Cabletron Systems Network Router User Manual

Installing and Using

for Solstice Enterprise Manager

on Solaris

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Copyright © 1998 by Cabletron Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Rochester, NH 03867-0505

SPECTRUM, MiniMMAC, FNB, Multi Media Access Center,

and

Portable Management Application, IRM, IRM2, IRM3, IRBM, ETSMIM, EFDMIM, EMME,
ETWMIM, FDMMIM, FDCMIM, MRXI, MRXI-24, NB20E, NB25E, NB30, NB35E, SEHI,
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are trademarks of Cabletron Systems, Inc.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Corporation.
of CompuServe.

OpenWindows

OPENLOOK

and

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Novell

Sun Microsystems

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Ethernet

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DEC

net is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment

is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.

is a registered trademark, and

and

XNS

and

DNI

are registered trademarks,

and

Flexible Network Bus

OSF/Motif

is a trademark of

are trademarks of Xerox Corporation.

Banyan

CompuServe

is a registered trademark

Sun, SunNet

and

is a registered

, and

Motif

are

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Chapter 1 Introduction to SPECTRUM

for Solstice Enterprise Manager on Solaris

Using this Guide .....................................................................................1-2

WhatÕs NOT in this Guide . . .........................................................1-4

Year 2000 Compliance ............................................................................1-4

Conventions.............................................................................................1-5

Screen Displays ................................................................................1-5

Launching Documentation.............................................................1-7

Using the Mouse ..............................................................................1-8

Getting Help ............................................................................................1-9

Chapter 2 Installing SPECTRUM for

Solstice Enterprise Manager

Installation Prerequisites .......................................................................2-2

Preparing Your Workstation for Installation.......................................2-3

To Install from a Local CD-ROM Drive........................................2-4

To Install from a Remote CD-ROM Drive....................................2-5

Installing SPMA ......................................................................................2-7

Integrating SPMA with Solstice Enterprise Manager...............2-13

Choices to Make During Integration ...................................2-13

Choosing Not to Integrate.....................................................2-14

Specifying a Database Storage Directory:

CTRONDB (optional).............................................................2-14

Copying the Necessary Files to a Custom CTRONDB

Directory...........................................................................2-16

A Note About Environment Variables

(For Previous Users Only!).............................................2-17

Testing for and Correcting Potential NIS Problems..................2-18

Contents

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Contents

Using SPMA Applications in a Stand-alone Mode ......................... 2-20

WhatÕs Next?......................................................................................... 2-21

Chapter 3 Getting Started

Creating Cabletron Network Objects.................................................. 3-1

Using the SPMA Discover Application............................................... 3-2

Launching SPMA Discover ........................................................... 3-3

SPMA Discover and SmartSwitch 9000 Devices................. 3-4

Manually Creating a Cabletron Systems Glyph................................ 3-4

ConÞguring Cabletron Glyph Properties........................................... 3-5

Assigning a Device Name ............................................................. 3-7

Assigning or Editing Community Names................................... 3-8

Selecting MIB Agent Files.............................................................. 3-9

Manually Creating SmartSwitch 9000 Module and

Chassis Glyphs....................................................................... 3-10

A Few Words about MIB Components

and Community Names ........................................................3-11

Starting SPMA Tools and Applications............................................. 3-12

Launching Documentation.......................................................... 3-13

Chapter 4 Using the Stand-alone Launcher

About the Stand-alone Launcher......................................................... 4-2

Adding Devices to the Launcher Database........................................ 4-6

Adding Devices Individually........................................................ 4-6

Assigning an Appropriate Community Name.................... 4-9

Adding a SmartSwitch 9000 Chassis...........................................4-11

A Special Note About the SmartSwitch 9500..................... 4-13

Using the Discover Tool............................................................... 4-13

Discover Parameters ............................................................. 4-15

Adding and Deleting SNMP Community Names............ 4-17

Adding and Deleting IP Address Ranges .......................... 4-18

Setting the Discover Parameters.......................................... 4-19

Starting the Discovery Process.................................................... 4-20

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The SPMA Launcher Database........................................................... 4-22

Changing the Polling Rate........................................................... 4-23

Sorting the Devices Listed in the Database............................... 4-24

Deleting Devices from the Database.......................................... 4-24

Using the Restore Button............................................................. 4-24

Launching Applications...................................................................... 4-25

Launching Applications from the Command Line.................. 4-25

Customizing Launcher Menus........................................................... 4-26

Adding Access to Third-party Applications............................. 4-26

Viewing Documentation..................................................................... 4-28

Appendix A Cabletron Device MIB Agents

ConÞguring a Manually-Created Glyph ........................................... A-1

Cabletron Device MIB Agent Tables .................................................. A-2

MMAC and Standalone Devices ................................................. A-2

BRIM/HSIM Modules .................................................................. A-8

SmartSwitch 9000 Devices............................................................ A-9

Creating and Using the Generic SNMP Glyph............................... A-12

Contents

Index

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Chapter 1

Introduction to SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager on Solaris

How to use this guide; manual conventions; contacting the Cabletron Systems Global
Call Center

SPECTRUM¨ for Solstice Enterprise Manager (SEM) adds
comprehensive remote management support for all of Cabletron
SystemsÕ intelligent network management devices to Sun
MicrosystemsÕ Solstice Enterprise Manager network management
platform. The result is a versatile network management system,
ideally suited to managing networks that contain Cabletron Systems
devices.

At the heart of SPECTRUM for SEM are the graphical Hub and
Bridge views Ñ interactive displays of Cabletron Systems intelligent
network devices and, where applicable, the hubs and modules they
control. In addition to their graphical displays of device status and
conÞguration, the Hub and Bridge views provide a wide variety of
statistical information about the trafÞc passing through your devices,
and provide access to a number of separate applications that allow
you to monitor and manage each of the functions your intelligent
devices can perform. Additional applications not available through
the Hub or Bridge views can be accessed, like the Hub and Bridge

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views themselves, via the
stand-alone mode, from the Stand-alone Launcher or the command
line.

SPECTRUM for SEM also expands the graphical reporting
capabilities of Solstice Enterprise Manager by providing pie chart and
meter tools that allow you to dynamically display network data and
performance statistics. You can run and control these visual tools
through menu choices and dialog boxes within the SPECTRUM for
SEM graphical user interface, or execute them in a stand-alone mode
from the command line, specifying both the variables to depict and
the properties of the chart or meter itself. The pie chart and meter
tools are more thoroughly described in the

Meters

Application (SPMA) Tools Guide

Using this Guide

This manual is designed to complement the Solstice Enterprise
Manager manual set from Sun Microsystems, as well as the

Tools Guide

the

SPMA System Message Reference Guide

device- and application-speciÞc
install SPECTRUM for SEM, how to discover Cabletron devices on
your network and how to properly deÞne the glyphs that represent
them, and how to access the
to each individual application available for your device. The

Enterprise Manager UserÕs

the basic features of Solstice: creating your network and network
components, retrieving network data, specifying events, and so forth;
the

SPMA Tools Guide

application-speciÞc
how to operate each of the management applications available for
your Cabletron intelligent devices; and the

Guide

provides some guidelines that can help you interpret the

statistical data provided by SPMA about the trafÞc on your network.

chapter of the

, the

Cabletron SystemsÕ Network Troubleshooting Guide

UserÕs Guides

Glyph

SPECTRUM Portable Management

and the individual device- and

menu; or, for operation in

Charts, Graphs, and

.

, and the individual

UserÕs Guides

Glyph

and

menu, which serves as a gateway

Reference

provide detailed information on

guides describe how to use

Network Troubleshooting

; it describes how to

SPMA

,

Solstice

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Introduction to SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager on Solaris

The

System Message Reference Guide

of error and informational messages you may see; corrective user
action is also provided, where appropriate.

This manual assumes that you have a basic understanding of
network management concepts and that you are familiar with Solaris,
a Sun Microsystems version of the UNIX operation system, and the
window manager (OpenWindows or the Common Desktop
Environment) you have selected.

explains the source of a variety

¥ Chapter 1,

Manager on Solaris

and the conventions used here and in other SPMA manuals,
explains where to Þnd information about SPMA applications and
device management modules, and tells you how to contact the
Cabletron Systems Global Call Center.

¥ Chapter 2,

Manager

SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager, and outlines the
procedures for installing SPECTRUM Portable Management
Applications for use in conjunction with Solstice Enterprise
Manager and in a stand-alone mode.

¥ Chapter 3,

to create Cabletron Systems device glyphs in your Solstice
Enterprise Manager database, how to create device glyphs from
scratch without using SPMA Discover, and how to conÞgure your
glyphs to make the most of the features and functions available on
each Cabletron device.

¥ Chapter 4,

the SPMA Stand-alone Launcher, how to access SPMA
applications from the command line, and how to add third party
applications to the Launcher menu; some basic information about
MIB components and community names is also provided.

Introduction to SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise

, describes this

Installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise

, lists the hardware and software requirements for using

Getting Started

Using the Stand-alone Launcher

, explains how to use SPMA Discover

Installing and Using ...

, explains how to use

guide

¥ Appendix A,

provides a list of the ASN1 and GDMO Þles applicable to each
Cabletron management device supported by SPMA; refer to this
list when conÞguring glyphs for your Cabletron intelligent

Selecting MIB Agent Files for Cabletron Devices

Using this Guide 1-3

,

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devices. This Appendix also describes how to create a generic
SNMP icon for general SNMP stack management of third-party
devices.

What’s NOT in this Guide . . .

This guide is intended to provide you with the information you need
to install SPECTRUM for SEM on your workstation, locate Cabletron
devices on your network and properly deÞne their glyphs, and access
the

Glyph

applications available for a particular device.

What you wonÕt Þnd in this guide are any detailed, step-by-step
instructions on how to use the applications available for each of your
devices; or how to discover devices and create a map or maps in
Solstice Enterprise Manager. The latter can be found in your Solstice
Enterprise Manager documentation; the former is located either in the

SPMA Tools Guide

which are common to most devices, or in the device- and
application-speciÞc
the applications available to each device. The entire document set Ñ
including this
electronic format; all appropriate documents are installed for you
automatically.

menu, which provides a gateway to each of the

, which describes the operation of applications

SPMA UserÕs Guides

Installing and Using...

, which describe the rest of

guide Ñ is provided in an

This guide also includes instructions for installing SPECTRUM for
SEM for operation in a stand-alone mode; instructions for starting
each application from the command line are included in each chapter,
both in the device- and application-speciÞc guides and in the

Tools Guide.

SPMA

Year 2000 Compliance

Previous users of SPMA will note a few display changes related to
Year 2000 compliance. All SPMA applications now have the ability to
display a four-digit year value where this information is available.
For example, the Stand-alone Launcher window Ñ which uses your

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workstationÕs system time value to display the time and date of the
last contact change Ñ will now display these date values with eight
digits (05/31/1998) instead of six (05/31/98).

Please keep in mind, however, that SPMAÕs ability to
four-digit year value in device-speciÞc windows Ñ such as the
Device Status window available from the Hub View or the Bridge
View Ñ is dependent on the ÞrmwareÕs ability to
value. Not all Þrmware versions support this ability; contact
Cabletron SystemsÕ Global Call Center for information speciÞc to
your device Þrmware.

Conventions

The family of SPECTRUM Portable Management Applications can
work with a number of different network management systems
running on several different operating systems and graphical user
interfaces. This versatility presents two documentation problems:
Þrst, there is no standard terminology; and second, the appearance of
the windows will differ based on the graphical interface in use. For
the sake of consistency, the following conventions will be followed
throughout this and other SPMA guides.

Screen Displays

SPMA runs under a variety of different operating systems and
graphical user interfaces. To maintain a consistent presentation,
screen displays in this and other SPMA guides show an OSF/Motif
environment. If youÕre used to a different GUI, donÕt worry; the
differences are minor. Buttons, boxes, borders, and menus displayed
on your screen may look a bit different from what you see in the
guide, but theyÕre organized and labelled the same, located in the
same places, and perform the same functions in all screen
environments.

display

provide

a

a four-digit

Some windows within SPMA applications can be re-sized; those
windows will display the standard window resizing handles
employed by your windowing system. Re-sizing a window doesnÕt

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re-size the information in the window; it just changes the amount of
information that can be displayed (see Figure 1-1). When you shrink a
window, scroll bars will appear as necessary so that you can scroll to
view all the information that is available.

Select the Guide menu option to launch
a menu of available documents

Use the scroll
bars provided
to choose what
to display in a
window that’s
been resized

Click here to
display footer
message
history

Figure 1-1. Window Conventions

Some windows will also contain a
button launches a History window (Figure 1-2) which lists all footer
messages that have been displayed since the window was Þrst
invoked. This window can help you keep track of management
actions you have taken since launching a management application.

History

button; selecting this

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Introduction to SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager on Solaris

Figure 1-2. The History Window

Launching Documentation

The SPMA documentation set is now provided in electronic format
and installed with your SPMA program Þles, along with AdobeÕs
Acrobat Reader application. The
available in many application windows Ñ including all Hub Views,
the Bridge View, and the Stand-alone Launcher Ñ will launch the
Acrobat Reader and open the appropriate document. From the
Stand-alone Launcher, clicking the
Þle which provides links to all other available documentation; you
can also access this menu Þle (called
the Solstice Manager Viewer window via the
menu option. Any document Þle can also be opened directly via
Acrobat. Document Þles are stored in the

documentation

directory.

Conventions 1-7

Guide

button or menu option

Guide

button will launch a menu

SPMAdocs.pdf

ToolsÑ>SPMA Guide

/usr/ctron/

) directly from

Introduction to SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager on Solaris

Using the Mouse

The UNIX mouse has three buttons. Procedures within the SPMA
document set refer to these buttons as follows:

Button 1

Button 2

Button 3

Figure 1-3. Mouse Buttons

If youÕre using a two-button mouse, donÕt worry. SPMA doesnÕt make
use of mouse button 2. Just click the left button for button 1 and the
right mouse button when instructed to use mouse button 3.

Whenever possible, we will instruct you on which mouse button to
employ; however, menu buttons within SPMA applications will
operate according to the convention employed by the active
windowing system. By convention, menu buttons under the Motif
windowing environment are activated by clicking the left mouse
button (referred to as mouse button 1 in SPMA documentation), and
there is no response to clicking the right button (mouse button 3).
Under OpenWindows, menu buttons can be activated by clicking the
right button, and convention dictates that the left button activates a
default menu option; within SPMA, that default option will also
display the entire menu. Because of this difference, references to
activating a menu button will not include instructions about which

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Getting Help

mouse button to use. All other panels from which menus can be
accessed, and all buttons which do not provide access to menus, will
operate according to SPMA convention, as documented.

If you need additional support related to SPMA, or if you have any
questions, comments, or suggestions related to this manual, contact
the Cabletron Systems Global Call Center. Before calling, please have
the following information ready:

¥ The product name

¥ The version number of the program that you need help with.

SPMA is modular, which means each application will have a
speciÞc revision number. Where applicable, an INFO button
provides the version number; you can also view the version
number for any application by typing the command to start the
application followed by a -v.

You can contact the Cabletron Systems Global Call Center by any of
the following methods:

By phone: [phone]

24 hours a day, 365 days a year

By mail: Cabletron Systems, Inc.

PO Box 5005
Rochester, NH 03866-5005

By Internet mail: [e-mail]

By FTP ctron.com (134.141.197.25)

Login
Password

By BBS: [phone]

Modem Setting 8N1: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, No parity

anonymous
your email address

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For additional information about Cabletron Systems products, visit
our World Wide Web site: http://www.cabletron.com/. For technical
support, select Service and Support.

1-10 Getting Help

Chapter 2

Installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager

Hardware and software requirements; installation procedures; installing SPMA modules
for stand-alone operation

Beginning with the 3.2rev1 release, SPMA applications are now sold
and shipped as a single part number which includes all available
applications and device support. The Þles that will be extracted from
the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application (SPMA) CD that
you received will depend on which modules you choose to install.
Along with the core applications (including the Stand-alone
Launcher, the SPMA tool set, and the Solstice Enterprise Manager
interface Þles) and the individual device modules you choose, the
installation procedure will also install all related documentation and
the version of AdobeÕs Acrobat Reader appropriate to your operating
system. If you are a previous user of SPMA, you will notice a few
new steps at the beginning of the install process; the rest of the
process is unchanged.

This chapter divides the installation procedure into separate tasks:

Preparing Your Workstation for Installation

Before you run the Install script included on your SPECTRUM
Portable Management Application CD, there are several operating
parameters you must set on your workstation.

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Installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager

Installing SPMA Files on your Workstation

Whether youÕre installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise
Manager on Solaris for the Þrst time, or installing an additional
device module or product upgrade, you follow the same simple
procedure to install the SPMA Þles on your workstation Ñ including
choosing the modules you wish to install. All necessary directories
and subdirectories are created for you automatically, and all
appropriate documentation is installed along with the chosen
modules.

Integrating SPMA with Solstice Enterprise Manager

You must also update a number of Solstice Þles and directories so that
they contain the Cabletron information required to run SPMA.

Creating Environment Variables

If you wish, you can deÞne the variable CTRONDB to store your
SPMA-related database Þles in other than the default location.

Testing for and Correcting Potential NIS Problems

Certain SPMA applications make frequent use of IP address to host
name mapping, which can slow application response time on some
networks. The SPMA pnisd daemon is designed to enhance this
response time on networks where this is a problem; we tell you how
to test your network, and how to install the daemon if you need it.

Installation Prerequisites

Before you install SPMA, you must already have installed Solstice
Enterprise Manager from Sun Microsystems. The SPMA installation
creates some new directories and adds Þles to existing Solstice
Enterprise Manager directories. You install the entire product Ñ
including all related documentation Ñ from a single CD; all
necessary directories are created for you automatically.

Hardware Requirements

SPMA requires a minimum of 48 megabytes of RAM, but 64 is
recommended. At a minimum, swap space should be equal to twice
the amount of RAM; however, if you plan to run several SPMA

2-2 Installation Prerequisites

Installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager

applications simultaneously, you may improve performance by
assigning additional swap space. The SPMA core product and device
modules require hard disk space as speciÞed below:

SPMA Core 71 megabytes
Device modules from 4 to 43 megabytes; average size 27

megabytes

Entire product 248 megabytes

Be sure you have enough hard disk space over and above that
required by Solstice Enterprise Manager to install the modules you
need; note that size estimates include space for the associated
documentation.

Software Requirements

SPMA has the following operating system and windowing system
software requirements:

Solaris version 2.5.1 or 2.6
OpenWindows Version 3 (3.5.1 via showrev -v)
CDE version 1.0.2

Solstice Enterprise Manager version 2.0

Preparing Your Workstation for Installation

Before you can successfully run the install script from the SPMA
CD-ROM, there are several parameters you must set for your
workstation. You must run the install as root; therefore, if display
parameters have not been set for root, you may need to set the
display environment variable to the hostname of your workstation.
You may also need to give root permission to display the install
windows by using the xhost command. These and other steps
necessary to execute before installing from a local or remote CD-ROM
drive are described below.

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To Install from a Local CD-ROM Drive

1. Log on to the workstation as root.

If you are running on Solaris with the vold process (volume manager

NOTE

daemon), skip steps 2 and 3 below. When you insert a CD on a system
running the volume manager daemon, the CD filesystem is automatically
mounted by the system.

2. Create a directory for the CD mount point by typing:

mkdir /cdrom

3. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and mount the CD

filesystem using the following command:

mount -r -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom

4. Chec k to mak e sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set

to the hostname of your workstation by typing echo $DISPLAY.

If the DISPLAY environment variable is set to <your
workstation’ s hostname>:0.0 or :0.0, y ou do not need to set the

DISPLAY environment variable; proceed to step 5.

If the DISPLAY is set to a hostname other than your own or
not set at all, set the DISPLAY environment variable to the

hostname of your workstation using one of the following
commands:

for C Shell

setenv DISPLAY <hostname>:0

for Korn and Bourne Shell

DISPLAY=<hostname>:0 ; export DISPLAY

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Installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise Manager

5. If you did not start the windowing environment as root you will
also need to give root permission to display by switching to the
username you used to launch the windowing environment, and
typing the following from the command line:

xhost +<hostname>

To Install from a Remote CD-ROM Drive

1. Log on to the CD-ROM host workstation as root.

If you are running on Solaris with the vold process (volume manager

NOTE

daemon), skip steps 2 and 3 below. When you insert a CD on a system
running the volume manager daemon, the CD filesystem is automatically
mounted by the system.

2. Create a directory for the CD mount point by typing:

mkdir /cdrom

3. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and mount the CD
filesystem using the following command:

mount -r -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom

4. Export the CD ROM filesystem by adding the following line to
your /etc/dfs/dfstab file:

share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom

then type the following from the command line:

shareall

Or just type the following from the command line:

share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom

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Adding the line specified above to your /etc/dfs/dfstab file will permanently

TIP

export the CD-ROM filesystem (until the line is removed); exporting from
the command line only will export the CD-ROM filesystem until the next
time you re-boot.

5. Log on to the target workstation as root.

6. Create a directory for the CD mount point by typing:

mkdir /cdrom

7. Chec k to mak e sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set
to the hostname of your workstation by typing echo $DISPLAY.

If the DISPLAY environment variable is set to <your
workstation’ s hostname>:0.0 or :0.0, y ou do not need to set the

DISPLAY environment variable; proceed to step 8.

If the DISPLAY is set to a hostname other than your own or
not set at all, set the DISPLAY environment variable to the

hostname of your workstation using one of the following
commands:

for C Shell

setenv DISPLAY <hostname>:0

for Korn and Bourne Shell

DISPLAY=<hostname>:0 ; export DISPLAY

8. If you did not start the windowing environment as root you will
also need to give root permission to display by switching to the
username you used to launch the windowing environment, and
typing the following from the command line:

xhost +<hostname>

2-6 Preparing Your Workstation for Installation

9. Mount the CDROM drive workstation using the following
command:

if you are using a Solaris machine as the CD drive workstation

mount -r -o hard,intr <remote
hostname>:/cdrom/cdrom0 /cdrom

The commands above and below should each be entered as one line.

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if you are not using a Solaris machine as the CD workstation

mount -r -o hard,intr <remote hostname>:/cdrom
/cdrom

Installing SPMA

Follow the procedure below to install the SPMA program and
documentation Þles to your workstationÕs hard drive; during
installation, all necessary subdirectories will be created for you
automatically. The following install procedures cover both the initial
installation and any subsequent product additions or upgrades.

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During the install process, you must choose which of the available SPMA

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modules you wish to install; the core applications are installed
automatically. If you choose to install additional modules at a later time, the
core files will automatically be re-installed, but you need not re-install any
individual modules you have already installed.

1. To start the installation, type the following command:

if you are running the volume manager daemon (vold process):

/cdrom/cdrom0/install.cd

if you are not running the volume manager daemon:

/cdrom/install.cd

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The Install Platform Selection window, Figure 2-1, will be
displayed.

Figure 2-1. The Install Platform Selection Window

2. Click in the appropriate fields to select the operating system and
network management system (if applicable) on which you will be
running the SPMA applications. Based on information read from
your workstation, these fields will try to default to the correct
values; be sure to check the default settings and change them if
necessary.

3. Click on Next to proceed with installation; the Install Product
Selection window, Figure 2-2, will appear. You can use this
window to select only those applications that you need, or you
can leave the default selections and install the entire SPMA
product. The associated document files will be automatically
installed for each selected module. Click mouse button 1 on any
module to select or de-select it. Note that the Core option cannot
be de-selected; core application and documentation files will be
installed automatically each time the installation procedure is run.
You can also double-click on the list box title to select all available
options.

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Be sure you have adequate hard disk space to install the options you have
selected; see Hardware Requirements, page 2-2, for module size estimates.

Figure 2-2. Install Product Selection Window

4. Clic k on Ne xt to proceed with installation; an Install Configuration
window like the example shown Figure 2-3 will appear. The
directory you are installing

from

will be displayed in the Install

from: field; the default install directory will be displayed in the
Install to: field.

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You can also click on Previous to return to the Platform Selection window,

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and change any settings you have made there before continuing with the
install procedure.

Figure 2-3. Install ConÞguration window

If you decide not to go on with the installation at any time, click on Quit

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from this or any of the preceding windows to stop the installation process.

5. You can change the directory you are installing to by either
clicking on Browse and selecting a new directory, or by typing in
the path of the new directory in the Install to: field.

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CAUTION

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We strongly recommend that you install to the default /usr directory.
However, if you choose to install to a different directory, please keep the
following cautions in mind:

First, use care when typing in the directory name Ñ if you mistype the
name, the install will still create the directory for you, and your files may
end up in an unexpected location; if you leave a space at the end of the path
you specify, the install will succeed, but this kind of directory name is not
recommended. If you choose to install to a path other than the default /usr,
we recommend that you first create the directory, then use the Browse
button to select it in this window.

Second, remember that if you install to a directory other than /usr, the
install routine will automatically attempt to create a link from the ctron
directory within the directory you specified to /usr/ctron. If there is
already a file, directory, or link named /usr/ctron, you will receive a
warning message (see Figure 2-4) at the end of the install process indicating
that the link could not be created. If you receive this warning, you must first
either remove or rename the existing /usr/ctron, then manually make
the link by typing the following command from the command line:

ln -s <your install directory>/ctron /usr/ctron

Figure 2-4. Sample Warning Message

For example, if you choose to install to /data instead of the default /usr
directory, the following link must be created either by the install process or
manually after installation:

ln -s /data/ctron /usr/ctron

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6. To proceed with the installation click on Install. Progress will be
reported via the status bar at the bottom of the Install
Configuration window (see Figure 2-5).

Figure 2-5. Installation Progress Indicator

7. When all of the SPMA application files ha ve been copied, you will
be prompted to integrate SPMA with your network management
system. (See the following section for more information.)

Figure 2-6. Integration window

Under certain special circumstances, you may want to run the install

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procedure without the user interface windows; in order to do this, however,
you must first contact the Global Call Center and request specific
instructions and an extraction key.

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