Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide Infrastructure Client for ISM Provision Extreme Networks, Inc. 3585 Monroe Street Santa Clara, California 95051 (888) 257-3000 http://www.extremenetworks.
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Contents Preface Introduction Terminology ix x Conventions x Related Publications 1 2 Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview Overview 1-1 Summary of Features 1-2 How ISM Provision works Your Network Devices ISM Provision Server Device Communicators Network Infrastructure Manager Client IP Service Manager Client 1-3 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-5 1-5 Starting Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Starting Network Infrastructure Manager 3 xii 2-1 2-1 Network Infrastructure Manager Over
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Summary of Features NIM Views Selecting NIM Views Network Provision View Network Inventory View Providers Administration View Server Administration View Change Control View NIM Icons Open Changes Save Changes Modify Object Copy Paste Delete Move Device Verify Configuration Synchronize Commit Changes Revert Changes Help 4 iv 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-5 3-6 3-7 3-8 3-9 3-9 3-10 3-10 3-10 3-10 3-10 3-10 3-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 Network Provisioning Overview 4-1 Networ
View Multiple Configuration Objects Modify Visible Configuration Options Modify View Options 5 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Add a New Device Add a Configuration Object Modify a Configuration Object Copy a Device or other Object Save Changes Without Changing Network Configuration Remove Changes (Revert to Server State) Change an Unmanaged Device into a Managed Device 4-20 4-21 4-22 4-26 4-29 4-34 4-34 4-35 Access Extreme Devices Directly Use Telnet to access a device Use Extreme WebVis
7 Managing the ISM Provision Server Overview 7-1 Communicators Tab 7-2 Logs Tab 7-3 Control Tab 7-4 Manage Device Communicators Add a Device Communicator Modify a Device Communicator Delete a Device Communicator View Device Communicator Logs 7-4 7-5 7-5 7-6 7-7 Manage ISM Provision Server View Other Connected Users Send Broadcast Message Stop Server View Server Log 8 7-8 7-8 7-9 7-10 7-11 Change Control Overview 8-1 Jobs 8-2 Configuration Versions 8-2 Change Control Tasks View Current Jo
C ISM Provision Server Maintenance Overview C-1 Database Backup Utility Database Backup Utility Location Using the Database Backup Utility Installing a Backup Database C-1 C-2 C-2 C-3 Adding a License Key C-3 Index Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide vii
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Preface This Preface provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, and lists other publications that may be useful. Introduction This guide provides the required information to manage a network using Extreme Networks’ Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) client as the interface for Extreme Networks’ Infrastructure and Services Management Provision (ISM Provision). This guide is intended for use by network administrators who are responsible for configuring network equipment.
If the information in the release notes shipped with your software differs from the information in this guide, follow the release notes. Terminology When features, functionality, or operation is specific to the Summit, Alpine, or BlackDiamond switch family, the family name is used. Explanations about features and operations that are the same across all Extreme switch product families simply refer to the product as the “Extreme device” or “Extreme switch.
Conventions Table 2: Text Conventions (continued) Convention Description The words “enter” and “type” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type something, and then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press the Return or Enter key when an instruction simply says “type.” [Key] names Key names are written with brackets, such as [Return] or [Esc]. If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].
Related Publications The publications related to this one are: • ISM Provision Installation Guide • IP Service Manager User Guide • ExtremeWare Software User Guide Documentation for Extreme Networks products is available on the World Wide Web at the following location: http://www.extremenetworks.
1 Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview Overview Extreme Networks’ Infrastructure and Services Management Provision (ISM Provision) is a tightly connected collection of components for delivering services to customers and for managing your network. ISM Provision allows you to easily extend services to your network users by defining and provisioning bundles of IP services.
Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview Summary of Features • Version Control of Network Configuration • Staging of Network Configuration Changes • Configuration rules checking • Helps Manage the VLANs, Access Lists, and QoS Profiles Required to Support Subscribers • Provides Service-Level Abstractions to Manage Subscribers • Client/Server Java architecture - platform independent and scalable • Offline and on-line tool - used in both green field and existing network environments • Co-exis
How ISM Provision works How ISM Provision works IP Service Manager Client NIM Client ISM Provision Server Device Communicator Device Communicator Device Communicator Device #1 Device #2 Device #3 Device #6 Device #4 Device #5 Device #7 Figure 1-1: ISM Provision Components ISM Provision consists of several different components: • ISM Provision Server • Device Communicators • Network Infrastructure Manager Client • IP Service Manager Client These components work together to manage another importa
Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview • Your Network Devices The following sections describe these components and how they interact in more detail. Your Network Devices The network managed by ISM Provision consists of your current existing network of Extreme Network devices, or a subset of your devices. Many devices can be managed by ISM Provision simultaneously. The devices are managed by querying them for their configurations, and by sending new configuration commands to them.
How ISM Provision works Typically, you will install one device communicator on the same host as the ISM Provision server, and then add other device communicators on other hosts as needed to manage the processing load of communicating with your devices. Network Infrastructure Manager Client The Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) client is used to manage changes to the network infrastructure.
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2 Starting Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Since the Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) client is part of ISM Provision, NIM relies on a running ISM Provision server and device communicator. This chapter assumes that you already have a functioning ISM Provision server and device communicator. For information about installing and starting an ISM Provision server and device communicator, see the document, ISM Provision Installation Guide, available as a PDF file, “install-1-0.
Starting Network Infrastructure Manager 1 Launch the NIM Client Launch the NIM client as you would launch other applications on your host. For example, Windows users can select Network Infrastructure Manager from the Start>Programs>Extreme Networks>ISM Provision>Applications menu.
Overview it from the drop-down list in the server field. Click on the down-arrow on the right side of the field and select the server.
Starting Network Infrastructure Manager In the User Account field, enter your user account name. The previously accessed account name is displayed in the field, so you may not need to enter a name. 4 Enter the Password for the Account Enter the account password. The account passwords are not saved and will need to be entered every session. Once the information has been entered, click the Login to Server button, then the NIM client will attempt to connect with the ISM Provision server.
Overview Figure 2-4: NIM Initial Screen When NIM launches, the Network Provision view is initially displayed. You are now ready to use NIM. See Chapter 3, Network Infrastructure Manager Overview, for more information about NIM.
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3 Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) is composed of a number of views that are organized to complement your workflow. The different views allow you to manage different functional areas controlled by NIM.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview • Configuration and topology import from devices and input files NIM Views When NIM is first launched you will be presented with the Network Provision view, as shown in Figure 3-1. The different views are described below. Figure 3-1: Initial NIM Network Provision View Selecting NIM Views There are four ways to select a particular view. One way is to select the desired view from the icons near the upper right side of the NIM client screen, as shown in Figure 3-2.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Inventory, Providers Administration, Server Administration, and Change Control. Select the icon to display the view. Network Inventory Change Control Network Provision Providers Administration Server Administration Figure 3-2: Selecting a NIM View Using Icons A second way is to select the View menu and choose the view, as shown in Figure 3-3. A third way is to use the shortcut keys also shown in Figure 3-3.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview and a number key at the same time to use the shortcuts. For example, press [ALT]+3 to choose the Providers Administration view. Figure 3-3: Selecting a NIM View Using the Menu A fourth way is to select the view from the named icons near the bottom of the NIM client screen, just above the status line, as shown in Figure 3-4.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Network Provision View Figure 3-5: NIM Network Provision View The Network Provision view is used to stage changes to your network before actually committing them to your devices. From this view, you build configurations for new devices, modify configurations for existing devices, and view the current configurations of existing devices.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview At any time you may test your modified configurations against a number of rules derived from Extreme Network devices, ExtremeWare, and good networking practices. For example, if you attempt to re-issue an IP address that would conflict with your current configurations, you will be warned and the error will be identified so you can take action. You will also be warned if you select an incompatible set of modules for an Extreme Networks chassis.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview your devices to the inventory, ISM Provision will read the current configurations and store them in the ISM Provision server. From this view you can also export and import inventory files (you can also do this from the File menu). These files contain the administrator access information for devices. If you plan to add a large number of devices to the network inventory, you will likely create an inventory file and import it.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview From this view there is a conversion tool to help you setup existing NIM objects to use in the IP Service Manager client. Server Administration View Figure 3-8: Server Administration View The Server Administration view allows you to manage the ISM Provision server and device communicator servers. From this view you can add, modify, and delete device communicators, and verify their status.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Change Control View Figure 3-9: Change Control View From the Change Control view you can manage the changes you create with NIM. For your current session, you can see the changes that you have made and not yet saved or committed to the network. There is a record of changes committed to the network and changes scheduled to be committed to the network. You can also create network configuration versions; a collection of configurations for your entire managed network.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Figure 3-10: NIM Icons: Open Changes, Save Changes, Modify Object, Copy, Paste, Delete, Move Device, Verify Configuration, Synchronize, Commit Changes, Revert Changes, Help Open Changes Select this icon to open changes that you have previously saved to the ISM Provision server. The changes will be incorporated into your Network Provision view. Once opened, you can further modify the Network Provision view, or commit the changes to the network.
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Move Device Select this icon to move the currently selected device from one folder to another. Verify Configuration Select this icon to check your changes against the ISM Provision rules. If errors or warnings are found, they will be identified, and you can change them. Synchronize Select this icon to merge the changes from the server into your view, if you did not update your view when you were first notified.
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4 Network Provisioning Overview From the Network Provision view of Network Infrastructure Manager you can display and modify device configurations. These configurations may represent the actual configurations on your network, modified configurations that you intend to deploy to your network, or configurations for devices that do not currently exist in your network.
Network Provisioning • Configuration Objects • Key Information • Unsupported Configuration Commands • Managed and Unmanaged Devices This chapter also explains how to perform a number of tasks in the Network Provision view. The first set of tasks primarily deal with displaying the configurations in the system.
Network Provision View Panels Network Provision View Panels When you select the Network Provision view of NIM you will see a screen similar to that in Figure 4-1. This figure shows a single device in the default device folder, 10.60.109.67 (Alpine 3808). To create this example, an existing network device was added to the Network Inventory, as described in Chapter 5, “Managing the Network Inventory”.
Network Provisioning The Network Provision view can show three named panels: Network, Templates, and Verification (The Verification panel is not visible in Figure 4-1). Additionally, there is a forth, unnamed panel that is always visible in Network Provision view. For convenience, this document will refer to that panel as the Properties panel. Initially, NIM will show the Network, Templates, and Properties panel, and will show the Verification panel when a verification is performed.
Configuration Objects the plus sign next to a device name, the objects that make up that device will be displayed, like modules and VLANs. You can further expand any object displayed with the plus sign. Templates Panel The Templates panel displays device templates that were part of the initial installation and any that you have added. Like the Network panel, you can expand the objects in the Templates panel by clicking on the plus sign.
Network Provisioning device configuration itself. Objects can be displayed, modified, copied, and pasted, so it is easy to add new objects with similar properties to your network configuration. Objects can contain other objects. For example, a device object contains VLANs, modules, connections, access profiles, and other objects. A device’s VLANs object contains objects named for all the VLANs on the device. A device folder object contains objects for all the devices in the folder.
Managed and Unmanaged Devices However, commands classed as unsupported can still be managed by ISM Provision. These commands are added as CLI commands to the device configurations. The Unsupported Configuration object displays a list of commands that have been added to the managed device. If you upgrade your devices to a later version of ExtremeWare, ISM Provision can still track the new features through the Unsupported Configuration command list.
Network Provisioning You will likely create an unmanaged device in preparation to adding an actual device to your network. Once you have created the configuration, you can then change the unmanaged device to a managed device, and ISM Provision will load the configuration onto the actual network device, overwriting any existing configuration on the device. View Device Configurations The Network panel in the Network Provision view of NIM displays device configurations.
View Device Configurations 1 Select the object You may need to expand an object in the Network panel to select one of its constituent objects. In the following example, to display the properties of the VLAN v1 on device 10.60.109.67 we will do a combination of expanding and selecting objects to display the final properties. Figure 4-3: Single, Unexpanded Device In the example (Figure 4-3) we start with a single, unexpanded device. By clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the device name 10.60.109.
Network Provisioning Figure 4-4: Device Expanded to Show Next Level of Objects The following figure (Figure 4-5) is a detail view of the Network panel from Figure 4-4.
View Device Configurations Figure 4-5: Network Panel Detail of Figure 4-4 The objects that make up device 10.60.109.67 are now displayed in the Network panel (To control which of these device objects are displayed, see the section “Modify Visible Configuration Options”). To display the properties of VLAN v1, click the plus sign (+) next to the VLANs object in the Network panel. Figure 4-6 shows the Network panel with the VLANs object expanded. Now the VLANs on this device are visible as separate objects.
Network Provisioning Figure 4-6: Network Panel with VLANs Expanded Now that the VLAN object v1 is visible, click on the object name to display the object properties in the Properties panel. 2 View the object in the Properties panel Figure 4-7 shows the VLAN object v1 selected and its properties displayed in the Properties panel.
View Device Configurations Figure 4-7: VLAN v1 Properties Figure 4-8 shows the Properties panel for the VLAN v1 properties in more detail. Properties such as the VLAN name, IP address, VLAN Tag (if a tagged VLAN), and others are shown in this panel.
Network Provisioning Figure 4-8: VLAN v1 Properties Detail of Figure 4-7 Some of the properties that you might expect to see of the VLAN v1 are not displayed in the panel, for example, the ports that belong to this VLAN, or whether OSPF is enabled for this VLAN. To see additional properties, notice that the VLAN object v1 has a plus sign (+) next to it in the Network panel. This indicates that this VLAN object consists of other objects.
View Device Configurations Figure 4-9: Expanded VLAN v1 Object View Multiple Configuration Objects You may need to view multiple configuration objects at the same time. For example, if you want to compare the settings for ports on two different devices, you will want to view the two objects at the same time. The Properties panel shows one object at a time, but you can open an object in its own window for viewing. Summary Steps.
Network Provisioning To view multiple configuration objects: 1 Select the object to open Selecting an object is covered in the detailed first step, “Select the object”, in the section, “View a Single Configuration Object”. Once the object is selected, it is displayed in the Properties panel. 2 Select View>Open Object To open the object, select Open Object from the View menu, or by right-clicking on the object or the Properties panel and choosing Open Object from the pop-up menu (Figure 4-10).
View Device Configurations Once you have selected Open Object, a separate window will open to display the properties of that object. This window can only display object properties; you cannot modify the object parameters or launch a wizard from this window. Figure 4-11: VLAN v1 Properties Displayed in New Window 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 Select other objects to open, then choose Open Object to display each in its own window.
Network Provisioning VLAN v1 VLAN v2 Figure 4-12: VLANs v1 and v1 Displayed in Separate Windows Modify Visible Configuration Options By default, NIM displays all the device configuration objects when the device is expanded. You may not need to change the configuration of some of the objects for your network, or you may wish to suppress display of some of the objects for your session.
View Device Configurations 1 Open the Options dialog box Right-click the Network or Properties panel to display a pop-up menu and select Options (see Figure 4-13), or select the Tools>Options menu item to open the Options dialog box. Figure 4-13: Selecting Options from Pop-Up Menu 2 Select the Visible Configuration Options tab (if not already visible) The Visible Configuration Options tab of the Options dialog box should be visible. If not, select it to bring the options forward (Figure 4-14).
Network Provisioning 3 Select the options to display Check the boxes to display the objects. Uncheck the boxes to hide the objects. The object display in the Network panel changes as you check or uncheck the boxes, so you see your changes immediately. 4 Select Close Select Close to return to NIM. Since you have not changed any of the configuration, merely suppressed its display, there will be no change to the server icons.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations configurations and modify them for new devices, create templates for typical device configurations, and coordinate changes across many devices.
Network Provisioning Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To add a new device: 1 Select a folder in the Network panel If the Network panel is not open, select it from the View menu. Once the panel is open, click the device folder into which you will add the new device.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations device folder you want to add the device to. When you add a VLAN, you select the VLANs object in the device you want to add the VLAN to. Summary Steps. To add a configuration object: 1 Select the parent object that will contain the new object 2 Launch the Create wizard (Edit>Add) 3 Enter the key information 4 Enter additional information 5 Select Finish Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section.
Network Provisioning Figure 4-15: Selecting the VLANs Object 2 Launch the Create wizard (Edit>Add) To launch the Create wizard, select the menu item Edit>Add and the object you wish to add. The object choices available to choose vary, depending on the objects that are appropriate to add to the parent object you selected. You can also launch the Create wizard by right-clicking on the parent object. The Create wizard that appears is dependent on the object you are adding.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-16: Launch the Create VLAN Wizard 3 Enter the key information The field that ends with an asterisk (*) signifies the key information for the newly created object. This is the only information required to create the object, as the other object parameters are set to default values (see Figure 4-17).
Network Provisioning Figure 4-17: Create VLAN Wizard 4 Enter additional information Enter any other parameters that you wish to set. In Figure 4-17, the Create VLAN wizard shows a panel titled Config Areas. The Config Areas panel of the wizard represents additional pages of parameters available for you to set. Select the Next button or select the entry in the Config Areas panel to move to another page of parameters. The different wizards have different parameters and differing numbers of additional pages.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Summary Steps. To modify a configuration object: 1 Select the object to modify 2 Launch the Modify wizard (Edit>Properties) 3 Edit the object properties 4 Select Finish Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To modify a configuration object: 1 Select the object to modify Display the object you wish to modify and select it by left-clicking.
Network Provisioning Figure 4-18: Launching the Modify Device Wizard 3 Edit the object properties Edit any object parameters that you wish to set. In Figure 4-19, the Modify Device wizard shows a panel titled Config Areas. The Config Areas panel of the wizard represents additional pages of parameters available for you to set. Select the Next button or select the entry in the Config Areas panel to move to another page of parameters.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-19: Modify Device Wizard 4 Select Finish When you finish setting parameters for the object, select Finish. Copy a Device or other Object You can copy an existing device to simplify adding a device to your network. Typically, you will copy a device that has a similar configuration to the configuration you will use for the new device. Once the device has been copied, you can modify it. Summary steps.
Network Provisioning Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To copy a device or other object: 1 Select the object to copy Open the Network panel from the View menu if it is not visible. If the object to copy is not visible, open its parent object by clicking its plus sign, and/or scroll until the object is visible. Once the object to copy is visible, select it by clicking it.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-20: Select the Network Device Folder 4 Select Paste You can select Paste by clicking the paste icon, by selecting the Edit>Paste menu item, by right-clicking and selecting Paste, or by pressing [CTRL]+V (see Figure 4-21). The Modify Device wizard will appear.
Network Provisioning Figure 4-21: Paste the Device 5 Enter a device name (or IP address) Enter the device name into the Modify Device wizard (see Figure 4-22). You must give the device a unique name to identify it for ISM Provision. Use the name or IP address that you plan to use when the device will be deployed, otherwise use a temporary name. If possible, do not use a temporary name. Since ISM Provision uses the name as a unique key for the device, device names cannot be directly changed.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-22: Enter Device Name 6 Select Finish, or modify the other properties Once you have entered the device name, you may modify the other properties of the device now by selecting Next, or select Finish to copy the device now. All of the properties of the newly copied device, except for the device name, can be modified later.
Network Provisioning Save Changes Without Changing Network Configuration If you have made changes to the configurations displayed in the Network Provision view, you can save the changes without changing the configuration on your devices. For example, you would save your changes if you wanted someone to review them before committing them to the network. You would also do this if you have not completed making changes, but want to save them to complete later. Steps.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations 2 Select Yes The changes are removed. At this point the Network panel of the Network Provision view displays the current state of the server. Change an Unmanaged Device into a Managed Device You should understand the section “Managed and Unmanaged Devices,” before performing this task. The unmanaged device configuration will be loaded onto the physical device that you specify and overwrite any existing configuration present on the device.
Network Provisioning Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To change an unmanaged device into a managed device: 1 Select the device to change Select the device in the Network panel of the Network Provision view. You may need to open the device folder containing the device in order to select it. To open the folder, click on the plus sign (+) next to the device folder.
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations In the left-hand box titled Config Areas, select the Managed Device Selection entry. You will see the current setting for Managed Device is unchecked, and the other fields in the wizard are grayed out (see Figure 4-26). Figure 4-26: Modify Device Wizard for Unmanaged Device 4 Select Managed Device checkbox Once you have selected the Managed Device checkbox, the other fields can be edited (see Figure 4-27).
Network Provisioning 5 Enter Device Address The Device Address field is used to inform ISM Provision of the IP address for administrative access to the device. This will be an IP address or a name that your network DNS service resolves to an IP address. 6 Enter Administrator Login and Password Enter the information into the fields. 7 Select Communication Host From the drop-down list, select the device communicator to manage this device.
Access Extreme Devices Directly If this happens, examine the errors displayed in the Results panel of the Commit Changes wizard. Fix the errors by going to the Network Provision view and modify the device configuration. Once you have made the new changes, commit them to the server. Finally, you must select the Upload Devices... button in the Network Inventory view, select the device, and select Upload. The changes committed to the server are now moved to the device.
Network Provisioning and then selecting the Tools Options tab in the Options window. Either type in the system Telnet command, or use the Browse button to find the application.) 3 Login to the device using the Telnet application When the system Telnet application opens, login to the device. You will probably use the same username and password that you specified in NIM for administrative access to this device.
5 Managing the Network Inventory Overview The Network Inventory view of NIM lists the managed devices in ISM Provision. Managed devices are the devices that exist in your network and whose configurations are synchronized with the configurations stored in the ISM Provision server. See the section, “Managed and Unmanaged Devices”, in Chapter 4, “Network Provisioning”, for more information. From the Network Inventory view you can add existing devices into the inventory and begin managing them.
Managing the Network Inventory Network Inventory view displays only those devices currently managed by ISM Provision. This chapter explains how to perform a number of tasks in the Network Inventory view. The first set of tasks allow you to manage which devices make up the network inventory. The second set of tasks allow you to synchronize the ISM Provision server with the devices, and control how the managed configuration is stored on the device.
Manage the Network Inventory List an opportunity to synchronize the ISM Provision server with your NIM client and display the device configuration in the Network Provision view. Summary Steps.
Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-1: Network Inventory View—No Devices 2 Select the Add Device button From the Network Inventory view, select the Add Device button, which launches the Create Device Entry wizard shown in Figure 5-2.
Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-2: Create Device Entry Wizard 3 Fill in the Device Name (or IP address) Fill in the first field shown in Figure 5-3. Figure 5-3: Detail of Add Device Wizard The first field is the key information for the device. This information cannot be modified once the device is added.
Managing the Network Inventory — Device Name (or IP address). This field specifies the name or IP address of the network connection that you use for administrative access for the device. Since NIM will be modifying device configurations, you must use administrative access to the device. Use the name of the device as recognized by the DNS service on your network, or use the IP address of the administrative network connection.
Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-4: Server Update Notification If you choose Update Now, the Network Provision view in NIM will update to reflect the new device you have added to the network inventory. If you choose Update Later, you will not see this new device in the Network Provision view. With either choice, you will see the device and its status displayed in the Network Inventory view, as shown in Figure 5-5.
Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-5: New Device Displayed in Network Inventory View If you choose Update Later, use the Synchronize icon later, when you update (see “Synchronize” in Chapter 3, “Network Infrastructure Manager Overview”). When you update, a window will inform you of the update progress (Figure 5-6).
Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-6: Synchronizing the View to the Server Once the view is synchronized, you will see the new device displayed in the Network Provision view.
Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-7: New Device Displayed in Network Provision View Modify a Network Inventory Device Listing Once a device is in the network inventory, you will typically not modify the device listing. However, if you modify the administrative access account or password, you will need to modify the device listing.
Manage the Network Inventory List 1 From the Network Inventory view, select the device listing to modify 2 Select the Modify Device... button to launch the Modify wizard 3 Make changes to the listing For details about the fields in this Modify wizard, see the step, “Enter the Administrator Login, and Administrator Password, Device Folder, and Communicator Host”, from the task, “Add a Device to the Network Inventory”.
Managing the Network Inventory devices to the network inventory, export an inventory file, and use a text editor to add entries to the file. Summary Steps. To import an inventory file: 1 Launch the Import Inventory wizard 2 Specify the file to import 3 Select the folder to place the devices 4 Select the devices to import 5 Select Import 6 Select Close Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section.
Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-8: Import Inventory Wizard 2 Specify the file to import The Inventory In File button on the Import Inventory wizard is labeled with the currently selected inventory file, or if no file has been selected, the button will be labeled Choose.... To change the import file, select this button, and a Select Inventory File wizard will appear (see Figure 5-9).
Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-9: Select Inventory File Select the file name from the file listing by clicking it or type it into the File name field, then select the button labeled Select Inventory File to return to the Import Inventory wizard. 3 Select the folder to place the devices Use the Import To Device Folder drop-down list to select the device folder (see Figure 5-8).
Manage the Network Inventory List Export Inventory File You would export an inventory file to save the administrative access information for devices managed by ISM Provision. To export an inventory file: 1 Launch the Export Inventory wizard Select the Export Inventory... button in Network Inventory view, or select File>Export>Inventory... from the menu.
Managing the Network Inventory inventory (and topology) files is “.topo”. If you do not specify an extension, the default will be appended to your file name. 3 Specify the folder that contains the devices to export Use the Export Device Folder drop-down list to display the devices from a single folder, or select All to display all the devices. The Devices panel will display the devices to select from. 4 Specify the export options Select the options for saving the file.
Manage the Network Inventory Devices See the task, “Modify a Device Communicator”, in Chapter 7, “Managing the ISM Provision Server”, for details on setting the automatic upload parameters. The Upload Devices... button allows you to manually upload the device configuration from the device at any time. You might do this to synchronize the device with the ISM Provision server if you have directly accessed the device and made configuration changes. For one special case, the Upload Devices...
Managing the Network Inventory Select which device you want to upload, clicking on an individual device, or use the multiple select of your window manager (commonly [SHIFT]-click to select the whole list, [CTRL]-click to add items to a list). 4 Select Upload The wizard will close and the selected devices’ device communicators begin the process of uploading the configurations to the server.
Manage the Network Inventory Devices Figure 5-12: Save Running Configuration Wizard 2 Select the device folder You can display the devices from a single folder, or choose All Device Folders from the drop-down list to display all devices. 3 Select the devices and locations Click to select individual devices or the Select All button for all the devices. Use the drop-down list to select the save location (primary or secondary) or use the buttons Make All Primary or Make All Secondary.
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6 Managing Providers Overview The Providers Administration view in Network Infrastructure Manager allows you to control access to devices, ports, and other resources managed by ISM Provision. You create a provider, add accounts to that provider, decide which ports of which devices they will have access to, and define pools of VLAN tags and IP addresses that they are allowed to use.
Managing Providers The Infrastructure Provider The infrastructure provider entry is a special one. This provider entry is used to manage the user accounts for NIM, controlling access to the ISM Provision server from the NIM client. For this reason, the infrastructure provider cannot be deleted. When you login to NIM, there is a read-only entry of “infrastructure” for the Provider field in the login screen.
Managing Providers Summary Steps. To create a provider and provider accounts: 1 Launch the Create Provider wizard 2 Enter the provider name 3 Select Next 4 Launch the Create Provider Account wizard 5 Enter the account login and password 6 Select Finish when done Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To create a provider and provider accounts: 1 Launch the Create Provider wizard To launch the wizard, choose Edit>Add>Provider from the menu bar.
Managing Providers Figure 6-2: Creating a Provider 3 Select Next Now add user accounts to your provider; select the Next button to go to the Provider Account Table page. When the Provider Account Table appears, you will notice that a default account with username admin and no password have been created. To create other accounts, select the plus sign (+) in the Options box to add a new provider user account (see Figure 6-3).
Managing Providers 4 Launch the Create Provider Account wizard Once you have selected the icon to add a new provider account, the Create Provider Account wizard appears (Figure 6-4). Figure 6-4: Create Provider Account Wizard 5 Enter the account login and password Enter the account Login and Password, then select Finish. Continue adding accounts for the provider by selecting the plus sign (+) in the Provider Account Table page of the Create Provider wizard (Figure 6-3).
Managing Providers 1 Select the provider 2 Launch the Create Provider Device Access wizard 3 Select device and ports 4 Add, modify, and delete VLAN tag pools and loopback VLAN tag pools 5 Add IP ranges 6 Select Finish Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section.
Managing Providers 3 Select device and ports Select the device from the drop-down list. Select the Subscriber Ports from the Available Selections panel. Select the desired ports, clicking on an individual port, or use the multiple select of your window manager (commonly [SHIFT]-click to select the whole list, [CTRL]-click to add items to a list). Once you have selected the ports, select the Add button to add them to the Current Selections panel. Repeat the process for the Loopback Ports.
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7 Managing the ISM Provision Server Overview The Server Administration view of NIM allows you to view and control the ISM Provision server and device communicators. The Server Administration view is divided into three tabs, the Communicators tab, the Logs tab, and the Control tab. This chapter explains the functions of the Server Administration view tabs: • Communicators Tab • Logs Tab • Control Tab This chapter also explains how to perform a number of tasks in the Server Administration view.
Managing the ISM Provision Server — View Other Connected Users — Send Broadcast Message — Stop Server — View Server Log Communicators Tab The Communicators tab allows you to manage the parameters of the device communicators in your system. You can add new device communicator entry to the ISM Provision server, so that the server will allow that communicator to connect.
Logs Tab Logs Tab The Logs tab allows you to examine the server and device communicator logs (see Figure 7-2).
Managing the ISM Provision Server Control Tab The Control tab allows you to view which other users are connected to the server, to send a broadcast message to those users, and to stop the server.
Manage Device Communicators • Delete a Device Communicator • View Device Communicator Logs Add a Device Communicator From the Communicators tab in the Server Administration view you can add a device communicator. This task allows an already installed device communicator to connect with the ISM Provision server and begin to manage devices. This task assumes that the device communicator has already been installed and that you can start the communicator at the end of this task.
Managing the ISM Provision Server 1 Select Modify Device Communicator button Choose the Communicators tab in the Server Administration view in order to see the Modify Device Communicator button. 2 Enter new values for Auto-Synch Enabled, Synch Timer, and Telnet Timeout 3 Select Finish The changes take effect immediately. They do not have to be committed to the server. Delete a Device Communicator When you delete a device communicator, you actually delete its connection to the ISM Provision server.
Manage Device Communicators Figure 7-4: Delete Device Communicator Wizard 2 Select Delete The device communicator entry is immediately removed from the server, and the devices become unmanaged devices. View Device Communicator Logs You can view the device communicator logs from the Logs tab of the Server Administration view. You can filter the log to show messages from all devices or from a single device. Steps.
Managing the ISM Provision Server Manage ISM Provision Server The following tasks manage the device communicators in your ISM Provision system, and are performed from the Communicators tab of the Server Administration view of NIM: • View Other Connected Users • Send Broadcast Message • Stop Server • View Server Log View Other Connected Users Select the Control tab of the Server Administration view to see all the other users connected to the server (see Figure 7-5).
Manage ISM Provision Server Send Broadcast Message From the Control tab in the Server Administration view, you can send a text message to all the clients connected to the ISM Provision server. You may want to do this if you plan on stopping the server, or if you plan to do a configuration rollback. Summary Steps. To send a broadcast message: 1 Type the message into the Broadcast Message to Users... panel 2 Select the Send Message button Detailed Steps.
Managing the ISM Provision Server 2 Select the Send Message button Once the Send Message button is selected, the message is sent to all the connected clients. They will see a copy of the message similar to Figure 7-7. Figure 7-7: Server Broadcast Message Stop Server From the Control tab in the Server Administration view, you can stop the ISM Provision server. However, you will also shut down your client applications; NIM will immediately exit if you stop the server.
Manage ISM Provision Server For Windows and Solaris installations, there are other ways to start and stop the server. See the ISM Provision Installation Guide for more information. View Server Log You can view the ISM Provision server log from the Logs tab of the Server Administration view. Select the Main Server tab, then the Refresh button, to view the log (see Figure 7-9).
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8 Change Control Overview The Change Control view of NIM allows you to commit changes to the ISM Provision server, view the current uncommitted changes that you have made, to view previously committed, scheduled, or saved changes, and to create and rollback configuration versions.
Change Control Jobs Every time you add, modify, or delete any object, this change is captured by the client to either save or commit to the ISM Provision server. When you save or commit your changes, this list of individual additions, modifications, and deletions is sent to the ISM Provision server as a single entity called a job.
Change Control Tasks Change Control Tasks The following tasks can be accomplished in the Change Control view of Network Infrastructure Manager: • View Current Job Changes • View Committed, Scheduled, or Saved Jobs • Delete Scheduled or Saved Jobs • Create Configuration Version • Rollback to a Configuration Version View Current Job Changes Every change you make in NIM is captured in the current job.
Change Control Figure 8-1: Current Job Changes View Committed, Scheduled, or Saved Jobs Committed, scheduled, and saved jobs are displayed on tabs in the Change Control view of NIM. For these tabs, you can filter which jobs are displayed, by provider and device communicator, and by individual user account. Once selected you can review the job, and view the result of committing or saving it. Summary Steps.
Change Control Tasks 5 Review the job 6 Select Close Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To view a committed, scheduled, or saved job: 1 Select the Committed, Scheduled, or Saved Jobs tab in the Change Control view From the Change Control view, select the tab for the job you want to view (see Figure 8-2).
Change Control Select which category of jobs you want to view. Infrastructure represents the jobs originating with a NIM client, Device Communicator represents jobs committed when a device communicator synchronizes the server with a managed device, and the other providers represent jobs from the IPSM clients. Figure 8-3: Job Filter Choices 3 Select the job to review by clicking on the job name 4 Select the Review button Once you select the Review button, the Details For Job window opens.
Change Control Tasks On the right-hand side of the window you can select tabs to view created, modified, and deleted objects in this job. Select the tab of interest, then select the object of interest by clicking on it. Selected details about the object will be displayed in the Selected ... Details panel. If you are examining a committed job that was rejected, you will find useful information in the Job Results tab. 6 Select Close Select Close to close the window.
Change Control 1 Select the Configuration Versioning tab in the Change Control view The Configuration Versioning tab displays the current versions (see Figure 8-5). Figure 8-5: Configuration Versioning Tab 2 Select the Create Version button The Create Version button opens the Create Configuration Version wizard. 3 Name the Version, add comments Name the version and add any comments.
Change Control Tasks hourglass until the process is complete. You cannot perform any other functions with Network Infrastructure Manager until the version is created. When the message, “Configuration version request was completed successfully.”, appears in the panel, the process is complete and you can continue using NIM. Rollback to a Configuration Version Rollback will return your network and ISM Provision server to a previously saved configuration version.
Change Control 3 Select the Rollback button This will open a confirmation window. 4 Select Continue to confirm 5 Select Continue to acknowledge the rollback start message A broadcast message window announces that a rollback is in progress. 6 View the Operation Status panel for rollback progress While the rollback configuration version loaded, you can view the progress of the process in the Operation Status panel. The mouse cursor for NIM will remain an hourglass until the process is complete.
A ISM Provision Devices, Images, and Modules Supported Devices, Images and Modules Table A-1 lists the device/module combinations supported by ISM Provision version 1.0. Table A-2 lists the device/image combinations that are supported. ISM Provision will support later image versions than those listed, but can only support the features in the latest image listed. New features introduced in later images are not supported in this version.
Table A-1: Supported Modules1 (continued) Modules Alpine 3802 Alpine 3804 Alpine 3808 BD 6804 BD 6808 BD 6816 WDM Y Y Y Y Y Y F48T N N N Y Y Y F96T N N N Y Y Y G8T N N N Y Y Y G8X N N N Y Y Y G12SX N N N Y Y Y P3CM N N N Y Y Y P3CS N N N Y Y Y 1. Not all supported module types are supported in all image versions 2. Requires WAN image for support Table A-2: Supported Devices and Images1 Device Type 6.1.8 6.1.9 6.2.0 6.2.1 6.1.8w3.0.x 6.1.
B ISM Provision Rules Overview The ISM Provision clients will check device configurations against their own set of rules and issue errors or warnings whenever the rules are violated. This rule checking occurs manually whenever you select the Verify Configuration icon or the menu item Changes>Verify Configuration.
Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server Object Rule Type Access List (ICMP, IP, TCP, & UDP) Check if the label/name is already in use by an Abstract VLAN (VLAN or Sub-VLAN) or a STPD object Error Check if the specified addresses extend into their address masks Error Check if the specified precedence of all access lists are not Error unique Device Check module/slot compatibility in Alpine 3802 Error Device IGMP Check if response interval > query interval in timer Erro
Overview Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Multilink Port Group Check if the group is not in any VLAN while being enabled Error Check if the group does not have any ports while being added to a VLAN Error Check if the group is IPCP and is being added to a Sub-VLAN Error Multilink PPP Check if the PPP configuration’s group does not have any ports while configuring the group to run PPP with BCP or IPCP.
Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Topology Check if both ends of the trunk: Error VLAN • have the same port type • have the same Auto Negotiation/Speed/Duplex setting • are both fiber or both copper • have the same PPP parameters • have the same channel size • have the same framing • have the same VLAN tag • have the same VLAN IP subnet • have unique VLAN IP addresses Check if both ends of the trunk have the same VLAN ta
Overview Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type VLAN Bootp When enabling, check if the IP address is configured on the VLAN Error VLAN DVMRP When enabling, check if PIM is also enabled on the VLAN Error When enabling, check if the IP address is not configured on the VLAN Error When enabling, check if IP forwarding is not enabled on the VLAN Warning While changing the group number, check if ESRP is currently enabled/running on the VLAN
Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Check if the port is enabled and is IPCP, but the VLAN which the port is under does not have an IP address configured Error Check if the port is IPCP and is being added to a Sub-VLAN Error Table B-2: Rules Checked by the IPSM client and ISM Provision server Object Rule Type IP Range Subscriber Check if the IP address is not within the Provider’s IP ranges Error Check if the VLAN tag is not within th
Overview Table B-3: Rules Checked by ISM Provision server (continued) Object IP Subscriber Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide Rule Type Check if the VLAN tag is within the provider tag pool Error Check if the IP address range is within the Provider IP range Error Check if the loopback port is the same as the subscriber port Error B-7
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C ISM Provision Server Maintenance Overview You will want to periodically backup the ISM Provision server to avoid having to recreate your ISM Provision information. There is a database backup utility available to safely perform the task. See the section, “Database Backup Utility”, for instructions on backing up a database and installing a backup database. Another database related task is to add license keys to the server.
Database Backup Utility Location In this appendix, the term “” represents the directory where you installed ISM Provision. For Windows installations, the backup utility is found in the following location: \sybase\SQL Anywhere7\win32\dbbackup.
Adding a License Key This command generates a backup of the database in the specified backup directory. The backup consists of two files, ismp.db and ismp.log. All database files are backed up. These files should be saved so they can be used to replace the original files in the event of a problem. Syntax:dbbackup [switches] directory Table C-1: dbbackup Command Switches Switch Description -c “keyword=value; ...
Steps. To add an additional license key: 1 Make a backup copy of the ISMPLicense.txt file In case you have some problem, you can always revert to the original file. 2 Stop the ISM Provision server The server periodically accesses the file, so you may want to stop the server. You will definitely need to start the server again to force it to read the license file after you add the new key, so we recommend that you stop the server at this point. 3 Open the ISMPLicense.
Adding a License Key Figure C-2: ISMPLicenseKey.txt File with New Key Added 5 Save the file 6 Start the ISM Provision server When you start the server, it will read the new ISMPLicenseKey.txt file and update your access. Start the ISM Provision software following the instructions in the ISM Provision Installation Guide for your operating system environment. To verify if the current licenses have been read correctly by the server, examine the server log.
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Index A account password add configuration object device provider 2-4 4-22 5-2 6-2 C capture configurations capture existing network change unmanaged device to managed changes remove revert save commands unsupported configuration display save running unsupported commands verify view options configuration errors configuration object add create modify configuration warnings configurations capturing 5-1 5-1 4-35 4-29 4-29 4-34 4-6 4-8 5-18 4-6 B-1 4-18 B-1 4-22 4-22 4-26 B-1 5-1 create modify conventions
existing network capture export inventory file 5-1 5-15 I icons, named import inventory file infrastructure provider inventory network inventory file export IP Service Manager ISM Provision ISM Provision Server ISM Provision server 3-4 5-11 6-2 5-2 5-11 5-15 1-1, 1-5 1-1 1-4 1-4 J job NIM NIM client account password launch login user account NIM views selecting 1-5 2-4 2-2 2-2 2-4 3-2 O object copy open Objects objects suppress display open object options configuration view view 4-29 4-15 4-5 4-18 4
NIM views server update server rules enable service bundles special case upload device start subscribers suppress display of objects synchronize 3-2 1-4 5-6 B-1 B-1 1-5 4-39 2-1 1-5 4-18 5-6 T Telnet Templates panel 4-39 4-5 U unmanaged device change to managed unmanaged devices unsupported configuration commands update server upload device upload device special case user account NIM client 4-35 4-7 4-6 5-6 5-16 4-39 2-4 2-4 V Verification panel verification panel verify configuration view options vie
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