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CSP, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Publishing Information Document version: nPBg v1.0 Date: March 13, 2017 Address CSP Inc. 175 Cabot Street, Suite 210 Lowell, MA 01854 Tel: (800) 325-3110 support@cspi.com http://www.cspi.com/ethernet-products/integrated-solutions Myricom nVoy SeriesPacket Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page ii...
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Deleting a specific domain ........................... 112 Downloading a domain ............................112 Selecting or unselecting all domains ........................112 RESOURCE TAB ............................ 114 ........................114 ESOURCE TAB PANELS ..........................116 ESOURCE ......................117 ...
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..........................136 YSLOG OOLBAR Creating a syslog filter ............................136 Clearing a syslog filter ............................137 Searching for an event log............................ 138 Copying an event log to the clipboard ........................139 Copying a specific log to the clipboard ......................... 139 ...
Introduction - Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker This chapter provides an introduction to the Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker and its major user interfaces in the following sections: nVoy Series Packet Broker - Overview nVoy Packet Broker Features and Benefits ...
High Availability by Design. and equipped with two redundant power supplies and Built for robust and reliable 24x7 operation. four hot serviceable fans. Table 1: nVoy packet broker features and benefits. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 2...
1.3 nVoy Packet Broker Hardware Front Panel and interfaces Figure 2. nVoy Packet Broker front panel and main interfaces. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 3...
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Back panel with power modules and fans Figure 3. nVoy Packet Broker back panel with redundant power modules and replaceable fans. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 4...
Packet Broker nVoy Packet Broker nVoy Packet Broker Figure 4: Successful logon display. Once connectivity is established, you can manage the nVoy Packet Broker through the Web UI user interface. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 5...
Chapter 3: Web User Interface (Web UI) Web UI Command line interface Connection Name Location Description etc. Figure 5: Command line interface and Web UI functionality with nVoy Packet Broker. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 6...
The nVoy Packet Broker APIs are compatible with the following operating systems: Windows Linux FreeBSD Mac OS NetBSD. Figure 6: nVoy Packet Broker – operating system compatibility. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 7...
Packet Broker online help documents in the form of user guides and user manuals Managing Flow Domains Provides samples of nVoy packet broker flow domain modes, Chapter 10 describing use cases, traffic flow, and settings. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 8...
The nVoy Packet Broker is shipped with a default IP address to establish TCP/IP connectivity. For more information on the admin account, go to the Default logon information section of the chapter. Introduction to the nVoy Packet Broker Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 9...
Exits CLI exit exit Table 3: Commonly used nVoy packet broker configuration commands and their description. For more information on configuration commands, go to Appendix 3: Supplemental Interface Commands Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 10...
#config domain delete domain identified by domain [domain_name] testdomain name. Table 4. Examples of domain commands and their description. For more complex domain commands, go to User Interface (Web UI) Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 11...
Device diagnostic information, including serial number, firmware version, location, and administrator contact information. Device operations, including the ability to update device firmware, saving configurations, rebooting the appliance, and so on. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 12...
Figure 8 displays a typical Web UI layout and its six essential tabs. Interfaces tab Resource tab Help tab Dashboard tab Syslog tab Flow OPS tab Figure 8: Web UI homepage with highlighted tabs. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 13...
The Resource tab displays all saved resources such as filters and flow domain templates. Users can also create and manage IP black lists, pattern lists, and filters. For more detailed information, go to Resource Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 14...
For more detailed information, go to SyslogTab Help tab The Help tab displays all technical documentation pertaining to the nVoy Packet Broker appliance. For more detailed information, go to Help Tab Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 15...
Such device information includes CPU usage, memory consumption, temperature, service levels, power modules, and fan status. For more detailed information on the Device View panel, go to the section in this Device View chapter. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 16...
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The Real Time Domain Display panel displays real-time plots and traffic statistics of active running domains. For more detailed information on the Real Time Domain Display panel, go to the Real Time section in this chapter. Domain Display Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 17...
Up close and personal The Device View displays an array of 54 traffic ports with status and operations tightly integrated, as shown in Figure 10. Figure 10: Device View Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 18...
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The Device View Toolbar tabs are described as follows: Create Domain Edit Domain Delete Domain Activate Domain Deactivate Domain Port Groups Port Groups Speed Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 19...
Figure 12a. A virtual wire is created between both ports, as shown in Figure 12b. Figure 12a: Dragging and dropping a port. Figure12b. Creating a virtual wire between two ports. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 20...
Enter the domain name in the text box and click OK. The Configuration Editor window appears with the domain name in the Data Path Components panel, as shown in Figure 12c. Grid Figure 12c: Configuration Editor window Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 21...
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(Figure 12d). In this example PortX_Rx and PortX_Tx are assigned to port XG34. The Device View window appears, displaying the available ports (Figure 12d inset). Select port XG34 and click OK. The Device View window closes. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 22...
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The Start Domain in Progress Window appears. The window closes once the domain has been configured. To activate the domain, click Activate Domain from the Device View toolbar, as shown in Figure 12f. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 23...
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Click the Domain entry (DomainExample01) from the drop-down combo box. The Start Domain in Progress window appears. The window closes once the domain has been activated (Figure 12g). Figure 12g. Start Domain in Progress window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 24...
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33 and 34, as shown in Figure 12h. Figure 12h. A bi-directional virtual wire between ports 33 and 34. For more information on bi-directional domains, go to Chapter 10: Managing Flow Domains Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 25...
If you believe that your domain's filters conform to best practices, then you may select CONTINUE to activate the domain. Figure 12i: Domain compiler warning window. For more information on filter behavior, go to Appendix 5: nVoy Packet Broker – Filter User Guide Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 26...
Select the desired domain from the combo box. Figure 14: Edit Domain - Configuration Editor window. The Configuration Editor window appears, as shown in Figure 14. Make the necessary changes to the domain. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 27...
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There are two ways to save the new domain. a. Click OK to save the edited domain, OR b. Click Save as Template to save as a template. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 28...
A combo box displays all domains as shown in Figure 15. Select the desired domain. Figure 16: Confirm Delete Domain. A Confirm window appears, as shown in Figure 16. Click OK to delete the domain. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 29...
A Start Domain In Progress window appears, as shown in Figure 19. The window disappears once the domain has been successfully enabled. The domain in activated. Figure 19: Start Domain in Progress window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 31...
Select any domain with a checkmark (activated). The domain(s) are highlighted and a Confirm window appears, as shown in Figure 21. Click OK to deactivate the domain operation. Figure 21: Deactivated domain confirmation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 32...
Figure 22. Similarly, the port groups can be broken down, updated, or cleared altogether in the same way Figure 22: Port groups. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 33...
Figure 22b: Confirming port speed change from 10G to 25G. To change XG16 to 25G, the other ports need to be changed to 25G as well. User confirms and all ports switch to 25G. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 34...
In this example, “3240-3” is the port name. Port names can be changed at any time. Port ID Figure 22b: Port ID. In this example, the port ID is “6”. You cannot change the port ID. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 35...
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: Link is on : Link is down and interface module is unplugged : Link is down and interface module is plugged Figure 24: Port status. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 36...
Displays Fan 2 status. normal and abnormal. Displays Fan 3 status. normal and abnormal. Displays Fan 4 status. normal and abnormal. Figure 26: Device Status bar device descriptions. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 37...
Click [Change] beside the System Time entry, as shown in Figure 27. A Change System Time Settings window appears, as shown in Figure 28. Update the Date, Time, Time Zone, and/or Synchronize with a Network Time Server entries as required. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 38...
Displays the management IP address assigned to the nVoy Packet Broker. You can modify the management IP address as shown in Figure 30. 192.168.0.240 Figure 30: System IP Settings window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 39...
A Device Firmware Management window appears, displaying a table of available firmware versions with activation status, file size, and operations, as shown in Figure 31. Select the firmware to be installed and click [Activate] in the Operations column. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 40...
Click [Change] beside the Location entry, as shown in Figure 27. A Change Location window appears, as shown in Figure 33. Enter the desired location and click OK to confirm. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 41...
Click [Change] beside the Contact entry, as shown in Figure 27. A Change Contact window appears, as shown in Figure 34. Enter the desired contact information and click OK to confirm. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 42...
LDAP Servers TACACS+ Servers (not supported in this release) RADIUS Servers (not supported in this release) Groups Users Debug Account Port Classes Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 43...
"single sign-on" permissions where one user password is shared between many services. LDAP is appropriate for any kind of directory-like information, where fast lookups and less-frequent updates are the norm. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 44...
Click OK. The Login DN dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 38. Figure 38: Login DN dialog box. Enter the Login DN, Password, and Domain. Click Login. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 45...
Packet Broker appliance: o User Management: Controls the accounts setup and assigns user access and privileges. o Device Management: Assigns access privileges to the device ports, storage devices, and other resources. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 46...
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Port Access Lists only those ports that a user group can access and manage. A user group can be assigned one, more than one, or all ports. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 47...
Password and enter the new password twice. Click OK. Password Encrypted password appears as dots. First/Last Name Self-explanatory Self-explanatory Email Self-explanatory Extension Session Timeout Select from 5 min, 10, 15, 30, or 1 hour. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 48...
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You can assign a variety of pcap viewer timestamps to the user profile (Figure 42). The default time stamp format is hh:mm:ss.mmm (millisec). Figure 42: Assigning pcap viewer timestamps. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 49...
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You can assign a project descriptor such as project name, system under test, description, test ID format, and a report icon, as shown in Figure 43. Figure 43: Assigning a project descriptor. Click OK to add the new user. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 50...
The debug account status is enabled. You can disable the debug account by rebooting the nVoy Packet Broker Appliance, or by setting the Debug Account Status slider NOTE: from and entering your password. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 51...
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Port classes allow you to set individual ports to SPAN, Tool, or Bidirectional port classes, as shown in Figure 45. By default, all ports are bidirectional and traffic direction is determined by the domain connection. Figure 45: Port classes. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 52...
HTTPS Web User Interface c. Secure Shell d. SNMP Agent (Click Edit to modify agent, if required) Click the Auto Refresh drop-down combo box and select the desired auto Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 53...
Email Event information is sent via email (Figure 48). SysLog Displays device system information and logs stored on a server. Users can filter events by Informative, Warning, and Error category (Figure 49). Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 54...
Select the appropriate messaging format in the left column. Click the Enable check box in the right column and enter the required information in the dialog boxes. Click OK to send the event notification. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 55...
Figure 50: Device Firmware Management window. Click [Calculate] to calculate Md5Sum. The window refreshes to display the Md5Sum, as shown in Figure 51. Figure 51: Window displaying refreshed Md5Sum value. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 56...
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Click Upload to upload the firmware. The new firmware posts to the Device Firmware Management window. Uploading new firmware will overwrite any existing firmware image. Click OK to exit. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 57...
The Confirm window appears confirming that the configuration has been saved, as shown in Figure 53. Figure 53: Configuration Save confirmation. Click OK Once the configuration is saved, the Save Configuration script changes from red to blue. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 58...
Click Open with to open the text file in an editor. Click File > Save to save the text file. The configuration file is saved to the hard drive. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 59...
The Update Configure window appears, as shown in Figure 55. Click Choose File… and select the configuration file. Click Upload to upload the configuration file. The device restarts after the configuration file has uploaded. NOTE: Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 60...
The window refreshes to display the default IP, netmask, and gateway addresses, as shown in Figure 55b. Figure 55b: Displaying default IP, netmask, and gateway addresses. Click OK. The device configuration is reset to factory default. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 61...
Click [Reboot] in the Devices Operation panel. The Confirm window appears, as shown in Figure 56. Click Save to save your current configuration. Click Continue to reboot the device. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 62...
Shutting down the device Click [Shutdown] in the Devices Operation panel. A Confirm Shutdown System window appears, as shown in Figure 57. Click OK to confirm shutting down the device operation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 63...
CPU temperature (degrees Celsius) CPU usage (percentage) Available memory (MB) System Health File Size in bytes. File size in bytes Figure 58: Health Log window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 64...
Click Open with to open the logfile in a text file editor. Click File > Save to save the logfile to a text file editor. The health logfile is saved to the editor. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 65...
Figure 60. Active event log with no errors or warnings. Active event log with errors or warnings. Active service but with no event log. Figure 60: Service Status panel. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 66...
The ModLocator Event Log Detail window displays events related to traffic modules device ID assignment, time, warning severity and description, as shown in Figure 62. Figure 62: ModLocator Event Log Detail window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 67...
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The Console category displays the system console interface status. There is no Event Log Detail window associated with the Console category. For more information on consoles, go to Appendix 3: Hardware Specifications. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 68...
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The SNMP category displays the network management status. There is no Event Log Detail window associated with this category. For more information on SNMP, go to Section 4.4.3 Event Notifications. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 69...
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The Port Event Log Detail window displays events related to traffic port assignment, reservation, name changes, and running status, as shown in Figure 67. Figure 67: Port Event Log Detail window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 70...
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The nVoy Packet Broker Event Log Detail window displays events related to device configuration, activation, initializing, loading, power supply status, fan status, and so on, as shown in Figure 70. Figure 70: nVoy Packet Broker Event Log Detail window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 71...
An Event Log Export window appears, as shown in Figure 71. Enter the event log export date range. Check Others for services, otherwise leave unchecked. Click Export. The event log is exported. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 72...
Errors are generated when one or more parameters have invalid values or when a critical execution process or routine has failed. Table 4: Event log severity categories. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 73...
Shows egress ports associated with the domain, which can be edited through the Edit Domain operation. Domain Status There are two icons that indicates the domain current activate status. : Show domain running status. : is activated; : is inactivated. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 74...
The domain exists in two states, represented by two distinct command buttons: : the domain is INACTIVE, click to ACTIVATE the domain. : the domain is ACTIVE, click to DEACTIVATE the domain. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 75...
The Monitor Real-time Interface Statistics operation displays and updates (per the set refresh rate) the domain interface module and status, real-time packet statistics, and configuration status, as shown in Figure 76. Figure 76: Monitor Real-time Interface Statistics operation window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 76...
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: Click the Hide Interface Statistics check box to hide interface statistics; uncheck the check box to display interface statistics. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 77...
The port is highlighted, as shown in Figure 78. Highlighted port Figure 78: Select Port window. Click OK. The port is added and displayed, as shown in Figure 79. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 78...
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: The Split command button enables the user to run several real-time simulation tests on different interfaces the same time, as shown in Figure 80. Figure 80: Split-screen representation of two interfaces in real-time. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 79...
Display Real-time Plot The Real-Time Plot command button displays the real-time traffic plot and port statistics, as shown in Figure 82. Figure 82: Real-time traffic plot and port statistics. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 80...
Click the Operations pull-down menu in the Flow Domain panel and select Delete Domain. A Confirm window appears, as shown in Figure 83. Click OK to delete the flow domain. Figure 83: Confirming domain deletion. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 81...
The real-time domain traffic plot displays Ingress and Egress plots in bit-per-second format (Bps) with congestion packets in packet per second format (CongDropPkts), as shown in Figure 85. Figure 85: Real-time domain traffic plot displays. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 82...
The port transmit packet rate in bytes per second and total bytes. CongDrop The port congestion packet rate in packet per second and total packets. Figure 86: Real-time port statistics display (example). Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 83...
: the domain is INACTIVE, click to ACTIVATE the domain. : the domain is ACTIVE, click to DEACTIVATE the domain. : Deletes the flow domain. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 84...
For more detailed information on the Interfaces Information panel, go to the Interfaces Information section in this chapter. Table Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 85...
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The Interfaces Toolbar enables the user to quickly detect, edit, disable, or enable a specific port. For more detailed information on the Interfaces Toolbar, go to the section in Interfaces Toolbar this chapter Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 86...
To view the details of a specific interface port or to perform further operations, click on the port name, as show in Figure 90. Figure 90: Specific interface port details. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 87...
The system port ID of a specific nVoy Packet Broker device. It is a read only field and cannot be changed. Cable The connecting cable identifier. Admin Port administrative status. Setting Port link attribute. Link Port link status. Speed Port link speed. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 88...
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Congestion packet rate and total Interface Module Displays interface module status and ID: Type Vendor Serial number Part number Receive and transmit power Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 89...
Clears the port statistics counters and resets them to zero. Displays statistic counters for a selected port, as shown in Figure 93. This operation is identical to the Flow Domains panel [Monitor] operation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 90...
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Figure 93: Displaying statistic counters for a selected port. Displays port registers values in the Port Registers window to be copied and pasted to a clipboard, as shown in Figure 94. Figure 94: Port Registers window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 91...
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Tests and confirms port link attributes, in the Probe Port Link Attributes window, as shown in Figure 95. Figure 95: Probe Port Link Attributes window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 92...
Click [Edit] on the toolbar. The Edit port window appears. Make the necessary changes to port name, admin status, speed, or mode. Click OK. Figure 97: Edit port operation with Edit port window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 93...
Disabling a port Select the port on the Interfaces List, as shown in Figure 98. Click [Disable] on the toolbar. The port is disabled. Figure 98: Enabling and disabling a port. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 94...
Enter 240G-2 in the Filter: dialog box. Click Apply. All ports containing the string Port 240G-2 are displayed, as shown in Figure 100. Figure 100: Port filtering example 2. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 95...
The domain name The type of domain Domain admin status Domain ports and their roles Domain data path Domain date, descriptions, and statistics Domain operations Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 96...
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Editing a domain Enabling or disabling a domain Deleting a domain Downloading a domain Selecting all or unselecting all domains for a specific task Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 97...
The Flow Operations Toolbar enables the user to quickly detect, edit, disable, or enable a specific flow domain. For more detailed information on the Flow Operations Toolbar, go to the Flow Operations section in this chapter Toolbar Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 98...
6.2 Flow Domains List The Flow Domains List panel lists all The nVoy Packet Broker domains by time or alphabetical order, as shown in Figure 102. Figure 102: Flow Domains List panel. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 99...
Select the domain from the Flow Domains List, as shown in Figure 103. The Configuration Editor window appears with detailed flow domain information. Figure 103: Configuration Editor window with detailed flow domain information. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 100...
The flow domain is INACTIVE. Click to ACTIVATE the domain. The flow domain is ACTIVE. Click to DEACTIVATE the domain. Ingress Ports The flow domain ingress ports. Egress Ports The flow domain egress ports. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 101...
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Congestion packet rate and total An example of activating flow domain port statistics counters is shown in Figure 106. Figure 106: Example of flow domain port statistics counters. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 102...
Duplicates a flow domain entry. Downloads a flow domain file to the Web UI. Deletes the flow domain from Web UI. [Delete] Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 103...
The Domain Data Path Designer window appears, as shown in Figure 108. Modify the flow domain settings as required. Click OK. The flow domain settings have been edited. Figure 108: Domain Data Path Designer. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 104...
A Confirm window appears to confirm disabling the flow operation (Figure 109). Figure 109: Confirm window for disabling a flow operation. Click OK to confirm. The flow operation is disabled. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 105...
A Confirm window appears, as shown in Figure 111. Figure 111: Flow domain delete confirmation. Click OK to confirm. The flow domain has been deleted from the Web UI. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 106...
The Start Domain <NewDomainName> In Progress window appears. Click Close. The new domain entry appears in the Flow Domains Information table panel. Once the domain name is created, it cannot be changed. NOTE: Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 108...
The domain zip file uploads to the server. Editing a specific domain Click the specific domain check box from the Flow Domains Information table. The Edit Domain button becomes active. Click Edit Domain. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 109...
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The Configuration Editor window appears, as shown in Figure 116. Figure 116: Configuration Editor window. Edit the component and device icons, as required. Click OK. The flow domain has been edited. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 110...
Click an inactive domain check box from the Flow Domains Information Table. The Activate button becomes active in the Flow OPS toolbar. Click Activate. A Confirm window appears. Click OK to confirm domain activation. The domain is activated. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 111...
Example 1: To select all domains for deletion, follow these steps: Click the Select All check box. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 112...
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Click OK to confirm domain deletion. All domains are deleted. Example 2: To deselect all selected domains, click the Unselect All check box from the Flow OPS toolbar All selected domains are deselected. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 113...
Resource List chapter. Resource Information Table The Resource Information table displays flow domain resource information and attributes such as, name, name, description, filter template detail, Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 114...
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The Resource Toolbar enables the user to quickly detect, edit, disable, or enable filters. For more detailed information on the Resource Toolbar, go to the section in Resource Toolbar this chapter Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 115...
To view the details of a specific resource category or to perform further operations, click on the resource category, as show in Figure 122. Figure 122: Details of a specific resource category. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 116...
Click View Detail to view filter template details, as shown in Figure 124. Operations The [Edit] and [Delete] operations of the filter template. Figure 124: Filter Template Detail window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 117...
Exports a filter to the server in CSV format. Imports a filter to the Web UI in CSV format. Loads a filter from a template. Duplicates a filter entry. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 118...
Imports a filter to the Web UI in CSV format. Loads a filter from a template. Adds filter detail at the link, network, and transport layer field level. Click OK to create the new filter. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 119...
Deactivates a filter entry. Activates a filter entry. Moves filter entry up (when there is more than one filter entry). Moves filter entry down (when there is more than one filter entry). Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 120...
Open an Edit Filter window. Click [Import from CSV] from the Edit Filter window. The Import From CSV File window appears, as shown in Figure 129. Figure 129: Import from CSV File window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 121...
Open an Edit Filter window. Click [Load from Templates] from the Edit Filter window. The Load Filter Template window appears, as shown in Figure 130. Figure 130: Load Filter Template window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 122...
Figure 131: Edit Filter window for filter duplication. Click Duplicate in the Operations Column. A duplicate filter entry appears below the original, as shown in Figure 132. Figure 132: Duplicate filter entry. Click OK. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 123...
Click a Configuration View Detail link from the Data Path Topology column. The Template <ConfigurationName> Data Path Configuration window appears, as shown in Figure 134. Figure 134: Template <ConfigurationName> Data Path Configuration window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 124...
Click [Delete] from the Operations column. A Confirm window appears, as shown in Figure 136. Figure 136: Confirming a configuration entry deletion. Click OK. The configuration is deleted from the Web UI. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 125...
Click Select All from the filters toolbar, as shown in Figure 138. All available filter templates are selected. Click Delete. All filter templates are deleted. Figure 138: Deleting all filter templates. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 126...
Imports a filter to the Web UI in CSV format. Loads a filter from a template. Adds filter detail at the link, network, and transport layer field level. Click OK to create the new filter. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 127...
Select a filter folder and delete all filter templates from the folder. Click Delete Folder from the toolbar. A Confirm window appears. Click OK to delete the filter folder. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 128...
The Syslog table lists all available event logs by ID, event source, time, severity, and detailed description. Syslog Toolbar The Syslog toolbar provides quick access to event log search and filter capabilities. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 129...
Packet Broker from the Log list. The log table displays all event logs related to the nVoy Packet Broker appliance, as shown in Figure 143. Figure 143: Log table showing Syslogs by selected category. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 130...
Suggestions are included NOTE: below. User ModLocator System HealthMon Console HTTP HTTPS SNMP Domain Port Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 131...
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Load all stream Storage configuration loaded Disk drive xxx probed Disk xxx mounted successfully Task xxx created and live Task xxx running Xxx is live Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 132...
The Syslog tab window displays only today’s syslog. Old syslogs are saved to a log file on a daily basis. For more information on accessing old syslog files, go to Section 4.5 Service Status. Figure 145: Sorting events logs. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 133...
Figure 146. Click the arrow a second time and a “Down” arrow appears, with all event logs listed in descending alphabetical order. Figure 146: Sorting event logs by source. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 134...
Figure 147. Click the arrow a second time and a “Down” arrow appears, with all event logs listed from least to most severe. Figure 147: Sorting event logs by severity. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 135...
Select any event log entry from the Log List panel. Click Apply. The log filter results appear in the Source column, as shown in Figure 149. Figure 149: Creating a filter operation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 136...
The action clears the syslog filter from the Source column. The event logs reappear, sorted by descending event ID, as shown in Figure 150. Figure 150: Clearing a syslog filter operation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 137...
To search the next event log that matches the search parameter, click Next; to search a previous event log, click Previous. Figure 151: Searching for an event log operation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 138...
A System Information window appears, as shown in Figure 153. Enter Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C to copy events log text to the clipboard. The event log is copied to the clipboard. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 139...
Enter Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C to copy the events log information to the clipboard. The syslog system information is stored as a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file to the clipboard. Click Close. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 140...
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Figure 154: Displaying syslog system information operation. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 141...
Figure 155. The Help tab has been revised since the release of this document. Refer to the Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker Release Notes to NOTE: access the newly revised Help tab.
TrafficPort1 is sent to TrafficPort0. Figure 156: Example of a virtual wire domain. All the virtual wire domains in the switch are isolated and will not interfere with on another. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 143...
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Figure 157 demonstrates how a simple virtual wire is created in the Configuration Editor, displaying the domain name, ingress ports and egress ports. Figure 157: Setting up a virtual wire in the Configuration Editor. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 144...
The traffic through the wire is unaffected. Settings Bidirectional traffic on an interface requires two ingress and two egress ports, as shown in Figure 158. Figure 158: Setting up a bidirectional traffic scenario. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 145...
FanoutPorts. Settings The traffic replication requires one Ingress Traffic port and more than one Fanout Egress port to operate. The Fanout ports are completely isolated and don’t interfere Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 146...
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Figure 160. Replicator Figure 160: Setting up a traffic replication scenario. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 147...
Figure 161: Representation of a traffic aggregation domain. Settings The Traffic Aggregation Domain can manage two or more traffic ports and one port as the aggregation port. Figure 162: Setting up a traffic aggregation scenario. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 148...
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The user can also configure the filters to define which traffic is permitted to egress. Figure 163: Configuring filters for the traffic aggregation domain. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 149...
The slice engine can be configured to truncate the packet to a specific size. Replication Ports The replication engine replicates the aggregated packets into multiple copies with its own filters. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 150...
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Settings An example of a Traffic Aggregation and Replication domain is shown in Figure 165 below. Figure 165: Setting up a traffic aggregation and replication domain scenario. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 151...
Figure 167: Setting up a load balancing domain scenario. In this example, the Load Balance domain has one traffic port and multiple Load Balance ports. There are many ways to load-balance traffic. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 152...
To successfully create two full flows, replace the Replicator component with a TAP/RSPAN component, as shown in Figure 169. TAP/RSPAN Load Balancer Figure 169: Flow domain with replicator replaced by a TAP/RSPAN component. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 153...
All cluster links are used, please retry later or reconfigure cluster with Cluster link has been used up. more cluster links When CSPi nVoy Packet Brokers are placed in cluster configuration, Ports can't be mixed within cluster domain type \#{nd[:mode]}\ cannot be created with ports mixed from setup.
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Only one processing port can be used in this domain Each domain can have one processing port. Please specify one port to provide processing resource for domain The domain operation requires an operation. additional processing port. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 155...
# sfpctrl read 0xA2 0x80 space. i2caddress reg_addr [data] # sfpctrl write 0xA2 0x0 0x1140 Enables or disables the link synchronization linksync [enable|disable] feature when the virtual wire is created. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 156...
Mini USB Type B Stop Bit USB Port USB 2.0 High Speed 480Mpbs Port USB Type A Air Flow and Fans PWM Controlled Long Endurance Fan Front to Back Air Flow Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 157...
At its core, the operating system organizes the filter configuration around the following abstractions. Filter Component A filter component is a repository designated to hold filters and their relative location in the data path. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 160...
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The following nVoy Packet Broker Web UI screenshots provide an overall look and feel of the above abstractions. Figure 1: Filter components and their place in the data path. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 161...
When multiple filters match a given packet, the filter precedence is determined by its order in the filter array. Figure 2: Relationship among the filter component, filters, and fields. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 162...
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The following traffic patterns should not pass this filter component: Source IP = 192.168.1.100 AND Destination Port = 443 Destination IP = 192.168.0.100 Source Port is 80 Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 163...
Each filter type can only be evaluated one time at the hardware level. Concatenation of filters in the Web UI is possible, however it may lead to over- NOTE: committed hardware resources due to the flattening process. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 164...
Figure 6, the overlapped traffic "C" will appear at the output of the first filter. Figure 6: Ingress filtering behavior when traffic is not split into orthogonal classes. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 165...
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Figure 7: Ingress filtering with added filter and aggregation components. One more solution to overcome the above non-orthogonal case is suggested in the next section with the help of the Egress Filter. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 166...
ABC, followed by an egress filter to drop traffic B and C on its corresponding egress interface. Figure 9: Egress filtering with an added ingress filter component. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 167...
Drag and drop the following components from the Components panel into the workspace: 1, Ingress port 1, Ingress filter 1, Egress port 1, Egress filter Ingress filter Egress filter Figure 11: Configuration Editor. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 168...
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Web UI. New Filter… Figure 13: Filter Definition Editor. Click [New] to create/configure a new filter. The Filter Configuration Editor window appears, as shown in Figure 14. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 169...
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The Filter Definition Editor re-appears displaying the newly configured filter. Figure 15. shows the Filter Definition Editor with three configured filters. Figure 15: Filter Definition Editor with three configured filters. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 170...
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The Egress Filter can only be connected to one egress port. NOTE: For more information on connecting components to other upstream and downstream components, go to section 4.2.1 Create Domain tab. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 171...
CANCEL – return to editing the domain to verify your flow's logic. If you believe that your domain's filters conform to best practices, then you may select CONTINUE to activate the domain. Figure 16: Domain compiler warning window. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 172...
Egress Port, as shown in Figure 18. The nVoy Packet Broker selects a value for you. Subsequently, all Egress Ports within the domain will choose unique VLAN ID's to attach to. Myricom nVoy Series Packet Broker User Guide v 1.0 Page 173...
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