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2. Figure 4 2 Agent Identification Information window Page 4 3 Configuring Asant Hubs Page 4 4 Field Name From the Agent Identification Informationw indow you can open the Agent Communication Information w in dow by clicking the Communication button see Figure 4 3 You can also select the Communication option from the Get Information submenu Agent Communication Information Identification Name IDF 3 Hub 2 6 Phys address 00 00 94 40 08 2F IP address 192 203 53 6 Out of band communication RS232 baud rate 9600 AMS link baud rate 9600 Dial string In band communication SubNet mask 255 255 255 0 Dommeanity read Default router 192 203 53 1 Dommunity wte Load mode Local Boot Authentication traps DJ Boot mode TFTP Only Trap receiver oO Boot server 0 0 0 0 Trap communis Boot file System message Agent information retrieved Identification Modify Quit Figure 4 3 Agent Communication Information window To close the window click Quit 4 To modify the parameters in the window click the Modify button to open the Set Agent Parameters window see Setting Hub Parameters on page 4 6 for more informa tion Table 4 1 and Table 4 2 describe the fields in the Agent Identification and Agent Communication w indows respectively Table 4 1 Agent Identification Information Contents Name Location Contact IP address Device name text string desc
3. Table 8 4 All Port Monitor Statistics Target Select Hub Hub icon Group Open the front panel and select Group Click Next in the Statistics window to switch to another group The following procedure tells how to display the All Port Monitor 1 Double click an active hub on the map 2 Open the Performance menu 3 Select Network Analysis then All Port Monitor The All Port Monitor window appears as shown in Figure 8 11 Select sample interval in popup menu Network Analysis Click Pause to stop Click Reset to clear and start data acquisition the table and start over iS Mon Feb 28 1994 16 01 16 Target Slave 1 Group 2 Sample interval 5 seconds Current pkts s Total pkts 3 d RN H E e Ds Pot ID _ Lu la s L Duration All Port Monitor 192 203 54 192 Good framg po 0l 0 0l 2 0l 0 90 0 0l EE d Bad frames gt Selection Lists Total pkts Good frames Bad frames _ AA No A MAA LL Y A RAS 0f o0 E n0E 0i uj 0 0f 90 0 0f A 0 of 9 9 Q0 0 0f 9 9 0 0f 0 IO SES IA ES Figure 8 11 All Port Monitor window 4 View the displayed data a a a To select the sampling period use the Sample Inter val popup menu To stop the display activity and statistics gathering click the Pause button to resume display activity and statistics gatheri
4. Figure 2 5 Add Text dialog box 2 Enter the text you want to display on the map The dialog provides room to display about 21 characters at atime but you can enter more The text will scroll off to the left To see the text that has scrolled out of sight use the Cursor Arrow keys on the keyboard 3 Click OK to confirm or click Cancel to close the dialog The text appears on the map You can select the text and move it to the desired location To modify an existing text object 1 Select the text you want to change 2 Click the Modify Device tool This opens the Modify Text dialog shown in Figure 2 6 where you can make changes to the text string Text Figure 2 6 Modify Text dialog box 3 Click OK to confirm changes or click Cancel close the dialog The changed text will appear on the map You can select this text and move it to the desired location Page 2 7 Mapping the Network Page 2 8 To remove atext object 1 Select the text object 2 Click the Remove Device tool A dialog appears prompting you to confirm the operation 3 Click Yes to confirm and remove the text object or click No to take no action and close the dialog Map Link Tool links on the current map Figure 2 7 Map Link Tool Use the Map Link tool to draw lines representing links on the network between devices only one link can be drawn between two devices This makes it easy to arrange your map in a logica
5. 1 Click anywhere on the hub panel view window to activate it a To move the panel display window select and drag the window to another area on the screen On the NetStacker hub select and drag the title bar of the window a To switch between front and rear views on the Asant Hub 1012 click the BACK or FRONT button A Thereis no BACK or FRONT button on the Asant 10164Q or Asant FAST 100 Management Module dis plays these units can only be viewed from their front panel The hub map label appears in the top portion of the panel view This label can be one of four formats Alias name Device name IP address or Physical address To change the hub map label format use the Preference command in the File menu on the map The panel view displays the hub status indicators in real time The Link Receive LEDs for the Uplink and SNMP ports blink regularly to indicate activity Page 4 7 Configuring Asant Hubs Configuring Ports Accessing the Port Page 4 8 Control Window Asant View provides complete port configuration capabilities All Asant hub ports are treated as logical groups For example an Asant Hub 1012 has a single group of 12 ports but a NetStacker can have several groups depending on what repeater modules are installed in the chassis You can use the Control command in the Configuration menu or access the Control function directly from a Panel View to get to the Port Control window A I
6. Figure 2 8 Link Information window 5 Click OK to confirm the link or click Cancel close the dialog To remove a link 1 Select the link that is the line drawn between the devices then click the Remove Device tool A dialog appears prompting you to confirm the remove operation 2 Click Yes to remove the device or click No to take no action and close the dialog Page 2 9 Mapping the Network Page 2 10 To modify the contents of the Link Information dialog 1 Select the link and click the Modify Device tool The Link Information dialog appears see Figure 2 8 2 Type the changes in the Link Information dialog 3 Click OK to confirm the changes or click Cancel to close the dialog Zoom Home Tool Use the Zoom Home tool to see all ___ devices on the map Figure 2 9 Zoom Home Tool Use the Zoom Home tool to redraw the map to show all devices in the map window To use the tool click the Zoom Home tool in the Tool Box The map is redrawn to display all devices on the map Zoom In Tool portion ofthe current map A Figure 2 10 Zoom In Tool Use the Zoom In tool to get a closer view of a portion of the map 1 Click the Zoom In tool in the Tool Box The mouse pointer changes to a crosshair pointer Mapping Network Segments 2 Draw a marquee around the map area you want to enlarge by placing the crosshairs at the upper left corner of the area holding down the mouse button and
7. Q Alias name the device alias Q Device name the name stored in the device Sys Name object a IP address the device s IP address a Phys address the physical address of the device 4 Click OK to close the window or click Cancel to take no action and close the window Page 2 5 Mapping the Network The Map Editor Tool Box Page 2 6 The Map Editor Tool Box also referred to as just Tool Box provides tools for editing a map modifying the way devices display and display ing network links between devices on the map To open the Map Editor Tool Box 1 Open the File menu 2 Select Map Editor The Map Editor Tool Box appears as shown in Figure 2 3 A check mark next to the Map Editor command in the File menu indicates an activated Tool Box Text Tool Remove Device Map Link Add Device Zoom Home Modify Device Zoom In Zoom Out Figure 2 3 Map Editor Tool Box The sections that follow describe the Tool Box elements Text Tool Use the Text tool to add text gt IT on the current map Figure 2 4 Text Tool Use the Texttool to enter text directly on the map You can make notes to yourself or add comments about devices or links displayed on the map All text entered is saved as part of the map file Mapping Network Segments To use the Text tool Click the Text tool in the Tool Box The Add Text dialog appears as shown in Figure 2 5 Text Cancel j
8. Bootp TFTP Q Are you sure that you want to exit the Bootp TFTP application Figure 6 4 Bootp and TFTP Exit Confirmation window Click the Yes button to proceed Asant View displays a window telling you that the DDE Server is disconnected Figure 6 5 shows an example of this message window AMSView amp DDE Server disconnected Figure 6 5 DDE Server Disconnect message 14 Click the OK button to close the message window Next add the new NetRAS to your map You can use a new or existing map to do this 1 Click the Add Device tool in the Map EditorToolbox TheAdd Device tool is the icon displayed below A The Map Editor Toolbox can be displayed by selecting Map Editor from the File menu The Add Device window appears Open the Device type drop down menu NJ Select NetConnect RAS UJ Oo ui Initializing the NetRAS Enter an alias name for the NetRAS in the Alias name field the name is valid for this map only Enter the IP address of the NetRAS in the IP address field Enter the AMS community string in the Read comm field This should be the same community string as in the Com munity field of the NetRAS Bootp request window see Figure 6 2 on page 6 2 The default is private Enter the same AMS community string as in the previous step in the Write comm field A The Poll type and Poll cycle fields can be left with their defaults If you want to change this information and y
9. Reduce threshold disabled default IN Reduce threshold enabled Can be used to decrease the noise threshold tolerance in order to allow use of longer twisted pair links Page 4 13 Configuring Asant Hubs Page 4 14 Control Button Meaning Function Port disable UTP BNC AUI AUTO not used with the Asant Hub 2072 or OUT Port not partitioned default IN Port partitioned Partitions stops transmission on the specified port This is done manually by the operator while auto partitioning is done automatically by the hub in certain circumstances Use this command to isolate network devices possibly causing problems on the network or to prevent unauthorized use of a port or station Sets primary redundant link options for this hub s uplink Select UTP BNC or AUI to establish the connection as the primary uplink Select AUTO to use the default sequence NetStacker hub for selection AUI UTP BNC Refresh Updates the information displayed in the window Apply Sends current window settings to the hub Quit Closes window without transmitting changes to the device Status The command status line at the bottom of the window displays window status for example Command is executing Table 4 5 Port Control Window Menu Refresh Updates the information displayed in the window Apply Sends current window settings to the hub Bank Select Selects ports 1 8 or 9 16 this menu item is active only with the
10. Target Select Hub Segment Group or Port from the popup menu as the target to be polled for the threshold Group Select the appropriate group number from the popup menu Number The contents of the popup menu depend on the device you have selected Port Number Enter the number of the port if you selected Port as the target Owner String Subject Value Interval Condition This field is inactive if you selected the hub as the target Not modifiable The IP address of your device will appear in this field after you enter the table entry in the Modify Threshold Table Entry window From the popup menu select the counter type to be polled The available subjects are Good frames Multicast Broadcast Frame too long Runts Alignment error Fragment FCS errors IFG errors DRM errors Short event Collision Late collision Auto partition SFD missing Bad frames Enter the number for the threshold water mark Enter the value in seconds for the polling interval From the popup menu select Rise Fall or Rise Fall to indicate whether the trap is sent when the event rate exceeds or falls below the threshold or both Page 7 22 Field Name Setting Thresholds Instructions Action From the popup menu select one of the following actions to be taken on threshold violation Send Trap to send a trap Prtn Trap to send a trap and partition the target port Trap Page to send a trap and page
11. Quit Click Quitto close the window Page 5 23 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server e Initializing the NetRAS on page 6 2 e Defining NetRAS Information on page 6 6 e Configuring Ports on page 6 14 e Editing the Server Modem Configuration List on page 6 19 e Setting Up SNMP Managers on page 6 22 e Configuring the Zone Filter List on page 6 24 FASANT Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Initializing the Using the procedure that follows you can use Asant View to initialize a NetRAS new NetRAS Remote Access Server The procedure has two parts Q Sendingthe NetRAS IP information to the bootp ser ver Q Adding the NetRAS to your map Start Asant View 2 6 and log in as supervisor ha Open the Application menu N Select Bootp The BootP and TFTP window opens it should be empty at this point Figure 6 1 shows an example UJ Bootp and TFTP File Index Time stamp Received from Message Figure 6 1 Bootp window before NetRAS initialization 4 Connect the NetRAS to the network 5 Power on the NetRAS Asant View 2 6 displays a NetRAS Bootp request win dow An example of this window is shown in Figure 6 2 NetRAS Bootp request Select apply to initialize this Net RAS or Cancel to ignore this request Phys address 00 c0 2c 02 88 40 IP address 10 10 10 10 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default router 0 0 0 0 Manage
12. Retrieved valid rows entries 46 to 50 9 Apr 97 10 53 05 Retrieved valid rows entries 51 to 55 9 Apr 97 10 53 05 Table complete j Figure 7 19 Node Database window To add node information 1 Click Add 2 For an existing or new physical address enter the new physical address in the Physical address field 3 Foran existing or new alias enter the new alias in the Alias field 4 Complete other fields as desired Click Apply to save the data in the node database file To find a specific node in the node database 1 Click the Search button to open the Search Node window 2 Choose between Phys address or Alias and enter the appropriate address or alias to be searched for in the database in the Target field 3 Click OK or click Cancel to take no action and close the window Page 7 29 Monitoring the Network Introduction on page 8 2 Checking for Alert Messages on page 8 3 Using the Hub Meter on page 8 6 Network Statistics on page 8 8 Packet Distribution on page 8 12 Network Analysis on page 8 14 Other Monitoring Tools on page 8 18 Logging Information on page 8 25 Using MIB Il on page 8 44 ZVASANIE Monitoring the Network Page 8 2 Introduction Target Asant View 2 6 provides several powerful tools for monitoring network performance and examining the state of the network in real time and historical perspectives These tools can help you isolate problems determine if a device
13. The Time limit field is the maximum length of time a user can be logged on to an Apple Remote Access ARA port Enter None or Oto set the time to unlimited Enter the Telnet administrator port number The Port field is atext box in which you can type astring for the admin port number used to manage the NetRAS via Telnet When you establish aTelnet session with the NetRAS enter both the IP address and the admin port num ber A Thenumber must be greater than or equal to 3000 and less than or equal to 32 767 Choose Yes or No for dial out authentication The Authentication field is a popup menu that specifies whether or not a login name and password are required to dial out from the NetRAS viaTelnet The default is Yes Choose Yes or No for dial out disable The Disable field is also a popup menu Here you can specify whether or not you can dial out from a NetRAS port viaTelnet The default is Yes Click the Apply button to send the changes to the NetRAS Page 6 13 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Configuring Ports You can configure modem and other related data communication parameters for each remote user port installed on the NetRAS This is a two part procedure modify the parameters A if you make any changes in the port configuration you must reset the NetRAS before they take effect Resetting the device will automatically log out any remote users connected at that time Viewing the Current Por
14. Write Read Write Read Write np o a Eam LS remi rpm s d 24 Mi 4 mimm mm m po nm m fro 9 II 9 s aU MA Uv 313 Et RIK tjt i po Retrieved table row entry 11 Retrieved table row entry 12 Retrieved table row entry 13 Table complete ELLE Figure 6 13 Sample SNMP Manager window 4 View the displayed data Adding or Modifying an To add or modify and entry in the SNMP Manager SNMP Manager Profile 1 Open the SNMP Manager Q To add an entry click the Add button in the SNMP Managers window The Add SNMP Manager window appears Page 6 22 Setting Up SNMP Managers a To modify an existing entry select the entry you want to modify then click the Modify button The Modify SNMP Manager window as shown in Figure 6 14 appears Modify SNMP Manager Alias NetRAS Index 2 Manager IP address 192 203 54 173 Community string kschwem Community type Read Write E System message ERA Figure 6 14 Sample Modify SNMP Manager window 2 Enter a text string in the Community field This community string is compared to both the read and write community strings assigned to the NetRAS when it is added to the map by the user who will manage it 3 Enter the IP address of the Macintosh or PC that will be running Asant View for the designated user This IP address is compared to that of the PC or Macintosh adding this NetRAS to an Asant View map 4 Define
15. after you select either Bootp or TFTP from the Appli cation menu you can select the other application from the File menu of the Bootp and TFTP win dow 1 Select Exit from the Bootp and TFTP window menu The Bootp TFTP window as shown in Figure 7 10 appears asking you to confirm Bootp TFTP o Are you sure that you want to exit the Bootp TFTP application Figure 7 10 Bootp TFTP Application Exit Message dialog box 2 Click Yes to exit the application Page 7 15 General Network Configuration The AMSView window appears as shown in Figure 7 11 notifying you that the DDE server was disconnected AMSView e DDE Server disconnected Figure 7 11 DDE Server Disconnected dialog box Editing the Bootptab txt You can manually edit the bootptab txt file and enter the NetRAS infor Page 7 16 File mation before doing an upgrade This file is in the same directory in which the Asant View executable is installed The default directory is C AVIEW To edit the bootptab txt file 1 Open the bootptab txt file with a text editor or wordpro cessing program The file contains fields delimited by semicolons Figure 7 12 shows a sample bootptab txt file with two entries Commented line must begin with column 1 Stnctly follow the format shown below FMAC Address Hardware type MAC Address length JP Address Config file name Default gateway IP Address 000094010203 31 6 10 10 10 1
16. column to apply the entry Table 7 4 describes the Port Intrusion window fields Table 7 4 Port Intrusion Control Options Field Name Contents Meaning group number The number of the group selected port 1 12 Any of the device ports on the selected hub or group 3in1 port or uplink port not available accepted Physical Physical Ethernet MAC address of device Source address permitted to transmit through this port address action Not Set No action is taken on intrusion Prtn Port Hub partitions port on intrusion Send Trap Hub sends trap message about intrusion to Asant View Management Station or other trap receivers Prtn Trap Hub partitions port and sends trap on intrusion Trap Page Hub sends trap and activates pager on intrusion Prtn Trp Pge Hub partitions port activates pager and sends trap on intrusion Yes No Yes No Sends or does not send the defined parameters to the port when Apply is pushed Apply Sends all enabled port intrusion parameters to the hub when clicked on Configure Learns current active users on the ports and displays their physical addresses Refresh Requests current intrusion parameters from the hub Quit No action taken window is closed 1The Management Station must be set for paging Use the Pager Info command in the File menu see Asant View 2 6 Can Page You on page 7 18 Finding Talkers Finding Talkers Find Talker allows you to determine what nodes connected to Asan
17. hubs Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 2072 and NetStacker have the ability to store up to 12 physical Ethernet addresses per port This means you can receive station ID information from a hub port with a non managed 12 port hub connected to it A Node summary information is not available for the Asant Bridge the Asant Hub 1016Q the Asant FAST 100 Management Module and the NetRAS To obtain a node summary report use the following procedure Double click the desired hub on the current map to open its front panel view Open the Security menu Click Node Summary The Node Summary window opens as shown in Figure 8 13 Asant View interrogates the selected hub Node Summary 192 203 54 192 Refresh Aging Quit Src IP address Source Destination Pkt type Len Idle time NNNNNNNNNNNNA gt 192 203 54 192 192 203 54 188 192 203 54 192 192 203 53 1 Asante O4e4fc Asante OSdfba 192 203 54 189 Asante 108b82 Asante 20726d Asante 20cd1c Asante 20f53b Asante 20fBcc Asante 20fa52 192 203 54 188 08 00 07 14 d6 0a NSC 10cf1 09 00 07 fF fF fF Asante 20726d 192 203 53 1 01 80 c2 00 00 00 Asante 20cd1c Asante O4e4fc Asante 20fa52 Asante 20726d 192 203 53 1 Asante 20cd1c 192 203 53 1 09 00 07 fff fF DOD IP 64 Status Node summary complete Figure 8 13 Node Summa ry window Other Monitoring Tools Node Summary column descriptions Gr Prt Lists the ac
18. two seconds Page 5 5 Configuring Asant Bridges Spanning Tree Hold Time The amount of time in seconds provided by the current root bridge that each configuration BPDU is held by the bridge before being sent out Thistimer works in parallel with the Spanning tree hello time and should be smaller than the hello timer The recommended IEEE 802 1d time is 1s one second Spanning Tree Forward Delay The delay time in seconds provided by the current root bridge before a bridge starts forwarding data packets Before a bridge changes a port from blocking to forwarding it passes through the listening and learning transition states The time the bridge spends between the listening and learning states and between the learning and forwarding states is the forward delay time The recommended IEEE 802 1d time is 15s 15 seconds A Thecurrent root bridge defines the following four parameters which are in turn used by all bridges in the spanning tree spanning tree maximum age span ning tree hold time spanning tree hello time and for ward delay time value Page 5 6 Modifying the Spanning Tree Information Fields Configuring the Spanning Tree You can modify a bridge s own spanning tree parameters in the Span ning Tree Set Up window A WN EP A These parameters come into effect only if and when the selected bridge becomes the root bridge Double click the bridge icon to be modified Open the Configuration men
19. untitled map 1 If this is your first map or you have made changes to the current map click Save Map from the File menu to save the map You must use the map extension in the filename Asant View only recognizes map files with this extension 2 Select Load Map from the File menu The dialog shown in Figure 2 18 appears Load Map File File name mytest map Files in c aview Load Figure 2 18 Load Map File window 3 Select a map file from the list and click Load or click New Map to get a new untitled map file Asant View displays a dialog reminding you to save the cur rent map file if you made changes to it The dialog shown in Figure 2 19 appears just before Asant View loads a new or previously saved map file Map has been changed Do you want to save the map Figure 2 19 Save Map dialog box 4 If you get the Save Map dialog click Yes to save the map file or click No to discard it Creating a New Map Manually Building a Map To create a new map manually Click Load Map from the File menu Asant View opens the Load Map File dialog box as shown in Figure 2 20 Load Map File File name mytest map Files in c aviewib Load Cancel Figure 2 20 Load Map File window 2 Click the New Map button If a map is already open Asant View 2 6 prompts you to save it You can save the open map or click No to close it without saving and
20. view 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select ZoneFilter The Zone Filter List window as shown in Figure 6 15 appears 4 Click the Add button in the Zone Filter List window The Zone Filter window as shown in Figure 6 16 appears Zone Filter Alias 192 203 53 225 Index 1 Zone filter name First Zone System message Figure 6 16 Sample Zone Filter window 5 Type the name of the new zone in the Zone filter name field You must enter the new zone name exactly as it is defined for your network A Be very careful when typing zone names as Asant View does not check for the validity of the zone names you enter into the Appletalk Zone Table Figure 6 16 shows a zone name already typed in 6 Click the Apply button to add the zone name to the list Click the Quit button to take no action and close the win dow The System message area displays the following Settings sent Settings successful Page 6 25 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Modifying Zone Filter Page 6 26 List Entries A Ifyou type the name of a zone that already exists in the table you get an error message similar to the one displayed in Figure 6 17 when you click the Apply button Zone Filter 192 203 53 225 4 Zone filter name First Zone System message Settings failed Figure 6 17 Sample Zone Filter Error Message dialog box 7 8 Continue typing a zone name and clicking the Apply but
21. 131 up Figure 8 3 Sample Event Reports window Each event report is time stamped and identified by the agent address The window can display up to 100 of the most recent events 2 View any displayed data To close the window click in the close minimize box in the upper right corner of the window The window closes and the icon re appears at the bottom of your screen The following paragraphs describe the menu items in the Event Reports menu bar Log Start Log Stop a The Log Start command indicates that logging is stopped and you can start it a The Log Stop command indicates that logging is active and you can stop it The Event Reports window logs the following a Exceeded thresholds A Nodeintrusions Q Generic SNMP trap events Cold Start Warm Start Link Up Link Down Authentication Violation and EGP neighbor loss A OtherAsant device specific traps in the event log file which is in the directory containing the Asant View 2 6 executable file Page 8 4 Checking for Alert Messages Show More Use the Show more command in the Event Reports window to sort the event reports into three separate windows You can display the following events a Threshold Exceeded Events a Node Intrusion Events a RemoteAccess Server Events To sort the Event Reports 1 Open the Show more menu Q Click Threshold to display threshold exceeded events in a separate window Q Click Node Security under
22. 15 Asant FAST 100 HUB Power display Group numbers Figure 3 11 Asant FAST 100 Management Module Front Panel View The following paragraphs describe the elements of the Asant FAST 100 Management Module front panel view Collision Display Displays the amount of packet collisions on the hub stack to which the management module is connected the LEDs light when a colli sion or bad packet occurs on a hub port Utilization Display Displays the amount of traffic being handled by the hub stack to which the management module is connected Power Display Displays power for the management module the LED lights green when it is powered on Group Number Displaysthe group number assigned to this module in the hub stack Each module in an interconnected Asant FAST 100 Management Module and 100 Hub stack is assigned a Group number The bottom module is assigned Group 15 the next module up is Group 14 and so on Page 3 25 Using the Panel View Asant FAST 100 Management Module Page 3 26 Menu Bar The menu bar provides both direct module control functions and access to network statistics windows Except for the Agent Identification Configuration window all win dows for the Asant FAST 100 Management Module mentioned in this section are accessible only from the Asant FAST 100 Management Mod ule menu bar Thefollowing paragraphs explain the menu items Menu items are listed in a Menu Bar Item SubMenu Item format
23. 2 subgroup 2 3 limits 2 3 link tool 2 8 modify device tool 2 7 moving see also hand tool 2 15 map continued navigating maps 2 25 network function 2 2 overview 2 2 new creating 2 18 creating manually 2 19 notes creating on amap 2 6 editing on a map 2 7 removing on amap 2 8 parent creating 2 20 2 22 preferences defining 2 4 2 5 remove device tool 2 8 tree creating 2 20 window 2 4 mapping child maps 2 22 2 24 hierarchical 2 20 limits 2 3 network segments 2 2 parent maps 2 22 subgroups 2 22 MAU media attachment unit 3 7 maximum age spanning tree 5 5 media attachment unit MAU 3 7 meter hub 8 6 MIB II using 8 44 MIBs supported 1 2 Microsoft Windows 3 11 1 3 Windows 95 1 3 WindowsNT 1 3 misc txt file 8 36 node intrusion settings 8 37 node summary parameters 8 38 trap receiver settings 8 38 mode boot viewing for ahub 4 5 load viewing for a hub 4 5 modem scripts adding or modifying 6 20 table of builtin scripts 6 16 server configuration list NetRAS 6 19 modify device tool 2 14 modem profile 6 20 progman INI file 1 5 Index v Index vi monitoring the network 8 2 alert messages 8 3 health reading 8 7 hub meter 8 6 performance 8 2 statistics 8 8 mouse type 1 2 N name user default 1 6 navigating maps 2 25 net boot load mode setting for a hub 4 7 NetRAS active may change at reset message 6 10 adding modem profile 6 20 SNMP Manager profile 6 22 agent administration configuration view
24. 4 4 viewing devices by on map 2 5 devices all searching by 2 17 mapping command 8 22 jabber control disable button 4 13 status ports viewing 4 12 L learning state 5 9 link creating between devices on map 2 6 options primary redundant setting 4 14 removing betw een devices 2 9 status ports 4 12 LED port control 4 12 test disable ports 4 13 tool 2 8 listening state 5 9 load mode viewing for a hub 4 5 log start log stop command 8 4 logging in 1 6 default password 1 6 default user name 1 6 logging out 1 8 lowest cost port to root bridge 5 9 M MacAgent software devices with 2 2 Macintosh device type 2 2 Macintosh continued map icon 2 2 management in band xii information base MIB See MIBs 1 2 map building with discover subgroup 2 16 changing files 2 18 child maps 2 20 2 24 creating more than one 2 20 new maps 2 16 device parameters editing 2 14 links removing 2 9 viewing by alias name 2 5 by device name 2 5 by IP address 2 5 by physical address 2 5 editing tool box 2 6 editor 2 4 2 6 add device tool 2 12 map link tool 2 8 modify device tool 2 14 remove device tool 2 11 text tool 2 6 tool box 2 6 zoom home tool 2 10 zoom in tool 2 10 zoom out tool 2 15 hierarchical creating 2 21 icons Asant Bridge 2 3 Asant FAST 100 Management Module 2 3 backbone 2 3 bridge 2 2 Bridge 1012 2 3 Hub 1012 2 2 Hub 10164Q 2 2 Hub 2072 2 3 Macintosh 2 2 NetRAS 2 3 NetStacker 2 3 router 2 3 stations 2
25. 5 6 7 HB 3 om 1 Stt E Base hub zi LINK RECEIVE sect E SNMP 008 E A m wes NS NMM NS NMM CPU Port status display Hub port selectors status display Figure 3 6 NetStacker with NS NMM Panel View NetStacker hubs with the NS NMM installed always show the NMM as an extra module in the base hub If the base hub does not have an NS NMM installed the base hub is shown normally without the extra mod ule on the bottom Page 3 9 Using the Panel View Page 3 10 The following paragraphs describe the NetStacker with NS NMM panel components NS NMM CPU Status Display Shows CPU activity in the Network Management Module This LED should always be blinking If the LED is off or on continuously a problem exists with the NSNMM Hub Map Label Shows the alias name you assigned this hub in the network map The alias can be edited with the Map Editor the IP address and device name can be edited in the Set Agent Parameters w indow NS NMM Local Management Port This is a passive graphic representing the port used for a direct con nection of the Asant View Management Station to the NS NMM for management Segment Link LEDs These LEDs display the backplane segment to which the module is currently linked only with standard NMM and other host modules The NSNMM is always set to Segment 1 it cannot be changed and it does not have Segment Link LEDs Menu Bar This is a menu bar providing access to Asant View commands and fun
26. 7 16 Sample Bootptab txt filer A X OO eh RR 7 16 Pager Information WINdOW sss e hd e pat e dor ees c Y EE da ar dis t t d 7 18 Add Threshold Table Entry window 7 22 TAr sho ld Table cus wt esta adole peo a ea ey s es 7 23 Port Intrusion WINdOW e 1d am wang das dele RR E Rael het Fd aan ae Janet 7 25 Counter Water Mark WINdOW oec cry Re 9 ey y ewe ch ae pe 7 27 Example of the Find Talker wiNdOW eor ECCO DET cS Ra eed 7 28 Node Database wiNdOW 2 dd ebd ete OE DEA d 1 29 Event Reports menu ODIO oov eau rx ex em RU PX EET Ex WERE RE 8 3 Event Reporte COTES s 3 00 a ori dra der acea d ad dob ehe D douce a 8 3 Sample Event Reports window 8 4 H b Can M GEO ode c ey ra de sans ete torte a ME E CR ee a a 8 6 Example of Hub Statistics in Table Forimat uasa a taa 8 8 Network Statistics in Bar Chart Format isis E EE ERE REPE 8 9 Network Statistics in Line Curve FOME si sys oce C eU e ae ED a 8 9 Packet Distribution Table ruso ox xod xS Pe PE Gaudin an dois a RO e oes 8 12 Packet Distribution Bar Chart 2 ers ee EXER e date 8 13 Packet Distribution Line Curve Chart cc Sew ate rt cd 8 13 All Port Monitor wd OW adea n ax b En ELT os EU DL s 8 15 Utilization window for an Asant Hub 2072 8 16 Node Summary WwWINdOW 1 53 20492 ne v x Rad entes tn d ni 8 18 Aging Time dialog DOX sre exi EE eee tg bass Ved Cea ho
27. Contact person Write comm private Contact phone Poll type SNMP Segment Yiew Poll cycle 0 min 10 sec Apply Lau _ Figure 2 13 Add Device window 2 Select the device type you are adding from the Device type popup menu The options are Hub Station Macintosh Bridge Router Backbone Subgroup Bridge 1012 Hub 2072 NetRAS Asant Bridge N etStacker and Hub 100 See Table 2 1 on page 22 for an explanation of the various network device types and the icon associated with each type Enter an Alias name for the device optional The alias name applies to the map file only 4 Enter the IP address of the device you are adding If the IP address is incorrect Asant View will be unable to poll the device using the Asant SNMP polling protocol 10 Mapping Network Segments A Do not change the default settings for the Read comm and Write comm fields unless you are famil iar with the SNMP protocol suite Enter a text string describing the location of the device in the Location field optional The Location data for the device applies to the map file only it is not sent to the actual device Select a polling method from the Poll type popup menu a SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol a ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol a No poll Asant View does not poll the device the device turns gray on the map Set the
28. Controlling Access Changing a Password Asant View allows individual passwords up to 24 characters in length for each user name Asant View 2 6 comes configured with supervisor as the default Level 1 user name and super as the pass word Be sure to change these defaults as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access to Asant View A Only the password for the currently logged in user can be modified You cannot change or see the pass word of any other user names Asa Level 1 user supervisor you can delete a user s name and password however if you add the user agai can n you cannot assign a password Only the user modify their own password To add or change a password Open the Security menu Click Change Password The Change Password window as shown in Figure 7 2 appears Change Password Figure 7 2 3 4 User name Current password supervisor Cancel Security Menu Change Password window The currently logged in user name is displayed in the User name field Click in the Current password field Enter the current password assigned to your user name The password is case sensitive You must enter the current passw ord for this user name before you can change it Page 7 5 General Network Configuration Page 7 6 O AN OO A Level 1 user supervisor can delete a user name and password from the user name list however when adding the
29. Figure 7 15 Figure 7 16 Figure 7 17 Figure 7 18 Figure 7 19 Figure 8 1 Figure 8 2 Figure 8 3 Figure 8 4 Figure 8 5 Figure 8 6 Figure 8 7 Figure 8 8 Figure 8 9 Figure 8 10 Figure 8 11 Figure 8 12 Figure 8 13 Figure 8 14 Figure 8 15 Figure 8 16 Figure 8 17 Zone Filter List wWINdOW se acce ea x OR Y Wax pied a E ce obe iC et tee 6 24 Sample Zone Filter WIDOOW cotarro 6 25 Sample Zone Filter Error Message dialog box 6 26 AMS Reset Message dialog box 6 29 Reset Acknowledged Message dialog box 6 30 User Assignment WINdOW issuer oan ae xaxa b RR NOI ear CR ee aw ews 7 2 Security Menu Change Password window 75 Reset Selected Hub Confirmation window 7 1 Trap Receiver Table wIhdOW oes e ree Ax Rx XR XR eee EYES 79 In Band Agent Image Download window 7 11 In Band Asant Bridge 1012 Image Download window 7 12 NetRAS User Disconnect Message dialog box 7 13 Requesting BOOED WINKOW estao deat m se nt Ernst tna Sdn Er 7 14 NetRAS Agent Image Download Request Acknowledge dialog box 7 15 Bootp TFTP Application Exit Message dialog box 7 15 DDE Server Disconnected dialog box
30. a software file residing on hardware required by the device to operate on the network Device loads the image file from one of the following Internal PROM LocalBoot mode normal operation A server on the network NetBoot mode bootp tftp or tftp Selects boot and load protocols for file transfer Page 4 5 Configuring Asant Hubs Field Name Contents Boot server IP address of remote server providing Net Boot Boot file Configuration filename and path on default server Community read Community write Authentication traps Trap receiver System message Defines access rights for reading SNMP data objects Defines access rights for writing SNMP data objects Enabled or Disabled Designates the receiving device for all SNMP traps transmitted by this device See Setting Trap Receivers on page 7 9 Provides system messages about a device when it is polled Identification Switches to Identification window Modify Opens the Set Agent Parameters window Quit Closes the window Setting Hub Parameters 1 Click the Modify button in the Agent Identification Information or Agent Communication Information window The Set Agent Parameters window appears as shown in Figure 4 4 Set Agent Parameters Identific ation Name IDF 3 Hub 2 6 Location IDF 3 Contact Jon Prall Out of b and communication Baud rate 9600 Dial string In band S
31. and Symbols Mean xiv Procedures and Instructions susss eui es e Ry xXx x RE A xiv Installing Asant View Software ococococconcn enn 1 1 Hardware Requirements rider creer 12 Asant View Management Station Requirements 12 e e o A eons een beens na tesc le Ron st iris 14 Logging into Asant View ossa ussceus TrRRQCRLP IG EFE TAARG 4 22s AA 1 6 Logging Out of Asant VIGW ciscus RE a End bb KK CA ROCA REEL TRA 1 8 Mapping the NetWork accio A AAA AA AAA E AAA RE dd d 2 1 Mapping Network Segments cus cena a det E pipa db a TER ed 22 DSC Types rrr 22 A o uiure ri EEEn NEE EAL CETE AAEE DENNER EP ERa 2 3 Using the Map Editor Sor i edRilGusk rkESXe4x Y PERRA GEGERERRARSISGG EGRE E Yd4AX Geese AE 24 The Map WindoW SSSR ne io reno oe 24 Th Map Edit r TOOLBOX uuirasidbr euet in she di nes ds eu is 26 Building a Map rre a de D IET nas Dites crane es 2 16 Building Maps Using the Discover Subgroups Command 2 16 Changing Maps sora RAE A NER EET eee EY 2 18 Creating a New Map Manually cece cece mmn 2 19 Building a Hierarchical Map 32er Rent RE x Sede eee RR nr x es 2 20 A Sample Hierarchical Map ica domas acne uera Pe uhEQG a d P dade 221 Creating Parent Wats ccevcctiva tind sede eae de RE VEU RR R E ax Saxa a 2 22 Creating a Child Mapua v st wey tae wed e pnto doe nn E 2 24 Navigating Through the Hi
32. and flush the existing data Page 8 45 Technical Support Asant Technical Support Technical Support Hours Appendix A To contact Asant Technical Support 800 622 7464 Telephone Fax 408 432 6018 Fax Backl 800 741 8607 408 954 8607 Bulletin Board Service BBS 408 432 1416 ARA BBS guest log in 408 894 0765 AppleLink mail BBS ASANTE FTP Archive ftp asante com Intemet Mail support asante com World Wide Web Site http www asante com 1 Please request catalog of contents 2 Download INDEX TXT file for catalog of contents 3 When sending e mail please include your full name U S mailing address phone number product name and a description of the problem 6 00 AM to 6 00 PM Pacific Standard Time Monday Friday Page A Index Numerics 3 in one uplink ports viewing 4 13 A access level 1 access rights 7 2 controlling to Asant View 7 2 to 7 4 add device tool 2 12 adding modem profile 6 20 user 7 2 address resolution protocol standards 1 2 agent viewing forahub 4 3 window 4 3 alias editing 7 29 name viewing devices by on map 2 5 all IP devices searching by 2 17 allport txt file 8 40 AppleTalk parameters for NetRAS modifying 6 12 zones remote users NetRAS 6 24 Asant media attachment unit MAU 3 7 NetRAS See NetRAS NetStacker See NetStacker SNMP MacAgent software devices with 2 2 Asant Bridge front panel view 3 18 map icon 2 3 overview
33. cee ee DER RE GG AR 7 11 Upgrading a Hub or Asant Bridge 7 11 Upgrading an Asant Bridge 1012 erario gue vy e oe Race RC Ee Ree Reeds e 7 12 Upgrading a NetRAS DL ad den Pap REN CEs et eee idu erases 7 13 Editing the Bootptab txt File des ss cese end eke RR RR Sack ERES Ee ek a aa es 7 16 AsanteView 2 6 Can Page YOU escri ee ete ose KR COE e HUE SL AA 7 18 Paver Informati n CM PITT 7 18 Interpreting the Pager Display 7 20 Setting ThresholdS uuo casas Rr RramRG REX ees ade rns Y WEETREBRCSROcucoGaswupPER Rewa aS 7 21 Programming Node Intrusion ATarms 056505 ecd kee Sek ha eRe sede dede eee ae 7 25 Finding TalkerS concreta REPE X XY AAA AAA RR RET 7 27 Edit Node Database cvexaa xvi exea a Dee AE A A 7 29 Mo nitonng the NetWork SasubRARARAANARERRRRARARKEARRRRRSRRAZKESERASRERAAESMARRAR sd 8 1 isso nte m COP E don Soi lei bo Dh Cie 8 2 Checking for Alert Messages 225444 eR xxx ch ebeede eo C ERDEE grad nd kac eds 8 3 Event Reports WITICOW Li ue es rc a ER rare cri 8 3 Using the Hub Meter ER ER 8 6 Network Statistics oua a 8 8 Packet DISH IBUNOMcs uec wee PH ie en EE iso die EEE EEA sd 8 12 Network Analysis osse actes apa eR Ea Pad aqoa ed x era AA SOR ERA d Paw 8 14 All Port MONO vss 24 recrei em E a x RAE SEU CRY AS dar xk Aoi EANET E RD ie 8 14 Utilization TOOL cresio uoo eie ERE ER RE e neta ERA E 8 16 Other Monitoring Tools gt lt rro
34. claview1012h cfg 10 10 10 2 00c02c028340 1 6 192 203 53 225 CIA VIEW lasante hd0 5192 203 53 1 Figure 7 12 Sample Bootptab txt file The first entry in this figure is a model to follow the sec ond entry is information for a NetRAS so you can see what it should look like 2 Enter the corresponding entries for the NetRAS in the bootptab txt file as follow s 1 Copy the model entry so you have a duplicate 2 Locate the first field in the first line entry in the file A W Software Upgrades This record shows the MAC Ethernet address 3 Change this Ethernet address to match the one assigned to your installed NetRAS You can find out the Ethernet address of the NetRAS by displaying the NetRAS icon on the Asant View map with Preference set to IP address This displays the Ethernet addresses for all devices on the map 4 Find the fourth field in the record This is the IP Address field in the NetRAS example it reads 192 203 53 225 5 Change this to the IP address assigned to your NetRAS 6 Inthe fifth field change the path and name for the boot file assigned to the NetRAS 7 The boot file name is asante hdO The default direc tory is CAAVIEW 8 Inthe sixth field enter the IP address of the default router if you have one Make sure to delete the pound sign from the beginning of your entry so it is not considered a com ment line Save the changes to the bootptab txt file Upgrade the Ne
35. device simply drag the device to the desired location Page 2 15 Mapping the Network Building a Map Building Maps Using the Discover Subgroups Page 2 16 Command Asant View 2 6 provides two methods for creating maps 4 Automatically using the Discover Subgroup com mand in the Configuration menu 4 Manually adding each logical device individually to the map The Asant View Management Station auto matically validates them A Ifyou are managing a number of remote subnets you should create a subgroup map for each subnet Each Asant hub on your network should have an IP address To see the hubs in Asant View 2 6 you need a map The easiest way to create a map is automatically using the Discover Subgroup command Open the File menu and select Discover Subgroup The Discover SubGroup window appears as shown in Figure 2 17 Discover SubGroup Begin IP address 192 203 54 1 Max devices 50 Last IP address 192 203 54 254 Device type All Asante devices Read community Enterprise ID Figure 2 17 Discover SubGroup window 2 Enter the low est IP address on your network in the Begin IP address field 3 Enter the highest IP address on your network in the Last IP address field 4 From the popup menu in the Device type field select the device types to be searched The options are Q AllAsant devices Q All SNMP devices A AIIIP devices Windows NT 4 0 only Q Specific SNM
36. dialog box as shown in Figure 1 1 A Welcome to Asant View Installation This will install Asant View In band version 2 60 software on your PC running under Microsoft Windows Exit Figure 1 1 Asant View Installation Welcome window 5 Click Continue to begin the installation The Asant View Directory dialog appears displaying the directory in which Asant View will be installed You can change the directory name if you wish by typing a new name at the prompt 6 Click Continue in the Asant View Directory Installation dialog box The Asant View installation program checks whether any existing files in the c aview or installed directory will be overwritten by this installation If so the Overwrite Warning window will appear as shown in Figure 1 2 Page 1 4 Installing Asant View 2 6 Install has found one or more previously installed files which will be overwritten Would you like to backup those files Figure 1 2 Overwrite Warning dialog box a Click Yes to back up the files or click No to overwrite the files the installation proceeds in either case If you select Yes the Backup Directory window appears Click Continue to back up the old files Click OKto continue the installation Status messages appear in the Installation Progress win dow as shown in Figure 1 3 Source File A NSNPDL DLL Destination File C SXAVIEwASNPDL DLL Figure 1 3 Installation Progres
37. dragging 3 Release the mouse button when the marquee is complete and the selected area is enlarged You can repeat this operation by drawing another marquee Remove Device Tool Use the Remove Device Tool to remove a device from the current map Figure 2 11 Remove Device Tool This tool does not physically remove the device from the network nor does it affect the ability of the device to communicate with other devices on the network When you remove a device Asant View 2 6 assumes that the device is no longer part of the network and does not poll or otherwise attempt to work with this device A When you remove a device you are making a change to the current map To use the Remove Device tool 1 Select the device you want to remove 2 Click the Remove Device tool in the Tool Box The Remove Device dialog box with the selected device label appears 3 Click Yes to remove the device or click No to take no action and close the dialog Page 2 11 Mapping the Network Page 2 12 Add Device Tool Usethe Add Device tool to add devices to your network map Figure 2 12 Add Device Tool Use the Add Device tool to create icons for devices on the current map This tool does not physically add the device to the network 1 Click the Add Device tool to open the Add Device dialog shown in Figure 2 13 Add Device Device type Hub Icon Alias name IP address 0 0 0 0 Location Read comm public
38. for warding table resulting from a full bridge forwarding table Bridge Ports Data Configuring the Spanning Tree The Ports Data command in the Spanning Tree menu opens the Bridge Port Spanning Tree Table window which provides spanning tree configuration data for both ports on the selected bridge Viewing the Ports Data 1 Select the bridge you want to view by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Spanning Tree then click Ports Data The Bridge Port Spanning Tree Table w indow as shown in Figure 5 4 appears S Bridge Port Spanning Tree Table 192 203 54 185 Opened Mon Mar 07 1994 10 32 43 Qut Moe IP Address 192 203 54 185 Name Ste ff Ename Enabled Enabled 7 Mar 94 10 32 44 Retrieved table row entry 1 7 Mar 94 10 32 44 Retrieved table row entry 2 7 Mar 94 10 32 44 Table complete Figure 5 4 Bridge Port Spanning Tree Table window 4 View the displayed data Click Refresh to read the most recent data from the bridge when topology changes may have occurred Click Quitto close the window Page 5 11 Configuring Asant Bridges Page 5 12 Expanding the Ports Data You can view much more about the port data configuration by opening another window for one port To display more detailed information for a port 1 Select the port by clicking on the port row in the Bridge Port Spanning Tree Table 2 Click More The Span
39. for the NetStacker mentioned in this section are accessible only from the NetStacker menu bar Thefollowing paragraphs explain the menu items Menu items are listed in a Menu Bar Item SubMenu Item format For example the Validate menu item is listed as File Validate and Identification is listed as Con figuration Agent Information Identification File Validate Validates and updates the front panel display on the screen if it dif fers from the physical layout of the NetStacker This window is accessible only from this menu File Close Closes the NetStacker panel view This window is accessible only from this menu Configuration Get Information Identification Opens the Group Identification Information w indow if any group is selected If no group is selected it opens the Agent Identi fication Information window A Once a group is selected to clear selection of that group select any other device in the map Then click only on the title bar of the NetStacker panel view This window is also accessible from the Agent Communication Information window Choosing Configuration Get Information Identification from the map s Configuration menu gives you the Agent Identification Information window however this window is read only Configuration Agent Information Communication Opens the Agent Communication Information w indow This window is accessible only from this menu Page 3 11 Using the Panel View Configuration I
40. hub or bridge open the hub front panel and click the port Open the Performance menu and select Network Statis tics Group Statistics Group and segment statistics are available only for the Asant Hub 2072 NetStacker hub and Asant FAST 100 Management Module To select a group open the hub front panel and select a group Open the Perfor mance menu and select Network Statistics You can select four graphical formats from the Network Statistics sub menu a Table a BarChart a LineCurve Figure 8 5 shows an example of network statistics for a hub in Table for mat Figure 8 6 and Figure 8 7 show examples of statistics in BarChart and LineCurve formats respectively Hub Statistics 192 203 53 137 Total time O days 00 00 06 Reset Sample interval 5 seconds Counter Curr s Peak s Avg s Total count Bad frames Multicast Frame too lon Runts DRM errors Collision Late collision Auto partition MJLPs Counter Bad frames Multicast q issil q g FCS errors Alignment error Collision Late collision p alolola alolole A ET a 2 2 Dis A Sy eo cjo D a Figure 8 5 Example of Hub Statistics in Table Format Network Statistics The hub alias appears in the title bar at the top of the window The tar get is shown in the second row in the upper left corner of the window To display simultaneous statistics for all ports on a selected hub or
41. is over utilized and examine network trends This chapter describes the follow ing tools o Event Reports Hub Meter Network Statistics Packet Distribution All Port Monitor Node Summary IP Mapping Ping Database Logging MIB II for obtaining MIB II objects on Asant and non Asant devices L L DL L D DL DL UD Table 8 1 explains how to select the target when displaying statistics using the commands in the Performance menu Table 8 1 Performance Menu Command Targets Select Hub Hub bridge or NetRAS port Other port Segment Next segment Group Next group Device icon Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 1016 IQ Asant Bridge 1012 Open front panel and select hub port or bridge port or NetRAS port Click Next in the Statistics window to switch to next port or select other port in front panel Select Asant Hub 2072 or NetStacker icon default is segment to which NMM module is attached for Asant Hub 2072 for NetStacker the default is set in Add Modify Device Click Next in the Statistics window to switch to next segment or select SEG in front panel Asant Hub 2072 only or change segment in the Modify Device dialog NetStacker only Open front panel and select a group Click Next in the Statistics window to switch to next group or select another group in the front panel view 1 For the NetStacker hub and the NetRAS select commands from the menu associated with each device s panel
42. is used in setting the NetRAS internal clock If an invalid date is entered the NetRAS defaults to the existing setting for date 4 Enter a valid time hh mm ss 24 hour clock in the Time field Defining NetRAS Information This time is used in setting the internal NetRAS clock If an invalid time is entered the NetRAS defaults to the existing clock setting 5 Using the pull down menu in the SNMP trap field select the level of NetRAS error message you want to trigger sending an event trap message to all designated trap receiv ers Select one of four a Catastrophic messages Error messages a a Warning messages Q Status messages 6 Click the Apply button to send the changes to the NetRAS Asant View asks you to confirm sending the changes To close the window click the Quit button Modifying Agent Communication Configuration Parameters When you click the Modify button in the Agent Communication Configuration window the window changes to display the fields that can be modified by showing text boxes drawn around them The following fields are modifiable a IP address SubNet mask Default router Local net number Remote net number Link type Zone Zone Action Time limit Port Disable Authentication L DU LL OU 0 LC OU Page 6 11 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Page 6 12 Click the Modify button in the Agent Communication Configuration w indow Clicking the Modify button displa
43. module hardware version Configuration Get Information Chassis Opens the Asant FAST 100 Management Module Chassis Informa tion window and displays information about the selected module chassis such as chassis type backplane type backplane revision and group number capacity The Asant FAST 100 Management Module Configuration Control Enable Lets you enable a module that has been isolated with the Disable tool Configuration Control Disable Isolate Lets you disable or isolate a selected module or group No traffic can be forwarded to the disabled module from outside the group You can continue monitoring and controlling the module from Asant View Configuration Software Upgrade Opens the Software Upgrade window where you can initiate a Bootptftp download to the Asant FAST 100 Management Module This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Statistics Table Opens the Group Statistics window with atable that displays net work group activity This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Statistics BarChart Opens the Group Statistics window with a bar chart that displays network group activity This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Statistics LineCurve Opens the Group Statistics window with a line curve graph that displays network group activity This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Analysis Utilization Opens
44. pager Min paging Enter a numeric Sets minimum interval for paging interval string Asant View does not send repeated pages if new traps are received during this interval Port COM 1 2 3 0r4 Selects the Asant View Management Station serial port to be used for dial out Baud rate 9600 4800 2400 1200 Selects the baud rate for dial out 9600 is recommended Dialup string up to 60 characters Sets the dial string for dial out Also includes PIN and message for nonSkyTel pagers Use the Hayes AT set ATDT followed by the numbers to be dialed delays indicated by commas Receiver PIN up to 30 characters Sets SkyTel s SkyPager PIN Personal Identification Number Apply Control button Leaves current settings in this window Cancel Control button Closes the Pager Information window without saving A Users of pagers other than SkyTel should enter the dial string identification code and message into the Dialup String field following the Hayes AT set for example using commas to insert pauses into the dial string and the command conventions applicable to their paging system Do not use the Receiver PIN field for PINs of non SkyTel pagers Page 7 19 General Network Configuration Interpreting the Pager After dialing out Asant View sends a message of up to 20 numeric char Display acters alphabetic characters are not supported to your paging device Q For a SkyTel pager this message contains the physical
45. proceed Click the No button to take no action and close the win dow the Agent Communication Configuration win dow remains open When you click Yes the reset is acknowledged with a mes sage similar to the one shown in Figure 6 19 Page 6 29 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server AMS Reset acknowledged 192 203 53 225 Figure 6 19 ResetAcknowledged Message dialog box In addition the System message area located just above the row of buttons displays the following Agent settings updated Click the Quit button to close the Agent Communica tion Configuration w indow Page 6 30 General Network Configuration Controlling Access on page 7 2 Resetting a Hub on page 7 7 Setting Trap Receivers on page 7 9 Software Upgrades on page 7 11 Asant View 2 6 Can Page You on page 7 18 Setting Thresholds on page 7 21 Programming Node Intrusion Alarms on page 7 25 Finding Talkers on page 7 27 Edit Node Database on page 7 29 ZVASANIE General Network Configuration Controlling The User Assignments and Change Password commands in the Access Security menu control access to Asant View User Assignments User Assignments allows you to add and delete users A To add modify or delete user names you must have Level 1 access rights set in the User Assignments win dow see directions below There must be at least one Level 1 user at all times Adding a User 1 Open the Security menu 2 S
46. s parameters to those in the Bridge Range Forwarding Table When the bridge receives a packet it compares the packet s destination address source address and packet type to entries in the Bridge Range Forwarding Table If the packet s parameters fall within a range specified in the table the bridge either discards or forwards the packet in accordance with the fil ter mode setting A The table contains more configuration parameters than the window can display at one time so a method has been provided to change the displayed table con figuration parameter Viewing the Current Table 1 Select the bridge to be managed by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Filter Table then click Range The Bridge Range Forwarding Tablew indow as shown in Figure 5 9 appears Bridge Range Forwarding Table 192 203 54 185 Opened Mon Mar 07 1994 10 48 30 Qu Mode ELEM IP Address 192 203 54 185 Modify Delete stus mode Low pkt ype Hion pkt type 7 Mar 94 10 48 30 Empty table Figure 5 9 Bridge Range Forw arding Table Click any column in the table to open the parameter popup menu select the parameters you want displayed Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables The following paragraphs describe the fields in the Bridge Range For warding Table Index The entry number of each table entry The maximum is 10 entries This field is read only Stat
47. signal Prtn Trp Pge to partition the port send a trap and a page signal a Click Apply to send the table entry to the selected hub or click Quit to take no action and close the win dow You return to the Threshold Table window Figure 7 15 shows athreshold table with one entry Opened Tue Mar 30 1993 11 27 48 RENE G3 P1 30 Mar 93 11 27 48 Getting Table Row Entry 1 30 Mar 93 11 27 49 Getting Next Entry 2 30 Mar 93 11 27 49 Table Complete Threshold Table 192 203 54 188 Figure 7 15 a a Threshold Table To modify a table entry select the entry and click Modify To delete a table entry select the entry and click Delete The windows opened by each command are identical to those in the Add Threshold Table Entry window 4 To display the current entries in the table click Refresh To close the window click Quit Table 7 3 describes each field in the Threshold Table window Page 7 23 General Network Configuration Table 7 3 Threshold Table Fields Field Name Contents Meaning Title bar Hub identification Currently selected hub is target hub see Target in this table for settings Target Hub Hub for which index is set Group Group number port number for Port which index is set group 1 Segment 1 uplink port group 2 front port Segment 2 for the Asant Hub 1012 and Asant Bridge 1012 Subject Event type Selects event type for index Va
48. ta eels as 3 15 Agent Identification Information aia tod ebria aa Re ace oA V Gee od des 44 Agent Communication Information 224444 0 0 os ae RET n 4 5 Pore Control Status WED Sra sins oue te ees levet ed oes na Sah S S 4 12 Port Control BULLONS iS eh ood ete Lt al a its t daa A pme 4 13 Port Control Window Menu vs ues e ee oe ae eds RE x UY XE RES 4 14 BA b 53d bici lE eileen E cee cue ts drip decies dato Duque Lia 6 16 Pager Information Options s e ue sce Re ii 7 19 Add Threshold Table Entry Instructions x 2 one M exe e Ce C ce e Sh RU ed 7 22 Threshold Table Eields Is a Goi tate nates b etd dep 7 24 Port Intrusion Control Options coco vex o nuu stone deniers nent et 7 26 Performance Menu Command Targets soc esee kn SiGe ee ER eee eS 8 2 Statistics Window Option Sa 8 11 Packet Distribution Target Device Instructions 8 12 All Port Monitor Statistics onus o2 dreht o erga et Oa e C SR riti 8 14 Node Summary column descriptions 00 0 0 cece enn 8 20 Port IP Mapping Table options uo eap re tO a tee eee b vb e 823 Data Categories and Their Sources wid iaa edad UP RIDE S RE OE Qu odd 8 25 Statistics Catedorl6s es ok middle Owe eee wy ERR ee RE 8 28 ASGINTOXEFIGS 2 eect athe s sedet Eos eU OR DE Dedit d gun desee adres Cia sata cec E P tat 8 31 Config txt File Record for Asant Devices 8 33 Config txt File Record for an AMS suat AAA TUER 8 34 Config
49. table takes precedence over the Dynamic table Each entry in the Dynamic table has a finite age If the bridge does not hear from a device after the specified time the entry is automatically deleted from the Dynamic table It is re entered as soon as the device transmits again As shown in Figure 5 6 the Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table has four data columns Index Physical Address Receive Port and Status You can modify the order of these four columns by clicking a column field and selecting a col umn name from the popup menu View the displayed data Click Quitto close the window The following paragraphs describe the fields in the Bridge Dynamic For warding Table Page 5 15 Configuring Asant Bridges Page 5 16 Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table Field Definitions Opened The date and time the window was opened This field is read only IP Address The bridge IP address To modify the IP address open the Set Agent Parameters w in dow from the Agent Identification Information window Index The slot number in the table for the entry The maximum number is 4 096 Physical Address The physical Ethernet address of the transmitting device This address is checked against the destination address of all incoming packets It is used to provide a forwarding vector for that packet Receive Port The port on which the bridge detected this device Hub External and None are the available values Status The physical ad
50. that dis plays netw ork segment activity if no group is selected If any group is selected it displays the corresponding port or group statistics This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Statistics LineCurve Opens the Segment Statistics window with a line curve graph that displays network segment activity if no group is selected If any group is selected it displays the corresponding port or group statis tics This window is accessible only from this menu Page 3 12 The Asant NetStacker Performance Packet Distribution Table Opens the Segment Packet Distribution window and displays data in table format for the selected segment However if a port or a group is selected it displays the corresponding port or group statis tics in the same window This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Packet Distribution BarChart Opens the Segment Packet Distribution window and displays data in chart format for the selected segment How ever if a port or a group is selected it displays the corresponding port or group statis tics in the same window This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Packet Distribution LineCurve Opens the Segment Packet Distribution window and displays data in line curve format for the selected segment in the same win dow This window is accessible only from this menu A Once a group is selected to clear selection of that group select
51. the Show more menu to display node intrusion events in a separate window Q Click Remote Access under the Show more menu to display remote access server events in a sep arate window 2 To close any of the windows click in the close box in the upper right corner Clear The Clear command offers the Selected Row and All Rows options which clear the selected row or all rows respectively in the Event Reports window A To view event reports for each NetRAS use the Event log submenu from the File menu in the correspond ing panel view A Toreceive events from any Asant device except the NetRAS SNMP Manager Table the Trap Receiver Tableof the corresponding device should contain the Asant Management Station If not add it from the Trap Receiver window see Setting Trap Receivers on page 7 9 for more information Page 8 5 Monitoring the Network Using the Hub Page 8 6 Meter The Hub Meter shown in Figure 8 4 monitors and displays a hub s overall performance and loading Use the Hub Meter to monitor a hub s general health and to track seg ment loading It can poll a selected hub approximately every five sec onds and update its display after each poll A The Hub Meter is not available with the Asant FAST 100 Management Module The Hub Meter displays the following Q Number of good frames Q Number of bad frames Q A Good Health index for the sample period Q GREEN indicates OK Q YELLOW indi
52. the Utilization window This window is accessible only from this menu Fault Reset Agent Resets the agent in the module selected The system asks you to confirm the operation This can cause a momentary loss of commu nication betw een the management module and the Asant View Management Station The function is available only to users with Level 1 access rights This feature is accessible only from this menu Fault Trap Receivers Opens the Trap Receiver Table in which you can add modify or delete trap receiver settings This feature is accessible only from this menu Fault Set Threshold Opens the Threshold Table in which you can add modify or delete threshold settings Page 3 27 Using the Panel View This feature is accessible only from this menu Security Node Intrusion Opens the Port Intrusion window This feature is accessible only from this menu Security IP Mapping Opens the Port IP Mapping Table which displays IP mapping information for the management module This feature is accessible only from this menu Page 3 28 4 Configuring Asant Hubs Setting SNMP Agent Parameters on page 4 2 e Configuring Ports on page 4 8 FASANT Configuring Asant Hubs Setting SNMP Agent Parameters Viewing the Current Page 4 2 Configuration To store SNMP information about your hub such as hub name location contact information out of band baud rate and in band communication informati
53. three tables list the fields in one config db record in a config txt file for various device types The tables use the format shown in Figure 8 20 Page 8 31 Monitoring the Network Mum 1 20 Raid onder In record Raid nerna In record Feld Name Sample Dela Baias Peldiangh Lath num Data Definition Date Dinta Dafnitlore Date Clinton np peter trial Date Cnil Iara Deta Definition Figure 8 20 Legend for Config txt File Tables The tables show the order in which the fields appear and which fields are used depending upon the device type The request type code 579 identifies the config txt record The device type code identifies the device type Table 8 10 on page 8 33 shows sample record contents and fields used for the follow ing Asant devices A Asant Bridge 1012 Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 10161Q Asant Hub 2072 Asant Bridge NetStacker hub 4 Asant FAST 100 Management Module D DL D D O Table 8 11 on page 8 34 shows sample record contents and fields used for an Asant Management System AMS Table 8 12 on page 8 35 shows sample record contents and fields used for these other devices a Station a Macintosh Q Bridge Q Router O NetRAS Page 8 32 Logging Information Config txt File Record for Asant Devices Table 8 10 SERIE 26 ML ZES CE OM Bum PS UE SQL ce ETE zLOL E TEEN min s erp pid us Lo ES Mal mU LO x pei swe ES po Spo Lem pao
54. txt File Record for Other Devices suture dass de Dre 48 ae den idera ra e i dia 8 35 Misc txt File Threshold Sens sss s fetes eere y ex ak A y ERN 8 36 Misc txt File Node Intrusion Settings LS LR e a arto o tae se o tup uc ut 8 37 Misc txt File Node Summary Parameters 0 0 0 0 0c cee eee 8 38 Misc txt File Trap Receiver Settings ssa euer Re ds va waa eee RES 8 38 Count EXT RIG RO elites TD Ry Uae dee ee ane ia he Bata beds 8 39 Allport txt lA err es OOS wrote bale Sos 8 40 Page ix Preface Product Overview on page xii What s New in Asant View 2 6 on page xiii What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean on page xiv FASANT Product Overview Asant View 2 6 Features In Band Management Page xii Asant View is a powerful network management software package for Window s based computers designed for proactive in band management of networks comprised of Asant intelligent hubs and bridges ooo OCO O O L L D DL D O L L L DL Automated discovery of network devices Hierarchical network map structure Real time graphical status views of the front and rear panels of a hub Graphical or tabular performance monitoring Node summary reports Historical logs Automated event reporting Hub software download from Asant View Manage ment Station AMS Configuration status at the hub and port levels Traffic monitoring through multiple windows Automatic paging on predefined events or conditions Password protec
55. view Checking for Alert Messages Event Reports Window Checking for Alert Messages Using Event Reports you can quickly and easily monitor network per formance The Event Reports window is a real time report window that displays the following network activities Q Exceeded thresholds Node intrusions Bootp and TFTP Generic SNMP trap events Other Asant device specific traps O O O O Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 users The Event Reports window is automatically started and placed in the menu bar of your operating system when you log into Asant View 2 6 See Figure 8 1 AsStar Event Reports In Band IB Asant view In B Figure 8 1 Event Reports menu option Windows NT 3 51 and Windows 3 11 users When you first start Asant View 2 6 the Event Reports icon shown below is yellow and is placed on your system s desktop AN Event Reports In B and Figure 8 2 Event Reports icon When a device on the network sends a trap message to the AMS the AMS icon turns yellow and the Event Reports icon turns red To display the event reports Double click the Event Reports icon The Event Reports window appears as shown in Figure 8 3 displaying the event reports Page 8 3 Monitoring the Network E Event Reports In Band j Log Start Clear Show more B Index Time stamp Received from Message i 16 Feb 94 11 35 26 AMS Bridge 192 203 53 8 is forwarding packets 112 16 Feb 94 11 35 58 AMS Device 192 203 53
56. 12 Request type 144 Group Port Src address Dst address System up time Protocol IP address pair Age timer Table 8 16 Misc txt File Trap Receiver Settings Field Contents Code Type Date Time Physical address IP address Device type 258 Asant Hub 1012 Logging Information Field Contents Code Request type 544 Trap receiver IP address System up time Trap receiver status active 2 inactive 3 Trap receiver community string The following table shows the traffic statistics fields code 581 and the packet distribution fields code 192 in the misc txt file Table 8 17 Count txt File Format Traffic Statistics Packet Distribution Field Date Time Physical address IP address Device type Request type Group Port System up time Good frames Bad Frames Broadcast Multicast Short frames Long frames Runts SFD Fragments FCS Contents 581 Field Date Time Physical address IP address Device type Request type Group Port System up time 1 63 64 65 511 512 1023 1024 1518 1519 n Contents 258 192 Page 8 39 Monitoring the Network Traffic Statistics Packet Distribution Field Contents Field Contents Alignmen DRM IFG Collisions t Late Collisions Auto partitions MJ LP Octets Page 8 40 The allport txt File The following table shows the contents codes for allport txt Table 8 18 Allport
57. 2 Select Database export The Database export dialog box appears as shown in Figure 8 19 Page 8 29 Monitoring the Network Page 8 30 Database export Device identification Trap receiver settings Threshold settings Node intrusion settings Node summary tables YJ Traffic statistics Packet distribution All port statistics Field definitions DJ Fixed length Separator t Lert Export file Right l count txt Ready Figure 8 19 DataBase Export dialog box The database file for the selected category is selected The name of the default export file appears in the Export File text box It has the same name as the database file but with a bd suffix 3 Define the text format for the ASCII text file in the Field Definitions window Fixed Length Arranges the data in fixed length columns Each column is the length of the maximum data size for the field Integer fields are a fixed length of 10 Separator Separates the data Enter a delimiter such as t for a tab or for semicolons Left and Right Separates the data with a delimiter to the left and to the right of each data entry Enter the delimiter in the Left and Right fields You can use one all four none or a combination of the above to format the text in the ASCII file The example in Figure 8 19 on page 8 30 specifies a format o
58. 2 Utilization window for an Asant Hub 2072 To display a Utilization window 1 Double click one of the following devices on the map Asant Hub 2072 NetStacker Asant FAST 100 Management Module Asant Bridge 1012 external or hub port Asant Bridge PortA or Port B Any group or port in the front panel view of an Asant Hub 2072 or NetStacker hub L L DL D D L U N Network Analysis Open the Performance menu Select Network Analysis then Utilization The Utilization window appears al To switch to another target segment group or port click the Next button The Target field shows the next segment group or port To modify the time interval click Display Interval and select an interval from the options in the popup menu To modify the sample interval click Sample Interval and select an interval from the options in the popup menu To pause or resume the display activity click the Pause Resume toggle Statistics gathering continues during pause only the display activity is halted Page 8 17 Monitoring the Network Other Monitoring Page 8 18 Tools Node Summary This section describes the following monitoring tools Q Node Summary a IP Mapping a Ping These tools help you to isolate network problems and monitor the net Work Use the Node Summary command to obtain and display a summary of node activity on a selected hub The hub monitors all packets passing through its ports Asant
59. 22 Example Workgroups for a Hierarchical Map diagram Each of the workgroups is represented by a branch on the tree Now you will see how this is done using Asant View 2 6 Read through the next two sections without actually performing the operation The sections are an example of building a hierarchical map tree for a large network After you have read both sections try to build a hierarchical map tree for your own network Page 2 21 Mapping the Network Creating a Parent Map Page 2 22 O UU RUN Using Load Map from the File menu click New Map and create a new map containing only the Asant View Manage ment Station Enable the Map Editor if it is not enabled Click the Add Device tool in the Tool Box Select Subgroup as the device type and SNMP as the poll type in the Add Device dialog Enter an alias name for the subgroup Corporate Admin Up to 63 characters are allowed for the alias Enter the IP address of a key hub in the subgroup you are mapping This enables you to monitor subnet performance from the parent map In the SubMap filefield enter the child map name for the subgroup coradmin map Up to 12 characters including the map extension are allowed You can also specify the location contact person and con tact phone number for the person responsible for this sub group not required Do not change any default values in the other fields if you are not familiar with using them TheAdd Device dialo
60. 3 18 standards 5 2 threshold support 7 21 upgrading software 7 11 utilization monitoring 8 16 Asant Bridge 1012 front panel view 3 15 map icon 2 3 overview 3 15 parameters about 5 2 standards 5 2 threshold support 7 21 upgrading software 7 12 utilization monitoring 8 16 Asant FAST 100 Management Module front panel view 3 25 IP mapping 8 22 map icon 2 3 overview 3 25 port control window 4 11 Asant FAST 100 Management Module continued threshold support 7 21 upgrade software 7 11 utilization monitoring 8 16 Asant Hub 1012 front panel view 3 3 map icon 2 2 node activity monitoring 8 18 overview 3 3 port control window 4 9 threshold support 7 21 upgrade software 7 11 Asant Hub 10164Q front panel view 3 5 map icon 2 2 IP mapping 8 22 overview 3 5 port control window 4 10 threshold support 7 21 upgrade software 7 11 Asant Hub 2072 front panel view 3 6 map icon 2 2 node activity monitoring 8 18 overview 3 6 port control window 4 10 threshold support 7 21 upgrade software 7 11 utilization monitoring 8 16 Asant View 2 6 installing 1 4 logging into 1 6 logging out 1 8 new features xiii upgrading 7 11 Asant View Management Station AMS xii config txt file records 8 34 factors affecting performance 1 3 link baud rate 4 5 to port 4 12 requirements 1 3 software supported 1 3 ASCII text files exporting database files to 8 29 authentication traps 4 6 viewing for a hub 4 6 auto partit
61. 6 8 Modifying Information Data Defining NetRAS Information Agent Administration Configuration Identification Name NetRAS IP address 192 203 53 225 Phys address 00 C0 2C 02 88 40 Interface Greeting Welcome to the NetRAS M Configuration Date 09 28 94 Time 10 13 12 Login option Login and password required SNMP trap Warning messages SNMP from Active may change at reset System message Agent information retrieved Communication Modify NetRAS Agent Administration Configuration window Refresh Quit Figure 6 8 4 At this point there are several choices a Identification or Communication moves to those windows a Modify changes data in this window see Modify ing Information Data on page 6 9 for more informa tion a Refresh updates the information in the window a Quit closes the window You can change data in the Agent Identification Communication and Administration Configuration windows by selecting the Modify button within each screen When you click the Modify button the window changes to display the fields that can be modified by showing text boxes drawn around them Modifying Agent Identification Configuration Parameters Only the Name Location and Contact fields are modifiable in this window 1 Click the Modify button in the Agent Identification w in dow Clicking the Modify button displays the fields t
62. 8 Asant Bridge 1012 Rear Panel View Page 3 17 Using the Panel View The Asant Bridge To display the Asant Bridge panel view open the Asant Bridge icon on the map or double click the group within the panel view of the Asant Hub 2072 or NetStacker hub Figure 3 9 shows an example of the Asant Bridge panel view Port A Port B Serial port status status Bridge Map Label control LEDs display display 192 203 54 189 File Configuration Performance Fault Security Fault Security E Fel s site gt CH CONS Spanning tree Bridge PortA Bridge Port B status display selector selector Figure 3 9 Asant Bridge Panel View The following paragraphs explain the bridge panel components Serial Port Control LEDs These LEDs tell you what the Serial Port Control DIP switches are set for on the bridge front panel You cannot change the switch set ting from Asant View Only the left set of switches is active a Ifthe left switch is down the right serial port Remote 1 Console is configured as a local service port from which you can set bridge and spanning tree parameters using a VT100 terminal a Ifthe left switch is up the right serial port is turned off and there is no function reserved for future devel opment Bridge Map Label Displays the label assigned to this bridge in the map Port A Port B Status Displays RCV blinks when a packet is received on this port FWD blinks when a packet is for
63. 9600 Stop bits 1 Disable Data bits 8 message Figure 6 10 Sample Modify Async Port Configuration window 3 Select the desired configuration value for each parameter by clicking once in the corresponding drop down menu or field as described below Protocol selects the network protocol The choices are Q Auto default for Apple Remote Access ARA ver sion 2 0 PPP SLIP and NetWare IPX network proto cols a ARA 1 0 forARA version 1 0 Local IP is the local IP address associated with this particu lar port The user dialing in to the port is assigned this IP address while they are connected Dial script is the name of the modem script you want the NetRAS to use to interface with the modem connected to this port The script must be one of the modem configuration scripts listed in the Modem Configuration w indow see Editing the Server Modem Configuration List on page 6 19 for more information Table 6 1 shows an alphabetical list of choices for this field Page 6 15 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Page 6 16 Table 6 1 Dial Scripts Dial Script Modem arap null modem codex 3260 defender direct fastcom 9600 9v teleport g gvc 96 gvc 144 hayes 144 hayes optima hayes optima288 hayes sm 9600 intel 144 intel 9600 mcom deskporte microcom qx4232 multitech 1432b nec i9635 null modem paradyne 3800 penril alnc v32 pp 144 pp pm9600 racal vadc 3221 r
64. Asant Hub 1016 IQ Quit Closes window without transmitting changes to the device Status The command status line at the bottom of the window displays window status for example Command is executing gt Configunng Asant Bridges e Bridge Standards on page 5 2 Configuring the Spanning Tree on page 5 3 Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables on page 5 14 FASANT Configuring Asant Bridges Bridge Standards Page 5 2 The Asant Bridge 1012 and Asant Bridge are fully implemented IEEE 802 1d transparent bridges with programmable filtering and span ning tree tables al a The Asant Bridge 1012 is a bridge that is integrated into an Asant Hub 1012 The hub aspects of the bridge are configured using the procedures defined in Configuring Asant Hubs on page 4 1 The Asant Bridge is a two port bridge module installed in the Asant Hub 2072 Both of these devices have certain parameters that pertain to hubs IP addresses alias names and assorted text string information In addi tion there are specialized parameters pertinent only to bridging A Important You should be amp miliar with the IEEE 802 1d specification before attempting to change these bridge control parameters Both the Asant Bridge 1012 and the Asant Bridge module are designed to operate as self configuring bridges within a network their operating parameters normally do not need adjustment However if you decide to m
65. Asant View 2 6 User s Guide For Windows 95 Windows NT Windows 3 11 FASANT Copyright 1997 by Asant Technologies Inc All rights reserved No part of this manual or any associated artwork software product design or design concept may be copied reproduced or stored in whole or in part in any form or by any means mechanical electronic optical photocopying recording or otherwise including translation to another language or format without the express written consent of Asant Technologies Inc Printed in the United States of America Part Number 06 00092 04 Rev A Trademarks Asant Technologies is a trademark of Asant Technologies Inc Microsoft MS MS DOS Window s Windows 95 Windows 3 11 and Windows NT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple AppleTalk and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Hayes is a registered trademark of Hayes Modem Corporation All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Software License Agreement This is a legal agreement between you either an individual or an entity and Asant Technologies Inc By opening the sealed package s containing the software you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this agreement If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement promptly return the unopened software pac
66. C ds 1 8 Sample Map WIRQOW sa ia rete rn E CI ao v ot a 24 File Menu Preference windOW suere e ear yx eee Rx wx ER Ries 2 5 Map Editor TOOL BOX 2 5 SES DE Rees Ox aes a ade aee ose 2 6 NN 26 Add Text dial g DOxXx ies wives E AA antica AA es 2 7 Modity Text dialog DOX i siete cita m rt e AA ae eens 2 7 Map ink TOOL es ns 2 ete e r a Ub ter ee D ce 2 8 Lire Troia OM AA dra tite Diosa rn D Ee AR Oe kad cate 2 9 Zoom HOME TOO petiso Dre et tou ptu detis ur a UM lr 2 10 ZOOM In Tool oia 3 excea beet eek tesa bbs Roc EOE er baer ees 2 10 REMOVE Device Poole oec cu E A vie noie eee en dh cis a Rm 2 11 Add Device TOOL ient etras tura oe TS Seta Cae ae aorta idola a X E A O 2 12 Add Device WIndOW 2 icc sole oaks e dattes ne bedded UA Ca ee a Xa la 2 12 MOV Device TOO osa ns dee dada eu d Ro a eat heme 2 14 Modify Device WIBOOW eoi etre te an ROBORE AH ERUNT RR ES Oe ORE 2 14 Zoom Out Tool ERE PPM 2 15 Discover SubGroup WINdOW saaana 2 16 Load Map File wiNndoOW sss clitoris 142 EEENXEQEESE ERE RERREREN 2 18 pave Map dialog OR o ro da pr eb P eet ier Bah edet P pede Rs 2 18 Load Map File WIBdQW scx tates otra Ss Gee ote eee E EI D n RR es 2 19 Parent and Child Maps diagram eroe ees ves ees ERR ey RR REX 2 20 Example Workgroups for a Hierarchical Map diagram 2 21 Adding a Subgroup WINDOW aste esci x acer sale Cau ee eR PR RR E 2 22 Sample Parent Map Window te Sonus vasa aec oe re Oe A ee eas 2 23 Searching Device
67. E Lom LL TR CL 113 ob T FDS F pae SAIS u dep p noz yy PE UG LU pao2s1 yee une m eh ue ym UO wed dogma eg SR ES imc Say So RSP o 52 appe tear ee se EL E vue ppt udd un 1 Page 8 34 Logging Information Config txt File Record for Other Devices Table 8 12 aa Quod Quod Quod qucd JAA Qi LOW Qi LON Jas LOH 035 LOH gasn LOH gaS LOH iz a zz zm Yibue7 que kac uu kac L PEERI oT y T oad CWO 3143 114 3 114 3 AC Duces 0357104 JEN LOH E LOH JEN LON QE LH QE LH QENLCH E m a a y a 3 4b hued yu Yu 3 Ju 4 3 due oe CHOMO COMO COMO aa oa 2113 JEN LOH JEN LOH JEN LH JEN LON gasn Los QD En LM QE LH m a A IE ne E SG SOU e F I Morey pam HSE u lp p LE pua rozy pum ipio wu poc yen buen EGE usur SB EOL wed BA SPP ESI onm A E AE um pe us eumd amy ad ya rbsy A AAD Sep FPE dll ie pall Man erdam sani eae sed Page 8 35 Monitoring the Network The Misc txt File The request type code in the misc txt file identifies which data cate gory is stored in the file a 400 threshold settings Q 352 node intrusion a 144 node summary tables a 544 trep receiver settings The following four tables list the fields for each data category Table 8 13 Misc txt File Threshold Settings Field Contents Code Contents Code date time Physical address IP address Device type 258 Asant Hub 1012 Request type 400 Index System up time Threshol
68. EDU EEE LIA eee ene ens End x 8 18 Node Summary xs ccxa brc cixE redemarre diodes mile dires 8 18 Page iii IP Ma0DING x i oec ues che E REG RENE ER EKRRA dees eres A 822 Do E 8 24 Logging Information 124 duas ceri a Ras ER eren pues 9 do eR RR Rr EX JG Epod RW xe dub Rr 8 25 Logging Network Statistics in a Text File escorial Rar Sae or qu c aca 8 25 Using WIG M o saneeanene se 8 44 Technical SUpport cosas as os desis A A RA A ANA RAE RE ERA EE EE A I Asant Technical Support xa ca duce f A A A A4 Technical Support MOUS uude rr EUER hate sete eel apa dee nes ee ew en A4 lide ee ERA AXE A A WEE GAIN NERA NE QUE MM m EE MEN E index i Page iv List of Figures Figure 1 1 Figure 1 2 Figure 1 3 Figure 1 4 Figure 1 5 Figure 2 1 Figure 2 2 Figure 2 3 Figure 24 Figure 2 5 Figure 2 6 Figure 2 7 Figure 2 8 Figure 2 9 Figure 2 10 Figure 2 11 Figure 2 12 Figure 2 13 Figure 2 14 Figure 2 15 Figure 2 16 Figure 2 17 Figure 2 18 Figure 2 19 Figure 2 20 Figure 2 21 Figure 2 22 Figure 2 23 Figure 2 24 Figure 2 25 Figure 3 1 Figure 3 2 Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Asant View Installation Welcome window 14 Overwrite Warning dialog DOX se E xy x Re ER 15 Installation Progress wiNdOW iia PC af Mad eel eda eats 15 Ping Is Not Supported dialog DOX xs eR da 1 7 Asant View Exit dialog DX cca date voee Re SO bee ree owe e and Roe R
69. Ethernet address of the paging hub and the trap type Q Foranon SkyTel pager it sends a user defined numeric string in the dialup string On the LED display of the SkyTel pager the last three digits of the hub s physical Ethernet address appear in decimal two digit format The last two digits in each line of the display 00 OL or 02 represent the trap type as shown in this example Last three digits of MAC address 96A3B2 Trap Type 09061003110200 Hub Down 09061003110201 2 Threshold Exceeded 09061003110202 Node Intrusion Decode the pager dialup string what your pager displays as follows The number pairs 00 09 translate literally 00 00 01 01 etc The number pair 10 a The number pair 11 b The number pair 12 c The number pair 13 2d The number pair 14 e The number pair 15 f In our example 09061003110202 decodes as Physical Ethernet MAC address of 96 a3 b2 with a node intrusion Page 7 20 Setting Thresholds Setting Thresholds The Set Thresholds tool can help you locate problems or faults on the network When you set a threshold for an activity on a hub you instruct the hub to take specific action when a counter value falls above or below the set threshold The action taken can be one or a combination of the following a Send atrap Q Partition the port a Activate a pager To set the threshold value first determine what the baseline or normal operating range is for the activity you
70. For example the Validate menu item is listed as File Validate and Identification is listed as Con figuration Agent Information Identification File Validate Validates and updates the front panel display on the screen if it dif fers from the physical layout of the management module This window is accessible only from this menu File Close Closes the Asant FAST 100 Management Module panel view This window is accessible only from this menu Configuration Get Information Identification Opens the Group Identification Information window if any group is selected If no group is selected it opens the Agent Identi fication Information w indow This window is also accessible from the Agent Communication Information window Choosing Configuration Get Information Identification opens the Agent Identification Information window however this win dow is read only Configuration Get Information Communication Opens the Agent Communication Information window This window displays communication information about the Manage ment Module such as physical address IP address and depending on the type of connection In Band communication information or Out of Band communication information Clicking the Identification button within the Agent Communica tion Information window opensthe Asant FAST 100 Group Informa tion window This displays group information such as module description group index group state number of ports and
71. I Berformance Fault Security Pll UTILIZATION PARTITION 1234 5578 3101112 I B 3 4 5 b 7 B 8 W0 le EEEE GSES pum x TE EU a aut queue GN UE A Auk AD ee EE 3510 1234 5678 JiMlile WARNING COLLISION Asant Hub 1012 BACK Port status display Hub type Panel view selector changes image to back view Figure 3 1 Asant Hub 1012 Front Panel View The following paragraphs describe the elements of the Asant Hub 1012 front panel view Hub Port Selectors Displays graphic images of the hub s twelve 10BaseT ports The selectors apply to ports 1 12 regardless of the connection method used RJ45 connectors in the front panel or an RJ21 connector in the rear To control and monitor a port click the port and use the Asant View main menu bar Hub Map Label Displays the label assigned to this hub in the current map The alias can be edited with the Map Editor the IP address and device name can be edited in the Set Agent Parameters window Hub Utilization Display Displays the amount of packet traffic being handled by the hub the LEDs in the bottom row turn on when a collision or bad packet occurs on a hub port Hub CPU Status Display Shows CPU activity for the hub CPU This LED should always be blinking If the LED is on or off continuously a problem exists on the hub Port Status Display Displays the port partition and link status for each 10BaseT port The display reports data for each port regardless of whether a
72. Mapping Table options Field Meaning Quit Quits the Port IP Mapping Table window Refresh Polls the hub for the latest data updates window Aging Opens an option window in which you set the IP Mapping aging time period in hours minutes and or seconds The default is zero The Aging time can be set from 1 to 660 minutes To disable IP Mapping type Lin the seconds area of the Aging option window To set the Aging feature to no refresh type O in the seconds column of the Aging option window Page 8 23 Monitoring the Network Page 8 24 Ping Use the Ping command to search for a specific device on the network map Ping sends an investigative ICMP Internet Control Message Proto Col Are you alive query to the specified device and then displays the results The device must support the ICMP protocol to be able to respond to the query N E A The Ping command is only available on those systems with a TCP IP stack that supports Ping ICMP such as Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Currently Windows 95 and Windows 3 51 do NOT support Ping ICMP Click once on a device on the current map to select it Open the Application menu and select Ping The Ping Control window appears as shown in Figure 8 16 emi Ping Control Ping parameters IP address 192 203 54 197 Data length 64 System message Figure 8 16 Ping Control window 3 Ul amp The IP address of the selected dev
73. Network Page 8 28 Table 8 8 Statistics Categories Category Database file Device Identification config db Trap Receiver Settings misc db Threshold Settings Node Intrusion Settings Node Summary Tables Traffic Statistics count db Packet Distribution All Port Statistics allport db In the misc db and the count db files the request type code identifies which data category is logged The contents of the database files exported to readable ASCII text files are described in detail later in this chapter You can change the directory name and the database file name if you wish by selecting another directory and or entering another database filename using the required db suffix in the database filename When you log data a second time for the same data cate gory the new datais automatically appended to the log file If you want the new data to replace the earlier data you must delete the database file from the directory before you run database logging a second time Each function in the dialog is described below Enable the function by clicking its box which works like a toggle switch Selected device Logs data for the selected device only When activated the local alias for the selected device appears Selected port Logs data for the selected port only If you selected a port on the front or rear panel its port number appears A front panel port appears as Gn Pn G2 front panel A rear panel port is identified as
74. P device 8 9 Building a Map A To search by All IP devices your TCP IP stack must support Ping ICMP Currently Windows NT 4 0 does support Ping ICMp Windows 95 andWindows NT 3 51 does not If you have Asant and other SNMP devices on your net Work select All SNMP devices The Read community and Max devices fields can remain with their default values Click OK to start the search Asant View automatically searches the network and places the discovered devices on the map Q A hub turns green if its link is validated Q A hub turns red if its link is down or if the hub cannot be reached Q A hub turns yellow when an event report is logged Repeat Steps 1 5 for each subnet For example run one Discover SubGroup operation with a beginning IP address of 192 204 55 1 and a last IP address of 192 204 55 254 then run Discover SubGroup again with a beginning IP address of 192 204 56 1 and last IP address of 192 204 56 254 and so on If you want to have separate maps for each subnet see Building a Map on page 2 16 After you have completed all auto discovery operations save the map by choosing Save Map from the File menu If you want to log out click Exit from the File menu Click Yes to confirm For more information on creating maps refer to Building a Map on page 2 16 Page 2 17 Mapping the Network Page 2 18 Changing Maps Use the following procedure to change to another map or to get a new
75. Q To delete an entry select the entry and click Delete Q To add or modify an entry see Adding or Modifying a Static Table Entry on page 5 19 a You can modify the order of the five columns by click ing acolumn field and selecting another name from the popup menu Page 5 17 Configuring Asant Bridges Page 5 18 The following paragraphs describe the fields in the Bridge Static For warding Table Opened The date and time this window was opened This field is read only IP Address The IP address of the bridge Index The slot number in the table for the entry The maximum number of entries is 1 024 This field is read only Physical Address The physical Ethernet address of the destination device This address is checked against the destination address on an incom ing packet and used to provide a forwarding vector for the packet This field is read only Receive Port The port on the bridge receiving packets with the specified destina tion address When a packet with the specified destination address arrives at the specified receive port the bridge forwards it according to the instructions in the Forward Port Forward Port The bridge forwards a packet arriving at the specified receive port with a specified destination address according to the instructions in the Forward Port The instructions can be Discard External Hub or All Br Ports Status The condition for purging the static entry from the
76. RAS NetRAS Menu Bar Page 3 20 Double click any NetRAS Remote Access Server icon on the map to open its panel view Figure 3 10 shows an example of the NetRAS panel view 3 in 1 Port Device label Selector 192 203 54 206 Menu bar gt a Configuration Performance Fault x CONSOLE AUT UTP ENC Asant NetConnect RAS GROUP 2 E SNE E AS GROUP 1 ALG Remote user I O Ports Figure 3 10 NetRAS Panel View The following paragraphs describe the NetRAS panel components 3 in 1 Port Selector Displays a graphic switch used for selecting the 3 in 1 port for statis tical performance monitoring with Asant View Y ou must click in this area to tell Asant View that these are the ports you want to monitor After selecting the ports you can then select a statistical monitoring tool from the Performance menu To deselect the ports click anywhere else on the panel view Device Label Displays the label assigned to this device in the map Edit it in the Modify Information window Menu Bar Provides access to Asant View commands and functions See NetRAS Menu Bar on page 3 20 for information about each menu item Remote User I O Ports Display how many RJ45 1 0 ports are currently installed in the NetRAS maximum of 16 Click any one of the ports to select it for statistical performance monitoring or for port status To deselect a port click anywhere else on the pa
77. Stacker TheAsant NetStacker can be managed with either the standard Asant Network Management Module NMM or the network management module designed specifically for the NetStacker NS NMM Figure 3 5 shows a version of the NetStacker hub using a standard Asant NMM AH2072 NMM installed in any available slot of either the base hub or one of the expansion hubs if present Hub IP address Berformance Fault Security Application File Configuration NetStacker B LRP SEL sue JE cru SNMP Sti UTILIZATION SEL UTILIZATION R5232 008 AMS LINK a a C Lond a el EE AO HSE WARNING COLLISION WARMING COLLISION uP PARTITION aS CE LINK RECEIVE Figure 3 5 NetStacker with Standard NMM Panel View Double click any NetStacker icon to open its panel view If the hub is configured with a NetStacker NS NMM network manage ment module the panel view will look like the example shown in Figure 3 6 The actual image you see reflects the number of expansion hubs you have installed and the modules installed in the hubs Hub map label Hub type AN 192 203 54 194 enubar e i File Configuration Performance Fault Security Application i d NetStacker 1 Empty slot Expansion pty hub 2 1 sia JE RJ 45 module s2 62 EA E Expansion a e RJ 21 module hub 1 i Fiber module E PARTITION 1 2 3 4 5 B 7 B 3 mr site i e mes RJ 45 modules uP PARTITION 1 2 3 4
78. UpLink Continuous logging Logs data continuously to the database file Default on Interval Executes logging at the specified time intervals in seconds Default 5 Logging Information Duration Executes logging for the specified duration of time in seconds Default 300 Retry polling Retries a failed data request for count number of times Default on Retry count Retries a failed data request repeats polling for the specified num ber of times Default 20 6 Click Startto start logging the data to a database file Click Quitto take no action A message appears informing you that the logging opera tion is completed 7 Click Quitto return to the Database control window The data in the database file can be extracted by Q Exporting this data to an ASCII text file Q Retrieving it in playback mode Both operations are described in the following sections Exporting Data from a Database File to an ASCII Text File You can export the logged data in the proprietary format database file to an ASCII text file The name of the ASCII text file is the same as the data base filename except that the ASCII text file has the txt suffix To export data from a database file to an ASCII text file 1 Return to the Database control window by opening the Application menu and selecting DBRequest The data category you selected for logging should be selected If it is not selected click its box
79. a group see All Port Monitor on page 8 14 Hub Statistics 192 203 54 17 Reset M Pause E Target Hub mad Sample interval 5 seconds Figure 8 6 Network Statistics in Bar Chart Format Hub Statistics 192 203 54 17 M Sample interval 1 seconds 08 5 08 24 00 08 24 05 Figure 8 7 Network Statistics in Line Curve Format Click Percent in the line curve window to display the data as a per centage To use the statistics window s In the bar chart and line curve format select the counters you want by opening the popup menus in the counter labels at the bottom of the window Examples are Good frames Bad frames Broadcast and Colli sion Some tips on displaying counters a You can display more or less information by resizing the window and hiding or deselecting the counters you do not want to view a Inthe Line Curve format you can display few er counters by selecting No selection from the menu Page 8 9 Monitoring the Network Page 8 10 In theTable and Bar Chart formats you can do the same by selecting desired counters in the upper left part of the window then resizing the window to hide the counters you do not want to see To select the sampling period use the Sample inter val popup menu to select from 1 2 5 10 or 30 sec onds To display information by Percent or Packet Sec Line Curve only use the toggle button at the upper right corner The toggle button
80. acal vadc 3222 robotics c 32 security dynmc telebit t2500 telebit t3000 uds 32251 direct connect AppleTalk Codex 3260 24000 Defender callback security device direct connect dedicated line FastCom 9600 Global Village TelePort Gold GVC SM 9600 GVC 14400 Hayes Ultra 14400 Hayes Optima 9600 14400 Hayes Optima 28800 Hayes Smartmodem 9600 Intel 14 4EX Intel 9600EX Microcom Deskporte Microcom QX 4232bis Multi Tech 1432B NEC i9635 direct connect AT amp T Paradyne 3810 3820 Penril Alliance V 32bis Practical Peripheral PM 14400 Practical Peripheral PM9600SA Racal Vadic 3221 Racal Vadic 3222 U S Robotics Courier Security Dynamics security device Telebit T2500 Telebit T3000 UDS V 3225L Configuring Ports Dial Script Modem uds 32271 UDS V 3227L uds 3229 UDS V 3229L uds v 32 UDS V 32 world blazer Telebit WorldBlazer zoom 3242 Zoom 3242 Disable enables disables dial out from the port The choices are a Yes does NOT allow dial out a No allows dial out Baud rate is the baud rate assigned to the port The choices are a 2400 a 4800 Aa 9600 default a 19200 a 38400 a 57600 Parity is the number of parity bits in each byte The choices are a Odd a Even a Zero Q One Q None default Stop bits is the number of stop bits in each byte The choices are a 1 default a 15 a 2 Page 6 17 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Page 6 18 Data bits
81. ad only Extemal Port Interface Index Number 1 which is used to reference the external port interface This field is read only Hub Port Interface Index Number 2 which is used to reference the hub port interface This field is read only Protocol Type The IEEE 802 1d spanning tree protocol used by the bridge This field is read only Configuring the Spanning Tree Bridge Priority A programmable integer from 0 65535 used to determine the pri ority of the selected bridge during spanning tree configuration The lower the value the higher the bridge priority and the more likely it will be selected as a forwarding bridge and possibly the root bridge in a spanning tree To modify this field click Modify Root Bridge ID The unique bridge ID of the current root bridge in the spanning tree The ID is based on its physical address and priority The root bridge ID is sometimes referred to as Root ID This field is read only Path Cost to Root Bridge The calculated distance from the selected bridge to the root bridge as seen from the selected bridge The range is 1 65535 During span ning tree configuration the path cost value is compared to the val ues in incoming Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPDU configuration messages from other bridges It is one of the criteria used by a bridge to determine if it needs to reconfigure itself field is read only Spanning Tree Root Port The port 1 or 2 on the selected bridge with the lowest cost route
82. al emphasis is neces Sar y When certain information is noteworthy or unusual it is set off in the following format A Thisinformation is noteworthy or unusual When information is especially important it is set off with this for mat A This information is very important This manual provides specific instructions about how to perform a task or configure an application Where you must do things in a certain order the manual provides a formal procedure All procedures in the manual are made to look different from the regular text to make them easily recognizable and simple to follow 1 The first step in the procedure has a line drawn above it showing the beginning of the procedure If any step in the procedure requires some explanation the information will follow the instruction as shown here Next read this step in this procedure And then read this step in the procedure A WN The last step in any procedure has a line drawn under it showing the end of the procedure 1 Installing AsanteView Software e Hardware Requirements on page 1 2 e Installing Asant View 2 6 on page 1 4 FASANT Installing Asant View Software Hardware The following tables describe the minimum hardware specifications Requirements for the Asant View Management Station AMS and the network inter face cards and protocols that Asant View 2 6 supports Asant View Asant View 2 6 for Windows runs on the Asant View Manag
83. anagement tools a Assign descriptive labels such as alias names loca tions contact names etc to subgroups and devices The following device types represented by specific icons can be dis played on a map The various network device types are explained in Table 2 1 The icon associated with each device appears to the left of the table Table 2 1 Network Device Types Device Description gt Hub 1012 An Asant Hub 1012 with or without Hub 1012 SNMP software ol Hub 1016 10 An Asant Hub 1016 IQ with or Hub 1016 1Q without SNMP software Station Any IBM or IBM compatible PC with or without SNMP agent software any undefined device configured with SNMP agent software Asant View can monitor its MIB II variables but cannot control the PC un cr E n ms 5 Macintosh Any Macintosh with Asant SNMP MacAgent software Macintosh Bridge Any non Asant bridge with SNMP agent software UJ o Q D Mapping Network Segments Description Device Router Router coo Backbone Backbone Subgroup SSS Bridge 1012 Bridge 1012 m ec mem Hub 2072 Hub 2072 A Asant Bridge Asant Bridge NetRAS NetRAS NetStacker NetStacker Asant FAST 100 Asant FAST 100 Management Management Module Module Any router with SNMP agent software The network backbone cabling typically thin or thick Ethernet cabling linking multiple hubs A network segment that is a physical subnetwork wit
84. and file menu 2 4 problems network see also find talker command detecting 7 21 nodes 7 27 protocol stack 2 17 support 1 2 type packet length bridges viewing 5 23 R RAM minimum requirements 1 2 receiver trap viewing for a hub 4 6 reduce threshold 4 12 remote users AppleTalk zones 6 24 remove device tool 2 11 requirements CPU 1 2 disk space 1 2 hard disk 1 2 hardware 1 2 minimum speed 1 2 mouse type 1 2 operating systems 1 2 RAM 1 2 serial port 1 2 software 1 3 requirements continued video support 1 2 Windows platforms 1 3 resetting hub repeater chip 7 7 retrieving logged data 8 42 RFC request for comment 1155 standards 1 2 1156 standards 1 2 1157 standards 1 2 826 standards 1 2 root bridge ID 5 5 5 8 port 5 5 router map icon 2 3 default address viewing 4 5 hub setting 4 7 NetRAS modifying 6 12 S scripts dial NetRAS 6 16 search command 2 25 all IP devices searching by 2 17 security node intrusion command 7 25 serial port support 1 2 server boot viewing for a hub 4 6 modem configuration list NetRAS 6 19 set agent parameters window 4 6 threshold command 7 21 Simple Network Management Protocol See SNMP SkyTel pager 7 19 SNMP 1 2 agent parameters setting 4 2 NetRAS information 6 10 from field 6 10 MacAgent software devices with 2 2 software download NetRAS 7 13 upgrades 7 11 spanning tree algorithm parameters viewing 5 8 bridge priority 5 5 type 5 4 configuration 5 3 exte
85. ap 2 22 preferences 2 5 subgroup 2 22 world view 2 4 monitoring alert messages 8 3 health reading 8 7 hub meter 8 6 performance 8 14 node activity 8 18 overview 8 2 network continued port performance 8 14 statistics 8 8 performance monitoring 8 14 problems see also find talker command detecting 7 21 nodes 7 27 segments mapping 2 2 statistics bar chart format 8 9 viewing 8 8 line curve format 8 9 logging in database 8 25 traffic 8 12 traffic statistics packet distribution 8 12 utilization monitoring 8 16 node activity monitoring 8 18 aging setting 8 20 database editor 7 29 intrusion alarms 7 25 summary 8 18 aging 8 21 notes creating on amap 2 6 editing on a map 2 7 removing on a map 2 8 number of learned entry discards 5 10 O operating systems supported 1 2 overview of Asant View 2 6 xii P packet distribution command 8 12 pager activating 7 18 display 7 20 info command 7 20 information options 7 19 information window 7 18 panel display for a hub arranging 4 7 views Asant Bridge 3 18 Asant Bridge 1012 3 15 Asant Bridge 1012 front 3 15 Asant Bridge 1012 rear 3 17 Asant FAST 100 Management Module 3 25 Asant Hub 1012 3 3 to 3 4 Asant Hub 10161Q 3 5 Asant Hub 2072 3 6 panel views continued Asant N etRAS 3 20 NetRAS Remote Access Server 3 20 NetStacker 3 9 using 3 1 parent map 2 20 2 22 passwords changing 7 5 default 1 6 7 5 guidelines 7 5 initially assigned 7 3 level 1 abi
86. aps 1 Double click the hub icon on the map 2 Open the Fault menu 3 Select Trap Receivers The Trap Receiver Table window appears as shown in Figure 7 4 with the name of the selected hub at the top Traps that are generated in this hub will be forwarded to the IP address of the Asant View Management Station s listed under Trap receiver IP in this window Trap Receiver Table Alias IDF 3 Hub 2 6 IP 192 203 53 6 Trap receiver IP Community string 192 108 250 7 public System message Trap Receiver settings returned Refresh Quit Figure 7 4 Trap Receiver Table window 4 Click the Refresh button to display the current entries on the hub 5 Click in the first empty Community string field and enter the community string of the device sending the traps Page 7 9 General Network Configuration If theAMS has atrap community string enter the same string in the Community string field 6 Click the Apply button to send the entry to the selected hub Click the Quit button to take no action and close the win dow Page 7 10 Software Upgrades Upgrading a Hub or Asant Bridge Software Upgrades For Asant View In Band software there are three upgrade procedures depending on which Asant device you re upgrading a Upgrading a hub or Asant Bridge Q Upgrading an Asant Bridge 1012 a Upgrading a NetRAS Y ou upgrade all A
87. are monitoring Set the threshold above or below that range A You must have write privileges for a hub to set a threshold on it The maximum number of thresholds at one time for a device are as fol low s A Asant Hub 1012 or Asant Bridge 1012 4 thresh olds a Asant Hub 2072 and the NetStacker hub 14 thresh olds Q Asant 1016 1Q and Asant FAST 100 Management Module 16 thresholds Q TheAsant Bridge and NetRAS do not support thresh olds To set or add a threshold entry on a hub segment group or port 1 Double click the desired hub on the map 2 Open the Fault menu 3 Select Set Threshold The Threshold Table window as shown in Figure 7 15 on page 7 23 appears Q To add a threshold table entry click the Add button Page 7 21 General Network Configuration The Add Threshold Table Entry window as shown in Figure 7 14 appears Add Threshold Table Entry Alias Target soup number ssf Interval 1 192 203 53 7 Subject Bad frames Post number Condition Rise Owner string 0 0 0 0 Action Send Trap aj bui message Apply J Quit Figure 7 14 AddThreshold Table Entry window A if you already have four entries in the table you will not be able to add more Add athreshold entry by filling in the fields Table 7 2 provides instructions Table 7 2 Add Threshold Table Entry Instructions Field Name Instructions Alias Alias of selected device
88. ars as shown in Figure 2 15 It is the same as the Add Device window shown in Figure 2 13 except for the title Modify Device Device type Icon Alias name IP address Location Read comm Contact person Write comm Contact phone Poll type Segment View Poll cycle i Figure 2 15 Modify Device window 3 Modify the device parameters as required 4 Click Apply to modify the device or click Quit to take no action and close the dialog Mapping Network Segments Zoom Out Tool Use the Zoom Out tool to see a larger area of the current map Figure 2 16 Zoom OutTool Use the Zoom Out tool to view a wider area of the map To use the tool click the Zoom Outtool in theTool Box The map is redrawn to display a larger area each time you click the Zoom Out tool Hand Tool You can move around the map display by using the Hand tool The Hand tool is not a part of theTool Box it is a function of the mouse as described below To use the Hand tool 1 Place the mouse pointer anywhere on the surface of the map but not over a device icon 2 Hold down the left mouse button and drag As you drag the pointer changes to a hand tool changing your viewing position relative to the map surface You can track where you are by watching the World view inset in the lower right corner of the map window 3 Release the mouse button when you are satisfied with the view of the map To move aselected
89. atus Current Session Opens the Current Session w indow displaying information about the last 32 remote users to log in to the NetRAS The maximum count of 32 includes only those users who are currently logged into the NetRAS Performance Status Previous Session Opens the Previous Session w indow displaying information about the previous 128 users to log in to the NetRAS Fault Reset Agent Sends a Reset command to the NetRAS You must confirm the com mand before it is actually sent Fault Reset Port Sends a Reset command to the NetRAS You must confirm the com mand before it is actually sent The Asant FAST 100 Management Module Module type The Asant FAST 100 Management Module You can view and change the configuration of an Asant FAST 100 Man agement Module directly from its on screen front panel view To open the management module front panel double click its icon on the map Figure 3 11shows an example of an Asant FAST 100 Manage ment Module front panel view Utilization display Collision display 192 203 54 87 File Configuration Pexformance Fault Secyfity UTILIZATION COLLISION y raro cuuuuuut Asont FAST ji PUR sc co EE Group 4728889 CONSOLE RS 232 ASANTE Management Module OUT OF BAND PARTITION COL 1 g 3 4 5 B 7 B q 10 11 12 UPLINK c ca TTT a a ETTE Oj CESSE ZEEE ZEEE 100 BASE THPORTS ASANTE PUR LINK RECEIVE Group
90. ault is the segment to which the NMM module is attached for the Asant Hub 2072 for the NetStacker hub the default is set in Add Modify Device Click Next in Statistics window to switch to the other segment Page 8 12 TheTable Bar Chart and Line Curve formats are shown in the figures that follow TheTotal count column displays the counter reading in the hub Segment Packet Distribution 192 203 54 188 Total time 0 Days 00 00 00 Reset Sample interval 5 seconds Packet length Peak s Total count 14419 621206 1 63 bytes M 0l 64 bytes MW ol 65 511 bytes M0 512 1023 bytes M 110 1024 15 8byes M 1 0 Above 1518 bytes M 0 System message Received response Figure 8 8 Packet Distribution Table we woo Selo piers Feary pda mini NIND A 2 Gaa Packet Distribution Segment Packet Distribution 192 203 54 188 uN Total time 0 Days 00 00 23 Next Md Sample interval 5 seconds Figure 8 9 Packet Distribution Bar Chart Segment Packet Distribution 192 203 54 188 Bae Target Segment 2 HE nee M Resume Newt Ene Sample interval 1 seconds 12 44 30 12 44 35 12 44 40 12 44 45 12 44 50 12 44 55 1 53 bytes No selection No selection Figure 8 10 Packet Distribution Line Curve Chart See the preceding section on statistics for more information on control buttons and how to use them effectively To display the packet distr
91. bridges 5 23 Ethernet 2 3 2 21 event reports 8 3 exporting database file data 8 29 port designated bridge 5 9 designated port ID 5 9 interface index 5 4 state field 5 9 F Fast Ethernet hubs monitoring See Asant FAST 100 Management Module features Asant View 2 6 xii new in Asant View 2 6 xiii file boot viewing for a hub 4 6 menu preference command 2 5 search command 2 25 files modify program ini 1 5 filter mode bridges 5 23 table command 5 14 find talker command network problems 7 27 forward delay spanning tree 5 6 forwarding state 5 9 hub port number of changes 5 10 learned entry discards 5 10 number of changes 5 10 table dynamic 5 14 definitions of 5 16 range 5 20 definitions 5 21 modifying 5 22 static 5 17 definitions 5 18 modifying 5 19 front panel displays opening more than one 4 7 G get information command 4 2 group statistics viewing 8 8 H hand tool 2 15 hard disk minimum requirements 1 2 hardware requirements 1 2 hello time spanning tree 5 5 help See technical support A I hierarchical map building 2 20 to 2 21 hold time spanning tree 5 6 hub Asant FAST 100 hubs managing See Asant FAST 100 Management Module Asant Hub 1012 See Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 10164Q See Asant Hub 10164Q Asant Hub 2072 See Asant Hub 2072 agent identification information viewing 4 3 authentication traps viewing 4 6 baud rate RS 232C viewing 4 5 boot file viewing 4 6 mode viewing 4 5 s
92. cates a warning Q RED indicates overload or problems on the net work Each meter records the highest setpoint for the time the window is open A To view the high meter point click and hold on the meter face To open the Hub Meter window 1 Double click the device to be managed 2 Open the Performance menu 3 Select Network Analysis then select Hub Meter Figure 8 4 Hub Health Meter Using the Hub Meter You can leave the Hub Meter open and running while running another Asant View 2 6 or Windows application The Hub Meter continues to run and update in the background The Health reading is calculated as the following percentage Good Good Bad frames Good Frames readable frames Bad Frames a weighted average 0 8 Frame too long count 0 8 Runt count 0 8 Fragment count 0 8 FSC count 0 8 IFG count 0 8 Data Rate Mismatch count 0 8 Short event count 0 2 Collision count 0 2 Late Collision count 0 8 MJLP count 0 8 Autopartition count 0 8 SFD count L L DL DL DL DL D DL D D DL Page 8 7 Monitoring the Network Page 8 8 Network Statistics Use Network Statistics available from the Performance menu on the device s front panel to display statistics for a hub hub port group or segment Hub Statistics To gather statistics for a hub double click its icon on the map Open the Performance menu and select Network Statistics Port Statistics To select a port on a
93. cted module Figure 8 15 shows an example of an Port IP Mapping Table window su olki Opened Tue Jun 18 1998 14 53 30 IP Address 192 20354219 ole elelelelele olololelafale o olololalalala o olalolelafala s n 92 203 54 49 1 a 53 32 Retrieved valid row entry 14 53 33 Retrieved valid row entry 11 n 14 53 34 Retrieved valid row entry 12 n 14 53 34 Maximum number of rows reached Group ft Port AA CA AAN AN 4 1 4 1 0L 18 Jun 96 14 53 un Figure 8 15 Port IP Mapping Table window Page 8 22 Other Monitoring Tools The Group column lists the active group hub num ber The Port column lists the active port number associ ated with the active group The IP address column lists the last IP address associ ated with the active port and group Each time a new device uses a port or the frame type changes the hub stores an entry in the Port IP Mapping Table You can disable IP Mapping or specify the amount of time the informa tion is stored in the module with the Aging option in the Port IP Mapping Table window To disable or set the aging time for IP mapping 1 Open the Port IP Mapping Table for the Asant Hub 10164Q or Asant FAST 100 Management Module Follow instructions for IP Mapping on page 8 23 2 Click the Aging button 3 Set the desired amount for the Aging Time following the guidelines in Table 8 5 Aging 4 Click OK Table 8 6 Port IP
94. ctions See NetStacker with NS NMM Menu Bar on page 3 11 for information about each menu item Module Port Selectors Graphic images of the ports appear on each module panel display To control and monitor a port first click the port then use the tools in the panel view window s menu bar See Module Port Selection on page 3 11 for information about selecting individual ports on the different NetStacker modules Port Status Display Each module has a partition and link status LED for each port If a link is attached to a port its corresponding link LED is lighted If the port is partitioned either manually or by autopartition its partition LED lights continually When it s autopartitioned this LED blinks MiniMAU Indicator TheAsant NetStacker can be configured with several different Asant MAUS each with its own graphic image in the panel view Module Port Selection NetStacker with NS NMM Menu Bar The Asant NetStacker All modules except RJ 21 Click on the port you want to select then use the tools in the Asant View main menu bar RJ 21 module only Click on the RJ21 connector in the panel display This opens a popup menu listing the 12 ports for that connector Select the port you want then use the tools in the Asant View main menu bar The menu bar provides both direct module control functions and access to network statistics windows Except for the Agent Identification Configuration window all win dows
95. curity Access to the ports on the hub repeater is limited to the devices speci fied for each port To control access to a hub and set a node intrusion alarm 1 Select the hub or select a group from the hub panel view 2 Open the Security menu 3 Select Node Intrusion The Port Intrusion window as shown in Figure 7 16 appears Port Intrusion Admin Hub Opened Thu Feb 16 1995 11 02 50 IP Address 192 203 53 134 Config Allowed source address 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 o o e e o o e e o o o o e o e e o o e e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0000 00 00 IEEE o o o o o o o o o o er er Gd Gd Gd Gd Gd e Gd Ga HO OOo nn en Jon o o a 0 o o a a o fo er er Gd Gd Gd Gd Gd for Gd o e o e o o o o e o e MT ge ES un mija e m e rj m o D a m m 2 x ua o d o u p m Q i Le Es m et o Figure 7 16 Port Intrusion window Each port on the hub is identified in the Port column and has a port entry line 4 Select a port 5 Enter the physical Ethernet MAC address of the device permitted to use the port in the Accepted source address field Page 7 25 General Network Configuration Page 7 26 6 Enter the action to be taken by Asant View 2 6 when an intrusion occurs see Table 7 4 for options Click the No Yestoggle button to specify Yesin the Apply
96. d hub port respectively The center three LEDs refer to the bridge spanning tree configuration The LEDs are defined in Table 3 1 Table 3 1 Bridge Status Display LEDs LED Meaning RCV Blinks when receiving a packet on this port FWD Blinks when forwarding a packet to this port COL Blinks when a collision occurs on this port STA Blinks when the bridge is functioning normally SBY Lights when the bridge is in standby mode that is not the active bridge in a spanning tree ACT Lights when the bridge is the active bridge in a spanning tree Bridge Extemal Hub Port Selectors Selects port for bridge statistics or utilization The bridge has two ports Q EXT A hub port connecting to the hub a HUB An external port connecting to an external device Page 3 15 Using the Panel View Page 3 16 To display bridge port utilization follow with clicking Utilization in the Network Analysis submenu located in the Performance menu To display bridge port statistics follow with clicking All Port Mon itor in the Network Analysis submenu located in the Perfor mance menu For more information see Utilization Tool on page 8 16 Hub Map Label Displays the label assigned to this hub in the current map The alias can be edited with the Map Editor the IP address and device name can be edited in the Set Agent Parameters w indow Hub Utilization Display Displays the amount of packet traffic handled by the hub the bot tom r
97. d status active 2 inactive 3 Threshold target hub 2 port 3 group 4 segment 1 5 segment 2 6 Threshold group Threshold subject readable frames 2 IFG errors 10 multicast frames 3 data rate 11 broadcast frames 4 mismatch 12 frame too long 5 short events 13 runts 6 collisions 14 alignment errors 7 late collisions 15 fragment errors 8 auto partitions 16 FCS errors 9 SFD missing 17 bad frames Threshold type event per second 2 Page 8 36 Logging Information Field Contents Code Contents Code Threshold alarm rising 2 falling 3 rising and falling 4 Threshold water mark Threshold rising Prtn port Send trap Prtn send trap Send trap page Prtn page trap Threshold falling Prtn port Send trap Prtn send trap Send trap page Prtn page trap DNUBWN OO U1 B WW N Threshold interval Threshold owner Table 8 14 Misc txt File Node Intrusion Settings Field Contents Code type date time Physical address IP address Device type 258 Asant Hub 1012 Request type 352 Group Port System up time N Status active inactive 3 Physical address Page 8 37 Monitoring the Network Page 8 38 Field Contents Code Action Prtn port 2 Send trap 3 Prtn send trap 4 Send trap page 5 Prin pge trap 6 Table 8 15 Misc txt File Node Summary Parameters Field Contents Code Date Time Physical address IP address Device type 258 Asant Hub 10
98. d to the modem Enter a time in seconds in the Time Out field defining how long the NetRAS will wait from the time the modem answers the phone to user login If log in does not occur before this times out period the modem disconnects the line Enter a time value in seconds for the Call Delay field This tells the NetRAS how long to wait before making a call back to a remote user if a call back number is defined for the user logging in Click the Apply button to send the new configuration to the NetRAS Page 6 21 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Setting Up SNMP Managers are Asant View users allowed to manage the NetRAS SNMP Managers Each user must have a unique user name and unique Read Write com munity strings This is a security feature preventing unauthorized Asant View users from changing parameters in the NetRAS Viewing the Current 1 Double click the NetRAS icon in the map to open its panel SNMP Manager List view 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select SNMP Manager The SNMP Manager window as shown in Figure 6 13 ap pears SNMP Manager 192 203 54 92 Opened Thu Mar 241994 20 51 37 Qui IP Address 192 203 54 92 Add M Medis Community String Type Manager IP Address 192 203 54 173 192 203 54 171 192 203 54 250 192 203 54 204 192 108 250 250 192 203 54 250 192 203 54 151 rs Mts e 192 203 54 176 192 203 54 174 Read Write Read Write Read Write Writs Write
99. device 2 12 hand tool 2 15 map link 2 8 modify device 2 7 2 14 remove device 2 8 2 11 zoom home 2 10 in 2 10 out 2 15 topology number of changes 5 10 time since last change 5 10 traffic network 8 12 traps authentication viewing for a hub 4 6 receivers command 7 9 for a hub 4 6 setting 7 9 table 7 9 viewing for a hub 4 6 U up time spanning tree 5 10 upgrading Asant View 2 6 software 7 11 NetRAS 7 13 User assignments command 7 2 levels level 1 7 2 Index ix user continued levels continued level 2 7 2 name adding new 7 2 changing 7 3 default 1 6 deleting 7 4 utilization network monitoring 8 16 UTP BNC AUI AUTO selection 4 14 V values active at reset message 6 10 VGA adapter card 1 2 video support 1 2 W Windows 3 11 1 3 95 1 3 2 17 NT 3 51 2 17 NT 4 0 2 17 platforms requirements 1 3 windows iconized 1 3 2 26 Winsock Windows sockets xiii world view in map 2 4 write comm field 6 5 Z zone action field 3 22 6 14 6 26 discard field 6 31 forward field 6 31 scope 6 30 setting 6 30 viewing current setting 6 30 filter list adding zone names 6 27 changing zone names 6 28 deleting entries 6 29 existing zone error message 6 28 validity of zone names 6 14 6 26 6 27 6 29 viewing current configuration 6 26 window 3 22 6 26 6 27 filter command 3 22 6 26 filter name field 6 27 zoom home tool 2 17 in tool 2 16 out tool 2 17 Index x
100. dialog POX 2 oam secte echa ted ge EPI UE a awe METRE eee 2 25 Asant Hub 1012 Front Panel MM 3 D eee od ih donee arate Mee ee a 3 3 Asant Hub 1012 Rear Panel View 3 s csc ced tw Re COE dope schon eee a 34 Asant Hub 10164Q Front Panel View isses Hn 35 KsanteHub 2072 Panel WOW v ese exe qeec aee wx uet S Dre te M dade IE E E sy OR ERES 3 6 NetStacker with Standard NMM Panel View 3 9 Page v Figure 3 6 Figure 3 7 Figure 3 8 Figure 3 9 Figure 3 10 Figure 3 11 Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 Figure 4 4 Figure 4 5 Figure 4 6 Figure 4 7 Figure 4 8 Figure 4 9 Figure 4 10 Figure 4 11 Figure 5 1 Figure 5 2 Figure 5 3 Figure 5 4 Figure 5 5 Figure 5 6 Figure 5 7 Figure 5 8 Figure 5 9 Figure 5 10 Figure 6 1 Figure 6 2 Figure 6 3 Figure 6 4 Figure 6 5 Figure 6 6 Figure 6 7 Figure 6 8 Figure 6 9 Figure 6 10 Figure 6 11 Figure 6 12 Figure 6 13 Figure 6 14 Page vi NetStacker with NS NMM Panel View 3 9 Asant Bridge 1012 Front Panel VIEW a afa hor YER Ce REACH SENT Meese 3 15 Asant Bridge 1012 Rear Panel View 3 17 Asant Bridge Panel VIEW sc oo de li deb Ede beta b eed eles pb tod 3 18 NetRAS Panel View en bold ale ers Us Fr beUi La hee ale o EM acce D S Lade un PA p 320 Asant FAST 100 Management Module Front Panel View 325 Group Information WINdOW sacs es d a abet
101. ding Table 222 cant Se ER IMLAd n ne dtd des dent 5 20 The Add Range Table Entry window 5 22 Bootp window before NetRAS initialization 6 2 NetRAS Initialization Bootp Request dialog box 6 2 Bootp window after Bootp request sent 6 3 Bootp and TFTP Exit Confirmation wiNdOW suae erac ee CECI RES RS 64 DDE Server Disconnect message 64 NetRAS Agent Identification Configuration window 66 NetRAS Agent Communication Configuration window 6 8 NetRAS Agent Administration Configuration window 6 9 Async Port Configuration WINKOW sd tbe t PRSE ak eRe EE 6 14 Sample Modify Async Port Configuration window 6 15 Sample Server Modem Configuration window 6 19 Sample Add Server Modem Configuration window 6 20 Sample SNMP Manager window 6 22 Sample Modify SNMP Manager window 6 23 Figure 6 15 Figure 6 16 Figure 6 17 Figure 6 18 Figure 6 19 Figure 7 1 Figure 7 2 Figure 7 3 Figure 7 4 Figure 7 5 Figure 7 6 Figure 7 7 Figure 7 8 Figure 7 9 Figure 7 10 Figure 7 11 Figure 7 12 Figure 7 13 Figure 7 14
102. displays the option not currently in use To display more or less of the total numeric range use the range control arrow heads at the right side of the display Line Curve and Bar Chart formats only To pause or resume the display activity press Pause Resume at the right Data acquisition continues dur ing a paused operation Line Curve only To reduce the window to an icon click the minimize box at the upper right corner of the window Data acquisition continues To close the window double click the control menu box in the upper left corner Data acquisition stops and the window is closed Total Packets in the Statistics Table displays the con tents of a counter running in the hub not in the AMS When you press Reset the total is calculated from the time of reset Table 8 2 describes the fields and controls available in the windows Network Statistics Table 8 2 Statistics Window Option Field Contents Meaning Display 30 seconds Sets and resets the time period displayed in the Interval to 3 hours window resets intervals shown accordingly does not affect data Used with Line Curve format Sample 1 2 5 10 or Sets the sampling rate Interval 30 seconds Percent Percent Changes the display of current information or or Packet Sec from percentage of traffic of total packets to Packet absolute packet rate in packets per second and sec vice versa Used only with Line Curve format Control Arrows at the right
103. dow can display all or only a portion of the devices in the map file A sample of a Map window is shown in Figure 2 1 mil Ey JUNE ile Configuration Performance Fault Security Application d 0 ap j gs B g m Manufacturing Documentation Marketing Sales Engineering 193 203 53 103 133 203 53 138 193 203 53 137 1932035317 193203533 World a Figure 2 1 Sample Map window A World View in the lower right corner of the window provides a ref erence when you have zoomed in on a portion of the map Defining Map Preferences You can customize the map display using the Preference command in the File menu Preference enables you to display links between devices turn the World View on or off and select the device label type Mapping Network Segments To define map preferences follow the instructions below 1 Open the File menu Select Preference The Preference window appears as shown in Figure 2 2 Preference D World view EJ Show link Display label ame IP address Device name Phys address Figure 2 2 File Menu Preference window Click the World view checkbox to turn the world view display on or off Click the Show link checkbox to turn the link display on or off A This does not apply to auto generated links 3 Select the type of display label by clicking the appropriate radio button you can select only one
104. dress status can be one of the following Q Leamed indicates that the address was learned 4 Management means the address is also in the Bridge Static Forwarding Table Q Self meansthis is the address of the selected bridge Refresh Refreshes the current table contents Quit Closes the window Bridge Static Forwarding Table Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables The Bridge Static Forwarding Table allows you to enter the physical addresses of devices on the network and a forwarding path or paths for each address This table takes precedence over the Dynamic Forwarding Table Viewing the Current Table 1 on the map Open the Configuration menu Select Filter Table then click Static Select the bridge to be managed by double clicking its icon The Bridge Static Forwarding Table as shown in Figure 5 7 appears pened Mon Mar 07 1894 10 46 13 IP Address 192 203 54 185 index Physical address Receive port f Forward port f Status 00 00 00 00 00 02 pa j 00 00 00 00 00 03 Hub M Hub MPermament 5 00 00 00 00 00 04 Hub Hub I Permanent 6 00 00 00 00 00 05 Hub Hub Permanent 7 Mar 94 10 46 13 Retrieved table row entry 6 7 Mar 94 10 46 14 Table complete Bridge Static Forwarding Table 192 203 54 185 o i g z B Figure 5 7 4 The Bridge Static Forwarding Table View the displayed data
105. e Sd sre ooo ca bL des 4 3 Agent Identification Information window 4 3 Agent Communication Information window 4 4 The Set Agent Parameters WINdOW e ae dede a 808 as a Des de ead ad 46 Port Control window for the Asant Hub 1012 49 Port Control window for the Asant Hub 1016 1Q 4 10 Port Control window for the AH2072H12 RJ45 Repeater Module 4 10 Port Control window for the AH2072H12 RJ21 Repeater Module 4 10 Port Control window for the AH2072H6 FST Multiport Repeater Module 4 11 Port Control window for the AH2072H 10 BNC Multiport Repeater Module 4 11 Port Control window for the Asant FAST 100 Management Module 4 11 The Spanning Tree Information window 5 3 Spanning Tree Set Up window 5 7 Spanning Tree Status WINdOW 3 5 S ues vbt re euo CS EC Rees eee 5 8 Bridge Port Spanning Tree Table window 5 11 The Spanning Tree Port Entry dialog box 5 12 Bridge Dynamic Forwarding T able ce wale ef o ROERC EX EU Di a ace obs 5 15 The Bridge Static Forwarding Table 5 17 The Add Static Table Entry windOW isse re Rx EY wn 5 19 Bridge Range Forwar
106. e finished working with Asant View you need to log out Asant View following these procedures 1 Open the File menu 2 Select Exit A If you didn t save the current map file Asant View displays a dialog box reminding you to do so The Exit dialog box appears as shown in Figure 1 5 Are you sure that you want to exit the Asant View Management System Figure 1 5 Asant View Exit dialog box 3 Click Yes to quit Asant View or click No to continue working When you click Yes Asant View logs you out and you are returned to Windows Page 1 8 2 Mappingthe Network e Mapping Network Segments on page 2 2 e Building a Map on page 2 16 e Building a Hierarchical Map on page 2 20 FASANT Mapping the Network Mapping Network Segments Device Types Page 2 2 The Asant View 2 6 network map is a logical representation of the network Asant View uses the map to poll and interrogate devices and to send data to the map The map is not atrue representation of the network s physical topology adding a link or a device to the map does not in reality add a link or device to the network and deleting a link or device from the map does not physically remove a link or device from the actual network You can use the map to Q Define and show logical subgroups of network devices a Define and display logical links between devices Q Select a segment or discrete device as a target for Asant View network m
107. e following variables Q The number of devices the more devices you are managing the more powerful the computer must be Q The polling interval the longer the polling inter val for the devices the less CPU time is used You can change the polling interval on the mapped devices a The number of windows the greater the number of windows open the more CPU time is used Asant recommends no more than 15 open or iconized win dows at one time Table 1 3 shows the minimum Windows platform you need depending on your network s size Table 1 3 Network Size vs Minimum Windows Platform Network Size Minimum Windows Platform Very small less than or equal to 10 486 sx Asant hubs Small to medium less than or equal 486 33 MHz to 20 Asant hubs Medium to large more than 20 486 66 MHz Asant hubs Page 1 3 Installing Asant View Software Installing To install the Asant View 2 6 you must use the Installer program fol Asant View 2 6 lowing the directions below 1 Insert the Asant View Install disk disk 1 of 1 in your computer s floppy driveA 2 Open the Start menu and select Run If using Windows 3 11 or Windows NT 3 51 open the File menu and select Run The Run window appears Type a install at the prompt Click OKto proceed To exit the installation click Cancel A W Asant View initializes the installation program The Asant View Installation window appears with a welcome
108. e row entry 28 m 5 gt m H wo n 2 o an ee n sfajo i ble j j elo for A TR en vn B ss PR a x fon ben fou En len Een ee Er B BIH 5 uz fs e 1 2 3 5 7 0 1 index d o H2 ga o 4 As 6 o gs qo Hid M 94 21 23 19 Retrieved table row entry 29 94 21 23 19 Table complete Figure 6 12 Sample Add Server Modem Configuration window Clicking the Add button causes a new script to be created that is a copy of the one you selected Clicking the Modify button does not create a new script it only opens the script you selected If you clicked Modify you would have received the same window but with one restriction if you had selected a built in script you would not be able to send anything to the NetRAS If you had selected a user defined script you could send changes to the NetRAS 3 Select the type of ring indication you want the NetRAS to watch for either a hardware generated RI or the text Ring Editing the Server Modem Configuration List Enter the Init String and ARA String if the port will have Apple Remote Access users for the modem associated with this script See the documentation accompanying your modem for information about this string Using the drop down menu select either the hardw are gen erated DCD signal or the text string Connect to definethe Connect field This field tells the NetRAS how to send a connect com man
109. eive lights when the hub trans mits or receives data from any port a COL collision lights when collisions are detected on the network Page 3 5 Using the Panel View Asant Hub 2072 To open the Asant Hub 2072 front panel view double click the hub 2072 icon on the map Use the panel view for the Asant Hub 2072 to select a hub module or a port on a module and to control segments All LEDs reflect the actual LED displays on the front of the hub Segment link LEDs Hub type Eup thapisbel File Configuration Performance Fault Security 182 203 54 188 RJ 45 12 port module gt BNC module Fiber module gt RJ 45 24 port module Front panel MiniMAU indicator 7 HB 3 io tt le S 6 ooog RC JC JC JC LINK RELEIVE PARTITION EB B T B 8 oO it le ENMI LANEI PARTITION REL Exam LINK RELEIVE kCU FUD CUL Rou FUD CDL RMT1 Asant Bridge module gt omo a o oum cm m PORTA o m a SELI SELE EXT SELE L PORTE REMOTE CONS RMTI CONS Network M anagement Module NMM NMM CPU status NMM segment Module port NMM statistics selector Segment utilization and selectors Local Management Port status display bad traffic indicators Port LED Figure 34 Asant Hub 2072 Panel View The following paragraphs describe the elements of the Asant Hub 2072 front panel view Segment link LEDs Display the backplane segment to which the module is currently li
110. elect User Assignments The User Assignments window as shown in Figure 7 1 appears gt User Assignments User name Password Level Delete supervisor Yes System message Ready Figure 7 1 User Assignment window 3 Click in an empty User name field If all the fields on the first page of the window are full click the Next button to move to the next page clicking the Previous button moves you back one page Type the new user name Ul E Move the cursor into the Level field for this user name Two user levels are available Q Level 1 supervisor gives access to all commands 4 Level 2 does not give access to the following com mands Page 7 2 N 0 Controlling Access Q Control Spanning Tree Filter Table and Software Upgrade in the Configuration menu Q All Fault menu commands a User Assignments and Node Intrusion in the Security menu Q Edit Node DB in the Application menu Passwords are not assigned initially After a new user is activated that user logs in without a password by pressing Enter after typing the user name in the AMS Login window While logged in the user can set up a password using Change Password in the Security menu Repeat Steps 2 4 for each new user Click the Apply button to activate the new user s Click the Quit button to take
111. ement Sta Management Station tion platform Hardware specifications are shown in Table 1 1 other Requirements Asant View specifications are shown in Table 1 2 Table 1 1 Hardware Minimum CPU Minimum Speed Recommended CPU Minimum RAM Recommended RAM Recommended Hard Disk OS Levels Video Support Mouse Type Serial Port Support Disk Space loaded Hardware Specifications Specifications 486 SX 25 MHz 486 DX 4MB 8MB 80 MB Microsoft Windows 95 Windows NT or Windows 3 11 VGA adapter card and color monitor Windows compatible COM 1 COM2 COM3 COM4 IRQ 3 or IRQ 4 2 5 MB Table 1 2 Support MIB Support Protocol Support Standards Compatibility Ping Support Page 1 2 Asant View Specifications Specifications MIB Il Asant enterprise MIB SNMP UDP IP Asant proprietary serial link NM protocol RFC 1155 Structure of Management Information RFC 1156 Management Information Base RFC 1157 Simple Network Management Protocol RFC 826 Address Resolution Protocol TCP IP stack supporting Ping ICM P Windows NT 4 0 only Hardware Requirements The computer you choose for the Asant View Management Station must meet the following requirements Q Itmustbeatleast a 25 MHz 486 based computer with VGA screen support a Microsoft Windows 95 Windows NT or Windows 3 11 must be installed prior to installing Asant View 2 6 In addition the computer type and speed depends on th
112. erarchy ccc cece cece eee mmm teen enna 2 25 Using th Panel VIEW sisi 4x44 ER REALE AO RACER E Rl OR RR Od RR Oren tea OR d on 3 1 About Panel VIBWS vara ker re E DER eze ac h Pek de a Re ea rex 32 Beanteliub WO eta tie us o E Tae PERENNE eee bend Fuda dac i Esset aas ees 33 Asant Hub 101640 LS ie dati ee caddie door 3 5 Asant llub POP duc rie tet aie kdemsensesebe Re o dde ARE IN etienne 3 6 Module Port Selection x us ac KR idees RUP Xo e e Ea ane Dc ded antenne 38 Page i TheAsant NetStacker 2 0 ccc ee es 3 9 Module Port Selection o ouod tex scenes IG EE dEDPPPQS er IRA 3 11 NetStacker with NSNMM Menu Bar 3 11 TheAsant Bridge 1012 cus fesse ara detec eae 3 15 The Asant Bridge ERE 3 18 TheAsant NetRAS ouod take A eu dus 3 20 NetRAS MGA Bal iode s oe rreri oe CRX eee owe sack See ee ER cip ee eee EE 3 20 TheAsant FAST 100 Management Module 3 25 Asant FAST 100 Management Module Menu Bar 3 26 Configuring Asante Hubs 15 2 2225 ec 4 1 Setting SNMP Agent Parameters riores leidas 4 2 Viewing the Current Configuration 4 2 Using the Hub Panel Display 5222 RR maman DR RE Rx ERR RR ei eee ae een 4 7 Configuring PODES cacas u u ees 4 8 Accessing the Port Control Window
113. erver viewing address 4 6 Index iii Index iv hub continued community strings viewing 4 6 contact information viewing 4 2 default router setting 4 7 dial string viewing 4 5 front panel displays more than one 4 7 IP address setting 4 7 load mode viewing 4 5 location viewing 4 2 meter 8 6 monitoring node activity 8 18 name viewing 4 2 net boot mode 4 7 network performance monitoring 8 14 node intrusion alarms setting 7 25 summary aging 8 21 panel display using 4 7 parameters setting 4 6 port designated bridge 5 9 designated port ID 5 9 interface index 5 4 state field 5 10 transitions to fwd state 5 10 problems detecting 7 21 resetting 7 7 statistics viewing 8 8 subnet mask setting 4 7 viewing 4 5 traps paging 7 18 display 7 20 information 7 19 receiver viewing 4 6 viewing information 4 2 upgrading software 7 11 l iconized windows 1 3 2 26 icons device map window Asant Bridge 2 3 Asant FAST 100 Management Module 2 3 backbone 2 3 Bridge 2 2 Bridge 1012 2 3 Hub 1012 2 2 Hub 10164Q 2 2 Hub 2072 2 3 Macintosh 2 2 icons device continued NetRAS 2 3 NetStacker 2 3 router 2 3 stations 2 2 subgroup 2 3 identification information viewing for a hub 4 3 image file boot load mode viewing 4 5 in band management xii installation 1 4 requirements 1 2 interpreting the Port Control display 4 9 IP Internet Protocol address bridges 5 4 default router viewing 4 5 hubs setting 4 7 viewing
114. es 192 203 545 MH 2 3 192203 549 PO 94 1513331 Interrogating hub 192 203 54 187 pg TAIL Interrogating hub 192 203 54 188 15193533 Number of cycles completed 2 5 15513233 Found object Querying stopped Find Talker gt Figure 7 18 Example of the Find Talker window a a To stop the search click Stop To resume the search after stopping click Find To leave the Find Talker window click Quit Find Talker interrogates hubs for their front ports only it does not interrogate for their uplink ports Find Talker stops after seven cycles if the object is not found Edit Node Database Edit Node Database Using the node database editor you can view add change or delete local aliases or names assigned to devices on the network To open the node database 1 Open the Application menu in the map window 2 Select Edit Node DB The Node Database window appears as shown in Figure 7 19 Node Database Opened wed Apr 1887 105304 on To node records 5 Wore Physical address IP address 00 00 94 39 01 2a 192 203 54 5 192 203 54 5 D E 00 00 94 42 b2 0a 192 203 54 6 192 203 54 6 00 00 94 39 01 8f 192 203 54 12 192 203 54 12 n M 00 00 94 75 94 ed 192 203 54 87 192 203 54 67 AAA a KEENE A 00 00 94 rr 185 eee 00 00 94 10 88 67 a 192208 AA 00 00 94 40 00 b1 92 20354 200 A E 9 Apr 97 10 53 04 Retrieved valid rows entries 41 to 45 9 Apr 97 10 53 04
115. f fixed length columns separated by tabs and delimited by opening and closing square brackets Logging Information 4 Click Start to send the data from the database file to the export file or click Quitto take no action and return to the Database control window If you are running Database export a second time you are told that an output file already exists and are asked if you want to overwrite the existing text file or do nothing Click Yes to overwrite or click No to take no action The following section discusses the ASCII text file format Viewing Logged Data in a Text File Depending on the category you selected the logged data is in one of the following text files in the directory in which Asant View isinstalled the default directory is c aview Table 8 9 ASCII Text Files Category Database file Text file Device Identification config db config txt Trap Receiver Settings misc db misc txt Threshold Settings Node Intrusion Settings Node Summary Tables Traffic Statistics count db count txt Packet Distribution All Port Statistics allport db allport txt In the misc db and the count db files the request type code identi fies which data category is logged The following sections show how the fields appear horizontally in each text file To manipulate the data you can import the text file into an application program such as a spreadsheet or database program The config txt File Each of the following
116. fyou want to configure the ports for a repeater mod ule in an Asant Hub 2072 a NetStacker or an Asatn FAST 100 Management Module you must first open the Panel View for that hub and select the group of ports you want to configure The method used depends on the type of hub you are working with Intelligent Stand Alone Hubs 1 Select an Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 10164Q or Asant Bridge 1012 by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Control then click Ports The Port Control window as shown in Figure 4 5 appears The hub label appears at the top of this window what is displayed alias name device name IP address or physi cal address depends on the Display label setting in the Preference window See Interpreting and Using the Port Control Window on page 4 9 for more information Interpreting and Using the Port Control Window Configuring Ports Chassis Stackable Hubs 1 Select a stackable hub by double clicking its icon on the map Click on the group module containing the ports you want to configure Select Control then click Ports The Port Control window as shown in Figure 4 5 appears 2 3 Open the Configuration menu 4 See Interpreting and Using the Port Control Window on page 4 9 for more information The following are illustrations of each major type of Port Control win dow and definitions for all controls and parameters with
117. g should look like the one in Figure 2 23 Add Device Device type ubgroup Icon Ez Alias name Corporate Admin IP address Location Read comm Contact person SubMap file Contact phone Segment View AAA Poll type Poll cycle Figure 2 23 Adding a Subgroup window Building a Hierarchical Map 8 Now you can define four more subgroups for the example network Q Engineering Q Marketing and Sales Q Manufacturing Q Customer Service Each subgroup can be set up exactly asthe first with the IP address of a key hub in the subgroup SNMP polling and a unique submap file 3 Use Add Link to draw links from the Asant View Manage ment Station to each subgroup making the parent map look like the following Asant View In Band parent map File Configuration Performance Fault Security Application Customer Servicce Manufacturing Marketing amp Sales Engineering Corporate Admini Figure 2 24 Sample Parent Map window 10 Save the parent map by selecting Save from the File menu ll For the example name the file parent map A When naming a map file you must use the extension map Asant View uses only map files with the map extension Page 2 23 Mapping the Network Creating a Child Map Page 2 24 Now that you have created the parent map you can create and populate child maps one level below the parent map You will use Discover Subg
118. ge one for the hub por tion and one for the bridge portion 1 Open the bridge you want to upgrade by double clicking its icon in the Asant View map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Software Upgrade The Agent Image Download w indow as shown in Figure 7 6 appears Agent Image Download Alias name 192 203 54 185 IP Address 192 203 54 185 Device type Br1012 bridge S W version Curr file server 192 203 54 250 Curr S W version 1 1 Curr F W version 1 0 System Message Received response Figure 7 6 In Band Asant Bridge 1012 Image Download window 4 Select either Br1012 bridge bridge or Br1012 hub hub from the Device type drop down menu Upgrading a NetRAS Software Upgrades In the S W version field type the version number of the agent image softw are you want to download to the hub 6 Click Apply to start the download process Asant View looks for the selected hub s image file and the version number you specified If it finds the file the down load proceeds If Asant View cannot find the file it displays an error mes sage at the bottom of the window and the download pro cess does not continue You must use this procedure to upgrade the software in the NetRAS The procedure uses the Bootp and TFTP applications to accomplish the software download A i you stop the software download process before its completion the NetRAS agent will no longer commu nicate with the A
119. h its own router or bridge or is an arbitrary grouping of network devices not physically separated from the network An Asant Bridge 1012 residing in an Asant Hub 1012 with SNMP agent software An Asant Hub 2072 with SNMP agent software An Asant Bridge with SNMP agent software An Asant NetRAS Remote Access Server with SNMP agent software An Asant NetStacker hub with SNMP agent software An Asant FAST 100 Hub stack with an Asant FAST 100 Management Module Map Limits The maximum number of devices a map can display is as follows a Asant V iew 2 6 50 devices You can create multiple maps to represent the network by creating a hierarchical map structure with each map representing a portion of the network See the next section and Building a Hierarchical Map on page 2 20 for more information Page 2 3 Mapping the Network Using the Map Editor Page 2 4 Asant View 2 6 provides a simple yet powerful editing toolkit to gener ate and customize network maps Using the Map Editor you can do the following a a a a o Add and remove devices from the map Place unique icons for different network devices Draw map links betw een any two devices Arrange network devices in a logical pattern on the map View the map with links visible or turned off invisi ble Display the labels on the devices as local aliases IP addresses or physical Ethernet addresses The Map Window The Map win
120. hase CUSTOMER REMEDIES Asant Technologies and its suppliers entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be at Asant Technologies option either a return of the price paid or b repair or replacement of the SOFTWARE that does not meet Asant Technologies Warranty and which is returned to Asant Technologies with a copy of your receipt This Warranty is void if failure of the SOFTWARE or hardware has resulted from accident abuse or misapplication Any replacement SOFTWARE will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty 30 days whichever is longer Outside the United States these remedies are not available without proof of purchase from an authorized non U S source NO OTHER WARRANTIES Asant Technologies and its suppliers disclaim all other warranties either express or implied including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard to the SOFTWARE the accompanying writ ten materials and any accompanying hardware This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights You may have others which vary from state to state or country to country NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES Asant Technologies expressly disclaims all liability for any indirect or consequential dam ages whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of business profits business interrupted loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss a
121. hat can be modified by drawing text boxes around those fields Page 6 9 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Page 6 10 2 Enter a new text string for the Name Location and Con tact fields These are all text strings resident in NetRAS memory 3 Click the Apply button to send the changes to the NetRAS To close the window or select another window using the Communication or Administration buttons click the Quit button Modifying Agent Administration Configuration Parameters Only the Greeting Date Time and SNMP trap fields are modifiable from this window Asant View displays SNMP information in the SNMP from field located at the bottom of the Configuration pane of the window The message Active may change at reset means that the SNMP information was taken from the active NetRAS but there may be changes in the con figuration buffer that will take effect when you reset the NetRAS The other message you may see Values active at reset means that the values shown are those actually in the buffer The changes take effect when you reset the NetRAS 1 Click the Modify button in the Agent Administration window Clicking the Modify button displays the fields that can be modified by drawing text boxes around those fields 2 Enter anew text string for the Greeting field This text is sent to each remote access user logging in to the NetRAS 3 Enter a valid date mm dd yy in the Date field This date
122. ibution data for a hub 1 Double click the hub icon to be managed 2 Open the Performance menu 3 Select Packet Distribution then select the desired sample time and packet length from the menu LineCurve format only a Use Pause Resume to stop polling for data and to restart polling for data Q Use Reset to reset all counters to zero and update the display 4 To close the window double click the control button in the upper left corner Page 8 13 Monitoring the Network Network Analysis Page 8 14 All Port Monitor To evaluate network performance for all ports on a hub or group use the All Port Monitor menu available from the Performance Net work Analysis menus on the device s front panel view For an overall appraisal of how well ahub is doing use the Hub Meter See Using the Hub Meter on page 8 6 for more information See the preceding section on statistics for detailed information about the window control features The All Port Monitorcommand opens the All Port Monitortable see Figure 8 11 on page 8 15 which lists the number of good frames bad frames and total packets for each port on the selected Asant device The All Port Monitor table functions much like the statistics windows described in the previous sections However the All Port Monitor table lists statistics on a per port basis for a single hub or group Table 8 4 shows how to select a target device for All Port Monitor sta tistics
123. ic statistics CMT Name 192 203 53 105 ecib Port Group 2 Port 8 node db password db I1 Table La BarChart b amp LineCurve fe graphic format for O Meter layback displa playb s epar Run Quit CMAVIEW count db Figure 8 21 Example of the DB Retrieval window Q The name of the source database file appears in the lower right corner If you selected a specific device and port the device name and port appear in the upper left corner Logging Information 4 Select the playback format by clicking its box as shown in the example in Figure 8 21 5 Click Run to start playback Click Quitto take no action The statistical data is displayed in the format you chose It runs for the length of time the data was originally logged and then repeats the playback An example is shown in Figure 8 22 Port Statistics 192 203 54 92 Target UpLink DII Display interval 30 sec Reset Pause Re Sample interval 2 seconds 17 05 25 17 05 30 17 05 35 17 05 40 17 05 45 Good packets in No selection No selection Figure 8 22 Example of a Port Statistics Display in Playback 6 Close the window to quit playback and return to the DB retrieval dialog box Page 8 43 Monitoring the Network Page 8 44 Using MIB II Use the MIB Il tool to interrogate and display MIB II data from Asant and non Asant devices supporting SNMP MIB II The MIB II tool gives you the abili
124. ice is displayed in the IP address field use this address or enter another address The device specified with this address is the device tested not necessarily the device selected on the map Enter the data length of the test packet default is 64 Click OKto run the test If the test is successful the window status field updates with the following lt IP address of device responded Round Trip Echo Time in milliseconds If the device failed to respond the message is as follow s lt IP address gt failed to respond Click the Quit button to close the window Logging Information Logging Network Statistics in a Text File Category Logging Information DB Request enables you to do the following Q Log network information to a database file and export it to an ASCII text file Q Retrieve the data stored in a database file and play it back in graphic mode Logging network statistics in a text file allows you to review network activity and identify network trends baselines and potential problem areas There are two methods available for examining stored statistics O Viewing atext file a Using playback mode to retrieve data stored in a data base file To log network statistics in a text file you need to a Select a statistics category and send the data to a spe cial database file Q Export the data from this database file to a text file Table 8 7 lists the available data categories and their sou
125. in Figure 6 6 Agent Identification Configuration Identification Name NetRAS Location Product Marketing Contact Julie Callahan x000 IP address 192 203 53 225 Phys address 00 C0 2C 02 88 40 NetRAS E 8A00 5 0 1 3 6 1 4 1 327 2 1 Description Object ID Up time 1d 19h 6m 59s No of interfaces 9 Version Software 5 0 MIB 5 0 System message Agent information retrieved Administration Modify NetRAS Agent Identification Configuration window Refresh Quit Figure 6 6 Defining NetRAS Information A You can also get to the Agent Identification Config uration window by choosing Get Information and then Identification from the Asant View main menu bar How ever this window is read only At this point there are several choices a Communication opens the Communication win dow a Administration opens the Administration win dow a Modify changes data in this window see Modify ing Information Data on page 6 9 for more informa tion a Refresh updates the information in the window a Quit closes the window Agent Communication Configuration To view agent communication information 1 Open the NetRAS you want to view by double clicking its icon on the map Open the Configuration menu Select Agent Information then Communication The Agent Communication Configuration w indow appears shown in Figure 6 7 Y ou also can acces
126. in the windows Bank Select TN Status Port Control 192 203 54 4 LEDs Refresh Apply Three in One Uplink C JO UTP ALI e EE CFE om TIERE UTP ENC AUI AUTO Control buttons Auto polarity correction off Jabber control disable F Figure 4 5 Port Control window for the Asant Hub 1012 Page 4 9 Configuring Asant Hubs Bank Select Status Port Control 192 203 53 219 LEDs Refresh Apply P9 P16 Quit PPotrumber Mp2 Io 4 5 fol To Ml rot ruber oo f Link status MO M Auto partition o fp Auto partition Jl f labber status Mi Control Polarity status FH buttons Jabber status EH Port disable Mmi Link test disable Mil I Auto polarity correction off EM EM HN EUN Jabber control disabie Ml t e nf nf nf al Status Ready Figure 4 6 Port Control window for the Asant Hub 10164Q Bank Select Status LEDs K Control e buttons Q mj Link test disable ia m El Reduce threshold enable IET Figure 4 7 Port Control window for the AH2072H12 R 45 Repeater Module Bank Select Status Port Control 192 203 54 12 Group 3 LEDs DITP24 Quit DA EE 6 HE EE Link status olo O Ol e Oto e Control oo F buttons NI Figure 4 8 Port Control window for the AH2072H12 RJ21 Repeater Module Page 4 10 Configuring Ports Bank Select Port Control 192 203 54 188 Group 3 Refresh Apply 13 24 Quit Link status 11213 4 5 6 708 Ol Of OF ora ororol Auto
127. indow you get information on that module Figure 4 1 shows an example of the Group Information w indow Opened Thu Mar 10 1994 16 40 13 P Address 192 203 54 194 Parameter System message Received response Figure 4 1 NetStacker Group Information 192 203 54 194 Setting SNMP Agent Parameters Value SANTE 4H2072 10BaseT 12 Port RJ21 Repeater aster Group 1 oard OK 3 H20720T1 RJ21 12 ports T op O 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ul E Group Information window For a non Asant device you can view only the Agent Identification Information if the device supports SNMP MIB II To open the Agent Identification Information w indow 1 on the map Open the device to be managed by double clicking its icon The device must be active green U N Open the Configuration menu Select Get Information then Identification The Agent Identification Information window appears shown in Figure 4 2 Agent Identification Information Identification Tech Pubs Hub Location Tech Pubs Dept C Sanders Ext 234 Name Contact IP address Object ID 10 10 10 10 Phys address 00 00 94 40 32 21 Description AsanteHub 1012 with SNMP agent software v2 5 1 3 6 1 4 1 298 2 2 1 Up time 5d 11h 45m 50s No of interfaces 1 Version Revision A 2 5 with SNMP Hardware Software Firmware 1 4 System message Agent information retrieved Modify Quit
128. ing 6 8 modifying 6 10 communication configuration modifying 6 11 viewing 6 7 identification configuration modifying 6 9 viewing 6 6 AppleTalk parameters modifying 6 12 zones viewing 6 24 authentication field 6 13 bootp request window 6 3 bootptab txt file editing 7 16 DDE server disconnect message 6 4 dial scripts 6 16 out information 6 13 front panel view 3 20 information defining 6 6 link type modifying 6 12 local net number modifying 6 12 map icon 2 3 menu bar 3 20 modem scripts modifying 6 20 overview 3 20 ports configuration information 6 14 remote net number modifying 6 12 server initializing 6 2 modem configuration list viewing 6 19 NetRAS continued SNMP manager list modifying 6 22 viewing 6 22 system information viewing 6 6 threshold support 7 21 time limit modifying 6 12 upgrading software 7 13 values active at reset message 6 10 zone action setting 6 28 modifying 6 12 entries deleting 6 27 field modifying 6 12 filter list validity of zone names 6 12 6 27 filter list entries modifying 6 26 names adding 6 25 upgrade softw are 7 13 NetStacker front panel view 3 9 map icon 2 3 node activity monitoring 8 18 overview 3 9 threshold support 7 21 upgrade software 7 11 utilization monitoring 8 16 network backbone connection to 1 6 data viewing text file 8 31 retrieving 8 25 map child map 2 22 function 2 2 hierarchical 2 20 limits 2 3 map tree 2 20 overview 2 2 parent m
129. ion ports viewing 4 12 polarity correction button 4 13 Index i Index ii B backbone network map icon 2 3 baud rate RS232C viewing for a hub 4 5 terminal link AMS viewing 4 5 blocking state 5 10 boot file viewing for a hub 4 6 mode viewing for a hub 4 5 server address viewing 4 6 bootp application window example 6 3 bootptab txt file editing manually 7 16 no entry in NetRAS 7 14 sample figure 7 16 bootp tftp or tftp 4 5 bridge see also Asant Bridge 1012 SeeAsant Bridge 1012 alias viewing 5 12 designated path cost viewing 5 13 root viewing 5 13 viewing 5 13 dynamic forwarding table 5 14 definitions 5 16 5 18 entry status 5 23 external port designated bridge 5 9 designated port ID 5 9 interface index 5 4 filter mode 5 23 filter tables 5 14 forward delay spanning tree 5 6 hello time spanning tree 5 5 hold time spanning tree 5 6 hub port designated bridge 5 9 designated port ID 5 9 IP addresses 5 4 lowest cost port to root bridge 5 9 maximum age spanning tree 5 5 path cost to root bridge 5 5 physical addresses viewing 5 4 port data viewing 5 11 designated viewing 5 13 name viewing 5 12 number of viewing 5 4 path cost viewing 5 13 priority viewing 5 12 state viewing 5 13 bridge continued spanning tree table window 5 11 status viewing 5 13 state blocking 5 10 broken 5 10 disabled 5 10 forwarding 5 9 learning 5 9 listening 5 9 viewing information 5 12 priority field 5 5 pr
130. is the number of data bits in each byte The choices are a 5 a 6 a 7 a 8 default Click the Apply button to send the changes to the NetRAS Asant View warns you that you must reset the NetRAS to put the changes into effect Editing the Server Modem Configuration List Viewing the Modem Configuration Data Editing the Server Modem Configuration List The Server Modem Configuration List is a table containing setup and configuration data for all modems you might connect to the NetRAS remote user ports The NetRAS software is already configured with several modem scripts but you can modify copies of any of these scripts or create scripts of your own To access the current configuration 1 Double click the NetRAS icon to open its panel view 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Click Modem The Server Modem Configuration window appears as shown in Figure 6 11 Server Modem Configuration 192 203 54 92 HL Opened Mon Mar 07 1994 21 23 15 AL IP Address 192 203 54 92 i Name te ing connect hayes 144 hayes 144 ing signal B CONNECT text Lef ing signal P CONNECT text P ing signal i ing signal ing signal i ing signal i RING text i ing signal i RING text i ing signal M CONNECT text p Retrieved table row entry 27 Retrieved table row entry 28 Retrieved table row entry 29 Table complete Figure 6 11 Sample Server Modem Configuration window Q To delete an existing scrip
131. isabled local entry Modify Select a table entry and click Modify to open the Modify window where you can modify the entry Page 5 21 Configuring Asant Bridges Refresh Refreshes the current table contents Delete Deletes a selected table entry A Be aware that if you delete an entry in the table using Asant View the entry is erased from the table but remains visible in part though disabled at the local management level Here the entry is OFF the source and destination address ranges are 0 but the packet type range is not affected Quit Closes the window Adding and Modifying a Range Table Entry 1 Select the bridge to be managed by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Filter Table then click Range The Bridge Range Forwarding Table appears Q Click Add to add anew entry or Q Selectan entry in the table and click Modify The Add Range Table Entry window as shown in Figure 5 10 appears Add Range Table Entry Bridge alias 192 203 54 189 Filter mode Discard Index 2 Entry status Valid Protocol type Packet length in hexadecimal format Lower limit LUN Upper limit 0x0000 Source address Lower limit 00 00 00 00 00 00 Upper limit 00 00 00 00 00 00 Destination address Lower limit 00 00 00 00 00 00 Upper limit 00 00 00 00 00 00 System message Figure 5 10 TheAdd Range Tab
132. ith the name of the parent map file parent map This is the return path to the main parent map If you open the icon you automatically return to the parent map For the example assume you have gone back to the parent map with the five subgroups Now that a new map file has been created and linked to the Corporate Admin subgroup you can open the subgroup icon and go to the map associated with it Searching for a Device on the Map To search the network map for a device by its display label IP address physical address device name or alias name use the Search com mand from the File menu The map must contain the device for the Search tool to find it To use Search Select Search from the File menu The Searching Device window appears as shown in Figure 2 25 Searching Device Input device name Figure 2 25 Searching Device dialog box 2 Enter the appropriate name in the Input device name field The example dialog in Figure 2 25 asks for the device name which is the display label type chosen in the Prefer ence dialog If you want to use a different display label type you need to select it using the Preference command from the File menu before using the Search command 3 Click OK to start the search or click Cancel to take no action and close the window The device is highlighted on the map when it is found Page 2 25 Mapping the Network Using Window Icons To conserve space on your m
133. iting the Server Modem Configuration List 0 0 ccc ccc mnn 6 19 Viewing the Modem Configuration Data 6 19 Adding or Modifying a Modem Script 6 20 Page ii Setting Up SNMP M nagers ses esas xr dra RE RE YE RA ke REG ra hb y ec E Re n 6 22 Viewing the Current SNMP Manager List 6 22 Adding or Modifying an SNMP Manager Profile 6 22 Configuring the Zone Filter Mist 2222 obi se irrita oa 6 24 Viewing the Current Configuration 6 24 Adding Zone Names cacsectedue sited teehee RE eRe D eerie acie oer Dd eee eee 6 25 Modifying Zone Filter List Entries 6 26 Deleting Zone Entries ne es cial eee E AR RUNE ESAE RE 6 27 Setting the Zone Action Field ied aae Er dienes rr bc oe eee ERR ees 6 28 General Network Configuration qisakRRRRREARRRAASRARRAREREARARRARSRARRAAWRAARAARRKERE 7 1 Controlling ACCESS sols cios ebb i dbo BEN dato Man A A 7 2 User ASSIQNINGNIS csc re ese cee e n n hee Eee eee wee TSN e Lea i d Ra de 7 2 Changing a Password aucoceceusns ceeeeeeges nt ores aoe ssyspeenee UD PSU v eden 75 Resetting a Hub desea Seat O cas toe Se Bee ales oe acme e as hace ee os be 1 7 Setting Trap Receivers 2 6 us de urea AAA AAA 79 Software UG Olad 65 esed ee wRER EAR Ana x due takes
134. kage s and the accompanying items includ ing written materials and binders or other container s to the place you obtained them for a full refund 1 GRANT OF LICENSE Asant Technologies grants to you the right to use one copy of the enclosed Asant Technologies softw are program the SOFTWARE is in use on a computer when it is loaded into temporary memory i e RAM or installed into permanent memory e g hard disk CD ROM or other storage device of that computer However installation on a network server for the sole purpose of distribution to one or more other computer s shall not constitute use for which a separate license is required 2 COPYRIGHT The SOFTWARE is owned by Asant Technologies or its suppliers and is protected by United States copyright laws and inter national treaty provisions Therefore you must treat the SOFTWARE like any other copyrighted material e g a book or musical recording except that you may either a make one copy of the SOFTWARE solely for backup or archival purposes or b transfer the SOFTWARE to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes Y ou may not copy the written materials accompanying the software 3 OTHER RESTRICTIONS You may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE but you may transfer the SOFTWARE and accompanying written mate rials on a permanent basis provided you retain no copies and the recipient agrees to the terms of thisAgreement You ma
135. l order reflecting the actual network topography A The Map Link tool draws links only on the map The map links do not represent actual physical links between devices nor are they used by Asant View as indicators that a link is or should be where it appears A When anAsant Bridge appears on the map Asant View automatically draws a link between the bridge and the parent hub This link cannot be hidden or removed To use the Map Link tool 1 If you have not done so previously select Show link from the Preference submenu in the File menu The links you draw on the map will appear on the screen Mapping Network Segments Select the device from which the link will originate N Click the Map Link tool in theTool Box The link appears as a rubber band with one end attached to the originating device and the other end to the mouse pointer UJ 4 Move the pointer to the destination device and click that device s icon The link is drawn between the two devices The Link Information dialog appears as shown in Figure 2 8 dis playing the names of the linked devices If you wish you can specify a port number for either device in the Link notes box The information displayed in the dialog is for your own record keeping only assigning a port number does not make a change in the actual link The map link applies only to the map Link Information Device A IDF 3 Hub 3 7 Device B Hub 186 Link notes Link notes
136. le NMM reloads its software into RAM from the on board Flash memory To reset a selected hub 1 Double click the hub to be reset in the network map 2 Open the Fault menu 3 Select Reset Agent A confirmation window appears as shown in Figure 7 3 asking you to confirm the reset AMS If 192 203 54 180 is in NetBoot mode make sure that the Bootp TFTP Server is up Are you sure that you want to reset device 192 203 54 180 Figure 7 3 Reset Selected Hub Confirmation window 4 Click the Yes button to confirm the reset Click the No button to take no action and close the win dow a To reset a selected hub s repeater chip select Reset from the Fault menu and the option Repeater Selected Hub Page 7 7 General Network Configuration Q To reset the repeater chip in a NetStacker module first select the module in the NetStacker panel view then select Reset Repeater from the panel view Fault menu Q Toresetall hubs select Reset from the Fault menu and the option Agent All Hubs Page 7 8 Setting Trap Receivers Setting Trap Receivers Traps are messages sent by an SNMP agent on a network device to alert you of a specific network event You must configure at least one trap receiver to receive any gener ated traps Asant View can add only the Asant View Manage ment Station as the trap receiver The maximum number of trap receiver entries is four To select the hub that will send the tr
137. le Entry window Page 5 22 Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables 4 Enter new values for the table parameters See the field definitions described in the next section if you need help 5 Click Apply to send the changes to the bridge Bridge Alias The local alias for the selected bridge This field is read only Index The index number of the selected static table entry If you are adding a new entry the next available number appears A Beawarethat if the index numbers in the table do not appear in a consecutive order it means that a disabled entry exists on the bridge at the local management level When you add a new entry at the Asant View level you replace this disabled local entry Filter mode In the Forward mode an incoming packet matching the specifica tions defined in any entry is forwarded according to parameters in the static table and or dynamic table In the Discard mode an incoming packet matching the specifica tions defined in any entry is discarded All other packets are for warded Entry status This field is alw ays Valid Protocol type Packet length Enter in hexadecimal format the lower limit and the upper limit val ues of the packet type range Source Address Enter the lower limit and the upper limit values of the source address range Destination address Enter the lower limit and the upper limit values of the destination address range Apply Click Apply to send the data to the bridge
138. le takes precedence over both the Static and Dynamic forwarding tables The job of a bridge is to forward packets from one network segment to another To do this it must know the addresses of the devices on each segment It learns the addresses by receiving packets from the network segment to which it is connected and then entering the source address in the packets into its Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table To open the Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table window 1 Select the bridge to be managed by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Filter Table then Dynamic The Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table as shown in Figure 5 6 appears 4 __ ES gn E I9 7 Mar 94 10 Opened Mon Mar 07 1994 10 45 25 ut IP Address 192 203 54 185 Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table 192 203 54 185 Physical address Receive port None Managenent Hub Managenent Management Management Management Learned Hub Learned Learned 45 26 Retrieved table row entry 60 10 45 26 Retrieved table row entry 80 10 45 26 Retrieved table row entry 85 10 45 27 Table complete FFE m CENT Ll Figure 5 6 Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table 4 The table can hold up to 4 096 entries All fields in this win dow are read only You can create a Static Forwarding Tableentry with the same addresses as in a Dynamic Forwarding Table The Static
139. level child map child map child parent map Page 2 20 x child ime Figure 2 21 Parent and Child Maps diagram The first level parent map located at the top of the inverted tree con tains three logical devices subgroups representing three second level child maps It could also contain several devices as well Each second level child map contains devices with one child map con taining three subgroups representing the third level child maps Each third level child map like its parent contains network devices It could contain one or more subgroups linked to a fourth level map and SO On A Sample Hierarchical Map Building a Hierarchical Map For example consider a large network with more than 150 hubs Such a network is too complex to manage as a single entity However if you define the entire network in terms of departmental workgroups you might find that each workgroup is actually physically linked to a smaller number of hubs For our example let s say there are five groups a Corporate Admin Q Engineering Q Marketing and Sales Q Manufacturing Q Customer Service When the network was installed each workgroup was networked together using hubs linked together on an Ethernet backbone Asant View Management Station Engineering Manufacturing Corporate Admin Marketing and Sales Customer Service Figure 2
140. lity 7 6 path cost field designated 5 13 to root bridge 5 5 performance factors of Asant View management station 1 3 physical address bridges viewing 5 4 viewing devices by on map 2 5 ping 8 24 ICMP 1 2 2 17 Windows 95 support 2 17 Windows NT 3 51 2 17 Windows NT 4 0 2 17 not supported by your network protocol stack message 1 6 support 1 2 playback mode retrieving logged data 8 25 polarity status ports 4 12 port 3 in one uplink viewing 4 13 auto partition viewing 4 12 polarity correction button 4 13 bridges number of 5 4 viewing information 5 12 control autopolarity correction 4 13 display 4 9 interpreting 4 11 windows 4 9 to 4 11 jabber control disable 4 13 link test disable 4 13 polarity status 4 12 reduce threshold 4 13 UTP BNC AUI AUTO selection 4 14 window 4 9 control buttons 4 12 status Led 4 12 Index vii Index viii port continued designated viewing 5 13 disabling 4 14 external interface index bridges 5 4 status 5 9 intrusion window 7 25 jabber control disable button 4 13 status viewing 4 12 link status 4 12 test disable 4 13 NetRAS configuration information modifying 6 15 viewing 6 14 name bridges viewing 5 12 network performance monitoring 8 14 path cost bridges 5 13 primary redundant link options setting 4 14 priority bridges viewing 5 12 reduce threshold disable button 4 13 state bridges viewing 5 13 statistics viewing 8 8 status bridges viewing 5 13 preference comm
141. lue Threshold in packets sec for index Interval Sample interval in seconds Condition Rise Hub performs action set in Action field when counter value rises above threshold Fall Hub performs action set in Action field when counter value falls below threshold Rise amp Fall Hub performs action set in Action field when value of selected counter rises above or falls below threshold Action Actions taken on threshold violation Send Trap Sends a trap Prtn Trap Sends a trap and partitions the System Messages Page 7 24 Trap Page Prtn Trp Pge target port Sends a trap and page signal Partitions the port sends a trap and a page signal Displays window status messages Use scrollbar at right of panel if necessary 1 The page is generated from the Asant Management Station which must be set for paging Use the Pager Info command in the File menu see Figure 7 12 on page 7 18 Programming Node Intrusion Alarms Programming Node Intrusion Alarms You can control access to a hub repeater on a per port basis by using the Node Intrusion command in the Security menu You store the address of the device permitted to use a particular port and specify the action the hub should take when an intrusion occurs For the Asant Hub 2072 and the NetStacker hub select a group from the panel view then select Node Intrusion from the Security menu All the ports of the selected group can be configured for node se
142. mple interval 5 seconds Parameter Root bridge ID Lowest cost port to root bridge External port designated bridge External port designated port ID Hub port designated bridge 00 01 00 00 94 10 8b 00 Hub port designated port ID 0x8001 External port state Forwarding Hub port state Forwarding Up time 10d 17h 50m 18s Time since last topology changed d 22h 22m 21s Number of topology changes External port transitions to fwd state Hub port transitions to fwd state Number of leamed entry discards System message Received response Figure 5 3 Spanning Tree Status window 4 View the displayed data To pause or resume the display activity click the Pause Resume toggle button To close the window click the close window button The Spanning Tree Status fields are explained in the paragraphs that follow Root Bridge ID The unique bridge ID of the current root bridge in the spanning tree The ID is based on its physical address and priority The root bridge ID is sometimes referred to as Root ID This field is read only Configuring the Spanning Tree Lowest Cost Port to Root Bridge The port on the selected bridge with the lowest path cost to the cur rent root bridge 1 is external and 2 is hub This value is calculated during spanning tree configuration This is the same asthe spanning tree root port If the selected bridge is the root bridge this value is 0 External Port Designated Bridge The port ID of
143. n RJ45 connector is used on the front panel or a single RJ21 connec tor is used on the rear panel Page 3 3 Using the Panel View If a link is attached to a port its corresponding link LED is lighted and gr een If the port is partitioned manually its partition LED is always lighted and yellow If it is partitioned by auto partition it blinks Panel View Selector Changes from the front panel view to the rear panel view Figure 3 2 shows an Asant Hub 1012 rear panel view Hub map label AMS link port 199 9093 54 4 cs File Configuration Performance Fault Security 10 BASE T PORTS IM OUT ENC PARTITON A ca o an EEE L THREE INA uPLink TRAFFIC R5232 AMS LINK RJ 21 Hub 3 in 1 RS232 connector port selector connector Panel view selector changes image to front view of the hub Figure 3 2 Asant Hub 1012 Rear Panel View The following paragraphs describe the elements of the Asant Hub 1012 rear panel view AMS Link Port Displays a passive image of the port Hub 3 in 1 Port Selector Displays a graphic image of the 3 in 1 port 10BaseT BNC and AUI To monitor or control this port click any connector and use the Asant View main menu bar to open the All Port Monitor or Port Control windows This port is sometimes referred to as the uplink port Panel View Selector Changes from the rear panel view to the front panel view Page 3 4 Asant Hub 1016 IQ Asant Hub You can view and change the configurati
144. nel view Clicking the menu items in the NetRAS Menu Bar gives you accessto the Asant View functions listed in the following paragraphs Except for the Agent Identification Configuration w indow all win dows mentioned in this section are accessible only from the NetRAS Menu Bar The Asant NetRAS Menu items are listed here in a Menu Bar Item SubMenu Item format For example the Validate menu item is listed as File Validate and Identification is listed as Configuration Agent Information Identifica tion File Validate Verifies whether the configuration displayed in the panel view matches the configuration retrieved from the device File Event Log Opens the Events window where NetRAS alerts and other event data are reported File Close Closes the NetRAS panel view Configuration Agent Information Identification Opens the Agent Identification Configuration w indow This window is also accessible from the map s Configuration menu Configuration Agent Information Communication Opens the Agent Communication Configuration w indow Configuration Agent Information Administration Opens the Agent Administration Configuration w indow Configuration Port Opens the Async Port Configuration window Configuration Modem Opens the Server Modem Configuration w indow w here you can add modify and delete modem information Configuration User List Opens the User List window where you can add modify and delete remote
145. nformation Chassis Opens the NetStacker Chassis Information window and displays information about the selected hub chassis such as chassis type backplane type backplane revision and group number capacity Configuration Control Enable Lets you enable a module that has been isolated with the Disable tool Configuration Control Disable Isolate Lets you disable or isolate a selected module or group No traffic can be forwarded to the disabled module from outside the group You can continue monitoring and controlling the module from Asant View A Do not disble the NS NMM this will isolate Asant View from the NetStacker Also do not disable isolate a group through which management packets are forwarded to the NS NMM This will isolate the AMS from the NetStacker hub Configuration Control Ports Opens the Port Control window showing port status for the group selected Configuration Software Upgrade Opens the Software Upgrade w indow where you can initiate a Bootp tftp download to the NetStacker hub This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Statistics Table Opens the Segment Statistics window with atable that displays network segment activity if no group is selected If any group is selected it displays the corresponding port or group statistics This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Statistics BarChart Opens the Segment Statistics window with a bar chart
146. ng click the Resume button To select the desired counter use the selection list Also each column for counter can be set for either Total pkts or Current pkts s To reduce the window to an icon and allow statistics gathering to continue click the minimize box at the upper right corner of the window To reset the counters click the Reset button To close the window double click the control menu box at the upper left corner of the window Page 8 15 Monitoring the Network Page 8 16 Utilization Tool The Utilization command monitors current utilization on the following devices Asant Hub 2072 NetStacker hub Asant FAST 100 Management Module hub stack An external or hub Asant Bridge 1012 port An Asant Bridge PortA or Port B OCOC O O Overall network utilization is measured in bytes on a segment group or port and is presented in a line graph format Since packets vary in size a byte count gives you a more accurate measure of network traffic The Utilization tool is active only when you select one of the follow ing An Asant hub An external or hub bridge port Port A or Port B of a Asant Bridge Any group or port in the front panel view of the Asant Hub 2072 or NetStacker hub D O O DO Figure 8 12 shows an example of a Utilization window for an Asant Hub 2072 Utilization 192 203 54 184 M arget Segment 1 isplay interval 30 sec ample interval 1 seconds Figure 8 1
147. ng Time hours minutes seconds amp Ir JIM OK Cancel Figure 8 14 AgingTime dialog box A if the Aging time is set to a short time span nodes with problems may time out and be dropped from the Node Summary table Y ou would not be able to find these nodes with the Find Node command 2 Enter the new time desired the current aging time is dis played in the dialog 3 Click the OK button to send the data to the hub and close the dialog Click the Cancel button to take no action and close the dialog box Page 8 21 Monitoring the Network IP Mapping Use the IP Mapping command to obtain and display a summary of mapped IP addresses on a per port basis for a selected Asant Hub 10161Q or Asant FAST 100 Management Module A IP mapping is only available on those systems with a TCP IP stack that supports Ping ICMP such as Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Currently Windows 95 and Windows 3 51 do NOT support Ping ICMP A Asant View IP Mapping information is not available for the following devices Q Asant Hub 1012 Q Asant Hub2072 Q Asant Bridge Q NetStacker O NetRAS To obtain an IP Mapping report use the following procedure 1 Double click the Asant Hub 1016 1Q or Asant FAST 100 Management Module on the current map to open its front panel view Open the Security menu NJ Click IP Summary W Asant View 2 6 opens the Port IP Mapping Table win dow and interrogates the sele
148. ning Tree Port Entry dialog box as shown in Figure 5 5 appears Spanning Tree Port Entry Bridge alias 192 203 54 185 Port path cost 100 Port name Hub Designated root 00 01 00 00 94 10 8b 00 Port priority 255 Designated bridge 00 01 00 00 94 10 8b 00 Port state Forwarding Designated port 0x8001 Port enable Enabled Desig path cost 0 Figure 5 5 The Spanning Tree Port Entry dialog box 3 View the data displayed To close the window click OK The following paragraphs explain the fields of the Span ning Tree Port Entry dialog A _ The fields in this window are read only To modify the parameters see Modifying the Spanning Tree Infor mation Fields on page 5 7 Bridge alias The user defined local alias of the selected bridge this applies to the bridge only in the current map Port name The selected port either External or Hub Port priority The priority from 0 255 of the selected port Configuring the Spanning Tree You can edit port priority through the Bridge Spanning Tree Set Up window see Modifying the Spanning Tree Information Fields on page 5 7 for more information Port state The four possible states are Forwarding Listening Learning and Blocking see Spanning Tree Information Window Fields on page 5 9 for more information Port enable Port status is either enabled or disabled Edit the port status in the Bridge Spanning Tree Setting window see Modif
149. nked Linking can be changed directly from the front panel of the NMM the module itself not the Asant View on screen image Hub Map Label Displays the label assigned to this hub in the current map You can change the label type using Preference in the File menu The options are Alias IP address Physical address and Device name The alias can be edited with the Map Editor the IP address and device name can be edited in the Set Agent Parameters window Page 3 6 Asant Hub 2072 MiniMAU Indicator Displays the Asant Media Attachment Unit MAU type if one is present The Asant Hub 2072 can be configured with several differ ent Asant MAUS each with its own graphic image in the panel view NMM CPU Status Shows CPU activity in the Network Management Module NMM This LED should always be blinking If the LED is off or on continuously a problem exists with the NMM Port Status Display Displays a partition bottom row and link status top row LED for each port in a module If a link is attached to a port its correspond ing link LED is lighted If the port is partitioned either manually or by autopartition its partition LED lights continually When it is auto partitioned this LED blinks NMM Segment Statistics Selector Displays a toggle used to select the segment 1 or 2 to display statis tical data This is independent of the backplane segment to which the NMM is linked The segment on the button is the segment n
150. no action and close the win dow Changing a User Name and Access Level Ul E Open the Security menu Click User Assignments The User Assignment window appears see Figure 7 1 on page 7 2 Select the user name you want to change Page forward and backward in the window by clicking the Next and Previous buttons available only if you have more than five users configured Enter the new user name Move the cursor into the Level field for this user name change the access level only 1 and 2 are allowed A Always make sure at least one user name has Level 1 access Page 7 3 General Network Configuration Page 7 4 A if you change all user names to Lwel 2 and quit Asant View no one will be ableto log in as a Level 1 user and access the User Assignmentsfunction Y ou then have to reinstall Asant View to recover and all previously entered user data is lost 6 Repeat Steps 2 4 for any other user names you want to change 7 Click the Apply button to make the change or click the Quit button to take no action and close the window Deleting a User Name 1 Open the Security menu 2 Click User Assignments The User Assignment window appears see Figure 7 1 on page 7 2 3 Click the Delete checkbox on the same line as the user name Repeat this step for each user you want to delete 4 Click the Apply button to apply the change Click the Quit button to take no action and close the win dow
151. o polarity correction Off J abber control disable Reduce threshold disable ON green active OFF gray inactive Either UTP or AUI LED is on ON indicates the connection type currently used for the uplink to this hub If hub is connected to BNC port neither LED is on Port Control Buttons Meaning Function OUT green or IN yellow Default OUT OUT link test enabled default IN Link test disabled Link Test is a signal pulse sent by current hubs and stations to indicate the presence of the link Turn off the Link Test for any port connected to a pre 10Base T device one not supporting this test The two ends of each link must have the same status Link Test supported on or unsupported off for transmission to take place OUT Polarity correction enabled default IN Polarity correction disabled Should be enabled button OUT in most cases This permits the hub to make the necessary electrical corrections if the cable used does not reverse polarity within wire pairs OUT J abber control enabled default IN J abber control disabled OUT should usually be used J abber control enables the hub to detect long packets that may otherwise interfere with normal traffic If jabber is detected the hub auto partitions the offending port and increments the jabber counter Can be disabled button IN to enable transmission of variant formats such as those used in large backup operations OUT
152. odify button displays the fields that can be modified by drawing text boxes around those fields 5 Go to the Zone Action field in the AppleTalk area of the window and use the Discard Forward drop down menu to change the setting Q Discardtells the NetRAS that the zone s listed in the Zone Filter List are to be excluded from remote user access All other zones on the network are accessible to remote users Configuring the Zone Filter List a Forwardtells the NetRAS that the zone s listed in the Zone Filter List are to be included for remote user access In this case all other zones are NOT accessible to remote users Click the Apply button to send the changes to the NetRAS A window appears asking you to confirm applying these settings Click the Yes button to confirm Click the No button to take no action and close the win dow the Agent Communication Configuration w in dow remains open When you click Yes the AMS window shown in Figure 6 18 appears AMS Modifications have been made that will not become effective until the device is reset Do you want to reset the device Figure 6 18 AMS Reset Message dialog box 8 Click the Yes button to proceed Click the No button to take no action and close the win dow the Agent Communication Configuration win dow remains open When you click Yes Asant View tells you that resetting NetRAS will disconnect all logged on users Click the Yes button to
153. odify these parameters please see the Asant Bridge 1012 or Asant Bridge Installation Guide before using these features Configuring the Spanning Tree Spanning Tree Information Window Configuring the Spanning Tree The bridge uses the spanning tree algorithm technique to determine the best path between network segments with redundant paths It uses the algorithm to properly configure itself automatically on the network A Asant does not recommend that you change these values unless you thoroughly understand bridge and spanning tree operation You can display all Asant bridge spanning tree parameters from the bridge Spanning Tree menu The Spanning Tree menu provides the following three submenus a Information a Status a Ports Data The following sections describe each menu The Information submenu located in the Spanning Tree menu selected from the Configuration menu opens the Spanning Tree Information window which provides data about the spanning tree and the selected bridge Figure 5 1 shows an example of the Spanning Tree Information w in dow f Spanning Tree Information 192 203 54 189 Opened Thu Feb 17 1994 17 31 30 s P Address 192 203 54 183 Bed Parameter Value 00 00 94 10 8b 00 Transparent onl IEEE 802 1d 00 01 00 00 94 10 8b 00 A AO nabled System message eceived response p type Protocol type zm ida ing ing ing i q ing D JA i i g Spanning tree maxim
154. on etc use the Get Information command in the device s front panel Configuration menu to access the Agent Identification or Agent Communication w indow A You must open an active hub s front panel view on the map before you can use the commands in the Configuration menu The Get Information command in the Configuration menu allows you to open two windows that contain detailed information about the selected hub Q The Agent Identification window Q The Agent Communication window Asant Hub 1012 and Asant Hub 1016 IQ For the Asant Hub 1012 and 1016 1Q you can view Agent Identification and Agent Communication information by selecting Identification or Communication from the Configuration Get Information menus on the hub s front panel image Asant Bridge 1012 For the Asant Bridge 1012 only data for the bridge portion is displayed hub data is not displayed NetStacker Hub For the NetStacker hub you can view the Agent Identification and Agent Communication Information windows from the menu bar on the hub s panel view You also can get to the Agent Identification Configuration window by choosing Get Information and then Identification from the Asant View main menu bar However this window is read only Asant Hub 2072 and Asant FAST 100 Management Module For the Asant Hub 2072 NetStacker hub and Asant FAST 100 Manage ment Module if you click on a module before going to the Agent Iden tification Configuration w
155. on of an Asant Hub 1016 1Q 1016 IQ directly from its on screen front panel view To open the hub front panel view double click its icon on the map Figure 3 3 shows an example of an Asant Hub 10164Q front panel view Hub map label Port status display Hub port selectors Hub type 192 203 54 31 File Configuration Performance Fault Security ca INTELLIGENT ETHERNET HUB Ib PORT 7 12345678 EH 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 83 WH 13 N IS I5 h Co Dom 4 RUE NE RU RUNE UE AU RUE ADS RUE II LI LI mo LT AUI BNC NO 9101112 13141516 IN OUT LED indicators INT EXT terminator switch PWR power indicator Uplink switch Tx Rx transfer receive COL collision Figure 3 3 Asant Hub 10164Q Front Panel View The following paragraphs describe the elements of the Asant Hub 1016 IQ front panel view Hub Port Selectors Displays graphic images of the hub s 16 10BaseT ports The selec tors apply to ports 1 to 16 To control and monitor a port click the port and use the Asant View main menu bar Hub Map Label Displays the label assigned to this hub in the current map The alias can be edited with the Map Editor the IP address and device name can be edited in the Set Agent Parameters window Port Status Display Displays the port partition and link status for each port If a link is attached to a port its corresponding link LED is lit LED Indicators Q PWR power lights when the hub is powered on Q TX RX transfer rec
156. onitor minimize the open windows to icons and then move them to an unoccupied corner of the screen While you cannot view the contents when the window is in icon form the window is still active and performing its function Page 2 26 Using the Panel View About Panel Views on page 3 2 Asant Hub 1012 on page 3 3 Asant Hub 1016 IQ on page 3 5 Asant Hub 2072 on page 3 6 The Asant NetStacker on page 3 9 The Asant Bridge 1012 on page 3 15 The Asant Bridge on page 3 18 The Asant NetRAS on page 3 20 The Asant FAST 100 Management Module on page 3 25 FASANT Using the Panel View Page 3 2 About Panel You can view and change device configuration directly from an on Views screen panel view of the following Asant products al L L D L D O O Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 1016 1Q Asant Hub 2072 NetStacker hub Asant Bridge 1012 Asant Bridge NetRAS Asant FAST 100 Management Module To open any panel view 1 Open amap 2 Allow the map icons to validate 3 Double click on the device you want to view Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 1012 You can view and change the configuration of an Asant Hub 1012 directly from its on screen front or back panel view To open the hub front panel view double click its icon on the map Figure 3 1 shows an example of an Asant Hub 1012 front panel view Hub map label Hub utilization display Hub CPU status display Hub port selectors 192 203 54 4 FS
157. only from this menu Fault Set Threshold Opens the Threshold Table in which you can add modify or delete threshold settings This feature is accessible only from this menu Security Node Intrusion Opens the Port Intrusion window This feature is accessible only from this menu Application Node Summary Opens the Node Summary window This feature is accessible only from this menu Page 3 14 The Asant Bridge 1012 The Asant Bridge To display the Asant Bridge 1012 front panel view open the 1012 Bridge 1012 icon on the map Figure 3 7 showsthe front panel view for the Asant Bridge 1012 Panel view selector changes image to hub rear view Hub utilization Hub map label Bud exieimal Bridge status display display port selector Bridge hub port 192 203 54 185 File Configuratign Performance Fault Security RU FUD CDL STA SES FUD CDL STA SEY ACT RU PUD COL y ACT Rou e EXT gm o E3 t e E HUE 7 se EXT PORT BRIDGE HUE i ra UTILIZATION E PARTITION ES EXCEGES EEEE bre de De our a O ES GES eus a AN M AUR AU QU QUE QUE RE AE I Lies SHAP NSL WARNING COLISION LINK RELEIVE o 3 4 5 E 7 BH 83 m I2 Hub CPU status display Hub status display Hub ports Figure 3 7 Asant Bridge 1012 Front Panel View The following paragraphs explain the Asant Bridge 1012 panel compo nents Bridge Status Display Displays nine LEDs The three on the left and right are the same functionally and refer to the external an
158. open a new untitled map If no map is currently open simply open a new untitled map window Activate the Map Editor Toolbox by clicking Map Editor from the File menu Use the Add Device tool to add devices to the map as required Asant View 2 6 polls each device to validate it The device icon turns green if Asant View 2 6 can reach it red if it cannot See the preceding section for information on the Map Edi tor Tools Save the new untitled map Windows confirms that the map is saved click OK to continue Use the Map Editor Add Link tool to add links to the device as required Always save the new map after you finish adding devices to it Page 2 19 Mapping the Network Building a Hierarchical Map Asant View 2 6 provides a unique method for mapping your network While an individual map can support only a limited number of devices you can use more than one map to display the entire network In effect you can create a map tree a hierarchy of maps in which one main parent map is the head of the tree and a series of child maps form the branches of the tree Each branch or child map can branch again with the first child map being the parent to each branch ing child map With this structure the map tree represents the entire network while the individual branches represent the logical subgroups of the network Consider the following example shown in Figure 2 21 rt PAS Second
159. ot selected Segment Utilization and Bad Traffic Indicators Display LEDs show rough estimates of the total amount of traffic on each segment the upper set of LEDs and indications of collisions or a bad packet occurring on each one the lower set of LEDs The NMM continuously monitors network traffic all packet types on both backplane segments Remember that at least one hub module must be linked to a seg ment to show activity in this display For example if all hub modules are linked to Segment 1 you do not see any activity on Segment 2 Module Port Selectors Display graphic images of the ports that appear on each module panel display To control and monitor a port first click the port then use the tools in the Asant View main menu bar NMM Local Management Port LED Displays an LED representing the port used for a direct connection of the Asant View Management Station to the NMM This LED blinks whenever the NMM receives or transmits an SNMP packet Page 3 7 Using the Panel View Module Port Selection All modules except RJ 21 Click on the port you want to select then use the tools in the Asant View main menu bar RJ 21 module only Click on the RJ21 connector in the panel display This opens a popup menu listing the 12 ports for that connector Select the port you want then use the tools in the Asant View main menu bar Page 3 8 The Asant NetStacker Menu bar Standard NMM RJ 45 Module The Asant Net
160. otocol type packet length 5 23 range forwarding table 5 20 definitions 5 21 modifying 5 22 root ID 5 5 5 8 port spanning tree 5 5 spanning tree configuration 5 3 information window 5 3 modifying information 5 7 protocol 5 4 standards for 5 2 static forwarding table 5 17 modifying 5 19 status window 5 8 type of 5 4 broken state 5 10 building hierarchical map 2 20 map 2 16 C child maps creating 2 20 2 24 COM ports 1 2 community strings viewing for a hub 4 6 computer minimum requirements 1 2 config txt file 8 31 configuration menu get information command 4 2 discover subgroup 2 16 configuring NetRAS ports 6 14 count txt file format 8 39 counters displaying 8 9 CPU requirements 1 2 D data logging to database file 8 26 logged retrieving playback mode 8 25 database files exporting 8 29 logging 8 25 8 26 DB request 8 25 8 26 DDE server disconnect message 6 4 default password 1 6 router address viewing 4 5 hub setting 4 7 designated bridge field 5 13 port field 5 13 root field 5 13 device s aliases editing 7 29 name viewing devices by on map 2 5 parameters modifying 2 14 checking network connectivity 8 24 config txt file records 8 33 8 35 map limits 2 2 2 3 dial scripts NetRAS 6 16 table of 6 16 string pager option 7 19 viewing for ahub 4 5 disabled state 5 10 discover subgroup command 2 16 2 24 disk space requirements 1 2 dynamic command 5 14 E edit node database 7 29 entry status
161. ou need help refer to Add Device Tool on page 2 12 A Theinformation in the Location Contact person and Contact phone fields is not necessary to get the NetRAS to show up on the map If you want to fill in this information and you need help refer to Add DeviceTool on page 2 12 Click the Apply button to add the NetRAS to the map The NetRAS icon appears on the map To close the Add Device window click the Quit button window Asant View automatically checks the link to the device a If the link is good the device turns gr een a If the link is not good the device turns red Page 6 5 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Defining NetRAS Information Viewing the Current Configuration Page 6 6 Asant View 2 6 can read and modify several SNMP and text string parameters residing in the NetRAS Remote Access Server s memory Asant View displays the NetRAS agent s system information in three window s a Identification Q Communication Q Administration You can configure the writable objects from their respective windows To view the current parameters in the NetRAS select items from the Configuration menu located in the NetRAS menu bar Agent Identification Configuration 1 Open the NetRAS you want to view by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Agent Information then Identification The Agent Identification Configuration window appears as shown
162. ow of LEDs turn on when a collision or a bad packet occurs on a hub port Hub CPU Status Display Shows CPU activity for the hub CPU This LED should always be blinking If the LED is continuously on or off a problem exists on the hub Hub Port Selectors Displays graphic images of each of the twelve 10BaseT ports on the hub It does not matter if you are using RJ45 connectors plugged into the hub front panel or one RJ21 connector plugged into the rear of the hub The selectors apply to ports 1 12 regardless of the connection method used Click any port to select that port for control and monitoring func tions accessible from the Asant View main menu bar Hub Status Display Displays the hub partition bottom row and link status top row for each of the hub s 10BaseT ports The display reports data for the ports regardless of whether they are connected via RJ45 connectors on the front panel or a single RJ21 connector on the rear panel The Asant Bridge 1012 Panel View Selector Allows you to select the front and rear panel views respectively Therear panel view of the Asant Bridge 1012 is similar to that of the Asant Hub 1012 except for the addition of the external port labeled EXT PORT shown in Figure 3 8 External port 192 203 54 185 File Configuration Performance Fault Security E FR EXT PORT E PARTITON ces 0 wi esse e ew POR UPLINK TRAFFIC RS232 AMS LINK Figure 3
163. partition IO OP Oh OF Oh OF OPO One nf uf uf af uf uf af uf Status Port status returned _ Figure 4 9 Port Control window for the AH2072H6 FST Multiport Repeater Module Bank Select TN Port Control 192 203 54 188 Group 3 y Refresh Apply PPTP24 Quit Port number M 112 3 4 5 5 pal h0 UpLink Link status PO ON OR ON OF OF Of ONS OO OOO OOO orc e Por disable Mi ml nf mi nf mi a mid a Status Port status returned Figure 4 10 Port Control window for the AH2072H10 BNC Multiport Repeater Module Status Port status returned Figure 4 11 Port Control window for the Asant FAST 100 Manage ment Module The Port Control window displays the Status LEDs in the upper tier and the Control buttons in the lower tier A The Port Control window differs slightly depending on the type of ports displayed The following describes all possible Port Control win dow controls and parameters Page 4 11 Configuring Asant Hubs Status LEDs In the upper tier the Status LEDs show link status auto partitioning status polarity status and jabber status read only if present Figure 4 9 is a Fiber module which does not have polarity or jab ber Control Buttons In the lower tier next to Ports disable the Control buttons are used to disable a port or a link test correct polarity correct jabber and reduce threshold enable A When disabling a port be careful not to break the link between the
164. pe Length Idle time Polls the hub for the latest data updates window Opens an option window in which you set the node aging time period for data storage in the hub Minimum 10 seconds maximum 11 hours Exits the window To reduce the window to an icon click the minimize box at the upper right corner n n Group number Port number through which station is talking group 1 uplink group 2 front ports for Asant Hub 1012 or Asant Bridge 1012 only data from hub IP address of device sending incoming packet to this port if available data from hub Physical Ethernet address or alias of device sending incoming packet to this port data from hub Physical Ethernet address or alias of device to which incoming packet is addressed data from hub Ethernet frame type and data frame length in hexadecimal format data from hub Time since last packet was received A Columns are interchangeable To sort the table by any field specify the field in the first column You can rearrange the fields in different columns by clicking the column header and selecting the field from the popup menu Other Monitoring Tools Node Summary Aging Use the Aging command in the Node Summary menu to define the amount of time a hub stores node summary data To use Node Summary Aging 1 Click Aging in the Node Summary window The Aging Time dialog box appears as shown in Figure 8 14 Agi
165. polling time interval in the Poll cycle field mini mum is 10 seconds A The shorter the polling interval the more traffic is generated on the network and the greater the loading on the Asant View Management Station If you have a high device count on your network you may want to make the polling interval longer Enter the name of the person responsible for the device in the Contact person field optional The Contact Person data for the device applies to the map file only it is not sent to the actual device Enter the phone number for the contact person in the Contact phone field The Contact Phone data for the device applies to the map file only it is not sent to the actual device Click Apply to save the data in the map file Click Quit to take no action and close the window The appropriate icons representing the devices will appear If a device is accessible its icon is green if it is not accessible its icon is red If a hub is sending trap messages its icon turns yellow Page 2 13 Mapping the Network Page 2 14 Modify Device Tool AE Use the Modify Device Tool to change device parameters Figure 2 14 Modify Device Tool The Modify Device tool opens the Modify Device dialog where you can review and change device parameters To use the Modify Device Tool 1 Select the device you want to modify 2 Click the Modify Device tool in the Tool Box The Modify Device window appe
166. r IP 10 10 10 11 Community private mm Figure 6 2 NetRAS Initialization Bootp Request dialog box Page 6 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 Initializing the NetRAS Enter the NetRAS IP address in the IP address field Enter the subnet mask in the Subnet mask field The default subnet mask that appears in this field is the same as the subnet mask for the Asant View Management Station AMS If you have a router enter the default router IP address in the Default router field Enter the IP address of the Asant View Management Sta tion AMS in the Manager IP field Enter a unique community string for the AMS in the Com munity field The default is private Click the Apply button to send the information to the bootp server To cancel click the Cancel button and close the NetCon nect RAS Bootp request w indow Status data appears in the Bootp application window Figure 6 3 shows an example File Bootp and TFTP Index Time stamp Received from Message 20 Sep 94 13 42 03 00 c0 2c 02 88 40 Bootp done IP 192 203 53 225 Figure 6 3 Bootp window after Bootp request sent 12 Select Exit from the BootP and TFTP window Filemenu or click the close box in the upper left corner of the Bootp and TFTP window to close the Bootp applica tion Asant View asks you to confirm the exit with the window shown in Figure 6 4 Page 6 3 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Page 6 4
167. r IP address in the Default router field if applicable Enter the path and name of the boot file in the Bootp file field The boot file name is asante hdO The default directory is C AVIEW Click the Apply button to continue the upgrade Click Ignore to stop the upgrade procedure Asant View looks for the selected NetRAS image file and the version number you specified If it finds the file the download proceeds If Asant View cannot find the file it displays an error mes sage at the bottom of the window and the download pro cess does not continue During the download the Bootp and TFTP applications open and prepare the server for a netserver boot with bootp Software Upgrades The message shown in Figure 7 9 appears when the NetRAS agent acknow ledges the dow nload request AMS D Download acknowledged 192 203 53 225 Figure 7 9 NetRAS Agent Image Download Request Acknowledge dialog box 10 Click the OK button to proceed with downloading The download status is displayed in the Bootp and TFTP window When downloading completes or when you want to stop this download process you can close the Bootp and TFTP window using the following procedure A i you stop the software download process before its completion the NetRAS agent will no longer commu nicate with the Asant View Management Station AMS Run the Bootp and TFTP applications again by select ing Bootp and TFTP from the Application menu
168. rces Table 8 7 Data Categories and Their Sources Source of Data Device identification Trap Receiver settings Threshold settings Node intrusion settings Node summary data Traffic statistics Packet distribution All port statistics Identification Information table Trap Receiver table Threshold table Node Intrusion table Node Summary table Hub Statistics table Hub Packet Distribution table All Port Monitor table Using Playback Mode to Retrieve Data Y ou can import the network data stored in a text file into an application program such as a spreadsheet program allowing you to further manipulate the data Page 8 25 Monitoring the Network Page 8 26 To view historical data in playback mode Q Select a statistics category and send the data to a spe cial database file this is the same procedure as in Logging Network Statistics in aText File on page 8 25 Q Retrieve the data from the database file You can retrieve the following three data categories in playback mode a Traffic Statistics a Packet Distribution A All Port Statistics Logging Data to a Database File You can log data from one category at a time to a specific database file Data can be collected for all devices on the map or only for a selected device To log network data to a file 1 Open the Application menu 2 Select DB Request A Ifyou wish to poll only one specific device on the map select the device first The Da
169. ribing physical location text string naming a contact person IP address of the device Setting SNMP Agent Parameters Field Name Contents Phys address Physical Ethernet address of the device Description Device ID with name and version of resident agent software Object ID Device object ID defined in enterprise MIB Up time Time since last device reset or power on No of interfaces Hardware Software Firmware System message Communication Number of segments to which this device is connected Hardware version or revision number for this device Software version or revision number and configuration Firmware version or revision number for this device Displays system messages as device is polled Switches to communication window Modify Opens Set Agent Parameters window where you can modify parameters Quit Closes window Table 4 2 Agent Communication Information Field Name Contents Name Device name Phys address IP address RS 232C baud rate Dial string AMS link baud rate SubNet mask Default router Load mode Boot mode Physical Ethernet address of the device IP address of the device user assigned Baud rate for out of band communication using RS232 cable Number to dial in to the device Baud rate for terminal link using RJ 45 cable to Out of Band management station fixed at 9600 Baud IP subnet mask for this device Default router s IP address Origin of the device boot image file
170. rising out of the use of or inability to use thisAsant Technologies product even if Asant Technologies has been advised of the possibility of such damages Any suit or legal action relating to this Agreement or Licensed Programs must be brought within one 1 year of the date the programs are purchased by the original licensee Because some states countries do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages the above limitation may not apply to you U S GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS The SOFTWARE and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of The Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 or subparagraphs c 1 and 2 of the Commercial Computer Softw are Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52 227 19 as applicable Manufacturer is Asant Technologies Inc 821 Fox Lane San Jose California 95131 If you acquired this product in the United States this Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California Table of Contents PIOONEEO VEI VIBW 23 002 R PS elei petta Obe I Ye ACE IRR tU Fa od RC ROCK ete desea RR ney xii Asant View 2 6 Features 242 sos ee e re RRRERRERRR RIP xa d das AREE xii In Band Management aaa e 9 as e RERO eK ERE REYadadd rad E aude xii What s New in Asant View 2 6 ssc Lise eine erre xiii WhatTypographic Changes
171. rnal port designated bridge 5 9 designated port ID 5 9 interface index 5 4 spanning tree continued external port continued state blocking 5 10 broken 5 10 disabled 5 10 forwarding 5 9 learning 5 9 listening 5 9 status 5 9 transitions to fwd state 5 10 forward delay 5 6 hello time 5 5 hold time 5 6 hub port designated bridge 5 9 designated port ID 5 9 interface index 5 4 state 5 10 transitions to fwd state 5 10 information window 5 3 IP address 5 4 lowest cost port to root bridge 5 9 maximum age 5 5 modifying information 5 7 number of learned entry discards 5 10 of ports 5 4 of topology changes 5 10 path cost to root bridge 5 5 physical address 5 4 ports data command 5 11 protocol type 5 4 root bridge ID 5 5 5 8 port 5 5 time since last topology changed 5 10 up time 5 10 specifications ping support 1 2 protocols supported 1 2 standards compatibility 1 2 speed requirements 1 2 standards compatibility 1 2 stations map icon 2 2 statistics hub viewing 8 8 logging into a database 8 25 network monitoring 8 8 structure of management information standards 1 2 subgroup map icon 2 3 submap file 2 22 subnet mask address hub setting 4 7 NetRAS modifying 6 12 viewing for a hub 4 5 support technical A I T TCP IP stack 1 2 technical support A I text tool 2 6 threshold add table entry 7 22 max 7 21 reduce ports 4 13 setting 7 21 table 8 36 fields 7 24 window 7 23 tool box map editor 2 6 tools add
172. roup on each child map to help you find devices Discover Subgroup searches the network for any devices with IP addresses in a specified range When a device on the network hears its IP address it responds and appears on the map as a discovered device A maximum of 50 Asant hubs or other SNMP devices can appear on one map Any devices over the maximum of 50 are not placed on the map To create a child map 1 Select one of the subgroups on the parent map For the example use Corporate Admin 2 Open the subgroup by double clicking it 3 Select Discover Subgroup from the Configuration menu The Discover SubGroup window appears 4 Specify the IP addresses to be searched in the Begin IP address field and in the Last IP address field respec tively For the example assume that the devices in the Corporate Admin workgroup fall within the range 193 205 56 00 through 193 205 56 50 5 Specify the device types to be searched by using the popup menu in the Device type field The options are All Asant devices All SNMP devices All IP devices Windows NT 4 0 only and Specific SNMP device Since you have only Asant hubs on the network with IP addresses in the specified range choose the All Asant devices option The Read community and Max devices fields can remain with their default values Navigating Through the Hierarchy Building a Hierarchical Map Notice the GO BACKicon on the new map It is labeled w
173. s supervisor 5 Type the default password in the Password field as fol lows super A Both the user name and passw ord fields are case sensi tive Enter them exactly as shown 6 Click the OK button to continue To exit the Log In window click Cancel A Ifthe message Ping is not supported by your net work protocol stack appears as shown in Figure 1 4 click yes Page 1 6 Installing Asant View 2 6 AMS Q Ping is not supported by your network protocol stack do you wish to continue Figure 14 Ping Is Not Supported dialog box If this is the first time you have logged in Asant View opens a new unti tled map displaying the Asant View Management Station AMS If you have previously saved an Asant View map the program opens the most recently saved map file A See Mapping Network Segments on page 2 2 for more information about mapping your network Event Reports Once you are logged into Asant View the Event Reports window is automatically started a ForWindows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 users this win dow is located in the Windows operating system s menu bar a ForWindows NT 3 51 or Windows 3 11 users this window is an icon located at the bottom of your Screen The Event Reports window provides realtime reports on network activ ities See Checking for Alert Messages on page 8 3 for more informa tion Page 1 7 Installing Asant View Software Logging Out of When you ar
174. s EROR 821 Port P Mapping Table WIN oh te t i C Co a pe S E Oe 8 22 Ping Control WIDODIN 265 4 05 Goalie aes rue a A TS a 8 24 Database Control WIndOW cis RR Heda sy vx c er ee ERR 827 Page vii Figure 8 18 Figure 8 19 Figure 8 20 Figure 8 21 Figure 8 22 Figure 8 23 Page viii DBLog Request WINdOW xe Eee Ra E EX Y bead TE Y dire as 827 DataBase Export dialog DUX Puer Da ure e ee Ra Re eee tad ta f 8 30 Legend for Config txt File Tables 8 32 Example of the DB Retrieval window 8 42 Example of a Port Statistics Display in Playback 8 43 MIB II Groups dialog DOX eek eee Ciena tay YE ERE Xd e e ah 844 List of Tables Table 1 1 Table 1 2 Table 1 3 Table 2 1 Table 3 1 Table 4 1 Table 4 2 Table 4 3 Table 44 Table 4 5 Table 6 1 Table 7 1 Table 7 2 Table 7 3 Table 7 4 Table 8 1 Table 8 2 Table 8 3 Table 84 Table 8 5 Table 8 6 Table 8 7 Table 8 8 Table 8 9 Table 8 10 Table 8 11 Table 8 12 Table 8 13 Table 8 14 Table 8 15 Table 8 16 Table 8 17 Table 8 18 Hardware Specifications s xr eio eee PROUD Pe pea V Rao anis SS er da s 12 Asdnte VIEW Specifications ras dE a d uu RES e co ee DATE Cd A 12 Network Size vs Minimum Windows Platform 13 Network Device TypeS coctus is ment at EE MEC ORDER RIED REP EOS b ER 2 2 Bridge Status Display LED Siss tc udev ei tute
175. s this window by clicking the Commu nication button from either the Identification or the Administration Configuration window s Page 6 7 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Agent Communication Configuration Identification Name NetRAS Phys address 00 C0 2C 02 88 40 SNMP communication IP address 192 203 53 225 Default router 192 203 53 1 SubNet mask 255 255 255 0 IPX communication Local net number 00 00 03 00 Link type IEEE 802 3 Remote net number C2 C0 28 00 AppleT alk Zone Product Marketing Time limit None Zone Action Discard Port 3000 Disable Yes Authentication Yes TelNet E Out System message Agent information retrieved Administration Modify Refresh Quit Figure 6 7 NetRAS Agent Communication Configuration window 4 At this point there are several choices Q Identification or Administration moves to those windows Q Modify changes data in this window see Modify ing Information Data on page 6 9 for more informa tion Q Refresh updates the information in the window a Quit closes the window Agent Administration Configuration 1 Open the panel view of the NetRAS you want to view by double clicking its icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Agent Information then Administration The Agent Administration Configuration w indow as shown in Figure 6 8 appears Page
176. s window 9 Click Cancel to stop the installation at any time The Modify Progman INI File dialog appears Click Modify to proceed The software is copied to the installed directory c aview by default When the installation is complete the Installation Success ful dialog box appears Click Exitto exit the installation program and return to Windows 10 Remove the diskette from floppy driveA The installation of Asant View 2 6 software is complete Next start Asant View 2 6 following the procedures in the next section Logging into Asant View Software Page 1 5 Installing Asant View Software Logging into Your hub s and the Asant View Management Station computer should Asant View be connected to the network backbone or at minimum your Asant View Management Station should have an in band connection to the Asant hubs you wish to manage Refer to the appropriate Installation Guide for instructions on connect ing your Asant device The following instructions explain how to log into Asant View 2 6 1 Start Windows 2 Open the Start menu and select Programs If using Windows 3 11 or Windows NT 3 51 double click the Asant View program group window 3 Select the Asant View directory AmsView and select AmsView If using Windows 3 11 or Windows NT 3 51 double click the Asant View icon The Log In window appears 4 Type the default user name in the User Name field as fol low
177. sant hubs using the Software Upgrade command in the Configuration menu Use the following procedure for upgrading the follow ing Asant devices Q Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 1016 Asant Hub 2072 NMM NetStacker NS NMM or standard NMM 2 Asant Bridge Asant Fast 100 Management Module L DL D D O 1 Open the device you want to upgrade by double clicking its icon in the Asant View map Open the Configuration menu NJ Select Software Upgrade The Agent Image Download window appears as shown in Figure 7 5 W Agent Image Download Alias name 192 203 54 186 IP Address 192 203 54 186 Device type Hub S W version Curr file server 192 203 54 171 Curr S W version 2 5 Curr F W version 1 4 System Message Received response Figure 7 5 In Band Agent Image Download window Page 7 11 General Network Configuration Upgrading an Asant Bridge 1012 Page 7 12 4 Type the version number of the agent image software in the S W version field 5 Click the Apply button to start the download process Asant View looks for the selected hub s image file and the version number you specified If it finds the file the down load proceeds If Asant View cannot find the file it displays an error mes sage at the bottom of the window and the download pro cess does not continue You must use this procedure to upgrade the Asant Bridge 1012 soft ware You can download two image files to the brid
178. sant View Management Station AMS Run the Bootp and TFTP applications again by select ing Bootp and TFTP from the Application menu after you select either Bootp or TFTP from the Appli cation menu you can select the other application from the File menu of the Bootp and TFTP win dow 1 Open the panel view of the NetRAS you want to upgrade by double clicking its icon in the Asant View map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Software Upgrade The NetRAS User Disconnect Message as shown in Figure 7 7 appears AMS Downloading 192 203 53 225 will disconnect all logged on users Do you want to proceed If Yes this RAS should be in bootptab txt file Figure 7 7 NetRAS User Disconnect Message dialog box Page 7 13 General Network Configuration Page 7 14 Click Yes to proceed Click No to take no action and return to the NetRAS panel view If there is no entry for the NetRAS in the Bootptab txtfile the following window appears Requesting Bootp Select apply to add entry in Bootptab txt file or Ignore to refuse Bootp request Phys address 00 c0 2c 02 88 40 IP address 192203253225 Default router 192 203 53 1 Bootp file CHAVIEW asante h Figure 7 8 Requesting Bootp window o The Bootptab txt file is in the same directory in which Asant View is installed The default directory is C AVIEW Enter the IP address in the IP address field Enter the default route
179. selected hub and the Asant View Man agement Station When ON the LEDs are GREEN the Control buttons are YELLOW When OFF both are GRAY Table 4 3 describes the LEDs and Table 4 4 describes the control but tons in the Port Control window Table 4 5 describes the window menu items Table 4 3 Port Control Status LEDs Status LED Button Meaning Function Port number The device port indicated in this column of status LEDs and control buttons LEDs ON or OFF Link status ON green Indicates a physical link if the Link Test is enabled Port status can be obtained only with Link Test enabled If the Link Test is disabled the LED is always on OFF gray No physical link exists on this port Polarity status ON green Indicates polarity for this port is correct when correction is enabled ON yellow Indicates polarity is reversed on this port OFF gray Polarity correction is disabled for this port or no physical link exists Auto partition ON yellow Auto partition has occurred on this port OFF gray Auto partition has not occurred on this port J abber status ON red J abber has occurred on this port if status detection is enabled OFF gray No jabber has occurred on this port or jabber detection is disabled for this port Page 4 12 Status LED Button Configuring Ports Meaning Function 3 in 1 uplink Table 4 4 Control Button Buttons Link Test disable Aut
180. side change the numeric buttons range displayed 0 100 10 pkts sec to 20000 pkts sec These are not used in Table format Current key Color key to values shown in the bar chart Peak Curr Value in the current sample interval Average Peak Peak value during the entire observation period Avg Average value of all samples taken in the entire observation period Total dd hh mm ss The total time the window has been open Time Reset Control Resets the observation period flushes existing button data Pause Control Pauses the display window continues to gather button data Used in Line Curve format only A This table also describes the control features and fields in the Packet Distribution window This win dow is defined in the next section Page 8 11 Monitoring the Network Packet Distribution Target The Packet Distribution menu available from the Performance menu on the device s front panel view enables you to obtain informa tion about the distribution of packet sizes in network traffic The following display formats are available a Table Q Bar Chart Q Line Curve Packet distribution information is available at a hub or segment evel only Table 8 3 shows instructions for selecting a target device Table 8 3 Packet Distribution Target Device Instructions Select Hub Segment Select the Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 1016 IQ Or Asant Bridge 1012 icon Select the Asant Hub 2072 Or NetStacker icon def
181. t hub front ports are causing network problems Find Talker searches the network for problem nodes that are transmit ting specific packet types at specific frequencies Sixteen packet types can be monitored FindTalker interrogates all the active Asant hubs in the current map to determine the problem nodes To use the Find Talker command 1 Open the Application menu in the map window 2 Select Find Talker The Counter Water Mark window as shown in Figure 7 17 appears Counter Water Mark Counter Good frames Value Good frames Broadcast Figure 7 17 Counter Water Mark window In the Counter popup menu select one packet type The following choices are available Q Good frames Q Fragment Q Bad frames Q FCSerrors Q Broadcast Q Alignment errors Q Multicast Q DRM errors A Short event a IFG errors Q Frame too long a Collisions Q Runts Q Late collision Q SFD missing Q Autopartition Page 7 27 General Network Configuration Page 7 28 4 In water mark the Value field enter the threshold that is the counter 5 Click OK Click the Cancel button to take no action and close the win dow The Find Talker window as shown in Figure 7 18 appears CT m Number of queries 56 I Searching Good frames Qut O counter NITO Rennrad sevice 4 Mar 15 13 29 192 203 53 5 4 Mar 15 13 29 192 203 53 6 I 6 1 4 Mar 15 13 29 M Good frames 4 Mar 15 13 30 M Good fram
182. t and the row index number to which they were sent Date Time Settings sent Row index Date Time Settings successful Row index The zone information you deleted remains on the display If you have a color monitor the row is highlighted Click the Refresh button to update the display Page 6 27 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Setting the Zone Action Page 6 28 Field 7 Continue selecting a zone name and clicking the Delete button for each zone you want to remove from the Zone Filter List Click the Quit button when you are finished deleting zones from the table to close the Zone Filter List win dow To specify whether all the zones in the Zone Filter List will be included or excluded when remote users dial in you need to set the Zone Action field A Thesetting applies to all the zones in the table you cannot set up individual zones for inclusion or exclu sion within the table You can view the current Zone Action field setting either in the upper left corner of the Zone Filter List window or in the AppleTalk pane of the Agent Communication Configuration w indow To set the Zone Action field 1 Double click the NetRAS icon in the map to open its panel view 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Agent Information then Communication The Agent Communication Configuration w indow as shown in Figure 6 7 on page 6 8 appears 4 Click the Modify button Clicking the M
183. t click the script name entry in the window to select it then click the Delete button a To modify an existing script click the script name entry in the window to select it then click the Mod ify button See page 6 20 Q To add anew script click the Add button See page 6 20 To exit the Server Modem Configuration window click the Quit button Page 6 19 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Adding or Modifying a Modem Script Page 6 20 You can add your own modem scripts modify existing scripts that you have created or modify copies of the builtin modem scripts You cannot directly modify a built in script Using this procedure you can add a new script modify an existing user defined script or modify a copy of an existing built in script 1 In the Server Modem Configuration w indow click any script Select one of the built in scripts if you wish to create a modified version of it 2 Click the Add button The Add Server Modem Configuration w indow as shown in Figure 6 12 appears Il Opened Mon Mar 07 1994 21 23 15 Quit I IP Address 192 203 54 92 o EUR 9 a u Ei a zlo ape Sho i E ing signal ing signal ing signal ing signal signal ing signal RING text ing signal text ing signal Name d Type Built in Built in Built in E Built in intel 9600 Built in Built in Built in 21 23 1 94 Retrieved table row entry 27 94 21 23 18 Retrieved tabl
184. t The bridge remains in the for warding state until a topology change occurs on the network Page 5 9 Configuring Asant Bridges Page 5 10 a Blocking State The bridge does not forward any data packets when another bridge is the designated bridge for this segment Configuration BPDUs are pro cessed but not forwarded The bridge remains in the blocking state until a topology change occurs on the network Q Broken State The bridge has detected that it is not functioning properly It remains in the broken state until it is reset After being reset if the malfunc tion remains the port re enters the broken state Q Disabled State The bridge is disabled Hub Port State The current state of the hub port as it relates to spanning tree opera tions Up Time The time since the last power on or reset Time Since Last Topology Changed The total elapsed time since a spanning tree topology change occurred Number of Topology Changes The total number of times the spanning tree topology has changed since this bridge was powered on or reset Extemal Port Transitions to Fwd State The total number of times the external port has changed to the for warding state since last power on or reset Hub Port Transitions to Fwd State The total number of times the hub port has changed to the forward ing state since last power on or reset Number of Leamed Entry Discards The total number of discarded entries to the dynamic address
185. t To view the current configuration for all ports Configuration a First retrieve the existing parameters from the NetRAS a Second select a port and open a second window to Double click the NetRAS icon to open its panel view Open the Configuration menu Click Port The Async Port Configuration window appears as shown in Figure 6 9 Async Port Configuration 192 203 53 225 Opened Mon Sep 26 1994 12 16 21 IP Address 192 203 53 225 Local IP ET Disable bazes sm 9600 Mc huyes sm 9500 Mus bazes sm 9500 Mc huyes sm_9500 Mus hayes sm 9500 Mus bazes sm 9500 Mc huyes zm 9500 luc hayes zm 9600 no ll o oJpo o o o o o ofpo o o o o o ofofofofofofojo ojo o o 7 Retrieved table row entry 6 Retrieved table row entry Retrieved table row entry Table complete Baud 9600 9600 9600 2500 Figure 6 9 Async Port Configuration window Page 6 14 All ports physically present in the NetRAS are shown in the table Configuring Ports Modifying a Port To modify a port configuration Configuration Parameter 1 Select the port you want to modify in the Async Port Configuration w indow 2 Click the Modify button The Modify Async Port Configuration Entry window appears as shown in Figure 6 10 Modify Async Port Configuration Entry Alias 192 203 53 225 Group Port 1 1 Protocol CO Baud Rate 9600 Loacl IP 0 0 0 0 Parity None Dial Script hayes sm
186. tRAS using the Software Upgrade com mand in the NetRAS Menu Bar see Upgrading a NetRAS on page 7 13 Page 7 17 General Network Configuration Asant View 2 6 Can Page You Pager Information Page 7 18 You can configure the Asant View Management Station to activate a pager when it receives a trap message from a hub A trap message is sent when certain types of network events such as a threshold setting violation or a node intrusion violation occur For more information on setting trap receivers see Setting Trap Receivers on page 7 9 The Pager Information window allows you to define the following Q Pager type Q Phone number to dial a Serial communications parameters for the network management system To use the pager information function 1 Open the File menu 2 Click Pager Info The Pager Information window as shown in Figure 7 13 appears _ Pager Information O Do not page O Page when hub down i SkyTel pager i ing i mins Min paging interval Apply Port COM1 Baud rate 9600 Dialup string Receiver PIN l Figure 7 13 Pager Information window 3 Edit the Pager Information parameters as described in Table 7 1 4 Click Apply Asant View 2 6 Can Page You Table 7 1 Pager Information Options Field Name Contents Meaning Do not page selected deselected Enables or disables paging based on settings in this window SkyTel page selected deselected Enables SkyTel
187. tabase control window appears as shown in Figure 8 17 on page 8 27 Select a data category Select Database logging by clicking the box to the left of its name Au Figure 8 17 shows an example of the Database Control window with the Database logging box selected selected data category Database control Logging Information O Device identification L1 Trap receiver settings Threshold settings O Node intrusion settings 4 Database logging Database export El Database retrieval L Node summary tables Fun EJ Traffic statistics Packet distribution O An port statistics Figure 8 17 5 Database Control window Click Run to start the process Click Quitto take no action and close the window The DBLog request dialog appears as shown in Figure 8 18 Database export Device identification misc db node db password db Trap receiver settings Threshold settings Node intrusion settings Node summary tables Traffic statistics Packet distribution All port statistics OOWOOOOO Field definitions Fixed length Separator Left Right Export file count txt Ready Figure 8 18 DBLog Request window Depending on the selected category the logged data is stored in one of the following four default database files in the cXaview directory shown in Table 8 8 on page 8 28 Page 8 27 Monitoring the
188. table The options are Q Permanent The static entry is permanent and can be purged only with the deliberate use of the Delete procedure Q Del on reset The static entry is automatically purged from the table when the bridge is reset Q Del on timeout The static entry is automatically purged from the table when the bridge maximum age time from 6 40 seconds has expired If a static entry is automatically purged you must re enter it if you want to filter packets with that destination address Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables Adding and Modifying a Static Table Entry Open the Bridge Static Forwarding Table following the instructions on page 5 17 To add a new entry click Add to modify an existing entry click the entry you want and then click Modify TheAdd window and the Modify window are identical except for the title bar Add Static Table Entry Bridge alias 192 203 54 185 Index 7 Phys address 00 00 00 00 00 00 Receive port All Br ports s Status p message Figure 5 8 TheAdd Static Table Entry window 3 Enter parameters for each field Refer to the field definitions in the preceding section if you need help Click Apply to send the changes to the bridge To close the window click Quit Page 5 19 Configuri Page 5 20 ng Asant Bridges Bridge Range Forwarding Table Asant bridges can filter packets with specific parameters by comparing the packet
189. the bridge that is the chosen bridge off the external port of the selected bridge The designated bridge is the one cho sen to be the path from the selected bridge to the root bridge External Port Designated Port ID The port ID on the designated bridge off the external port of the selected bridge The designated bridge is the one chosen to be the path from the selected bridge to the root bridge Hub Port Designated Bridge The port ID on the designated bridge off the hub port of the selected bridge The designated bridge is the one chosen to be the path from the selected bridge to the root bridge Hub Port Designated Port ID The port ID on the designated bridge that is the chosen bridge off the hub port of the selected bridge for reaching the root bridge External Port State The current state of the external port as it relates to spanning tree operations The following six states are possible a Listening State The bridge is passively monitor ing traffic through this port without adding any entries to the dynamic address forwarding table The Forward delay parameter determines how long the bridge is in this state see Spanning Tree Information Window Fields on page 54 for a definition a Leaming State The bridge begins building its dynamic address forwarding table The forward delay parameter also determines how long the bridge is in this state a Forwarding State The bridge actively forwards packets from this por
190. the device in the map Then click only on the title bar of the NetStacker panel view Performance Network Analysis All Port Monitor Opens the All Port Monitor window which displays current and total packet activity for all ports of the selected group This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Analysis Hub Meter Opens the Hub Meter This window is accessible only from this menu Performance Network Analysis Utilization Opens the Utilization window This window is accessible only from this menu Fault Reset Agent Resets the agent in the module selected The system asks you to confirm the operation This can cause a momentary loss of commu nication betw een the hub and the Asant View Management Station The function is available only to users with Level 1 access rights This feature is accessible only from this menu Page 3 13 Using the Panel View Fault Reset Repeater Resets the repeater chip in the module selected The system asks you to confirm the operation This function is available only to users with Level 1 access rights You must have a repeater module selected to activate this command A Resetting the repeater can cause a momentary loss of network service on this port Some data packets may be lost This feature is accessible only from this menu Fault Trap Receivers Opens the Trap Receiver Table in which you can add modify or delete trap receiver settings Thisfeature is accessible
191. tion Two user access levels Verification of network devices Management tools for the Asant Hub 1012 Asant Hub 1016 1Q Asant Hub 2072 and the Asant NetStacker hub Management tools for the Asant Bridge 1012 and the Asant Bridge Management tools for the Asant N etRAS Remote Access Server and the Asant FAST 100 Management Module Threshold setting Node intrusion Find Talker MIB II support In band network management allows netw ork managers to manage control and monitor their networks via SNMP protocols over the Ether net communications channel of an Ethernet network In band refers to the fact that network management packets travel over the same network that all other network information travels What s New in Asant View 2 6 What s New in The following are new features of Asant View 2 6 for Window s Asant View 2 6 Q Management support for the Asant Hub 1016 1Q Q Management support for the Asant FAST 100 Manage ment Module Q IP Mapping for the 10164Q and the Asant FAST 100 Management Module a Winsock Windows sockets support replaces PCITCP 2 2 Page xiii What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean Page xiv Procedures and Instructions Significant text or text with a special meaning is displayed in a different typeface or format in this manual The following are examples of the special typefaces and formats used in this manual This kind of bolded text is used when speci
192. tive front panel ports The Uplink and SNMP ports appear as 1 1 and 1 2 respectively for the Asant Hub 1012 and the Asant Bridge 1012 The SNMP port is number 16 for the Asant Hub 2072 and the NetStacker hub Source Displays the physical address of the source device Destination Displays the physical address of the destination device Pkt type Len Displays the frame type data length of the packets being monitored and idle time that is the time since the last packet was received A a a a Idle time is not supported in the Asant Bridge 1012 Idle time is supported in the following image code versions Asant Hub 1012 version 2 4 and above In Band only Asant Hub 2072 version 1 3 and above NetStacker hub version 1 0 and above Each time a new device uses a port or the frame type changes the hub stores an entry in the Node Summary log You can specify the amount of time this information is stored in the hub with the Node Aging option in the Node Summary window A The Source and Destination columns display the alias corresponding to the physical address You can mod ify the alias in the Edit Node Database window see Edit Node Database on page 7 29 for more information Page 8 19 Monitoring the Network Page 8 20 Table 8 5 Node Summary column descriptions Field Contents Meaning Refresh Aging Exit Gr Prt Group Port Src IP address Source Destination Pkt Ty
193. to the current root bridge The port is determined during spanning tree configuration If the selected bridge isthe root bridge the value is O This field is read only Spanning Tree Maximum Age The maximum permissible age in seconds provided by the current root bridge for spanning tree configuration information to remain active on the selected bridge When the time span expires and the bridge has not received any BPDUS it discards the current spanning tree information and initiates a new round of spanning tree configu ration All bridges in the spanning tree receive this value in a BPDU from the root bridge and they display the value in this field If the age value is too small it can cause unnecessary spanning tree reconfigurations and possibly a temporary loss of connectivity on the network If the value is too large the network takes longer than necessary to adjust to a new spanning tree after a bridge goes down or a link is lost which can cause collisions The recommended IEEE 802 1d time is 20s twenty seconds Spanning Tree Hello Time The amount of time in seconds provided by the current root bridge between transmissions of configuration BPDUs This timer works in parallel with the Spanning tree hold time which should be greater than the hello timer If it is smaller the spanning tree algorithm responds more quickly to configuration changes resulting in increased network traffic The recommended IEEE 802 1d time is 2s
194. ton for each zone you want to add When you are finished adding zones to the table click the Quit button to close the Zone Filter window To change the name of a zone that is already in the Zone Filter List ui amp Double click the NetRAS icon in the map to open its panel view Open the Configuration menu Select ZoneFilter The Zone Filter List window as shown in Figure 6 15 on page 6 24 appears Select the row of the entry you want to modify Click the Modify button The Zone Filter window as shown in Figure 6 16 on page 6 25 appears Type the new name for the zone Configuring the Zone Filter List You must enter the new zone name exactly as it is defined for your network A Be very careful when typing zone names as Asant View does not check for the validity of the zone names you enter into theAppletalk Zone Table Click the Apply button The status line displays the following Settings successful Click the Quit button to close the Zone Filter window Deleting Zone Entries To delete existing Zone Filter List entries ui A Double click the NetRAS icon in the map to open its panel view Open the Configuration menu Select ZoneFilter The Zone Filter List window as shown in Figure 6 15 on page 6 24 appears Click the row of the entry you want to delete Click the Delete button The status area at the bottom of the window displays the date and time the settings were sen
195. txt File Fields Field Contents Code Type Date Time Physical address IP address Device type Request type Group 258 224 Logging Information Field Contents Code Statistics type Readable frames 282 Multicast frames 283 Broadcast frames 284 Frame too long 285 Runts 286 Alignment errors 287 Fragment errors 288 FCS errors 289 IFG errors 290 Data rate mismatch 291 Short events 292 Collisions 293 Late collisions 294 MJ LP 295 Auto partitions 296 SFD missing 297 Bad frames 298 System up time in tics 100 sec Port 01 Port 02 Port 03 Port 04 Port 05 Port 06 Port 07 Port 08 Port 09 Port 10 Port 11 Port 12 Port 13 Port 14 Page 8 41 Monitoring the Network Page 8 42 Retrieving Data from a Database File in Playback Mode You can retrieve or play back data logged in a database file using Data base retrieval for the following data categories a Traffic Statistics a Packet Distribution A All Port Statistics To retrieve data 1 Return to the Database control window in the Applica tion window DBRequest The data category you logged is selected Select Database retrieval NJ Click Run to start the program To take no action and return to the Database Control window click Quit The DB retrieval window appears as shown in Figure 8 W 21 front panel port selected in this example DB retrieval Traff
196. ty to compare Asant and non Asant devices using a common polling tool To use MIB II 1 Select a device on the current map by clicking on it once 2 Open the Application menu 3 Select MIB IL The MIB II Groups dialog box appears as shown in Figure 8 23 MIB Il Groups Group Interface Sub group Counters Format Table BarChart LineCurve Figure 8 23 MIB II Groups dialog box 4 Select a MIB II group from the Group drop down menu The following MIB II group options are available Interface IP ICMP UDP SNMP To view fields in the System group open the Agent Information window by selecting Get Information and then Identification from the Configuration menu PP DoocuoucoLc 5 In the Sub group field select Counters or Table Q If Tableis selected click OK to begin the MIB polling Q If Counters is selected continue with the following steps Using MIB II Select a display format Table BarChart or LineCurve in the Format section Click OK to begin the MIB polling To exit the MIB II Groups window click Quit A window appears displaying the MIB II objects in the specified format as they are collected by Asant View 2 6 a Click the Pause button to pause the display activity A Dataacquisition DOES continue during a paused oper ation when Line Curve is selected Q To resume display activity click the Resume button a Click Reset to reset the observation period
197. u Select Spanning Tree and then Information Click Modify in the Spanning Tree Information w in dow The Spanning Tree Set Up window as shown in Figure 5 2 appears Spanning Tree Set Up Physical address 00 00 94 10 8b 00 Spanning tree support Enabled 3 Port priority M28 Bridge priority Port B priority 28 Bridge maximum age 20 seconds Port state Enabled 3 Bridge hello time 2 seconds Port B state Enabled Bridge forward delay seconds Port A cost 100 Bridge aging time seconds Port B cost 101 Ez message Got Response Apply J Refresh Figure 5 2 Spanning Tree Set Up window 5 Modify the parameters as required See the field definition in the preceding section if you need help Click Apply to send the new values to the bridge Click Refresh to read the latest parameters from the bridge if a change in the network topology has occurred To close the window click Quit Page 5 7 Configuring Asant Bridges Bridge Status Window Page 5 8 The Bridge Status window provides data on all major Asant bridge spanning tree algorithm parameters This window cannot be edited 1 Double click abridge icon on the map 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Spanning Tree then click Status The Spanning Tree Status window as shown in Figure 5 3 appears Spanning Tree Status 192 203 54 185 Opened Mon Mar 07 1894 09 54 37 Sa
198. ubNet Default Boot mo IP address Load mode Boot ser Boot file communication 192 203 53 6 Community read mask 255 255 255 0 Community wte router 192 203 53 1 Authentication traps Local Boot Trap receiver Add de TFTP Only ver 0 0 0 0 Community iP address System message Retrieved device information Refresh Apply J gu Figure 2 44 The Set Agent Parameters window Edit the parameters you wish to change refer to Table 4 1 and Table 4 2 for field definitions Using the Hub Panel Display Setting SNMP Agent Parameters A i you modify the IP address subnet mask or default router you must reset the hub to make the changes A Important If you set the load mode to Net boot and the hub is reset the boot server must be running Otherwise the hub remains unmanaged as it continu ously tries to boot from a remote server You will see that the hub cycles through its self test about every two minutes To update the display click the Refresh button 3 Click the Apply button to send the changes to the hub Click Quitto take no action and close the window You can open the panel display on more than one hub at a time Double Click each hub icon on the map to open its panel view To use a particular hub panel view display
199. um age P p Figure 5 1 The SpanningTree Information window The next section describes the Spanning Tree Information window fields Page 5 3 Configuring Asant Bridges Page 5 4 Spanning Tree Information Window Fields Many of the values displayed in this window are the current spanning tree values propagated by the root bridge When the network topology changes a bridge goes into contention with other bridges to become the root bridge You can modify the span ning tree values which are considered during contention for root bridge status for a selected bridge as well as for other values If the selected bridge becomes the root bridge these values become the spanning tree values Q Click Modify to open the Bridge Spanning Tree Set Up window and modify the values see Modify ing the Spanning Tree Information Fields on page 5 7 for more information The following paragraphs describe the fields in the Spanning Tree Information window Opened The date and time the window was opened IP Address The bridge IP address which you can edit using the Modify com mand in the Agent Identification or Communication Informa tion window This field is read only Physical Address The physical Ethernet address for the bridge This field is read only Number of Ports The number of ports should always be two on the bridge This field is read only Bridge Type The bridge type always Transparent This field is re
200. up to four selectable types of statistics You can choose from the follow ing categories Q Good packets in Good packets out Bytes in Bytes out Frame too long Runts FCS errors Collisions L L DL DL DL O O Page 3 22 The Asant NetRAS These categories are applicable only when the 3 in 1 port LAN port is selected If a remote user port is selected the following categories are avail able L DL DL D DL O O Good packets in Good packets out Bytes in Bytes out Parity errors Char frame errors overrun errors Checksum errors Performance Statistics Curve Opens the Statistics Line Curve window a line curve graph dis playing up to six selectable types of statistics You can choose from the following categories QO L L D DL D O O Good packets in Good packets out Bytes in Bytes out Frame too long Runts FCS errors Collisions The following categories are applicable only when 34n 1 port LAN port is selected If a remote user port is selected the following categories are avail able DO DOCCOLO O Good packets in Good packets out Bytes in Bytes out Parity errors Char frame errors overrun errors Checksum errors Page 3 23 Using the Panel View Page 3 24 Performance Status Port Opens the Port Status window for the NetRAS This window applies only to the Remote User 1 0 ports You must first select one of the 1 0 ports before this command is available Performance St
201. us The status is alw ays Valid Mode The filtering mode for all the entries is either Discard or Forward To change the mode click the Mode toggle switch all entries in the table switch to Discard or Forward In the Discard mode an incoming packet matching the specifica tions defined in any table entry is discarded All other packets are forwarded In the Forward mode an incoming packet matching the specifica tions defined in any table entry is forwarded according to parame ters in the Static table and or Dynamic table If an incoming packet does not meet any range specifications in the table it is sent to the Static table and or the Dynamic table If arange entry has been made at the local bridge management level it appears in the Range Forwarding Table Low Pkt Type The lower limit of the packet type portion of a table entry This is used in conjunction with the High Packet Type entry to define the range of packet types affected by this entry High Pkt Type The upper limit of the packet type portion of a table entry Thisisused in conjunction with the Low Packet Type entry to define the range of packet types affected by this entry Add Click Add to open the Add window where you can add a new entry A Beawarethat if the index numbers in the table do not appear in a consecutive order it means that a disabled entry exists at the local management level When you add a new entry at the Asant View level you replace this d
202. user again no password can be specified After being added the user can log in under the new user name pressing Enter after typing their user name and then specify a nev password using Change Password in the Security menu Click the Apply button Asant View checks the password prompting you to try again if it is not correct You have three attempts If the third attempt is incorrect the Change Password function stops and the window closes automatically Y ou must select the command again to open the window If the password is correct Asant View prompts you for the new password Enter the new password in the New password field up to 24 characters Click the Apply button Enter the new password again in the Verify new pass word field Click the Apply button The window closes and the new password takes effect Click the Cancel button at any time to take no action and close the window Resetting a Hub Resetting a Hub Use the Agent Reset command in the Fault menu to reset the software running on all hubs or a selected hub Use Reset Repeater to reset a selected hub s repeater chip Resetting a hub repeater causes a brief interruption in network services resetting the agent does not Also if the hub is set up for remote boot make sure bootp and tftp are active on the Asant View Management Station PC A Therecommended default load mode for all hubs is Local This means that the Network Management Modu
203. user information Configuration SNMP Manager Opens the SNMP Manager window SNMP Managers are Asant View users authorized to manage the NetRAS You can add modify and delete SNMP manager information here This is a secu rity feature preventing unauthorized Asant View users from chang ing parameters in the NetRAS Configuration ZoneFilter Opens the Zone Filter List window where you can set which zones remote users can or cannot have access to when they dial in Whether the list of zones can or cannot be accessed depends on the Zone Action field setting in the Agent Communication Con figuration window Page 3 21 Using the Panel View Configuration Software Upgrade Opens the Software Upgrade window where you can initiate a bootp ftp download to the NetRAS Performance Statistics Table Opens the Statistics Table window which displays current peak average and total count in the following categories Q Good packets in Good packets out Bytes in Bytes out Frame too long Runts FCS errors Collisions L L D D D O O These categories are applicable only when the 3 in 1 port LAN port is selected If a remote user port is selected the following categories are avail able Good packets in Good packets out Bytes in Bytes out Parity errors Char frame errors Overrun errors Checksum errors L L DL D DL D D O Performance Statistics BarChart Opens the Port Statistics window a bar chart displaying
204. warded to this port COL blinks when a collision occurs on this port Spanning Tree Status Display STA blinks when the bridge transmits or receives a Bridge Proto col Data Unit BPDU STBY on when the bridge is notthe active bridge in a spanning tree ACT on when the bridge isthe active bridge in a spanning tree Page 3 18 The Asant Bridge Bridge Port A Port B Selectors Displays graphic switches used to select one or the other bridge port A or B for statistical performance monitoring You select a port by clicking the switch the default when the panel display opens is with port B selected Switch setting affects what Asant View menu items are available a Seg2 Segl If either port is on you can access the statistical per formance monitoring functions these tools are applied to the selected port only If either port is on you can access any of the bridge spanning tree control functions Sets which hub backplane segment PortA on the bridge is linked to There are some restrictions on how you can use these switches a Only Port A is controllable using these switches Port Bis controlled with a DIP switch located inside the bridge If Port B is linked to Segment 2 Port A is forced to Segment 1 and cannot be changed If Port B is linked to the bridge external port Port A can be linked to Segment 1 or Segment 2 the switches are active Page 3 19 Using the Panel View The Asant Net
205. whether this user will have read only or read write management capability using the popup menu in the Access type field 5 Click the Apply button to send the changes to the NetRAS Page 6 23 Configuring the NetRAS Remote Access Server Configuring the The Zone Filter List window and the Zone Action field setting allow Zone Filter List you to specify which AppleTalk zones remote users can or cannot have access to when they dial in You must enter the new zone name exactly as it is defined for your net Work A Be very careful when typing zone names as Asant View does not check for the validity of the zone names you enter into the Appletalk Zone Table Viewing the Current To view the zone names currently in the Zone Filter List Configuration 1 Double click the NetRAS icon in the map to open its panel view 2 Open the Configuration menu 3 Select Zone Filter The Zone Filter List window as shown in Figure 6 15 ap pears gt Zone Filter List 192 203 53 225 Refresh l 5 203 53 P Address 192 203 53 225 Zone Filter Action Discard Zone Filter Name T21 04 Retrieved table row entry 1 1 04 Table complete Figure 6 15 Zone Filter List window 4 Click the Refresh button to update the display at any time Page 6 24 Adding Zone Names Configuring the Zone Filter List To add zone names to the Zone Filter List 1 Double click the NetRAS icon in the map to open its panel
206. y not reverse engi neer decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE If the SOFTWARE is an update or has been updated any transfer must include the most recent update and all prior versions 4 DUAL MEDIA SOFTWARE If the SOFTWARE package contains both 3 5 and 5 25 disks then you may use only the disk appropriate for your single user computer You may not use the other disks on another computer or load rent lease or transfer them to another user except as part of the permanent transfer as provided above of all SOFTWARE and written materials 5 WARRANTY Asant Technologies warranties that a the SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying writ ten materials for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of receipt and b any hardware accompanying the SOFTWARE will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service If the SOFTWARE or accompanying hardware is found to be defective then as your sole remedy and as the manufacturer s only obligation Asant Technologies Inc will repair or replace the product provided that 1 you call Asant Technologies Inc for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number that 2 you clearly write this RMA num ber on the outside of the package and that 3 you return it postage prepaid This warranty is exclusive and is limited to Asant View 2 6 Note The warranty card must be filed with Asant Technologies Inc within 30 days after date of purc
207. ying the Spanning Tree Information Fields on page 5 7 for more information Port path cost The port s path cost from 1 65535 Designated root The ID of the current root bridge Designated bridge The ID of the bridge that is chosen off the selected port for reach ing the root bridge Designated port The port ID on the designated bridge off the selected port The designated bridge is the one chosen as the path from the selected bridge to the root bridge Designated path cost The total path cost from the designated port on the designated bridge to the root port on the root bridge The designated path cost is determined by the bridges during span ning tree configuration Page 5 13 Configuring Asant Bridges Configuring the Bridge Filter Tables Bridge Dynamic Forwarding Table Page 5 14 The Filter Table command in the Configuration menu gives you access to the bridge forwarding and filter tables The following three types of table options are available Dynamic The Dynamic option displays a forwarding table listing of all device addresses the Asant bridge has learned since power on or last reset Static The Static option allows you to create the Static Forwarding Table which takes precedence over the Dynamic Forwarding Table You can add delete and modify this table Range The Range option allows you to create a filter table in the bridge You can add delete and modify this table The Range filter tab
208. ys the fields that can be modified by drawing text boxes around those fields Change the IP address SubNet mask and Default router addresses if required in the SNMP communication area of the window Change the IPX communication parameters if required The fields in the IPX communication area include Local net number Remote net number and Link type The Link type field is a popup menu with the following choices Q IEEE 802 3 default a Ethernet a Snap Q IEEE 802 2 Q Autodearn See the NetRASAdministrator s Guide for information on these parameters Change the AppleTalk area parameters if required TheAppleTalk area contains the Zone Time limit and Zone Action fields The Zone field is the AppleTalk zone you want the NetRAS to connect remote users to when they log in You must enter the new zone name exactly as it is defined for your network A Be very careful when typing zone names as Asant View does not check for the validity of the zone names you enter The Zone Action field is a popup menu with these two choices a Discard default a Forward Defining NetRAS Information Choose Discard to tell the NetRAS which zone s to exclude from remote user access All other zones on the network are accessible to remote users Choose Forward to tell the NetRAS which zone s to include for remote user access In this case all other zones are NOT accessible to remote users Enter the time limit in minutes
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