Bay Networks 5399 Manual page 72

Chapter 3 Determining RAC Status
Managing Remote Access Concentrators Using Annex Manager
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The option button allows you to determine the level of detail
Verbose Output
that appears in the output box. If you click on the
Annex Manager prints a device name and displays basic information
about the device type or identifies it as
If you do not select the
devices that are not RACs or Annexes or are unreachable.
Discovery Output Box
The box contains detailed information about the RACs
Discovery Output
identified by the search device. Annex Manager goes to a search device,
requests a list of addresses in its Address Translation table, and attempts
to communicate with each address via SNMP. If communication is
successful, Annex Manager compares the object identifier of the device
to the value of a RAC object identifier. If there is a match, the device is
a RAC or Annex. If there is no match, the output box displays information
about the device based on your use of the
The output box displays:
• The
Discovering Annexes, please wait...
that the process began.
• The
Number of devices to query:
dynamically updated number. This number can help you
determine how long the discovery process takes.
• Basic information about each RAC, including the RAC name or
IP address, and system descriptor information, which can
contain the RAC type and software release, the number of ports
for each port type, and the RAC current image name.
• Information about devices that are not RACs or Annexes. If you
use the
Verbose Output
Annexes/Search Device
RACs or Annexes, and prints a brief description or identifies
devices as
NOT REACHABLE
If you enter a short
Search Device
because of network load.
NOT REACHABLE
button, the
Verbose Output
Verbose Output
message, informing you
message, followed by a
option from the Utilities menu,
lists the names of all devices that are not
.
SNMP Timeout
may identify a device as
button,
Verbose Output
.
sign identifies all
@
command.
Discover
,
Discover Annexes/
NOT REACHABLE