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- Page 1 Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide Infrastructure Client for ISM Provision Extreme Networks, Inc. 3585 Monroe Street Santa Clara, California 95051 (888) 257-3000 http://www.extremenetworks.com Published: April, 2002 Part number:100120-00 rev01...
- Page 2 SummitGbX, SummitRPS, and the Extreme Networks logo are trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc., which may be registered or pending registration in certain jurisdictions. The Extreme Turbodrive logo is a service mark of Extreme Networks, which may be registered or pending registration in certain jurisdictions. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Introduction Terminology Conventions Related Publications Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview Overview Summary of Features How ISM Provision works Your Network Devices ISM Provision Server Device Communicators Network Infrastructure Manager Client IP Service Manager Client Starting Network Infrastructure Manager Overview... - Page 4 Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Summary of Features NIM Views Selecting NIM Views Network Provision View Network Inventory View Providers Administration View Server Administration View Change Control View NIM Icons Open Changes 3-10 Save Changes 3-10 Modify Object 3-10 Copy 3-10 Paste 3-10 Delete...
- Page 5 Change an Unmanaged Device into a Managed Device 4-35 Access Extreme Devices Directly 4-39 Use Telnet to access a device 4-39 Use Extreme WebVista to access a device 4-40 Managing the Network Inventory Overview Manage the Network Inventory List Add a Device to the Network Inventory...
- Page 6 View Committed, Scheduled, or Saved Jobs Delete Scheduled or Saved Jobs Create Configuration Version Rollback to a Configuration Version 8-10 ISM Provision Devices, Images, and Modules Supported Devices, Images and Modules ISM Provision Rules Overview Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
- Page 7 ISM Provision Server Maintenance Overview Database Backup Utility Database Backup Utility Location Using the Database Backup Utility Installing a Backup Database Adding a License Key Index Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
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Page 9: Preface
This Preface provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, and lists other publications that may be useful. Introduction This guide provides the required information to manage a network using Extreme Networks’ Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) client as the interface for Extreme Networks’ Infrastructure and Services Management Provision (ISM Provision). -
Page 10: Terminology
When features, functionality, or operation is specific to the Summit, Alpine, or BlackDiamond switch family, the family name is used. Explanations about features and operations that are the same across all Extreme switch product families simply refer to the product as the “Extreme device” or “Extreme switch.” Explanations about features that are the same for all devices managed by Network Infrastructure Manager (both Extreme devices and others) simply refer to “devices.”... - Page 11 Conventions Table 2: Text Conventions (continued) Convention Description The words “enter” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type and “type” something, and then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press the Return or Enter key when an instruction simply says “type.” [Key] names Key names are written with brackets, such as [Return] or [Esc].
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Page 12: Related Publications
The publications related to this one are: • ISM Provision Installation Guide • IP Service Manager User Guide • ExtremeWare Software User Guide Documentation for Extreme Networks products is available on the World Wide Web at the following location: http://www.extremenetworks.com/ Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide... -
Page 13: Infrastructure And Services Management Provision Overview
Provision also allows you to control all or a portion of your network, by controlling the configurations of the devices in the network. ISM Provision is designed to make it much easier to roll out changes to the network. You can add devices and make configuration changes offline and apply them to your network later. -
Page 14: Summary Of Features
Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview Summary of Features • Version Control of Network Configuration • Staging of Network Configuration Changes • Configuration rules checking • Helps Manage the VLANs, Access Lists, and QoS Profiles Required to Support Subscribers • Provides Service-Level Abstractions to Manage Subscribers •... -
Page 15: How Ism Provision Works
Device Device Device Device Figure 1-1: ISM Provision Components ISM Provision consists of several different components: • ISM Provision Server • Device Communicators • Network Infrastructure Manager Client • IP Service Manager Client These components work together to manage another important component:... -
Page 16: Your Network Devices
ISM Provision Server The ISM Provision server is the heart of ISM Provision. You may have more than one instance of the other components, but only one server. The server contains the information about the configurations of the managed devices, configurations that are scheduled to be applied to the network at a later time, and previous configurations. -
Page 17: Network Infrastructure Manager Client
You can also see who is currently connected to the ISM Provision server and send a broadcast message to them. You can shutdown the ISM Provision server from within NIM. - Page 18 Infrastructure and Services Management Provision Overview Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
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Page 19: Starting Network Infrastructure Manager
Starting Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Since the Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) client is part of ISM Provision, NIM relies on a running ISM Provision server and device communicator. This chapter assumes that you already have a functioning ISM Provision server and device communicator. - Page 20 Figure 2-1: Network Infrastructure Manager Login Screen 2 Specify the ISM Provision Server Once the login screen appears, you will specify the ISM Provision server. Specify the IP address of the server or the hostname by typing it into the server field. Figure 2-2 shows the login screen and server field in more detail (if the server is on the same host as the NIM client, you can also specify “localhost”).
- Page 21 Overview it from the drop-down list in the server field. Click on the down-arrow on the right side of the field and select the server. Figure 2-2: NIM Login Screen Detail 3 Enter a User Account Name Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
- Page 22 Once the information has been entered, click the Login to Server button, then the NIM client will attempt to connect with the ISM Provision server. While it is connecting you will see messages similar to those in Figure 2-3.
- Page 23 Overview Figure 2-4: NIM Initial Screen When NIM launches, the Network Provision view is initially displayed. You are now ready to use NIM. See Chapter 3, Network Infrastructure Manager Overview, for more information about NIM. Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
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Page 25: Network Infrastructure Manager Overview
Summary of Features • Layer 1 to 4 configuration: ports, trunks, VLANs, IP addressing, routing protocols, ACLs • Extreme Networks-only device support: BlackDiamond, Alpine, and Summit (i chipset and 24e3 only) • Service Provider Administration (wholesale model support) • ISM Provision Server Administration (device communicators, utilities) •... -
Page 26: Nim Views
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview • Configuration and topology import from devices and input files NIM Views When NIM is first launched you will be presented with the Network Provision view, as shown in Figure 3-1. The different views are described below. Figure 3-1: Initial NIM Network Provision View Selecting NIM Views There are four ways to select a particular view. - Page 27 Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Inventory, Providers Administration, Server Administration, and Change Control. Select the icon to display the view. Network Inventory Change Control Network Provision Server Administration Providers Administration Figure 3-2: Selecting a NIM View Using Icons A second way is to select the View menu and choose the view, as shown in Figure 3-3. A third way is to use the shortcut keys also shown in Figure 3-3.
- Page 28 Network Infrastructure Manager Overview and a number key at the same time to use the shortcuts. For example, press [ALT]+3 to choose the Providers Administration view. Figure 3-3: Selecting a NIM View Using the Menu A fourth way is to select the view from the named icons near the bottom of the NIM client screen, just above the status line, as shown in Figure 3-4.
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Page 29: Network Provision View
Saved changes are not saved on the local client host, but on the ISM Provision server, so they are accessible from other NIM clients, and can be viewed and reviewed by other NIM users. -
Page 30: Network Inventory View
Figure 3-6: Network Inventory View The Network Inventory view shows you the managed devices in your network. Managed devices are specified by their network name or IP address. ISM Provision manages the devices through the administrator account of each device. From this view... -
Page 31: Providers Administration View
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview your devices to the inventory, ISM Provision will read the current configurations and store them in the ISM Provision server. From this view you can also export and import inventory files (you can also do this from the File menu). -
Page 32: Server Administration View
Server Administration View Figure 3-8: Server Administration View The Server Administration view allows you to manage the ISM Provision server and device communicator servers. From this view you can add, modify, and delete device communicators, and verify their status. You can examine who is connected to the ISM Provision server, send a broadcast message to all connected users, and shut down the ISM Provision server. -
Page 33: Change Control View
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview Change Control View Figure 3-9: Change Control View From the Change Control view you can manage the changes you create with NIM. For your current session, you can see the changes that you have made and not yet saved or committed to the network. -
Page 34: Open Changes
Save Changes Select this icon to save changes that you have made. Saved changes are not pushed out to the network devices, but are saved on the ISM Provision server for further work, or to be viewed by others. Modify Object Select this icon to modify the currently selected object. -
Page 35: Move Device
When the network configuration changes because of the actions of another user, the state of the ISM Provision server changes. Your current view is now out of sync with the server. When the ISM Provision server changes, it notifies the NIM client and displays the Server Update Notification dialog box (if this option is set). - Page 36 Network Infrastructure Manager Overview 3-12 Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
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Page 37: Network Provisioning
ISM Provision server. Before changes are committed, or at any time you choose during the editing process, the changes are checked against a set of rules to detect errors like duplicate IP addresses, or unsupported module combinations. - Page 38 The last set of tasks explains how to directly access a device in your network to manually modify its configuration. Since ISM Provision cannot directly support some commands, you may need to set some commands manually, either from the command line or from the web interface.
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Page 39: Network Provision View Panels
Network Provision View Panels Network Provision View Panels When you select the Network Provision view of NIM you will see a screen similar to that in Figure 4-1. This figure shows a single device in the default device folder, 10.60.109.67 (Alpine 3808). To create this example, an existing network device was added to the Network Inventory, as described in Chapter 5, “Managing the Network Inventory”. -
Page 40: Network Panel
Network Provisioning The Network Provision view can show three named panels: Network, Templates, and Verification (The Verification panel is not visible in Figure 4-1). Additionally, there is a forth, unnamed panel that is always visible in Network Provision view. For convenience, this document will refer to that panel as the Properties panel. -
Page 41: Templates Panel
The Verification panel displays the results of verifying your device configurations against the ISM Provision rule set. From here you are alerted to any warnings or errors, and given an opportunity to correct them. You will also find suggested corrections for the error and warnings issued by ISM Provision. -
Page 42: Key Information
Key Information A configuration object managed by ISM Provision is tracked by its object type and its key information. No other object of that type can use the same key information. When you create an object you supply its key information, denoted by a field that ends with an asterisk (*). -
Page 43: Managed And Unmanaged Devices
An unmanaged device will also have its configuration stored in the ISM Provision server, but will not be synchronized with a network device. Any changes to the configuration of an unmanaged device remain in the server database. -
Page 44: View Device Configurations
You will likely create an unmanaged device in preparation to adding an actual device to your network. Once you have created the configuration, you can then change the unmanaged device to a managed device, and ISM Provision will load the configuration onto the actual network device, overwriting any existing configuration on the device. - Page 45 View Device Configurations 1 Select the object You may need to expand an object in the Network panel to select one of its constituent objects. In the following example, to display the properties of the VLAN v1 on device 10.60.109.67 we will do a combination of expanding and selecting objects to display the final properties.
- Page 46 Network Provisioning Figure 4-4: Device Expanded to Show Next Level of Objects The following figure (Figure 4-5) is a detail view of the Network panel from Figure 4-4. 4-10 Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
- Page 47 View Device Configurations Figure 4-5: Network Panel Detail of Figure 4-4 The objects that make up device 10.60.109.67 are now displayed in the Network panel (To control which of these device objects are displayed, see the section “Modify Visible Configuration Options”). To display the properties of VLAN v1, click the plus sign (+) next to the VLANs object in the Network panel.
- Page 48 Network Provisioning Figure 4-6: Network Panel with VLANs Expanded Now that the VLAN object v1 is visible, click on the object name to display the object properties in the Properties panel. 2 View the object in the Properties panel Figure 4-7 shows the VLAN object v1 selected and its properties displayed in the Properties panel.
- Page 49 View Device Configurations Figure 4-7: VLAN v1 Properties Figure 4-8 shows the Properties panel for the VLAN v1 properties in more detail. Properties such as the VLAN name, IP address, VLAN Tag (if a tagged VLAN), and others are shown in this panel. Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide 4-13...
- Page 50 Network Provisioning Figure 4-8: VLAN v1 Properties Detail of Figure 4-7 Some of the properties that you might expect to see of the VLAN v1 are not displayed in the panel, for example, the ports that belong to this VLAN, or whether OSPF is enabled for this VLAN.
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Page 51: View Multiple Configuration Objects
View Device Configurations Figure 4-9: Expanded VLAN v1 Object View Multiple Configuration Objects You may need to view multiple configuration objects at the same time. For example, if you want to compare the settings for ports on two different devices, you will want to view the two objects at the same time. - Page 52 Network Provisioning To view multiple configuration objects: 1 Select the object to open Selecting an object is covered in the detailed first step, “Select the object”, in the section, “View a Single Configuration Object”. Once the object is selected, it is displayed in the Properties panel.
- Page 53 View Device Configurations Once you have selected Open Object, a separate window will open to display the properties of that object. This window can only display object properties; you cannot modify the object parameters or launch a wizard from this window. Figure 4-11: VLAN v1 Properties Displayed in New Window 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 Select other objects to open, then choose Open Object to display each in its own...
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Page 54: Modify Visible Configuration Options
Changing the display of the objects does not affect the ISM Provision server, and only applies to the client you are currently running. Summary Steps. To modify visible configuration options:... - Page 55 View Device Configurations 1 Open the Options dialog box Right-click the Network or Properties panel to display a pop-up menu and select Options (see Figure 4-13), or select the Tools>Options menu item to open the Options dialog box. Figure 4-13: Selecting Options from Pop-Up Menu 2 Select the Visible Configuration Options tab (if not already visible) The Visible Configuration Options tab of the Options dialog box should be visible.
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Page 56: Modify View Options
3 Modify settings Create and Modify Network Device Configurations The heart of ISM Provision is the ability to roll out network changes in a controlled manner. The powerful provisioning functions allow you to take existing device 4-20 Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide... -
Page 57: Add A New Device
If you have an existing device in your network and you want to add that device and its current configuration into ISM Provision, see the section, “Add a Device to the Network Inventory” in Chapter 5, “Managing the Network Inventory”. -
Page 58: Add A Configuration Object
Enter the device name into the Create Device wizard. You must give the device a unique name to identify it for ISM Provision. Use the name or IP address that you plan to use when the device will be deployed, otherwise use a temporary name. - Page 59 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations device folder you want to add the device to. When you add a VLAN, you select the VLANs object in the device you want to add the VLAN to. Summary Steps. To add a configuration object: 1 Select the parent object that will contain the new object 2 Launch the Create wizard (Edit>Add) 3 Enter the key information...
- Page 60 Network Provisioning Figure 4-15: Selecting the VLANs Object 2 Launch the Create wizard (Edit>Add) To launch the Create wizard, select the menu item Edit>Add and the object you wish to add. The object choices available to choose vary, depending on the objects that are appropriate to add to the parent object you selected.
- Page 61 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-16: Launch the Create VLAN Wizard 3 Enter the key information The field that ends with an asterisk (*) signifies the key information for the newly created object. This is the only information required to create the object, as the other object parameters are set to default values (see Figure 4-17).
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Page 62: Modify A Configuration Object
Network Provisioning Figure 4-17: Create VLAN Wizard 4 Enter additional information Enter any other parameters that you wish to set. In Figure 4-17, the Create VLAN wizard shows a panel titled Config Areas. The Config Areas panel of the wizard represents additional pages of parameters available for you to set. - Page 63 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Summary Steps. To modify a configuration object: 1 Select the object to modify 2 Launch the Modify wizard (Edit>Properties) 3 Edit the object properties 4 Select Finish Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section.
- Page 64 Network Provisioning Figure 4-18: Launching the Modify Device Wizard 3 Edit the object properties Edit any object parameters that you wish to set. In Figure 4-19, the Modify Device wizard shows a panel titled Config Areas. The Config Areas panel of the wizard represents additional pages of parameters available for you to set.
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Page 65: Copy A Device Or Other Object
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-19: Modify Device Wizard 4 Select Finish When you finish setting parameters for the object, select Finish. Copy a Device or other Object You can copy an existing device to simplify adding a device to your network. Typically, you will copy a device that has a similar configuration to the configuration you will use for the new device. - Page 66 Network Provisioning Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To copy a device or other object: 1 Select the object to copy Open the Network panel from the View menu if it is not visible. If the object to copy is not visible, open its parent object by clicking its plus sign, and/or scroll until the object is visible.
- Page 67 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-20: Select the Network Device Folder 4 Select Paste You can select Paste by clicking the paste icon, by selecting the Edit>Paste menu item, by right-clicking and selecting Paste, or by pressing [CTRL]+V (see Figure 4-21).
- Page 68 Enter the device name into the Modify Device wizard (see Figure 4-22). You must give the device a unique name to identify it for ISM Provision. Use the name or IP address that you plan to use when the device will be deployed, otherwise use a temporary name.
- Page 69 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations Figure 4-22: Enter Device Name 6 Select Finish, or modify the other properties Once you have entered the device name, you may modify the other properties of the device now by selecting Next, or select Finish to copy the device now. All of the properties of the newly copied device, except for the device name, can be modified later.
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Page 70: Save Changes Without Changing Network Configuration
Remove Changes (Revert to Server State) Changes that have not yet been committed to the ISM Provision server can be removed. If you wish to save the changes for use later, save the changes as described in the task, “Save Changes Without Changing Network Configuration”. -
Page 71: Change An Unmanaged Device Into A Managed Device
4 Select Managed Device checkbox 5 Enter Device Address 6 Enter Administrator Login and Password 7 Select Communication Host 8 Select Finish 9 Commit changes to ISM Provision server 10 Correct errors (if any), then Commit and Upload Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide 4-35... - Page 72 Network Provisioning Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To change an unmanaged device into a managed device: 1 Select the device to change Select the device in the Network panel of the Network Provision view. You may need to open the device folder containing the device in order to select it.
- Page 73 Create and Modify Network Device Configurations In the left-hand box titled Config Areas, select the Managed Device Selection entry. You will see the current setting for Managed Device is unchecked, and the other fields in the wizard are grayed out (see Figure 4-26). Figure 4-26: Modify Device Wizard for Unmanaged Device 4 Select Managed Device checkbox Once you have selected the Managed Device checkbox, the other fields can be...
- Page 74 Network Provisioning 5 Enter Device Address The Device Address field is used to inform ISM Provision of the IP address for administrative access to the device. This will be an IP address or a name that your network DNS service resolves to an IP address.
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Page 75: Access Extreme Devices Directly
Telnet or WebVista. This allows you to set configuration options that are not currently supported by ISM Provision. For example, if you load a new version of ExtremeWare onto your device, you can still manage new features by manually adding the commands to the device. -
Page 76: Use Extreme Webvista To Access A Device
Once you access the device, you can issue commands to the CLI. When finished, exit your Telnet application. Use Extreme WebVista to access a device You would use Extreme WebVista to manually change the device configuration. Steps. To use Extreme WebVista to access a device: 1 Select device Select the device to access in the Network panel of the Network Provision view of NIM. -
Page 77: Managing The Network Inventory
You can also export and import device inventory information from files. In many cases, the first thing you will do with ISM Provision is to capture the configuration of your existing network and begin managing it. This group of devices managed by ISM Provision is referred to as the network inventory. -
Page 78: Manage The Network Inventory List
Within the Network Inventory view, you manage the network inventory (the managed devices of ISM Provision). You can add devices one by one, see the section, “Add a Device to the Network Inventory”, or add a collection of devices by importing an inventory file. - Page 79 Manage the Network Inventory List an opportunity to synchronize the ISM Provision server with your NIM client and display the device configuration in the Network Provision view. Summary Steps. To add a device to the network inventory: 1 Select the Network Inventory view of NIM...
- Page 80 Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-1: Network Inventory View—No Devices 2 Select the Add Device button From the Network Inventory view, select the Add Device button, which launches the Create Device Entry wizard shown in Figure 5-2. Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
- Page 81 Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-2: Create Device Entry Wizard 3 Fill in the Device Name (or IP address) Fill in the first field shown in Figure 5-3. Figure 5-3: Detail of Add Device Wizard The first field is the key information for the device. This information cannot be modified once the device is added.
- Page 82 Select the folder that the device will be added to. — Communicator Host. Specify the host where the device communicator that will talk to this device is located. An ISM Provision server may have a number of Device Communicators to spread out the processing load, each servicing a number of devices.
- Page 83 Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-4: Server Update Notification If you choose Update Now, the Network Provision view in NIM will update to reflect the new device you have added to the network inventory. If you choose Update Later, you will not see this new device in the Network Provision view. With either choice, you will see the device and its status displayed in the Network Inventory view, as shown in Figure 5-5.
- Page 84 Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-5: New Device Displayed in Network Inventory View If you choose Update Later, use the Synchronize icon later, when you update (see “Synchronize” in Chapter 3, “Network Infrastructure Manager Overview”). When you update, a window will inform you of the update progress (Figure 5-6). Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
- Page 85 Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-6: Synchronizing the View to the Server Once the view is synchronized, you will see the new device displayed in the Network Provision view. Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
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Page 86: Modify A Network Inventory Device Listing
Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-7: New Device Displayed in Network Provision View Modify a Network Inventory Device Listing Once a device is in the network inventory, you will typically not modify the device listing. However, if you modify the administrative access account or password, you will need to modify the device listing. -
Page 87: Delete A Device From The Network Inventory
ISM Provision stops synchronizing the device and the device configuration stored in the ISM Provision server. If you delete a device from the network inventory, you will still see the device in the Network Provision view of NIM. See the section, “Managed and Unmanaged Devices”, in Chapter 4, “Network Provisioning”, for more... - Page 88 Managing the Network Inventory devices to the network inventory, export an inventory file, and use a text editor to add entries to the file. Summary Steps. To import an inventory file: 1 Launch the Import Inventory wizard 2 Specify the file to import 3 Select the folder to place the devices 4 Select the devices to import 5 Select Import...
- Page 89 Manage the Network Inventory List Figure 5-8: Import Inventory Wizard 2 Specify the file to import The Inventory In File button on the Import Inventory wizard is labeled with the currently selected inventory file, or if no file has been selected, the button will be labeled Choose..
- Page 90 Managing the Network Inventory Figure 5-9: Select Inventory File Select the file name from the file listing by clicking it or type it into the File name field, then select the button labeled Select Inventory File to return to the Import Inventory wizard.
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Page 91: Export Inventory File
Manage the Network Inventory List Export Inventory File You would export an inventory file to save the administrative access information for devices managed by ISM Provision. To export an inventory file: 1 Launch the Export Inventory wizard Select the Export Inventory... button in Network Inventory view, or select File>Export>Inventory... -
Page 92: Manage The Network Inventory Devices
Upload Devices When you upload a device, the device communicator connects to the device, examines its configuration, and updates the ISM Provision server if there are any changes. By default, the device communicator performs an upload every 60 minutes. The automatic update is controlled in the Server Administration view on the Communicators panel. - Page 93 Manage the Network Inventory Devices See the task, “Modify a Device Communicator”, in Chapter 7, “Managing the ISM Provision Server”, for details on setting the automatic upload parameters. The Upload Devices... button allows you to manually upload the device configuration from the device at any time.
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Page 94: Save Running Configurations
Managing the Network Inventory Select which device you want to upload, clicking on an individual device, or use the multiple select of your window manager (commonly [SHIFT]-click to select the whole list, [CTRL]-click to add items to a list). 4 Select Upload The wizard will close and the selected devices’... - Page 95 Manage the Network Inventory Devices Figure 5-12: Save Running Configuration Wizard 2 Select the device folder You can display the devices from a single folder, or choose All Device Folders from the drop-down list to display all devices. 3 Select the devices and locations Click to select individual devices or the Select All button for all the devices.
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Page 97: Managing Providers
(IPSM) that will simplify the process of enabling services for their customers. Instead of manually changing the configuration of a device or group of devices, they will be able to add a service to a customer and ISM Provision will take care of the details of making the configuration changes. -
Page 98: The Infrastructure Provider
The infrastructure provider entry is a special one. This provider entry is used to manage the user accounts for NIM, controlling access to the ISM Provision server from the NIM client. For this reason, the infrastructure provider cannot be deleted. When you login to NIM, there is a read-only entry of “infrastructure”... - Page 99 Managing Providers Summary Steps. To create a provider and provider accounts: 1 Launch the Create Provider wizard 2 Enter the provider name 3 Select Next 4 Launch the Create Provider Account wizard 5 Enter the account login and password 6 Select Finish when done Detailed Steps.
- Page 100 Managing Providers Figure 6-2: Creating a Provider 3 Select Next Now add user accounts to your provider; select the Next button to go to the Provider Account Table page. When the Provider Account Table appears, you will notice that a default account with username admin and no password have been created.
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Page 101: Limit Provider Device Access
Managing Providers 4 Launch the Create Provider Account wizard Once you have selected the icon to add a new provider account, the Create Provider Account wizard appears (Figure 6-4). Figure 6-4: Create Provider Account Wizard 5 Enter the account login and password Enter the account Login and Password, then select Finish. - Page 102 Managing Providers 1 Select the provider 2 Launch the Create Provider Device Access wizard 3 Select device and ports 4 Add, modify, and delete VLAN tag pools and loopback VLAN tag pools 5 Add IP ranges 6 Select Finish Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section.
- Page 103 Managing Providers 3 Select device and ports Select the device from the drop-down list. Select the Subscriber Ports from the Available Selections panel. Select the desired ports, clicking on an individual port, or use the multiple select of your window manager (commonly [SHIFT]-click to select the whole list, [CTRL]-click to add items to a list).
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Page 105: Managing The Ism Provision Server
— Add a Device Communicator — Modify a Device Communicator — Delete a Device Communicator — View Device Communicator Logs The next set of tasks are for managing the ISM Provision server: • Manage ISM Provision Server Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide... -
Page 106: Communicators Tab
The Communicators tab allows you to manage the parameters of the device communicators in your system. You can add new device communicator entry to the ISM Provision server, so that the server will allow that communicator to connect. You can also modify the communicator parameters; whether the communicator automatically synchronizes with managed devices, how frequently to synchronize, and how long to wait for a Telnet session (see Figure 7-1). -
Page 107: Logs Tab
Logs Tab Logs Tab The Logs tab allows you to examine the server and device communicator logs (see Figure 7-2). Figure 7-2: Logs Tab of Server Administration View Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide... -
Page 108: Control Tab
Figure 7-3: Control Tab of Server Administration View Manage Device Communicators The following tasks manage the device communicators in your ISM Provision system, and are performed from the Communicators tab of the Server Administration view of NIM: •... -
Page 109: Add A Device Communicator
Frequently, the device communicator will exit if it does not connect with the server you specified when you installed it. Start the device communicator again once you have added its entry to the server. See the ISM Provision Installation Guide for instructions on starting a device communicator... -
Page 110: Delete A Device Communicator
Managing the ISM Provision Server 1 Select Modify Device Communicator button Choose the Communicators tab in the Server Administration view in order to see the Modify Device Communicator button. 2 Enter new values for Auto-Synch Enabled, Synch Timer, and Telnet Timeout 3 Select Finish The changes take effect immediately. -
Page 111: View Device Communicator Logs
Manage Device Communicators Figure 7-4: Delete Device Communicator Wizard 2 Select Delete The device communicator entry is immediately removed from the server, and the devices become unmanaged devices. View Device Communicator Logs You can view the device communicator logs from the Logs tab of the Server Administration view. -
Page 112: Manage Ism Provision Server
(see Figure 7-5). Figure 7-5: Other Connected Users The Other Connected Users panel lists the IP address, the application, the provider, and the provider user account for all the other client connections to the ISM Provision server. Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide... -
Page 113: Send Broadcast Message
From the Control tab in the Server Administration view, you can send a text message to all the clients connected to the ISM Provision server. You may want to do this if you plan on stopping the server, or if you plan to do a configuration rollback. -
Page 114: Stop Server
Managing the ISM Provision Server 2 Select the Send Message button Once the Send Message button is selected, the message is sent to all the connected clients. They will see a copy of the message similar to Figure 7-7. Figure 7-7: Server Broadcast Message... -
Page 115: View Server Log
See the ISM Provision Installation Guide for more information. View Server Log You can view the ISM Provision server log from the Logs tab of the Server Administration view. Select the Main Server tab, then the Refresh button, to view the log (see Figure 7-9). - Page 116 Managing the ISM Provision Server 7-12 Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide...
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Page 117: Change Control
Change Control Overview The Change Control view of NIM allows you to commit changes to the ISM Provision server, view the current uncommitted changes that you have made, to view previously committed, scheduled, or saved changes, and to create and rollback configuration versions. -
Page 118: Jobs
ISM Provision server. Once a job is committed, any changes to the configurations of managed devices are sent to the devices using the device communicator assigned to that device. -
Page 119: Change Control Tasks
Every change you make in NIM is captured in the current job. If you want to see what changes have been made that are not yet committed to the ISM Provision server, you would view the current job changes. You will view the changes in the Current Job Changes tab of the Change Control view of NIM. -
Page 120: View Committed, Scheduled, Or Saved Jobs
Change Control Figure 8-1: Current Job Changes View Committed, Scheduled, or Saved Jobs Committed, scheduled, and saved jobs are displayed on tabs in the Change Control view of NIM. For these tabs, you can filter which jobs are displayed, by provider and device communicator, and by individual user account. - Page 121 Change Control Tasks 5 Review the job 6 Select Close Detailed Steps. The following steps are a more detailed explanation of the previous section. To view a committed, scheduled, or saved job: 1 Select the Committed, Scheduled, or Saved Jobs tab in the Change Control view From the Change Control view, select the tab for the job you want to view (see Figure 8-2).
- Page 122 Change Control Select which category of jobs you want to view. Infrastructure represents the jobs originating with a NIM client, Device Communicator represents jobs committed when a device communicator synchronizes the server with a managed device, and the other providers represent jobs from the IPSM clients. Figure 8-3: Job Filter Choices 3 Select the job to review by clicking on the job name 4 Select the Review button...
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Page 123: Delete Scheduled Or Saved Jobs
Select Close to close the window. Delete Scheduled or Saved Jobs You can delete jobs that have not yet been committed to the ISM Provision server, but once a job is committed it cannot be deleted. (Of course, you could review a committed job and reverse the individual changes you made, then commit. - Page 124 Change Control 1 Select the Configuration Versioning tab in the Change Control view The Configuration Versioning tab displays the current versions (see Figure 8-5). Figure 8-5: Configuration Versioning Tab 2 Select the Create Version button The Create Version button opens the Create Configuration Version wizard. 3 Name the Version, add comments Name the version and add any comments.
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Page 125: Rollback To A Configuration Version
Configuration Versioning tab of the Change Control view of Network Infrastructure Manager. To rollback, the ISM Provision server must not have any clients connected to it, except for the NIM client initiating the rollback. You may wish to send a broadcast message to any other connected clients to tell them to log out and disconnect. - Page 126 Change Control 3 Select the Rollback button This will open a confirmation window. 4 Select Continue to confirm 5 Select Continue to acknowledge the rollback start message A broadcast message window announces that a rollback is in progress. 6 View the Operation Status panel for rollback progress While the rollback configuration version loaded, you can view the progress of the process in the Operation Status panel.
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Page 127: Ism Provision Devices, Images, And Modules
Modules Supported Devices, Images and Modules Table A-1 lists the device/module combinations supported by ISM Provision version 1.0. Table A-2 lists the device/image combinations that are supported. ISM Provision will support later image versions than those listed, but can only support the features in the latest image listed. - Page 128 BlackDiamond 6808 BlackDiamond 6816 1. ISM Provision supports future image versions, but cannot support newly added features. For example, if 6.2.2 is discovered on a device, it will support all features through 6.2.1, or if 6.1.8w3.2.1 is discovered it will support all features through 6.1.8w3.1.x.
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Page 129: Ism Provision Rules
ISM Provision Rules Overview The ISM Provision clients will check device configurations against their own set of rules and issue errors or warnings whenever the rules are violated. This rule checking occurs manually whenever you select the Verify Configuration icon or the menu item Changes>Verify Configuration. - Page 130 Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server Object Rule Type Access List (ICMP, IP, Check if the label/name is already in use by an Error TCP, & UDP) Abstract VLAN (VLAN or Sub-VLAN) or a STPD object...
- Page 131 Overview Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Multilink Port Group Check if the group is not in any VLAN while being enabled Error Check if the group does not have any ports while being...
- Page 132 Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Topology Check if both ends of the trunk: Error • have the same port type • have the same Auto Negotiation/Speed/Duplex setting • are both fiber or both copper •...
- Page 133 Overview Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type VLAN Bootp When enabling, check if the IP address is configured on Error the VLAN VLAN DVMRP When enabling, check if PIM is also enabled on the VLAN...
- Page 134 Table B-1: Rules Checked by the NIM client and ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Check if the port is enabled and is IPCP, but the VLAN Error which the port is under does not have an IP address...
- Page 135 Overview Table B-3: Rules Checked by ISM Provision server (continued) Object Rule Type Check if the VLAN tag is within the provider tag pool Error IP Subscriber Check if the IP address range is within the Provider IP Error range...
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Page 137: Database Backup Utility
Maintenance Overview You will want to periodically backup the ISM Provision server to avoid having to recreate your ISM Provision information. There is a database backup utility available to safely perform the task. See the section, “Database Backup Utility”, for instructions on backing up a database and installing a backup database. -
Page 138: Database Backup Utility Location
<install_dir>/sybase/SYBSsa7/bin/dbbackup or if ISM Provision was installed in the default location: /opt/extreme/ismprov/sybase/SYBSsa7/bin Using the Database Backup Utility To back up the ISM Provision database running under Windows, use the command: <install_dir>\sybase\SQL Anywhere7\win32\dbbackup -c "uid=DBA;pwd=SQL;dbf=<install_dir>\server\database\ismp.db" <backup_dir> Under Solaris, use the command: <install_dir>/database/dbbackup -c... -
Page 139: Installing A Backup Database
1 Shut down the ISM Provision software following the instructions for your operating system in the ISM Provision Installation Guide, or from within NIM in the Server Administration view. See the task, “Stop Server”, in Chapter 7, “Managing the ISM Provision Server”. - Page 140 1 Make a backup copy of the ISMPLicense.txt file In case you have some problem, you can always revert to the original file. 2 Stop the ISM Provision server The server periodically accesses the file, so you may want to stop the server. You will definitely need to start the server again to force it to read the license file after you add the new key, so we recommend that you stop the server at this point.
- Page 141 6 Start the ISM Provision server When you start the server, it will read the new ISMPLicenseKey.txt file and update your access. Start the ISM Provision software following the instructions in the ISM Provision Installation Guide for your operating system environment.
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- Page 143 Index create 4-20 modify 4-20 conventions account password notice icons, Preface text, Preface configuration object 4-22 copy device device 4-29 provider object 4-29 create configuration object 4-22 configurations 4-20 capture provider configurations capture existing network change unmanaged device to managed 4-35 delete changes...
- Page 144 4-29 inventory file 5-11 open 4-15 export 5-15 Objects IP Service Manager 1-1, 1-5 objects ISM Provision suppress display 4-18 ISM Provision Server open ISM Provision server object 4-15 options configuration view 4-18 view 4-20 panels network key information Properties...
- Page 145 NIM views server update server rules enable service bundles special case upload device 4-39 start subscribers suppress display of objects 4-18 synchronize Telnet 4-39 Templates panel unmanaged device change to managed 4-35 unmanaged devices unsupported configuration commands update server upload device 5-16 upload device...
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