Asante Technologies 100, 100TX User Manual
IntraSpection
™
Personality Modules
AsantéFAST™ 100 Hub
AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub
User’s Manual
Asanté Technologies, Inc.
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August 1997
Part Number 06-00341-00 Rev. A
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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................... 1-1
IntraSpection Personality Modules............................................1-1
AsantéFAST 100 Hub Personality Module ...........................1-1
AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Module ......1-2
Management Options ..........................................................1-2
System Requirements ..........................................................1-3
Server...............................................................................1-3
Client................................................................................1-3
Installation...........................................................................1-3
About This Manual...............................................................1-4
Installation........................................................................ 2-1
Installing a Personality Module..................................................2-1
Management....................................................................3-1
Accessing the Device Page..................................................3-1
Device Page Components....................................................3-3
Front Panel Image Components ......................................3-4
Selecting the Device for Management.............................3-5
Menu Components..............................................................3-6
Tables...............................................................................3-6
Table Columns.................................................................3-6
Buttons.............................................................................3-6
Performing Basic Management Functions...........................3-7
Setting Community Strings ..............................................3-8
Configuring Network Access Parameters......................3-10
Configuring Device Identification Information .............3-11
Performing a Software Upgrade.....................................3-12
Updating the Device Page..............................................3-13
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Viewing General Device Information............................3-14
Viewing Module Information.........................................3-15
Viewing SNMP Agent Information.................................3-16
Enabling/Disabling Ports................................................3-17
Disabling a Group..........................................................3-18
Partitioning a Port..........................................................3-19
Resetting a Group or Device..........................................3-20
Enabling Traps...............................................................3-21
Managing Trap Receivers...............................................3-22
Setting Alarms................................................................3-24
Viewing Node Summary Information............................3-27
Setting Port Security ......................................................3-28
Viewing Statistics...........................................................3-30
Menus............................................................................... 4-1
Configuration.............................................................................4-3
Identify ................................................................................4-3
Device..................................................................................4-4
Modules...............................................................................4-5
Ports.....................................................................................4-6
Agent ...................................................................................4-8
Network...............................................................................4-9
SWUpgrade........................................................................4-10
Control.....................................................................................4-11
Reset..................................................................................4-11
Partition.............................................................................4-12
Threshold...........................................................................4-13
Node Summary..................................................................4-16
Validate....................................................................................4-17
Statistics...................................................................................4-17
Table..................................................................................4-17
Graph.................................................................................4-19
Security....................................................................................4-20
Port Security......................................................................4-20
Trap Receivers...................................................................4-21
Technical Support............................................................A-1
Index ...........................................................................Index-i
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1
Introduction
IntraSpection Personality Modules
A Personality Module is a “plug-in” to the IntraSpection system that
allows for expanded management of an SNMP device by specifically
addressing the device’s proprietary information (the “Private MIB”).
Management capabilities are accessed via the Personality Module’s
Device Page. See Figure 1-1 or Figure 1-2.
This manual provides information for two Personality Modules:
❏
The AsantéFAST 100 Hub Personality Module
The AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Module
❏
AsantéFAST 100 Hub Personality Module
The AsantéFAST 100 Hub Personality Module allows for expanded management of an AsantéFAST 100 Hub — or stack of 100 Hubs — with an
attached AsantéFAST 100 Management Module. See Figure 1-1.
AsantéFAST 100 Hub
AsantéFAST 100
Management Module
Figure 1-1 AsantéFAST 100 Hub Device Page
Device Information
Front Panel Image
Personality Module
Information (menus)
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Introduction
AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Module
The AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Module allows for
expanded management of an AsantéFAST 100TX Managed Hub or a
stack of 100 Hubs with an attached Managed Hub. See Figure 1-2.
Device Information
AsantéFAST 100 Hub
AsantéFAST 100 TX
Managed Hub
Figure 1-2 AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Device Page
Front Panel Image
Personality Module
Information (menus)
Management Options
Both the AsantéFAST 100 Hub and the AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub
Personality Modules support the following management options:
❏ Device identification
❏ General device infor-
mation
❏ Module information
❏ Port information
❏ SNMP agent
information
❏ Network access
configuration
❏ Software upgrades
❏ Device and group resets
See Chapter 4 “Menus” for a complete description of each management
option.
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❏ Group and port partition-
ing
❏ Alarm thresholds
❏ Node summary informa-
tion
❏ Table statistics at the
device/group/port levels
❏ Graph statistics at the
device/group/port levels
❏ Port security
❏ Trap receiver management
System Requirements
Server
❏
IntraSpection version 1.01
PC with 80486 or faster microprocessor
❏
❏
48MB RAM
100MB free disk space
❏
❏
Windows NT™ 3.51 or higher or Windows NT 4.0 (recommended)
Web server that supports Common Gateway Interface
❏
(CGI) 1.1 (such as Netscape FastTrack Server™,
Microsoft IIS, NCSA HTTP, etc.)
❏
Any database management system that supports
ODBC, such as Microsoft Access™, Oracle™, or
Microsoft SQL Server
Client
Any Windows™, Windows NT, Macintosh™ or UNIX®
❏
workstation
❏
Any World Wide Web browser with Java™ and Java
Script support such as Netscape Navigator® (version
3.0 required, 3.01 recommended) or Microsoft Internet Explorer™
IntraSpection Personality Modules
Installation
The AsantéFAST 100 Hub and AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub are tw o
separate Personality Modules; however, both are installed simultaneously from the same file.
See Chapter 2, “Installation” for instructions on installing the Personality
Modules.
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Introduction
About This Manual
This manual is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Introduction,” describes IntraSpection
❏
Personality Modules.
❏
Chapter 2, “Installation” explains how to install the
AsantéFAST 100 and AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed
Hub Personality Modules.
❏
Chapter 3, “Management,” explains how to access
and use a Personality Module’s Device Page and
how to perform some basic management functions.
Chapter 4, “Menus,” describes each management
❏
menu and its contents.
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Installation
Installing a Personality Module
This chapter explains how to install the AsantéFAST 100 Hub and
AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Personality Modules.
Both Personality Modules are contained within the same installation file.
When you install the file, you install both Personality Modules.
Important:
▲
make sure that IntraSpection (websuite.exe) is NOT
running on the computer.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Insert the Personality Module CD into the computer
where the IntraSpection Application Server is
installed.
Open the CD to display its contents.
Double-click the
Click
Installation Confirmation dialog box.
The IntraSpection Personality Module information
window appears.
Click
The Personality Module files are decompressed.
The IntraSpection Personality Module W elcome dialog
box appears.
Click
The Software License Agreement window appears.
Review the agreement carefully.
Before installing the Personality Modules,
100NMM.exe
Yes
at the IntraSpection Personality Module
Finish
to continue.
Next
.
file.
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Installation
Click
Yes
7
with the installation. Click No to exit the installation.
The IntraSpection Personality Module Read Me window appears. Review the information carefully.
Click
8
The decompressed Personality Module files are
installed onto your computer.
The “Decompression of the Source is Now Complete”
dialog box appears.
to accept the agreement and continue
Next to continue.
9 Click OK to continue with the installation.
The “Select Module to Install” window appears, displaying the 100NMM.ipm file. See Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 Select Module to Install window
10 Click once on the 100NMM.ipm file.
11 Click Open.
The “Enter Product Serial Number” window appears.
12 Enter the serial number that came with your copy of
the Personality Module.
The serial number is located on the inside cover of this
User’s Manual.
▲ Important:The serial number is case-sensitive;
enter it exactly as shown.
13 Click OK.
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Installing a Personality Module
The “IntraSpection Module Installation” window
appears.
▲ Important: This window should be pointing to
the directory that contains the IntraSpection
(websuite.exe) program. If it is not, click
Browse and locate that directory.
14 Click OK.
∆ Note: A “Select Database” window may appear.
If it does, select vendor.mdb, then click OK.
∆ Note: A “Updating IntraSpection System Files”
window may appear, if it does, click OK.
The installer program installs both Personality Mod-
ules into the IntraSpection Application Server.
Installation is complete when the “Installation Com-
pleted Successfully” dialog box appears.
15 Start the IntraSpection Application Server, following
the guidelines below:
❏ Windows NT 3.51 users: double-click the
IntraSpection icon (located in the Programs
group).
❏ Windows NT 4.0 users: open the Start menu, select
Programs, then IntraSpection.
For information on accessing the Personality Modules’
Device Pages and perf orming some basic management
functions, see Chapter 3, “Management.”
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3
Management
This chapter explains how to access and use a Personality Module’s
Device Page. The Device Page provides access to the Personality Module’s management options.
Accessing the Device Page
To access the Device Page for an AsantéFAST 100 Hub stack, you must
first create a map of the network.
1 Make sure the Personality Module is installed and the
IntraSpection Application Server is running.
2 Access IntraSpection from any Java-enabled Web
browser (requires logging into IntraSpection).
▲ Important: For help on accessing and logging
into IntraSpection, refer to the IntraSpection
User’s Manual.
3 After you are logged into IntraSpection, click Auto
Discovery on the IntraSpection Main Menu.
The AutoDiscovery Page appears.
4 Complete each field on the AutoDiscovery Page, fol-
lowing the guidelines below:
❏ Type the IP subnet address of the AsantéFAST 100
Hub stack to be managed in the Segment field.
(This is the subnet address of the stack’s manage-
ment module; the default setting for this field is
the subnet address of the browser being used to
access IntraSpection.)
❏ Type the management module’s community string
in the Community field.
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❏ Make sure the Enterprise ID field has a value of all.
❏ Type the lowest (beginning) IP address on your
❏ Type the highest (last) IP address on y our netw or k
❏ Select New in the Discovery Mode field to create a
5 Click Apply.
IntraSpection builds a map of your network. The map contains icons which represent each “discovered” SNMP
device on the network. Figure 3-1 is an example map.
network in the Low IP Address field.
in the Hi IP Address field.
new map, or select Append to attach this map to the
map that is stored in your system’s buffer (if any).
Figure 3-1 Discovered network map
6 Click once on the AsantéFAST 100 Hub or AsantéFAST
100 TX Managed Hub’s icon.
The Device Page f or the selected hub appears (see Figure
Figure 3-2 on page 3-3).
For information on the Device Page’s components, see
“Device Page Components” on page 3-2.
For information on performing basic management functions,
see “Performing Basic Management Functions” on page 3-7.
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Device Page Components
Device Page Components
A Personality Module’s Device Page consists of several components,
including device information, a front panel image, and management
menu items. See Figure 3-2.
Device Information
(device description
and IP address)
Personality Module
Information
(management
menu items)
Front Panel Image
(entire hub stack
collectively referred
to as a single device;
each module referred
to as a group)
Figure 3-2 Device Page components
The Device Pages for the AsantéFAST 100 Hub and AsantéFAST 100 TX
Managed Hub Personality Modules are the same except for the device
information and the front panel image. See Figure 3-3.
AsantéFAST 100 Hub
Front Panel Image
Figure 3-3 AsantéFAST 100 Hub and AsantéFAST 100 TX
Managed Hub Device Pages
AsantéFAST 100 TX
Managed Hub
Front Panel Image
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Management
Front Panel Image Components
The front panel image contains the following components (as illustrated
in Figure 3-4):
❏ Device — the entire stack of hubs and the attached
management module.
❏ Group — each module within the device.
❏ Port — each port on each group.
❏ Status LEDs — real-time LEDs that represent the LEDs
on the modules; they display port activity.
Ports
Group 12
Device
*The bottom module is assigned Group 15, the next module up is assigned Group 14, etc.
Figure 3-4 Front panel image components
Group 13
Group 14
Group 15*
▲ Important: Throughout this manual, the term device
refers to the entire stack of hubs; the term group refers to
an individual module; the term port refers to an individual
port.
Group Numbering
For management purposes, each group within a device is assigned a
number. The bottom module is always group 15, the next module up is
group 14, etc.
▲ Important: The AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub mod-
ule contains two groups (the management module and the
hub); therefore, it uses two group numbers (group 15 and
group 14). See Figure 3-5.
Group 13
100TX
Managed
Hub
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Group 14
Group 15
Figure 3-5 AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub group numbering
Selecting the Device for Management
Selecting the Device for Management
The AsantéFAST 100 Hub and AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub can be
managed at different levels; that is, at the device, group, or port level.
For example, if a group is selected and you select the Reset menu, that
group (module) will be reset. If the device is selected and you select
Reset, the device (entire hub stack) will be reset.
Selecting an Item
Target Item Action
Device (entire hub stack) Do not click anything on the front panel
Group (single module) Click once on the group.
Port Click once on the port.
image.
Deselecting an Item
Target Item Action
Device Click once on a group or port.
Group Click again on the selected group.
Port Click again on the selected port.
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Management
Menu Components
The menus on the AsantéFAST 100 Hub and AsantéFAST 100 TX Managed Hub Device Pages provide access to the different management
options supported by each Personality Module.
Tables
Some menus contain tables with information that is configurable
directly on-screen from your Web browser while others contain information that is read-only. The following tables describe how to recognize
configurable and read-only information.
Configurable Information
Menu item Action
Drop-down menu Select from an available option.
White-colored fields Type information.
Read-only Information
Menu item Action
Green- or gray-colored fields None; field cannot be edited.
Table Columns
T able columns can be resized by placing the mouse pointer on a column
title’s left or right side (until a double arrow appears) and dragging the
column to the left or to the right, as desired.
Buttons
Some menus contain buttons which allow you to edit/and or update the
page.
Button Action
Apply Applies any changes made to the device.
Refresh Updates the page with the latest information.
Modify Modifies a selected entry.
Add Adds an entry into the table.
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Performing Basic Management Functions
Performing Basic Management Functions
This section explains how to perform some basic management functions with both Personality Modules. This section covers the following
tasks:
Configuration Tasks
Management Task Page
Setting community strings page 3-8
Configuring network access parameters page 3-10
Configuring device identification information page 3-11
Management Tasks
Management Task Page
Updating the Device Page page 3-13
Viewing general device information page 3-14
Viewing module information page 3-15
Viewing SNMP agent Information page 3-16
Enabling/disabling ports page 3-17
Disabling a group page 3-18
Partitioning a port page 3-19
Resetting a group or device page 3-20
Enabling traps page 3-21
Managing trap receivers page 3-22
Setting alarms page 3-24
Viewing node summary information page 3-27
Setting port security page 3-28
Viewing statistics page 3-30
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Management
Setting Community Strings
Community strings define access rights for reading and writing SNMP
data objects for a device.
The community strings (read community and write community) for an
AsantéFAST 100 Hub stack’s management module are manually set in
the management module via the module’s console port. In order to
access the management module with IntraSpection, the community
strings must be set in IntraSpection to match those set in the management module.
▲ Important: It is recommended that you set the commu-
nity strings for an AsantéFAST 100 Hub stack in IntraSpection before you attempt to perform any network
management functions.
This section describes how to set the community strings in IntraSpection to match those set in the management module.
To set the community strings for a management module in IntraSpection:
1 On the Device Page, click the map icon on the
IntraSpection navigation bar (located at the bottom of
the screen), as shown in Figure 3-6.
Figure 3-6 IntraSpection navigation bar
The most recently discovered map appears.
2 Click the Map Manager button.
The Map Manager Page appears, similar to Figure 3-7.
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Map Icon
Setting Community Strings
Figure 3-7 IntraSpection Map Manager Page
3 Click the Edit Device button.
The Map Configuration Table appears, similar to Figure 3-8.
Figure 3-8 Map Configuration Table
4 Enter the management module’s IP address in the IP
Address field.
5 Enter the management module’s read community
string in the Read field.
6 Enter the management module ‘s write community
string in the Write field.
7 Click Apply.
The read and write community strings for the management module are configured.
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Management
Configuring Network Access Parameters
To configure and/or manage an AsantéFAST 100 Hub stack over the network or via out-of-band access, the hub stack’s management module
needs to be properly configured with network access parameters.
These parameters are initially set-up in the management module via the
module’s console port; however, some can be modified using IntraSpection.
To configure network access parameters:
1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front panel
image. (This selects the entire hub stack.)
2 Click Network.
The Network Information table appears, similar to Figure 3-9.
Figure 3-9 Network Information table
3 Click once in the field to be edited.
For a description of each field, see “Network “ on page 4-9.
▲ Important: If you change the IP address, sub-
net mask, and/or default gateway, you must
reset the stack’s management module. See “Resetting a Group or Device” on page 3-20.
4 Type the new information.
5 Click Apply.
The network information is edited. Click Refresh to view
updated information.
▲ Important: If you changed the IP address, you
must rediscover the device on your network map
using the AutoDiscovery feature. See “Accessing
the Device Page” on page 3-1 for instructions.
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Configuring Device Identification Information
Configuring Device Identification Information
To help with hub identification, you can add certain hub details; such
as, the hub stack’s physical address, name, location, and contact information.
To configure device identification information:
1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front panel
image. (This selects the entire hub stack.)
2 Click Identify.
The Device Identification table appears, similar to Figure
3-10.
Figure 3-10 Device Identification table
3 Click once in the field to be edited.
For a description of each field, see “Identify “ on page 4-3.
▲ Important: Only those fields that are colored
white or that contain drop-down menus can be
edited.
4 Type the new information.
▲ Important: A maximum of 254 characters
(including spaces) is allowed.
5 Click Apply.
The identification information is edited. Click Refresh
to view updated information.
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