Nortel Networks Optivity User Manual

Part No. 208963-B March 2001

4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054

Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1.1.0.0

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 1

Introducing Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

What is Optivity Switch Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Optivity Switch Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Optivity Switch Manager submanagers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Multicast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Log Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 2

Using Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Starting Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Optivity Switch Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Optivity Switch Manager menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Finding unsaved configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Viewing device properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Optivity Switch Manager status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Working with the network topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 3

Configuring Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Discovering your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Accessing devices within different SNMP communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting the contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the scale slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Loading a saved network topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Saving a topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printing a topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Finding a device in the topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Arranging devices on the topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Discovering devices on a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Restricting discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Layout slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Using VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

What is VLAN Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

VLAN Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Starting VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

VLAN Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Finding network resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Port membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Viewing the unassigned ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Viewing tagged Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Viewing isolated router ports (IRPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Viewing bridge routing Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Viewing spanning tree groups (STGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing and configuring STG parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Status group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

VLAN ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Managing spanning tree groups (STGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Creating a spanning tree group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Editing a spanning tree group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Deleting a spanning tree group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Managing a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating a port-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Creating a source IP subnet-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Creating a protocol-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

User-defined protocols in a protocol-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Creating a source MAC address-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Deleting a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane . . . . . . 93

Viewing VLAN members in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Viewing STG port members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing STG root configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Chapter 5

Using MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

What is MultiLink Trunking Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MultiLink Trunking Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

MultiLink Trunking Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Using MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Managing MultiLink Trunks (MLTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Highlighting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Finding network resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Viewing trunk connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Viewing no trunk configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Viewing isolated devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Creating an MLT with one device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Creating a new MLT on a pair of devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Viewing MLT port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Editing a port on an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Deleting an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Editing an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Using Multicast Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

What is Multicast Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Multicast protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

DVMRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Multicast Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Starting Multicast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Multicast Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Finding a network resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Contents 9

Using Multicast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Viewing IGMP Snoop groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Receiver tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Sender tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Static tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Access tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Viewing L3-IGMP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Cache tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Group tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Viewing DVMRP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Globals tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Neighbor tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Route tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Next Hop tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Viewing MRoute information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Route tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Viewing Multicast Groups information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Source Subnets tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Receivers tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Highlighting a multicast device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Highlighting a multicast forwarding path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Chapter 7

Using Log Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Uploading Passport syslog files to your management station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Uploading a file using Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Uploading a file using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Initiating a Telnet session from Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Using the Telnet application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Uploading the syslog file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Passport/Accelar 1000 Series switches (version 2.x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Starting Log Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Opening a syslog file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Exporting a log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Locating specific log entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Filtering log entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Appendix A

Additional reference sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Appendix B

Troubleshooting and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Resolving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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Figure 1 Optivity Switch Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 2 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 3 Shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 4 Device Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 5 Optivity Switch Manager topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 6 Scale slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 7 Open File dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 8 Save dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 9 Find Device dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 10 Optivity Switch Manager display before Layout command . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 11 Preferences dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 12 Restrict Discovery dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 13 Communities dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 14 VLAN Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 15 VLAN Manager navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 16 Default (1) folder view in the contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 17 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 18 Unassigned Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 19 Tagging Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 20 Isolated Routing Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 21 Bridge Routing Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 22 STG folder in the VLAN Manager navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 23 Spanning tree group members table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 24 PortMembers dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 25 Configuration table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 26 Status table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 27 Root table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 28 Default VLAN table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 29 VLAN table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Figure 30 New STG dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 31 Delete dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 32 New VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 33 New VLAN dialog box with bySubnet selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 34 New VLAN dialog box with byProtocolId selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 35 New VLAN dialog box with bySrcMac selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 36 Edit Mac - VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 37 VLAN topology in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 38 Viewing STG port members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 39 Root topology displayed in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane . 97

Figure 40 MultiLink Trunking Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 41 Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Figure 42 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Figure 43 Trunk table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 44 No Trunk table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 45 Isolated Device table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 46 Insert MLT dialog box — one device selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 47 Trunk table for a pair of devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 48 Insert MLT dialog box — pair of devices selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Figure 49 Port dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 50 PortMembers dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 51 Delete dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 52 Trunk table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 53 Highlight topology view in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 54 Multicast Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 55 Multicast Manager navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 56 DVMRP Table in the contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Figure 57 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 58 IGMP Snoop Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 59 General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 60 Receiver tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 61 Sender tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 62 Static tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 63 Access tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Figure 64 IGMP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Figure 65 Cache tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 66 Interface tab (L3-IGMP partial view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 67 Group tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 68 DVMRP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 69 Globals tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 70 Interface tab (DVMRP) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Figure 71 Neighbor tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 72 Route tab (DVMRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 73 Next Hop tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Figure 74 Route tab (MRoute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 75 Multicast Group table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figure 76 Source Subnets tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Figure 77 Receivers tab (Multicast Groups) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Figure 78 Optivity Switch Manager with forwarding node highlighted . . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure 79 Optivity Switch Manager window with devices using DVMRP

highlighted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure 80 Copy File tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Figure 81 Telnet dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Figure 82 Telnet window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure 83 SysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 84 Open sysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 85 Imported log file in SysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Figure 86 Export sysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Figure 87 sysLog - Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Figure 88 sysLog - Filter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Tables

Table 1 Parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table 3 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 4 Device Properties dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 6 Status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Table 7 Device icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Table 8 Preferences dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 9 Communities dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 10 Maximum STGs and VLANs supported by switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Table 11 VLAN Manager window parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table 12 VLAN Manager menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 13 VLAN Manager status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 14 Port membership types and STGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 15 Unassigned Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 16 Tagging Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Table 17 Isolated Routing Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 18 Bridge Routing Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 19 STG information icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 20 Members table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 21 Configuration table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Table 22 Status table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 23 Root table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 24 Default VLAN table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Table 25 New STG dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Table 26 New VLAN dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Table 27 Maximum number of MLTs supported in different switches . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 28 MultiLink Trunking Manager window parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Table 29 MultiLink Trunking Manager submenus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Table 30 MultiLink Trunking Manager status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Table 31 Trunk table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Table 32 No Trunk table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Table 33 Isolated Device table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Table 34 Insert MLT dialog box items for a single device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Table 35 Insert MLT dialog box items for two nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Table 36 Multicast Manager window parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Table 37 Multicast Manager menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Table 38 Multicast Manager status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Table 39 General tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Table 40 Receiver tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Table 41 Sender tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table 42 Static tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table 43 Access tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Table 44 Cache tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Table 45 Interface tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Table 46 Group tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Table 47 Globals tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Table 48 Interface tab—DVMRP fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Table 49 Neighbor tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Table 50 Route tab (DVMRP) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Table 51 Next Hop tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Table 52 Route tab (MRoute) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Table 53 Source Subnets tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Table 54 Receivers tab (Multicast Groups) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Table 55 SysLog dialog box items and buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Table 56 Optivity Switch Manager problems and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Table 57 Optivity Switch Manager error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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Preface

Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based graphical network management application used to configure and manage select Passport and BayStack switches and Business Policy Switch 2000 switches operating within the same local area network.

This guide provides information about installing the Optivity Switch Manager software and using the features and capabilities of Optivity Switch Manager’s graphical user interface (GUI).

Before you begin

This guide is intended for network administrators with the following background:

• Working knowledge of networks and Ethernet bridging

• Ability to configure and troubleshoot VLANs, STGs, MLTs, and Multicast

groups

• Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology

• Working knowledge of GUIs

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Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

bold Courier text

italic text Indicates new terms, book titles, and variables in

plain Courier text

separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.

Related publications

Indicates command names and options and text that you need to enter.

Example: Use the Example: Enter

command syntax descriptions. Where a variable is two or more words, the words are connected by an underscore.

Example: If the command syntax is

show at <valid_route>, valid_route is one

variable and you substitute one value for it.

Indicates command syntax and system output, for example, prompts and system messages.

Example:

Example: Protocols > IP identifies the IP option on the Protocols menu.

Set Trap Monitor Filters

dinfo command.

show ip {alerts|routes}.

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For more information about the protocols used in Optivity Switch Manager or information about using Device Manager, refer to the publications in this list.

Note: The Passport product line was formerly named Accelar. The product name on some previously published documents has not yet been changed.

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• Networking Concepts for the Accelar 1000 Series Routing Switch Software

Release 2.0 (part number 205588-A)

Provides general information and description of how the Passport 1000 Series switch handles various networking features, such as VLANs, MultiLink Trunking, OSPF, RIP, and IPX.

• Installing Optivity Switch Manager for LAN Switch Networks 1.0.0.0 (part number 210274-A)

Describes the steps necessary to install Optivity Switch Manager on the Windows and Solaris platforms.

• Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch

(part number 207307-C)

Provides general information and description of how the Passport switch handles various networking features, such as VLANs, MultiLink Trunking, OSPF, RIP, and IPX.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Basic Switch Management Release 3.1 (part number 211255-A)

Describes the command line interface (CLI) structure and the commands used to perform basic switch management operations, such as modifying the switch boot sequence, working with switch files, and setting up security features.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Switching Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207308-D)

Describes the CLI commands and parameters for switching operations. Most configuration tasks that can be performed using Device Manager can also be done using the CLI.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Routing Operations Release 3.1 (part number 208967-C)

Describes the CLI commands and parameters for routing operations.

• Reference for Accelar Management Software Switching Operations Release 2.0 (part number 205586-A)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2 (switching) functions with the Accelar 1000 Series routing switch, including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

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• Reference for Accelar Management Software Routing Operations Release 2.0

(part number 205587-A)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 3 (routing) functions with the Accelar 1000 Series routing switch, including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Switching Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207414-D)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 3 (routing) functions with the Passport routing switch, including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Routing Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207415-C)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2 (switching) functions with the Passport 8000 Series switch, including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

• Reference for the BayStack 350/410/450 Management Software Operations Version 3.1 (part number 210245-B)

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Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2 (switching) functions with BayStack switches, including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free, directly from the Internet. Go to the www25.nortelnetworks.com/library/tpubs/ URL. Find the product for which you need documentation. Then locate the specific category and model or version for your hardware or software product. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the manuals and release notes, search for the sections you need, and print them on most standard printers. Go to Adobe Systems at the

www.adobe.com URL to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

You can purchase selected documentation sets, CDs, and technical publications through the Internet at the www1.fatbrain.com/documentation/nortel/ URL.

How to get help

If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Networks product from a distributor or authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance.

If you purchased a Nortel Networks service program, contact one of the following Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Centers:

Technical Solutions Center Telephone

EMEA (33) (4) 92-966-968

North America (800) 4NORTEL or (800) 466-7835

Asia Pacific (61) (2) 9927-8800

China (800) 810-5000

An Express Routing Code (ERC) is available for many Nortel Networks products and services. When you use an ERC, your call is routed to a technical support person who specializes in supporting that product or service. To locate an ERC for your product or service, go to the www12.nortelnetworks.com/ URL and click ERC at the bottom of the page.

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Chapter 1 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager

This chapter introduces Nortel Networks Optivity Switch Manager features and functions. The chapter includes the following topics:

• What is Optivity Switch Manager? (next)

• Optivity Switch Manager features (page 24)

• Optivity Switch Manager submanagers (page 24)

What is Optivity Switch Manager?

Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based network management application that allows you to discover and view up to 100 network devices and their physical links on a topology map. Once your network is discovered, you can monitor, manage, and configure protocols and settings in devices in the network using the following submanagers within Optivity Switch Manager:

• VLAN Manager

• MultiLink Trunking Manager

• Multicast Manager

• Log Manager

In addition to these submanagers, Optivity Switch Manager has an associated standalone application, Device Manager, that provides the ability to completely configure and manage a single device in the network.

Optivity Switch Manager allows you to manage small to medium-size networks. Since Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based tool, it is platform-independent. Optivity Switch Manager is also a real-time SNMP tool, allowing you to save the topology map, error log, preferences, and communities in the application.

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To use Optivity Switch Manager, you must have the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your system. Optivity Switch Manager requires JRE 1.3.

Note: For a description of operating systems, devices, and software releases supported by Optivity Switch Manager, see Installing Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.

Optivity Switch Manager features

Optivity Switch Manager is a configuration tool for troubleshooting and limited network monitoring. It has the following features:

• A consistent look across the Solaris and Windows platforms.

• Spring algorithm that balances distances between devices and minimizes

crossing lines when creating the topology map.

• A consistent graphical user interface (GUI) across Optivity Switch Manager and submanagers and a single point of access to the submanagers.

• Dynamic system updates across submanagers. You can simultaneously query your device in a submanager application as you view the topology map through Optivity Switch Manager.

• Access control and security using community strings.

• Network discovery that you can specify to be as large or small as you want.

• Ability to save the layout of a discovered network for future use.

Optivity Switch Manager submanagers

Optivity Switch Manager incorporates submanagers that provide detailed device information and management capabilities. The submanagers are designed to provide specialized information in an easy-to-use graphical user interface that is consistent in layout across the submanagers. A submanager can query Optivity Switch Manager and instruct the primary application to update the topology view with information relevant to the submanager view. For example, VLAN Manager can instruct Optivity Switch Manager to color all the devices in the view that include members of a particular VLAN.

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The submanagers open in a separate window from Optivity Switch Manager. You must have the Optivity Switch Manager window open to access all the submanagers except Device Manager. The submanagers are:

• VLAN Manager

• MultiLink Trunking Manager

• Multicast Manager

• Log Manager

• Device Manager

VLAN Manager

VLAN Manager allows you to:

• Create, delete, or modify VLANs across one or multiple devices

• View VLAN information, membership, and port configuration information in

tabular format

• View Spanning Tree Protocol information such as members of spanning tree groups (STGs) and Spanning Tree Protocol configuration

• View VLAN nodes across the network

For more information about VLAN Manager, refer to Chapter 4, “Using VLAN

Manager,” on page 55.

MultiLink Trunking Manager

MultiLink Trunking Manager allows you to:

• Create, delete, or modify MultiLink Trunks (MLTs) across one or two devices

• View MLT configuration information such as port and VLAN membership

For more information about MultiLink Trunking Manager, refer to Chapter 5,

“Using MultiLink Trunking Manager,” on page 99.

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Multicast Manager

Multicast Manager allows you to:

• View multicast configuration and protocols found in the network

• Display multicast forwarding paths from a selected source or group

For more information about Multicast Manager, refer to Chapter 6, “Using

Multicast Manager,” on page 121.

Log Manager

Log manager allows you to download individual log files from network devices and view the entire file or selected information.

For more information about Log Manager, refer to Chapter 7, “Using Log

Manager,” on page 165.

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Device Manager

Device Manager is a standalone application that you can launch either from Optivity Switch Manager or separately. This application allows you to:

• Download image and configuration files

• Completely manage and configure layer 2 and, if applicable, layer 3 protocols

and features for a single network device

• Monitor traffic flow through the device

• View a device image indicating which ports are active and, for Passport

switches, which modules are installed

For more information about Device Manager, refer to the documents listed in

“Related publications” on page 18.

Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager

This chapter describes the basic procedures for using Optivity Switch Manager. For information about how to install Optivity Switch Manager, refer to Installing

Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Starting Optivity Switch Manager, next

• Using the Optivity Switch Manager window (page 29)

• Working with the network topology map (page 41)

• Getting help (page 46)

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Starting Optivity Switch Manager

After you install Optivity Switch Manager, you can start the application.

To start Optivity Switch Manager:

Do one of the following:

• From the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT

Start menu, choose Programs > Nortel Optivity Switch Management Software > Optivity Switch Manager.

• In a Windows environment, double-click the Optivity Switch Manager

shortcut icon on your desktop, if it is present.

• In a Solaris terminal window, enter

Switch Manager has been installed.

Optivity Switch Manager starts.

./OSM in the location where Optivity

You do not need a password to open the application. However, to discover and display a network topology, you need to enter an IP address to a device that will act as a “seed,” and you must have permission to access that “seed” device. Refer to “Discovering devices on a network” on page 48 for more information.

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Using the Optivity Switch Manager window

The Optivity Switch Manager window:

• Displays a logical map of a network showing physical connectivity between devices.

• Provides tools to access other Optivity Switch Manager features.

• Allows you to launch Optivity Switch Manager submanagers.

After the initial discovery, other Optivity Switch Manager submanager applications allow you to monitor or configure discovered devices.

Note: The Optivity Switch Manager window remains open and can display highlighted devices after the Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows open. If you close the Optivity Switch Manager window while Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows are open, the submanagers also close.

Title bar

Menu bar

Toolbar

Scale slider

Contents

pane

Scroll bars

Status bar

Figure 1 shows the Optivity Switch Manager window.

Figure 1 Optivity Switch Manager window

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Table 1 describes the parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window.

Table 1 Parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window

Part Description

Title bar Displays the application name and software version.

Menu bar Provides access to all Optivity Switch Manager commands.

Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly-used Optivity Switch Manager

Scale slider Provides four zoom levels to magnify the network topology map.

Contents pane Displays the network topology map.

Scroll bars Provide access to an entire map, table, or other text that spans two

Status bar Displays status information and the map legend.

commands.

pages in the contents pane.

When you successfully query a device on the network, the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane presents a logical map of the network displaying a variety of information about the network connections. The specific information available on the network topology map depends on the size of the network discovered. For example, in a very large network topology, the device IP addresses and port numbers are not displayed unless you magnify the network topology map using the scale slider.

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Optivity Switch Manager menu bar

The menu bar provides menus and commands for operating Optivity Switch Manager and for accessing Device Manager, VLAN Manager, MultiLink Trunking Manager, Multicast Manager, and Log Manager. Table 2 lists the Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands.

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