HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX User Guide
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Contents 1 Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OVUX Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Features of HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 HP Proactive Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Support for New Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Technical Product Support . . . . . . . .
Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Stopping the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Restarting the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 5 Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform HP Proactive Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Status - Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Configuration - Fault Detection . . . . . . . . . .
10 HP Hub & Switch Management Admin Starting HP Hub & Switch Management Admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 HP Admin Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 Network Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 User Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 Graph Options Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX This chapter includes: ■ Introduction ■ Features of HP Hub & Switch Management ■ Technical Product Support Introduction This guide will help you use HP Hub & Switch Management for basic management of HP network devices. We assume that you are a knowledgeable HP-UX system and network administrator, and have supervisory access to your network system and devices.
Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Features of HP Hub & Switch Management Features of HP Hub & Switch Management This section presents some of the features that are included in this version of HP Hub & Switch Management.
Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Features of HP Hub & Switch Management Scalable solutions from 10 Mbps to Gigabit Ethernet ■ Blocks unwanted traffic with Protocol Filtering HP Proactive Networking products save time, money and increase productivity. The agent-enabled, web-based management component of Proactive Networking is embedded in newly introduced HP managed hubs and switches. It consists of a Java-based Web agent and an embedded web server.
Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Technical Product Support Technical Product Support Product support is available on the World Wide Web. The URL is: http://www.hp.com/go/procurve Click on Support.
2 Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX This chapter includes: Support Information ■ Management Station Requirements ■ Hardware Requirements ■ Software Requirements ■ Required Network Configuration ■ Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management ■ Removing HP Hub & Switch Management Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- ■ It is assumed that your network devices are properly set up.
Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Management Station Requirements Management Station Requirements Hardware The following table shows the recommendations for HP 9000 hardware. Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- HP 9000 Systems with HP-UX 10.20 or 11.
Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Required Network Configuration * The more OpenView Windows (ovw) sessions you run, the more OS configured swap space will be necessary. A good guideline is to configure 25 megabytes of swap space for each additional ovw session that you expect to run. Required Network Configuration ■ Correct IP addressing. The IP addresses and subnet masks must be correctly configured on the manager station, and on all routers and gateway hosts that support SNMP.
Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Required Patches Required Patches The following patches must be installed before installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX. Contact your HP Authorized Dealer or the nearest HP Sales and Support Office, or download the patches from the HP Electronic Support Center. The URL is: http://us-support2.external.hp.com Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- The two patches are: ■ For HP-UX 10.20 — PHSS_15043 S700_800 10.
Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Removing HP Hub & Switch Management Note: It is also a good practice to make a backup of your current OpenView application (especially your network map) before proceeding with the installation of new applications.
Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Removing HP Hub & Switch Management them, that is, remove Hub & Switch Management first, then remove Network Node Manager and/or the SNMP Management Platform. Instructions are given here for removing the Hub & Switch Management product. If you want to remove Network Node Manager, see the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Products Installation Guide. Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- To remove products for HP-UX 10.20 or 11.
3 Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management This chapter introduces HP Hub & Switch Management and includes the following topics: ■ HP Hub & Switch Management Overview ■ HP OpenView Network Management Platform ■ Definitions, Processes, and Files ■ What Devices Can Be Managed HP Hub & Switch Management Overview HP Hub & Switch Management is integrated with HP OpenView Network Node Manager applications.
Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management HP OpenView Network Management Platform HP OpenView Network Management Platform HP OpenView is a “platform” for network management applications. As a platform, it allows multiple network management applications that are OpenView compliant—such as HP Hub & Switch Management—to share platform functionality and a common display.
Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management Definitions, Processes, and Files SNMP Manager and Agents HP Hub & Switch Management uses SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) to communicate with managed devices. SNMP commands are transmitted and received on the network using the Internet Protocol (IP). The network management station used to run Hub & Switch Management is referred to as an SNMP manager system. HP devices with SNMP agents are called agent systems.
Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management What HP Devices Can Be Managed What HP Devices Can Be Managed For device management, HP Hub & Switch Management provides a Device View for most managed HP devices. You can display a Device View using your browser if this feature is supported for the device. The devices that support this feature are noted in the table below. Table 3-1.
Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management What HP Devices Can Be Managed Table 3-2.
Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management What HP Devices Can Be Managed Table 3-2. HP AdvanceStack and ProCurve Devices That Can be Managed HP J3301A AdvanceStack 10Base-T Hub 12M Browser-manageable (firmware A.01.xx) HP J3303A AdvanceStack 10Base-T Hub 24M Browser-manageable (firmware A.01.xx) Note 1 Optional SNMP module for HP 100 VG hubs is J2414A or J2414B Optional SNMP module for 10Base-T hubs is J2603A/B.
4 Running HP Hub & Switch Management This chapter describes how to start and stop HP Hub & Switch Management. It includes the following topics: ■ Starting the Manager Application ■ Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set ■ Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application Note: Before you begin, you should ensure that the network devices are properly set up for IP operation. For information on setting up HP network devices, see Appendix A.
Running HP Hub & Switch Management Starting the Manager Application 2. Optionally, execute the /opt/OV/bin/ovstatus command to verify that the trapd, ovwdb, ovtopmd, and netmon background processes are running. If the background processes are not running, execute the /opt/OV/bin/ovstart command. If you are surprised that a background process is not running, run ovstart -v, which gives you more information. The ovstart command starts the background processes. (You must be root to perform this step.) 3.
Running HP Hub & Switch Management Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set prevent jobs from stopping, you may want to redirect messages to a temporary file. To run ovw in the background and to redirect error messages to a temporary file, type ovw > /tmp/ovw.log 2>&1 & This starts up the entire product set you have installed. The graphical network map will be generated in a window, with the HP Hub & Switch Management menu items available in the pull-down menus from the menu bar.
Running HP Hub & Switch Management Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application Table 4-1. OpenView Menu Items OpenView Menu Menu Item added by HP Hub & Switch Management Description Options HP Hub & Switch Admin Runs the HP Admin utility for setting Hub & Switch Management parameters. Note: For information on setting up network devices for IP operation, see Appendix A. Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application Stopping the Manager Stopping the manager consists of: 1.
Running HP Hub & Switch Management Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application Restarting the Manager If you have stopped the background processes and you want to restart them, use the command /opt/OV/bin/ovstart.
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Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform HP Proactive Networking Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform This chapter contains information on: ■ HP Proactive Networking ■ Interpreting the Alert Log HP Proactive Networking HP Proactive Networking offers the combined benefits of outstanding products and effective, easy-to-use network management that provide you with the control, uptime and performance your network needs. Note: Devices that are manageable with your Web browser feature HP Proactive Networking.
Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform HP Proactive Networking Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform ■ Advanced Switching. New switching techniques like meshing, VLAN tagging, and voice and data handling provide high performance networking for the future. Control of Costs. HP provides Total Cost of Ownership benefits by focusing on “out-of-the-box” manageability based on a combination of HP Top Tools for Hubs & Switches and management-enabled hardware. Uptime Find, Fix, Inform.
Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/Inform Switch meshing for switching ■ Cisco Fast EtherChannel® for servers HP Proactive Networking products save time, money and increase productivity. Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/ Inform The Alert Log is displayed in the lower area of the device’s Status - Overview page.
Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/Inform Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform Table 5-1. Find/Fix/Inform Faults Problem How the Problem is Indicated Fault 7: Auto Partition (hubs only) Indicated by a port repeatedly partitioning and healing due to a network loop or problem cable. Fault 8: Misconfigured SQE (hub only) Indicates a misconfigured transceiver detected by internal hardware. Fault 9: Polarity reversal (hub only) Indicates a mis-wired cable detected by internal hardware.
Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/Inform ■ Full/Half-duplex mismatch Acknowledging Events. Click on the Acknowledge Selected Events button to indicate that you have seen the alert. Acknowledging an alert changes its state from new to open. Closing Events. To close an alert and remove it from the Alert Log, select the alert and click on the Close Events button. Sorting Events.
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Accessing Hub Features More Information on Device Features 6 Accessing Hub Features Note: For older HP devices that cannot be managed with a Web browser, read the chapter “Management for Non-Browserable Devices” or see the online help.
Accessing Hub Features Accessing the Device View Accessing the Device View Accessing Hub Features To launch the Device View, double-click on a device symbol in the HP Network Node Manager map or right-mouse-click on the device symbol and select Monitor HP Hub/Switch. The Status - Overview page for the device displays. Select the Configuration tab and click on Device View to display the port view of the device.
Accessing Hub Features Interpreting Device Status Accessing Hub Features Figure 6-1. Segmented Hub Status Overview Page Reading the Performance Gauges The performance gauges display statistical information about the selected device. By looking at the gauges, you can quickly determine if there are problems with the network utilization, collisions, the number of broadcasts per second, or the number of error packets. The gauges are refreshed every five seconds.
Accessing Hub Features Accessing Hub Features Interpreting Device Status Table 6-1. Gauge Attributes for Hubs Attribute Description Severity Values Utilization% Represents the traffic on the port as a percentage of the port’s bandwidth. Warning: 40% Critical: 75% Collisions% Represents the number of collisions that have occurred expressed as a percentage of the packets transmitted through the port.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Table 6-2. Switching Hub Global Counters Description Total Octets Total number of octets of data (including bad packets) received on the network. This object can be used to estimate Ethernet utilization. Broadcast Packets Messages sent to all users on the network. Multicast Packets Multicast packets are delivered to a subset of users on the network, as opposed to Broadcast packets, which are sent to all users.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Accessing Hub Features If the device you selected is not manageable by browser, you can only manage it from the management workstation. Figure 6-2. 10Base-T Hub-12M Device View You can enable and disable individual ports (click on the port to select it), or click on the Select All Ports button to enable or disable all the ports of a device in one step. For the switching hub, select a hub or card from the stack using the drop down list at the top.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Click on the link “meaning behind the port icons” to view the port indicator legend. Configuration - Fault Detection The automatic fault detection feature protects your network from failing because of problems such as network loops, defective cables, transceivers and faulty network interface cards. The Fault Detection page lets you set the sensitivity and actions that occur when a fault is detected on a port in your network.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Figure 6-3. Fault Detection Sensitivity Settings Configuration - System Information The System Information page lets you enter a system name for the device, the location of the device, and whom to contact in the event of a problem. Configuring IP Accessing Hub Features Select the way that you want IP addresses configured for your network: ■ Manual - Set the IP address through the console.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device A static IP address is a unique address that is assigned to one client only. Static addresses are used for an extended time period. Port Configuration The Port Configuration page displays information about the hub ports. To enable a port, select the port number in the page, then click Enable Selected Ports. Use the Disable Selected Ports button to disable a port or group of ports. The information displayed is described in the table.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Accessing Hub Features network ports (twisted-pair, ThinLAN, or AUI/Xcvr) can be used as the primary port or backup port. Figure 6-4. Setting Backup Links You can create one or more backup links by selecting the Backup Links button and clicking on the Add New Backup Link... button at the bottom of that page. The parameters are described in the table. Table 6-4.
Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Table 6-4. Backup Link Parameters Parameter Description Test Time The interval in seconds between test packets sent between the primary port and the receiving device.This checks the integrity of the link to determine whether to initiate a backup link. Retries The maximum number of times the primary port can fail before the backup port becomes active. Configuring Load Balancing - Switching Hubs To access this feature, select the Load Balancing button.
Accessing Hub Features Accessing Hub Features Configuring Your Device Figure 6-5. Support URL If you want to change the URL that is accessed when the Support tab is selected, type in the new address and click on the Apply Changes button. For example, you could change the URL to launch your site home page.
Managing Switches Switch Status 7 Managing Switches This chapter has information on: ■ Switch Status ■ Switch Identity ■ Configuration ■ Using VLANs ■ Support/Mgmt URL Switch Status To launch the Status - Overview page for a switch that is manageable by browser, double-click on the switch symbol in the HP Network Node Manager map or right-mouse-click on the symbol and select Monitor HP Hub/Switch.
Managing Switches Switch Status Figure 7-1. Switch Status Overview Page Graph Area Managing Switches The bar graph gives a quick overview of the performance of the switch. Each bar shows the highest percentage of transmitted (TX) or received (RX) traffic utilization for that port in the last five seconds. The graph area proportionally depicts three attributes for each port: ■ Unicast packets - The percent utilization for packets that were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address.
Managing Switches Switch Status The graph only scales to 40% utilization. Network utilization above this level indicates serious performance problems. The graph also shows you if a port is active, disabled, or not connected. Alert Log Area - Find/Fix/Inform The “Find/Fix/Inform” capability of a device helps you proactively manage your network by displaying traps sent from the device in an easily accessible browser page. The device monitors counters and internal hardware information.
Managing Switches Switch Status Status - Port Counters The Port Counters information for switches displays specific network conditions or traffic. See the online help for more information about each counter. Status - Port Status The Port Status page (switches only) displays the operational status of each switch port. The settings can be changed in the Configuration - Port Configuration page. The Port Status settings are described in the following table. Managing Switches Table 7-1.
Managing Switches Identity Table 7-1. Port Status Settings Setting Description Bcast Limit (not available on the HP J3298 A or HP J3299A) The Broadcast Limit, expressed as a percentage of broadcast packets relative to the theoretical limit. Any broadcast or multicast traffic exceeding this limit will be dropped. A value of zero indicates that no limit is to be applied. Values range from 0-99. Identity The Identity tab displays the following information about the switch:.
Managing Switches Configuration Figure 7-2. HP ProCurve Switch 4000M Device View Managing Switches Configuration - Fault Detection The automatic fault detection feature protects your network from failing because of problems such as network loops, defective cables, transceivers and faulty network interface cards. Network problems are automatically detected and entered in the Alert Log.
Managing Switches Configuration Never: The device will never make any entries in the Alert Log regardless of the severity of the problem. Configuration - System Information The System Information page lets you enter a system name for the device, the location of the device, and whom to contact in the event of a problem. Configuration - IP Configuration Select the way that you want IP addresses configured for your network: ■ Manual - Set the IP address through the console.
Managing Switches Configuration Managing Switches Figure 7-3. Switch IP Configuration Characteristics of Bootp and DHCP. The Bootp protocol is designed for a network in which each host has a permanent network location. It is not adaptable to a mobile computing environment. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) manages the allocation of TCP/IP configuration information by automatically assigning IP addresses.When a device connects to the network, it requests an address from the DHCP server.
Managing Switches Configuration Configuration - Port Configuration The Port Configuration page displays information about the switch ports. The settings are explained in the following table. To modify a port setting, click on a port then select the Modify Selected Ports button. Modify multiple ports at one time by using Ctrl-Click to select the desired ports. Note: Some switches support trunking. For information on trunking, see the online help for that device. Managing Switches Figure 7-4.
Managing Switches Configuration Managing Switches Table 7-2. Switch Port Configuration Settings Setting Description Port The port number. The port may be appended with one of the following: • Trkx - The port trunk to which this port belongs • Mesh - The port has been assigned to a switch mesh domain • MP - The port is a Monitor Port Port Type The MAC layer type, for example, 100VG or FDDI. Enabled Whether the port is enabled or disabled. Config Mode The speed and duplexing for the port.
Managing Switches Configuration Using VLANS Virtual LANs, or VLANs, are generally defined as broadcast domains created with software rather than being a function of the hardware. They can be viewed as a group of end nodes, possibly on different physical LAN segments, that can communicate with each other. As networks expand, more routers are needed to separate users into broadcast domains. Latency degrades network performance, and is a special problem for multimedia applications.
Managing Switches Configuration ■ Providing an easy, flexible, less costly way to modify logical groups in changing environments ■ Preserving current investment in equipment and cabling ■ Allowing administrators to “fine tune” the network ■ Providing independence from the physical topology of the network VLANs make large networks more manageable. You can group users according to some shared characteristic, such as a common business function or a common protocol.
Managing Switches Configuration For example, if User A sends out a broadcast message to connect to its server, the request is sent out of all ports on the switch. When the server responds to User A, the switch intercepts the response and learns that the server is on that port. When User B sends a request to the same server, the switch already knows which port that server is on and sends that information to User B, just as if the server had responded to the request.
Managing Switches Configuration transmit RIPs or SAPs. When this feature is not enabled, IPX RIP/SAP packets are forwarded to all ports. Automatic IP Gateway Configuration When Automatic IP Gateway Configuration is enabled, the switch will modify replies from the DHCP server so that the Default Gateway IP address of a client becomes the client’s own IP address. This is useful in a multinetted environment (where more than one IP network is configured in a single broadcast domain).
Managing Switches Configuration switch then sends the packet to the ports with members of the destination multicast group. Special multicast routers/queriers communicate by using three message types - query, report, and leave group. The query message, sent by a querier, is used to discover which network interfaces belong to a multicast group. Each host responds to the query message with a report message that tells the querier the host is a member of the multicast group.
Managing Switches Configuration Managing Switches Figure 7-6. Switch Device Features If you have configured VLANs for the switch (you must do this with the device console), select a VLAN for which the features will apply. Configuration - Support/Mgmt URLs Support URL To go directly to the HP Support Site on the World Wide Web, click on the Support tab. You will launch the site indicated by the URL that has been entered in the Configure - Support/Mgmt URLs page.
Managing Switches Configuration If you want to change the URL that is accessed when the Support tab is selected, type in the new address and click on the Apply Changes button. For example, you could change the URL to launch your site home page. Managing Switches Figure 7-7. Setting URLs for Support and the Management Station Management Server URL Enter the URL for your management server. This will let you display the online help at any client in the network.
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Setting Up Security for a Device Device Passwords 8 Setting Up Security for a Device It is advisable to set up security for your devices to prevent unauthorized access to the device or the network. You can configure device security to prevent unauthorized use of certain parts of the network by certain nodes, and to keep unwanted traffic out of certain parts of the network.
Setting Up Security for a Device Device Passwords Figure 8-1. Assign Passwords to a Device There are two categories of passwords: ■ Operator (Read only): The Operator can view all pages except the Security pages. For switches, this password is the same as the console password. ■ Manager (Full Read and Write permissions): The Manager can view all pages and make any changes in any page.
Setting Up Security for a Device Device Passwords Table 8-1. Manager/Operator Password Combinations Passwords Read Protected Write Protected Results Manager password set Operator password not set N/A Yes Anyone can get Read Access, but only the Manager can read and write to the device. Recommended minimum setting. Manager password set Operator password set Yes Yes Both the Manager and the Operator have Read Access, but only the Manager has Write Access. Everyone else is shut out of the device.
Setting Up Security for a Device Port Security Port Security You can assign security levels on hubs port by port. Select the Port Security button to view the current settings for each port. Figure 8-2. View the Security Settings for Each Port. Address Selection Address Selection refers to how the authorized address for a port is discovered. The three settings are explained in the table. Setting Up Security for a Device Table 8-2.
Setting Up Security for a Device Port Security Table 8-2. Address Selection Setting Description First Heard The device learns the address of the device attached to the port and makes it the authorized MAC address. If a different device is later attached to the port, the new address is registered as an “intruder address”; a security violation has occurred and the port is automatically disabled. Assigned Enter the address of the device that is authorized to be attached to the port.
Setting Up Security for a Device Set Security Policy for Selected Ports Note: In order for traps to function, you must also set the trap in the Thresholds dialog box, as follows: 1. Using the right mouse button, click on the device symbol in the HP Network Node Manager map. 2. Select SNMP Configuration. 3. Select the Thresholds tab and set the thresholds for the traps you are interested in receiving. 4. Select the Trap Receivers tab and set the management stations that can capture traps. 5.
Setting Up Security for a Device The Intrusion Log Figure 8-3. Setting Security Policy for Several Ports The Intrusion Log The Intrusion Log page lets you view security intrusions (violations) of a device. The information displayed includes: Port - The ports that have detected attempts of unauthorized access. ■ Intruder Address - Address of the intruder. The IP address is displayed for SNMP agent violations. The MAC address is displayed for port violations.
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Performing Diagnostics Performing a Ping/Link Test Performing Diagnostics Using HP Hub & Switch Management, you can help isolate faults by running device self-tests, Link tests, and Ping tests (IP networks). Note: For older HP devices that cannot be managed with a Web browser, read the chapter “Management for Non-Browserable Devices” or see the online help.
Performing Diagnostics Performing Diagnostics Rebooting a Device Figure 9-1. Ping/Link Test The number of successes or failures of the test packets reaching the Destination IP or MAC Address are displayed at the top of the page. A failure means that either the device at the destination address did not respond within the timeout specified, or the data returned from the device indicated an error.
Performing Diagnostics Resetting a Hub to Factory Default Settings Resetting the hub to the factory default settings removes any configuration changes that you have made since installing the device, and restores the factory defaults. The IP address is also removed; you must enter an IP address before the device will operate on your network, unless you have Bootp or DHCP. Producing a Configuration Report The Configuration Report displays information about the current settings on your device.
Performing Diagnostics Performing Diagnostics Producing a Configuration Report 9-4
10 HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Hub & Switch Management Admin is an administration utility that allows you to set specified configuration and control parameters used by HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX. HP Admin is automatically installed when you install HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters The parameters are briefly described below. For more information, see the HP Admin online help. Network Parameters HP Hub & Switch Management Admin Network parameters enable you to set values and behavior for network device communication and Closeup View activity. The parameters for network device communication are described in the following table. Figure 10-1. Setting Network Parameters Table 10-1.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters the attached devices appears. When the device symbol is in the executable state (a box appears around the symbol) and you double-click on it, a Closeup View of the device appears. Note: When an HP Admin check box is disabled, no change in the existing device symbol state occurs when OpenView is restarted.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters HP Hub & Switch Management Admin Table 10-2. User Interface Parameters 10-8 Parameter Description User Level • This parameter controls HP Hub & Switch Management messages to the user. There are 3 user-level parameters: • Beginner (User Level 1, default): Message boxes will notify the user when device parameter modifications have completed. Also, the user will be warned about changes that are about to be made to a device or to a local file.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters Graph Options Parameters HP Admin graph options parameters enable you to control different aspects of the graphing feature. The parameters are described in the following table. Table 10-3. Graph Option Parameters Description Graph Log Format This parameter allows you to choose the format of the information logged to a graph log file from the Graph Counters function. • Text: Data will be logged to the log file as straight ASCII text.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters Printer Configuration Parameters HP Hub & Switch Management Admin Network management applications that implement printer support on X Window systems can use the Print Configuration dialog box to configure printer configuration parameters. Figure 10-2. Printer Configuration Table 10-4. Printer Configuration Parameters 10-10 Parameter Description Default Printer Displays the current default printer name.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters Table 10-4. Printer Configuration Parameters Description Set As Default Sets the printer selected in the “Installed Printers” box as the default printer. Remove Removes a selected printer from the “Installed Printers” list. Add Displays a list of supported printers that you can select and add to the “Installed Printers” list.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters Figure 10-3. OpenView Configuration Options The options are described in more detail here. ForceMapUpdates. If the attributes (name of icon, application name) of a symbol are changed, for example, during an update, the symbol must be reregistered with OpenView for the changes to take effect. Selecting this option will update the symbol the next time that the master copy of OpenView (ovw) is run.
HP Hub & Switch Management Admin HP Admin Parameters Distributed Console. HP Hub & Switch Management is started remotely when you use Network Node Manager’s Distributed Console feature from a client station. The program “ovexec” displays a pop-up window in which you enter a password for the remote system. If you do not want this pop-up to be displayed, that is, you do not wish to enter a password, select the “remsh” option to start HP Hub & Switch Management remotely.
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11 Management for Non-Browserable Devices This chapter provides a summary of hub, bridge, and switch management functions for devices that cannot be managed with the Web browser interface. It includes the following topics: ■ About Closeup Views ■ Overview of Toolbar Functions Use the online help for more information about specific device functions. About Closeup Views A Closeup View is an interactive, visual display of a device.
Management for Non-Browserable Devices About Closeup Views Note HP Hub & Switch Management now supports non-pulick community names when displaying the Closup View. For configuring non-public community names, refer to the HP OpenView Using Network Node Manager manual.
Management for Non-Browserable Devices About Closeup Views Management for NonBrowserable Devices Figure 11-1. Switching Hub Closeup View The number of Closeup Views that you can display at one time depends on your free system resources available (such as available memory). If the HP device can be managed with your browser, the menu option SNMP Configure HP Hub/Switch will also display when you right-mouse-click on a device symbol.
Management for Non-Browserable Devices About Closeup Views Title Bar At the top of the Closeup View is a title bar that displays the device type and its network address. Message Bar The Message Bar is along the bottom of the Closeup View. It is primarily used to identify, or describe the purpose of, various items in the view. Simply place the cursor on an item and read the appropriate box in the Message Bar.
Management for Non-Browserable Devices Overview of Toolbar Functions Overview of Toolbar Functions HP Hub & Switch Management device functions in the Closeup Views allow you to configure, monitor and manage HP hubs, bridges, and switches. The following table summarizes the Toolbar menu functions in the Closeup Views. For specific information about how to use a particular device function or menu dialog box, click on the Help button in the dialog box. Table 11-1.
Management for Non-Browserable Devices Overview of Toolbar Functions Table 11-1. Summary of Toolbar Functions Management for NonBrowserable Devices Icon 11-6 Toolbar Button Description Logon Displays a Logon dialog box. If a hub, bridge or switch has a password, you must first log on to it before you can change configuration or security features, or run diagnostic tests. Logon passwords are set up using the Configuration button (select Set Administration).
Management for Non-Browserable Devices Overview of Toolbar Functions Table 11-1. Summary of Toolbar Functions Icon Description Enable Port Enables a selected hub port. If a password is assigned to the hub, you must log on to the hub before you can change the state of a port. Disable Port Disables a selected hub port. If a password is assigned to the hub, you must log on to the hub before you can change the state of a port. Logoff Displays a Logoff dialog box.
Management for Non-Browserable Devices Overview of Toolbar Functions Table 11-1. Summary of Toolbar Functions Icon Toolbar Button Description List Lists all port icons in rows. Details List information with each port: • Port number • Segment to which the port belongs • Connected status: indicates whether the port is currently connected to a device • Status: the port is enabled or disabled. Help Runs the Hub & Switch Management online help system.
Appendix A Agent Firmware Versions A Appendix A Appendix A contains the following topics: ■ Agent Firmware Versions ■ Preparing Network Devices ■ Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses ■ Configuring IP Parameters Agent Firmware Versions HP Hub & Switch Management communicates with network devices using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).To access device features, each network device must contain a compatible version of agent software or firmware.
Appendix A Preparing Network Devices For HP devices, use an existing version of HP Hub & Switch Management or other device management utility. Update the device's software or firmware to the current supported version. Note: HP Hub & Switch Management may be able to discover devices that have previous versions of device agent firmware. However, the use of some functions may be limited.
Appendix A Configuring IP Parameters bridge. Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses If you intend to connect your network to other networks that use globally administered IP addresses, Hewlett-Packard strongly recommends that you use IP addresses that have been assigned to you. There is a formal process for assigning unique IP addresses to networks worldwide. Contact one of the following companies: United States and countries not in Europe or Asia/Pacific Network Solutions, Inc.
Appendix A Configuring IP Parameters The network management station is configured for IP using the TCP/IP stack utilities. To configure a device for IP, you typically connect to the device's console port and use the console port interface. (Refer to the device's installation manual for more information.) Before you configure the network management station and manageable devices for IP, make a list of all the devices on the network and what their IP addresses will be.
Appendix A Configuring IP Parameters name “public” on the device to allow the device to be discovered and managed by HP Hub and Switch Management. Typically, the community name on HP hubs and bridges will automatically default to “public”. To configure a device for IP networks, use the device's console port interface. Refer to the device's Installation and Reference Guide for use of the device's RS-232 console port.
Appendix A Appendix A Configuring IP Parameters A-6
Index A Acknowledge Alerts … 5-5 Add New Backup Link … 6-10 Address Resolution Protocol … 7-12 Address Selection … 8-4 agent software … A-1 agent system … 3-3 Alert Log … 5-3, 7-3 alerts … 6-2 closing … 5-3 first time install information … 5-5 Alerts page … 7-3 ARP … 7-13 ARP, cache … 7-12–7-13 Assign an Address … 8-5 attributes, setting … 10-7 Authorized Address … 8-5 Automatic Broadcast Control … 7-12 Automatic IP RIP Control … 7-13 Automatic IPX RIP/SAP Control … 7-13 B Backup Link … 6-9 backup port … 6
Device ID, defined … 11-5 Device View … 6-5 devices, chained … 3-4 DHCP … 7-8 Diagnose defined … 11-6 disable port … 8-6 Disable Port, defined … 11-7 Disable Selected Ports … 6-9 DISPLAY variable, X Windows … 4-2 Distributed Console … 10-11, 10-13 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) … 6-8, 7-8 E eavesdrop prevention … 8-5 Enable Graph Sensitive Scaling … 10-9 Enable Selected Ports … 6-9 Enable/Disable Port, defined … 11-7 Errors% … 6-4 executable … 10-6 explodable … 10-6 F Fault Detection … 5-4 fau
Management Server setting URL … 7-17 manager SNMP manager system … 3-3 Manager, with password … 8-2 Modify Selected Ports … 7-9 monitor port … 7-10 Move Selected Ports … 6-6 multicast packets … 6-5 queriers … 7-14 traffic … 7-14 multicasts … 6-4 N Network Node Manager description … 3-3 NoMapWalk … 10-11–10-12 NSQ … 7-12 O OpenView description … 3-2 Network Node Manager … 3-2 starting on HP-UX 10.
security defined … 11-6 intrusions … 8-7 policy … 8-6 violation … 6-9 Select All Ports … 6-6 Send Alarm … 8-5 sensitivity … 6-7, 7-6 high … 5-4, 6-7 low … 5-4, 6-7 medium … 5-4, 6-7 threshold level … 5-4 Service Advertising Protocol … 7-13 Set As Default, printer … 10-11 Set Security Policy … 8-5 set, SNMP request … 3-3 Show Tool Bar Banner … 10-8 SNMP … 3-1, 3-3, A-1 AdvanceStack modules … 3-6 community name … 3-3, A-4 concepts … 3-2 Get/Set requests … 3-3 management platform description … 3-3 SNMP Max Ret
