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EPICenter Reference Guide
Version 6.0
Extreme Networks, Inc.
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Santa Clara, California 95051
(888) 257-3000
(408) 579-2800
http://www.extremenetworks.com
Published: November 2006
Part number: 100248-00 Rev 01

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  • Page 1 EPICenter Reference Guide Version 6.0 Extreme Networks, Inc. 3585 Monroe Street Santa Clara, California 95051 (888) 257-3000 (408) 579-2800 http://www.extremenetworks.com Published: November 2006 Part number: 100248-00 Rev 01...
  • Page 2 Summit logos, the Extreme Turbodrive logo, and the Color Purple, among others, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other names and marks may be the property of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Part 1: EPICenter Basic Features Chapter 1: EPICenter Overview....................... 21 Introduction ..........................21 Summary of Features.........................21 Extreme Networks Device Support ....................23 Third-Party Device Support ......................23 Chapter 2: Getting Started with EPICenter ..................25 The EPICenter Home Page ......................25 The Distributed Server Summary...................27 The “About EPICenter”...
  • Page 4 Defining Alarms ........................114 Creating a New Alarm Definition ..................115 Modifying an Alarm Definition ....................115 Deleting an Alarm Definition ....................116 The Alarm Definition Window ....................116 Defining the Basic Alarm Properties ..................117 Defining the Alarm Scope ....................119 Defining Alarm Actions ......................121 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 5 Viewing a Configuration File .....................166 Comparing Two Configuration File—The Diff Command ..............167 Configuring a Viewer........................169 Configuring the TFTP Server.....................170 Chapter 6: The Firmware Manager....................173 Overview of the Firmware Manager....................173 Firmware Manager Functions....................173 Firmware Manager Function Buttons ...................174 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 6 Specifying the Current Software Versions...................194 Configuring the TFTP Server.....................195 Chapter 7: The Interactive Telnet Feature ..................197 Overview of the Interactive Telnet Feature .................197 Using Telnet with Extreme Networks Switches ................197 Using Telnet Macros........................199 Built-in Telnet Macros .......................199 The Macro Player ........................200 Playing a Macro ........................202...
  • Page 7 Topology Manager Functions ....................278 Topology Manager Function Buttons..................278 The Topology Menus......................278 Pop-Up Menus ........................281 Displaying a Network Topology View..................283 Map Elements........................285 Manipulating Map Elements....................289 Displaying a Topology View with a Preselected Device ............289 The Map Element Description Panel..................290 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 8 Chapter 12: Using the VLAN Manager................... 323 Overview of Virtual LANs......................323 VLAN Manager Functions......................324 VLAN Manager Function Buttons ..................324 The VLAN Menu........................324 Viewing Device Information from Pop-Up Menus ..............325 Displaying a VLAN........................326 Viewing VLANs on a Switch ....................328 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 9 Devices Properties......................363 Features Properties ......................364 Scalability Properties......................365 SNMP Properties.......................366 Topology Properties ......................367 External Connections Properties..................368 MAC Polling Properties ......................368 Other Properties ........................369 Distributed Server Administration .....................370 Configuring a Server Group Member ..................371 Configuring a Server Group Manager ...................372 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 10 Chapter 15: EPICenter Reports ..................... 373 Reports Overview ........................373 Accessing EPICenter Reports ....................373 Reports Available in EPICenter ...................374 Selecting Predefined EPICenter Reports to View..............378 The Extreme Networks eSupport Export Report..............379 Using Report Filtering......................379 Sorting Reports .........................381 Exiting Reports .........................381 EPICenter Report Structure ....................381 Network Status Summary Report ....................382...
  • Page 11 Resetting a Policy ........................502 Configuring Policy Precedence ....................502 Viewing and Modifying QoS Profiles ..................503 Configuring QoS Policies......................505 Auto Configuration ......................505 Directed Configuration .......................506 Chapter 18: The ACL Viewer ......................509 Using the ACL Viewer ......................509 ACL Viewer Summary Displays....................510 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 12 Displaying STP VLAN Configurations ...................546 Displaying STP Device Configurations .................547 Displaying STP Port Information ..................548 STP Properties........................550 Appendix D: Voice over IP Manager ..................... 551 Overview of Voice over IP Management..................551 Viewing VoIP VLAN Settings.....................551 Selecting VLANs for VoIP......................553 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 13 QoS Settings for a VoIP VLAN ....................556 Default Configuration Attributes..................557 Minimum Bandwidth Calculations..................558 Configuring QoS Settings ......................560 VoIP Reports ..........................563 Index ............................565 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 14 EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 15: Preface

    Explanations about features and operations that are the same across all Extreme switch product families simply refer to the product as the “Extreme Networks device” or “Extreme Networks switch.” Explanations about features that are the same for all devices managed by EPICenter (both Extreme devices and others) are simply refered to “devices.”...

  • Page 16: Conventions

    Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place where they are defined in the text. Related Publications The EPICenter documentation set includes the following: EPICenter Reference Guide (this guide) ● EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide ● EPICenter Installation and Upgrade Guide ●...
  • Page 17 Related Publications Both the EPICenter Reference Guide and the EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide can be found online in Adobe Acrobat PDF format in the subdirectory of the EPICenter installation directory. They are docs also available in a Microsoft Windows environment from the EPICenter Start menu.
  • Page 18 Preface EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 19: Part 1: Epicenter Basic Features

    EPICenter Basic Features...

  • Page 21: Chapter 1: Epicenter Overview

    Comprehensive Security. EPICenter provides multiple features that control and monitor the security ● features on Extreme Networks’ products. The VLAN Manager enables the creation and management of VLANs easily throughout the network. The Policy Manager’s access-based security policies enforce user-based security. The IP/MAC Address Finder tool to locate any MAC address on your network.
  • Page 22 QoS rules. Extreme Networks switches and many other MIB-2 compatible devices can be monitored and controlled from a central interface, without exiting EPICenter to run a separate program or Telnet session. Features such as SmartTraps and the EPICenter alarm system further maximize network monitoring capability while maintaining network usage efficiency.

  • Page 23: Extreme Networks Device Support

    EPICenter system. However, continued support in the future cannot be guaranteed. NOTE See the EPICenter Release Notes or the Extreme Networks web site for the most current information on device support in the EPICenter software. Third-Party Device Support Any device running a MIB-2 compatible SNMP agent can be discovered by the EPICenter Inventory manager, and saved in the Inventory database.
  • Page 24 EPICenter Overview EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 25: Chapter 2: Getting Started With Epicenter

    The Network Summary Report can also be accessed from the Reports applet. See Chapter 15, “EPICenter Reports” for a more detailed discussion of this reports. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 26 For any of these items where the number is non-zero, the description becomes a link to a sub-report that gives you more information about the situation—a list of devices or alarms or messages. The Network Status Summary Report also provides version information about the EPICenter software running on your machine. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 27: The Distributed Server Summary

    ● that attempts to connect to that server. The number of devices managed by the server that are up or down. ● The number of critical alarms that have occurred on devices managed by the server. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 28: The "About Epicenter" Page

    This information may be needed if it becomes necessary for you to contact Extreme Networks’ Technical Support. Figure 3: The About EPICenter page From this page you can do the following: Access the online EPICenter Reference Guide from the View Documentation link. ● Send e-mail to Extreme Networks’ technical support organization. ●...

  • Page 29: Navigating Epicenter Applications

    EPICenter Policy Manager, if you have a license for those features. Home returns you to the Network Summary Report display shown in Figure 4. From this page, you can access the About EPICenter page. Figure 4: The EPICenter Home page EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 30 Telnet: An interactive Telnet application where you can create and run command-line macros on ● multiple devices in one operation. You can also establish Telnet sessions with individual switches, both Extreme Networks and third-party devices. RT Stats: The Real Time statistics applet, that provides graphs of various device and port statistics. ●...

  • Page 31: The Main Feature Frame

    Policy: The EPICenter Policy Manager, where you can define QoS policies and access list rules for ● implementation on Extreme Networks devices. This applet is included in the EPICenter Advanced Upgrade license, which requires the installation of an Advanced Upgrade license key.

  • Page 32: Epicenter Menus

    EPICenter features (except Reports) provide a set of standard menus at the top of the main feature frame (see Figure 5). There are four standard menus that are present in all features except for the EAPS Monitor—the EPICenter, Display, Tools, and Help menus. In addition, individual features may provide EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 33 84). Technical Support Enables you to collect information about the devices you are managing, or about EPICenter itself, that can help Extreme Networks support personnel to diagnose and troubleshoot problematic behaviors. Upload Device Info Uploads troubleshooting information from the selected device, and optionally includes the most recent configuration file uploaded from the device.

  • Page 34: The Component Tree

    A user with administrator access can change this to reverse the order of the IP address and device name, or to display the device name only. This is done through a server property set in the Administration module. See “Other Properties” Chapter 14 for details on how to do this. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 35: The Status/Detail Information Panel

    The Status/Detail Information Panel The right side panel displays information about the component selected in the tree on the left. For example, Figure 6 shows the Inventory Manager applet, with basic information about the devices known to the EPICenter. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 36 2 Click and hold the left mouse button to “grab” the column separator. 3 Drag the separator until the column is are the desired width. Sorting Columns You can sort the rows of a columnar display according to the contents of any individual column. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 37: Feature Function Buttons

    Page tabs, such as the Properties & Port and IP Forwarding tabs in the Add VLAN dialogue shown ● Figure 7. These are used when there are multiple pages of settings for a specific function. Select a tab to display the page. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 38: Right-Click Pop-Up Menus

    Reports do not provide pop-up menus. In some applets, the pop-up menus provide commands that perform the same functions as the applet function buttons at the top of the page, but with the appropriate device or device group pre-selected. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 39: The External App Sub-Menu

    However, for most third-party devices, the Device Manager command is not available. The Device Sub-Menu The Device command provides a sub-menu of commands that let you view the following information for the selected device: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 40: The Technical Support Sub-Menu

    This menu currently contains one command: Upload Device Info. This command extracts the “show tech” output from Extreme Networks devices running ExtremeWare or ExtremeXOS, and packages it, along with the most recent uploaded configuration file, as a .zip file that can easily be emailed to Extreme Networks’...

  • Page 41: The Macros Sub-Menu

    The Macros command provides a sub-menu of the user-defined Telnet macros that are available to run on the selected device or on the devices in the selected device group, or on selected ports. If no macros are defined in the current context, the menu contains only the item <none>. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 42: The Properties Command

    There is also a link at the bottom of the page that displays the Related Topics menu. A Table of Contents and Index can be accessed through the Navigation panel at the left of the ■ page. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 43 You can print the page you are viewing by clicking the print button, found at the top right ● From the Help window, you can display the full EPICenter Reference Guide as an Acrobat PDF file ● by clicking the PDF button This requires a version of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader software, which is available free of charge from...
  • Page 44 Getting Started with EPICenter EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 45: Chapter 3: The Inventory Manager

    The Inventory Manager feature keeps a database of all the network devices managed by EPICenter. EPICenter can discover any devices running MIB-2 compatible agents. It can manage Extreme Networks switches, and can provide information about third-party devices with compatible agents.

  • Page 46: Inventory Manager Functions

    EPICenter applets, and are described in “EPICenter Menus” on page 32. However, the Inventory Manager provides an additional menu, Inventory, that contains commands unique to the Inventory Manager. The Inventory menu contains the following items: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 47: Pop-Up Menus

    Same as the Delete button or the Delete command from the Inventory menu. See “Deleting Devices and Device Groups from the Database” on page Modify Same as the Modify button or the Modify command from the Inventory menu. See “Modifying Devices and Device Groups” on page EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 48: Displaying The Network Device Inventory

    “The Properties Display” on page 85 for details about what this command shows. Displaying the Network Device Inventory When you click the Inventory button in the Navigation Toolbar, the main Inventory Manager page appears as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 49 If unacknowledged alarms exist for the device, the alarm status is indicated by a small colored alarm ● bell to the left of the device name. You can investigate these through the Alarm Manager applet. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 50: Viewing Device Status Information

    Group that have alarm propagation enabled. Viewing Device Status Information When you select a device group in the Component Tree, the panel on the right displays a summary status of the devices in the selected device group (see Figure 10). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 51 EPICenter can no longer contact the switch. The remaining columns show the following information: (Type Icon) Device icon indicating the type of device as detected by EPICenter. Name The name of the device. IP Address The IP address of the device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 52: Detailed Device Status

    Figure 11: Device Detail Display, chassis view This view shows an active graphical display of the switch front panel, as well as a panel of status information. For some devices, a back panel view may also be provided. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 53 As soon as you type into this field, the Save button (at the top left of the information display panel) is enabled. To store the information you’ve entered, click Save. If you leave this device display without saving, EPICenter prompts you to either save or cancel. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 54 (black/white/ gray) if it is enabled and ready, but inactive. NOTE The Component Tree does not display the empty slots in a device. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 55 Adding a Port Name. When you select a port, you can add a port name (up to 15 characters). This name IS stored on the device—it is the same as the display string you can enter through the CLI. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 56 For both the front and back panel displays, you can select the entire stack, an individual device in the stack, or an individual port. For a stacking device, the information panel is also presented with multiple tabs. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 57: Edge Port Fdb Status

    When a single slot is selected, the information panel includes two tabs: Device This shows basic information about the selected stack member. The information is similar to the information shown for other Extreme Networks devices, but the display also includes some information about the stack as a unit. Stacking Port Link This tab shows information about the stacking port links for this stack member.
  • Page 58 Select an entry in the table to display further information about the FDB entry at the bottom of the window: Port The port on which the MAC address was learned MAC Address The MAC address that defines the entry Locked Down Whether the MAC is locked to this port due to a learning limit (Yes/No) EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 59 Shows a green check if the entry is permanent; shows a red X if it is not. Locked Down Shows a green check if the entry is locked down; shows a red X if it is not. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 60: Third-Party Device Status

    If there is no configuration file for the device, and it is being managed by the EPICenter, the ifIndex entries for the entire device are displayed in a table in the Device Information panel. Figure 18 shows a third-party device with an unknown configuration. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 61: Discovering Network Devices

    Extreme Networks’ support web site under the Patches section at: www.extremenetworks.com/services/software/EPICenter.asp You can also contact your Extreme Networks sales representative or reseller if you would like help from Extreme’s Professional Services organization for creating images or configuration files for specific devices.
  • Page 62 Specify the device address range, such as 10.203.10.20 to 10.203.10.45. IP Address/Net Mask(CIDR) Specify the device address range, in Classless InterDomain Routing (CIDR) format. The value in the Subnet Mask field is the number of bits to be masked, starting from the high-order (left-hand) octet. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 63 Removes a selected row from the Device Discovery Criteria List. Reset Clears the Device Discovery Criteria List. Close Closes the Discover Devices Dialogue box. Discover Initiates the discovery based on the specifications in the Device Discovery Criteria List. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 64: Discovery Results

    To add devices to the EPICenter database: 1 Select individual devices or a range of devices in the Results list. 2 Click the Add button at the bottom of the device list to add these devices to the EPICenter Inventory database. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 65 3 Enter or make changes to any of the Basic fields. These options apply to the entire set of devices you are adding. Device Login The default Device Login EPICenter should use to access the discovered switches. Device Contact Password The default Device Contact Password EPICenter should use to access the discovered switches. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 66 If the devices use SNMP V3 Authentication, enter the authentication password. The Password default password is initialmd5. 5 Click OK when you have made the necessary changes. A message window (shown in Figure 23) appears to show you the progress of the Add command. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 67 If checked, the up and down arrow buttons expand only devices that had errors. Collapse All button Collapses all the device nodes, hiding all the server messages. The indicators just below the tree area of the window show the number of devices currently in each state. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 68: Adding Devices And Device Groups

    Device Groups. If you have Monitor access only, you may not use this function. Adding a Device 1 Click the Add button at the top of the Inventory Manager main window. 2 Select the appropriate tab to display the Basic information in the Add Device window, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 69 The default setting for the device poll interval is 30 minutes for an Extreme modular chassis and 90 minutes for an Extreme stackable chassis. Device Contact Password The Device Contact Password that EPICenter should use to access the switch. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 70 SNMP Read Community String If the device is using SNMP version 1, enter the SNMP Read Community string for the device. The default (for Extreme Networks devices) is public. SNMP Write Community String If the device is using SNMP version 1, enter the SNMP Write Community string for the device.

  • Page 71: Creating A Device Group

    To create a new device group, follow these steps: 1 Click the Add button at the top of the Inventory Manager main window. Select the appropriate tab to display the Device Groups window, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 72 3 To remove one or more devices from the new device group, select the devices in the Included Devices list, and click <- Remove. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have included all the devices that should be members of this device group. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 73: Modifying Devices And Device Groups

    If you have a device selected in the Component Tree, it is preselected in the Modify Devices tab, with its settings displayed. To modify the contact information for one or more managed devices in the database, do the following: EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 74 EPICenter. Be sure to disable SSH in EPICenter before you disable it on the device. Device Manager Protocol The protocol used to communicate with this device when using the device-based element manager (ExtremeWare Vista): HTTP or HTTPS. SSH must be enabled on the device. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 75 SSH2. For more information on configuring a device to use SSH2, see the ExtremeWare Software Users Guide. 3 Enter the changed information in the appropriate fields of the SNMP tab, as shown in Figure Figure 30: SNMP subtab under the Devices tab of the Modify Devices and Device Groups window EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 76 If you have modified the Device Contact Password (under the Basic tab) or either of the SNMP Community strings, on Extreme Networks devices, EPICenter asks if you want to change those values on the switch as well as in the EPICenter database (see Figure 31).

  • Page 77: Modifying A Device Group

    EPICenter will still be able to contact the device via Telnet to open a Telnet session or run a Telnet macro on the device. If you have modified both Extreme Networks and third-party devices, and you select the Device and Database setting, the device configuration will occur only on the Extreme Networks devices.
  • Page 78 You cannot use the Modify Device Groups function to remove devices from the Default device group. Devices are removed from the Default device group only when they are moved to another device group or deleted from the EPICenter inventory. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 79: Deleting Devices And Device Groups From The Database

    Extreme switch, deleting it removes any SmartTraps rules, both from the database and the switch change table. It also removes all information about VLANs, QoS Policy, and Virtual Chassis connections associated with this switch from the EPICenter database. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 80: Deleting A Device Group

    Occasionally, you may want to update the configuration and status information for one or more devices in the EPICenter database. The Sync operation is a manual update you can use if you believe that the device configuration is not correctly represented in EPICenter applets. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 81 The Sync function displays a message window that shows the status of the sync operation on the selected devices. When the sync has completed on all devices, click OK to continue. NOTE Offline devices display a warning and are not synchronized. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 82: Configuring Default Access Parameters

    EPICenter inventory. Maximum of 255 characters. 2 Click the SNMP tab to enter or make changes to any of the SNMP fields, as shown in Figure These options apply to future network devices that you add to the EPICenter database. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 83 Reset clears the contents of the fields and reset them to their default values. 3 Click Save to save your changes to the EPICenter database. A message window (shown in Figure 38) appears to show you the progress of the Save command. Figure 38: Message window showing Save progress EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 84: Finding Devices

    You can search for devices by name or by IP address. You can limit the search to a specific device group, or to a specific type of Extreme device. Figure 39: Find Devices dialog 2 Specify your search criteria in the Find Devices dialog are as follows: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 85: The Properties Display

    The Device Groups Properties window shows summary information for all device groups (see Figure 40). To display this window, select the top-level Device Groups item in the Component Tree, then select Properties from the Display menu, or from the right-click pop-up menu. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 86: Device Group Properties

    The Device Group Properties window shows information about a selected device group (see Figure 41). To display this window, select a Device Group in the Component Tree, then select Properties from the Display menu, or from the right-click pop-up menu. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 87 The Port Inventory Tab displays the following information: Device The name of the device that is a member of this device group IP Address The IP addresses of the device 10/100 Active The number of active 10/100 ports on the device EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 88: Device Properties

    The Device Properties window displays a set of tabs at the top of the window, depending on the type and configuration of the device. The following tabs may appear: Device ● VLAN ● ● Edge Port FDB ● EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 89 Indicates whether this device is currently the STP root bridge for this domain (Yes or No). No. of Ports The number of ports on this bridge participating in this VLAN in this domain. Will be N/A if the STP domain is disabled on this VLAN. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 90 Shows a green check if the entry is permanent; shows a red X if it is not. Locked Down Shows a green check if the entry is locked down; shows a red X if it is not. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 91 The port number. If this is a remote connect port (virtual port) the port number will be preceded by a “v” for example, v.1, v.2 and so on. State The state of the wireless port: Disabled, Enabled, Online, or Error EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 92: Slot Properties

    To view slot properties, do the following: 1 From the Component Tree, click on the plus sign of a modular device to display the slots for that particular device. NOTE The Component Tree does not display the empty slots in a device. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 93 The type of module that is configured for the slot Inserted Type The type of module that is inserted into the slot Module State The operational state of the module Serial Number The serial number of the module EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 94 The port on the device on which the user is logged in. User Name The login name of the user. IP Address The IP address of the user’s host. Login Type The login type, either network login or 802.1x. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 95 Summit 300-48 Switch Software User Guide 802.11 Auth 802.11 authentication method for this wireless interface: all, open, or shared Network Auth Network authentication method: all methods, none, Net Login, Mac RADIUS, 802.11x, WPA or WPA/PSK EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 96: Port Properties

    The Device Port Properties window appears, as shown in Figure Figure 44: Device Port Properties window The Device Port Properties window may have up to four tabs: Port ● Operational FDB ● Network Clients ● Wireless (present only if the device supports wireless ports) ● EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 97 Blackhole Type Blackhole type (None, Ingress, Egress, both) Mirrored Whether the MAC is mirrored (Yes/No) Questionable Whether the MAC is questionable (Yes/No) Remapped Whether the MAC has been remapped (Yes/No) Translated Whether the MAC has been translated (Yes/No) EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 98 Wireless LAN RF mode: 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11b/g RF Channel Radio frequency channel used by the interface RF Profile Radio frequency profile configured for or assigned to this interface. See the section on configuring RF properties in the Summit 300-48 Switch Software User Guide. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 99 Network Auth Network authentication method: all methods, none, Net Login, Mac RADIUS, 802.11x, WPA or WPA/PSK Encryption Encryption method: all encryption methods, N/A (none), WEP64, TKIP, AES, WEP128, or Other MAC Address MAC address for the wireless port EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 100 The Inventory Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 101: Chapter 4: The Epicenter Alarm System

    EPICenter automatically configures Extreme Networks devices to send traps to the EPICenter server when those devices are added to the EPICenter Inventory database; this is not true for non-Extreme Networks devices—you must manually configure those devices to send traps to the EPICenter server.

  • Page 102: Alarm Manager Functions

    (until resolved) use the Extreme proprietary SNMP trap for power supply failure, rather than the EPICenter trap. Rogue Access Point Found (EPICenter event): This alarm indicates that an access point has been ● detected that is not in the Safe list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 103: The Alarm Log Browser

    Alarm summary Current filter definition indicator The Alarm button (icon) in the Navigation Toolbar acts as an alarm indicator—if it is displayed in red instead of black, it indicates that at least one new alarm has occurred. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 104: The Alarm Log Browser Summary

    • Warning, blue • Minor, yellow • Major, orange • Critical, Source The IP address of the device that generated the trap or responded to a poll Time The date and time at which the alarm was received EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 105: Acknowledging An Alarm

    To delete an alarm log entry: 1 Select the alarm entry or entries you want to delete. 2 Click the Delete button at the top of the page. This removes the selected alarm log entries entirely from the EPICenter database. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 106: Deleting Groups Of Log Entries

    Deleting Saved Alarm Log Filters You can delete any saved alarm log display filters except for the default filter. To delete a filter, do the following: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 107: Pausing All Alarms

    2 Click the Detail button at the top of the page, or double-click on the alarm entry in the log. This opens the Alarm Log Detailed View window, as shown in Figure The Alarm Log Detailed View displays detailed information about the selected alarm. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 108 The time of day at which the alarm occurred Alarm Message The message associated with the alarm Actions taken The list of actions defined for this alarm, if any Name of events The name of the event that triggered the alarm EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 109: Defining An Alarm Log Display Filter

    To specify your own filter, click the Filter button at the top of the Alarm Log Browser summary page. The Define Alarm Log Filter window opens displaying either the last filter definition you created, or the Default filter (View last 300 alarms). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 110 • Acked: Filter on whether alarms have been acknowledged or not Operator A comparison operator used to test the parameter against the specified value. Select one from the pull-down menu. Only choices relevant to the selected parameter type are available—in some cases only one choice is allowed. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 111 Define Alarm Log Filter window and save it later. The filter definition is retained in the Define Alarm Log Filter window until you either create another filter definition, or exit the Alarm System applet. To restore the default filter definition, click the View last 300 alarms check box and click OK. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 112: Deleting Alarm Records With Specified Conditions

    1 If the “View last 300 alarms” check box is checked, the remaining fields are grayed-out. Uncheck the check box to enable the other fields. 2 Define a filter criteria by selecting or filling in the Field, Operator, and Value fields as follows: EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 113 5 When your filter definition is complete, click Delete. All alarm records that meet the conditions defined by the filter are deleted. If you simply want to delete the last 300 alarms, leave the “View last 300 alarms” box checked, and click Delete. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 114: Defining Alarms

    To view a current alarm definition, to create a new definition, or to modify an existing definition, click the Alarm Definition tab at the top of the page. The Alarm System: Alarm Definition page is displayed, as shown in Figure Figure 49: Alarm System: Alarm Definition page EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 115: Creating A New Alarm Definition

    This opens the Modify Alarm Definition window. This window is identical to the New Alarm Definition window, except that the settings for the selected alarm are filled in. See “The Alarm Definition Window” on page 116 for a description of the window, with instructions for modifying an alarm definition. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 116: Deleting An Alarm Definition

    OK. A new alarm definition is added to the Alarm Definition List; the existing alarm definition is updated for an alarm that has been modified. See the EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide for a more extensive discussion about EPICenter alarms, including examples of alarm definitions for common network events. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 117: Defining The Basic Alarm Properties

    (If event happens...) these events must occur. This lets you filter out short-lived or non-repeatable events, and define an alarm that will take action only if the triggering event occurs repeatedly within a defined time frame. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 118 The time frame within which the repeated events must occur for the alarm to be generated alarmSourceDeviceName The name of the device on which the event(s) occurred (taken from the EPICenter database) alarmSourceIP The IP address of the device on which the event(s) occurred EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 119: Defining The Alarm Scope

    The data associated with the trap, or the Syslog message content trap Defining the Alarm Scope To define a scope for the alarm, click the Scope tab. The Scope definition page is displayed, as shown in Figure Figure 51: The New Alarm Definition window, Scope definition EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 120 Add All->—Adds all the components in the source list to the Selection list. ● <-Remove—Removes the selected components from the Selection list. ● <-Remove All—Removes all the components from the Selection list. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 121: Defining Alarm Actions

    In order to use an e-mail action, you must first configure your e-mail settings. You will not be able to select an e- mail action until this has been done. See “Setting Up E-mail for the Alarm System” on page 124. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 122 See “EPICenter Server Reports” on page 439 for more information on enabling EPICenter debug mode. Macros... Click this to display the Select Macro window, where you can select a Telnet macro from a list of saved macros. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 123 $trap variable by selecting from the list of system variables displayed when you click the Variables... button; however, you must still add the index, enclosed in parentheses. The example in Figure 53 shows a command taking the extremeEapsPrimaryStatus as arguments. extremeEapsSecondaryStatus EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 124 Email To and Short email to fields and check boxes are not available. To configure the e-mail capability, do the following: 1 Click the top Settings... button (nest to the Email field) on the Action page. This displays the Email Settings window, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 125 55. The window initially shows the global trap receiver settings configured in the Administration applet, as part of the Server Properties configuration for SNMP (see “SNMP Properties” on page 366 for how to set these global settings). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 126: Alarm Categories

    To create a new alarm category, click the Add button at the top of the window. A small pop-up window appears into which you can enter the name of the new category. Click OK to enter the new category into the Category List. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 127: Modifying An Alarm Category

    Alarm System until you define alarms that take actions on those events. See “Defining Alarms” on page 114 for more information on creating alarms (known as RMON Trap Rising Alarms and RMON Trap Falling Alarms) using threshold event rules. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 128 Threshold Configuration tab at the top of the page. The Alarm System Configuration page is displayed. Figure 56 shows the Alarm System Configuration page as it appears when displaying RMON rules for a device. Figure 56: The Threshold Configuration window showing RMON rules EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 129: Rmon Rule Display

    CPU Utilization Rule Display To display the CPU Utilization rules, click the CPU Utilization node in the Configurations tree. Figure 57 shows the Alarm System Configuration page as it appears when displaying CPU Configuration rules for a selected device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 130: Creating An Event Rule

    To create a new event rule, click the Add button at the top of the page. This displays the New Rule configuration page, where you can configure a new event rule. “Configuring a New Rule or Modifying a Rule” on page 131 for details about the fields in this window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 131: Modifying A Rule

    The definitions below apply to both operations. There are two parts to an event rule; the rule configuration itself, and the association of the rule to its target devices. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 132 The rule name also appears in the Event Name list. For CPU Utilization rules, each target device for a CPU utilization rule appears as a separate component under the CPU Utilization “folder” in the Configurations tree. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 133: Configuring An Rmon Rule

    • Absolute to use the actual sample value of the variable • Delta to calculate the difference between the current sample value and the previous sample value of the variable, and use the difference in the comparison EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 134: Configuring Cpu Utilization Rules

    CPU Utilization is only supported on switches running ExtremeWare 6.2 or later. If you select CPU Utilization as the Configuration Type, only the Rising Threshold field allows input, as shown in Figure 59. The other fields and buttons in this window are predefined. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 135 The sample value becomes greater than or equal to the Rising Threshold for the first time (including ● the initial sample) after the alarm is enabled. (This is the startup condition.) EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 136: Configuring Rules For The Predefined Rmon Event Types

    Description The description of the relevant MIB variable for the selected rule type. The Falling Threshold is automatically defined as 90% of the rising threshold value. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 137: Configuring The Rule Target

    Click the Target tab to display the New Configuration Target page, as shown in Figure This page lets you specify which devices should be configured to generate the event you have defined. Figure 60: RMON target selection window EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 138: Synchronizing Epicenter With Device Rmon Rules

    Synchronizing EPICenter with Device RMON Rules 1 To synchronize EPICenter’s database with the RMON rules in place on a switch, click the Sync button at the top of the window. The Synchronize RMON Rules window opens, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 139 To select individual devices, select Devices in the Source Type field. A list is displayed showing all the Extreme Networks devices managed by EPICenter. 2 To add a device or device group to the Selection list, select the device or device group and click Add ->.
  • Page 140 The EPICenter Alarm System EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 141: Chapter 5: Configuration Manager

    The Configuration Manager supports Extreme Networks devices only. For devices running ExtremeXOS, both the current configuration file and any Policy files saved on the switch are uploaded, and saved in .zip format.

  • Page 142: Configuration Manager Function Buttons

    View the contents of the selected configuration file using the Configuration Viewer. “Viewing a Configuration File” on page 166. Diff View the differences between two configuration files using the Diff Viewer (requires configuration of a Diff viewer). “Comparing Two Configuration File—The Diff Command” on page 167. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 143: Pop-Up Menus

    “Configuring a Viewer” on page 169 for details on using this feature. Download Download a saved configuration to a selected device. See “Downloading Configuration Information to a Device” on page 157 for details on using this feature. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 144: Configuration File Locations

    The file names by default are formed from the IP address of the device with a timestamp appended. The default form of the file name for a manually uploaded configuration file is: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 145: Device Configuration Summary Status

    When the Configuration Manager opens, it shows summary status for the selected device or device group. Click a device group name in the Component Tree to display the summary status for the devices in the group, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 146 You can display the upload and download status of the configuration information for an individual device by selecting the device in the Component Tree in the left-hand panel of the window. This displays a status window for the device similar to the one shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 147 The date and time for the next scheduled baseline configuration upload, if one is scheduled. Last Upload Status Whether the last upload was successful or not, and if successful, whether it is different from the saved baseline configuration. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 148 ExtremeXOS, you can select and view the differences between like elements from within the files (i.e. the configuration files or policy files). See “Comparing Two Configuration File—The Diff Command” on page 167 for more information. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 149: Uploading Configurations From Devices

    The form of the fully qualified file names for these files is: <tftp_root>\configs\<year>\<month>\<day>\<IP_address>_<time>.txt <tftp_root>\configs\<year>\<month>\<day>\<IP_address>_<time>.zip where <tftp_root> is the location of your TFTP server. (By default, <tftp_root> is <EPICenter_install_dir>\user.war\tftp.) EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 150 By default, EPICenter saves configuration files using file names created from the device name, IP ● address, and the time at which the upload was performed: < IP Address>_<Time>.txt In addition to appending some trailer text, you can change the format of the file name. The IP EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 151: Changing The Configuration Filename Format

    In addition, in the Admin applet you can specify whether the device configurations are always uploaded at the scheduled archive time, or are uploaded only when the device configuration has changed. The default is to perform a scheduled upload only when the configuration has changed. See EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 152: Scheduling Device Archive Uploads

    Devices for Scheduling: The devices you have selected from which to upload configuration files. Set Schedule Specify the schedule you want: • No Schedule Removes any schedule associated with the device(s) in the Devices for Scheduling list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 153: Scheduling Global Archive Uploads

    “Scheduling Device Archive Uploads” on page 152 for information on how to create an individual configuration schedule. To set or modify the Global Upload schedule, select the Global Schedule tab in the Schedule Upload window (as shown in Figure 67). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 154 <tftp_root> is the location of your TFTP server. By default, <tftp_root> is <EPICenter_install_dir>\user.war\tftp. You can change the filename format using the Configure Upload File Name Format dialog. “Changing the Configuration Filename Format” on page 151 for details. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 155: Setting Archive Limits

    Days to keep the configuration files Specifies that EPICenter should not keep configuration files that are older than the time limit. When a configuration file exceeds the age limit, it is deleted. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 156: Archive/Baseline Differences Report

    The switch log event entries (if any) that are related to the configuration change. If either the baseline configuration or the archived configuration file for a device is too large, EPICenter does not attempt to analyze the differences. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 157: Configuring Email Notification Of Archive/Baseline Differences

    Primary, Secondary or Current configuration. You can only download to one device at a time. To download saved configuration information to a device, click the Download button at the top of the window. The Download Configuration window appears, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 158 Show Uploaded Configs Click to display a pop-up list of configuration files available for the selected device. Select a configuration the file to be downloaded from the list and click OK, or Close to close the pop-up list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 159: Downloading An Incremental Configuration To Devices

    Incremental downloads are supported on Extreme Networks devices running ExtremeWare 6.0 or later. To download an incremental configuration to a device, click the Increment button at the top of the window.
  • Page 160 Removes all the devices from the Devices for Upload list. 3 Select the configuration file you want to download from the pull-down list in the Available Incremental Configs field. 4 Click Apply to start the baseline download to the selected device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 161: Creating A Baseline Configuration File

    EPICenter installation directory. Thus, if you installed the EPICenter <EPICenter_install_dir> server under Windows XP or Windows 2003 using the default installation path, the baseline configuration for device 10.205.2.39 would be saved in c:\Program Files\Extreme , unless you have reconfigured Networks\EPICenter 6.0\user.war\tftp\baselines\10_205_2_39.txt your TFTP root directory. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 162: Removing A Baseline Configuration File

    Baseline configuration files are not supported for devices running ExtremeXOS. To schedule baseline configuration uploads, select Baseline, then Schedule from the Configuration menu or from the right-click pop-up menu. The Schedule Baseline window appears, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 163 1 Select a device group or All Devices from the drop-down menu in the Device Group field. 2 From the Available Devices list, select the devices from which you want to set an upload schedule. The buttons in the center of this window function as follows: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 164: Restoring A Baseline Configuration To A Device

    Incremental download feature instead of the Baseline > Restore feature. See “Downloading an Incremental Configuration to Devices” on page 159 for more information on using the Incremental download feature. NOTE Baseline configuration files are not supported for devices running ExtremeXOS. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 165 Check to automatically save the configuration file on the device after the device reboots. Select the location on the device where the configuration should be saved: • Current: Saves as the current configuration. • Primary: Saves as the Primary configuration. • Secondary: Saves as the secondary configuration. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 166: Viewing A Configuration File

    Baseline > View command is not available. The View Configuration window appears with the baseline file you selected displayed. Figure 75 shows an example of the default configuration viewer. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 167: Comparing Two Configuration File-The Diff Command

    3 Click the Diff button at the top of the window, or select Diff from the Config menu or from the right-click pop-up menu. If you have not selected two configuration or policy files, the Diff button and Diff commands are not available. See Figure 76 for an example of selecting files for a device running ExtremeXOS. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 168 Baseline > Diff command is not available. EPICenter invokes the Difference viewer in a separate window, with the two files you selected displayed. Figure 75 shows an example of a differences comparison using WinMerge in Windows XP. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 169: Configuring A Viewer

    ) is assumed as the default. ■ /usr/bin/sdiff To configure either of these viewers, select Options, then Setup Viewers from the Configuration menu or from a right-click pop-up menu. The Setup Viewers dialog box appears, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 170: Configuring The Tftp Server

    The Configure TFTP Server function lets you enable or disable the embedded TFTP server, and specify an alternate path for the location of the server. Click the TFTP button at the top of the window to display the Configure TFTP Server window, as shown in Figure EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 171 If you plan to use this TFTP server with other software, such as the ExtremeWare CLI or for any other purpose, be aware of possible differences in the expected locations of the TFTP server and other components such as ExtremeWare software images or configuration files. See the EPICenter Release Note for information on any known issues. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 172 Configuration Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 173: Chapter 6: The Firmware Manager

    Using commands from a pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on a device or device ● group entry in the Component Tree. For simplicity, most of the instructions in this chapter only specify one method of invoking a function (usually the function button). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 174: Firmware Manager Function Buttons

    “Right-Click Pop-Up Menus” on page 38 for basic information about using pop-up menus. The contents of a pop-up menu depends on the type of item you have selected in the Component Tree. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 175: Software And Bootrom Image Locations

    TFTP server. By default, < <tftp_root> tftp_root> < EPICenter_install_dir>\user.war\tftp In the Windows operating environment, < > is c EPICenter_install_dir :\Program Files\Extreme Networks\EPICenter 6.0 In the Solaris environment, < > is EPICenter_install_dir /opt/ExtremeNetworks/EPICenter6.0 EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 176: The Firmware Manager Main Window

    Figure 80: Firmware Manager showing summary status for a device group Select a Device Group to see Summary Status for the devices in the group. The table displays the ● following information: Device The name and/or IP address of the device Type The type of the device EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 177 A red X indicates that this software version is considered “obsolete,” meaning it has been superseded by a newer General Availability release. If you have Automatic Information Updates enabled, EPICenter checks the Extreme Networks web site once every 24 hours for the newest version information.
  • Page 178 A red X indicates that this software version is considered “obsolete,” meaning it has been superseded by a newer General Availability release. If you have Automatic Information Updates enabled, EPICenter checks the Extreme Networks web site once every 24 hours for the newest version information.

  • Page 179: Obtaining Updated Software Images

    If you declined to enable Automatic Information Updates when you installed the EPICenter server, the list of images in this display may not reflect the most current versions available from Extreme Networks. You can enable information updates in the Admin applet, through the External Connections server properties.
  • Page 180 The release status of the software: whether the software is a General Availability software release or Obsolete (meaning it has been superseded by a newer General Availability release). If you have Automatic Information Updates enabled, EPICenter checks the Extreme Networks web site once every 24 hours for the newest version information. Present Whether this version of software is available on your local system.
  • Page 181 A message window appears showing the progress of the downloads you have requested to the EPICenter server. Figure 84 shows an example of this window. Click OK when the downloads have completed. Figure 84: Messages from Server window showing image update progress EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 182: Acknowledging The Version Changes

    EPICenter will inform you of the bootROM and image upgrades you must perform to bring the switch to the version you have specified, and will proceed to perform the first of those steps. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 183: Upgrading Your Switches Using The Upgrade Wizard

    ● Upgrading a Stacking Device For Extreme Networks devices that support stacking, the Upgrade Wizard allows you to upgrade the images for the stack master and for individual stack members, as needed. The stack master must be upgraded in a separate operation, using the appropriate device image for the stack master device type.
  • Page 184 To begin the upgrade process, do the following: 1 Select an image in the Software Images table. You can only upgrade using one image at a time. 2 Click Next>> to go to the next page of the Upgrade Wizard. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 185: Hardware Selection

    If the Supported Hardware Selection page appears when you did not expect it, you should go back to the image selection page and verify that you have selected the correct image for the hardware you want to upgrade. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 186 ● Component Tree. NOTE If you want to have EPICenter recognize a non-standard image, contact Extreme Networks Technical Support. They can help you create or obtain a supplemental software image list file. The Hardware Selection Page This page lets you select the devices you want to upgrade with the image you selected on the first page of the Upgrade Wizard.
  • Page 187 The name and/or IP address of the device Device Type The type of the device Slot The slot number of the module (shown if the image is a slot image). Image The image currently running on the device or module EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 188 Multi-step Upgrade page instead of going directly to the Operation Selection page. If a multi-step upgrade is indicated, see “Performing a Multi-Step Upgrade” on page 191 for a discussion of the information provided in the multi-step upgrade page. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 189: Operation Selection

    Select whether this should be a Standard or Conservative upgrade Destination Download to: Select whether the download should be to the Current, Non-Current, Primary or Secondary image Reboot Options Do not Reboot after No reboot should be done on the device download EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 190: Upgrade Preview

    If you want to select different hardware for the upgrade, click <<Back to return to the Hardware Selection page. Upgrade Preview This page displays the choices you have made for the upgrade. Figure 89: Upgrade Wizard, Upgrade Preview page EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 191: Performing A Multi-Step Upgrade

    (source) image and BootROM versions loaded on the switch to determine what intermediate steps, if any, are required. Only Extreme Networks “i-series” switches are evaluated for a multi-step upgrade. Extreme devices that are not part of the “i-series” can be upgrade only using a single step method.
  • Page 192 Again at the Image Selection page you select the final image you want installed so that EPICenter can calculate the remaining upgrade steps needed. If a multi-step upgrade is required, the EPICenter Upgrade Wizard displays a Multi-Step Upgrade page, similar to that shown in Figure 90, after the Hardware Selection step. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 193 If you do not want to use the multi-step upgrade procedure and, instead, want to force EPICenter to perform a single-step upgrade from your current software image version to your desired software image version, click Skip Multi-Step Upgrade. Skipping the multi-step upgrade will upgrade directly to the specified version. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 194: Specifying The Current Software Versions

    Software Versions and BootROM Versions column in the main Firmware Manager display. Click the Versions button at the top of the Firmware Manager window to display the Configure Standard version window, as shown in Figure Figure 91: Configure Standard version window EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 195: Configuring The Tftp Server

    TFTP server instead of the one provided with EPICenter. This server is used to download images to the selected devices. “Configuring the TFTP Server” on page 170 for instructions on configuring the TFTP server. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 196 The Firmware Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 197: Chapter 7: The Interactive Telnet Feature

    The Telnet feature allows the scripting and playback of groups of CLI commands (macros) to a selection of Extreme Networks switches. You can also use this feature to run an interactive Telnet session on an individual switch, including third-party switches.
  • Page 198 If macros are not supported on an individual switch (true of some third party switches and a few Extreme Networks switches) the Macro Status is “Macros not supported.”...

  • Page 199: Using Telnet Macros

    Component Tree. Enable Port Enables a user-specified port (runs the enable port command). Can be run by an administrator from the right-click pop-up menu when a port is selected in the Component Tree. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 200: The Macro Player

    Telnet Connections list. Figure 94 shows the Telnet Player view with a short script entered into the Macro command buffer. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 201 Summit Px1 or Summit 24e2T/X devices). • Failed: A failure occurred when the macro was run. This is frequently due to an inability to connect to the switch. 2 Enter a series of ExtremeWare CLI commands into the macro buffer. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 202: Playing A Macro

    You can execute just a portion of a macro by highlighting just the portion of the macro that you want to execute. Only the selected portion will execute when you initiate the playback. This does not affect saving the macro—the entire macro is saved even if only a portion is highlighted. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 203: Using Variables In A Macro

    You define the prompt that appears for each variable when you create the variable in the Macro Editor. Figure 95 shows an example of the variable input request dialog. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 204: Configuring A Repeat Interval

    There are two ways to view the results of a macro: The results are displayed in a Macro Results window as the macro executes. ● The View function lets you view the results of the last macro run on a selected device. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 205 To stop the execution of a macro on a device, select the row in the table and click Stop. When ● execution has been halted, a system message will appear, and a red stop-sign icon indicates that execution has been stopped. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 206 To view the results of the last macro executed on a particular switch, select the switch in the Telnet Connections list, and click the View button. A View window opens and displays the Telnet log file output for the device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 207: Loading A Saved Macro

    Loading a Saved Macro To load a saved macro, click the Load button. This displays the Load Macro pop-up window (see Figure 101). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 208: The Macro Editor

    Tools menu and on the right-click pop-up menus. As part of the macro creation you can specify a context for the macro (device, device group, or port) that determines when the macro appears on one of these menus. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 209 Opens a dialog where you can select a saved macro to be deleted. Import Opens a dialog where you can select a macro file to import. Export Exports the current macro to a file. Help Displays online Help for the Telnet applet. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 210: Creating Macros For Context-Based Replay

    A description that will be used as the prompt when the macro is run. If you do not enter a description, the variable name will be used as the prompt. A “$” is prefixed to the name you specify to create the actual variable name that will appear in the macro. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 211 Macros submenu of the EPICenter Tools menu, and in the right-click pop-up menu when a Device Group node is selected in the Component Tree. A macro with Device Group context will be executed on all devices in the Device Group. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 212 You should use trap varbinds ONLY in macros you run as alarm actions. If you run a macro with trap varbinds in other situations, the value of the variables will be undefined, and this may cause errors or incorrect results from the macro. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 213 — converts a port IfIndex to the slot:port format ● $ToCliPort() — converts a VLANID to a VLAN name. ● $ToCliVlanName() For example, for the trap , the variable is returned extremeEdpNeighborAdded extremeEdpPortIfIndex as the second varbind (index=1). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 214: Saving A Macro

    If there are errors in the file, EPICenter displays an error message and the file is not loaded. If the file contains a macro with a name that duplicate a macro already in EPICenter’s database, you are asked whether you want to overwrite the existing macro. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 215 The description of the variable, which also appears as the prompt for the variable value when the macro is run <role ... /> Specification of an execution role. This is optional, and can be repeated multiple times. See “The Execution Role” on page 212 for information on execution roles. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 216: Exporting A Macro

    Component Tree. This opens a Telnet session to the selected switch, and then waits for command input, just as with any other Telnet session. For Extreme Networks devices EPICenter will automatically log into the switch based on the device login name and contact password configured for the device in the Inventory Manager. (Your EPICenter user name must also have ExtremeWare access permission).

  • Page 217: Copy/Paste From An Interactive Telnet Session

    Telnet session into another interactive session or into the macro buffer. You can also paste commands from an external document into an interactive Telnet session. The copy and paste commands reside on a pop-up menu that you can display using the right mouse button, as shown in Figure 106). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 218: Macro Recording And Playback From An Interactive Telnet Session

    The record function creates a macro by echoing commands that you type in an interactive Telnet session, into the Macro Record/Play Buffer. The record function is controlled by commands from a pop- up menu displayed by using the right mouse button, as shown in Figure 106. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 219: Using Interactive Telnet With Third-Party Devices

    Telnet session on any other client. To close the Telnet session, type the appropriate exit command on the command line. The session will be closed automatically when you exit the Telnet feature. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 220 The Interactive Telnet Feature EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 221: Chapter 8: The Grouping Manager

    You can define groups and add resources to them to create an organizational structure that facilitates managing your network. The EPICenter software provides several predefined groups: Custom Applications ● Device Groups ● Hosts ● Import Sources ● Port Groups ● Users ● EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 222 Grouping Manager creates a new group under the Import Sources group and puts all the imported resources under that group. You cannot add groups or individual resources as children of the Import Sources group except by ● using the Import function. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 223: Grouping Manager Functions

    The buttons at the top of the main Grouping Manager applet provide the following functions: Table 19: Grouping Manager Function Buttons Creates a new Group, User, or Host resource. See “Creating a New Resource” on page 228. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 224: The Grouping Menu

    Add button. If you select a specific resource within these groups, the resource detail panel buttons provide the ● commands: Add and Remove. If you add a device, all the commands shown in Table 21 are available. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 225: Displaying Epicenter Groups And Resources

    Figure 107 shows the Grouping Manager window with a number of the groups expanded to show their children. Figure 107: Resource Details view Tab to display Children Tab to display Groups Children Device Resources or Relationships Attributes EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 226: Resource Details

    (if they are groups) through the Grouping Applet. Manual indicates that this is a user-defined resource, created within the grouping applet using ■ the New button. These resources can be deleted from the Grouping Manager using the Destroy EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 227 Hosts shows only Host resources within the groups. ● Ports shows only Device and Port resources within the groups. ● Users shows only User resources within the groups. ● VLANs shows only VLAN resources within the groups. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 228: Creating A New Resource

    Hosts group, the type defaults to Host. If you are creating it as a member of the Users group, the type defaults to User. Otherwise, the type is set to Group by default. For groups other than Custom Applications, you can change the group type. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 229: Deleting Resources-The Destroy Function

    The Destroy button in the Grouping Manager toolbar lets you delete user-defined resources from the EPICenter database. The destroy function removes the resource from the database entirely, removing it from all groups where it exists as a child. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 230: Adding A Resource As A Child Of A Group

    HostsA and HostsB. If you subsequently change the membership of HostsB, and auto- configuration of policies is enabled in the Policy Manager, the QoS rules that define the access lists are automatically recomputed and reconfigured. (See the Chapter 18 “Using the Policy Manager”for more information on this optional applet). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 231 Show Devices shows only Device resources within the groups. Show Hosts shows only Host resources within the groups. Show Ports shows only Device and Port resources within the groups. Show Users shows only User resources within the groups. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 232: Removing A Child Resource From A Group

    If you have added a resource as a child of a group, you can remove the resource from that group using the Remove function. This removes the parent-child relationship between the resource and the group. This does not remove the resource from the EPICenter database, unless it is a user-defined resource and EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 233: Adding Relationships To A Resource

    2 Click the tab labeled Relationships to display the list of children belonging to this group. 3 Click the Add button at the bottom of the list of Children to display the Add Relationship to Group pop-up dialog, as shown in Figure 110. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 234 5 Select one or more resources in the list, and click the Add button to add your selections to the Resource Results list. You can select a group in the Component Tree or one or more groups or individual resources from the resource list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 235: Removing Relationships From A Resource

    Click the Cancel button at the bottom of the window to cancel the changes you’ve made to this group. Removing a relationship does not affect the group memberships of either resource. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 236: Adding And Removing Attributes

    1 Select the resource in the Component Tree, so that it is displayed in the Resource Details view. 2 Click the Attributes tab. This displays the attributes (if any) associated with the resource, as shown Figure 111. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 237 4 Select an attribute type from the drop-down list in the Attribute Type field. You can choose from the first three for all groups but Custom Applications. For Custom Applications, L4 is the only allowed attribute type: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 238: Searching For A Resource

    The Search Results provide you with the name of the resources that match your criteria, and the paths (group hierarchy) to where the resources reside within your search scope. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 239: Setting Up A Resource Search

    The Search Criteria window is displayed, as shown in Figure 113. Figure 113: Searching for a resource The top half of the window is used to specify your search criteria. The Component Tree is used to define a scope for the search. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 240 “Groups,” which means all groups are searched. 5 To reset all the criteria to their defaults (<ANY>) and to clear the Attribute Criteria list, click the Reset button at the bottom of the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 241: Searching From The Main Toolbar

    If the function is a user-defined resource (source is “Manual”), removing it from all groups deletes it from the EPICenter database. When you are finished, click the OK button to close the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 242: Searching From The Add Resources Or Add Relationship Window

    Imported resources are placed under a group created in the Import Sources group (one of the pre- defined EPICenter groups). The name you specify in the Source Name field of the Import dialog is used as the group name. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 243 Find function. 3 Click Import to begin the import process. The import button is not enabled until you enter a source name. Progress during the import is displayed in a pop-up window, as shown in Figure 115. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 244: Importing From An Ldap Directory

    The information below is provided as an aid to importing data from LDAP directories with schemas that differ from the template provided. However, Extreme Networks cannot provide support for modifications to the template file other than the three changes mentioned above.

  • Page 245: Importing From A File

    The Import File Format The simplest way to create this file is to enter it in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel, and then export it as tab-delimited text. The elements on each line are separated by tabs. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 246 ● resource_type user host group device port is the name that is displayed as the name of the resource. ● resource_name defines the value of the attribute that corresponds to this position in the list. ● attribute EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 247 Thus, the first pair must always be a group. The second pair can be a group or an individual resource. For defining peer-to-peer relationships, (user-host, user-port, and host-port relationships) either member of the relationship can be specified first. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 248: Importing From An Nt Domain Controller Or Nis Server

    EPICenter server. The type of system you are running determines where the EPICenter server looks for the information. In order to import information from an NT Domain Controller, the EPICenter server must be running with the appropriate user permissions in order to extract the information from the Domain Controller. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 249 The import process imports the following information: For users: username, fullname, description. ● For hosts: hostname, description, primary IP address. ● For groups (users only): name, description, usernames of members. ● The import process creates a file, , in the subdirectory. import.txt user/import EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 250 The Grouping Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 251: Chapter 9: Using The Ip/Mac Address Finder

    EPICenter menus are available (EPICenter, Display, Tools and Help). However, the functions on the Display and Tools menus are not available. Right-click pop-up menus are also not available in this feature. For information on the standard EPICenter menu functions, see “EPICenter Menus” on page EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 252: Extremeware Software Requirements

    As search tasks are initiated, they are placed in the Find Address Tasks List in the Component Tree. Selecting the Find Address Tasks folder in the Component Tree displays a summary of the status of the tasks in the Task List (see Figure 116). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 253 You can only use this feature if you are running the stand-alone client on your local system. If you are using the browser-based client, this button will be grayed out. See “Exporting Task Results to a Text File” on page 259 for more information. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 254: Creating A Search Task

    Finder page. This displays the Find IP and MAC Addresses window (Figure 117). NOTE If you have already submitted a task, the most recent task with its specifications is displayed in the Find Addresses window. Figure 117: Find IP and MAC Addresses window EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 255 Domains list. The types of components available in this list is determined by your selection in the Source Type field. Moves the selected component to the Target Domains list. Remove Removes the selected component from the Target Domains list. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 256 Domains list. Instead, any ports that are members of subgroups will be displayed directly under the top-level port group, as if they are members of the top-level group. 5 When you have completed your search specification, click the Submit button at the bottom of the window to initiate the search. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 257: Detailed Task View

    Detailed Task View for the current search task. While the task is in progress, the window shows the status as Pending. When the search is complete, the Detailed Task View shows the results for the search (Figure 118). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 258 Type: The type (Devices, Device Groups, Ports, Port Groups) of the components in the domain specification Value: The name of the component (group or device name) Device Status: If the target is a device or port, shows the status of the device: Online or Offline/Down EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 259: Exporting Task Results To A Text File

    For example, the results for task “Task 2” run on April 25, 2006 at 3:52 pm will be saved in a file named . You can change the file name by replacing 2006_4_25_1552_Task 2.txt the name in the File Name field. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 260 You must provide a file name, it is not predefined for this option. ■ 3 Click the Apply button to save the results. Click Reset to clear all the fields. Click Close to close the dialog without saving the file. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 261: Chapter 10: Real-Time Statistics

    The Real-Time Statistics feature of the EPICenter software enables you to view a graphical presentation of utilization and error statistics for Extreme Networks switches in real time. The data is taken from Management Information Base (MIB) objects in the etherHistory table of the Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIB.

  • Page 262: Real-Time Statistics Functions

    Component Tree, or when you right-click on a device node on the Topology or EAPS map. For simplicity, most of the instructions in this chapter only specify a one method of invoking a function (usually the function button). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 263: Real-Time Statistics Function Buttons

    Select this to bring up the graph preferences pop-up window. You can change a variety of settings, such as graph and data colors, the sampling interval, or the number of ports in a top N display. These functions can also be accessed through the Statistics menu. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 264: The Statistics Menu

    If you select the top-level Device Groups item, the pop-up menu provides the Properties command ● shown in Table If you select a specific device group, the pop-up menu provides all the commands except the Device ● command. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 265: Displaying Multi-Port Statistics

    Select a port group to display data for all ports in the port group. ● You will first see a message saying “Please wait, loading statistics data.” If the EPICenter server is successful in accessing the data, utilization data is displayed as shown in Figure 119. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 266 There are cases where you may not see data for every port you expect in a multi-port display: You have selected the “top N” feature (top 15 by default), so only the “N” ports with the highest ● utilization or the highest total number of errors are displayed. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 267 The EPICenter server cannot communicate with the device (indicated by an “S” in a red circle next ● to the device name). The device does not have RMON enabled, or RMON was just recently enabled and no data samples ● exist yet. The device is marked offline. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 268: Displaying Statistics For A Single Port

    Figure 121: Utilization data over time for an individual port on a device The number of data points displayed, and the sampling interval are user-configurable parameters, within the limitations of the device’s RMON configuration. The defaults are: A 30-second sampling interval ● 50 data points displayed ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 269: Changing The Display Mode

    15 by default. This option is available only for multi-port displays. Display the data as a line graph, pie chart, bar chart, horizontal bar chart, stacked bar chart, or an ● area chart. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 270: Setting Graph Preferences

    The Graph preferences settings are not persistent—if you log out and close your EPICenter Client or browser, the settings will return to the defaults. Graph View (Figure 123) lets you change from 3D to 2D displays, and change the values for the 3D depth, elevation and rotation. Figure 123: Setting 3D graph preferences EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 271 Set Graph Background Color Sets the color of the background surrounding the graph. Set Graph Foreground Color Sets the color of the text and bar outlines. Set Plot Background Color Sets the color of the background behind the graph data. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 272 12 slices, the colors will repeat, with slice 13 using the same color as slice 1.) The Graph Data tab (Figure 126) lets you set several miscellaneous graph parameters. Figure 126: Setting other graph preferences EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 273: Taking Graph Snapshots

    The Real-Time Statistics Snapshot feature lets you take a static image of a graph or table view of the current real-time statistics data. The snapshot generates a persistent HTML page that is displayed in a separate window (see Figure 127). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 274 Once you select “display graph image” you can no longer change the display format to a table or to a dual display. However, you can use the browser “Back” button to go to the previously displayed page. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 275 The HTML page persists in a snapshot image cache until the EPICenter server is restarted, or until the image cache becomes full. When the image cache reaches its limit, older snapshot images will be deleted as needed to make room for new snapshot images. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 276 Real-Time Statistics EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 277: Chapter 11: Network Topology Views

    Discovery Protocol (EDP) or the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) enabled, or on third-party devices with LLDP enabled. Links cannot be discovered on non-Extreme Networks devices that do not run LLDP, or on Extreme Networks devices with EDP and LLDP disabled,...

  • Page 278: Topology Manager Functions

    The Topology Manager provides several additional menus that contain commands unique to Topology Views. In addition, the Topology Manager adds menu items to the standard Display and Tools menus. The Topology Manager menus contain the following items: EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 279 See “Layout Map in Window” on page 306. Fit Map in Window Creates a default map layout that fits within the visible window without attempting to optimize for overlap. See “Fit Map in Window” on page 307. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 280 Opens the Find Devices dialogue. See “Finding Devices” on page Technical Support Enables you to collect information about a selected device to help diagnose and troubleshoot problematic behaviors. See “The Technical Support Sub-Menu” on page 40 for details on using this command. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 281: Pop-Up Menus

    Same as the Macros command from the Tools menu. See “The Macros Sub- Menu” on page 41 for more information. Properties Same as the Properties command from the Display menu. See “The Properties Display” on page 85 for details about what this command shows. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 282 Same as the Find Map Node... command from the Map menu. Lets you select a node from the list of all nodes in the current view. EPICenter will find and “select” that node. See “Find Map Node” on page 311. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 283: Displaying A Network Topology View

    NOTE If you have not yet performed a Discovery (i.e., there are no devices in EPICenter’s Inventory database) the map will be blank. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 284 If the alarm icon has an “X” through it, this means alarm propagation has been disabled for this map or submap, and will not contribute to the alarm status of the next higher-level map. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 285: Map Elements

    A gray border indicates that the device is offline. ■ Each managed device known to EPICenter can only appear once in each topological view. Submap Nodes. A submap node represents a child map of the current map. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 286 The color of the bell indicates the severity of the alarm. If no icon appears, then either there are no unacknowledged alarms for the device, or the alarm status is below the alarm status threshold for the view. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 287 Links. A link represents connectivity between nodes in the map. Links are automatically detected on Extreme Networks devices when EDP or LLDP is enabled on either device. Links can also be detected on third-party devices that support LLDP. Links can also be user-created.
  • Page 288 RMON rate as set in the switch—typically every 30 seconds. The default is that RMON statistics are not enabled for a map. To enable the display of RMON statistics, see “Map Properties” on page 312. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 289: Manipulating Map Elements

    If the device exists on more than one map, EPICenter displays a pop-up window that presents the various Views and Maps on which the node appears, as shown in Figure 134. Figure 134: Selecting the View and Map for a preselected node EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 290: The Map Element Description Panel

    The utilization percentage, if RMON is enabled on the device and if RMON statistics are enabled for this map. The default is that RMON statistics are not enabled for a map. This is updated regularly, typically every 30 seconds. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 291: The New Menu

    New View You can create a new view (and its Root Map) by selecting New View from the New menu. A Create New View dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 135. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 292 EPICenter inventory. The new view name appears in the View field at the left of the icon bar. Each newly created map within this view inherits the current view’s map-specific properties for display node names, display node icons, and map node font size. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 293: Node Placement Criteria In An Auto Populate View

    IP address plus the subnet mask: for example, 10.205.0.0/16, 10.205.0.0/ 24, and so on. Both Extreme Networks and third-party devices are placed using these rules. For Extreme Networks devices, you can find the subnet mask and IP Forwarding status by looking at the device in the VLAN applet.
  • Page 294 To specify a grid layout (which may result in overlapping links) check the Grid Map Layout checkbox. To bypass the layout process, check cancel. Figure 137 shows an example of a the default layout for a 500 node map. Figure 138 shows the same nodes in a grid layout. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 295 The New Menu Figure 137: Example of a default layout for a 500 node map EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 296: New Map

    Select New Map from the New menu. ● Click the “Create new map” icon on the icon bar. ● A new submap node appears on the map, and a New Map entry appears in the map hierarchy tree, as shown in Figure 139. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 297: New Device Map Node

    EPICenter are already placed in this view, a message window informs you of that fact. To add a device node to the map, select the device and click OK. The device node will appear on the map, identified by the information from EPICenter’s inventory database. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 298: New Decorative Map Node

    There may be situations where you want to represent a link between devices when a “real” link cannot be detected by EPICenter. This may be the case if EDP and LLDP are disabled on an Extreme Networks device, if a non-Extreme Networks device does not support LLDP, or if neither EDP or LLDP are supported by the version of ExtremeWare running on the device.
  • Page 299 2 In the Information panel, select the port for the endpoint from the list in the Port field for first device, as shown in Figure 141. 3 Select the port for the other endpoint from the list in the Port field for second device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 300: The Edit Menu

    Select Rename View from the Edit menu. ● Click once on the view name in the view name field. ● Either of these actions puts you into an edit mode where you can directly change or replace the contents of the field. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 301: Delete View

    Select Select All Map Nodes from the Edit menu. ● Enter [Ctrl]+G from the keyboard. ● NOTE To move a multiple-node selection as a group, hold down the shift key while dragging to preserve the multiple-node selection. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 302: Cut Map Nodes

    These commands will only be available if there are cut nodes currently on the clipboard. If nodes are pasted partially or completely on top of one another, you can use the Layout Map command (see “Layout Map” on page 305) to rearrange them. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 303: Delete Map Nodes

    You can select multiple links using Shift-click (hold down the shift key and click the link you want to select). 2 Select Delete User Created Map Links from the Edit menu. CAUTION Links that have been deleted cannot be pasted. User-created links must be recreated manually. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 304: The View Menu

    The lowest alarm severity level for which an alarm icon should be displayed. If the level is set to one of the higher levels, then lower-severity alarms will not cause an icon to appear. Changing this affects status for alarms that occur after this setting is changed. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 305: The Map Menu

    See “Node Placement Criteria in an Auto Populate View” on page 293 more information on how layouts are determined. Figure 143 shows the visible portion of the default layout produced for a map with approximately 100 nodes. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 306: Layout Map In Window

    Click with the right mouse button on the map background to display the pop-up menu, then select ● Layout Map in Window. Enter [Ctrl]+M from the keyboard. ● Figure 144 shows the same nodes as shown in Figure 143, but laid out to fit within the visible area of the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 307: Fit Map In Window

    This function does not attempt to optimize the layout for node or link overlap. To attempt to optimize the layout, use the Layout Map in Window command. Figure 145 shows the effects of using the Fit Map in Window command on the map layout shown in Figure 143. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 308: Expand Map

    To compress the current map, do one of the following: Select Compress Map from the Map menu. ● Enter [Ctrl]+S from the keyboard. ● Because this command affects map links, nodes that do not have links are not moved. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 309: Inflate Nodes

    Click the In icon on the icon bar. ● Enter [Ctrl] and the [Plus] from the numeric keypad on the keyboard. ● Unlike the other map manipulation commands, the zoom level is not saved with the map. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 310: Zoom Map Out

    A small pop-up will appear asking you to wait while the synchronization operation is in progress. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 311: Find Map Node

    146). The list includes the name of the node, the IP address, the node type, and the map where it can be found. The total number of nodes in the list is displayed at the top of the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 312: Map Properties

    To display the Map Properties window, do one of the following: Select Map Properties... from the Map menu. ● Right-click on the map background to display the pop-up menu, then select Map Properties..● The Topology Map Properties window will appear, as shown in Figure 147. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 313 Link Text Color. You can select a color using color swatches, or by specifying HSB or RGB values. The current color is displayed in the small box to the right of the color bar icon. The default is black. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 314 The default is black. To use a gradient node background color (the color is shaded from light to dark to light), click the ● checkbox labeled Node Gradient Background. To turn the gradient off, so that the node background EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 315: Print Map

    Select Print Map from the Map menu. ● Enter [Ctrl]+P from the keyboard. ● Printing a large map can be very memory-intensive, and can take a significant amount of time. NOTE Landscape mode and plotters are not supported. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 316: The Display Menu

    ● links and devices that are involved in the VLAN are highlighted on the map, devices and links not in the VLAN are dimmed. Figure 148 shows the VLAN display for a single node on the map. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 317 To view VLANs configured on a link, select the link. VLAN configuration information for the devices ● on both sides of the link is displayed in the Map Element Description panel. (Note that this information is always displayed for links, even if you do not have the VLAN Display option selected.) EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 318: The Tools Menu

    Select Mark Links Mode from the Tools menu. ● Select one or more links to be added to the VLAN. ● Select Add Links to VLAN from the Tools menu. ● The Add Links to VLAN Dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 149. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 319 To add the selected link to a new VLAN, click the Add links to a new VLAN radio button. ● The display changes, as shown in Figure 150. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 320: Connect Edge Port To Vlan

    Select Connect Edge Port to VLAN from the Tools menu. ● Right-click on the Device map node, then select Connect Edge Port to VLAN from the pop-up menu ● that appears. This starts the Connect Edge Port to VLAN Wizard, as shown in Figure 151. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 321 Figure 152: Connect Port to VLAN Wizard (page 2) If the connection from the selected edge port to the desired VLAN is viable, the Wizard displays ■ path information, including any additional ports that must be added to the VLAN to accommodate the connection. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 322 5 Uncheck Add calculated links if you want to add the selected edge port to the VLAN and you do not want the found path to be added. 6 Click Finish to complete the connection. Click Cancel to cancel the operation. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 323: Chapter 12: Using The Vlan Manager

    A virtual local area network (VLAN) is a group of location- and topology-independent devices that communicate as if they were on the same physical LAN. Extreme Networks switches have a VLAN feature that enables you to construct broadcast domains without being restricted by physical connections.

  • Page 324: Vlan Manager Functions

    EPICenter provides a set of menus at the top of the main applet frame. Most of these are standard across all the EPICenter applets, and are described in “EPICenter Menus” on page The VLAN Manager provides an additional menu, VLAN, that contains commands unique to the VLAN Manager. The VLAN menu contains the following items: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 325: Viewing Device Information From Pop-Up Menus

    Alarms, Statistics, Sync, Telnet, Viewer, Device Manager. See “The Device Sub-Menu” on page 39 for a description of each command. Technical Support Same as the Technical Support command from the Tools menu. “The Technical Support Sub-Menu” on page 40 for more information. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 326: Displaying A Vlan

    You must add switches to the EPICenter database through Discovery or by using the Add function in the Inventory Manager. Until you add a switch to the database, you cannot use EPICenter create any VLANs on that switch. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 327 153). When the top level of the tree (the VLANs node) is selected, the right hand panel displays a list of all VLANs configured on the Extreme Networks switches included in the EPICenter database. The All VLANs display includes: Name The VLAN name The VLAN tag value (if any) or “Untagged”...

  • Page 328: Viewing Vlans On A Switch

    The following information is displayed for each VLAN on the selected switch: Name VLAN name VLAN tag Protocol Protocol filter for the VLAN VLAN IP Addr VLAN IP address Ports Ports on this switch in the VLAN EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 329: Viewing Switches In A Vlan

    You can do this from either the By VLAN or By Switch view. Once you have selected a VLAN and switch (or switch and VLAN) the panel on the right displays detailed information about the ports in the selected VLAN and switch, as shown in Figure 157. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 330 The Duplex setting (Full or Half) State The port state (Enabled or Disabled) Status The port status (Ready or Active) Tagging Whether the port is tagged or untagged NOTE EPICenter does not support load sharing for devices running ExtremeXOS. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 331: Adding A Vlan

    Adding a VLAN Adding a VLAN Users with Administrator or Manager access can create VLANs on the Extreme Networks switches managed by the EPICenter software. If you have Monitor access only, you can not use this function. Figure 158: Add VLAN dialog, Properties and Ports page...
  • Page 332 Connection Information window that displays information about the path, as shown in Figure 159. Figure 159: Connection Information window If additional ports, or devices and ports must be added to create a path, EPICenter lists the ports needed, and offers to add them to the VLAN. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 333 IP forwarding on the switch. CAUTION This changes the IP Forwarding behavior for the entire switch, not just for the selected VLAN. 4 Click Apply to implement the changes. 5 Click Close to exit the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 334: Deleting A Vlan

    Using the VLAN Manager Deleting a VLAN Users with Administrator or Manager access can delete VLANs from Extreme Networks switches managed by the EPICenter software. If you have only Monitor access, you cannot use this function. To delete a VLAN, follow these steps: 1 Click the Delete button in the VLAN Manager Toolbar.

  • Page 335: Modifying A Vlan

    To start the Modify VLAN process from the Toolbar, follow these steps: 1 Click the Modify button in the VLAN Manager Toolbar. The Modify VLAN dialog, Properties & Ports page is displayed, as shown in Figure 162. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 336 Select the port from the Ports in VLAN list, and click Remove to remove a port from the VLAN. Connect Device button After you add a device and port to the VLAN, you can use the Connect Device button to determine whether that port can connect to the other members of the VLAN. • EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 337 10 To modify the IP address and mask for a VLAN on a switch, and to enable or disable IP Forwarding globally for the entire switch, select the IP Forwarding tab at the top of the Add VLAN window. The IP Forwarding page is displayed, as shown in Figure 160. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 338: Modifying A Vlan From The Component Tree Menu

    To start the Modify VLAN process for a VLAN in the Component Tree, follow these steps: 1 Select a VLAN in the Component Tree. 2 Right-click to display the pop-up menu, and select Modify VLAN Membership. The Modify Membership of VLAN dialog opens, as shown in Figure 164. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 339: Adding And Deleting Protocol Filters

    8 When you are finished making changes, click OK. To cancel all changes, click Cancel. Adding and Deleting Protocol Filters Users with Administrator or Manager access can view, add, and delete protocol filter definitions. If you have Monitor access, you can view filter definitions, but not add or delete them. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 340 VLAN are indicated with an asterisk (*) in the In Use column. 2 To delete a protocol filter, select a filter in the list, and click Delete. This deletes the protocol filter from all Extreme Networks switches managed by the EPICenter software, as well as from the EPICenter database.

  • Page 341: Vlan Properties

    7 Click Close to exit the window. VLAN Properties The VLAN Properties window displays the following information: Name The VLAN name The VLAN tag value (if any) or “Untagged” Protocol The protocol filter configured for the VLAN Click OK to close the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 342 Using the VLAN Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 343: Chapter 13: The Esrp Monitor

    To start the ESRP Monitor feature, click the ESRP button in the EPICenter Navigation Toolbar. The ESRP Manager applet appears, initially displaying a summary status of the ESRP-enabled VLANs known to EPICenter, as shown in Figure 167. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 344 The ESRP group to which this ESRP-enabled VLAN belongs in a broadcast domain that contains multiple instances of ESRP (multiple ESRP groups). The names of the ESRP- enabled VLANs participating in the same group must be identical. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 345: Viewing Esrp Detail Information

    You can display detailed ESRP information for the switches in an individual ESRP-enabled VLAN by clicking on the VLAN name in the Component Tree in the left-hand panel of the window. This displays a status window for the selected VLAN similar to the one shown in Figure 168. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 346 The number of times this switch has transitioned to become a Master. To Slave The number of times this switch has transitioned to become a Slave. Active Ports The number of active ports in this ESRP-enable VLAN. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 347 ToSlave values for those switches will not be updated until the next device polling interval. NOTE The number of Tracked Pings cannot be obtained from versions of ExtremeWare prior to version 6.1.6. For switches running earlier versions of ExtremeWare, the display defaults to zero. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 348 The ESRP Monitor EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 349: Chapter 14: Administering Epicenter

    The Administrator function provides the standard EPICenter menus (EPICenter, Display, Tools, and Help) but only the EPICenter and Help menus have commands available. Right-click pop-up menus are not available in this feature. For information on the standard EPICenter menu functions, see “EPICenter Menus” on page EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 350: Epicenter Access Roles

    EPICenter software, or you can have switch access independently of the EPICenter software. ExtremeWare Software Access Through the EPICenter software, three levels of access to Extreme switches can be enabled: User User can view device status information and statistics, but cannot modify any parameters. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 351: Epicenter And Radius Authentication

    EPICenter can be configured to act as a client to an external RADIUS server, or as a RADIUS server. RADIUS provides a standard way for the EPICenter software and Extreme Networks switches to handle user authentication, permitting the unification of the Extreme Networks CLI, ExtremeWare Vista, and EPICenter user authentication.

  • Page 352: User Administration

    If you have not done so already, you should add a password for the “admin” user account. By default neither the “admin” or “user” accounts have a password when EPICenter is first installed. See “Adding or Modifying User Accounts” on page 353 for further information. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 353: Adding Or Modifying User Accounts

    ExtremeWare access. Note the for the user “admin” you cannot change the role. (The user “admin” cannot be deleted, either.) 3 Click OK. The new user information is stored in the EPICenter database. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 354: Deleting A User

    If your role is any other role (except Disabled) you can change your own password at any time after you have logged in to the ExtremeWare EPICenter. To do so, follow these steps: 1 Click Admin in the Navigation Toolbar. The Change Password window appears, as shown in Figure 171. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 355: Role Administration

    If your user role is Administrator, you can add, modify and delete EPICenter roles. Roles let you define different combinations of access to the features of EPICenter. For each feature, a role can provide Read/Write Access, Read-only access, or have access disabled for a feature. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 356 See “Features Properties” on page 364 for details. To administer roles, click the Roles tab from within the Admin applet. The Roles Administration page opens, as shown in Figure 172. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 357: Adding Or Modifying A Role

    Adding or Modifying a Role 1 To add a role, click Add. To modify a role, select the role and click Modify. (You cannot modify the Disabled role). A Role: New or Role: Modify window opens (see Figure 173). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 358 Configuration tab, you will not be able to select those features when you add or modify a role. The Access column will show Globally Disabled instead of access options. The STP and VoIP features are globally disabled by default, and this is shown in Figure 173. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 359: Deleting A Role

    RADIUS server. To change the EPICenter server RADIUS configuration, click the RADIUS tab at the top of the page. ● The RADIUS Administration page appears, as shown in Figure 174. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 360: Radius Client Configuration

    3 The default port used for the RADIUS server is 1645. If either RDIAUS server uses a different port, enter that port number in the appropriate RADIUS Port field. NOTE The port you enter must match the port configured for the RADIUS server or EPICenter will not be able to access the RADIUS server. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 361: Radius Server Configuration

    This prevents the RADIUS server from sending a response message when authentication fails. Check the box to enable these messages. This is enabled by default. 5 Click Apply to have the configuration changes take effect. Disabling RADIUS for EPICenter To disable the use of RADIUS authentication, do the following: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 362: Server Properties Administration

    Figure 175: Server Properties Configuration page, initial properties list (Devices) 2 Select a set of properties from the drop-down menu field at the top of the central panel. You can select from these sets of properties: Devices ■ Features ■ EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 363: Devices Properties

    The length of time, in minutes, to wait for a device to reboot after an image/bootrom Period (min) upgrade in the Firmware Manager. Default is 5 minutes. some devices may require more time for a device to reboot. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 364: Features Properties

    Roles. To globally disable a feature, uncheck the checkbox for that applet, then click Apply. Check the checkbox to enable a feature. NOTE The STP Manager and the VoIP Manager are disabled by default. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 365: Scalability Properties

    Changing the scalability properties on a system without suitable hardware could actually decrease the performance of the EPICenter server. To see the effects of the current scalability settings, run the Server State Summary Report in the Reports applet. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 366: Snmp Properties

    The default is one. EPICenter Trap Receiver The port on which EPICenter expects to receive traps. Default is port 10550. Port Trap Fowarding: These provide the default settings for the Trap Forwarding alarm action. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 367: Topology Properties

    Map Properties window for that map. This option is disabled by default, meaning that the corresponding option in the Map Properties is disabled by default. Note: If Topology RMON statistics data collection is disabled, then this display option will have no effect. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 368: External Connections Properties

    The IP address or hostname of an HTTP proxy device used to connect to the Extreme Networks web site if your network uses a firewall. When an HTTP proxy is configured, all HTTP connections are made through the proxy server rather than directly to Extreme Networks.

  • Page 369: Other Properties

    This function updates the EPICenter type library, which is a repository of information Server about devices (primarily from Extreme Networks) that are supported by EPICenter. Device Tree UI A setting that specifies how devices are identified in the Component Tree and in selected other locations.

  • Page 370: Distributed Server Administration

    EPICenter home page contains a status information from the other servers in the group in addition to the standard Network Summary report. 1 Click the Distributed Server tab at the top of the page. The Distributed Server Administration page appears, as shown in Figure 176. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 371: Configuring A Server Group Member

    3 Enter the port number to be used to communicate with the Server Group Manager. This port should match the HTTP port configured for the EPICenter server acting as the server group manager. The default is port 80. 4 Enter the shared secret in the Secret field. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 372: Configuring A Server Group Manager

    Servers added to this list must be configured as server group members with this server as the Server Group Manager. 5 To delete a member server from the list, select the server and click Delete. 6 Click Apply to have the configuration changes take effect. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 373: Chapter 15: Epicenter Reports

    From the EPICenter client, by clicking the Reports button in the EPICenter Navigation Toolbar; the ● Dynamic Reports Main page appears, as shown in Figure 178 on page 378. Directly from a browser, without running the EPICenter client: ● 1 Launch your Web browser, and entering the following URL: http://<host>:<port>/ EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 374: Reports Available In Epicenter

    The EPICenter software provides the following reports and tools: Table 40: EPICenter Reports Report Report Name Description Category Main • Extreme eSupport Export Exports EPICenter data for use by Extreme technical support. Accessible from the Main reports page. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 375 Logs • Alarm EPICenter alarm log (more information available through Alarm Log Browser feature) • Event EPICenter event log entries • Syslog Syslog entries • Config Mgmt Log of configuration management actions (config file uploads/downloads) and results EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 376 Wireless status overview; with links to supporting Reports detail reports • Wireless AP (Wireless Port Inventory Inventory of Extreme Networks Wireless Access Report) Points. From here you can view details on the Device Details device to which an AP is connected, or details...
  • Page 377 Solutions Guide for more information. Miscellaneous • Resource to Attribute Shows all resources that include a specified attribute (from the Grouping Manager) • User to Host Lists current set of user to host mappings, including primary IP address of the host EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 378: Selecting Predefined Epicenter Reports To View

    The Reports browser interface initially shows the EPICenter Reports Main page, as shown in Figure 178. Figure 178: EPICenter Reports menu The Main page includes a brief description of the predefined reports that are available; scroll down in the page to see the complete list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 379: The Extreme Networks Esupport Export Report

    Welcome page. You can also access Help for Reports by selecting EPICenter Help from the Help menu in any EPICenter feature, and then finding the Report you want in the Table of Contents. The Extreme Networks eSupport Export Report This report is generated by EPICenter on request, for use by Extreme technical support. It exports detailed information to a file is csv format.
  • Page 380 If you do not want to include a second condition, do not select any values for those fields. With either type of filter specification, click Submit to run the filter. Click Reset to return the filter to its default values. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 381: Sorting Reports

    Wireless AP ● Wireless Interface ● Rogue APs ● Rogue AP Alarms ● Network login ● Client History ● Spoofed Clients ● Unconnected Clients ● Server State Summary ● Resource to Attribute ● User to Host ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 382: Network Status Summary Report

    The number of critical alarms in the last 24 hours that have not been acknowledged. ● The number of Syslog messages with a priority of Critical or worse that occurred in the last 24 ● hours. The number of Invalid Login alarms that have occurred in the last 24 hours. ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 383: The Distributed Server Summary

    To configure an HTTP proxy device and port, see “External Connections Properties” on page 368. The Distributed Server Summary If you are running in a Distributed server configuration, a Distributed Server summary appears below the Network Summary, as shown in Figure 182. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 384: Device Reports

    The status of the server (whether it is responding to the periodic poll). Device Reports Click the Devices link to display links to the Device Reports. These reports provide a variety of status information about the devices being managed by EPICenter. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 385: Device Inventory Report

    A drill-down report, called Device Details, contains the same information you can view in the Inventory applet. Information on this report is on page 387. Devices by Group Table The Devices by Group table displays the following information: Device Group Name of the device group EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 386 Name of the device from the sysName variable IP Address IP address of the device Click the IP address to display a table with detailed configuration and status information. This is the same information you can view in the Inventory applet. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 387 PoE blade, you will be able to link to reports about those features (the Additional Switch Information links at the bottom of the details report). If the device does not support these features, the Additional Switch Information links do not appear. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 388 The description provided for the device Location The location information for the device Contact The contact information for the device Boot Time (Pacific Daylight Time) Time of the most recent boot. Software Version The version of software currently running on the device EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 389 Click Power Over Ethernet to view the Power over Ethernet Report. Power over Ethernet Report The Power Over Ethernet report shows information about the PoE configuration of the device. Figure 186 shows an example of this report. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 390 The threshold for power utilization compared to the configured maximum for either the allocated power budget per slot, or for system level allocation. PoE Power Source: Group Index The index for the specific power source Maximum Power (Watts) The maximum power available from the source EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 391 At the bottom of the page is a link to a detailed report on PoE ports. Click the link to access the Power over Ethernet Details report. Power Over Ethernet Details Report This report shows power details for each port on the device. Figure 187 shows an example of this report. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 392 Status of the port (disabled, searching, delivering power, fault, test, other fault) Classification Class association for this port (0,1,2,3,4) Priority Port priority for purposes of power management Violation Precedence The limit used to determine power level violation (advertised class, operator limit, max advertised operator, or none) EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 393: Device Status Report

    Devices Up Number of devices in the group that are up Click a Device Group name in the Group column to display the Device Status Report for the devices in the group. Figure 189 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 394 If the number of alarms is greater than zero, you can click on the number in that field to display a summary of the alarms. This displays the Alarm Details sub-report. Alarm Details Report The Alarm Details report shows a summary of the alarms for the specific device. Figure 190 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 395: Slots, Stacks And Ports Reports

    EPICenter. Figure 191 shows example output. Click a Card Type link to view a Card Summary Report for an individual card type. Click All Cards (at the bottom of EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 396 Select a Card Type or All Cards to display the Card Summary report for the modules known to EPICenter. Figure 192 shows an example of output that appears if you select All Cards. The information shown for an individual card type is the same, except that the Card Type column is not included. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 397 Device Name Name of the device from the sysName variable Device Address IP address of the device Device Location Device location from the sysLocation variable Empty Slots Number or letter of the empty slot(s) on the device EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 398: Stack Inventory Reports

    EPICenter. Figure 192 shows an example of output that appears if you select All Stacks. The information shown for an individual stack device type is the same, except that the Card Type column is not displayed. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 399 If you have selected All Stacks, the report shows all stacking devices known to EPICenter. Stack Details Report Click on a slot name to display the Stack Details report for the selected device. Figure 195 shows an example of output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 400 Slot Secondary Image The version of software saved as the Secondary Image in the stack device Slot Current Image The version of software currently running in the stack device Slot BootROM The BootROM version in the stack device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 401: Interface Report

    Whether the port is being actively polled as an edge port, or is not being polled. If the port is not polled, the reason is included (Device Not Supported, Inactive Port, Not Supported, Polling Disabled For Port, or Uplink Port) EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 402: Unused Ports Report

    For more information on the filtering choices, see “Using Report Filtering” on page 379 and following pages. Unused Ports Report To see inactive ports for a particular device, click the Unused Ports link in the left-hand panel. Figure 198 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 403 Groups Device groups to which this device belongs Location Location of the device Click on an entry in the Inactive Ports column to open the Unused Port Reports detail; Figure 199 shows a portion of example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 404 Port Name An optional name (text string) configured for the port Inactive Time Length of time this port has been inactive Vlan Name Name of the VLAN to which this port belongs Physical Type Type of port EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 405: Vlan Reports

    VLAN Summary Report The VLAN Summary Report shows basic information about all the VLANs on devices EPICenter is managing. Figure 200: VLAN Reports The information reported includes: VLAN Name Name of the VLAN 802.1Q tag, if any EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 406 Number of untagged ports # 10/100 Ports Number of 10BASE/100BASE ports # Gig Ports Number of Gigabit Ethernet ports # Active Ports Number of active ports Chapter 12 “Using the VLAN Manager” for more information on VLANs. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 407: Voice Vlan Summary (Voice Over Ip Reports)

    The ports specified as Egress ports for the VoIP VLAN Number of Phone Ports The number of ports that are available for use as IP phone ports Click the VLAN name to display a detailed report for an individual VLAN. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 408: Eaps Reports

    The total number of EAPS domains known to EPICenter ● The number of Domains currently in an error state ● The number of domain failures that have occurred in the last 24 hours. ● Figure 203: The EAPS Summary Report EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 409: Eaps Log Report

    Type column as part of the description of the trap or syslog entry. Specific varbinds (enter a keyword that matches the varbind you want to find, such as ● extremeEapsLastStatusChange Events that occurred within a certain timeframe. ● Figure 204: EAPS Log Report EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 410: Log Reports

    Four reports are provided under Logs: the Alarm, Event, Syslog, and Configuration Management Activity reports. Alarm Log Report To see all the entries in the EPICenter Alarm Log, click the Alarm Log link in the left-hand panel. Figure 205 shows a portion of an example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 411 Severity level of the alarm Source IP address of the device that generated the alarm Category Category that the alarm is classified under Ack’ed Whether the alarm has been acknowledged (0 is acknowledged, 1 is not acknowledged) EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 412: Event Log

    379. You can filter on any of the variables shown in the report. Event Log To view all the entries in the EPICenter Event Log, click the Event Log link in the left-hand panel. Figure 207 shows a portion of example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 413 Clicking the Previous and Next links ● Selecting a page number from the at the top of the report ● Clicking the First or Last links to display the first or last page in the report ● EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 414 You can use the browser’s Copy and Paste functions to copy a specific value from the current report into the comparison field. This technique is particularly useful if you want to filter on a specific Varbinds value. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 415: Syslog (System Log)

    Event ID of the syslog entry (assigned by the EPICenter server when the syslog is received) Time Time the syslog is received by EPICenter, expressed in the local time zone of the EPICenter server Source IP address of the device that generated the syslog entry Facility Syslog facility EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 416: The Configuration Management Activity Log

    This log tracks all the configuration operations performed through EPICenter — uploading and downloading of configuration files. To see all the entries in the Configuration Management Activity log, click the Config Mgmt link in the left-hand panel. Figure 209 shows a portion of example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 417 The event information is displayed in groups of 25 events per page. You can navigate among the pages using any of the following methods: Clicking the Previous and Next links ● Selecting a page number from the at the top of the report ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 418: Wireless Reports

    The EPICenter wireless reports present information on wireless access points, interfaces (radios), and clients. A number of Extreme Networks switches extend network services to wireless 802.11a/b/g clients within a fully integrated network infrastructure. Ports on these switches support wireless and Power over Ethernet, and handle all of the management functions typically associated with an access point.
  • Page 419 Wireless Port Inventory Report wireless clients Current Wireless Clients Report unconnected wireless clients Unconnected Client Report last 1 hour Wireless Client History Report filtered for Auth Failed client actions within the last hour. spoofed wireless clients Spoofing Wireless Client Report EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 420: Wireless Ap (Wireless Port Inventory) Report

    To view an inventory of all Wireless Access Points which are connected to devices managed by EPICenter, click the Wireless Reports link in the left-hand panel, then click the Wireless AP link. Figure 214 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 421 Antenna Type Type of antenna, e.g. Integrated or detachable Antenna Location Physical location of the antenna (Indoor, Outdoor) Location Physical location of the wireless port as configured by the administrator EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 422: Wireless Interface Report

    Slot, port, and interface number for this wireless interface. If the interface is a remote connect interface, the interface number is preceded by a “v” to indicate a virtual interface, for example v:6:1:1, v:6:1:2, or v::2:1 Mode Wireless LAN RF mode: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11b/g EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 423 Click on an entry in the Device column to open the Device Details report (see “Device Details Report” on page 387). Click on an entry in the Interface column to open the Wireless Port Details report. Wireless Port Details Report Figure 216 shows an example of this report. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 424 Country Code Country code, which determines country-dependent frequency and other regulatory settings on the wireless port, shared by all wireless ports on the switch RF Modes Supported RF modes: one or more of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11b/g EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 425: Safe Ap Mac List

    MAC addresses through this page, by importing lists of MAC addresses or deleting the list. You can add individual MAC addresses to this list through the Rogue Access Point Detail Report. Figure 217 shows an example of this report. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 426: Rogue Aps (Rogue Access Point Detection Report)

    Rogue APs (Rogue Access Point Detection Report) This report shows the list of access points that have been detected by an by Extreme Networks Altitude 300 AP that are not managed by EPICenter, and are not on the Safe AP list at the time the user requests this report.
  • Page 427 You can view the details for each of the detected rogue APs through the Rogue Access Point Detail Report. Rogue Access Point Detail Report This report shows you information about an AP that has been detected as a rogue, as well as information about how and where it was detected. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 428 WPA Encryption The type of encryption, if WPA is enabled WPA Auth The WPA authenticating method Data Rates (Mbps) The broadcast data rate for the AP Ext Data Rates (Mbps) The broadcast extended data rate for the AP EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 429: Rogue Ap Alarms

    AP detected, and will continue to generate alarms until either the Administrator adds the AP to the Safe AP MAC List, or until the AP is removed. An Extreme Networks switch generates a trap for a rogue AP in the following situations: When a previously unknown AP is detected ●...
  • Page 430 The time at which the alarm occurred From this report you can enable or disable rogue AP detection: Click the link (“Click here to change status”) to display the Automatic Rogue AP Detection Status ● page (see Figure 221). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 431: Network Login Report

    The Network Login Report provides information about 802.1x and HTTP login activity. The HTTP network log is Extreme specific. To view a Network Login Report, click the Network Login link in the left-hand panel; Figure 222 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 432: Current Wireless Clients Report

    To view a summary of wireless clients, click the Wireless Reports link in the left-hand panel, and then click the Current Clients link. Figure 223 shows a portion of an example output (reduced here because of its width). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 433 MAC address of the client. Click the link in this cell to display the Wireless Client History report for this client. User Name User name associated with this client; appears only if the authentication method is 802.1x EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 434: Wireless Client History Report

    When the database becomes full, earlier history entries are truncated, and do not appear in the display. To view the history of a wireless client, click the Wireless Reports link in the left-hand panel, and then click the Client History link. Figure 224 shows a portion of example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 435 802.1x, PSK, none, or all authentications Session Status Success or Authentication Failure Action Action performed by the client at the time shown: Log in, Log out, Auth failure, and Age Device IP Name and IP address of the device reporting this client EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 436: Spoofing Wireless Client Report

    Wireless Reports link in the left-hand panel, and then click the Spoofing Clients link. Figure 225 shows MAC addresses of wireless clients in the data forwarding state that are appearing on more than one interface for at least 10 seconds. Figure 225: Spoofing Wireless Client Report EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 437: Unconnected Client Report

    To view a summary of clients that are not in the data forwarding state, click the Wireless Reports link in the left-hand panel, and then click the Unconnected Clients link. Figure 226 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 438 Click the link in this cell to view the Device Details report for this client. Reporting Interface Wireless interface (radio) reporting the client. Click the link in this cell to display the Wireless Port Details Report for this interface. WP Location Physical location of the wireless port reporting the unconnected client EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 439: Client Reports

    Server State Summary Report The Server State Summary Report displays statistics about configured servers, SNMP activity, thread and SNMP session pools, database activity, the ports used by the EPICenter server, and EPICenter licenses. Figure 227 shows an example. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 440 The time at which the last complete polling cycle finished Last Poll Duration The length of time it took to perform the last complete FDB polling cycle Average Duration The average length of time it has taken to perform a complete FDB polling cycle EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 441 The last table shows the EPICenter licenses currently installed, along with their Access Keys (which can be used to obtain a license key from Extreme): License The type of license (EPICenter Base license, Advanced Upgrade, Gold Upgrade, or SSH) EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 442: Miscellaneous Reports

    The Resource to Attribute Mapping Report lists all resources that include the specified attribute. Click the Resource to Attribute Mapping link in the left-hand panel to display the attribute selection field. Then select an attribute from the pull-down list; Figure 228 shows an example. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 443 Dynamic Link Context System (DLCS) is enabled on your Extreme devices. Click the User To Host Mapping link in the left-hand panel to display the attribute selection field; Figure 229 shows example output. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 444: Printing And Exporting Epicenter Reports

    Unlike the other EPICenter applets, EPICenter reports can be printed with your browser’s print function. To print a report, place the cursor in the pane where the report is displayed, and use the browser’s Print button, or the Print command from the File menu, to initiate the print. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 445: Exporting Reports

    Event Log Report ● Syslog Report ● Config Management Log Report ● From the Reports Main page, you can generate a report to be used by Extreme Networks eSupport using by selecting the Device Group and clicking Export. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 446 EPICenter Reports EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 447: Part 2: Advanced Upgrade Features

    Advanced Upgrade Features...

  • Page 449: Chapter 16: Eaps Protocol Monitoring And Verification

    Using commands from a pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on a device node shown ● on the EAPS map Using commands from a pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on the map background ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 450: Eaps Monitor Tabs

    Analyzes the EAPS configurations in your network, and creates a report that shows where configuration errors are found. See “Verify EAPS” on page 463 for further information. EAPS Summary Report Runs the EAPS Summary Report. See “EAPS Summary Report” on page 465 for further information. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 451: Pop-Up Menus

    The pop-up menu displayed when you right-click on the map background provides the following commands: Table 44: The Map Pop-Up Menu Commands Undo Retracts the last layout or sizing change you made to the map. Redo Performs again the last layout change you made to the map. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 452: Eaps Monitor Main View

    When you select a domain from the Domains table, that domain is centered and is put into Focus mode. Figure 230 shows the EAPS applet display as it appears when first invoked. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 453 The viewport display provides a very flexible topological view of the devices being managed in the network with respect to the implementation of the EAPS protocol. The individual device nodes on the EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 454: The Eaps Map

    It is strongly recommended that you add all the nodes in your EAPS configuration to your EPICenter inventory database. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 455 Figure 232 shows the Viewport with the Map Overview activated, and the Map’s right-click menu displayed. You can move the Viewport by dragging the small green Viewport area around within the Map Overview. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 456: Node Status

    Initially, the name of the domain is determined by the name used on the first discovered node in the domain. You can change the name that EPICenter uses to identify the domain (see “The EAPS Domain Details Display” on page 467); this does not change the domain’s name in the network. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 457 A Green M indicates the domain is complete (all links are up and forwarding). ■ A Yellow M indicates the domain is in a transient or startup state, or in an unknown state (as ■ when the device is SNMP unreachable). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 458: Node Actions

    When there are many nodes on a map that must be displayed within the Viewport, EPICenter will automatically zoom the display out, and will represent nodes using only their status icons, rather than the entire set of node information. Figure 234 illustrates this. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 459: Link Status

    Depending on the zoom level, individual nodes may be displayed with only minimal information. At the outermost zoom levels, nodes may be represented only by their status icons, with their IP addresses and system names hidden (see Figure 234 on page 459). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 460 Click the Restore button (the small button between the minimize and maximize buttons) to return ● the viewport to its default size. Refer to Figure 231 on page 455, which shows the Viewport Controls at the top right corner of the viewport. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 461: Focus Mode

    Transit node in the other, its aggregate status is shown as Master on the EAPS map. However, if you enter Focus mode for the domain in which that node is a Transit node, the status is shown as Transit for as long as you maintain focus on that domain. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 462: Exiting Focus Mode

    EAPS devices, and view a variety of information about the devices represented by the nodes on the map. By selecting a function from the Tools menu, or from the Device pop-up menu, you can invoke displays of information kept by EPICenter for the selected device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 463: Synchronize

    Table 45: EAPS Verification Results Report Column Type The type of error. See Table 46 for a list of errors that the EAPS verification process may report. Severity The severity level of the error: Error, Warning, or Information EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 464 • Protected VLAN Misconfigured • Missing Secondary Domain • Mismatched Link ID • Shared Port Misconfigured Port • Mismatched Domain Ports • Misconfigured Shared Port Mode • Controller Misconfigured • Incomplete VLAN Protection • Shared Port Not Created EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 465: Eaps Summary Report

    The report can also be run from within EPICenter’s Reports feature. See “EAPS Summary” on page 408. The Domains Tab The Domains table, shown under the Domains tab, provides an overview of the domains known to EPICenter. The table shows the following information: EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 466: Sorting A Table Display

    Any of the table displays in the EAPS Monitor application can be sorted based on one or more columns. To sort on a column, click the column header: The first click in a column header sorts the column in ascending order ● The second click in the column header reverses the sort order ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 467: The Eaps Domain Details Display

    The Domain Details window shows information in two parts: information about the domain as a whole, and information about the nodes in the domain. Figure 240 shows the information provided when the EAPS Domain Details window first appears. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 468 Status of the node: Can be Idle, Complete, Failed, Links Up, Links Down, Preforwarding, Init, Precomplete, PreInit, or Unknown. Mode Whether the node is a Master or Transit node Primary Port Primary port number Secondary Port Secondary port number EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 469: The Devices Tab

    The ID of the protected VLAN The Devices Tab The Devices table, shown under the Devices tab, provides an overview of the devices known to EPICenter with respect to their EAPS configuration. Figure 241 shows the Devices tab. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 470 EAPS map. For EAPS nodes, the IP address is also a link to open the Device Details window. If the IP address is not shown as a link, then the device is not enabled for EAPS. Description The device description (from the sysDescr MIB variable). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 471: The Device Details Display

    Shared Ports ● Domain Ports ● Device Settings ● The Domain Nodes Tab Figure 242 shows the Domain Nodes tab as displayed when the Device Details window first appears. Figure 242: The Device Details windows, Domain Nodes tab EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 472 Status of the secondary port: Up, Down, Blocked, or Unknown Protected VLAN VLAN Name The name of the protected VLAN VLAN Tag The ID of the protected VLAN The Shared Ports Tab Figure 243 shows the Shared Ports tab of the Device Details window. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 473 The name of a domain that shares the port Domain Status The status of the domain Other Domain Port The other port (besides the shared port) configured in the pair for this domain Related Domain The other domain(s) that share this port. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 474 Status Status of the node: Idle, Complete, Failed, Links Up, Links Down, Preforwarding, Init, Precomplete, PreInit, or Unknown. Mode Whether the node acts as a Master or Transit node for this domain Primary Port Primary port number EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 475: The Links Tab

    The date of the last status update. The Links Tab The Links table, shown under the Links tab, provides an overview of the links currently known to exist between devices in the EPICenter database. Figure 245 shows the Links tab. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 476 Port Properties window (see “Port Properties” on page 96). Device Name The name of the device at the other endpoint of the link. Click the device name to display the Device Properties window (see “Device Properties” on page 88). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 477 The status of the port if it is a root blocker, else None if it is not a root blocker) Root Blocker ID An integer configured for the port when it is configured as a root blocker. None if the port is not a root blocker. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 478: Eaps Log Reports

    ● extremeEapsLastStatusChange Events that occurred within a certain time frame. ● Enter values into the fields and click Submit. This report can also be run from within EPICenter’s Reports feature, see “EAPS Log Report” on page 409. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 479 Time the event occurred, expressed in the local time zone of the EPICenter server. Source IP address of the device and port number (if applicable) that generated the event Type Event type (SNMP trap or syslog, including description) Varbinds Variable data transmitted with a trap, as appropriate EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 480 EAPS Protocol Monitoring and Verification EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 481: Chapter 17: Using The Policy Manager

    From the Policies View you can create and modify access list and QoS rules. See “The Policies View” on page 482 for details on defining policies. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 482: The Policies View

    The Policies View The Policies View lets you create, view, and modify the policies managed by the EPICenter Policy Manager. The Policies View organizes information by policy—information related to devices is presented relative to the currently selected policy. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 483 ) indicates that the policy is enabled. A red X ( ) indicates that the policy is not enabled. A policy that is not enabled will not be configured on any devices, either automatically or when you start a configuration manually. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 484: Policy Definition Page

    The Policy Definition page displays the high-level definition of the selected policy, in terms of the network elements (users, hosts, and L4 ports as appropriate) that define the traffic flow, and the devices on which the policy is implemented. Figure 249 shows the Policy Definition page for an Access-based Security policy. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 485 “clients.” For the purpose of generating access list rules, those resources are mapped to specific IP addresses and ports for use as source and destination endpoints. These lists may also show IP addresses that have been entered directly. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 486: Policy Traffic Page

    The diagram below shows an example for an IP policy. For an Access-based Security policy, this page may be blank except when the user is logged into the EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 487 “Any.” Src IP The source IP address, derived from one of the host specifications. Src Port The L4 port associated with the source IP address, if a port has been specified. An asterisk indicates the specification “Any.” EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 488: Creating A New Policy

    4 Select a schedule for this policy, if desired. Default is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can check desired days, set start time on the 24-hour clock, and set time periods from 0 to 168 hours. Scheduled times are allowed to overlap (see Figure 252). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 489 You can also specify a subnet address or the “Any” wildcard as an endpoint. You must also specify the traffic direction to which the policy should apply. The default direction for an IP policy is bidirectional. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 490 Click the appropriate Edit... button to display the Edit Policy Endpoints window, as shown in Figure 253 Figure 254. For a more detailed explanation of this window, see “Edit Policy Endpoints Window” on page 495. Figure 253: Edit Policy Endpoints window for the resources of Security policy EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 491 (This button does not appear if you are creating VLAN or Source Port endpoints.) b Click OK to close the Edit window and display the contents of the Current Policy Endpoints list in the appropriate resource list in the Policy Traffic area. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 492 EPICenter policy server. Figure 255: Service and port selection area for a Security or an IP policy—basic specification a To specify a service, select one from the drop-down list provided, as shown in Figure 256. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 493 11 The last step is to define the access domain for a Security policy or scope for an IP policy—the devices on which the access list rules should be implemented, along with the QoS profile that should be associated with these rules. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 494 To add a resource to the list (or to modify the list) click the Edit... button. The Edit Policy Access Domain/Policy Scope Window is displayed, as shown in Figure 258. Figure 258: Edit Policy Access Domain window EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 495: Edit Policy Endpoints Window

    Edit Policy Endpoints Window The Edit Policy Endpoints window, as shown in Figure 259, looks basically the same regardless of the type of policy you are creating. The exception is the Add IP Addr and Add Any buttons that appear EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 496 Remove To remove resources from the Current Policy Endpoints list, select one or more resources and click the Remove button. Remove All To remove all resources from the Current Policy Endpoints list, click the Remove All button. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 497: Edit Policy Access Domain/Policy Scope Window

    Click Cancel to close the Edit window and abandon any changes you’ve made to the Current Policy Endpoints list. Edit Policy Access Domain/Policy Scope Window The Edit Policy Access Domain (shown in Figure 258) and Edit Policy Scope windows (shown in Figure 261), are very similar to the Edit Policy Endpoints Window. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 498 Remove All button. 2 In addition to selecting resources, you can select the QoS Profile that should be configured on the device for this policy. a Select a resource in the Current Policy Access Domain Devices list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 499: Modifying Policies

    Policy Manager. 2 Select the policy you want to modify either in the component tree or from the list of policies. This displays the Policy Description page for the selected policy, as shown in Figure 262. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 500 Policy Endpoints window. However, if they are not valid endpoint types for the new policy type, they will not be added to the endpoint resource lists, and you will need to select new endpoints for your policy. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 501: Deleting A Policy

    Deleting a Policy Use the Delete policy button to delete the currently selected policy. A pop-up window appears asking for confirmation of the deletion. Click Yes to proceed with the deletion, or No to cancel the operation. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 502: Resetting A Policy

    Move a policy up in the list to give it priority over the policies below it in the list. Move it lower in the to reduce its priority relative to other policies. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 503: Viewing And Modifying Qos Profiles

    Policy System. This displays the Configure QoS Profiles window (see Figure 264). The Configure QoS Profiles window is similar to the Edit Policy Endpoints window shown in Figure 253 and discussed in detail on page 490. Figure 264: Configure QoS Profiles window EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 504 5 To specify the devices or ports on which this modified profile should be configured, select devices or groups from the Select Resources to be Added part of the window, and move them to the Resource Results list. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 505: Configuring Qos Policies

    Changes made through the ExtremeWare CLI or ExtremeWare Vista on a device managed by the ● EPICenter server A user login or end station reboot when DLCS is enabled ● Saving a change to a policy within the Policy Manager ● EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 506: Directed Configuration

    In either case, a pop-up window appears asking for confirmation of the configuration. Click Yes to proceed with the configuration, or No to cancel the operation. A message window (shown in Figure 265) pops up to show you the progress of the configuration. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 507 Errors Only If you check the Errors Only box, the up and down arrow buttons will expand only devices that had errors. Collapse All The Collapse All button collapses all the device nodes, hiding all the server messages. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 508 Using the Policy Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 509: Chapter 18: The Acl Viewer

    The ACL Viewer displays the Access List summary view for the top level of the component tree (the Groups node) as shown in Figure 266. The Access List summary view provides an overview of the IP policies defined in the Policy Manager, as related to their scope definitions. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 510: Acl Viewer Summary Displays

    Each entry in the summary display shows the following: ! (exclamation point) An empty column used to invoke a sort by policy precedence. Clicking the column header will sort the policies in precedence order. Policy The name of the policy. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 511: Access List Display

    Security policies are shown only while the user is actively connected to the network. NOTE IP policies can only be configured on Extreme Networks devices running ExtremeWare versions 5.0x or 6.0.x or later. Non-i-series devices only support IP policies if they run ExtremeWare 5.0x. (All Extreme Networks devices support VLAN QoS.)
  • Page 512 Security policies (Extreme devices running 5.0x, 6.1 or later), the Access List page displays a comparison of the “ideal” access list rules (rules generated by the EPICenter Policy Manager based on your policy definitions) and the rules actually configured on the device, as shown in Figure 268. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 513: Policy Rule Comparison

    Only the Ideal side of the table is filled in for these rules. White The rule is valid, and has been configured on the device. Both the Ideal and Configured sides of the table are filled in. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 514: View Policy Rules

    Src L4 Port The L4 port associated with the source IP address, if a port has been specified. An asterisk indicates the specification “Any.” Rule Precedence The precedence value assigned to the rule by the Policy Manager. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 515: View Configured Rules

    To display the traffic patterns generated by the VLAN QoS policies that include the group in the ● policy scope, select a group in the component tree. The VLAN QoS page shows all the traffic patterns generated by any VLAN QoS policies that have the selected group in its scope (see Figure 269). EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 516 To view the VLAN QoS rules related to a device, select the individual device. The VLAN QoS page displays a comparison of the “ideal” VLAN QoS rules (rules generated by the EPICenter Policy Manager based on your policy definitions) and the rules actually configured on the device, as shown in Figure 270. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 517: Policy Rule Comparison

    The VLAN QoS policy rule comparison display shows both the ideal rules, as generated by the EPICenter Policy Manager (shown in the left half of the table) and the configured rules as they exist on the device, shown in the right half of the table. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 518: View Policy Rules

    EPICenter Policy Manager or the ExtremeWare CLI. The information in this display is as follows: VLAN Specifies the VLAN to which the VLAN QoS rule applies. Profile The QoS profile that applies to this traffic flow. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 519: Source Port Qos Display

    NOTE Source Port QoS policies can only be configured on Extreme Networks devices running ExtremeWare versions 5.0x or 6.x or later. Non-i-series devices only support Source Port QoS if they run ExtremeWare 5.0x.
  • Page 520 The View field at the top of the display lets you select how you want to view the device rules. You can view the access list rules in three ways: Compare policy and configured Select to compare the EPICenter-generated rules with the rules configured on the rules device (as shown in Figure 268). EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 521: Policy Rule Comparison

    Indicates whether the rule is acceptable for configuration on the device (not in conflict with any other rules). Values for this column are: • Yes, the rule can be used. • No (duplicated) indicating that the rule duplicates another rule. • No (disabled) indicating that the policy is disabled. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 522: View Configured Rules

    For i-series devices, it also shows per-port QoS profile settings that are different from the QoS profile settings for the device as a whole. Figure 273 shows a QoS Profile display for an i-series device. Figure 273: QoS profile display for an i-series device EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 523: Network Login/802.1X Display

    The same columns are shown in the Port exception QoS Profiles table. Network Login/802.1x Display The Network Login/802.1x display shows lists the Network Login/802.1x information about each user connected to the device. Figure 274 shows the Network Login/802.1x display. Figure 274: Network Login/802.1x display EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 524 The login type, either network login or 802.1x. MAC Address The MAC address of the user’s host. VLAN The VLAN to which the port belongs. The Network Login/802.1x display is updated each time a user logs in and out of the selected device. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 525: Part 3: Appendices

    Appendices...

  • Page 527: Appendix A: Event Types For Alarms

    Many of the events defined below are standard traps applicable to all MIB-2 devices managed by the EPICenter server. Extreme Networks proprietary traps are identified as such. For Extreme Networks devices, the level of support in ExtremeWare and ExtremeXOS is also indicated.
  • Page 528 Reached threshold is crossed for any of the ports. Not supported in ExtremeXOS Dsx1 Line Status Extreme Networks proprietary trap. Indicates that the DS1 line ExtremeWare Change status change for the specified interface has been detected. 6.1.8b66/ Not supported in...
  • Page 529 EGPNbrLoss An EGP neighbor, for which the device is an EGP peer, is down None and the peer relationship no longer exists. An Extreme Networks switch never sends out this trap. ELRP VLAN Loop Extreme Networks proprietary trap. Generated when the ELRP ExtremeWare 7.3...
  • Page 530 ExtremeXOS Event Definition Version MSM Failover Occurred Extreme Networks proprietary trap. An MSM Failover occurred. ExtremeXOS 10.1 Main Power Usage Off Indicates the PSE Threshold usage indication off, the usage ExtremeXOS 11.1 power is below the threshold. At least 500 msec must elapse between notifications being emitted by the same object instance.
  • Page 531 Attempt or Full to 1-Way or Down) or progresses to a terminal state (e.g., Full). Overheat Extreme Networks proprietary trap. Indicates the on board temperature sensor has reported an overheat condition. This indicates the temperature has reached the Overheat threshold.
  • Page 532 PoE PSU Status Extreme Networks proprietary trap. Indicates a change in the Not supported in Changed PoE PSU for the slot.
  • Page 533 Trap indicates that the device has been rebooted without power recycling. An Extreme switch never sends out this trap. Wireless AP Added Extreme Networks proprietary trap. Generated when a new AP is ExtremeWare 7.3 added to the scan results table. Generated only if the value of Not supported in extremeWirelessScanSendAPAddedTrap is true.

  • Page 534: Configuring Snmp Trap Events

    Table 58: SNMP Trap Events (continued) ExtremeWare/ ExtremeXOS Event Definition Version Wireless Port Boot Extreme Networks proprietary trap. Sent by the platform if a ExtremeWare 7.3 Failed wireless port fails to boot too many times. Not supported in ExtremeXOS Wireless Port State Extreme Networks proprietary trap.

  • Page 535: Rmon Rising And Falling Trap Events

    The EPICenter server generates this event when it fails to upload configuration information from a device. This event occurs ONLY when the upload is attempted from EPICenter, not if it was attempted from Telnet, ExtremeWare Vista or any other method. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 536 SNMP trap, EPICenter generates this event by polling the device. Device Warning from EPICenter For Extreme Networks devices only. The EPICenter server generates this event in one of two situations: • If the server detects an infinite loop while walking the device’s SNMP MIB (may occur with ExtremeWare 4.1.19b2).

  • Page 537: Appendix B: Epicenter Backup

    The Validation utility validates all indexes and keys on some or all of the tables in the database. The Validation utility scans the entire table and looks up each record in every index and key defined in the EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 538: The Validation Utility

    This operation should report no errors. If there are errors, the system should be stopped and a backup database copied into place. See “Installing a Backup Database” on page 540. If there are no backups, the EPICenter software must be re-installed. Syntax: dbvalid [switches] EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 539: Database Connection Parameters

    EPICenter installation process. If you have changed your database user ID and password, substitute your actual user ID and password in the command. < > is the directory where the EPICenter software is installed. Substitute the actual install_dir directory name in the command. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 540: Database Connection Parameters

    To replace a damaged database with the backup copy, follow these steps: 1 Shut down the EPICenter software following the instructions for your operating system in the EPICenter Installation and Upgrade Note. 2 Move or delete the old copy of found in the EPICenter installation basecamp.db basecamp.log directory. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 541 The Backup Utility 3 Copy the backup copy of to the EPICenter installation directory. basecamp.db basecamp.log 4 Restart the EPICenter software following the instructions in the EPICenter Installation and Upgrade Note for your operating system. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 542 EPICenter Backup EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 543: Appendix C: The Spanning Tree Monitor

    The EPICenter Spanning Tree Monitor module displays information about STP domains at the domain, VLAN, device, and port levels. STP is a bridge-based mechanism for providing fault tolerance on networks. In the Extreme Networks implementation of STP, a switch can be partitioned into multiple virtual bridges. Each virtual bridge can run an independent Spanning Tree instance, called a Spanning Tree Domain (STPD).

  • Page 544: Stp Monitor Functions

    “STP Properties” on page 550 for more information. Displaying STP Domain Information Click the STP button in the EPICenter Navigation Toolbar to run the Spanning Tree Monitor module. The STP Domains window appears, as shown in Figure 275. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 545 The 802.1Q tag of one of the wholly contained VLANs in the domain. Root The device name, IP address, or MAC address of the device configured as the designated root of this STP domain. If STP is disabled for this domain, this field is blank. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 546: Displaying Stp Vlan Configurations

    Select a specific STP domain in the Component Tree to view summary information about the VLANs in the selected domain. When you select an STP domain, the STP VLAN view appears, as shown in Figure 276. Figure 276: STP VLANs view This view shows information about the VLANs in the selected domain. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 547: Displaying Stp Device Configurations

    This view shows information about the devices participating in the selected VLAN within this domain. The information presented for each device includes: Name The name of the device. State The state of STP on this domain (enabled or disabled). If disabled, most of the remaining fields are zero. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 548: Displaying Stp Port Information

    Select a device in the Component Tree to view information about the ports on the device that are members of the selected VLAN and STP domain. When you select a device, the STP Ports view appears, as shown in Figure 278. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 549 The switch and port at the other side of the link. The panel at the bottom of this view shows summary information about the STP domain, VLAN and device with which these ports are associated. NOTE If the domain is disabled, the port table will be empty. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 550: Stp Properties

    The number of VLANs participating in this domain. Number of Devices The number of devices participating in this domain. Number of Ports The total number of ports participating in this domain, if the domain is enabled. Click OK to close the window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 551: Appendix D: Voice Over Ip Manager

    279. NOTE If you have not yet selected any VLANs for Voice over IP, the Voice VLANs page will be empty. See “Selecting VLANs for VoIP” on page 553 for instructions on selecting VLANs for VoIP traffic. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 552 VoIP VLANs and their included devices. If you select an individual VLAN in the Component Tree, the display shows only the devices that include the selected VLAN. The Select button at the top of this window lets you select VLANs for Voice over IP. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 553: Selecting Vlans For Voip

    When you run the VoIP applet for the first time, and have not yet selected any VLANs for VoIP, the table shown on this page will be empty. 2 Click the Select button at the top of the VoIP window. This displays the Select Voice over IP VLANs window, as shown in Figure 281. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 554 The VoIP Manager applet assumes that you have already set up the VLANs you will be using for your VoIP traffic. 3 To display a VLAN, pull down the list of VLANs from the All VLANs field at the top of the window, and select a VLAN, as shown in Figure 282. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 555 The VoIP VLAN settings for a device will be deleted from the database only when the device is removed from the EPICenter inventory, or if the VLAN itself is deleted. Only VoIP-enabled VLANs appear in the list of VoIP VLANs in the main VoIP window. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 556: Qos Settings For A Voip Vlan

    QoS profile) for the selected VLAN. It also displays all the ports that are members of the VLAN, including the ports you have selected as egress ports. You can use these lists to indicate which ports in the VLAN are the egress ports. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 557: Default Configuration Attributes

    NOTE Each of these setting (except for maximum number of phones) can be modified for individual switches in this VLAN on a switch-by-switch basis. You can do this using the manual QoS configuration process. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 558: Minimum Bandwidth Calculations

    VoIP VLAN topology includes upstream switches, the ingress port may actually be a trunk port carrying aggregated VoIP traffic. In this case, the bandwidth calculation algorithm may underestimate the minimum bandwidth needed for the ingress port on the upstream switch. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 559 (port 29) on switch B, the bandwidth calculation would determine that a 1% minimum is sufficient for the egress port 30. The information in Table 66 is provided to help you ensure that the minimum bandwidth setting in the QoS profile for your VoIP VLAN is sufficient on any upstream switches. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 560: Configuring Qos Settings

    QoS profile for the VoIP VLAN on the switch. Configuring QoS Settings Changing the default configuration attributes does not actually configure any settings on the switches. The information is provided to simplify the configuration task for the user and to recommend EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 561 When you move a switch to the Calculated Settings list, the VoIP applet calculates the minimum bandwidth required to support the VoIP traffic. It makes the calculation based on the compression algorithm and compression rate, the number of ingress ports in the VLAN, and the speed of the EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 562 Remove button. Remove All You can remove all switches from the Calculated Settings list by clicking the Remove All button. 7 Click the Apply button to initiate configuration of the QoS parameters on the switches. EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 563: Voip Reports

    You can access the EPICenter software Dynamic Reporting capability in one of two ways: By clicking the Reports icon in the EPICenter software Navigation Toolbar ● By logging in directly from the EPICenter Start-up page ● Chapter “Voice over IP Manager” for a description of these reports. EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 564 Voice over IP Manager EPICenter Reference Guide...

  • Page 565: Index

    Alarm Log Detail View, 106, 107 adding Alarm Log report, 375, 410 alarm category, 126 alarm propagation, 50 alarm definition, 115 alarm status CPU Utilization rule, 130 threshold for topology view, 292 devices, 68 alarms protocol filters, 340 acknowledging, 105 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 566 By Switch, 327 Apply button, 38 By VLAN, 327 Archive button (Configuration Manager), 152 Cfg All, 482, 506 Archive/Baseline differences report, 156 Clone (IP/MAC Address Finder), 253, 259 archiving configuration settings, 152 Close, 38 Attribute Name field, 237 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 567 Modify (RMON Configuration), 131 New, 482, 488 categories for alarms, 126 New (Discovery), 63 Cfg All button, 482, 506 Order, 482, 502 changing password Paste nodes into map, 302 user, 354 Play (Telnet), 202 changing policy precedence, 502 Policies, 483 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 568 164 Debug EPICenter, 377 scheduled baseline upload, 162 decorative node, 287 scheduled device upload, 152 Default alarm category, 126 scheduling global archive uploads, 153 Default button (Inventory Manager), 46 setting archive limits, 155 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 569 Device profile settings display, 523 setting up for alarms, 124 device properties, 88 email notification (Config Mgr), 157 Device reports, 384 EMISTP mode, 543 device status enable rogue AP detection, 429, 431 Inventory Manager display, 51 endpoints EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 570 183 specifying current version, 174, 175, 194 upgrading device, 182 ExtremeWare Vista Hello Timer (ESRP), 345 from Inventory Manager, 40 Help button, 38 Hitless upgrade, 183 Home button, 29 Home page, 25 falling threshold EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 571 Submit button, 256 Map Alarm Status (Topology), 284 Target Domains list, 256 map background color, 313 Task List, 255 map background images tasks list, 253 adding custom images, 315 Tasks List Summary, 252 selecting, 313 WildCard button, 255 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 572 VLAN Manager, 335 paste (Telnet), 202, 217 modifying Paste Map Nodes (Topology), 302 alarm category, 127 Paste nodes into map button, 302 alarm definition, 115 pause alarm processing, 107 device groups, 77 Play button, 202 device information, 73 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 573 VLAN, 331, 332, 337, 339 client configuration, 360 STPD membership, 543 configuring shared secret, 361 predefined alarms, 102, 114 disabling, 361 predefined groups, 221 enabling server, 361 Print Map menu selection, 315 enabling server response messages, 361 Printing, 42 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 574 36 Device Details, 387 Component Tree, 35 Device Inventory, 385 resource Device Inventory report, 375, 384 adding as child, 230 Device reports, 384 adding relationships, 233 Device Status report, 375, 393 attributes, 223, 227 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 575 Scope tab, 119 Startup Alarm for predefined rule, 137 Search Domains list, 255 synchronize with device rules, 139 search results Temperature predefined rule, 136 Discovery, 64 Topology change predefined rule, 136 Grouping Manager query, 241 traps, 101, 104 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 576 268 Timeout Period, 366 multi-port real-time, 265 Topology properties, 367 real-time, 261 Traps per device, 366 Status icon, 482 Traps per Minute, 366 Status/Detail Information panel, 35 Update Type Library on Server, 369 Stop button, 202 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 577 Tcl-based, 381 submap node, 285 Telnet applet text node, 287 copy, 202, 217 view, 284 EPICenter Telnet, 197 VLANs button, 316 from Inventory Manager, 40 Topology button, 30, 283 macro status, 201 topology menus macros, 200 Edit, 300 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 578 353 VLAN Summary report, 375, 405 utilities VLAN tab, 89 database backup, 539 VLANs, 329 database validation, 537 802.1Q tag, 323, 331, 332 adding, 331 adding links to VLAN from topology map, 318 adding protocol filters, 340 EPICenter Reference Guide...
  • Page 579 WildCard button, 255 wildcards in IP/MAC Address Finder, 255 Wireless AP report, 376 Wireless Interface report, 376 Wireless Port Detail report, 376 Wireless Summary report, 376 Zoom map in button, 309 Zoom Map In menu selection, 309 EPICenter Reference Guide...
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