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Page 7: Table Of Contents
Map Views... 2-9 Log Views... 2-10 Excluding Nodes... 2-10 Alarm and Event Handling ... 2-11 The NetSight Element Manager Tool Suite ... 2-11 Remote Administration Tools... 2-12 Scheduler Tool ... 2-12 MIB Tools... 2-13 Customizing NetSight Element Manager ... 2-13 Adjusting Default Settings...
Page 8 Contents Editing the Backup Configuration File ... 2-33 Performing a Backup ... 2-34 Restoring Files from a Backup Set ... 2-35 Restoring Default Files ... 2-35 Chapter 3 Discovering Nodes Accessing the Discover Manager Window ... 3-1 Creating and Modifying Discover Scripts ... 3-2 Accessing the Discover Properties Window...
Page 9 Selecting Node Information to Display ... 4-11 Node Information Options... 4-12 Selecting a Display Font... 4-14 Selecting the Nodes to Display: Using Filters... 4-15 Filter Categories ... 4-16 Creating the Filter... 4-18 Excluded Nodes ... 4-18 Excluding Nodes from an Individual View ... 4-18 To Exclude a Node from a View ...
Page 10 Contents Chapter 6 Creating Network Maps Working with Maps... 6-1 About the Map View... 6-2 About Submap Icons... 6-3 About GoTo Symbols ... 6-4 Map and Device Status Conditions... 6-4 Building Your Network Map... 6-6 Adding a Folder ... 6-6 Renaming a Folder...
Page 11 Saving Maps ... 6-62 Deleting Maps and Folders... 6-62 Chapter 7 Node Management Overview Device Management ... 7-1 Launching Device Management ... 7-1 A Brief Overview of Device Management... 7-2 Source Address Naming ... 7-4 PING ... 7-6 Accessing the PING Window ... 7-6 Appendix A Batch Customization via AddTool, AddImage, and Ad- dDevType Using the AddTool Utility ...Appendix A-1...
Page 12 Contents...
Page 13: Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 4, NetSight Element Manager stores all node information in a central database. List Views provide you with a variety of user configurable views into that database, including a wide selection of status and descriptive information about each node. This chapter also provides information on manually adding nodes to the node database, editing a node’s displayed properties and individual polling intervals, and launching...
Page 14: Getting Help
NetSight Element Manager. Using On-line Help You can use the Help buttons in the NetSight Element Manager windows to obtain information specific to the currently active window. When you click on a Help button, a window opens which contains information that will assist you in the use of the windows and their associated command and menu options.
Page 15: Accessing On-Line Documentation
NOTE from the primary NetSight Element Manager window. The complete suite of documents available for NetSight Element Manager can be accessed via a menu option from the primary window menu bar: Help —> Online Documents. If you chose to install the documentation when you installed NetSight Element Manager, selecting this option will launch Adobe’s Acrobat Reader and a menu...
Page 16 Introduction Mailing Address: Enterasys Networks, Inc. Technical Support 35 Industrial Way Rochester, NH 03867 FTP: ftp.cabletron.com Login: anonymous Password: your email address Getting Help...
Page 17: Chapter 2 Overview Of Netsight Element Manager
Key NetSight Element Manager features; customizing the NetSight Element Manager platform; backing up data files NetSight Element Manager for Windows™ provides a powerful and easy-to-use tool for monitoring and managing Enterasys and Cabletron devices from a Microsoft Windows workstation. Its open architecture and broad feature set also make it an attractive platform for third party development of management applications.
Page 18 • Toolbars which can be docked to the primary NetSight Element Manager window, or undocked as floating tool palettes (as shown in activated when a related view is active; you can also choose which toolbars you want to display via the View—>Toolbars menu option.
Page 19 (e.g., from a List View to a Map View), or between applications (e.g., from a NetSight Element Manager List View to a device group in Remote Administration Tools).
Page 20: Network Discovery
• OLE functionality to embed and link data with management Map files. The following sections provide an overview of some key NetSight Element Manager functions. Network Discovery The Discover application provides several key features; among these are:...
Page 21: Management And Monitoring Workspace
The Discover application is covered in Chapter 3, Management and Monitoring Workspace NetSight Element Manager provides four work areas that allow you to choose how to view information about the devices in your central node database: the List View, Tree View, Map View, and Log View.
Page 22: List Views
Overview of NetSight Element Manager List Views The List View workspace allows you to view and create specialized lists of the devices in your central node database. A default set of views is provided for you; you can also create your own views, selecting both the nodes and the information about each node you wish to display.
Page 23: Tree Views
Detailed Node Information NetSight Element Manager can display the following information for each node: Status, Model, Name, Label (descriptive alias), Logical (IP or IPX) Address, Physical (MAC) Address, Time of Last Contact, System Up Time, Status Group (DLM – Distributed LAN Management –...
Page 24 As with the List View windows, NetSight Element Manager provides a read-only All Nodes Tree View which displays every node in the database; a set of predefined Tree Views (based on classes, interfaces, and topologies) is also provided.
Page 25: Map Views
Map Views Map View windows in NetSight Element Manager provide a third — and perhaps the most flexible — means for viewing information about your network. Using maps, you can create a visual representation of your network: grouping devices by location rather than...
Page 26: Log Views
Overview of NetSight Element Manager Log Views NetSight Element Manager provides a Log View workspace, which contains information about traps and software events. Like the other workspaces, the Log View workspace — illustrated in windows which provide the foundation of alarm and event management. Individual Log View windows appear as icons within the Log View tree hierarchy;...
Page 27: Alarm And Event Handling
NetSight Element Manager Network Status process or another of its component processes (e.g., Discover or Scheduler). Because it is an...
Page 28: Remote Administration Tools
Launching selected programs, including TFTP downloads, MIB statistics recordings, and MIB loads via the Remote Administration Tools application. • Backing up files (NetSight Element Manager data files, or any other files you choose). • Setting up automated paging (by defining individuals or groups of individuals to be paged, and specifying their availability to be paged).
Page 29: Mib Tools
MIB Tools suite. Customizing NetSight Element Manager There are a number of ways you can adjust NetSight Element Manager’s settings to customize its operation in the way that works best in your management environment. These are detailed in the following sections.
Page 30: Workspace Options
Workspace Options The Workspace options (displayed by default, as illustrated in settings for the NetSight Element Manager interface. You select or deselect each option by clicking the associated checkbox. A checked box indicates that the associated option is selected; a blank box indicates that option is deselected.
Page 31: Network Options
Local Management, as described in your local management documentation; via any MIB utility — like NetSight Element Manager’s MIB Tools suite — that allows you to perform SNMP GETs and SETs; or via the Community Names component of the Remote Administration Tools.
Page 32 Overview of NetSight Element Manager NetSight Element Manager uses the Community Name to gain access to devices that you want to manage. You specify the community name you want to use to access a device when the device is inserted (as documented in Chapter 4,...
Page 33: Polling Options
IP address (in this case, that of yourNetSight Element Manager workstation). The Address Mask field lets you set a default value which will be used when NetSight Element Manager polls for IP devices during a Network Discovery.
Page 34 In essence, you use the node polling options to limit the amount of network traffic that NetSight Element Manager generates as it polls devices for their status. The above figure shows the defaults for NetSight Element Manager: a 5-second polling cycle with 10 poll packets issued within that cycle.
Page 35 Interval. The range is from 1 to 25. To determine the amount of time it will take NetSight Element Manager to complete one poll of all nodes in your database, divide the number of nodes in your database by the...
Page 36: Node Options
Properties window. In most instances, these default poll settings will have no bearing on how often the node is actually polled, since the settings determine the amount of time it takes NetSight Element Manager to poll every device in the database.
Page 37: Directories Options
If individual device polling is in effect, this will determine the default number of times after a failed poll that NetSight Element Manager will re-poll a device before declaring it in a Critical (contact unavailable) state. To change the default Retries setting: 1.
Page 38: Map Files
Save Map window as each new map is saved, or you can set a new default location here. Refer to Chapter 6, information on creating and saving maps. The default directory is \NetSight Element Manager x.x\Maps.
Page 39: Device Management Options
This field displays the default directory to be used in any export action taken from within NetSight Element Manager or one of its component applications (like RMON), regardless of the export file type (*.csv, *.txt, *.htm, etc.). The default directory is \NetSight Element Manager x.x\Export.
Page 40: Event Log Options
(which stores trap and event information). The event cache is a memory-mapped data file that is activated when NetSight Element Manager’s alarm and event service initializes. All traps and events that are received are uniquely identified and stored in this file.
Page 41: Clear Deleted Events Hourly
Overview of NetSight Element Manager Figure 2-13. The Event Log Options Window You can establish an hourly purge of the event cache file by specifying that traps or events which meet certain conditions be deleted. These conditions are defined by three Event Log options you select or de-select by clicking in the associated checkbox.
Page 42: Customizing The Toolbar
Customizing the Toolbar NetSight Element Manager provides access to a number of tool applications via its Tools menu and accompanying Tools toolbar. You can customize this access by adding items to or removing items from both the menu and toolbar, or editing their tool tip, hint text, and/or icon image.
Page 43: Adding A Tool Entry
Information about the configuration of the Tools menu and toolbar is stored in the Tools.dat file (\NetSight Element Manager x.x\data); to preserve your customization, be sure to back up this file. See information.
Page 44 3. In the Hint text field, enter the text you want displayed in the status bar at the bottom left of the primary NetSight Element Manager window when the menu item is selected or the cursor is positioned over its associated toolbar icon.
Page 45 Argument List Note that if you select an argument symbol that will extract information from the NetSight Element Manager database (for example, %i to insert an IP address, or %c to insert a community name), the menu item and tool bar icon for your application will only become available when a device is selected in a List, Tree, or Map View —...
Page 46: Editing A Tool Entry
3. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Customize window. Backing Up Data Files We strongly recommend that you back up your NetSight Element Manager files on a regular basis. The Scheduler will do that automatically (see the Scheduler chapter in the Tools Guide for more information).
Page 47 Properties window • Port.dat — Reserved for future use • RemoteAd.mdb — The Remote Administration Tools database • Sessions.dat — Definitions for Netstat, NetSight Element Manager, and scheduler connections Backing Up Data Files Overview of NetSight Element Manager Directories 2-31...
Page 48 1. Exit any current management sessions. NetSight Element Manager must be closed for the backup utility to operate. 2. Select the Data File Manager icon in your NetSight Element Manager program group. The Data File Manager window opens, as illustrated in Figure Figure 2-16.
Page 49: Editing The Backup Configuration File
Editing the Backup Configuration File When you perform a backup action, the Data File Manager looks in five directories in the \NetSight Element Manager x.x directory — \Data, \Bin, \Filters (and its automatically-created subdirectories), \Maps (or your configured Maps directory), and \Exports (or your configured Exported Files directory) —...
Page 50: Performing A Backup
Figure 2-18. Select Backup Directory Window For best results, we recommend that you store a copy of your backed-up files in a directory that is not a sub-directory of your NetSight Element Manager installation NOTE directory. 2. Click OK. As the backup proceeds, you will be prompted to authorize the overwriting of any existing files.
Page 51: Restoring Files From A Backup Set
Restoring Files from a Backup Set If you have backed up your data files from SPECTRUM Element Manager version 2.x before installing NetSight Element Manager version 3.0, do not restore these data files WARNING directly into version 3.0! The 3.0 installation process performs some necessary conversion functions on these files to make them compatible with framework changes.
Page 52 Overview of NetSight Element Manager 2-36 Backing Up Data Files...
Page 53: Chapter 3 Discovering Nodes
Wizard window to create, modify, and execute Discover scripts. Accessing the Discover Manager Window To access the Discover Manager window from the NetSight Element Manager primary window: 1. Select Tools —> Discover Manager from the primary window menu bar. Click the Discover Manager button ( Standard toolbar.
Page 54: Creating And Modifying Discover Scripts
Discovering Nodes The Discover Manager window lists all Discover scripts you have created, including their names, descriptions, and execution intervals. The Discover Manager window is the central interface through which you create new scripts and modify, execute, and delete existing scripts;...
Page 55 To modify an existing Discover script: 1. In the Discover Manager window, highlight the script to be modified, and click Properties. Click the right mouse button on the script to be modified, and select Properties from the resulting menu. The Discover Properties window, also illustrated in Figure 3-2.
Page 56: Setting General Discover Properties
Discovering Nodes Using the Discover Properties window, you can name your script, enter an IP range for an IP Discovery process, and assign a community name. You can also define and select entire subnets for a Subnet Discovery, select a Script Filter for a discovery, and define the time interval at which your discovery will take place.
Page 57: Setting Device Discovery Parameters
3. In the Description: field, enter a description of the Discover script. This description opens with the script’s name in the Discover Manager window, and may help you to select from among the available scripts. 4. Enter any additional information you wish to store about the script in the Notes: field.
Page 58: Defining Ip Address Ranges
Discovering Nodes To define a Device Discovery script, you must specify a range of IP addresses to be queried and assign at least one community name that will give the Discover application read access to the devices you wish to discover. IP address ranges can be individually specified, or entire subnets can be selected;...
Page 59: Defining And Selecting Subnets
Although you can define address ranges beginning with 0 and ending with 255 (for example, 132.117.18.0 to 132.117.18.255), devices at the .0 and .255 addresses will not NOTE be discovered. 4. If you wish to specify an address mask other than the default value, enter the desired address mask in the Address Mask field.
Page 60 (either manually or via a Discover script); they can also be defined manually, either via the Discover Properties window (as described in this section) or via the View—>Subnets window available from the NetSight Element Manager primary window menu bar. (See Using the Subnets This subnet information is used to determine the map hierarchy created via the automatic subnet mapping feature;...
Page 61 3. If necessary, place the cursor in the Subnet Mask field and type the subnet mask for the subnet that you wish to discover. Note that the value set here will determine the number of IP addresses which are included in the defined subnet, regardless of whether or not this value correctly reflects the number of devices each of your subnets contains.
Page 62 Discovering Nodes Figure 3-7. The General Page of the Subnet Properties Window 5. In the Description text box, enter a description for your subnet entry. This description is not displayed in the Discover Properties window, but will be displayed in the View—>Subnets window accessible from the primary window menu bar (see 6.
Page 63: Defining A Community Name
Defining a Community Name Once you have specified the IP addresses that will be queried during the Discover, you must supply the discover application with one or more community names that will provide at least Read access to the devices you wish to discover. When a script with more than one assigned community name is executed, the Discover application will query each address in the specified address range(s) and/or subnet(s) using the first community name listed in the Community Names group box.
Page 64: Selecting A Script Filter
Discovering Nodes 4. To add another community name to your script, repeat steps 2-4. 5. Define your remaining Discover script parameters as explained in the following sections, or click OK to save your entries and return to the Discover Manager window. Selecting a Script Filter If you would like to further refine a device discovery script, you can add one of two Script Filters: one which restricts the discovery to Cabletron devices, and one which restricts it to...
Page 65: Setting A Discover Interval
The script will continue to run at the defined interval until its Discover Interval is changed to 0 (zero), the script is deleted, or the NetSight Element Manager application is closed.
Page 66: Executing Discover Scripts
Discovering Nodes Figure 3-10. The Schedule Page of the Discover Properties Window Executing Discover Scripts Once you have established the parameters for your Discover scripts, they are listed in the Discover Manager window (as shown in 1. In the Discover Manager window, click to highlight the name of the Discover script to be executed, and click Execute.
Page 67 (as illustrated in Discover Manager window, activate the Network Discover window (which may be minimized or hidden behind the main NetSight Element Manager window), wait for the active discover session to complete (or stop it, as described in...
Page 68: The Discover Process
When the Discover process is complete, all discovered devices which match the configured criteria are automatically added to NetSight Element Manager’s central node database. A progress indicator shows the status of this automatic integration; the Discover window also remains open after the discover is complete, allowing you to view the list of discovered nodes.
Page 69: New And Secondary Discovers
The second time you run any device discover, however — even a device script which has not yet been run — NetSight Element Manager will perform a SECONDARY Discover, querying only those IP addresses which did not respond to the first discover.
Page 70: Scheduled Discovers
Discovering Nodes Re-starting a completed discover script from the Network Discover window has the same effect as re-executing the script from the Discover Manager window. Scheduled Discovers A scheduled discover script — one which launches automatically at selected intervals — behaves a little differently than a manually-executed script.
Page 71: Starting The Discover Wizard
Starting the Discover Wizard To use the Discover Wizard to create a new Discover script: 1. In the Discover Manager window, click Wizard. Click the right mouse button anywhere in the Discover Manager window, select Wizard from the resulting menu. To use the Discover Wizard to modify an existing Discover script: 1.
Page 72: Matching A Host Name To An Ip Address
If the host name cannot be resolved, a message window appears, indicating that the selected host name could not be found. 3-20 ) on the NetSight Element Manager Figure 3-15, opens. By default, the IP,...
Page 73: Matching An Ip Address To A Host Name
Once located, IP addresses can be copied (using the right-mouse edit menu or Ctrl-C on the keyboard) and pasted (via Edit—>Paste) into the Insert Device window for addition to the central node database. For more information about inserting devices individually, see Chapter 4, Matching an IP Address to a Host Name You can also use a known IP address to locate a device’s host name.
Page 74: Subnet Search
Discovering Nodes Subnet Search You can also use the Locator Tool to locate (and ping, if desired) all IP addresses on a subnet or a portion of a subnet, resolve host names to the located IP addresses, and resolve MAC addresses to the located IP/hostname pair. To do so: 1.
Page 75 any time to stop a search in progress. If you have selected the Prompt option, a message window opens at the selected interval, asking if you want to continue the search. Click Yes to continue, or No to stop. If you have selected the Prompt option, a message...
Page 76 Discovering Nodes You can use these buttons to copy one, several, or all discovered IP addresses to the clipboard for pasting into the central node database or any text document: 1. Click Select All to select all discovered IP addresses, or click and drag with your mouse to select a contiguous portion of the discovered address list.
Page 77: Matching A Mac Address To A Host Name And Ip
Matching a MAC Address to a Host Name and IP You can also use a known MAC address and subnet location to locate the associated IP address and host name. To do so: 1. Click Clear to clear the default values from the IP and Host fields. 2.
Page 78 Discovering Nodes When the selected MAC address is located, a message window will display, indicating the host name and IP address associated with the found MAC; this information will also be displayed in the list box. If the address is not located, a message window opens when the search is complete, indicating that the selected address could not be found.
Page 79: Using The Subnets Window
Discover scripts. The Subnets window is accessed by selecting View—>Subnets from the NetSight Element Manager primary window menu bar. Any subnet entries that appear in the Subnets window will also appear in the Subnets group box on the Device page of the...
Page 80: Creating And Modifying A Subnet Entry
Discovering Nodes The Subnets window displays entries for all manually-defined (via this window or the Discover application) subnets; if you have manually added a node to the central node database, a subnet entry will be listed for that node’s subnet as well. Each subnet entry will be listed with its name, description, the network and subnet portions of its IP Address, its subnet mask, and count of the nodes in the central node database that reside on that subnet.
Page 81: Deleting A Subnet Entry
Properties window. The name, description, address, and subnet mask of the defined subnet opens in the Subnets window. Deleting a Subnet Entry Deleting a subnet entry will not delete that subnet’s nodes from NetSight Element Manager’s central node database. NOTE 1.
Page 82 Discovering Nodes 3-30 Using the Subnets Window...
Page 83: Chapter 4 List Views
List Views, Tree Views, and Maps. About List Views One of the ways NetSight Element Manager allows you to see, organize, and work with the nodes in your database is through List Views. List Views, as their name implies, display the contents of your central node database in a collection of lists.
Page 84: Adding A Folder To The Workspace
Figure 4-1. Getting Around the List View Workspace The default views provided with NetSight Element Manager are arranged in a series of folders which group them by type. All of these default views — except the read-only All Nodes List View —...
Page 85: The All Nodes List View
Figure 4-2. Adding a New Folder to the List View Workspace 3. In the resulting menu, click to select New Folder. A new folder will automatically be added in the branch you have selected. Renaming a Folder By default, all new folders are named with the designation New Folder X, where X represents a sequential index;...
Page 86: Other Default List Views
List Views The All Nodes List View display includes 11 of the 13 possible descriptive columns available, including Status, Model, Name, Logical Address, Physical Address, Time of Last Contact, System Up Time, Enterprise, Classes, Topologies, and Status Group; Label and Event information is omitted (but can be selected for other views). As with the other List Views, the contents of the All Nodes List View can be sorted by any one or more of the available columns, and its display format can be changed;...
Page 87: List View Display Options
Device Views A single default Device View — the All Devices View — displays all IP devices. Enterprise Views A single default Enterprise View allows you to display only your Cabletron and Enterasys devices. Topology Views Two default topology views filter out all devices that do not provide Ethernet (Ethernet View) or Token Ring (Token Ring View) topology support.
Page 88: Sorting Nodes
Any change made to the display format is applied to the currently selected view for the duration of the current NetSight Element Manager session or until another View selection is made; once NetSight Element Manager is closed and re-opened, however, all views will revert back to the default Small Icon Detail format.
Page 89: Searching A List View
and a greater-than or less-than sign displayed in the selected column settings: a greater-than sign (>) indicates that the information in the associated column is sorted in ascending order; a less-than sign (<) indicates that the information is sorted in descending order.
Page 90 List Views To access the Find window: 1. Open or activate the List View that you wish to search. 2. Select Edit—>Find from the primary window menu bar. Click The List View Find window, Use this text box to enter a string you wish to match in any available List View column.
Page 91 2. In the Text to find (in ANY column) text box at the top of the window, enter the string you wish to match. Note that this field will not be available unless the All columns option is selected in the Column to search list box. For your convenience, the ten most recent search strings will be listed in a drop-down menu.
Page 92: Creating And Editing List Views
List Views Creating and Editing List Views You can create a variety of list views customized to meet your network management needs, either by editing any of the default views provided (except the All Nodes List View) or by creating entirely new views. User-defined filter criteria allow you to select which nodes will be displayed;...
Page 93: Selecting Node Information To Display
To edit an existing list view: 1. With the appropriate list view open and selected in the NetSight Element Manager primary window, select View —> Properties from the primary window menu bar.
Page 94: Node Information Options
If any node in your central node database is in a Critical or Warning state, this status condition will be propagated right up to your desktop via the minimized NetSight Element Manager icon — the Task Bar icon representing NetSight Element Manager will change from the inactive window title bar color to the active window title bar color.
Page 95 • Unknown (Blue) - A blue status icon indicates that NetSight Element Manager has not yet been able to contact the represented node, and has not yet determined whether or not that contact will be successful. A node icon is blue only temporarily, while NetSight Element Manager determines whether or not contact can be made: if contact is successfully made, the icon will turn green;...
Page 96: Selecting A Display Font
(“DLM Agent” or “DLM Client of (IP Address)” ) will be displayed. For more information on configuring and using Distributed LAN Management functions, see the DLM Status Groups chapter in the NetSight Element Manager Tools Guide, included with your document set.
Page 97: Selecting The Nodes To Display: Using Filters
You can filter nodes based on specific Subnet, Status Group, Enterprise, Class, and/or Topology attributes. With the exception of the All Nodes List View, the default views provided by NetSight Element Manager were created with the use of filters. For example, the Cabletron NOTE Devices View filters out all devices except Cabletron and Enterasys devices.
Page 98: Filter Categories
Available filter categories are: Subnets NetSight Element Manager automatically creates a subnet entry each time a node is added to the database; subnet entries can also be defined via the Discover application and/or via the View—>Subnets option in the primary window menu bar. All subnets which have been created will be displayed in this list box;...
Page 99 Classes Lists the functional classes that NetSight Element Manager can detect. Classes available for filtering include: • Repeater • Router/Gateway • Ethernet/FDDI Bridge • Multi-Topology Bridge • Server Nodes which support more than one functional class will be displayed in any view for which one of its classes is selected.
Page 100: Creating The Filter
Excluded Nodes NetSight Element Manager’s architecture — which stores all node information in a central database, and lets you choose how to view it — provides you with great flexibility in the management and storage of node information. One of the ways you can manage your collected node information is through the use of Excluded Nodes.
Page 101: To Exclude A Node From A View
illustrated in appropriate on all other views, and their placement on maps will not be affected; they can also be re-included in the view at any time. Nodes excluded from the “Active View” display here. Figure 4-11. The Individual View Excluded Nodes List For more information about Tree Views, see Chapter 5, about maps, see Chapter 6, NOTE...
Page 102 List Views Select the Delete key on your keyboard. Select the Delete Click the right mouse button on any of the selected entries, and select Delete from the resulting menu. The Node Delete window selected for deletion highlighted in the central window. Using Edit —>...
Page 103: To Re-Include A Node In A View
To Re-include a Node in a View To remove a node from a view’s Excluded Nodes list and re-include it in the view: 1. Open or activate the view whose excluded nodes you wish to re-include. 2. Open the view’s Properties window by clicking the right mouse anywhere in the view, and select List View Properties (or Tree View Properties) from the resulting menu.
Page 104: Excluding Nodes From The Central Node Database
Nodes which have been placed in the Excluded Nodes database are not polled by NetSight Element Manager, and are no longer displayed in any List, Tree, or Map View; they can only be viewed via the Excluded Nodes window.
Page 105: The Excluded Nodes List And Discover
The Excluded Nodes List and Discover The Excluded Nodes list can be used to prevent certain nodes from being re-discovered and re-added to the central node database. Nodes which have been excluded from all views are no longer polled byNetSight Element Manager or displayed in any of its views, but they won’t be discovered by the Discover application, either.
Page 106: To Re-Include A Node Into The Central Node Database
List Views 3. Click to select the All Views option, then click OK to confirm the deletion. The selected nodes will be removed from the central node database and all views, and placed in the Excluded Nodes database. Remember, the excluded nodes database can be viewed via the Excluded Nodes window (Figure 4-14, Excluded nodes can also be either re-included in the database, or deleted entirely.
Page 107: To Delete A Node From The Database
To Delete a Node from the Database You can also choose to remove nodes entirely from the NetSight Element Manager database, either directly from the Node Delete window (bypassing the excluded nodes database), or from the Excluded Nodes database itself. Nodes which have been entirely removed are not protected from re-discover, and will be automatically re-added to the database if they are discovered.
Page 108: Adding Network Elements To The Node Database
List Views 3. Click to select the Database option, then click OK to confirm the deletion. The selected nodes will be removed from the central node database entirely. To delete a single node or group of nodes from the Excluded Nodes window: 1.
Page 109: Adding A Device
The following sections describe how to add individual devices to the central node database, and how to edit the display properties of any node. Adding a Device In order to add a device to the central node database, you must have a List View or Tree View open and active in the primary window.
Page 110 List Views 2. In the Address field, enter the IP address assigned to the device you wish to add. 3. In the Community Name field, enter a community name that will provide at least Read access to the device you are adding. For full management access, use a community name that will provide superuser access.
Page 111: Editing Device Properties
If you click Yes, the Device Properties window opens, and you can add an Unnamed PING device to the central node database. If you click No, no new device will be added. If a map window was active when you selected the menu or toolbar option for adding a device, closing the Properties window will change the arrow pointer into a crosshair cursor.
Page 112: General Properties
List Views In the toolbar, click the Properties Right-click on the selected device and on the resulting menu select Properties. If you access the Properties window from within a List, Tree, or Map View, you will note that there are two properties-related options available on the menu which appears when NOTE you click on the selected device with the right mouse button.
Page 113: Device Properties
Interfaces The Interfaces tabbed page device (i.e., the first interface detected by NetSight Element Manager when the device is discovered or inserted), and both displays and allows you to set its polling parameters. You can also edit certain display properties for that interface.
Page 114: Class Properties
List Views Interface List Box Poll Settings Properties Class Properties The Class tabbed page selected device, along with the large (32x32 pixel) and small (16x16 pixel) icons associated with these types. The specific model name of the selected device is also displayed.
Page 115 (along with any applicable arguments), and the OID that will be queried to determine the device’s type code. For more information on configuring these settings, see Class Properties, Adding Network Elements to the Node Database page 4-37. Figure 4-24. Class Properties List Views Editing Node Click on the Node Classes...
Page 116: Configuring Node Interface Poll Settings
NOTE be configured in either location, with the same effect. For each node in the database, NetSight Element Manager polls a single interface (for multiple-interface devices, the interface associated with the first valid MAC address detected) via the highest successful polling method (Ping, SNMP MIB I, or SNMP MIB II).
Page 117 Chassis Manager running to be constantly appraised of its contact status; the Chassis Manager application uses its own polling mechanism independent of the node database polling in the NetSight Element Manager platform. Refer to the appropriate device-specific User’s Guide for more information on using Chassis Manager;...
Page 118: Editing Poll Settings For Multiple Nodes
List Views Editing Poll Settings for Multiple Nodes You can also edit interface poll settings for multiple nodes via the Multi-Node Properties window (illustrated in Figure 4-26. The Multi-Node Properties Window To edit interface poll settings: 1. Open and activate the view which contains the nodes whose interface poll settings you’d like to change, and use shift-click or ctrl-click to select the appropriate nodes.
Page 119: Editing Node Class Properties
Chapter 6, Editing Node Class Properties NetSight Element Manager classifies devices according to what is called a Node Class. In the Node Classes window (model, icon, class, etc.) are displayed in column format. This information can be sorted in forward or reverse order by column, as in your list views, by clicking on the column heading you want the nodes sorted by.
Page 120 If you wish to launch a specific application for a specific device, you can configure that by CAUTION customizing the Tools menu (and its accompanying toolbar); see Toolbar in Chapter 2, Figure 4-28. The Node Class Properties Window 4-38 (Figure 4-28) opens. Overview of NetSight Element Manager. Customizing the Editing Node Class Properties...
Page 121: Selecting A New Model, Class, Enterprise, Or Topology Symbol
General tabbed page is displayed first by default. Use the procedures outlined below to edit or create a node class. You can also create new node classes outside of the NetSight Element Manager platform via the AddDevType utility; see Appendix A, AddImage, and...
Page 122: Changing Management Application Information
List Views Changing Management Application Information The Node Class page of the Node Class Properties window also allows you to choose the management application that will be launched for all nodes assigned to a given node class. You specify this via the Command field, in which you enter the path and filename of the appropriate executable (*.EXE) file;...
Page 123 Manager which management application is to be launched for a given node class when any one of the Manage options is selected. For executables provided by NetSight Element Manager (which all reside in the \NetSight Element Manager x.x\bin directory by default), you need only enter the name of the executable file.
Page 124 List Views Building an Argument List The Arguments field allows you to specify any command line parameters (or arguments) that are required by (or permitted by) the selected executable. This field can be manually edited by clicking in it and typing in desired changes, or you can build an argument list using the Build window: 1.
Page 125 Arguments field of the Node Class page will contain the argument list you have created. Information NetSight Element Manager can extract about a selected node from the central node database includes: Flags accepted by executables located in \NetSight Element Manager x.x\bin include the following: chmgr32.exe...
Page 126: Changing General Node Class Properties
List Views In most cases, the flags and related argument values are optional. If you do not specify a necessary value, you will be prompted to supply it when the application launches. Selecting A Working Directory If it is required by the executable you have selected, you can also specify a Working Directory.
Page 127 Figure 4-32. The General Properties Window To enter information for a node class: 1. Click in the Name field, and type in a name for the node class. The value entered here is displayed in the Model field of the Node Classes window. 2.
Page 128: List Views And Maps
Both the Orphan and Go to Map functions require your map files to be open, though they need not be active. NetSight Element Manager will not be able to locate a node’s map if that map is closed, and any nodes located on closed maps will be marked as orphans.
Page 129: Using The Go To Map Function
Using the Go To Map Function You can use the Go to Map function to locate a node on the map on which it has been placed — provided, of course, that the map is open. 1. Open and/or activate the List View which contains the node or nodes whose map you wish to locate, and click to select one node.
Page 130 List Views 4-48 List Views and Maps...
Page 131: Chapter 5 Tree Views
About Tree Views Another way NetSight Element Manager allows you to see, organize, and work with the nodes in your database is through Tree Views. Tree Views, as their name implies, display the contents of your central node database via a tree view control. Each node included in a tree view is displayed at the root of the tree structure, labeled with the appropriate node icon and the node’s IP address or name.
Page 132: The Tree View Workspace
Figure 5-1. Getting Around the Tree View Workspace The default tree views provided with NetSight Element Manager are placed in the root Tree Views folder. All of these default views — except the read-only All Nodes Tree View — can be edited or deleted; you can also add additional views and/or folders.
Page 133 To add a folder at the top level of the Tree View hierarchy, click to select the main Tree Views folder. Figure 5-2. Adding a New Folder to the Tree View Workspace 3. In the resulting menu, click to select New Folder. A new folder will automatically be added in the branch you have selected.
Page 134: The All Nodes Tree View
Tree Views The All Nodes Tree View The All Nodes Tree View provides the most comprehensive look at the contents of your central node database. This special default view will always appear at the root of your Tree View hierarchy (as displayed in the Tree View workspace), and cannot be edited or deleted;...
Page 135: Other Default Tree Views
Other Default Tree Views As with List Views, NetSight Element Manager provides a set of default views for your convenience. Unlike the List Views, however, these default views don’t exclude any nodes; they just exclude some of the information displayed about the nodes. These default views can be used as is, edited to better suit your needs, or deleted entirely.
Page 136: Using The Keyboard
Tree Views Expand All Expand One Level Expand Two Levels Collapse One Level Collapse Two Levels Collapse All Using the Keyboard Once you have displayed and activated a tree view, you can also navigate with the arrow keys and the SPACE BAR: •...
Page 137: Creating And Editing Tree Views
Creating and Editing Tree Views You can create a variety of tree views customized to meet your network management needs, either by editing any of the default views provided (except the All Nodes Tree View) or by creating entirely new views. User-defined filter criteria allow you to select which nodes will be displayed;...
Page 138: Selecting Node Information To Display
Tree Views To edit an existing tree view: 1. With the appropriate tree view open and selected in the NetSight Element Manager primary window, select View —> Properties from the primary window menu bar. In the Tree View Workspace area, click the right mouse button on the name or icon associated with the view you wish to edit, and select Properties from the resulting menu.
Page 139: Node Properties Options
If any node in your central node database is in a Critical or Warning state, this status condition will be propagated right up to your desktop via the minimized NetSight Element Manager icon — the Task Bar icon representing NetSight Element Manager will change from the inactive window title bar color to the active window title bar color.
Page 140 Tree Views • Unknown (Blue) - NetSight Element Manager has not yet contacted the node, or has not determined whether that contact was successful. A node icon is blue only temporarily, while NetSight Element Manager determines whether contact can be made: if contact is successfully made, the icon will turn green;...
Page 141: Interface Properties Options
Interface Properties Options If you have selected the Interfaces node property for display, you can choose to display a variety of data specific to the interface through which NetSight Element Manager is communicating with each displayed node. Simply choosing the Interface Node Item displays a description of the contact interface, which serves as the label for the folder which contains the selectable Interface Items.
Page 142: Selecting A Display Font
Indicates the type of polling currently being used to contact the node. The configured interval between interface polls, in seconds. The number of polls that must fail before NetSight Element Manager declares communication with the interface has failed. Displays the text of any notes you have assigned to the interface.
Page 143: Selecting The Nodes To Display: Using Filters
Available filter categories are: Subnets NetSight Element Manager automatically creates a subnet entry each time a node is added to the database; subnet entries can also be defined via the Discover application and/or via the View—>Subnets option in the primary window menu bar. All subnets which have been created will be displayed in this list box;...
Page 144 Silicon Graphics, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Xyplex, Cayman, Digital, Compaq, and Enterasys. You can also choose to filter on nodes whose vendor code is unknown. Classes Lists the functional classes that NetSight Element Manager can detect. Classes available for filtering include: • Repeater • Router/Gateway •...
Page 145: Creating The Filter
• Software Loopback • Proteon 80Mbit • AAL5 over ATM • Arcnet • SONET • SDLC • Frame Relay Service • X.25 • M10X25 • Proprietary PPP Serial As with classes, nodes which support more than one topology will be displayed in any view for which one of its topologies is selected.
Page 146: Excluded Nodes
The Go to Map function requires your map files to be open, though they need not be active. NetSight Element Manager will not be able to locate a node’s map if that map is closed.
Page 147 Tree Views For nodes which are present on multiple maps, only one map will be selected — even if all related maps are open. To locate a node on more than one map, open all maps, use the Go to Map option to locate the node on one map, then close that map and repeat as necessary. Tree Views and Maps 5-17...
Page 148 Tree Views 5-18 Tree Views and Maps...
Page 149: Chapter 6 Creating Network Maps
NetSight Element Manager allows you to create a nested hierarchy of maps via the use of submap icons. In this nested hierarchy — which can be adjusted and changed as needed —...
Page 150: About The Map View
Creating Network Maps About the Map View The Map View portion of the NetSight Element Manager workspace (illustrated in Figure 6-1) provides a bird’s-eye view of the submap hierarchy you have created among your maps via a standard indented tree structure: maps can be grouped in Folders; folders can contain Maps and/or additional folders;...
Page 151: About Submap Icons
From within the Map View workspace, you can create, delete, or rename folders and maps, and delete or rename submaps; you can also launch the Properties window for any map or submap. Each of these functions is described in the following sections. About Submap Icons Using Submap icons submap reports its status —...
Page 152: About Goto Symbols
Creating Network Maps There is only one restriction to submap relationships: a map cannot be defined as a submap of more than one root map. In the above example, then, FLOOR_1 cannot be made a submap of any other root map while it is defined as a submap of BUILDING_A. If you try to add a second submap icon representing the same (FLOOR_1) map, the submap relationship will change —...
Page 153 If any node in your central node database is in a Critical or Warning state, this status condition will be propagated right up to your desktop via the minimized NetSight Element Manager icon — the Task Bar icon representing NetSight Element Manager will change from the inactive window title bar color to the active window title bar color.
Page 154: Building Your Network Map
Each map file is saved in two versions: a .MAP file and a .MRM file. The .MAP file is the version read by NetSight Element Manager. The .MRM file is a text version that can be re-imported into NetSight Element Manager if the .MAP file is corrupted or lost. You can move a map from one folder to another by taking advantage of these duplicate files: simply delete the .MAP file, click to select the folder you want the map stored in (in the...
Page 155: Renaming A Folder
display the collective status of the maps it contains. Note that folders are a Map View workspace display convention only, and they can only be created from within the Map View workspace itself. 1. Display the Map View page of the workspace by clicking on the the Workspace View.
Page 156 Creating Network Maps you must click the right mouse button on the folder of choice and select New View from the resulting menu (as described below), or make sure the folder you want to add the map to is highlighted in the Map View before using the File menu or toolbar options. You can also create a new map when you add a Submap or GoTo icon;...
Page 157: Setting Basic Map Options
Setting Basic Map Options NetSight Element Manager allows you to set a variety of display and print options for each map or submap you create. You can set these options when you first create a map or...
Page 158 Creating Network Maps Figure 6-5. Color Window (Expanded with Custom Colors) c. Select a color to apply to the map: 1.) Click one of the pre-defined Basic Colors from the palette. d. Click OK to return to the New Map View window. 2.
Page 159 NetSight Element Manager includes a self-extracting ZIP file that contains a variety of bitmap images you can use for map backgrounds. The file — called “images.exe” — is located in the \NetSight Element Manager\Bin directory; double-clicking on this file will extract the bitmap images.
Page 160: Editing Map Properties
Creating Network Maps 2. Select the desired font, style, size, effect, and color using the appropriate fields; note that the effect of the selected options will be displayed in the Sample text box. 3. Click OK to exit the window and apply your changes. The selected font style will be applied to all icon and symbol labels in the map.
Page 161: Adding A Submap
From within the map whose properties you wish to view, click the right mouse button on any blank space or map element, then select Map Properties from the resulting menu. From within the map whose properties you wish to view, double-click anywhere on the map background.
Page 162 Creating Network Maps 1. If necessary, open or activate the map to which you wish to add a submap icon. 2. In primary window menu bar, select Insert—>Sub Map. In the toolbar, click the Insert Sub Map window, If no other maps have yet been created, inserting a submap will launch the New Map View window directly.
Page 163: Generating Submaps Automatically
Submap process was initiated. Generating Submaps Automatically If you prefer, NetSight Element Manager can create a map hierarchy for you automatically, using the both the subnets you have defined via the Discover Manager and those which have been automatically defined when you added devices to your central node database.
Page 164 (though they will still be present in the central node database). 4. Click to select the Display Subnets option if you want NetSight Element Manager to place a descriptive text box in each map it creates; this text box will contain the IP designation of the related subnet.
Page 165: Changing A Submap Link
Figure 6-11. Automatically Created Submaps Changing a Submap Link Whether you have chosen to create a new map, link an existing map, or create a submap hierarchy automatically, submap links are entirely flexible and can be changed at any time. You can change submap relationships by moving a submap icon from one map to another (via drag-and-drop or cut and paste), by placing a submap icon in a new map, or by deleting a submap icon altogether;...
Page 166: Adding A Goto Symbol
Creating Network Maps If you use the Cut command to remove a submap icon, only the icon will be removed, and no confirmation is required. If you use the Delete command, the icon will be removed, and a prompt window opens asking if you wish to remove the view as well. Click Yes to remove CAUTION both the submap icon and the map view it represents;...
Page 167 3. To create an entirely new map, click Create New. The New Map View window (as illustrated in and display parameters as desired, then click OK. To link an existing map, select the name of the map you wish to link, then click OK.
Page 168: Importing An Mrm Map
Creating Network Maps Importing an MRM Map If you are upgrading from an earlier version of NetSight Element Manager, your map files should be backed up and restored automatically as part of the install process, and should open in their original condition.
Page 169: Importing A Map
2. If you want all unknown nodes to be discovered at once (without requiring any input from you), select Automatically Insert Devices. If you want to be prompted with an Insert Device window for each unknown node, select Manually Insert Devices. 3.
Page 170 Creating Network Maps 3. Use the Look in field to select the appropriate directory, then select the file you wish to import in the list box. The selected file opens in the File name: text box; click on Open to import the file. The Import Progress window, Figure Figure 6-15.
Page 171: Adding Network Elements To Your Map
Copy and Paste commands. When you perform a network Discover operation, all discovered devices are automatically added to the central node database maintained by NetSight Element Manager, and they will automatically appear in the appropriate list and tree views; adding individual devices from the primary window menu bar (via Insert—>Device) or from the toolbar (via the Insert Device...
Page 172 Creating Network Maps The Insert Device window, 3. In the Address field, enter the IP address assigned to the device you wish to add. 4. In the Community Name field, enter a community name that will provide at least Read access to the device you are adding. For full management access, use a community name that will provide superuser access.
Page 173 If you have configured and activated the Autofill options (either via the Welcome Wizard or via the Tools—>Options window), the autofill values you have set for IP address and community name display automatically in the appropriate fields. You can keep these options or replace them, as necessary.
Page 174: Customizing Your Map
Creating Network Maps Click on the tabs to display the four different pages available in the Device Properties window. Figure 6-19. The Device Properties Window By default, device icons will be labeled by the MIB-II sysName (if one has been assigned) or, if no name has been assigned, by IP address.
Page 175: Using Non-Manageable Symbols
— or choose not to — manage via NetSight Element Manager. A library of predefined symbols are provided, or you can define your own symbols by adding additional bitmap images.
Page 176: Editing Symbol Properties
When you edit the symbol database, you are changing the basic information NetSight Element Manager uses to define and display symbols. These changes cannot easily be undone;...
Page 177 The new label will be displayed on the selected symbol icon. Editing the Symbol Database If you wish, you can also edit the properties assigned to a symbol type in the NetSight Element Manager symbol database. If you choose to edit a symbol at this level, however, note that the changes you make cannot be easily undone, and will be applied to every instance of the symbol that you place in your maps.
Page 178 Creating Network Maps If you can’t find a symbol in the database that suits your needs, but you are reluctant to permanently edit the symbol database, you might want to create an entirely new symbol instead. This new symbol will be added to the existing database, but will not change any existing symbol definitions.
Page 179 Figure 6-24. Global Symbol Properties Window 4. To change the label assigned to all symbols of the selected type, click in the Label field, and enter the desired text. 5. To change the numeric identifier assigned to the symbol type, click in the Identifier field, and enter a new numeric value.
Page 180 Creating Network Maps selection. The image portion you have selected will be displayed below the Large Image radio button. Move the cursor and click again to change this selection until you find the one you want. 7. Click OK to save your new symbol definition. If you have changed the symbol label or image, the new properties will be displayed in the Select Symbol window.
Page 181: Using Connections
5. To assign a numeric identifier to your new symbol, click in the Identifier field, and enter a new numeric value. Be sure you do not assign a value already being used by another symbol; if you do, the symbol you are creating will replace the symbol originally identified by that value! To verify that you are not using an existing identifier, view the Select Symbol window CAUTION (Figure...
Page 182: Using Lines And Shapes
Creating Network Maps 2. Click the Connection tool Select Draw—>Connection from the primary window menu bar. 3. Move the cursor back into the map window, and note that it has changed from an arrow to a mouse is positioned over an object (node icon or symbol) which can support a connection.
Page 183 If you are creating a rectangle or ellipse, click and hold the mouse button and drag to create the size and shape object you want. Releasing the mouse button completes the object, but note that the crosshair cursor remains, allowing you to draw additional objects of the same shape without having to re-select the tool.
Page 184 Creating Network Maps Use the Line Properties window to change the look of both lines and connections. To specify Line Properties: 1. Select the Line Type by clicking the mouse button on the appropriate option: Solid, Dotted, or Dashed. 2. If you selected a Solid line, you can specify its Line Width in pixels. Dotted and dashed lines are fixed at 1 pixel.
Page 185: Using Text
3. The Sample portion of the window will display your changes as you make them; when the sample displays the look you want to achieve, click OK to apply changes and exit the window. You can also reshape existing objects, as follows. To reshape an existing line: 1.
Page 186 Creating Network Maps 5. To move the text box, click and hold the mouse button, and drag the cursor to the appropriate location. (Note that you can move this text element any time, just like any other map element.) 6. When you have finished typing, click anywhere outside the text box. The default selections for font type, color, and size will be used for each new text element;...
Page 187: Adding Object Notes
4. Using the Size: list box, select a font size for the string. 5. If you want your text to have a Strikeout or Underline Effect, click to select (X) the appropriate option. 6. Using the Color scrollbox, click to select a color for your text string. 7.
Page 188 Creating Network Maps 3. Click to place the cursor in the text area, and add your note. Note that the text will wrap automatically, or you can enter a carriage return by pressing Enter (if you are annotating a device icon) or ctrl-Enter (if you are annotating a map object).
Page 189 3. Enter the desired notes text in the Notes field available on the General Properties tabbed page. As illustrated in Notes field will also be displayed in the Object Notes window, and vice versa. You can also add an Object Note to a device via the Properties window.
Page 190: Adding Notes To Multiple Nodes
Multiple Nodes Changing the Layout of Map Objects NetSight Element Manager provides a variety of layout tools that allow you to arrange node icons, symbols, and all other map elements with the click of a mouse. You can layer objects; align a group of selected objects by left edge, right edge, top, or bottom; re-size objects to match the controlling object’s height, width, or both;...
Page 191: Layering Items In A Map
Layering Items in a Map You can arrange any map object — node icons, symbols, shapes, lines, connections, and text elements — into layers by using the Layering Tools (see via the Layout—>Layer menu on the primary window menu bar. The layering position of a single object is determined relative only to other contiguous objects —...
Page 192: Space Evenly (Horizontally Or Vertically)
Creating Network Maps To align selected objects to the top of the controlling object, click on the Align Top To align selected objects to the bottom the controlling object, click on the Align Bottom 4. The aligned objects remain selected after the alignment procedure is complete;...
Page 193: Make Same Width, Height, Or Size
or align the objects by the top, bottom, left, or right edges using the alignment tools described in the previous section. To de-select the objects, click the left mouse button anywhere in the map background. Make Same Width, Height, or Size You can use the Make Same Size tools to reshape graphic elements in relation to one another.
Page 194: Align Objects In Grid
Creating Network Maps Align Objects in Grid The Grid tool the upper-left-hand corner of the map window. 1. If necessary, open or activate the map which contains the objects you wish to align. (Remember, neither the Alignment Toolbar nor the Layout menu options will be active unless a map window is active.) 2.
Page 195: Using Object Linking And Embedding (Ole)
Using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) NetSight Element Manager can take advantage of Microsoft Windows’ Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) architecture as a client application for data that has been created via external server applications. OLE is a convenient method of integrating information...
Page 196 A linked or embedded data structure is generically termed an Object, since the data can be created by any OLE supporting application. From the NetSight Element Manager map interface, there is no apparent difference between a linked or embedded object — each appears on your map as an icon (or picture) within a border from which you can access the object data.
Page 197: Embedding An Object In A Map File
For more information regarding Object Linking and Embedding, as well as the Microsoft Object Packager, refer to the Microsoft Windows User’s Guide for the Windows NOTE Graphical Environment. Embedding an Object in a Map File This section provides directions for creating an embedded object icon from within the map interface.
Page 198 Creating Network Maps 4. Objects on your map will be confined within a resizable border that contains a pictorial representation of the object data. The pictorial representation may be an icon to indicate the linked or embedded document, or the source data itself may be visible within the border.
Page 199 A new embedded object displays within a border on your map. You cannot create a link to an object created from within your NetSight Element Manager map file (as in the process described above); this data will always be embedded. If you...
Page 200: Creating An Object Link
Creating Network Maps Figure 6-33. Sample Insert Object Window (Create From File Selected) b. If you wish to link the existing object, be sure to select the Link option before placing the object in your map (see the following section for details), or click OK to embed the object in your map.
Page 201: Editing Object Data
Figure 6-34. Sample Object Packager Window 3. Create an Object Package. Embed or link an entire document (or part of a document) into the package, or build an MS-DOS command line to run a batch file or start an application via the package; then specify the icon and label to be used for the package.
Page 202: Updating A Link
Creating Network Maps Updating a Link You can use the Links window to see a list of all linked objects in any map, and: • Specify whether to manually or automatically update the appearance of the linked object data within its border (if it is not displayed as an icon). •...
Page 203 Type Update Remember, the Update state of a link determines how it appears in the map — and does not correspond to the version of the source document that is accessed via the linked NOTE object. Opening the source document through the link will always open its last saved version.
Page 204: Converting An Object
You cannot convert a linked object via NetSight Element Manager; linked objects must be converted from within their source application.
Page 205: Working With Linked And Embedded Objects
1. Open or activate the map which contains the object you wish to convert, and click to select the object. 2. From the primary window menu bar, select Edit—>XXX Object—>Convert. The Convert window, 3. In the Object Type panel, click to highlight the application type to which you want to temporarily or permanently convert the embedded or linked data.
Page 206: Editing Your Map
Creating Network Maps You can also perform the standard Cut, Copy, and Paste options on embedded or linked objects in your map. If you copy an embedded object and paste it to another map, the source data will be copied into the new map; if you copy a linked object, the source file pointer will be copied into the new map.
Page 207 Creating Network Maps Figure 6-37. The Node Delete Window Second, you can cut and paste or move Submap icons, and the links will change accordingly; remember, however, that no map can be a submap to more than one root map. If you try to place multiple submap icons representing the same map, the submap link will change without warning (and the workspace display will update accordingly).
Page 208: Protecting Your Maps From Editing: The Lock Feature
Creating Network Maps 3. Select Edit —>Copy from the primary window menu bar, the Copy button on the toolbar, or the Copy option on the right-mouse map menu. 4. Create, open, or activate the map to which you wish to add the copied icons, and select Edit —>Paste Special (No IPs) from the primary window menu bar.
Page 209: Managing Maps And Folders
No matter what closing method you choose, you will be prompted to save the map if it has changed since it was opened. You will also be prompted to save all open maps any time you exit NetSight Element Manager; see information about saving maps.
Page 210: Saving Maps
Tools—>Options—>Directories settings; however, the .MRM files will not be listed when you select an Open Map option, as the .MAP files are the ones viewed in NetSight Element Manager.
Page 211 Creating Network Maps The selected map or folder will be deleted without further confirmation. Note that deleting a map deletes only the .MAP version of the map file; the .MRM version remains intact in the assigned directory and can be re-imported at any time. (To remove lingering .MRM files, use the Windows Explorer or any other Windows file management application.) Managing Maps and Folders 6-63...
Page 212 Creating Network Maps 6-64 Managing Maps and Folders...
Page 213: Chapter 7 Node Management Overview
Launching Device Management The primary interface NetSight Element Manager provides for device management is the Device View (also called the Chassis View). This view serves as a single point of access to...
Page 214: A Brief Overview Of Device Management
(FDDI, repeater, or bridge), and provide access to a variety of utilities. If NetSight Element Manager can only communicate with a device via standard MIB I or MIB II objects, it will have no device-specific management available. In this case, a “generic”...
Page 215 Figure 7-1. Sample Module and Chassis View Windows Any network interfaces that NetSight Element Manager detects on such a device will be color-coded for SNMP MIB-II ifOperStatus (interface operational status): Up (green), Down (blue) or Test (magenta). Any identifying fields provided for the device (e.g., an...
Page 216: Source Address Naming
Most devices support a variety of source addressing features, all based on the ability of each device to create and maintain a database of the MAC addresses which are communicating through each of its ports. NetSight Element Manager allows you to view and control these databases in a variety of ways, including: •...
Page 217 4. Exit and re-start NetSight Element Manager, so that the changes to ctron.ini will take effect. You need not close, then re-open NetSight Element Manager after making edits to the ENETADDR.DEF file; it’s only necessary after editing the ctron.ini file.
Page 218: Ping
Figure 7-3. Sample Source Addresses Window If you have Network Analyzer software, you can use the ENETADDR.DEF file generated by the Analyzer for all source addresses. Simply copy the existing file into the NetSight Element Manager data directory (by default, \NetSight Element Manager x.x\bin).
Page 219 A successful ping, and one which has timed out. NetSight Element Manager sends a PING request to the selected device, and the response, if any, is displayed in the PING window. PING Figure 7-4. The PING Window Node Management Overview...
Page 220 Node Management Overview PING...
Page 221: Using The Addtool Utility
Batch Customization via AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType Using the AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType tools to expand the capabilities of NetSight Element Manager Three options — the ability to add an option to the Tools menu, the ability to define a new Node Class to represent a device type, and the ability to define (and add an icon representing) a new Model, Class, Enterprise, or Topology value —...
Page 222 Batch Customization via AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType Bubble Text Bubble text appears in a pop-up window when the mouse pointer is held over the associated Toolbar button. Command This parameter specifies the executable that will be launched when the associated Toolbar button or Tools menu item is selected.
Page 223: Creating An Add Tool Input File
Menu text, Hint text, Bubble text, Command, Arguments, Working directory, Small image file, Large image file MIB &Tools, Launch the MIB Tools application, MIB Tools, MIBMGR.EXE, /ip %I /comm %C, D:\NetSight Element Manager x.x\DATA, smlLeaf.bmp, lrgLeaf.bmp &Notepad, Launch Notepad, Notepad, C:\WINNT\notepad.exe, , , C:\images\small_note.bmp, C:\images\large_note.bmp...
Page 224: Executing The Addtool Command
Once you have created the necessary input files, you can run the AddTool utility via the Run window, as follows: 1. Make sure NetSight Element Manager and all of its components are shut down; the AddTool utility will not run if NetSight Element Manager is running.
Page 225: Using The Addimage Utility
Chapter 2, Using the AddImage Utility NetSight Element Manager classifies devices according to what is called a Node Class. Each defined Node Class specifies four kinds of attributes that describe the device: Model (the model type of the device, such as CSX200 or 6H123-50), Class (the functional classes supported by the device, such as Switch, Repeater, etc.), Topology (topologies...
Page 226: Creating An Addimage Input File
Use this field to specify the small (16x16 pixel) bitmap image file that will be used to represent your image in a variety of places within the NetSight Element Manager framework (in the appropriate Select Symbol window, in a List View or Tree View, etc.).
Page 227: Tag/Data Format
class, Roundabouter, c:\small_icons\round16.bmp, c:\big_icons\round32.bmp, 711 topology, RoundLAN, c:\small_icons\LAN16.bmp, c:\big_icons\LAN32.bmp, 712 model, KidMobile, c:\small_icons\car16.bmp, c:\small_icons\car32.bmp, 713 enterprise, Mom-n-Pop, c:\small_icons\folks16.bmp, c:\small_icons\folks32.bmp, 714 Although the sample input file shown here assigns a different Image ID value to each new image, images of different types can share Image IDs. For example, each image added by this input file could have been assigned the same Image ID, as long as that ID value was not being used by another image of the same type.
Page 228: Executing The Addimage Command
If no message windows appear, the tools have been added successfully. Once you have added images to the NetSight Element Manager framework, they can only be removed by using the Restore from new function in the Data File Manager (described...
Page 229: Using The Adddevtype Utility
Your new Node Class can use existing Model, Class, Topology, and Enterprise attribute types, or any new ones you have defined via the AddImage utility.NetSight Element Manager provides pre-defined node classes for all of the devices it supports, but if you wish you can use the AddDevType tool to add any additional ones you might need.
Page 230 Manage options is selected. If the executable you specify is located with the executables (in the \NetSight Element Manager x.x\bin directory), you need only specify the executable name. If it is located in another directory, be sure to specify the full path.
Page 231: Creating An Adddevtype Input File
Notes Use this optional parameter to specify any additional note information you’d like to display by default in the Properties window for devices represented by your new node class. Creating an AddDevType Input File You can create your AddDevType input file in one of two formats: multi-line tag/data format, or single-line comma-separated variable (CSV) format.
Page 232: Tag/Data Format
Once you have created the necessary input files, you can run the AddDevType utility via the Run window, as follows: 1. Make sure NetSight Element Manager and all of its components are shut down; the AddDevType utility will not run if NetSight Element Manager is running.
Page 233: Viewing The Log File
If no message windows appear, the tools have been added successfully. Once you have added one or more device types to the NetSight Element Manager framework, they can only be removed by using the Restore from new function in the Data...
Page 234 Batch Customization via AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType A-14 Viewing the Log File...
Page 235 Symbols *.dmf 2-31 *.map files 2-31 *.mmp files 2-31 .dat files 2-31 .MAP files inadvertently deleting 6-59 .MRM files 2-31 About List Views 4-1 Adding a Device 4-27 Address 5-10, 5-12 Address Mask 2-17 address mask 3-7 Address Range Properties window (Discovery) 3-6 Alarm Threshold 4-34 aligning map elements 6-42 argument substitutions 4-43...
Page 236 Index Discover Process 3-16 Discover Properties Device 3-5 General 3-4 Discover Properties window, accessing 3-2 Discover Scripts deleting 3-18 Discover scripts 3-1, 3-2, 3-19 Discover Scripts, creating and modifying 3-2 Discover Scripts, executing 3-14 Discover Wizard 3-1 starting 3-19 Discovery Parameters IP Address Ranges 3-5 Subnets 3-7 Display As Icon 6-50...
Page 237 MAC address, locating 3-19 MAC search 3-25 manual insertion, when importing maps 6-22 Manual link updates 6-55 Map View 6-2 maps adding a bitmap background 6-10 adding connections 6-33 adding new 6-7 position in Map View hierarchy 6-8 adding non-manageable graphical objects 6-26 adding shapes and lines 6-34 adding symbols 6-27 and Discover 6-23...
Page 238 Index RMFLT.LDB 2-31 rmflt.mdb 2-31 Scheduler application launching from Discover Manager 3-19 scheduling downloads 2-12 scheduling MIB recordings and SETs 2-12 Select All 4-12 Select All Nodes 6-60 Select Orphans 4-46 Services 2-3 Set log size 2-25 Shape Properties specifying 6-36 Show Splash window 2-14 Show Tooltips 2-14 Small Icon Detail Format 4-6...

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