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1. aama eje me fF ee oom End Table 22 Bridge tab fields page 63 describes the Bridge tab fields Table 22 Bridge tab fields Field Description DelayExceededDiscards Number of frames discarded by the port due to excessive transit delays through the bridge It is incremented by both transparent and source route bridges MtuExceededDiscards Number of frames discarded by the port due to an excessive size It is incremented by both transparent and source route bridges InFrames The number of frames received by this port from its segment Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 64 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager Field Description OutFrames The number of frames received by this port from its segment InDiscards Count of valid frames received that were discarded filtered by the Forwarding Process Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management You can configure network monitoring features using Web based management This chapter contains information on the following topics e Viewing the sy
2. System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 20 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Figure 4 Address based mirroring configuration example a ofl Monitor port port 23 4 Ethemet H Switch Ethernet Switch JTE alae S2 In this configuration the designated monitor port port 23 can be set to monitor traffic in any of the following modes e Monitor all traffic transmitted from address A to any address e Monitor all traffic received by address A from any address e Monitor all traffic received by or transmitted by address A e Monitor all traffic transmitted by address A to address B e Monitor all traffic between address A and address B conversation between the two stations Figure 5 Port Mirroring Configuration address based screen example page 21 shows the Port Mirroring Configuration screen setup for this example In this example port 23 becomes the designated Monitor Port for Switch S1 when you press Enter in response to the Yes screen prompt Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port mirroring 21 Note The screen data displayed at the bottom of the screen changes to show the new currently active port mirroring configu
3. no logging remote address The no logging remote address command is in the config command mode Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 38 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI The no logging remote address command has no parameters or variables logging remote level command The logging remote level command sets the severity level of the logs you send to the remote server The syntax for the logging remote level command is logging remote level critical informational serious The logging remote level command is in the config command mode Table 11 logging remote level command parameters and variables page 38 describes the parameters and variables for the logging remote level command Table 11 logging remote level command parameters and variables Parameters and Description variables p critical serious Specifies the severity level of the log messages sent informational to the remote server critical informational e serious There is no default value for this command no logging remote level command The no logging remote level command removes any severity level of the log messages that you send to the remote server it reverts to None The syntax for the no logging remote level command is no logging remote level The no l
4. 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 72 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Statistics gt Port The Port page opens Figure 23 Port page page 72 Figure 23 Port page Statistics gt Port Port Statistics View By Unit fi X Port fi Port Statistics Table Packets 1118845 Packets 270169 Multicasts 1011301 Multicasts 251985 Broadcasts 92540 Broadcasts 2 Total Octets 86290225 Total Octets 23976869 Lost Packets 0 Packets 64 bytes 943597 Packets 64 bytes 254520 65 127 bytes 139109 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes 4105 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 2625 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 5262 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes 407 1024 1518 bytes FCS Errors 0 Collisions Undersized Packets 0 Single Collisions Oversized Packets 0 Multiple Collisions Filtered Packets 899150 Excessive Collisions Flooded Packets 1214 Deferred Packets Table 27 Port page items page 72 describes the items on the Port page Table 27 Port page items Section Item Description Port Statistics Unit The number of the switch to monitor view By Port The switch port number to monitor Packets The number of packets received transmitted on this Port Statistics port including bad packets broadcast packets and multicast packets Table Multicast The number of good multicast packets received transmitted on this port excluding broadcast packets Broadcasts
5. Table 8 clear logging command parameters and values page 35 shows the parameters and values for the clear logging command Table 8 clear logging command parameters and values Parameters and values Description nv Clears all log messages in both DRAM and non volatile memory NVRAM Enabling remote logging This feature provides an enhanced level of logging by replicating system messages onto a syslog server System log messages from several switches can be collected at a central location which alleviates the network manager querying each switch individually to interrogate the log files This section covers the following commands show logging page 35 logging remote enable commana page 36 no logging remote enable command page 37 logging remote address commana page 37 no logging remote address commana page 37 logging remote level commana page 38 no logging remote level command page 38 default logging remote level commana page 39 show logging The show logging command displays the configuration and the current contents of the system event log The syntax for the show logging command is show logging config critical informational serious sort reverse The show logging command is in the privExec command mode Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networ
6. The show logging command is in the privExec command mode FFL Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 32 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI Table 5 show logging command parameters and variables page 32 describes the parameters and variables for show logging command Table 5 show logging command parameters and variables Parameters and Description variables config Displays configuration log messages This command parameter is only available with the Ethernet Switch 470 24T critical Displays critical log messages serious Displays serious log messages informational Displays informational log messages Figure 8 show logging sort reverse command output page 32 shows the output of the show logging sort reverse command Figure 8 show logging sort reverse command output 470_48T show logging sort reverse Type Time Idx Src Message I 2003 10 27 20 52 00 GMT 59 Successful connection from IP address 13 4 177 118 66 access mode no security I 2003 10 27 20 48 51 GMT 58 Inactivity logout IP address 134 177 11 8 66 access mode no security I 2003 10 27 20 26 03 GMT 57 Authentication Failure Trap I 2003 10 27 20 25 03 GMT 56 Authentication Failure Trap I 2003 10 27 20 24 03 GMT 55 Authentication Failure Trap I 2003 10 27 20 23 03 GMT
7. rmon stats 89 rmon history lt 1 65535 gt lt LINE gt lt 1 65535 gt lt 1 3600 gt owner lt LINE gt The rmon history command is in the config command mode Table 37 rmon history command parameters and variables page 89 describes the parameters and variables for the rmon history command Table 37 rmon history command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description lt 1 65535 gt Unique index for the history entry lt LINE gt Specify the port number to be monitored lt 1 65535 gt Number of history buckets records to keep lt 1 3600 gt Sampling rate how often a history sample is collected owner lt LINE gt Specify an owner string to identify the history entry no rmon history rmon stats The no rmon history command deletes RMON history table entries When the variable is omitted all entries in the table are cleared The syntax forthe no rmon history command is no rmon history lt 1 65535 gt The no rmon history command is in the config command mode Table 38 no rmon history command parameters and variables page 89 describes the parameters and variables for the no rmon history command Table 38 no rmon history command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description lt 1 65535 gt Unique index for the history entry The rmon stats command allows you to configure RMON statistic settings The syntax for the rmon stats command is rmon stats
8. MultiLink Trunk Choose the trunk to be monitored Traffic Type Choose the traffic type to be monitored for percentage of bandwidth utilization Utilization Selection View By Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 82 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management section Wem Range Descriptor MultiLink Trunk Unit Port A list of the trunk member switch Utilization Table ports that correspond to the trunk specified in the Trunk column Last 5 Minutes The percentage of packets of the type specified in the Traffic Type field used by the port in the last five minutes This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds Last 30 The percentage of packets of the Minutes type specified in the Traffic Type field used by the port in the last 30 minutes This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds Last Hour The percentage of packets of the type specified in the Traffic Type field used by the port in the last 60 minutes This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds 2 In the MultiLink Trunk Utilization Selection section type the Trunk number and traffic type to be monitored 3 Click Submit
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10. The results of your request are displayed in the MultiLink Trunk Utilization Table Figure 28 Utilization page page 81 End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Chapter 5 Configuring RMON using the CLI The remote network monitoring RMON management information base MIB is an interface between the RMON agent on an Ethernet Switch and the RMON management applications It defines objects that are suitable for the management of any type of network Some groups are specifically targeted for Ethernet networks The RMON agent continuously collects statistics and proactively monitors the switch This chapter covers the RMON commands available in the CLI and includes the following topics show rmon alarm page 83 show rmon event page 84 show rmon history page 84 show rmon stats page 85 rmon alarm page 86 no rmon alarm page 87 rmon event page 88 no rmon event page 88 rmon history page 88 no rmon history page 89 rmon stats page 89 no rmon stats page 90 show rmon alarm The show rmon alarm command displays information for RMON alarms The syntax for the show rmon alarm command is show rmon alarm Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007
11. Address A gt any Address Choose this option to monitor all traffic transmitted from Address A to any address any Address gt Address A Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by Address A from any address lt gt Address A Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by or transmitted by Address A Address A gt Address B Choose this option to monitor all traffic transmitted by Address A that goes to Address one way conversation steering Address A lt gt Address B Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by Address A and then transmitted by Address B or transmitted by Address A and received by Address B two way conversation steering End Viewing system statistics The options available to monitor system statistical data are e Viewing port statistics page 71 e Viewing all port errors page 74 e Viewing interface statistics page 76 Viewing Ethernet error statistics page 77 Viewing transparent bridging statistics page 79 Viewing port statistics You can view detailed statistics about a selected switch port in a stacked or stand alone configuration Both received and transmitted statistics are displayed so that you can compare throughput or other port parameters To view statistical data about a selected switch port Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright
12. Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 84 Chapter 5 Configuring RMON using the CLI The show rmon alarm command is in the privExec mode The show rmon alarm command has no parameters or variables Figure 29 show rmon alarm command output page 84 displays a sample output of the show rmon alarm command Figure 29 show rmon alarm command output 470_24T show rmon alarm Sample Rising Falling Index Interval Variable Type Threshold Event Threshold Event show rmon event The show rmon event command displays information regarding RMON events The syntax for the show rmon event command is show rmon event The show rmon event command is in the privExec mode The show rmon event command has no parameters or variables Figure 30 show rmon event command output page 84 displays a sample output of the show rmon event command Figure 30 show rmon event command output 470_24T show rmon event Index Log Trap Description Yes Yes Rising or Falling alarm on received octets show rmon history The show rmon history command displays information regarding RMON history The syntax for the show rmon history command is show rmon history The show rmon history command is in the privExec mode The show rmon history command has no parameters or variables Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 20
13. The no logging command disables the system event log on the Ethernet Switch 470 24T The syntax for the no logging command is no logging The no logging command is in the config command mode The no logging command has no parameters or variables set logging The set logging command configures the system settings of the system event log for the Ethernet Switch 470 48T or the Ethernet Switch 460 24T The syntax for the set logging command is set logging enable disable level critical serious informational nv level critical serious informational none The set logging command is in the config command mode Table 7 set logging command parameters and variables page 33 describes the parameters and variables for the set logging command Table 7 set logging command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description enable disable Enables or disables the event log default is enabled Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 34 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI Parameters and variables Description level critical serious Specifies the level of logging stored informational in DRAM nv level Specifies the level of logging stored critical serious in NVRAM informational none no set logging The no set loggin
14. cyclic redundancy check CRC errors The number of packets received on this port with fewer than 64 bytes and with proper CRC and framing also known as short frames or runts The number of packets received on this port with proper CRC and framing that meet the following requirements 1518 bytes if no VLAN tag exists 1522 bytes if a VLAN tag exists The number of packets filtered but not forwarded on this port The number of packets flooded forwarded through this port because the destination address was not recognized in the address database The number of valid size packets received on this port but discarded because of CRC errors and improper framing Collisions The number of collisions detected on this port Single Collisions The number of packets transmitted successfully on this port after a single collision Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 74 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management Section Description Multiple Collisions The number of packets transmitted successfully on this port after more than one collision Excessive Collisions The number of packets lost on this port due to excessive collisions Deferred Packets The number of frames delayed on the first transmission attempt but that never incurred
15. to the system administrator when excessive traffic occurs on that port If spanning tree is enabled then 52 octets are transmitted out of the port every 2 seconds which is equivalent to baseline traffic of 260 octets every 10 seconds This alarm provides the notification the system administrator needs if the lower limit of octets going out is defined at 260 and the upper limit is defined at 320 or at any value greater than 260 52 312 The first time outbound traffic other than spanning tree Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDUs occurs the rising alarm fires When outbound traffic other than spanning tree ceases the falling alarm fires This process provides the system administrator with time intervals of any non baseline outbound traffic If the alarm is defined with a falling threshold less than 260 assuming the alarm polling interval is 10 seconds say 250 then the rising alarm can fire only once Figure 40 Alarm example threshold less than 260 page 100 The reason is that for the rising alarm to fire a second time the falling alarm the opposite threshold must fire Unless the port becomes inactive or spanning tree is disabled which causes the value for outbound octets Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 100 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager to drop to zero
16. Address A and Address B screen fields where a user can specify MAC addresses to monitor Default Value Disabled Range See Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 Monitor Unit Port Indicates the port number of the specified unit that is designated as the monitor port Default Value Zero length string Range 1 to 8 or 1 to 26 depending on model type Unit Port X Indicates one of the ports of the specified unit that is monitored by the designated port monitor when one of the port based monitoring modes is selected This port is monitored according to the value of Port X in the Monitoring Mode field see Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 Default Value Zero length string Range 1 to 8 or 1 to 26 depending on model type Unit Port Y Indicates one of the ports of the specified unit that is monitored by the designated port monitor when one of the port based monitoring modes is selected When installed as a stand alone switch the screen does not display the Unit field designation This port is monitored according to the value of Port Y in the Monitoring Mode field see Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 Default Value Zero length string Range 1 to 8 or 1 to 26 depending on model type Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 24 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Fiel
17. History page page 120 End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 123 Appendix A Quick steps for port mirroring If you are a system administrator with experience configuring Ethernet Switch port mirroring use the flowcharts on the following pages as quick configuration guides The flowcharts refer you to the configuration rules appropriate for the port mirroring feature Configuring port mirroring To create or modify port mirroring ports follow the flowcharts in Figure 53 Configuring port mirroring 1 of 2 page 124 and Figure 54 Configuring port mirroring 2 of 2 page 125 To open the Port Mirroring Configuration screen Choose Port Mirroring Configuration or type i from the Switch Configuration Menu screen Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 124 Appendix A Quick steps for port mirroring Figure 53 Configuring port mirroring 1 of 2 Port Mirroring Configuration screen Is Monitoring Mode field set Set Monitoring Mode field Set Monitor Port field see Port Mirroring Configuration Rules Is Monitor Port field set Is Monitor Port set for
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19. Note Do not use this mode for mirroring broadcast and multicast traffic AsrcBdst Mirror packets with source MAC address A and destination MAC address B AsrcBdstOrBsrcAdst Mirror packets with source MAC address A and destination MAC address B or packets with source MAC address B and destination MAC address A no port mirroring command The no port mirroring command disables port mirroring The syntax of the no port mirroring command is no port mirroring The no port mirroring command is in the config command mode The no port mirroring command has no parameters or variables Displaying port statistics You can display the statistics for a port for both received and transmitted traffic This section covers e show port statistics command page 42 e clear stats command page 43 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 42 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI I _ lt _ L show port statistics command The show port statistics command displays the statistics for the port on both received and transmitted traffic The syntax for the show port statistics command is show port statistics port lt portlist gt The show port statistics command is in the config if command mode Table 13 show port statistics command parameters and variables page 42 describes t
20. O Q inUnknownProtos 9 o o o InDiscars oO o o o o InDelivers 2802 5 886 os 41 OutRequests 2 928 5 0556 05 1 OuDiscards O o o o OutNoRoutes O o o o 0 Fragoks o o o o Fragas o o o o l FragCreates o o o o O ReasmReqds O o O O Reasmoke Y y y y o E ala ejaj l Poll interval 10s Oh 0m 9s End Table 17 Chassis IP tab fields page 51 describes the Chassis IP tab fields Table 17 Chassis IP tab fields Field InReceives InHdrErrors InAddrErrors Description The total number of input datagrams received from interfaces including those received in error The number of input datagrams discarded due to errors in their IP headers including bad checksums version number mismatch other format errors time to live exceeded errors discovered in processing their IP options The number of input datagrams discarded because the IP address in the IP header destination field was not a valid address This count includes invalid addresses for example 0 0 0 0 and addresses of unsupported Classes for example Class E For addresses that are not IP Gateways and therefore do not forward datagrams this counter includes datagrams discarded because the destination address was not a local address Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 200
21. RmonControl Insert History dialog box opens Figure 34 RmonControl Insert History dialog box page 93 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Working with RMON information 93 Figure 34 RmonControl Insert History dialog box Index 57 1 65535 Port pi BucketsRequested pHo 1 65535 Interval 1800 1 3600 Owner juser systemtest com Close Help 3 Select the port from the port list or type the port number 4 Set the number of buckets The default is 50 5 Set the interval The default is 1800 seconds 6 Type the owner the network management system that created this entry Click Insert End Table 41 History tab fields page 93 describes the History tab of the RmonControl dialog box Table 41 History tab fields Field Description Index A unique value assigned to each interface An index identifies an entry in a table Port Any Ethernet interface on the device BucketsRequested The requested number of discrete time intervals over which data is to be saved in the part of the media specific table associated with this entry BucketsGranted The number of discrete sampling intervals over which data is saved in the part of the media specific table associated with this entry There are instances when the actual number of buckets associated with
22. The number of good broadcast packets received transmitted on this port Total Octets The number of octets of data received transmitted on this port including data in bad packets and Frame Check Sequence FCS octets and framing bits Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing system statistics 73 Section Item Lost Packets Description The number of packets discarded on this port when the capacity of the port transmit buffer was exceeded Packets 64 bytes Packets 65 127 bytes The number of packets this size received transmitted successfully on this port The number of packets this size received transmitted successfully on this port Packets 128 255 bytes Packets 256 511 bytes Packets 512 1023 bytes Packets 1024 1518 bytes FCS Errors Undersized Packets Oversized Packets Filtered Packets Flooded Packets Frame Errors The number of packets this size received transmitted successfully on this port The number of packets this size received transmitted successfully on this port The number of packets this size received transmitted successfully on this port The number of packets this size received transmitted successfully on this port The number of valid size packets received on this port with proper framing but discarded because of
23. Threshold Table Figure 49 RMON Threshold page page 114 Note RMON threshold configurations are not modifiable They must be deleted and the information recreated End Deleting an RMON threshold configuration To delete an existing RMON threshold configuration Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Fault gt RMON Threshold The RMON Threshold page opens Figure 49 RMON Threshold page page 114 2 In the RMON Threshold Table click the Delete icon for the entry you want to delete A message opens prompting you to confirm your request 3 Do one of the following e Click Yes to delete the RMON threshold configuration e Click Cancel to return to the RMON Threshold page without making changes End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing the RMON fault event log 117 Viewing the RMON fault event log RMON events and alarms work together to notify you when values in your network go outside a specified range When values pass the specified ranges the alarm is triggered and fires The event specifies how the activity is recorded An event specifies whether a trap a log or a trap and a log are generated to view alarm activity When RMON is globally enabled two default events are generated e Rising Event e Falling Event Default events speci
24. a valid event index Owner The network management system that created this entry Status The status of this alarm entry RMON events RMON events and alarms work together to notify you when values in your network are outside of a specified range When values pass the specified ranges the alarm is triggered and fires The event specifies how the activity is recorded How events work An event specifies whether a trap a log or a trap and a log is generated to view alarm activity When RMON is globally enabled two default events are generated e RisingEvent FallingEvent The default events specify that when an alarm goes out of range the firing of the alarm is tracked in both a trap and a log For example when an alarm fires at the rising threshold the rising event specifies that this information be sent to both a trap and a log Likewise when an alarm passes the falling threshold the falling event specifies that this information be sent to a trap and a log Viewing an event To view a table of events Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Alarms Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON events 107 The RmonAlarms dialog box opens displaying the Alarms tab Figure 43 RmonAlarms dialog box Alarms tab page 104 2 Click the Eve
25. alarms and thresholds The syntax for the rmon alarm command is rmon alarm lt 1 65535 gt lt WORD gt lt 1 2147483647 gt absolute delta rising threshold lt 2147483648 2147483647 gt lt 1 65535 gt falling threshold lt 2147483648 2147483647 gt lt 1 65535 gt owner lt LINE gt The rmon alarm command is in the config command mode Table 33 rmon alarm command parameters and variables page 86 describes the parameters and variables for the rmon alarm command Table 33 rmon alarm command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description lt 1 65535 gt Unique index for the alarm entry lt WORD gt The MIB object to be monitored This is an object identifier OID and for most available objects an English name can be used Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential normon alarm 87 Parameters and variables Description lt 1 2147483647 gt The sampling interval in seconds absolute Use absolute values value of the MIB object is compared directly with thresholds delta Use delta values change in value of the MIB object between samples is compared with thresholds rising threshold The first integer value is the rising lt 2147483648 2147483647 gt threshold value The optional second lt 1 65535 gt integer specifies the
26. all statistical information for the specified port All counters are set to zero 0 The syntax for the clear stats command is clear stats port lt portlist gt The clear stats command is in the config if command mode Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 44 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI Table 14 clear stats command parameters and variables page 44 describes the parameters and variables for the clear stats command Table 14 clear stats command parameters and variables Parameters and Description variables p port lt portlist gt Specifies the port numbers to clear of statistical information enter the port numbers Note f you omit this parameter the system uses the port number specified with the interface command Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager You can use the Device Manager to configure system logging and to display chassis and port statistics for the Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 This section contains the following topics System Log Settings tab page 45 e Remote System Log tab page 47 e Gra
27. buffer space Note that this counter includes datagrams counted in ipForwDatagrams if any such packets met this discretionary discard criterion OutNoRoutes The number of IP datagrams discarded because no route could be found to transmit them to their destination Note that this counter includes any packets counted in ipForwDatagrams that meet this no route criterion Note that this includes any datagrams a host cannot route because all of its default gateways are down FragOKs The number of IP datagrams successfully fragmented at this entity FragFails The number of IP datagrams discarded because they needed to be fragmented at this entity but could not be for example because their Don t Fragment flag was set Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing chassis statistics 53 CO _ lt _ _ SSS Field Description FragCreates The number of IP datagram fragments generated as a result of fragmentation at this entity ReasmReqds The number of IP fragments received that needed to be reassembled at this entity ReasmOKs The number of IP datagrams successfully reassembled ReasmFails The number of failures detected by the IP reassembly algorithm for whatever reason such as timed out errors Note that this is not necessarily a count of discarded IP fragment
28. e Address based mirroring A sample Port Mirroring Configuration screen accompanies each network configuration example Note that the examples do not show all of the screen prompts that precede some actions Note Use the Cl menus the CLI or the Web based management system to configure port mirroring For example when you configure a switch for port mirroring or when you modify an existing port mirroring configuration the new configuration does not take effect until you respond Yes to the following screen prompt Is your port mirroring configuration co Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 18 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Port based mirroring configuration Figure 2 Port based mirroring configuration example page 18 shows an example of a port based mirroring configuration where port 23 is designated as the monitor port for ports 24 and 25 of Switch S1 Although this example shows ports 24 and 25 monitored by the monitor port port 23 any of the trunk members of T1 and T2 can also be monitored In this example port X and port Y are members of Trunk T1 and Trunk T2 Port X and port Y are not required to always be members of Trunk T1 and Trunk T2 Note Trunks cannot be monitored and trunk members cannot be configured as monitor ports see Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Confi
29. incoming octet count e For this example select Bridge gt doti1dStpTopChanges 0 from the variable list This example is a chassis alarm indicated by the 0 in the variable 3 For this example select a rising value of 4 and a falling value of 0 4 Leave the remaining fields at their default values including a sample type of Delta 5 Click Insert If you want to make field changes see the field descriptions shown in Table 44 Rmon Insert Alarm dialog box fields page 103 End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON Alarms 103 Alarm Manager dialog box fields Table 44 Rmon Insert Alarm dialog box fields Field Variable Description Name and type of alarm indicated by the format alarmname x where x 0 indicates a chassis alarm alarmname where the user must specify the index This is a card number for module related alarms an STG ID for spanning tree group alarms the default STG is 1 other STG IDs are user configured or the Ether Statistics Control Index for RMON Stats alarms alarmname with no dot or index is a port related alarm and results in display of the port selection tool Sample Type Sample Interval Event Index Can be either absolute or delta For more information about sample types refer to Creating alarms pag
30. port based mode Are Ports X and Y fields configured No Configure Ports X and Y fields see Port Mirroring Configuration Rules JI a D Off page reference g O On page reference BS45051A Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring port mirroring 125 Figure 54 Configuring port mirroring 2 of 2 Are Address A and B configured Configure Addresses Enable Port Mirroring see Port Mirroring Configuration Rules Is Port Mirroring Enabled Key Done gt Off page reference O On page reference BS45052A Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 126 Index Symbols Numerics 1 64 field 112 1024 1518 field 112 128 255 field 112 256 511 field 112 511 1023 field 112 65 127 field 112 A AddrMaskReps field 54 55 AddrMasks field 54 55 alarms 113 117 alarms tab 104 alarms RMON characteristics of 98 creating 100 Alignment Errors field 78 AlignmentErrors field 60 application setting options port mirroring 67 B bandwidth utilization 81 Bridge tab 62 Broadcast field 72 119 121 BroadcastPkts field 95 111
31. see RMON 91 Rising Action 115 rising event 106 Rising Level field 115 rising value RMON alarms 98 RisingEventindex field 105 RisingThreshold field 105 RMON alarms characteristics 98 creating 100 deleting 104 inserting 102 Ethernet statistics viewing 118 events definition 106 history creating 92 definition 92 disabling 94 history statistics viewing 120 statistics 92 rmon alarm command 86 RMON Ethernet page 118 RMON EtherStat tab 111 rmon event command 88 RMON Event Log page 117 RMON Event tab 107 rmon history command 88 RMON History page 120 RMON options fault event log viewing 117 fault threshold parameters configuring 113 deleting 116 history statistics viewing 120 rmon status command 89 RMON Threshold Creation field 116 RMON Threshold page 113 RMON about 113 RMON CLI commands 83 S Sample Interval field 103 Sample Type field 103 105 Sample Alarm Sample field 116 Samplelndex field 95 serious field 36 set logging command 32 33 show logging command 31 35 show port mirroring command 39 show port statistics command 42 show rmon alarm 83 show rmon event 84 show rmon history 84 show rmon status 85 Single Collision Frame field 79 Single Collisions field 28 73 single port statistics graphs 56 SingleCollisionFrames field 62 sort reverse field 36 spanning tree configuration rules 21 Speed Duplex field 75 SQE Test Errors field 79 SQETestErrors field 61 SrcQuenchs field 54 55 Start field 121 S
32. the falling alarm cannot fire because the baseline traffic is always greater than the value of the falling threshold By definition the failure of the falling alarm to fire prevents the rising alarm from firing a second time Figure 40 Alarm example threshold less than 260 Rising threshold 326 320 Baseline traffic 260 Falling threshold 250 Creating alarms When you create an alarm you select a variable from the variable list and a port or other switch component to which it is connected Some variables require port IDs card IDs or other indices for example spanning tree group IDs You then select a rising and a falling threshold value The rising and falling values are compared against the actual value of the variable that you choose If the variable falls outside of the rising or falling value range an alarm is triggered and an event is logged or trapped When you create an alarm you also select a sample type which can be either absolute or delta Absolute alarms are defined on the cumulative value of the alarm variable An example of an alarm defined with absolute value is card operating status Because this value is not cumulative but instead represents states such as card up value 1 and card down value 2 you set it for absolute value Therefore you can create an alarm with a rising value of 2 and a falling value of 1 to alert a user to whether the card is up or down Most alarm variables rel
33. this entry is less than the value of this object In this case at the end of each sampling interval a new bucket is added to the media specific table Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks 3 7 22 February 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 94 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Field Description Interval The interval in seconds over which the data is sampled for each bucket in the part of the media specific table associated with this entry You can set this interval to any number of seconds between 1 and 3600 1 hour Because the counters in a bucket can overflow at their maximum value with no indication note the possibility of overflow in any of the associated counters It is important to consider the minimum time in which any counter can overflow on a particular media type set the historyControllnterval object to a value less than this interval This is typically most important for the octets counter in any media specific table For example on an Ethernet network the etherHistoryOctets counter can overflow in about one hour at the Ethernet maximum utilization Owner The network management system that created this entry Disabling history To disable RMON history on a port Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Control The RmonControl dialog box opens with th
34. to zero To view another port enter its port number and press Enter or press the spacebar on your keyboard to toggle the port numbers Received column Indicates the total number of packets received on this port including bad packets broadcast packets and multicast packets Transmitted column Indicates the total number of packets transmitted successfully on this port including broadcast packets and multicast packets Multicasts Received column Indicates the total number of good multicast packets received on this port excluding broadcast packets Transmitted column Indicates the total number of multicast packets transmitted successfully on this port excluding broadcast packets Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port Statistics screen 27 a e EEN C Field Description Broadcasts Received column Indicates the total number of good broadcast packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of broadcast packets transmitted successfully on this port Total Octets Received column Indicates the total number of octets of data including data in bad packets received on this port excluding framing bits but including FCS octets Transmitted column Indicates the total number of octets of data transmitted successfully on thi
35. 07 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential show rmon stats 85 Figure 31 show rmon history command output page 85 displays a sample output of the show rmon history command Figure 31 show rmon history command output 470_24T enow rmon history Index Unit Port Buckets Requested Buckets Granted Interval 1 1 1 15 15 30 2 1 2 15 15 30 3 1 3 15 15 30 a 1 4 15 15 30 5 1 5 15 15 30 6 1 6 15 15 30 7 1 7 15 15 30 8 1 8 15 15 30 9 1 9 15 15 30 10 1 10 15 15 30 11 1 11 15 15 30 12 1 12 15 15 30 13 1 13 15 15 30 14 1 14 15 15 30 15 1 15 15 15 30 16 1 16 15 15 30 17 1 17 15 15 30 18 1 18 15 15 30 19 1 19 15 15 30 20 1 20 15 15 30 More show rmon stats The show rmon stats command displays information regarding RMON statistics The syntax for the show rmon stats command is show rmon stats The show rmon stats command is in the privExec mode The show rmon stats command has no parameters or variables Figure 32 show rmon stats command output page 86 displays a sample output of the show rmon stats command Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 86 Chapter 5 Configuring RMON using the CLI Figure 32 show rmon stats command output 470_24T show rmon stats Index Unit Port More rmon alarm The rmon alarm command allows you to set RMON
36. 23 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 1024 and 1518 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 113 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management The RMON management information base MIB is an interface between the RMON agent on an Ethernet Switch and the RMON management applications such as the Web based management user interface It defines objects that are suitable for the management of any type of network Some groups are specifically targeted for Ethernet networks The RMON agent continuously collects statistics and proactively monitors the switch This RMON options available to you are e Configuring RMON fault threshold parameters page 113 e Viewing the RMON fault event log page 117 e Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics page 118 e Viewing RMON history page 120 Configuring RMON fault threshold parameters Alarms are useful when you need to know when the value of some variable goes out of range RMON alarms can be defined on any MIB variable that resolves to an integer value String variables such as system description cannot be used as alarm variables Creating an RMO
37. 54 Authentication Failure Trap I 2003 10 27 20 16 00 GMT 53 Successful connection from IP address 13 4 177 118 66 access mode no security I 2003 10 27 19 32 06 GMT 52 SNTP First synchronization successful I 2003 10 27 19 29 29 GMT 51 Authentication Failure Trap I 2003 10 27 19 29 25 GMT 50 Authentication Failure Trap I 2003 10 27 19 29 22 GMT 49 Authentication Failure Trap logging The logging command configures the system settings for the system event log of the Ethernet Switch 470 24T The syntax for the logging command is logging enable disable level critical serious informational nv level critical serious informational none The logging command is in the config command mode Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Setting the system event log 33 S LL Table 6 logging command parameters and variables page 33 describes the parameters and variables for the logging command Table 6 logging command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description enable disable Enables or disables the event log default is enabled level critical serious Specifies the level of logging stored informational in DRAM nv level Specifies the level of logging stored in critical serious non volatile memory NVRAM informational none no logging
38. 64 bytes specified length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes 2 In the upper left hand corner click the unit number of the device to monitor 3 Click Submit The RMON Ethernet Statistics Table is updated with information about the selected device 4 To refresh statistical information go to the bottom of the page and click Update or click Back to return to the Ethernet Statistics page Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 120 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management 5 To refresh statistical information click Update or click Back to return to the Ethernet Statistics page End Viewing RMON history You can view a periodic statistical sampling of data from various types of networks To view periodic statistical data Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Statistics gt RMON History The RMON History page opens Figure 52 RMON History page page 120 Figure 52 RMON History page Statistics gt RMON History RMON History Statistics View By Unit fi Port fi x RMON History Statistics Table i Events 2 3561 48 2 Weeks 13 Hours 50 Minutes 36 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 51 Minutes 6 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 51 Minutes 36 S
39. 7 Nortel Networks Confidential 52 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager OO _ lt _ L Field Description ForwDatagrams The number of input datagrams for which this entity was not their final IP destination as a result of which an attempt was made to find a route to forward them to that final destination For addresses that do not act as IP Gateways this counter includes only those packets that are Source Routed by way of this address and have successful Source Route option processing InUnknownProtos The number of locally addressed datagrams received successfully but discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol InDiscards The number of input IP datagrams for which no problems were encountered to prevent their continued processing but that were discarded for example for lack of buffer space Note that this counter does not include any datagrams discarded while awaiting reassembly InDelivers The total number of input datagrams successfully delivered to IP user protocols including ICMP OutRequests The total number of IP datagrams that local IP user protocols including ICMP supplied to IP in requests for transmission Note that this counter does not include any datagrams counted in ipForwDatagrams OutDiscards The number of output IP datagrams for which no problem was encountered to prevent their transmission to their destination but that were discarded for example for lack of
40. 77 Ethernet Errors page 77 Ethernet Errors tab 60 Ethernet statistics 41 Ethernet statistics disabling 98 Event Index field 103 event logs 31 events RMON 106 Excessive Collisions field 28 74 75 79 ExcessiveCollisions field 62 F falling event 106 falling value RMON alarms 98 FallingEventindex field 106 FallingThreshold field 106 G Graphing statistics 56 graphPort Interface tab 57 ICMP In tab 53 ICMP Out statistics 54 ICMP Out tab 55 In Discards field 77 80 In Errors field 77 In Frames field 80 In Non Unicast field 76 In Octets field 76 In Unicast field 76 In Unknown Protos field 77 InAddrErrors field 51 InDelivers field 52 Index field 103 InDiscards field 52 58 64 InErrors field 58 informational field 36 InFrames field 63 InHdrErrors field 51 InNUcastPkts field 58 InOctets field 58 InReceives field 51 Insert Alarm dialog box 101 Insert Control dialog box 93 Insert Ether Stats dialog box 97 Insert Event dialog box 108 Interface page 76 fault threshold parameters configuring 113 jnterface statistics FCS Errors field 28 73 75 78 FCSErrors field 60 Filtered Packets field 28 Filtererd Packets field 73 Flooded Packets field 28 73 ForwDatagrams field 52 FragCreates field 53 FragFails field 52 Fragments field 96 119 FragOKs field 52 Frame Errors field 28 73 75 Frame Too Long field 78 FrameTooLongs field 61 viewing 76 Internal MAC Receive Errors field 78 Internal MAC Transmit Er
41. Adst monitor port lt portlist gt mirror MAC A lt macaddr gt mirror MAC B lt macaddr gt Note In this command portlist must specify only a single port The port mirroring command is in the config command mode Table 12 port mirroring command parameters and variables page 40 describes the parameters and variables for the port mirroring command Table 12 port mirroring command parameters and variables Parameters and Description variables disable Disables port mirroring monitor port Specifies the monitor port mirror port X Specifies the mirroring port X mirror MAC A Specifies the mirroring MAC address A mirror MAC B Specifies the mirroring MAC address B portlist Enter the port number Xrx Mirror packets received on port X mirror port Y Specifies the mirroring port Y Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Displaying port statistics 41 Parameters and Description variables p Xtx Mirror packets transmitted on port X XrxOrXtx Mirror packets received or transmitted on port X XrxYtx Mirror packets received on port X and transmitted on port Y Note Do not use this mode for mirroring broadcast and multicast traffic XrxYtxOrXtxYrx Mirror packets received on port X and transmitted on port Y or packets received on port Y and transmitted on port X
42. Broadcasts field 27 buckets 92 BucketsGranted field 93 BucketsRequested field 93 C Carrier Sense Errors field 78 CarrierSenseErrors field 61 chassis graphing 49 Chassis ICMP In statistics window 53 Chassis ICMP Out statistics tab 54 Chassis SNMP tab 50 clear logging command 34 Clear Message From field 66 Clear Messages From field 17 Collisions field 28 73 96 112 119 Community field 107 config field 36 configuration rules IGMP 21 MultiLink Trunking 21 port mirroring 21 21 spanning tree 21 VLANs 21 Control tab 92 conversation steering 39 67 CRAlignErrors field 111 CRC Align Errors field 119 121 CRCAlignErrors field 95 critical field 36 Current Level field 115 customer support 14 D default logging remote level command 39 default set logging command 34 34 Deferred Packets field 28 74 Deferred Transmissions field 79 DeferredTransmissions field 61 DelayExceededDiscards field 63 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Index 127 Description field 107 DestUnreachs field 54 56 Display Message From field 66 Display Messages From field 16 Display Unit field 66 displaying logs 31 Drop Events field 118 121 DropEvents field 95 E EchoReps field 54 55 Echos field 54 55 errors 74 76 77 79 Ether Stats Control tab 96 Ethernet error statistics viewing
43. Configuration NN47210 500 e Nortel Enterprise Policy Manager The Nortel Enterprise Policy Manager formerly Optivity Policy Services allows you to configure the Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 with a single system Before you begin This guide is intended for network administrators with the following background e Basic knowledge of networks bridging and IP e Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology e Basic knowledge of network topologies Before using this guide you must complete the installation procedures discussed in Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 24T PWR Installation NN47210 300 or Nortel Ethernet Switch 470 Installation NN4 7210 301 Text conventions angle brackets lt gt Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the description inside the brackets Do not type the brackets when entering the command Example If the command syntax is ip default gateway lt XXX XXX XXX XXX gt you enter ip default gateway 192 32 10 12 braces Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions where there is more than one option You must choose only one of the options Do not type the braces when entering the command Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Related publications 13 Example If the command syntax is http server enable disable
44. Ethernet statistics that you have set Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Control The RmonControl dialog box opens with the History tab displayed 2 Click the Ether Stats tab The Ether Stats tab opens Figure 36 RmonControl dialog box Ether Stats tab page 96 3 Highlight the row that contains the port ID you want to delete 4 Click Delete The Ether Stats entry is removed from the table End RMON Alarms Alarms are useful when you need to know when the values of a variable go outside a specified range You can define an RMON alarm for any MIB variable that resolves to an integer value You cannot use string variables such as system description as alarm variables All alarms share the following characteristics e An upper and lower threshold value is defined e Acorresponding rising and falling event occurs An alarm interval or polling period is reached When alarms are activated you can view the activity in a log or a trap log or you can create a script to notify you by beeping a console sending e mail or calling a pager How RMON alarms work The alarm variable is polled and the result is compared against upper and lower limit values you select when you create the alarm If either limit is reached or crossed during the polling period then the alarm fires and generates an event that you can view in the event log or the trap log The upper limit of the alarm is called
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46. February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring RMON fault threshold parameters 115 Item Range Description Current Integer The value of the statistic during the last sampling period Level Note f the sample type is Delta the value is the difference between the samples at the beginning and end of the period If the sample type is Absolute the value is the sampled value at the end of the period Rising Level Integer Type the event entry used when a rising threshold is crossed Note When the current sampled value is greater than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval was less than this threshold a single event is generated After a rising event is generated another such event is not generated until the sampled value falls below this threshold and reaches the Falling Threshold Rising Action 1 None Choose the type of notification for the event Selecting 2 Log Log generates an entry in the RMON Event Log table for 3 SNMP Trap each event Selecting SNMP Trap sends an SNMP trap 4 Log and Trap to one or more management stations Interval Type the time period in seconds to sample data and compare the data to the rising and falling thresholds Sample Alar 1 Absolute Choose the sampling method m Sample 2 Delta Absolute Absolute alarms are defined on the current value of the alarm variable An example of an alarm define
47. If there is no corresponding entry in the eventTable then no association exists In particular if this value is zero no associated event is generated because zero is not a valid event index Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 106 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Field Description FallingThreshold A threshold for the sampled statistic When the current sampled value is less than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval was greater than this threshold a single event is generated A single event is also generated after this entry becomes valid if the first sample is less than or equal to this threshold and the associated alarmStartupAlarm is equal to fallingAlarm 2 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 After a falling event is generated another such event is not generated until the sampled value rises above this threshold and reaches the alarmRisingThreshold FallingEventInde The index of the eventEntry used when a falling threshold is crossed The x eventEntry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the eventlndex object If there is no corresponding entry in the eventTable then no association exists In particular if this value is zero no associated event is generated because zero is not
48. Manager dialog box page 101 Figure 41 Alarm Manager dialog box 192 168 249 49 Alarm Manager xi Sample Type C absolute deita Sample Interval 110 1 2147483647 secs Index fi 1 65535 Threshold Type Rising Value Falling Value Value a Event Index defaut faerat cose Hee _ 2 In the variable field select a variable for the alarm from the list and a port or other ID on which you want to set an alarm Figure 42 Alarm variable list page 102 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 102 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Figure 42 Alarm variable list x zi Sample Type 7 absolute delta Bridge Interface Sample Intervet 10 1 2147483647 secs Ethernet Errors gt Index fi 1 65535 Threshold Type Rising Value Ff oP Value Im Event Index detour ks rsen cose ew Alarm variables are in three formats depending on the type A chassis alarm ends in x where the x index is hard coded No further information is required e Acard spanning tree group STG or EtherStat alarm ends with a dot You must enter a card number STG ID IP address or EtherStat information A port alarm ends with no dot or index and requires using the port shortcut menu An example of a port alarm is iflnOctets interface
49. Multiple Excessive 0 0 238 182277 477 0 Table 28 Port Error Summary Table fields page 75 describes the read only information displayed in the Port Error Summary Table Table 28 Port Error Summary Table fields Item Unit Port Status Link Speed Duplex Frame Errors FCS Errors Description Displays the unit number in the stack Displays the port number of the unit Displays the status of the port Enabled Disabled Displays the link status of the port Up Down Displays the speed at which the port is operating as well as whether it is in half or full duplex mode Displays the number of frame errors received on this port Displays the number of frame check sequence FCS errors received on this port Late Collisions Displays the number of late collisions errors received on this port Multiple Collisions Excessive Collisions Displays the number of multiple collisions errors received on this port Displays the number of excessive collisions errors received on this port 2 To view the latest port statistics click the Update button at the bottom of the page End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Standard Nortel Networks Confidential 76 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management Viewing interface statist
50. N fault threshold You can create the RMON threshold parameters for fault notification alarms To create an RMON threshold Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Fault gt RMON Threshold Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 114 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management The RMON Threshold page opens Figure 49 RMON Threshold page page 114 Figure 49 RMON Threshold page Fault gt RMON Threshold RMON Threshold Table mmm RMON Threshold Creation Alarm Index a Parameter Rising Level a Rising Action None z Interval a seconds Alarm Sample Absolute Table 49 RMON Threshold page items page 114 describes the items on the RMON Threshold page Table 49 RMON Threshold page items Item Range Description Deletes the row Index Alarm 1 10 Type the unique number to identify the alarm entry Index Target Integer The unit number and port number Unit 1 8 Choose the switch on which to configure port alarms Port re Choose the port on which to set an alarm Parameter Good Bytes Choose the sampled statistic Good Packets Multicast Broadcast CRC Errors Runts Fragments Frame Too Long Collisions Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22
51. Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON Alarms 105 Field Description Interval The interval in seconds over which data is sampled and compared with the rising and falling thresholds When setting this variable in the case of deltaValue sampling set the interval short enough so that the sampled variable is unlikely to increase or decrease by more than 2 31 1 during a single sampling interval Variable The object identifier of the particular variable to be sampled Only variables that resolve to an ASN 1 primitive type of INTEGER INTEGER Counter Gauge or TimeTicks can be sampled Sample Type The method of sampling the selected variable and calculating the value to be compared against the thresholds If the value of this object is absoluteValue 1 the value of the selected variable is compared directly with the thresholds at the end of the sampling interval If the value of this object is deltaValue 2 the value of the selected variable at the last sample is subtracted from the current value and the difference compared with the thresholds The value of the statistic during the last sampling period For example if the sample type is deltaValue this value is the difference between the samples at the beginning and end of the period If the sample type is absoluteValue this value is the sampled value at the end of the period This value is compared with the rising and falling thresholds The value during the current sampling p
52. Sie ol oleik DOOCOCOIOTOION Ir Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring ATTENTION Clicking on a PDF hyperlink takes you to the appropriate page If necessary scroll up or down the page to see the beginning of the referenced section NN47210 503 217107 B Document status Standard Document version 01 01 Document date 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved The information in this document is subject to change without notice The statements configurations technical data and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable but are presented without express or implied warranty Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document The information in this document is proprietary to Nortel Networks The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that license The software license agreement is included in this document Trademarks Nortel Nortel Networks the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks All other products or services may be trademarks registered trademarks service marks or registered service marks of their respective owners The asterisk after a name denotes a trademarked item Restricted rights legend Use duplication or disclosure by the United States Gover
53. a collision Late Collisions The number of packet collisions that occurred after a total length of time exceeding 512 bit times of packet transmission 2 In the Port Statistics section choose the unit number and its port number 3 Click Submit The Port Statistics Table is updated with information about the selected device and port Figure 23 Port page page 72 4 To update the statistical information click Update End Zeroing ports To clear the statistical information for the currently displayed port Click Zero Port To clear the statistical information for all ports in a switch or stack configuration Click Zero All Ports Viewing all port errors You can view all ports in the entire stack that have an error If a particular port has no errors it is not displayed To view a summary of the port errors for the Ethernet Switch Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Statistics gt Port Error Summary The Port Error Summary page opens Figure 24 Port Error Summary page page 75 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing system statistics 75 Figure 24 Port Error Summary page Port Error Summary Table 1 7 Enabled Down Unknown 2 24 Enabled Up 10MB Half Statistics gt Port Error Summary n R Frame FCS Late
54. a higher protocol Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing system statistics 77 Item Description Out Non Unicast The number of packets that higher level protocols requested be transmitted to a non unicast address For example a subnetwork broadcast or a subnetwork multicast address including those discarded or not sent In Discards The number of inbound packets selected to be discarded even though no errors were detected to prevent their delivery to a higher layer protocol Packet discarding is not arbitrary One reason for discarding packets is to free buffer space Out Discards The number of outbound packets selected to be discarded even though no errors were detected to prevent their being transmitted Packet discarding is not arbitrary One reason for discarding packets is to free buffer space In Errors The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher layer protocol The number of outbound packets not transmitted because of errors In Unknown Protos The number of packets received through the interface that were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol 2 In the upper left hand corner click on the unit number of the device to monitor The page is updated with the information for the selected
55. al Octets The number of octets received on the link during the sampling period Pkts The number of packets received on the link during the sampling period BroadcastPk The number of packets received on the link during the sampling ts interval that are destined for the packet address MulticastPkt The number of packets received on the link during the sampling s interval that are destined for the multicast address This doe not include the broadcast packets DropEvents The number of received packets dropped due to system resource constraints CRCAlignErr The number of packets received during a sampling interval that ors were between 64 and 1518 octets long that had a bad FCS with either an integral number of octets FCS Error or a non integral number of octets Alignment Error The packet length includes Frame Check Sequence FCS octets but not framing bits Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 96 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Field Description UndersizePk The number of packets received during the sampling interval ts that were less than 64 octets long including FCS octets but not framing bits OversizePkt The number of packets received during the sampling interval s that were longer than 1518 octets including FCS octets but not framing bits and we
56. ated to Ethernet traffic are set to delta value Delta alarms are defined based on the difference in the value of the alarm variable between the start of the polling period and the end of the polling period Delta alarms are sampled twice per polling period For each sample the last two values are added together and compared to the threshold values This process increases precision and allows for the detection of threshold crossings that span the sampling boundary Therefore if you track the current values of a given delta valued alarm and add them together the result is twice the actual value This result is not an error in the software Alarm Manager example Note The example alarm described in the following procedure generates at least one alarm every five minutes The example is Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON Alarms 101 intended only to demonstrate how alarms fire it is not a useful alarm Because of the high frequency delete this alarm and replace it with a practical setting To create an alarm to receive statistics and history using default values Step Action 1 Do one of the following e From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Alarm Manager e On the toolbar click the Alarm Manager button The Alarm Manager dialog box opens Figure 41 Alarm
57. atistics 79 Item Description SQE Test Errors The number of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a particular interface The SQE TEST ERROR is defined in section 7 2 2 2 4 of ANSI IEEE 802 3 1985 and its generation is described in section 7 2 4 6 of the same document Deferred Transmissio The number of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a ns particular interface is delayed because the medium is busy Single Collision The number of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface Frames for which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision Multiple Collision The number of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface Frames for which transmission is inhibited by a single collision Late Collisions The number of times a collision is detected on a particular interface later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet Excessive Collisions The number of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to excessive collisions 2 In the upper left hand corner click on the unit number of the device to monitor The table is updated with the information for the selected device 3 To refresh the statistical information click Update 4 To update the statistical information click Update or click Back to return to the Ethernet Errors page End Viewing transparent bridging statistics You can view the transparent b
58. cal assistance 14 Chapter 1 Network monitoring 15 System Log 15 System Log screen 15 Displaying most recent log entry first 16 Port mirroring 17 Port based mirroring configuration 18 Address based mirroring configuration 19 Port mirroring configuration rules 21 Port Mirroring Configuration screen 22 Port Statistics screen 25 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI 31 Setting the system event log 31 21 Enabling remote logging 35 show logging 35 logging remote enable command 36 no logging remote enable command 37 logging remote address command 37 no logging remote address command 37 logging remote level command 38 no logging remote level command 38 default logging remote level command 39 Using port mirroring 39 show port mirroring command 39 port mirroring command 40 no port mirroring command 41 FLL Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 8 Contents Displaying port statistics 41 show port statistics command 42 clear stats command 43 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager 45 System Log Settings tab 45 Remote System Log tab 47 Graphing chassis statistics 49 IP tab 49 ICMP Intab 53 ICMP Out tab 54 Graphing port statistics 56 Interface tab for graphing ports 57 Ethernet Errors tab for graphing ports 59 Bridge tab for
59. ck the Ethernet Errors tab The Port Ethernet Errors tab Figure 19 Graph Port dialog box Port Ethernet Errors tab page 60 opens Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 60 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager Figure 19 Graph Port dialog box Port Ethernet Errors tab x veertece BEETLE rite men EAPOL shits EAPOL Omg LAC f sag rertt ze Fa Weer rain Te arena pant Heer bin m vet a men cetrvorn FrameToctonge SGlTeuttey be Remeneee J Fasteners fa Forw v y v v v Y v v v Foris u u v v v v r j al v v v j 2 Bipisjejj0 ee alee ae End Table 21 Ethernet Errors tab fields page 60 describes the Port Ethernet Errors tab fields Table 21 Ethernet Errors tab fields Field AlignmentErrors FCSErrors InternalMacTransmitErro rs Description A count of frames received on a particular interface that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the alignmentError status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management counted exclusively according to the erro
60. ct the AlignmentErrors object or the FCSErrors object The precise meaning of the count represented by an instance of this object is implementation specific In particular an instance of this object can represent a count of receive errors on a particular interface that are not otherwise counted The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame on a particular interface The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented at most once per transmission attempt even if the carrier sense condition fluctuates during a transmission attempt A count of frames received on a particular interface that exceed the maximum permitted frame size The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the frameTooLong status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a particular interface The SQE TEST ERROR message is defined in section 7 2 2 2 4 of ANSI IEEE 802 3 1985 and its generation is described in section 7 2 4 6 of the same document A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the m
61. d 3 7 22 February 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 104 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager S Step Action 1 Select the port on which you have created an alarm 2 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Control The RmonControl dialog box opens displaying the History tab Figure 33 History tab page 92 3 Click the Ether Stats tab to view statistics Figure 36 RmonControl dialog box Ether Stats tab page 96 End To delete an alarm Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Alarms The RmonAlarms dialog box opens with the Alarms tab Figure 43 RmonAlarms dialog box Alarms tab page 104 displayed Figure 43 RmonAlarms dialog box Alarms tab Alarms Events Log Index Interval Variable Sample Type Value StartupAlarm RisingThreshold RisingEventindex FallingThreshold FallingEventindex Owner Status ree a cone 0 row s 2 Click any field for the alarm that you want to delete 3 Click Delete End Table 45 Alarms tab fields page 104 describes the fields on the Alarms tab Table 45 Alarms tab fields Field Description Uniquely identifies an entry in the alarm table Each such entry defines a diagnostic sample at a particular interval for an object on the device Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel
62. d Description Address A Indicates the MAC addresses that is monitored by the designated port monitor when one of the address based monitoring modes is selected This port is monitored according to the value of Address A in the selected Monitoring Mode field see Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 Default Value 00 00 00 00 00 00 no MAC address assigned Range 00 00 00 00 00 00 to FF FF FF FF FF FF Address B Indicates the MAC addresses that is monitored by the designated port monitor when one of the address based monitoring modes is selected This port is monitored according to the value of Address B in the selected Monitoring Mode field see Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 Default Value 00 00 00 00 00 00 no MAC address assigned Range 00 00 00 00 00 00 to FF FF FF FF FF FF Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 describes the various monitoring modes available from the Port Mirroring Configuration screen Table 3 Monitoring modes lt gt Port X Monitor all traffic received and transmitted by Port X gt Port X or Port Y gt Monitor all traffic received by Port X or transmitted by Port Y Note Do not use this mode for broadcast or multicast traffic gt Port X and Port Y gt Monitor all traffic received by Port X destined to Port Y and then transmitted by Port Y Note Do not use this mode for broadcast or multicast traffic Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monit
63. d with absolute value is card operating status Because this value is not cumulative but instead represents states such as card up value 1 and card down value 2 you set it for absolute value Therefore an alarm can be created with a rising value of 2 anda falling value of 1 to alert a user to whether the card is up or down Delta Most alarm variables related to Ethernet traffic are set to delta value Delta alarms are defined based on the difference in the value of the alarm variable between the start of the polling period and the end of the polling period Delta alarms are sampled twice per polling period For each sample the last two values are added together and compared to the threshold values This process increases precision and allows for the detection of threshold crossings that span the sampling boundary Therefore if you keep track of the current values of a Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 116 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management Description given delta valued alarm and add them together the result is twice the actual value This result is not an error in the software 2 In the RMON Threshold Creation section type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit The new configuration is displayed in the RMON
64. device Figure 25 Interface page page 76 3 To update the statistical information click Update 4 To update the statistical information click Update or click Back to return to the Interface page End Viewing Ethernet error statistics You can view Ethernet error statistics for each monitored interface linked to the Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 To view Ethernet error statistics Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Statistics gt Ethernet Errors The Ethernet Errors page opens Figure 26 Ethernet Errors page page 78 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 78 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management Figure 26 Ethernet Errors page Statistics gt Ethernet Errors Ethernet Errors Statistics Table Unit 1 2 Internal internal 3 T S ingle Multi Fes mac mac CetierFrame SOE porereg Sing ne Port P Sense Too Test d Collisions Collisions Errors Transmit Receive Transmission Errors Long Error Frames Frames Errors Errors 0 poocoocoocoocooocooooooooooo pooocooocoocoooooooo0oo0oo0o0o0 pooocoocoocoocoooooooo0oo0oo0oo000 poocoocoocoocoocoocooooooooo0oo0oo0oo0 Table 30 Ethernet Errors page items page 78 describes the items on the Ethernet Errors page Table 30 Ethernet Errors page items I
65. e 100 Time period in seconds over which the data is sampled and compared with the rising and falling thresholds Uniquely identifies an entry in the alarm table Each such entry defines a diagnostic sample at a particular interval for an object on the device Threshold Type Rising Value Falling Value When the current sampled value is greater than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval is less than this threshold a single event is generated Index of the event entry used when a rising threshold is crossed The event entry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the event index object Generally accept the default that is already filled in Viewing RMON statistics When the current sampled value is less than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval is greater than this threshold a single event is generated Index of the event entry used when a falling threshold is crossed The event entry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the event index object Generally accept the default that is already filled in To view the RMON statistics and history for the port for which you have created an alarm Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Standar
66. e buffer of the receiving port is full Gigabit ports only Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 30 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI You can configure network monitoring features and display switch statistics using the CLI This chapter contains information on the following topics Setting the system event log page 31 e Enabling remote logging page 35 e Using port mirroring page 39 e Displaying port statistics page 41 Setting the system event log You can set the system event log to log different levels of events This section covers e show logging page 31 e logging page 32 e no logging page 33 set logging page 33 e no set logging page 34 e default logging page 34 default set logging page 34 e clear logging commana page 34 show logging The show logging command displays the current contents of the system event log The default value displays all levels in chronological order The syntax for the show logging command is show logging config critical serious informational
67. e History tab displayed Figure 33 History tab page 92 2 Highlight the row that contains the port ID you want to delete 3 Click Delete The entry is removed from the table End Viewing RMON history statistics To display RMON history statistics In the Rmon History tab highlight an entry and click on the Graph button The Rmon History statistics dialog box opens Figure 35 Rmon History statistics page 95 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Figure 35 Working with RMON information 95 Rmon History statistics 14 56 33 1 4 57 03 14 57 33 14 58 03 1 4 58 33 1 4 50 03 14 59 33 15 00 03 8 297 8 298 8 299 8 300 8 301 6302 6303 8 304 oo o ol 0 0 0l 0 0 0 o lolol ololololololo olololololololololo lolo olojolololo jolo elolol olololololololo lolol ololo lz SS SS Sees amog Table 42 Rmon History statistics tab fields page 95 describes the Rmon History statistics tab fields Table 42 Rmon History statistics tab fields Field Description Samplelndex Indicates the sample number As history samples are taken they are assigned greater sample numbers Utilization Estimates the percentage of link capacity used during the sampling interv
68. e System Log tab xi Address 0 0 0 0 Enabled SaveTargets critical C criticalfserious criticalfseriousjinform none End Table 16 Remote System Log tab items page 48 describes the Remote System Log tab items Table 16 Remote System Log tab items Items Description Address The IP address where log messages are sent using the remote syslog facility Enabled Specifies that the remote logging feature is enabled SaveTargets Specifies the type of log messages to be sent toa remote syslog server when they occur Messages are classified based on their type e Critical Specifies that only critical messages are sent to the remote syslog server e Critical Serious Specifies that both critical and serious messages are sent to the remote syslog server Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing chassis statistics 49 Items Description e Critical Serious Informational Causes all log messages are sent to the remote syslog server e None Specifies that no log messages are sent to the remote syslog server Graphing chassis statistics To graph chassis statistics Step Action 1 Select the chassis 2 Do one of the following e From the shortcut menu choose Graph e From Device Manager main menu choose Graph g
69. econds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 52 Minutes 6 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 52 Minutes 36 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 53 Minutes 6 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 53 Minutes 36 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 54 Minutes 6 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 54 Minutes 36 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 55 Minutes 6 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 55 Minutes 36 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 56 Minutes 6 Seconds 2 Weeks 13 Hours 56 Minutes 36 Seconds ooooooooco NOr OT OCOOMOCCOCO ON Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing RMON history 121 Table 52 Table 52 RMON History page items page 121 describes the items on the RMON History page RMON History page items Section RMON History Statistics View By RMON History Statistics Table Description Choose the unit number to be monitored Start Choose the port number to be monitored The value of the sysUPTime at the start of the interval over which this sample was measured Drop Events The number of events in which the interface dropped packets due to a lack of resources Octets Packets Broadcast Multicast CRC Align Errors Undersize The number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including Frame Check Sequence FCS octets The number of good packets received that
70. edium is busy The count represented by an instance of this object does not include frames involved in collisions Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 62 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager Field Description SingleCollisionFrames A count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision A frame that is counted by an instance of this object is also counted by the corresponding instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts ifOutMulticastPkts or ifOutBroadcastPkts and is not counted by the corresponding instance of the MultipleCollisionFrames object MultipleCollisionFrames A count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision A frame that is counted by an instance of this object is also counted by the corresponding instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts ifOutMulticastPkts or ifOutBroadcastPkts and is not counted by the corresponding instance of the SingleCollisionFrames object LateCollisions The number of times that a collision is detected on a particular interface later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet Five hundred and twelve bit times corresponds to 51 2 microseconds ona 10 Mb s sy
71. een the options Default Non Volatile Range Non Volatile Volatile Non Volatile Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port mirroring 17 Field Description Display configuration This field allows you to determine whether the configuration complete information received from non volatile or dynamic memory depending on what is selected in the Display Messages From field is complete Use the spacebar to toggle between the options Default No Range No Yes Clear Messages From This field allows you to clear the information messages from dynamic or non volatile memory or both If you clear dynamic messages existing non volatile messages are copied into dynamic memory After a system reset all existing non volatile messages are copied to dynamic memory Use the spacebar to toggle between the options Default None Range None Non Volatile Volatile Non Volatile Port mirroring You can designate one of your switch ports to monitor traffic on any two specified switch ports port based or to monitor traffic to or from any two specified addresses that the switch has learned address based The following sections provide sample configurations using the Console Interface for both monitoring modes available with the port mirroring feature e Port based mirroring
72. eriod is not made available until the period is completed and remains available until the next period completes StartupAlarm The alarm that can be sent when this entry is first set to valid If the first sample after this entry becomes valid is greater than or equal to the risingThreshold and alarmStartupAlarm is equal to risingAlarm 1 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 then a single rising alarm is generated If the first sample after this entry becomes valid is less than or equal to the fallingThreshold and alarmStartupAlarm is equal to fallingAlarm 2 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 then a single falling alarm is generated RisingThreshold A threshold for the sampled statistic When the current sampled value is greater than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval was less than this threshold a single event is generated A single event is also generated after this entry becomes valid if the first sample is greater than or equal to this threshold and the associated alarmStartupAlarm is equal to risingAlarm 1 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 After a rising event is generated another such event is not generated until the sampled value falls below this threshold and reaches the alarmFalling Threshold RisingEventInde The index of the eventEntry that is used when a rising threshold is crossed The x eventEntry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the eventlndex object
73. essages received Timestamps The number of ICMP Timestamp request messages received TimestampReps The number of ICMP Timestamp Reply messages received AddrMasks The number of ICMP Address Mask Request messages received AddrMaskReps The number of ICMP Address Mask Reply messages received ParmProbs The number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages received DestUnreachs The number of ICMP Destination Unreachable messages received TimeExcds The number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages received ICMP Out tab To open the ICMP Out tab Step Action 1 From the Main Menu choose Graph gt Chassis The Graph Chassis dialog box opens with the SNMP tab displayed Figure 14 Graph Chassis dialog box Chassis SNMP tab page 50 2 Click the ICMP Out tab Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing chassis statistics 55 The ICMP Out tab opens Figure 17 Graph Chassis dialog box ICMP Out tab page 55 Figure 17 Graph Chassis dialog box ICMP Out tab 134 177 212 24 Graph Chassis x SNMP IP ICMP In ICMP Out AbsoluteValue Cumulative Averagessec Minimurm isec Maximum sec Lastvalisec 0 0 0 oo oo oooo ooo oooooooMooe l alea olol Clear Counte ciose Help Poll Interva
74. event entry triggered when the rising threshold is crossed If omitted or if an invalid event entry is referenced no event is triggered falling threshold The first integer value is the falling lt 2147483648 2147483647 gt threshold value The optional second lt 1 65535 gt integer specifies the event entry triggered when the falling threshold is crossed If omitted or if an invalid event entry is referenced no event is triggered owner lt LINE gt Specifies an owner string to identify alarm entry no rmon alarm The no rmon alarm command deletes RMON alarm table entries When the variable is omitted all entries in the table are cleared The syntax for the no rmon alarm command is no rmon alarm lt 1 65535 gt The no rmon alarm command is in the config command mode Table 34 no rmon alarm command parameters and variables page 87 describes the parameters and variables for the no rmon alarm command Table 34 no rmon alarm command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description lt 1 65535 gt Unique index for the alarm entry Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 88 Chapter 5 Configuring RMON using the CLI rmon event The rmon event command allows you to configure RMON event log and trap settings The syntax for the rmon event command
75. fy that when an alarm goes out of range the firing of the alarm is tracked in both a trap and a log For example when an alarm fires at the rising threshold the rising event specifies that this information be sent to both a trap and a log The RMON Event Log page works in conjunction with the RMON Threshold page to enable you to view a history of RMON fault events To view a history of RMON fault events From the main menu choose Fault gt RMON Event Log The RMON Event Log page opens Figure 50 RMON Event Log page page 117 Figure 50 RMON Event Log page Fault gt RMON Event Log RMON Event Log 0 0 18 28 nising alarm Rising etherStatsPkts 34 1 Table 50 RMON Event Log page fields page 117 describes the fields on the RMON Event Log page Table 50 RMON Event Log page fields _ttem Description o O Time Stamp Specifies the time that the event occurred Description An implementation dependent description of the event that activated this log entry Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 118 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management Item Description Triggered By Indicates a comment that describes the source of the event ID Signifies the event that generated this log entry Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics You ca
76. g command disables the system event log for the Ethernet Switch 470 48T or the Ethernet Switch 460 24T The syntax for the no set logging command is no set logging The no set logging command is in the config command mode The no set logging command has no parameters or variables default logging The default logging command configures the system settings as the factory default settings for the system event log on the Ethernet Switch 470 24T The syntax for the default logging command is default logging The default logging command is in the config command mode The default logging command has no parameters or variables default set logging The default set logging command configures the system settings as the factory default settings for the system event log on the Ethernet Switch 470 48T or the Ethernet Switch 460 24T The syntax for the default set logging command is default set logging The default set logging command is in the config command mode The default set logging command has no parameters or variables clear logging command The clear logging command clears all log messages in DRAM The syntax for the clear logging command is clear logging nv The clear logging command is in the privExec command mode Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Enabling remote logging 35
77. graphing ports 62 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management 65 Viewing the system log 65 Configuring port mirroring 67 Viewing system statistics 71 Viewing port statistics 71 Viewing all port errors 74 Viewing interface statistics 76 Viewing Ethernet error statistics 77 Viewing transparent bridging statistics 79 Monitoring MLT traffic 81 Chapter 5 Configuring RMON using the CLI 83 show rmon alarm 83 show rmon event 84 show rmon history 84 show rmon stats 85 rmon alarm 86 no rmon alarm 87 rmon event 88 no rmon event 88 rmon history 88 no rmon history 89 rmon stats 89 no rmon stats 90 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager 91 Working with RMON information 91 RMON history 92 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Contents 9 Creating a history 92 Disabling history 94 Viewing RMON history statistics 94 Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering 96 Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering 98 RMON Alarms 98 How RMON alarms work 98 Creating alarms 100 Alarm Manager example 100 Viewing RMON statistics 103 RMON events 106 How events work 106 Viewing an event 106 Creating an event 108 Deleting an event 109 RMON Log information 109 RMON tab for graphing ports 110 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management113 Confi
78. guration Quality of Service and IP Filtering NN47210 502 e Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration IP Multicast Routing Protocols NN47210 504 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and Multilink Trunking NN47210 505 Installing Gigabit Interface Converters and Small Form Factor Pluggable Interface Converters 312865 B You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free directly from the Internet Go to www nortel com support Find the product for which you need documentation Then locate the specific category and model or version for your hardware or software product Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the manuals and release notes search for the sections you need and print them on most standard printers Go to the Adobe Systems web site to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader Obtaining technical assistance If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel product from a distributor or authorized reseller contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance If you purchased a Nortel service program contact one of the following Nortel Technical Solutions Centers Technical Solutions Center Europe Middle East and Africa China 800 810 5000 Additional information about the Nortel Technical Solutions Centers is available from www nortel com callus An Express Routing Code ERC is available for many Nortel
79. guration VLANs Spanning Tree and Multilink Trunking NN47210 505 for details Figure 2 Port based mirroring configuration example page 18 shows the Port Mirroring Configuration screen setup for this example Figure 2 Port based mirroring configuration example Monitor port port 23 vyyy4 Ethemet 25 Switch Port Y port 24 i Ethemet Switch JHH HHHH a HEHE adaba _pT2 zyyyyyyyy Ethemet In the configuration example shown in Figure 2 Port based mirroring configuration example page 18 the designated monitor port port 23 can be set to monitor traffic in any of the following modes e Monitor all traffic received by port X e Monitor all traffic transmitted by port X e Monitor all traffic received and transmitted by port X Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port mirroring 19 e Monitor all traffic received by port X or transmitted by port Y e Monitor all traffic received by port X destined to port Y and then transmitted by port Y e Monitor all traffic received transmitted by port X and transmitted received by port Y conversations between port X and port Y As shown in the Port Mirroring Configuration screen example Figure 3 Port Mirroring Configuration port based screen example page 19 port 23 i
80. guring RMON fault threshold parameters 113 Creating an RMON fault threshold 113 Deleting an RMON threshold configuration 116 Viewing the RMON fault event log 117 Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics 118 Viewing RMON history 120 Appendix A Quick steps for port mirroring 123 Configuring port mirroring 123 Index 126 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 10 Contents Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Preface About this guide This guide provides information about system logging displaying system statistics and configuring network monitoring on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 and Nortel Ethernet Switch 470 Network management tools and interfaces The following are the management tools and interfaces available with the switch for basic instructions on these tools refer to the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Overview System Configuration NN47210 501 e Console interface The console interface Cl allows you to configure and manage the switch locally or remotely Access the Cl menu and screens locally through a console terminal attached to your Ethernet Switch remotely through a dial up modem connection or in band through a Te
81. he parameters and variables for the show port statistics command Table 13 show port statistics command parameters and variables Parameters and Description variables p port lt portlist gt Specifies the port numbers for which to display statistics Note f you omit this parameter the system uses the port number specified with the interface command Figure 11 show port statistics command output page 43 displays sample output from the show port statistics command Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Displaying port statistics 43 Figure 11 show port statistics command output 470_24T config if show port statistics Received Packets Multicasts Broadcasts TotalOctets Lost Packets Packets 64 bytes 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes FCS Errors Undersized Packets Oversized Packets Filtered Packets Flooded PAckets Frame Errors Transmitted Packets Multicasts Broadcasts TotalOctets Packets 64 bytes 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes Collisions Single Collisions Multiple Collisions Excessive Collisions Deferred Packets Late Collisions oooooocoooocoocoo9cocCceo oooocoooooococoococo0o70o 9e clear stats command The clear stats command clears
82. how port mirroring command Figure 10 show port mirroring command output 470 24T config show port mirroring Monitoring Mode Xrx gt Port X Monitor Port 1 3 Port X 1 1 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 40 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI port mirroring command The port mirroring command sets the port mirroring configuration The syntax of the port mirroring command is port mirroring mode disable Xrx monitor port lt portlist gt mirror port X lt portlist gt Xtx monitor port lt portlist gt mirror port X lt portlist gt XrxOrXtx monitor port lt portlist gt mirror port X lt portlist gt mirror port Y lt portlist gt XrxOrYtx monitor port lt portlist gt mirror port X lt portlist gt mirror port Y lt portlist gt XrxYtx monitor port lt portlist gt mirror port X lt portlist gt mirror port Y lt portlist gt XrxYtxOrYrxXtx monitor port lt portlist gt mirror port X lt portlist gt mirror port Y lt portlist gt Asrc monitor port lt portlist gt mirror MAC A lt macaddr gt Adst monitor port lt portlist gt mirror MAC A lt macaddr gt AsrcOrAdst monitor port lt portlist gt mirror MAC A lt macaddr gt AsrcBdst monitor port lt portlist gt mirror MAC A lt macaddr gt mirror MAC B lt macaddr gt AsrcBdstOrBsrc
83. ics You can view selected switch interface statistics To view statistical information for an interface Step Action 1 Table 29 Interface page items Item From the main menu choose Statistics gt Interface The Interface page opens Figure 25 Interface page page 76 Figure 25 Interface page Statistics gt Interface interface Statistics Table Unit 1 2 Out In Out in Non Out Non Out Out ia Unknown Octets Unicast Unicast Unicast Unicast Discards Errors Protos H 15050 1103969 252015 0 oocooocoocoocoocoocoocooooo0oo0oo0oo0o0 eceooocoooeocoecoeocoooo ooocoocoocoocoocoooooo0oo0oo0o00o0 ecooooeooocooeooeoocoooooSe eccoooooeoeocoocoocooco Table 29 Interface page items page 76 describes the items on the Interface page Description Port In Octets Out Octets The port number corresponding to the selected switch The number of octets received on the interface including framing characters The number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters In Unicast Out Unicast In Non Unicast The number of subnetwork unicast packets delivered to a higher layer protocol The number of packets that higher layer protocols requested be transmitted to a subnetwork unicast address including those discarded or not sent The number of non unicast packets for example subnetwork broadcast or subnetwork multicast packets delivered to
84. ied ports or two MAC addresses When you configure port mirroring you have the option to specify either port based monitoring or address based monitoring In a stack configuration you can monitor ports that reside on different units within the stack To configure port mirroring Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Port Mirroring Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 68 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management S LL The Port Mirroring page opens Figure 22 Port Mirroring page page 68 Figure 22 Port Mirroring page Application gt Port Mirroring Port Mirroring Setting Monitoring Mode EEE Monitor Unit Port Unit 1 Por fi z Unit Port X Unt Paf 3 Unit PonY Unit Paf z Address A 1 1 22 33 4465 66 COG Address B 11 22 3344 0577 CORI Port Mirroring Active Monitoring Mode Address A gt Address B Monitor Unit Port Unit 1 Port 1 Address A 11 22 33 44 55 66 Address B 11 22 33 44 55 77 Note The Port Mirroring Active section of Figure 22 Port Mirroring page page 68 displays only the port mirroring configurations you set If you set no port mirroring configurations the section does not display any rows Table 24 Port Mirroring page items page 68 describes the items on the Port Mirror
85. if it is for a protocol being processed by the local bridging function including bridge management errors In Discards The number of valid frames received which were discarded by the forwarding process 2 In the upper left hand corner click the unit number of the device to monitor The page is updated with statistics about the selected device and its corresponding port number 3 To refresh the statistical information click Update Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Monitoring MLT traffic 81 End Monitoring MLT traffic You can monitor the bandwidth usage for the MultiLink Trunk member ports within each trunk in your configuration by selecting the traffic type to monitor To monitor MultiLink Trunk traffic Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt MultiLink Trunk gt Utilization The Utilization page opens Figure 28 Utilization page page 81 Figure 28 Utilization page Application gt MultiLink Trunk gt Utilization Muhit ink Trunk Utilization Selection View By Trunk Z Traffic Type Re andT EID MultiLink Trunk Utilization Table CI ec eT 1 21 00 00 00 1 2 00 00 00 i 23 00 00 00 Table 32 Utilization page items page 81 describes the items on the Utilization page Table 32 Utilization page items
86. ing page Table 24 Port Mirroring page items Item Range Description Monitoring Mode 1 Disabled Choose any one of the six port based 2 gt Port X monitoring modes or any one of the five 3 Port X gt address based monitoring modes 4 lt gt Port X gt eN he Ne For more information on selecting one of a oe in Se nior i Port the six port based modes that activates the port X and port Y screen fields where you Y M can choose up to two ports to monitor see a enn TA crater Table 25 Port based monitoring modes 10 lt gt Address A page 70 11 Address A gt Address B 12 Address A lt gt Address For more information on selecting one B of the five address based modes that activates the Address A and Address B screen fields where you can specify Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring port mirroring 69 Description MAC addresses to monitor see Table 26 Address based monitoring modes page 71 The default setting is Disabled Port based monitoring Monitor Port a Choose the switch port to designate as the monitor port Port X n Choose the first switch port to be monitored by the designated monitor port This port is monitored according to the value X in the Monitoring Mode field Ch
87. is rmon event lt 1 65535 gt log trap description lt LINE gt owner lt LINE gt The rmon event command is in the config command mode Table 35 rmon event command parameters and variables page 88 describes the parameters and variables for the rmon event command Table 35 rmon event command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description lt 1 65535 gt Unique index for the event entry log Record events in the log table trap Generate SNMP trap messages for events owner lt LINE gt Specify an owner string to identify the event entry no rmon event The no rmon event command deletes RMON event table entries When the variable is omitted all entries in the table are cleared The syntax for the no rmon event command is no rmon event lt 1 65535 gt The no rmon event command is in the config command mode Table 36 no rmon event command parameters and variables page 88 describes the parameters and variables for the no rmon event command Table 36 no rmon event command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description Unique index for the event entry rmon history The rmon history command allows you to configure RMON history settings The syntax for the rmon history command is Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential
88. isplay for the single windows displays the following values simultaneously while you select which of the following to display in the multiple port graph dialog box e AbsoluteValue e Cumulative Average sec e Minimum sec e Maximum sec e LastVal sec The illustrations in this section show graphs for multiple ports To open the graphPort dialog box for graphing Step Action 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph To select multiple ports Ctrl left click the ports that you want to configure A yellow outline appears around the selected ports 2 Do one of the following e From the Device Manager main menu choose Graph gt Port From the shortcut menu choose Graph e On the toolbar click Graph al End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing port statistics 57 The graphPort dialog box for a single port or for multiple ports opens with the Interface tab displayed Note Some statistics are available only when you graph a single port Interface tab for graphing ports The Interface tab shows interface parameters for graphing a port or ports To open the Interface tab for graphing Step Action 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph To select multiple ports Ctrl left click the ports that you want to configure A yello
89. ks Confidential 36 Chapter 2 Configuring network monitoring using CLI Table 9 show logging command parameters and variables page 36 describes the parameters and variables for the show logging command Table 9 show logging command parameters and variables Parameters and ae A Description variables config Displays the configuration of event logging critical Displays critical log messages informational Displays informational log messages serious Displays serious log messages sort reverse Displays log messages in reverse chronological order beginning with most recent Figure 9 show logging config command output page 36 shows the output of the show logging config command Figure 9 show logging config command output 470_48T gt enable 470_48T show logging config Event Logging Enabled Volatile Logging Option Latch Event Types To Log Critical Serious Informational Event Types To Log To NV Storage Critical Serious Remote Logging Disabled Remote Logging Address 0 0 0 0 Event Types To Log Remotely None logging remote enable command Note The default value for remote logging is disabled The logging remote enable command enables logging syslog messages to a remote server The syntax for the remote logging enable command is logging remote enable The logging remote enable command is in the config command mode The logging remote enable command has no parameters or variables Nortel E
90. l 10s 00h 00m 10s End Table 19 ICMP Out tab fields page 55 describes the ICMP Out tab fields Table 19 ICMP Out tab fields Field Description SrcQuenchs The number of ICMP Source Quench messages sent Redirects The number of ICMP Redirect messages received For a host this object is always zero because hosts do not send redirects Echos The number of ICMP Echo request messages sent EchoReps The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages sent Timestamps The number of ICMP Timestamp request messages sent TimestampReps The number of ICMP Timestamp Reply messages sent AddrMasks The number of ICMP Address Mask Request messages sent AddrMaskReps The number of ICMP Address Mask Reply messages sent ParmProbs The number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages sent Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 56 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager Field Description DestUnreachs The number of ICMP Destination Unreachable messages sent TimeExcds The number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages sent Graphing port statistics You can graph statistics for either a single port or multiple ports from the graphPort dialog box The displays for both single and multiple ports show the identical statistical items The only difference is that the d
91. l number of packets transmitted successfully on this port after a single collision Multiple Collisions Indicates the total number of packets transmitted successfully on this port after more than one collision Excessive Collisions Indicates the total number of packets lost on this port due to excessive collisions Deferred Packets Indicates the total number of frames delayed on the first transmission attempt but that never incurred a collision Late Collisions Indicates the total number of packet collisions that occurred after a total length of time that exceeded 512 bit times of packet transmission Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port Statistics screen 29 Neen ee TT e NNCCCOC s Field Description The following field values appear only when the port selected in the Unit Port field is configured with a GBIC Pause Frames Transmitted column Indicates the total number of pause frames transmitted on this port Pause frames cause the transmitting port to temporarily suspend the transmission of packets when the frame buffer of the receiving port is full Gigabit ports only Received column Indicates the total number of pause frames received on this port Pause frames cause the transmitting port to temporarily suspend the transmission of packets when the fram
92. le and Volatile Non Volatile memory 3 None The default setting is None do not clear messages Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring port mirroring 67 Section System Log Index The number of the event Time Stamp The time in hundreths of a second between system initialization and the time the log messages entered the system Message Type The type of message The options are 1 Critical 2 Serious and 3 Informational Message A character string that identifies the origin of the message and the reason why the message was generated 2 In the System Log View By section do one or more of the following e Choose the number of the unit from which to display messages e Choose to display messages from both volatile and non volatile memory or from non volatile memory only e Choose to clear messages from both volatile and non volatile memory from non volatile memory only or from neither 3 Click Submit The results of your request are displayed in the System Log section Figure 21 System Log page page 66 End Configuring port mirroring The Ethernet Switches support port mirroring to analyze traffic You can view existing port mirroring activity and you can configure a specific switch port to mirror up to two specif
93. lete The event is removed from the table End RMON Log information The Log tab chronicles and describes the alarm activity which is then generated to be viewed To view the Log tab Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Alarms The RmonAlarm dialog box opens with the Alarms tab displayed Figure 43 RmonAlarms dialog box Alarms tab page 104 2 Click the Log tab The Log tab opens Figure 47 Log tab page 109 Figure 47 Log tab 10 10 40 236 RmonAlarms x Alarms Events Log Description day oh iam 0s saling Pee E PSC A e End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 110 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Table 47 Log tab fields page 110 describes the Log tab fields Table 47 Log tab fields Description An implementation dependent description of the event that activated the log entry Specifies whether the event is a rising or falling event RMON tab for graphing ports The RMON tab displays Ethernet statistics for graphing a port or ports To open the RMON tab for graphing Step Action 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph To select multiple ports Ctrl left click the ports that you want to configure A yellow outline appears around the selected
94. lnet session e Web based management You can manage the network from the World Wide Web and can access the Web based Graphical User Interface GUI through the HTML based browser located on your network The GUI allows you to configure monitor and maintain your network through web browsers You can also download software using the web e Java based Device Manager The Device Manager is a set of Java based graphical network management applications that is used to configure and manage Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 e Command Line Interface CLI The CLI is used to automate general management and configuration of the Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 Use the CLI through a Telnet connection or through the serial port on the console e Any generic SNMP based network management software Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 12 Preface You can use any generic SNMP based network management software to configure and manage Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 Telnet Telnet allows you to access the CLI and Cl menu and screens locally using an in band Telnet session e SSH Secure Shell SSH is a client server protocol that can provide a secure remote login with encryption of data user name and password For details on SSH connections refer to Norte Ethernet Switch 460 470 Security
95. lt 1 65535 gt lt port gt owner lt LINE gt The rmon stats command is in the config command mode Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 90 Chapter 5 Configuring RMON using the CLI Table 39 rmon stats command parameters and variables page 90 describes the parameters and variables for the rmon stats command Table 39 rmon stats command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description lt 1 65535 gt Unique index for the stats entry lt port gt Specifies a port for the stats owner lt LINE gt Specifies an owner string to identify the stats entry no rmon stats The no rmon stats turns off RMON statistics When the variable is omitted all table entries are cleared The syntax for the no rmon stats command is no rmon stats lt 1 65535 gt The no rmon stats command is in the config command mode Table 40 no rmon stats command parameters and variables page 90 describes the parameters and variables for the no rmon stats command Table 40 no rmon stats command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description Unique index for the stats entry Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Co
96. multicast address at this sublayer This total number includes those packets discarded or unsent InNUcastPkts The number of packets delivered by this sublayer to a higher sub layer that were addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sublayer OutNUcastPkts The total number of packets that higher level protocols requested be transmitted and that were addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sublayer including those that were discarded or not sent InDiscards The number of inbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher layer protocol One possible reason for discarding such a packet is to free up buffer space OutDiscards The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted One possible reason for discarding such a packet is to free up buffer space InErrors For packet oriented interfaces the number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher layer protocol For character oriented or fixed length interfaces the number of inbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher layer protocol Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nor
97. n 512 1023 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 512 byte to 1023 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 512 byte to 1023 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port 1024 1518 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 1024 byte to 1518 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 1024 byte to 1518 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port Frame Errors Indicates the total number of valid size packets received but discarded because of CRC errors and improper framing Undersized Packets Indicates the total number of packets received on this port with fewer than 64 bytes and with proper CRC and framing also known as short frames or runts Oversized Packets Indicates the total number of packets received on this port with more than 1518 bytes and with proper CRC and framing also known as oversized frames Filtered Packets Indicates the number of packets filtered not forwarded by this port Flooded Packets Indicates the total number of packets flooded forwarded through this port because the destination address was not in the address database FCS Errors Indicates the total number of valid size packets received with proper framing but discarded because of cyclic redundancy check CRC errors Indicates the total number of collisions detected on this port Single Collisions Indicates the tota
98. n gather and graph RMON Ethernet statistics in a variety of formats To gather and graph RMON Ethernet statistics Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Statistics gt RMON Ethernet The RMON Ethernet page opens Figure 51 RMON Ethernet page page 118 Figure 51 RMON Ethernet page RMON Ethernet Statistics Table Unit 1 2 i ie oam etc ter vi amen 0 0 66261341 1118447 92520 1011103 0 0 Table 51 RMON Ethernet page items page 118 describes the items on the RMON Ethernet page Table 51 RMON Ethernet page items Item Description Port The port number that corresponds to the selected switch Drop Events The number of events in which the interface dropped packets due to a lack of resources Octets The number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including Frame Check Sequence FCS octets Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics 119 Item Description Packets The number of good packets received that were directed to the broadcast address This does not include multicast packets Broadcast The number of good packets received that were directed to the broadcast address This does not include multicast packets Multicast The number of good packe
99. nd 34 O Octets field 95 111 118 121 Out Discards field 77 Out Errors field 77 Out Frames field 80 Out Non Unicast field 77 Out Octets field 76 Out Unicast field 76 OutDiscards field 52 58 OutErrors field 59 OutFrames field 64 OutNoRoutes field 52 OutNUcastPkts field 58 OutOctets field 58 OutRequests field 52 OutUcastPkts field 58 Oversize field 119 121 Oversized Packets field 28 73 OversizePkts field 96 111 Owner field 94 97 106 108 P Packets field 26 72 119 121 Packets length field 73 119 Parameter field 114 ParmProbs field 54 55 Pkts field 95 111 Port dialog box 56 Port Error Summary page 74 port Ethernet Error Statistics tab 59 Port field 26 97 port mirroring 17 39 67 67 address based 19 19 configuration rules 21 monitoring modes port based 18 Port Mirroring Configuration screen 22 Port Mirroring page 67 Port page 72 port statistics 41 viewing 71 74 zeroing ports 74 Port Statistics screen 25 port based port mirroring 67 port mirroring command 40 ports Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Index 129 graphing 56 57 graphs for single and multiple ports 56 product support 14 publications 13 R ReasmFails field 53 ReasmOKs field 53 ReasmReads field 53 Redirects field 54 55 Remote Monitoring
100. nfidential Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager The Remote Network Monitoring RMON MIB is an interface between the RMON agent on an Ethernet Switch and an RMON management application such as the Device Manager The RMON MIB defines objects that are suitable for the management of any type of network but some groups are targeted for Ethernet networks in particular The RMON agent continuously collects statistics and proactively monitors switch performance You can view this data through the Device Manager RMON has three major functions e Creating and displaying alarms for user defined events e Gathering cumulative statistics for Ethernet interfaces e Tracking a history of statistics for Ethernet interfaces This chapter contains the following topics e Working with RMON information page 91 e RMON Alarms page 98 e RMON events page 106 e RMON Log information page 109 Working with RMON information You can view RMON information by looking at the Graph information associated with the port or chassis Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 92 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager RMON history Ethernet history records periodic statistical samples from a network A sample is called a history and is gathered in time intervals referred t
101. nment 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 Notwithstanding any other license agreement that may pertain to or accompany the delivery of this computer software the rights of the United States Government regarding its use reproduction and disclosure are as set forth in the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52 227 19 Statement of conditions In the interest of improving internal design operational function and or reliability Nortel Networks reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice Nortel Networks does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s described herein Portions of the code in this software product may be Copyright 1988 Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms of such portions are permitted provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation advertising materials and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that such portions of the software were developed by the University of California Berkeley The name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from such portions of the software witho
102. nts tab The Events tab opens Figure 44 RmonAlarms dialog box Events tab page 107 Figure 44 RmonAlarms dialog box Events tab Alarms Events Log Index Description Type Community LastTimeSent Owner Ba 8 cose How Refresh 0 row s End Table 46 Events tab fields page 107 describes the RmonAlarms Events tab fields Table 46 Events tab fields Index This index uniquely identifies an entry in the event table Each entry defines one event that is generated when the appropriate conditions occur Descripti Specifies whether the event is a rising or falling event on Type The type of notification that the Device Manager provides about this event In the case of log an entry is made in the log table for each event In the case of trap an SNMP trap is sent to one or more management stations Possible notifications follow none log trap log and trap Commu The SNMP community string acts as a password Only those nity management applications with this community string can view the alarms Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 108 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Field Description LastTim The value of sysUpTime at the time this event entry last generated eSent an event If this entry does generate any e
103. o as buckets Histories establish a time dependent method for gathering RMON statistics on a port The default values for history are e Buckets are gathered at 30 minute intervals e Number of buckets gathered is 50 Both the time interval and the number of buckets is configurable However when the last bucket is reached bucket 1 is dumped and recycled to hold a new bucket of statistics Then bucket 2 is dumped and so forth Creating a history You can use RMON to collect statistics at intervals For example if you want RMON statistics to be gathered over the weekend you require enough buckets to cover two days To do this set the history to gather one bucket each hour thus covering a 48 hour period After you set history characteristics you cannot modify them you must delete the history and create another one To establish a history for a port and set the bucket interval Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Rmon gt Control The RmonControl dialog box opens with the History tab displayed Figure 33 History tab page 92 Figure 33 History tab History Ether Stats el Port EE ucketsGranted Interval Owner 117 30 monitor 2 172 ial 30 monitor 3113 15 15 30 monitor 4 4 15 15 30 monitor 5 115 15 30 monitor efu 15 15 30 monitor mn 15 s 30 mention alia af manitar on Feres Insert z Jajag ciose Help 3 52 row s 2 Click Insert The
104. ogging remote level command is in the config command mode The no logging remote level command has no parameters or variables Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Using port mirroring 39 default logging remote level command The default logging remote level command sets the severity level of the logs you send to the remote server to the default value which is None The syntax for the default logging remote level command is default logging remote level The default logging remote level command is in the config command mode The default logging remote level command has no parameters or variables Using port mirroring Note For guidelines to port mirroring refer to Port mirroring page 17 You use port mirroring to monitor traffic This section covers the following commands e show port mirroring command page 39 e port mirroring command page 40 e no port mirroring command page 41 show port mirroring command The show port mirroring command displays the port mirroring configuration The syntax for the show port mirroring command is show port mirroring The show port mirroring command is in the privExec command mode The show port mirroring command has no parameters or variables Figure 10 show port mirroring command output page 39 displays sample output from the s
105. oose the second switch port to be monitored by the designated monitor port This port is monitored according to the value Y in the Monitoring Mode field Address based monitoring Address A XX XX XX XX XX XX Type the MAC address to be monitored by the designated monitor port This address is monitored according to the value Address A in the Monitoring Mode field Address B XX XX XX XX XX XX Type the MAC address to be monitored by the designated monitor port This address is monitored according to the value Address B in the Monitoring Mode field 2 Type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit Selecting one of the port based monitoring modes activates the port X or the port Y screen fields or both where you can choose up to two ports to monitor Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 70 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management S LLL Table 25 Port based monitoring modes page 70 describes the port based monitoring modes Table 25 Port based monitoring modes Item Description Disabled Choose this option to disable port based monitoring The default setting is Disabled gt Port X Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by port X Port X gt Choose this option to monitor all traffic
106. oring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port Statistics screen 25 Field Description lt gt Port X and Port Y lt gt Monitor all traffic received transmitted by Port X and received transmitted by Port Y Note Do not use this mode for broadcast or multicast traffic Address based Disabled Default value for this feature Address A gt any Address Monitor all traffic transmitted from Address A to any address any Address gt Address A Monitor all traffic received by Address A from any address lt gt Address A Monitor all traffic received by or transmitted by Address A Address A gt Address B Monitor all traffic transmitted by Address A to Address B Address A lt gt Address B Monitor all traffic between Address A and Address B conversation between the two stations Port Statistics screen The Port Statistics screen as displayed in Figure 7 Port statistics screen page 26 allows you to view detailed information about any switch or port in a configuration The screen is divided into two sections Received and Transmitted so that you can compare and evaluate throughput or other port parameters All screen data is updated approximately every 2 seconds You can use the Port Statistics screen to clear reset to zero port counters for a specific switch or port Alternatively you can use the Clear All Port Sta
107. phing chassis statistics page 49 e Graphing port statistics page 56 System Log Settings tab To view System Log Settings information Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar select Edit gt Diagnostics gt System Log The SysLog dialog box opens with the System Log Settings tab displayed Figure 12 System Log Settings tab page 46 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 46 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager Figure 12 System Log Settings tab xi System Log Settings Remote System Log Operation on C off BufferFullAction overwrite latch Volatile CurSize 34 SaveTargets C critical critical serious critical seriousfinform none non Volatile Cursize 3 SaveTargets critical critical serious C none Action I volcrtical I volSerious ClearMessageBuffers volInformational nonvolCritical 7 nonVolSerious End Table 15 System Log Settings tab items page 46 describes the System Log Settings tab items Table 15 System Log Settings tab items Items Description Operation Specifies the storing or discarding of generated log messages Specifying On causes log messages to be stored in the log message buffer facility Specifying Off discontinues the storing of log mes
108. ports 2 Do one of the following e From the Device Manager main menu choose Graph gt Port From the shortcut menu choose Graph e On the toolbar click Graph The Port dialog box for a single port or for multiple ports opens with the Interface tab displayed 3 Click the RMON tab The RMON tab for graphing multiple ports opens Figure 48 Graph Port dialog box RMON tab page 111 End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON Log information 111 Figure 48 Graph Port dialog box RMON tab Wertace arret Evers Bryn lma carck sate Erot cag Lace fo aera T S O a e Table 48 RMON tab fields page 111 describes the RMON tab fields Table 48 RMON tab fields Field Description Octets The total number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including FCS octets You can use this object as a reasonable estimate of Ethernet utilization For greater precision sample the etherStatsPkts and etherStatsOctets objects before and after a common interval Pkts The total number of packets including bad packets broadcast packets and multicast packets received BroadcastPk The total number of good packets received that were directed ts to the broadcast address Note that
109. products and services When you use an ERC your call is routed to a technical support person who specializes in supporting that product or service To locate an ERC for your product or service go to www nortel com erc Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Chapter 1 Network monitoring The Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 provide features that allow you to monitor your network display switch statistics and log system events This chapter discusses the following topics System Log page 15 e Port mirroring page 17 e Port Statistics screen page 25 System Log System Log messages operate as follows e Non volatile memory messages are retrievable after a system reset e Messages can be viewed while the system is operational All non volatile and dynamic memory messages are time stamped When you restart your system after a reset the dynamic memory messages are deleted After a reset all messages stored in non volatile memory are copied to dynamic memory The messages copied to dynamic memory are time stamped to zero 0 e Starting with Release 3 6 software Ethernet Switches 460 and 470 save the last 100 commands entered to a command history log in NVRAM This history is periodically copied from NVRAM to the remote syslog server For details refer to No
110. r Stats dialog box opens Figure 37 RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box page 97 Figure 37 RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box Index 29 1 65535 Port Owner Juser norteInetworks com Close Help 4 Select the ports Enter the port number you want or select the port from the list menu Figure 38 RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list page 97 Figure 38 RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list 10 10 40 26 RmonControl Insert Ether Stats Ea Index pes 1 65535 Port T Owner Juse MERA UAGE EEE x 41 4 2 3 4 5f6 zlalalto 44 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 Bi cancel Device Manager assigns the index 5 Click Insert The new Ethernet Statistics entry is shown in the Ether Stats tab End Table 43 Ether Stats tab fields page 97 describes the Ether Stats tab fields Table 43 Ether Stats tab fields Field Description O O Index A unique value assigned to each interface An index identifies an entry in a table Port Any Ethernet interface on the device The network management system that created this entry Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 98 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering To disable
111. r status presented to the LLC A count of frames received on a particular interface that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the Frame Check Error status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC A count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the LateCollisions object the ExcessiveCollisions object or the CarrierSenseErrors object Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing port statistics 61 CarrierSenseErrors FrameTooLongs SQETestErrors DeferredTransmissions Field Description InternalMacReceiveErro A count of frames for which reception on a rs particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the FrameTooLongs obje
112. ration after you press Enter The Monitoring Mode field Address A gt Address B indicates that all traffic transmitted by address A to address B is monitored by the StackProbe attached to Monitor Port 23 Note When you enter MAC addresses in this screen they are also displayed in the MAC Address Table screen EAPOL Figure 5 Port Mirroring Configuration address based screen example Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode Address A gt Address B Monitor Unit Port 23 Unit Port X Unit Port Y Y Address A 00 44 55 44 55 22 Address B 00 33 44 33 22 44 Is your port mirroring configuration complete Yes Currently Active Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode gt Address A or Address B gt Monitor Port 23 Port X 25 Port Y 24 Use space bar to display choices press lt Return gt or lt Enter gt to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to Main Menu Port mirroring configuration rules The following configuration rules apply to any port mirroring configuration e You cannot configure a monitor port as a trunk member or IGMP member e A monitor port cannot be used for normal switch functions e When you configure a port as a monitor port the port is automatically disabled from participating in the spanning tree When you reconfigure the port as a standard switch port no longer a monitor port the port is enabled for spanning t
113. re otherwise well formed Fragments The number of packets received during the sampling interval that were less than 64 octets long including FCS octets but not framing bits that had a bad FCS with either an integral number of octets FCS Error or a non integral number of octets Alignment Error Collisions The best estimate of the number of collisions on an Ethernet segment during a sampling interval Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering You can use RMON to gather Ethernet statistics To gather Ethernet statistics Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose RMon gt Control The RmonControl dialog box opens with the History tab displayed 2 Click the Ether Stats tab The Ether Stats tab opens Figure 36 RmonControl dialog box Ether Stats tab page 96 Figure 36 RmonControl dialog box Ether Stats tab 10 10 40 26 RmonControl EG History Ether Stats index Port Owner alin monitor a 21 2 monitor 31 3 monitor alira monitor 51 5 monitor 61 6 monitor 717 monitor 811 8 monitor monitor monitor 11 1 11 monitor 12 112 monitor 131113 monitor z 28 row s 3 Click Insert Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Working with RMON information 97 The RmonControl Insert Ethe
114. ree participation e When you create a port based port mirroring configuration be sure that the monitor port and both of the mirrored ports port X and port Y have the same configuration Use the VLAN Configuration screen to configure the VLAN EAPOL Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 22 Chapter 1 Network monitoring VLAN configuration settings for any ports configured for port based mirroring cannot be changed Use the Port Mirroring Configuration screen to disable port mirroring or reconfigure the port mirroring ports then change the VLAN configuration settings For port based monitoring of traffic use one of the following modes for monitoring broadcast IP Multicast or unknown DA frames Monitor all traffic received by port X Monitor all traffic transmitted by port X Monitor all traffic received and transmitted by port X Appendix Quick steps for port mirroring page 123 also provides configuration flowcharts that can help you use this feature Port Mirroring Configuration screen The Port Mirroring Configuration screen allows you to configure a specific switch port to monitor up to two specified ports or two MAC addresses You can specify port based monitoring or address based monitoring Figure 6 Port Mirror Configuration screen page 22 shows an e
115. ridging statistics measured for each monitored interface on the device To view transparent bridging statistics Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Statistics gt Transparent Bridging The Transparent Bridging page opens Figure 27 Transparent Bridging page page 80 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 80 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management Figure 27 Transparent Bridging page Statistics gt Transparent Bridging Transparent Bridging Statistics Table Unit 1 2 1119423 270699 899665 0 0 Pocoeoeoeceoeoeoceeoeoeoeooe e o 2 pPooocococoeoceceocoocnoocene Pocoocoeocooeccecoecoocoeoooecece Table 31 Transparent Bridging page items page 80 describes the items on the Transparent Bridging page Table 31 Transparent Bridging page items The port number that corresponds to the selected switch In Frames The number of frames that have been received by this port from its segment A frame received on the interface corresponding to this port is counted only if it is for a protocol being processed by the local bridging function including bridge management errors Out Frames The number of frames that have been transmitted by this port from its segment A frame received on the interface corresponding to this port is counted only
116. rors field 78 InternalMacReceiveErrors field 61 InternalMacTransmitErrors field 60 Interval field 94 105 115 InUcastPkts field 58 InUnknownProtos field 52 59 IP tab 51 J Jabbers field 112 119 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 128 Index L LastTimeSent field 108 Late Collisions field 28 74 75 79 LateCollisions field 62 Link field 75 log messages 15 Log tab 109 logging 31 logging remote address command 37 logging remote enable command 36 logging remote level command 38 logs 109 Lost Packets field 27 73 MAC address based port mirroring 67 Message field 67 Message Type field 67 Monitor Port field 69 monitoring 39 Monitoring Mode field 69 monitoring modes MtuExceededDiscards field 63 Multicast field 72 119 121 MulticastPkts field 95 111 Multicasts field 26 MultiLink Trunking monitoring traffic 81 port mirroring 18 Multiple Collision Frames field 79 Multiple Collisions field 28 74 75 multiple port statistics graphs 56 MultipleCollisionFrames field 62 N network monitoring 113 no logging command 33 no logging remote enable command 37 no logging remote level command 38 no port mirroring command 41 no rmon alarm command 87 no rmon event command 88 no rmon history command 89 no rmon status command 90 no set logging comma
117. rtel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Security Configuration NN47210 500 System Log screen In the Console Interface the System Log screen Figure 1 System Log screen page 16 displays or clears messages obtained from system non volatile memory or dynamic memory To open the System Log screen Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 16 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Choose Display System Log or type y from the main menu Figure 1 System Log screen System Log Display Unit Display Messages From Non Volatile Display configuration complete No Clear Messages From None Use space bar to display choices press lt Return gt or lt Enter gt to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to Main Menu Displaying most recent log entry first This option allows you to view the system log with the most recent entry displayed first the rest of the log entries are listed in reverse chronological order Table 1 System Log screen fields page 16 describes the System Log screen fields Table 1 System Log screen fields Field Description Display Messages From This field allows you to select the memory source your messages are obtained from Choose Non Volatile Volatile or Volatile Non Volatile Use the spacebar to toggle betw
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119. s designated as the Monitor Port for ports 24 and 25 in Switch S1 Note The Unit value in the Unit Port field is not configurable when the switch is operating The Monitoring Mode field gt Port X or Port Y gt indicates that all traffic received by port X or all traffic transmitted by port Y is currently being monitored by the StackProbe attached to Monitor Port 23 The screen data displayed at the bottom of the screen shows the currently active port mirroring configuration Figure 3 Port Mirroring Configuration port based screen example Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode gt Port X or Port Y gt J Monitor Unit Port 23 Unit Port X 25 Unit Port Y 24 Address A 00 00 00 00 00 00 J Address B 00 00 00 00 00 00 Port mirroring configuration has taken effect Currently Active Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode gt Port X Port Y gt Monitor Port 23 Port X 25 Port Y 24 Use space bar to display choices press lt Return gt or lt Enter gt to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to Main Menu Address based mirroring configuration Figure 4 Address based mirroring configuration example page 20 shows an example of an address based mirroring configuration where port 23 the designated monitor port for Switch S1 is monitoring traffic occurring between address A and address B Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration
120. s because some algorithms notably the algorithm in RFC 815 can lose track of the number of fragments by combining them as they are received ICMP In tab To open the ICMP In tab Step Action 1 From the Main Menu choose Graph gt Chassis The Graph Chassis dialog box opens with the SNMP tab displayed Figure 14 Graph Chassis dialog box Chassis SNMP tab page 50 2 Click the ICMP In tab The ICMP In tab opens Figure 16 Graph Chassis dialog box ICMP In tab page 53 Figure 16 Graph Chassis dialog box ICMP In tab SNMP IP ICMP In ICMP Out Average sec Minimumisec Maximunmisec Lastvalisec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o olol olo oOo oO 0010 01 t Eh eal a elala Clear Counter Close Help Poll interval 10s _ 00h 00m 10s Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 54 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager End Table 18 ICMP In tab fields page 54 describes the ICMP In tab fields Table 18 ICMP In tab fields Field Description SrcQuenchs The number of ICMP Source Quench messages received Redirects The number of ICMP Redirect messages received Echos The number of ICMP Echo request messages received EchoReps The number of ICMP Echo Reply m
121. s port including FCS octets Lost Packets Received column Indicates the total number of packets lost discarded when the capacity of the port receive buffer was exceeded Transmitted column Indicates the total number of packets lost discarded when the capacity of the port transmit buffer was exceeded Packets 64 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 64 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 64 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port 65 127 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 65 byte to 127 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 65 byte to 127 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port 128 255 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 128 byte to 255 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 128 byte to 255 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port 256 511 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 256 byte to 511 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 256 byte to 511 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 28 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Field Descriptio
122. sages Previously collected log messages remain stored in the buffer facility until they are manually cleared or the system is reset Resets do not clear log messages that have been saved in non volatile storage BufferFullAction Specifies overwriting of previous log messages where messages are overwritten based on FIFO or specifies that no more messages be saved until the setting is changed to overwrite This applies only to messages that are maintained in volatile storage Messages saved in non volatile storage are never overwritten and must be cleared manually Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Remote System Log tab 47 Items Description Volatile CurrSize The current number of log messages in the volatile portion of the system log message facility Messages that are classified as volatile are lost upon system re initialization Volatile Save Targets Specifies the type of log messages to be saved in the log message buffer facilities Messages are classified based on their type Critical Specifies that only critical messages be saved to volatile storage Critical Serious Specifies that both critical and serious messages be saved to volatile storage Critical Serious Informational Causes all log messages be saved when the log message is entered into the
123. stem A late collision included in a count represented by an instance of this object is also considered as a generic collision for purposes of other collision related statistics ExcessiveCollisions A count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to excessive collisions Poll Interval Statistics are updated based on the poll interval Default 10s Range None 2s 5s 10s 30s 1m 5m 30m 1h Bridge tab for graphing ports The Bridge tab displays port frame statistics To open the Bridge tab for graphing Step Action 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph To select multiple ports Ctrl left click the ports that you want to configure A yellow outline appears around the selected ports Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing port statistics 63 TT eee Ooo Eee 2 Do one of the following From the Device Manager main menu choose Graph gt Port e From the shortcut menu choose Graph e On the toolbar click Graph The Port dialog box for a single port or for multiple ports opens with the Interface tab displayed 3 Click the Bridge tab The Bridge tab for graphing ports opens Figure 20 Graph Port dialog box Bridge tab page 63 Figure 20 Graph Port dialog box Bridge tab 10 10 54 46 Graph Port xj
124. stem log page 65 e Configuring port mirroring page 67 e Viewing system statistics page 71 e Monitoring MLT traffic page 81 Viewing the system log You can view a display of messages contained in Non Volatile Memory or Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAM To open the System Log page Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Fault gt System Log The System Log page opens Figure 21 System Log page page 66 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 66 Chapter 4 Configuring network monitoring using Web based management Figure 21 System Log page Fault gt System Log System Log View By Display Unit fis Display Messages From Non Volatile z Clear Messages From None y System Log ne une faeeen Table 23 System Log page fields page 66 describes the fields on the System Log page Table 23 System Log page fields System Log Display Unit x Choose the unit on which to View By display messages or clear messages Display Messag 1 Non Volatile Choose to display messages es From 2 Volatile Non from Non Volatile Memory Volatile or Volatile DRAM and Non Volatile memory The default setting is Non Volatile Clear Messages 1 Volatile Choose to clear messages from From 2 Volatile Non Volatile memory or Volati
125. system None Specifies that no log messages will be stored in volatile memory Non Volatile CurrSize The current number of log messages in the non volatile portion of the system log message facility Messages that are classified as non volatile are not lost upon system re initialization Non Volatile Save Specifies the type of log messages to be saved in the Targets log message buffer facilities Messages are classified based on their type Critical Specifies that only critical messages be saved to non volatile storage Critical Serious Specifies that both critical and serious messages be saved to non volatile storage None Specifies that no log messages will be stored in non volatile memory Action ClearMessag Specifies the type of log messages to clear eBuffers Remote System Log tab To view Remote System Log information The Remote System Log tab opens Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 48 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar select Edit gt Diagnostics gt System Log The SysLog dialog box opens with the System Log Settings tab displayed 2 Click the Remote System Log tab The Remote System Log tab opens Figure 13 Remote System Log tab page 48 Figure 13 Remot
126. t Chassis e On the toolbar click Graph m End The following describe the Graph Chassis dialog box tabs with descriptions of the statistics on each tab e IP tab page 49 ICMP In tab page 53 e ICMP Out tab page 54 Six columns provide the statistics for the counters that are listed on the tab IP tab The IP tab shows IP information for the chassis To open the IP tab Step Action 1 From the Main Menu choose Graph gt Chassis Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 50 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager The Graph Chassis dialog box opens with the SNMP tab displayed Figure 14 Graph Chassis dialog box Chassis SNMP tab page 50 Figure 14 Graph Chassis dialog box Chassis SNMP tab B2 I eefe ena FOI 2 Click the IP tab The IP tab opens Figure 15 Graph Chassis dialog box IP tab page 51 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing chassis statistics 51 Figure 15 Graph Chassis dialog box IP tab 10 10 40 29 graphChassis Ea SNMP IP ICMP In ICMP Out manecehee a E EE E S R InAddrErrors O o o O A ForwDatagrams O O Oo
127. t Error It is normal for etherStatsFragments to increment because it counts both runts which are normal occurrences due to collisions and noise hits Collisions Jabbers 65 127 128 255 256 5114 511 1023 1024 1518 The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment The total number of packets received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a non integral number of octets Alignment Error Jabber is defined as the condition where any packet exceeds 20 ms The allowed range to detect jabber is between 20 ms and 150 ms The total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 1 and 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 65 and 127 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 128 and 255 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 256 and 511 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 511 and 10
128. tartupAlarm field 105 statistics 41 71 74 74 77 79 113 120 Ethernet statistics enabling 96 ICMP Out 54 RMON 92 Status field 75 106 support Nortel 14 System Log page 65 System Log screen 15 system log viewing 65 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 130 Index system statistics options viewing Ethernet error statistics 77 interface statistics 76 port statistics 71 transparent bridging statistics 79 T technical publications 14 technical support 14 Threshold Type field 103 Time Stamp field 67 117 TimeExcds field 54 56 TimestampReps field 54 55 Timestamps field 54 55 Total Octets field 27 72 Traffic Type field 81 Transparent Bridging page 79 transparent bridging statistics viewing 79 Transparent Bridging tab 63 Triggered By field 118 troubleshooting 21 40 port mirroring 39 Type field 107 U Undersize field 119 121 Undersized Packets field 28 73 UndersizePkts field 96 111 Utilization field 95 Utilization page 81 V Value field 103 105 Variable field 103 105 VLANs configuration rules 21 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration
129. tel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Graphing port statistics 59 Field Description OutErrors For packet oriented interfaces the number of outbound packets that were not transmitted because of errors For character oriented or fixed length interfaces the number of outbound transmission units that could not be transmitted because of errors InUnknownProtos For packet oriented interfaces the number of packets received through the interface that were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol For character oriented or fixed length interfaces that support protocol multiplexing the number of transmission units received through the interface that were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol For any interface that does not support protocol multiplexing this counter is always 0 Ethernet Errors tab for graphing ports The port Ethernet Errors tab shows port Ethernet Errors statistics To open the Ethernet Errors tab for graphing Step Action 1 Select the port or ports you want to graph To select multiple ports Ctrl left click the ports that you want to configure A yellow outline appears around the selected ports 2 Do one of the following From the Device Manager main menu choose Graph gt Port e From the shortcut menu choose Graph e On the toolbar click Graph The Port dialog box for a single port or for multiple ports opens with the Interface tab displayed 3 Cli
130. tem Description Port The port number corresponding to the selected switch Alignment Errors The number of frames received on a particular interface that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check FCS Errors The number of frames received on a particular interface that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check Internal MAC The number of frames for which transmission on a particular interface Transmit Errors fails due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error A frame is added to this counter only if it is not counted as a late collision error excessive collisions error or as a carrier sense error Internal MAC Receive The number of frames for which reception on a particular interface fails Errors due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error A frame is added to this counter only if it is not counted as a late collision error excessive collisions error or as a carrier sense error Carrier Sense Errors The number of times that the carrier sense conditions were lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame on a particular interface Frame Too Long The number of frames received on a particular interface that exceed the maximum permitted frame size Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing system st
131. the options are enable or disable brackets Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions Do not type the brackets when entering the command Example If the command syntax is show ip bootp you can enter either show ip or show ip bootp plain Courier Indicates command syntax and system output text Example TFTP Server IP Address 192 168 100 15 vertical line Separates choices for command keywords and arguments Enter only one of the choices Do not type the vertical line when entering the command Example If the command syntax is cli password lt serial telnet gt you must enter either cli password serial or cli password telnet but not both H H H Enter a MAC address in this format XXXX XXXX XXXX Related publications For more information about managing or using the switches refer to the following publications e Release Notes Software Release 3 7 NN47210 400 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 24T PWR Installation NN47210 300 Nortel Ethernet Switch 470 Installation NN47210 301 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Overview System Configuration NN47210 501 e Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Security Configuration NN47210 500 Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 14 Preface Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Confi
132. the rising value and its lower limit is called the falling value RMON periodically samples the data based upon the alarm interval During the first interval that the data passes above the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON Alarms 99 rising value the alarm fires as a rising event During the first interval that the data drops below the falling value the alarm fires as a falling event Figure 39 How alarms fire page 99 Figure 39 How alarms fire Rising value Falling value Alam fires O No firing 7821EA It is important to note that the alarm fires during the first interval in which the sample goes out of range No additional events are generated for that threshold until the opposite threshold is crossed Therefore you must carefully define the rising and falling threshold values for alarms to work as expected Otherwise incorrect thresholds cause an alarm to fire at every alarm interval A general guideline is to define one of the threshold values to an expected baseline value and then define the opposite threshold as the out of bounds limit Because of sample averaging the value can be equal to 1 of the baseline units For example assume an alarm is defined on octets going out of a port as the variable The intent of the alarm is to provide notification
133. thernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Enabling remote logging 37 no logging remote enable command The no logging remote enable command disables sending syslog messages to a remote server The syntax for the no logging remote enable command is no logging remote enable The no remote logging enable command is in the config command mode The no remote logging enable command has no parameters or variables logging remote address command The logging remote address command sets the remote server for receiving the syslog messages you enter the IP address of the server you want The syntax for the logging remote address command is logging remote address lt A B C D gt The logging remote address command is in the config command mode Table 10 logging remote address command parameters and variables page 37 describes the parameters and variables for the logging remote address command Table 10 logging remote address command parameters and variables Parameters and oak h Description variables lt A B C D gt Specifies the IP address of the remote server in dotted decimal notation The default address is 0 0 0 0 no logging remote address command The no logging remote address command clears the IP address of the remote server The syntax for the no logging remote address command is
134. this does not include multicast packets MulticastPkt The total number of good packets received that were directed s to a multicast address Note that this number does not include packets directed to the broadcast address CRCAlignErr The total number of packets received that had a length ors excluding framing bits but including FCS octets of between 64 and 1518 octets inclusive but had either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets Alignment Error UndersizePk The total number of packets received that were less than 64 ts octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed OversizePkt The total number of packets received that were longer than s 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Field 112 Chapter 6 Configuring RMON using Device Manager Description Fragments The total number of packets received that were less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets Alignmen
135. tistics option to clear port counters for all switches or ports To open the Port Statistics screen Choose Display Port Statistics or type d from the Switch Configuration Menu screen Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 26 Chapter 1 Network monitoring Figure 7 Port statistics screen Port Statistics Port Received Transmitted Packets Multicasts Broadcasts Total Octets Multicasts Broadcasts Total Octets Lost Packets Packets 64 bytes 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes Packets 64 bytes 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes Collisions Single Collisions Multiple Collisions Excessive Collisions Deferred Packets Late Collisions 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes FCS Errors Undersized Packets Oversized Packets Filtered Packets Flooded Packets Frame Errors ooooooocoooqocqcoeoceceo ce oooocoooc jooocq co Use space bar to display choices or enter text Press Ctrl Z to zero counters Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to Main Menu vv Table 4 Port Statistics screen fields page 26 describes the Port Statistics screen fields Table 4 Port Statistics screen fields Description Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view or reset
136. transmitted by port X lt gt Port X Choose this option to monitor all traffic received and transmitted by port X gt Port X or Port Y gt Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by port X or transmitted by port Y Note Do not use this mode for multicast and broadcast traffic gt Port X and Port Y gt Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by port X destined to port Y and then transmitted by port Y one way conversation steering Note Do not use this mode for multicast and broadcast traffic lt gt Port X and Port Y lt gt Choose this option to monitor all traffic received by port X and then transmitted by port Y or transmitted by port X and received by port Y two way conversation steering Note Do not use this mode for multicast and broadcast traffic Selecting any one of the address based monitoring modes activates the Address A and Address B screen fields where you can specify MAC addresses to monitor Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing system statistics 71 Table 26 Address based monitoring modes page 71 describes the address based monitoring modes Table 26 Address based monitoring modes Disabled Choose this option to disable port based monitoring The default setting is Disabled
137. truction c Customer is responsible for payment of any taxes including personal property taxes resulting from Customer s use of the Software Customer agrees to comply with all applicable laws including all applicable export and import laws and regulations d Neither party may bring an action regardless of form more than two years after the cause of the action arose e The terms and conditions of this License Agreement form the complete and exclusive agreement between Customer and Nortel Networks f This License Agreement is governed by the laws of the country in which Customer acquires the Software If the Software is acquired in the United States then this License Agreement is governed by the laws of the state of New York Revision History Version Reason for revision 01 01 Updated software and document references for Release 3 7 software Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 6 Revision History o LLL Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Contents Preface 11 About this guide 11 Network management tools and interfaces 11 Before you begin 12 Text conventions 12 Related publications 13 Obtaining techni
138. ts received that were directed to the multicast address This does not include packets sent to the broadcast address CRC Align Errors The number of packets received during a sampling interval that were between 64 and 1518 octets long that had a bad FCS with either an integral number of octets FCS Error or a non integral number of octets Alignment Error The packet length includes Frame Check Sequence FCS octets but not framing bits Undersize The number of packets received that were less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Oversize The number of packets received that were longer than 1518 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Fragments The number of packets received that were less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either a bad FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a non integral number of octets Alignment Error The best estimate number of collisions on this Ethernet segment Jabbers The number of packets received that were longer than 1518 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either a bad FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a non integral number of octets Alignment Error Packets The number of octets received including bad packets within the lt
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140. vents this value is zero Owner If traps are specified to be sent to the owner then this is the name of the machine that receives alarm traps Creating an event To create an event Step 1 Action In the RmonAlarms dialog box Events tab click Insert The RmonAlarms Insert Events dialog box opens Figure 45 Insert Events dialog box page 108 Figure 45 Insert Events dialog box 10 10 40 26 RmonAlarms Insert Events x Index 60536 1 65535 Description frestt 23 Type E none C log C snmp trap log and trap Community l Ower In the Description field type a name for the event Select the type of event you want The default setting is log and trap You can set the event type to log to save memory or to snmp trap to reduce traffic from the switch or for better CPU utilization If you select snmp trap or log and trap you must set trap receivers Click Insert The new event is shown in the Events tab Figure 46 New event in the Events tab page 108 Figure 46 New event in the Events tab Alarms Events Log Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential RMON Log information 109 End Deleting an event To delete an event Step Action 1 In the Events tab highlight an event Description 2 Click De
141. w outline appears around the selected ports 2 Do one of the following e From the Device Manager main menu choose Graph gt Port e From the shortcut menu choose Graph e On the toolbar click Graph The Port dialog box for a single port or for multiple ports Figure 18 Interface tab for graphing ports page 57 opens with the Interface tab displayed Figure 18 Interface tab for graphing ports rs 134 177 224 103 Graph Port 1 3 eecccad gt S End Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 58 Chapter 3 Configuring network monitoring using Device Manager S LL Table 20 Port Interface tab fields for multiple ports page 58 describes the Interface tab fields for graphing ports Table 20 Port Interface tab fields for multiple ports Field Description InOctets The total number of octets received on the interface including framing characters OutOctets The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters InUcastPkts The number of packets delivered by this sublayer to a higher sublayer that were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sublayer OutUcastPkts The number of packets that higher level protocols requested be transmitted that were not addressed to a
142. were directed to the broadcast address This does not include multicast packets The number of good packets received that were directed to the broadcast address This does not include multicast packets The number of good packets received that were directed to the multicast address This does not include packets sent to the broadcast address The number of packets received during a sampling interval that were between 64 and 1518 octets long that had a bad FCS with either an integral number of octets FCS Error or a non integral number of octets Alignment Error The packet length includes Frame Check Sequence FCS octets but not framing bits The number of packets received that were less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Oversize The number of packets received that were longer than 1518 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed In the RMON History Statistics section choose the unit and port number to be monitored Click Submit Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Standard Nortel Networks Confidential 122 Chapter 7 Configuring RMON using Web based management The RMON History Statistics Table is updated with information about the selected device and port Figure 52 RMON
143. xample of a Port Mirroring Configuration screen To open the Port Mirroring Configuration screen Choose Port Mirroring Configuration or type i from the Switch Configuration Menu screen Figure 6 Port Mirror Configuration screen Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode ESS e Ey Monitor Unit Port Unit Port X Unit Port Y Address A 00 00 00 00 00 00 j Address B 00 00 00 00 00 00 j Currently Active Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode Disabled Use space bar to display choices press lt Return gt or lt Enter gt to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to Main Menu Nortel Ethernet Switch 460 470 Configuration System Monitoring NN47210 503 01 01 Standard 3 7 22 February 2007 Copyright 2005 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Port mirroring 23 FLL Table 2 Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields page 23 describes the Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields Table 2 Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields Field Description Monitoring Mode Allows a user to select any one of six port based monitoring modes or any one of five address based monitoring modes see Table 3 Monitoring modes page 24 Selecting any one of the six port based modes activates the port X and port Y screen fields where a user can choose up to two ports to monitor Selecting any one of the five address based modes activates the

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