Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide Firmware-Update

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EPICenter™ Software

Installation and User Guide

Version 4.1

Published: June, 2003

Part number: 100143-00 Rev. 01

Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and certain other jurisdictions. EPICenter, ExtremeWare, ExtremeWare Vista,

ExtremeWorks, ExtremeAssist, ExtremeAssist1, ExtremeAssist2, PartnerAssist, Extreme Standby Router Protocol, ESRP,

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subject to change without notice.

Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org).

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Contents

Preface

Introduction 17

Terminology 17

Conventions 18

Related Publications 19

Chapter 1 EPICenter and Policy Manager Overview

Introduction 21

Summary of Features 22

Simple Inventory Management 23

The Alarm System 23

The Configuration Manager 23

The Grouping Manager 23

The IP/MAC Address Finder 24

Interactive Telnet Applet 24

ExtremeView Configuration and Status Monitoring 24

Real-Time Statistics 24

Topology Views 25

Enterprise-wide VLAN Management 25

The ESRP Manager 25

The STP Monitor 26

Dynamic Reports 26

Distributed Server Mode 26

Security Management 26

EPICenter Stand-alone Utilities 27

EPICenter Components 27

Extreme Networks Switch Management 28

Extreme Networks Device Support 29

Third-Party Device Support 29

Overview of the Policy Manager 29

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Basic EPICenter Policy Definition 30

Policy Types 31

Access-based Security Policies 31

IP-Based Policies (Access List Policies) 33

Source Port Policies 36

VLAN Policies 37

Policy Named Components 38

Policy Access Domain and Scope 41

Using Groups in Policy Definitions 42

Precedence Relationships within the Policy Manager 43

Policy Configuration 43

Cisco Device Support 44

Cisco Port Mappings 44

Limitations on Cisco Device Support 44

EPICenter Policy Limitations 45

Chapter 2 Installing the EPICenter Software

Installation Overview 47

Server Requirements 48

Windows 2000 or Windows XP 48

Solaris 48

Client Requirements 49

Browser Requirements for Reports 49

EPICenter Software Licensing 50

Obtaining an Evaluation License 50

Obtaining a Permanent License 50

Upgrading an Evaluation License 50

Adding a License for an Optional Product 51

Upgrading from a Previous Release 51

Installing on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP System 52

Adding or Updating the License Key 55

Installing on a Solaris System 56

Required Patches 56

Local Name Resolution 56

Installing the EPICenter Server 56

Adding or Updating a License Key 61

Setting Up SNMP Version 3 for Solaris and Windows 62

Installing the EPICenter Client 62

Installing the Stand-Alone Client Application on Windows 2000 or Windows XP 63

Installing the Stand-Alone Client Application in the Solaris Operating Environment64

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Uninstalling the EPICenter Software 66

Uninstalling the EPICenter Server on Windows 2000 or Windows XP 66

Uninstalling the EPICenter Stand-Alone Client Application on Windows 2000 or

Windows XP 67

Uninstalling the EPICenter Server in Solaris 67

Uninstalling the EPICenter Stand-Alone Client Application in Solaris 68

Chapter 3 Starting EPICenter

Running the EPICenter Server Software under Windows 69

Starting the EPICenter Server 69

Shutting Down the EPICenter Server Components 70

Restarting the EPICenter Server Components as Services 71

Running the EPICenter Server Software under Solaris 71

Starting or Restarting the EPICenter Server 71

Shutting Down the EPICenter Server Components 71

The EPICenter Client 72

Running the EPICenter Stand-alone Client 72

Viewing Reports from the Stand-Alone Client 74

Running the EPICenter Client in a Browser 74

The Network Status Summary Report Page 77

The Distributed Server Summary 78

The “About EPICenter” Page 79

Navigating the EPICenter Applications 80

The Navigation Toolbar 80

Main Applet Frame 82

The Component Tree 82

The Status/Detail Information Panel 83

Moving the Component Tree Boundary 84

Resizing Columns 84

Sorting Columns 85

Applet Function Buttons 85

Printing from EPICenter 86

Chapter 4 Using the Inventory Manager

Overview of the EPICenter Device Inventory 87

Gathering Device Status Information 88

Displaying the Network Device Inventory 89

Viewing Device Status Information 90

Viewing Device Information from Pop-up Menus 92

Discovering Network Devices 95

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Adding Devices and Device Groups 100

Adding a Device 100

Creating a Device Group 102

Modifying Devices and Device Groups 104

Modifying a Device 104

Modifying a Device Group 107

Deleting Devices and Device Groups from the Database 109

Deleting a Device 109

Deleting a Device Group 110

Updating Device Information 111

Configuring Default Access Parameters 112

Finding Devices 114

Displaying Properties 115

All Device Group Properties 115

Device Properties 117

Chapter 5 The EPICenter Alarm System

Overview of the EPICenter Alarm System 121

The Alarm Log Browser 122

Acknowledging an Alarm 124

Deleting Alarm Log Entries 124

Deleting Groups of Log Entries 124

Viewing Alarm Details 126

Filtering the Alarm Display 126

Deleting Alarm Log Filters 128

Pausing All Alarms 129

Defining Alarms 129

Creating a New Alarm Definition 130

Modifying Alarm Definitions 138

Deleting Alarm Definitions 138

Alarm Categories 138

Creating a New Alarm Category 138

Modifying an Alarm Category 139

Deleting an Alarm Category 139

Threshold Configuration 139

Creating an Event Rule 142

Modifying a Rule 150

Deleting a Rule 151

Resynchronizing the RMON Rules 151

Configuring Other SNMP Trap Events 152

Configuring EPICenter as a Syslog Receiver 153

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Setting EPICenter as a Trap Receiver 153

Log Archive 154

Writing Tcl Scripts for Alarm Actions 155

The Tcl Scripting Environment 155

Chapter 6 Configuration Manager

Overview of the Configuration Manager 157

Viewing Device Information from Pop-up Menus 159

Uploading Configurations from Devices 163

Archiving Configuration Settings 165

Device Schedules 165

Global Schedules 167

Downloading Configuration Information to a Device 168

Downloading an Incremental Configuration to Devices 169

Creating an Incremental Configuration File 170

Upgrading Software Images 170

Performing a Multi-Step Upgrade 171

Upgrading Images on Devices 173

Upgrading BootROM on Devices 177

Upgrading Slot Images on Modular Devices 178

Selecting Software Images 181

Specifying the Current Software Versions 182

Performing a Live Software Update 183

Obtaining New Software Images 184

Configuring the TFTP Server 186

Finding Devices 187

Displaying Properties 187

Device Group Properties 188

Device Properties 188

Chapter 7 Using the Interactive Telnet Application

Overview of the Interactive Telnet Applet 191

Using Telnet with Extreme Switches 191

Running ExtremeWare Command Macros 192

Running a Telnet Session on an Individual Switch 196

Using Interactive Telnet with Third-Party Devices 199

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Viewing Device Information from Pop-up Menus 199

Properties 199

Alarms 200

Browse 200

EView 200

Statistics 200

Sync 201

VLANs 201

Finding Devices 201

Displaying Properties 202

Device Group Properties 202

Device Properties 202

Chapter 8 The Grouping Manager

Overview of the Grouping Manager 205

Displaying EPICenter Groups and Resources 207

Resource Details 209

Grouping Manager Functions 210

Creating a New Resource 211

Deleting Resources 213

Adding a Resource as a Child of a Group 213

Removing A Child Resource from a Group 216

Adding Relationships to a Resource 216

Removing Relationships from a Resource 218

Adding and Removing Attributes 219

Searching for a Resource 221

Setting up a Resource Search 222

Searching from the Main Toolbar 224

Searching from the Add Resources or Add Relationship Window 225

Importing Resources 225

Importing from an LDAP Directory 227

Importing from a File 228

Importing from an NT Domain Controller or NIS Server 232

Chapter 9 Using the IP/MAC Address Finder

Overview of the IP/MAC Finder Applet 233

ExtremeWare Software Requirements 234

Tasks List Summary Window 234

Creating a Search Task 236

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Detailed Task View 238

Exporting Task Results to a Text File 240

Chapter 10 Using ExtremeView

Overview of the ExtremeView Application 243

Viewing Device Status Information 244

Viewing Switch Configuration Information 248

Viewing Switch Statistics 253

Finding Devices 255

Viewing Device Information from Pop-up Menus 256

Properties 256

Alarms 257

Browse 257

Statistics 258

Sync 258

Telnet 258

VLANs 258

Displaying Properties 259

Device Group Properties 259

Device Properties 259

Slot Properties 260

Port Properties 263

Chapter 11 Real-Time Statistics

Overview of Real-Time Statistics 267

Displaying Multi-port Statistics 269

Displaying Statistics For a Single Port 271

Changing the Display Mode 273

Setting Graph Preferences 274

Taking Graph Snapshots 277

Viewing Device Information from Pop-up Menus 279

Properties 279

Alarms 279

Browse 280

EView 280

Sync 280

Telnet 280

VLANs 281

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Displaying Properties 281

Device Group Properties 281

Device Properties 281

Slot Properties 282

Port Properties 283

Chapter 12 Network Topology Views

Overview of EPICenter Topology Views 285

Displaying a Network Topology View 286

Map Elements 287

Map Element Description Panel 291

Manipulating Topology Views and Maps 292

Creating a New View or a New Map 293

Node Placement Criteria in an Auto Populate View 294

Adding Elements to the Map 297

Editing the Map 301

Setting View Properties 304

Map Viewing Functions 305

Displaying VLAN Information 313

Using the Tools Menu 315

Mark Links Mode 315

Adding Links to a VLAN 315

Connecting an Edge Port to a VLAN 317

Device Alarms 318

Device Browse 319

Device Statistics 319

Device Telnet 319

Device View 319

Device VLANs 320

Device Properties 320

Chapter 13 Using the VLAN Manager

Overview of Virtual LANs 321

Displaying a VLAN 322

Viewing VLANs on a Switch 324

Viewing Switches in a VLAN 325

Viewing VLAN Member Ports 326

Viewing Device Information from Pop-up Menus 328

Adding a VLAN 330

Deleting a VLAN 333

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