface icons in the Interface Device and Interface Device Topology views and for each of the Application icons in the Application view Although these views may vary slightly depending on the particular entity being modeled their basic layout and content are similar for most SPECTRUM management modules Therefore these views are described in more detail in the SPECTRUM Views documentation Device Management Figure 12 Model Information View SpectroGRAPH Model Information General Information MM Name DCM TimeOut MM Part Number DCM Retry MM Version Number Community Name Model Type Mgmnt Protocol Model Creation Time Model Created By E Model State j Poll Interval Security String n Polling Status Communication Information Poll Log Information IP_Address of type Xylogics of Landscape X Primary Xylogics Terminal Server A Address Translation table 34 Administrative Status 34 Application Common Bridging GenBridgingApp 38 Ethernet EthernetApp 38 MIB II SNMP2_Agent 38 Routing GenRtrApp 38 Device specific 38 Icons 36 Authoritative Agent 52 B Boot Parameters 50 C Chassis Device View 11 Colors Interface Status Label 12 Condition Status
55. specific views Device Management 11 Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Logical Interface Icons Figure 4 shows a close up of an Interface icon from an Interface Device view Most of the informational labels on the icon also provide double click access to other views as explained in the following label descriptions Figure 4 Interface Icon a b Interface Number Label IF Status Label Interface Type Label Physical Address Label a o ogo Device Management Logical Device View Interface Number Label This label displays the interface number IF Status Label This label displays the current Operational Status of the interface see Table 1 Note that the background color of the label also depends on the interface s current Administrative Status which is set by the user see Interface Status View on Page 33 This view can be accessed by double clicking the label Table 1 Interface Status Label Colors Color Operational Administrative Label Status Status Text Green ON ON ON Blue OFF Ott Ott Yellow OFF ON Ott Red Testing tttt tttt Interface Type Label This label identifies the type of interface e g Ethernet FDDI Other etc Double click this label to access the Secondary Address Panel Page 34 Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Physical Address Label This label displays the physical MAC address of the interface Double click the label to
56. ss to the CLI adaptive Provides a port with both cli and slave capability unused Indicates that the port is not configured Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Table 4 Access Methods Method Description slip Provides a port that can perform as a network interface using SLIP dedicate Provides a port with access to only one specific host as defined in the Dedicated Addr parameter Ppp Provides a port that can perform as a network interface using PPP ara provides a port that can perform as a network interface using ppp invalid marks the port as invalid DTR Signal Controls the Data Terminal Ready output control signal for this serial port Valid set values are high low or unknown RTS Signal Controls the Request to Send output control signal for this serial port Valid set values are high low or unknown Device Management Autobaud When enabled specifies that the line speed should be determined when opening the connection The default is disabled Allow Broadcasts If enabled allows the serial port to receive broadcast messages generated by the broadcast and boot commands Broadcast Direction Defines the direction in which a administrative broadcast message is sent This parameter is valid only if the Mode parameter is set to save If network is specified administrative broadcast messages are sent out of the network side of the connec
57. t Savings This button allows you to define the daylight savings time for the geographic location of the terminal server Time Broadcast Setting this button to Enabled allows the terminal server to broadcast for the time if the preferred load host does not provide a time server Boot Host The Internet Protocol IP address of the host from which the terminal server booted Image File The name of the image file from which the terminal server last booted Domain The default domain name provided by the Domain Name Server Syslog Host SW Type The software version variant running in the terminal server Configuration Views Major SW Rev The major software release number Minor SW Rev The minor software release number SW Build Provides a long rectangular window displaying the full name of the software build including software version major and minor version numbers and date and time of the build Syslog Host Provides the Internet Protocol IP address of the host configured to log terminal server messages Syslog Facility This button allows you to select the syslog facility used in logging in terminal server messages Syslog Mask Provides a long rectangular window displaying the priority levels of events logged into the terminal server syslog file The default value is None Boot Parameters This button accesses the Boot and Network Administration View described later in this section
58. than two seconds is received This parameter is only valid for a CLI connection The default is Enabled Input Is Activity Enabling this parameter resets the inactivity timer when input is received at the port The default is Enabled Device Management 25 Output Is Activity Enabling this parameter resets the inactivity timer when output is transmitted to the port and places an entry in the who table if the Type parameter is hard wired The default is Disabled Reset Inactivity Timer Resets the Port Inactivity Timer according to input or output activity CLI Inactivity Timer The amount of time in minutes that the terminal server waits before hanging up the port if it becomes idle The CLI Inactivity Timer only effects ports with no active CLI jobs Allowable values range from O or off to 254 minutes The default is O Port Inactivity Timer The amount of time in minutes that a port can remain inactive Allowable values range from O or off to 254 minutes The default is O TCP Keep Alive Timer The default keep alive value for connections to this serial port If this is zero use the value specified by TCPkeepalive Forwarding Timer This parameter sets the time in five millisecond intervals that will elapse before forwarding Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views received data If new data is received before the timer expires the terminal server resets the timer and defers
59. the unit EEPROM size The size of EEPROM present in the unit reported in kilobytes EEPROM is used to store configuration parameters and filter definitions for all platforms Flash Size The size of the FLASH memory in the unit FLASH memory is used to store an operation image in Device Management 57 Device Configuration View self boot units If the ROM revision in the unit is less than 0750 the size is used to store an operation image in self boot units Chassis Slot ID The current slot number for the module in the chassis Network Parameters This button access the Network Administration Table described later in this chapter Interface RIP Table This button describes the Interface RIP Table View described later in this section Boot Parameters This button accesses the Boot and Network Administration View described later in this section Software Parameters This button accesses the Software Configuration View described later in this chapter Protocol Parameters This button accesses the Protocol Administration View described later in this chapter Serial Port Parameters Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views This button accesses the Serial Port View described later in this chapter Trap Host Parameters This button accesses the Trap Host View described later in this chapter LAT Parameters This button accesses the LAT Parameters View
60. tion If Port is specified broadcast messages are sent out of the port side of the connection The default is Port Session Mode The default session mode when the DECServer command interface is configured The default is interactive ARAP V 42bis Controls whether V 42bis compression is done during an ARAP session This button may be enabled or disabled Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Banner Allows you to enable or disable the Annex banner and message of the day Imask 7Bit If enabled the port ignores the eighth bit of received characters The default is Disabled CLI Imask7 If enabled CLI input is masked to seven bits If disabled eight bit ASCII input is expected The default is Enabled CLI Interface Specifies either a UNIX or VMS command line interface The default is Unix Flow Control This button accesses the Serial Port Flow Control and Signal Parameters View which is described later in this chapter Port Timers This button accesses the Serial Port Timers and Counters view which is described later in this chapter Device Management 23 Port Security This button accesses the Port Security Parameters view which is described later in this chapter CLI Line Editing This button accesses the CLI Line Editing Parameters view which is described later in this chapter SLIP PPP Parameters This button accesses the Serial Networking Parameters
61. tion View LAT B This feature controls interpretation of LAT Data B packets received from the host MicroAnnex MicroCS and CSMIM ll Configuration View The Configuration View for the MicroAnnex MicroCS and theCSMIM II contain the following fields and buttons for accessing additional Views or tables HW Type The hardware type on which the terminal server is running The following are object types err annex annex3 microannex microels Xylogics Terminal Server devicel ods Synoptics5390 Xylogics Terminal Server device2 annexs2000 microcs and annex4000 HW Rev The revision level of the hardware platform on which the terminal server is running ROM Rev The revision number of the ROM Monitor Software Memory Size The amount of memory in the terminal server Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views Chassis Segment The current hub backplane segment to which the module is attached If unknown a value of O is returned Serial Ports The number of basic character serial ports available Clicking the Detail button accesses the Serial Port Table described later in this section Lan Interface HW Type The type of LAN interface hardware in the unit MAC Address The serial number assigned to the unit Attachment Changes The total number of attachment changes for the module since the last cold warm start for the module If unknown a value of O is returned Memory Size The amount of memory present in
62. ts a carriage return character for carriage return line feed Device Management 45 Xyl Parallel Application Views Hardware Tabs This parameter controls whether the Annex sends a tab character to the printer If disabled the tab is replaced with spaces Map to Upper When enabled the Annex translates all lower case characters to upper case before transmitting the characters to the printer Speed The current printer speed The values are normal or high speed Interface Specifies the type of printer attached to the port Printer choices are Centronics or Dataproducts Xylogics Terminal Server Performance Views This section provides brief descriptions of the Performance views available for models of Xylogics Terminal Server devices in SPECTRUM Performance views provide statistical information about the operation of the device and packet information for the device and its ports The following performance views are described in this section e Device Performance View e Performance View Page 47 For more information on Performance views refer to the SPECTRUM Views documentation Device Performance View Access From the Ilcon Subviews menu for the Device icon select Device Performance This view Figure 10 includes both a graph anda table that show current average and peak values for the following performance statistics e CPU Utilization Threshold e Buffer Utilization Threshold Dev
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64. uter for which it was acquired is inoperative 3 Reproduced for archival or backup purposes 4 Modified adapted or combined with other computer software provided that the modified combined or adapted portions of the derivative software incorporating restricted computer software are made subject to the same restricted rights 5 Disclosed to and reproduced for use by support service contractors in accordance with subparagraphs b 1 through 4 of this clause provided the Government makes such disclosure or reproduction subject to these restricted rights and 6 Used or copied for use in or transferred to a replacement computer c Notwithstanding the foregoing if this computer software is published copyrighted computer software it is licensed to the Government without disclosure prohibitions with the minimum rights set forth in paragraph b of this clause d Any other rights or limitations regarding the use duplication or disclosure of this computer software are to be expressly stated in or incorporated in the contract e This Notice shall be marked on any reproduction of this computer software in whole or in part Xylogics Terminal Server Contents INTRODUCTION 6 Interface NUMDEL cccccceceeseeeeceseeeeeeeneseensannees 17 Purpose and See aciccasiccssichisiceiesisbtienpsbenhieinansawaeeie 6 Port Interiage AaS eiee 17 Regua Read scr cecsacscaisiccani cinsiseiccesandesslestraecarbesatie
65. view which is described later in this chapter LAT Parameters This button accesses the LAT Port Parameters view which is described later in this chapter Serial Port Flow Control and Signal Parameters View To access the Serial Port Flow Control and Signal Parameters view click the Serial Port Configuration view Flow Control button This view provides the following information about serial port and signal parameters Xylogics Terminal Server Device Views Control Lines The type of hardware control lines used on the port Table 5 describes the available control types The default is none Table 5 Hardware Control Lines Control Type Description none Does not implement hardware control lines flowcontrol Configures the control lines for flow control using RTS CTS bust does not activate hardware flow control modemcontrol Configure the control lines for modem control using DCD DTR hand shaking both Allows both flow and modem control Need DSR Enabling this parameter allows the terminal server to send a DSR Data Set Ready signal to determine if there is a device attached to the corresponding serial line The default is Disabled Device Management 24 IXany Flow Control Enabling this parameter treats any input character as a start Q character even if output has been suspended by a stop S character The default is Disabled Bidirectional Modem
66. w provides the following information for the Xylogics Terminal Server device s Ethernet interfaces Interface Provides the interface number for this port Operational Status The current operational state of the port ON OFF or TEST Administrative Status The desired operational state of the port ON OFF or TEST This field can be changed Last Status Change The System UpTime value when the port entered its current operational state Physical Address The Ethernet MAC address of the port Bandwidth The estimated bandwidth of the interface measured in bits per second For interfaces that do not vary in bandwidth or for which no accurate estimate can be made a nominal bandwidth is provided Device Management Ethernet Logical Interface Icon Largest Datagram Supported The largest Maximum Transmission Unit MTU that can be transmitted or received by the port measured in octets Length of Output Packet Queue The length of the outbound packet queue in packets Interface Receive Statistics The Interface Receive Statistics view provides the following information on incoming port traffic measured in packets received Unknown Protocol Packets Received The number of discarded packets because of an unknown protocol Unicast Packets Delivered The number of unicast packets delivered to a higher level protocol NonUnicast Packets Delivered The number of non unicast packets delivered to a higher level proto
67. ze Device Management Device Configuration View Defines the number of entries in the terminal server host table Zero indicates no host table 251 sets no limit on the size of the table Name Server 1 This button allows you to define the name server type on the primary name server host Choices are none ien116 and dns Name Server1 Addr The Internet address of the primary host providing the name service Name Server 2 This button allows you to define the name server type on the secondary name server host Choices are none ien116 and dns Name Server2 Addr The Internet address of the secondary host providing the name service Diagnostic View The Diagnostic View provides information on the Xylogics Terminal Server device s status over a period of time Xylogics Terminal Server Configuration Views You can access the Diagnostic View by double clicking on the Diagnostic View label or selecting Diagnostic from the Icon SubViews menu Diagnostic View Information The attributes displayed are pre selected and use colors to represent the following statistics Cntx Switches The total number of context switches since last booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Activations The number of processes that have been activated since last booting the Xylogics Terminal Server device Reschedules The total number of processes that have timed out since last booting the Xylogics Terminal Serve

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