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ADTRAN’s ADVISION™ is a comprehensive network management
application that provides the tools necessary to control, configure, and monitor
ADTRAN data communication products that can be managed using Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Integration into Hewlett-Packard’s
(HP) OpenView™ Network Node Manager for UNIX™ platform ensures
compatibility with industry standards and eliminates the need for proprietary
management systems. With ADVISION, a single management station controls
and configures networks that include DDS, Switched 56, ISDN, Frame Relay,
and T1. In addition, ADVISION limits use of the system resources on the
management platform to those needed during active management.
ADVISION’s device-specific graphical user interface (GUI) displays animated
graphical representations of devices, both front and rear views (see Figure 1-1),
to assist with field installations or diagnostics.
Figure 1-1. Front and Rear Graphical Representations of a TSU 100e
Activating the application GUI requires a simple point-and-click of a mouse.
Once activated, a network manager has complete access to all features supported
by the ADTRAN SNMP devices. The GUI contains device-specific symbols on
the submaps, displays animated product images that reflect device options and
indicators, and provides a set of product-specific dialogs boxes for monitoring,
configuring, and testing ADTRAN SNMP devices.
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ADVISION also provides Management Information Bases (MIBs) to use
with the HP OpenView MIB Browser and Event Browser. Included MIB trap
definitions describe formatting for device-specific alarms and events.
ADVISION
Features
HP OPENVIEW
Maps/Submaps
A summary of ADVISION’s features follows:
•Easy-to-use SNMP application with graphical user interface (GUI)
•Integration into HP OpenView’s UNIX platform (see Chapter 3)
•Automatic device discovery
•Comprehensive trap and alarm processing
•Color-coded, device-specific symbols indicate network status
•View, modify, save, and apply device configuration
•Complete diagnostic control
•Detailed status information
•Performance graphs
•Online help
By coupling ADVISION with HP OpenView, OpenView’s maps become
more informative.
A map contains related objects, symbols, and submaps that provide a graphical and hierarchical representation of a network. Submaps can contain additional submaps (child submaps), child submaps can have additional
submaps, and so on. While you can create multiple maps, you may only
view one map at a time.
HP OpenView
Features
Figure 1-2. HP OpenView Submap Showing Different ADTRAN-Specific Symbols
HP OpenView provides the following features:
•Symbols to place on submaps. ADVISION allows OpenView to auto-
matically discover ADTRAN devices and place them into the appropriate OpenView submap using ADTRAN-specific symbols, instead of
generic symbols (see Figure 1-2).
•Auto-discovery of ADTRAN devices, customized to display installed options. You can also manually add SNMP-proxied ADTRAN devices
to these maps.
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•Visual indication of ADTRAN device status derived from traps and
polling, propagated and integrated with HP OpenView IP status
throughout the map. ADVISION interprets traps received by Open-
View, and sets the color of the corresponding symbol to the severity level color of any error condition, allowing a network manager to quickly
determine the status of a particular device (see Table 1-1).
•Ability to launch the ADVISION GUI by clicking on the appropriate
ADTRAN symbol from the HP OpenView submap.
Table 1-1. Color Definitions for Device Status
Color Meaning
CyanWarning
RedCritical
OrangeMajor
YellowMin or
GreenNormal
Blue Unknown device
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OVERVIEW
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
PACKING LIST
This chapter provides information on installing ADVISION (including system
requirements and the packing list) and using ADVISION (including security information). In addition, this chapter discusses the registration process.
To run ADVISION, your system must meet the following requirements:
•HP 9000 UNIX workstation with HP-UX 10.20 or 11, SUN workstation (Super Sparc or later) with Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6 or 2.7
•HP OpenView Network Node Manager 4.11, 5.X or 6.X
•256 pseudo-color display
•CD-ROM drive
•10 megabytes (MB) memory per GUI session
•40 MB free disk space
The ADVISION package contains the following items:
•ADVISION User Manual (included in PDF format on the CD)
If something is missing from your shipment, contact ADTRAN Technical Support (see inside the back cover).
INSTALLING
ADVISION
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The installation program does the following during the installation procedure:
•Transfers all files into the installation directory tree
•Links ADVISION files to the appropriate HP OpenView directories
•Registers the ADVISION database server with HP OpenView for start-up
via ovstart
•Registers other ADVISION fields and applications
•Updates /etc/server to define the ADVISION database server socket ad-
dress as 7966
The ADVISION installation program requires that all HP OpenView environment variables be defined.
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If you are reinstalling ADVISION, run $OV_BIN/ovstop
advdb before proceeding with the installation.
Installation
To install ADVISION, follow these steps:
UNIX Installation Procedure
StepAction
1
2
3
4
Log in as
Mount the CD-ROM, specifying the appropriate device
filename and mount directory. For example,
/usr/sbin/mount /dev/dsk/c0t2d0/cdrom
Change the directory to the mounted CD-ROM directory.
Execute the following:
a
b
c
Enter the ADVISION installation directory (
root
.
./INSTALL_CD.SH
Enter the path to the
directory).
Confirm the target Operating System for the installation
(default is determined via
is assumed).
tar
file depot (CD-ROM mount
uname
).
/opt/advision
If the ADVISION installation directory already exists, the
system issues an installation error. Disregard the error and
continue the installation.
5
6
Define the ADVISION environment variable
ADVISION_INSTALL
a
If running sh or ksh, add the following to your login script
.profile
(
. /opt/advision/bin/adv.envvars.sh
b
If running csh, add the following to your csh resource file
.cshrc
(
source /opt/advision/bin/adv.envvars.csh
If you have selected another location for the ADVISION
installation directory, modify this script to reflect your
installation directory.
To start the ADVISION database server, execute the following:
$OV_BIN/ovstart advdb
or
):
, as follows:
.login
):
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Uninstall
Process
UNIX Installation Procedure
StepAction
7
8
To remove the ADVISION installation, as root and with OV environment
variables defined, execute the following from the command line:
/opt/advision/UNINSTALL.SH
Installation is now complete. Dismount the CD-ROM and log
root.
off as
Execute
advdisc
To view formatted traps in HP OpenView, load MIBS for ADTRAN
devices into HP OpenView. Device MIBs are located in the following
directory:
/var/opt/OV/share/snmp_mibs/Vendor/Adtran
ovw
to start the ADVISION processes
.
(Continued)
advstat
and
REGISTRATION
LOGIN
Registration defines ADVISION processes to OpenView. This definition
occurs on installation. Registration involves four processes.
1.The first process involves the ADVISION database server. One copy of
this database server runs per HP OpenView installation. The database
server starts when HP OpenView starts.
The following three processes start with each window session of HP
OpenView.
2.ADVISION Discover
3.ADVISION Status (maintains ADTRAN objects’ map color status)
4.ADVISION GUI
The four process names follow:
1.database - advdb
2.discover - advdisc
3.status - advstat
4.GUI - advision
The login security feature allows you to control user access to ADVISION.
Once activated, the current user name and privileges are displayed in the Login dialog box, followed by the data entry region.
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Login Privileg e
Levels
Provision
ReadWrite
ReadOnly
None
Login Dialog
Box
The four privilege (security) levels include Provision, ReadWrite, ReadOnly,
and None.
Provides complete ReadWrite capabilities, plus the ability to make provisioning changes for ADTRAN Carrier products.
Allows users to view current status, configuration, and provisioning data for
all devices, to modify configuration parameters for ADTRAN Enterprise
products, and to initiate tests on all devices.
Allows users to view current status, configuration, and provisioning data for
all devices.
User has no access to ADVISION.
The Login dialog box is the interface used to login to ADVISION (see
Figure 2-1).
Figure 2-1. Login Dialog Box
Instructions for Activating the Login Dialog Box
StepAction
Ensure that you are in the
1
2
administrator has activated ADVISION’s security feature. (If
this option is grayed out, it has not been activated yet.)
From the
File
menu, select
Device Viewer
Login
and that the network
.
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Instructions for Changing User Accounts using the Login Dialog Box
StepAction
Login Privileg e
File
Open the
1
on page 2-4).
Enter the user name and password, and then click
2
(Standard system login names and passwords are defined in
/etc/passwd
The privilege (permission) levels are defined in the following authorization
file: ${ADVISION_INSTALL}/auth
If this file is not present on a system, all users are granted Provision privileges. If the file is present, users not included in the file are denied access to
ADVISION. Entries in the file have the following format:
<username> <Provision|ReadWrite|ReadOnly|None>
User names and passwords must be defined for standard login on the UNIX
system (see the following sample file):
Comment lines begin with pound signs (#) in the first column.
Using this file, the site administrator grants or denies access privileges on a
per-user basis. When installed, the authorization file should have Read permission for all users and Write permission for the administrator’s account.
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USING
ADVISION
To start the ADVISION GUI, select one of the following three methods:
1.From the OpenView map, single-click the left mouse button on any
ADTRAN object and select the following from the pull-down menu
on the menu bar:
Tools > ADVISION Manager > ADVISION
OR
2.From the OpenView map, single-click the right mouse button on any
ADTRAN object and select
OR
3.From the OpenView map, double-click the left mouse button on any
executable ADTRAN object. (Executable objects have a raised, button-like appearance.)
While loading, the ADVISION loading-status window displays. Once ADVISION successfully loads, the loading-status window automatically closes,
and a device-specific window opens to provide complete access to all features supported by the ADTRAN SNMP devices.
ADVISION
from the pop-up menu.
Using Online
Help
ADVISION help is delivered online as a subset of the HP OpenView help
system. Access the file from within the ADVISION GUI by selecting and executing an ADTRAN device, and then clicking on the
also access the ADVISION help system by selecting
OpenView Help menu. Choose
copy of the help information.
Print
from Help’s
Help
button. You can
ADVISION
File
menu to print a hard
from the HP
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OVERVIEW
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
BASES (MIBS)
MIB Loading
Procedure
When integrated with HP OpenView, ADVISION becomes a comprehensive
network management application. ADTRAN provides MIBs containing
definitions of management information used to remotely monitor, configure,
and control networked devices. ADVISION allows OpenView to automatically
discover ADTRAN devices and place them into the appropriate submap using
an ADTRAN-specific symbol (see Figure 1-2 on page 1-2). ADVISION also
allows you to manually discover devices and add them to a submap. In addition,
OpenView provides device-status based on received traps or polled status
information. This chapter discusses MIBs, discovery methods, and ADTRAN
status.
ADTRAN-provided MIBs provide the following information and functions:
•Definitions needed to format traps with descriptions and interpretation of
status variables contained in the trap messages. These embedded definitions
can be passed to HP OpenView during the MIB loading process to automatically build the trap configuration database entries. This process eliminates
the need for manual trap definition in HP OpenView version 4.x and later.
•Ability to use the OpenView MIB Browser to examine and alter SNMP data
in ADTRAN devices.
Follow the instructions in the ensuing Step/Action table to load the ADTRAN
MIBs:
Instructions for Loading ADTRAN-provided MIBs
StepAction
1
Start HP OpenView.
From the HP OpenView menu bar, select the following:
2
Options > Load > Unload MIBS: SNMP
From the
3
button.
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