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x ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide15 Administering EPICenterOverview of User Administration 15-1Controlling EPICenter Access

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-25Finding Devices2 To select a device from a specific device group, select the device gro

4-26 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerFigure 4-17: Find Devices dialog2 Enteryoursearchcriteria:Yo

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-27Finding Devices3 Click Find to search for devices that meet the criteria you have speci

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-15The EPICenter Alarm SystemThis chapter describes how to use the ExtremeWare EPICenter A

5-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm Systemselected traps from other MIBs. When an alarm occurs you can s

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-3The Alarm Log BrowserFigure 5-1: The Alarm Log Browser pageThe Alarm Log Browser page di

5-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm System• Invalid login (Extreme proprietary trap)• Redundant Power Su

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-5The Alarm Log BrowserAcknowledging an AlarmTo acknowledge an alarm:1 Select the alarm or

5-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFigure 5-2: Detailed view of an Alarm Log entryThis displays d

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-7The Alarm Log Browserthe top of the alarm summary display. The predefined filters are ba

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xiDynamic Reports 16-9Viewing Predefined EPICenter Reports 16-10Report Filtering 16-10Serve

5-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm System4 Enter the value (or values) against which the parameter shou

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-9Defining Alarms• Device reboot (EPICenter event)By default these alarms are all enabled,

5-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemAlarm Actions: Initially the predefinedalarmshave no actionsd

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-11Defining AlarmsUse the tabs at the top of the window to move between the three pages. W

5-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFor certain other events, you must do the configuration on th

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-13Defining AlarmsThe Alarm ScopeTo definea scopefor thealarm,clickthe Scope tab. TheScope

5-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFigure 5-6: The New Alarm Definition window, Scope definition

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-15Defining Alarmsports.You couldalso define a port group for the specific ports ofinteres

5-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFigure 5-7: The New Alarm Definition window, Action definitio

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-17Defining Alarms• Forward Trap to: Click this checkbox to forwardthe trap event that cau

xii ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideB EPICenter UtilitiesThe DevCLI Utility B-1Using the DevCLI Commands B-2DevCLI Examples

5-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFigure 5-8: Setting up E-mail for EPICenter alarm actions2 En

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-19Defining Alarmsd Click the Add button to add port 10 to the Selection list.3 Click the

5-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemIfyou have not yet createdtheRMON rule,typein aname forthe ru

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-21Alarm CategoriesAfter you verify that you want to delete the alarm, the definition is r

5-22 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemDeleting a category also deletes all the alarm definitions th

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-23Event ConfigurationConfiguration page is displayed. Figure 5-9 shows the Alarm System C

5-24 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemRMON Rule DisplayFor RMON rules, the display shows the follow

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-25Event ConfigurationFigure 5-10: The event Configuration window showing CPU Configuratio

5-26 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFor a detailed definition ofthese parameters, see “CPUUtiliza

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-27Event ConfigurationFor CPU Utilization rules, each target device for a CPU utilization

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xiiiThe Backup Utility E-4The DBBACKUP Command-line Utility E-4Database Connection Paramete

5-28 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemYou can also type the beginning of a variable name into the M

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-29Event Configuration— Delta tocalculatethedifferencebetweenthecurrentsamplevalueandthepr

5-30 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFigure 5-13: RMON Alarm event generationBecause the initial s

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-31Event ConfigurationFor a more detailed discussion of Remote Network Monitoring alarm be

5-32 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm System•StartupAlarm: The Startup condition is predefined to be Risi

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-33Event Configurationbelow theFalling threshold. Atpoint Bthe value againpasses theRising

5-34 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemThe fields and buttons in this window are defined as follows:

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-35Event Configurationd Type“1500”intheRisingThreshold field.Notethat forthisvariabletheva

5-36 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm SystemFigure 5-16: Modify Configuration windowThe window shows the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-37Event ConfigurationResynchronizing the RMON RulesTo resynchronize EPICenter’s database

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xvFigures1-1 ExtremeWare EPICenter software architecture 1-93-1 EPICenter start-up page 3-5

5-38 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm System6 The Synchronize functiondisplays a dialog box withstatus or

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-39Writing Tcl Scripts for Alarm ActionsFor example,if the IP address of the EPICenter ser

5-40 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm Systemvariables, access alarm instance data, access event log data,

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 5-41Writing Tcl Scripts for Alarm ActionsThe following table outlines the EPICenter server

5-42 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe EPICenter Alarm Systemextr::sendMail✔Sends e-mail through the EPICenter server. Syn

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-16Configuration ManagerThis chapter describes how to use the EPICenter Configuration Mana

6-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration Manageroccur at regular times—once a day or once a week. The Configuration

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-3Overview of the Configuration Manager• Status: the status of the most recent configurati

6-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerFigure 6-2: Configuration and Software status for an individual dev

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-5Uploading Configurations from DevicesUploading Configurations from DevicesTo upload the

xvi ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide4-14 Devices tab of the Delete Devices and Device Groupswindow 4-224-15 Device Groups ta

6-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerThe devices you select will be moved to the Devices for Upload list

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-7Archiving Configuration SettingsArchiving Configuration SettingsYou can schedule the upl

6-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration Manager1 SelectaDeviceGroup in theDeviceGroupsfield.Thedevicesthatbelongto

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-9Downloading Configuration Information to a DeviceThe Download Config to a device window

6-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerThe EPICenter software does not save the configuration on the devi

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-11Downloading an Incremental Configuration to DevicesFigure 6-6: Download incremental con

6-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerThe Configuration Manager will display an error if you attempt an

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-13Upgrading Device Software ImagesIf a BootROM upgrade does not complete successfully, it

6-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerThe entries in the Current Image, New Image,andImage Status column

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-15Specifying the Current Software VersionsYou cancheck the Extreme Networks web site for

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xvii7-5 A newly-opened Telnet session 7-97-6 An open Telnet session showing the pop-up edit

6-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerFigure 6-8: Configure New Image windowEnter the version informatio

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-17Configuring the TFTP ServerFigure 6-9: Configure TFTP Server windowBy default, the embe

6-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideConfiguration ManagerFinding DevicesYou can search for a device in the EPICenter databa

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 6-19Finding Devices?is a wildcard for a single digit (0-9)— A device group. Select the devi

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-17Using the Interactive TelnetApplicationThis chapter describes how to use the Interactiv

7-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Interactive Telnet ApplicationUsing Telnet with Extreme SwitchesThe Telnet app

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-3Using Telnet with Extreme SwitchesThe Telnet Connections list displays the switches in t

7-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Interactive Telnet ApplicationFigure 7-2: The Telnet record and play bufferTo

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-5Using Telnet with Extreme SwitchesClicktherightmouse buttonanywherein the macro bufferto

7-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Interactive Telnet Application4 Click Play to initiate playback of the macro o

xviii ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide12-1 The Topology View 12-312-2 Example of device nodes, including an unknown device t

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-7Using Telnet with Extreme Switchesthe switch, and you can view the progress of the macro

7-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Interactive Telnet ApplicationThe contents of the saved macro will replace any

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-9Using Telnet with Extreme SwitchesFigure 7-5: A newly-opened Telnet sessionTheTelnetsess

7-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Interactive Telnet ApplicationCopy/Paste from an Interactive Telnet SessionA

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-11Using Interactive Telnet with Third-Party DevicesYou cannot use the browser cut and pas

7-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Interactive Telnet Applicationthe screen. This makes it easy to tell whether

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 7-13Finding DevicesYou can search for devices by name or by IP address. You can limit the s

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-18The Grouping ManagerThis chapter describes how to use the Grouping Manager to do the fo

8-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerGrouping Manager, through the EPICenter discovery capability and the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-3• TheHostsandUsersgroups(eitherthepredefinedgroupsorsubordinategroups)maybe used bytheop

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xix16-4 Device Ports filter specification 16-1616-5 Attribute specification for Resource to

8-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerSome predefined resources, such as devices and imported resources, m

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-5Figure 8-1: Resource Details viewTheComponentTreeontheleft showsthecurrently-defined res

8-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Managerindicates a host resource.indicates a user resource.indicates a VLAN

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-7—EPICenterindicates that the resource wasdefined bythe EPICenter software:eitherby the G

8-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Manager• For all types, you can view a list of the Attributes associated wi

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-9Creating a New ResourceCreating a New ResourceYou can create new groups and add new User

8-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Manager3 Enter identifying information in the fields at the top of the dia

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-11Creating a New Resourced To add this attribute to the list of attributes associated wit

8-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerAdding a Resource as a Child of a GroupA group’s children are indiv

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-13Adding a Resource as a Child of a GroupFigure 8-3: Adding Resources to a GroupThis wind

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xxiTables1 Notice Icons xxiv2 Text Conventions x xiv4-1 Inventory Manager Device Status Ind

8-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerDevices shows only Device resources within the groups.Hosts shows o

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-15Adding a Resource as a Child of a GroupClick the Remove All buttonto clearthe Resource

8-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerNote that you can also remove resources by locatingthem using the F

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-17Adding a Resource as a Child of a GroupFigure 8-4: Adding Relationships to a ResourceTh

8-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerHosts shows only Host resources.Ports shows only Device and Port re

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-19Adding and Removing AttributesRemoving Relationships from a ResourceTo remove a relatio

8-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Manager• IP/Subnet: an IP address and subnet mask. This attribute may be u

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-21Adding and Removing AttributesFigure 8-5: Resource attribute displayTo add an attribute

8-22 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerFigure 8-6: Adding attributes to a resource3 Enter the name of the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-23Searching for a Resource3 To save yourchangesto the EPICenter database, click the Saveb

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ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xxiiiPrefaceThis Preface provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, a

8-24 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerFigure 8-7: Searching for a resourceThetophalfof thewindowisusedtos

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-25Searching for a Resource— The asterisk character * used by itself.— Ablankfield.— For R

8-26 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Manager4 Specify a Scope for the search from the Component Tree at the lef

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-27Searching for a ResourceSetting up a search is the same regardless of where you initiat

8-28 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerTo add resources you’ve identified with the Search function to the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-29Importing Resources• Resources that have been removed from the source will be deleted f

8-30 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Manager3 Click Import to begin the import process. The import button will

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-31Importing Resources• How to map that data to groups, resources,and attributes in the EP

8-32 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping ManagerresourceName: theattribute thatshouldbeusedas thedisplayed name oft

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-33Importing ResourcesThe first line simply defines the version of the import syntax:#SYNT

xxiv ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuidePrefaceoperations that arethe same acrossall Extreme switchproduct families simply refe

8-34 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Manager• uniqueID will be used as the resource’s unique name. It can be th

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-35Importing Resources<resource_type>:<resource_uniqueID> <tab> <reso

8-36 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe Grouping Managergroup:ugr1 user:heidigroup:ugr1 user:marygroup:ugr2 user:pamgroup:u

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 8-37Importing ResourcesThe import process creates a file, import.txt, in the user/import su

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 9-19Using the IP/MAC Address FinderThis chapter describes how to use the IP/MAC Address Fin

9-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the IP/MAC Address FinderFigure 9-1: IP/MAC Address Finder main pageTasks List Sum

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 9-3Tasks List Summary WindowFigure 9-2: Tasks List summaryThe Tasks List shows you basic in

9-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the IP/MAC Address FinderFrom the Ta sk s Li st you can perform the following func

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 9-5Creating a Search TaskFigure 9-3: Find Addresses windowTo create a search task:1 Enterth

9-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the IP/MAC Address FinderNote that All is added to the search list in addition to

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide xxvRelated PublicationsRelated PublicationsThe ExtremeWare EPICenter documentation set incl

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 9-7Detailed Task ViewThe IP/MAC Finder applet will not identify a device’s own IP address w

9-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the IP/MAC Address FinderWhilethetaskisinprogress,thewindowshowsthestatusasPending

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 9-9Detailed Task View• The Search Domains where the search took place. The Search Domains l

9-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the IP/MAC Address Finder— By defaulttheexportedfilewill begivenaname createdfrom

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-110Using ExtremeViewThis chapter describes how to use ExtremeView for:• Viewing Extreme

10-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing ExtremeViewFigure 10-1: The ExtremeView applet, main pageUse the nodes in the Com

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-3Viewing Device Status Informationorganized by ExtremeWare Vista configuration categorie

10-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing ExtremeViewSelect a Device Group name to show summary status for the devices in t

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-5Viewing Device Status InformationFigure 10-3: The ExtremeView applet, switch statusThis

10-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing ExtremeViewFigure 10-4: The ExtremeView applet, port statusThe right-hand panel d

xxvi ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuidePrefaceThe technical support pages provide the latest information on Extreme Networksso

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-7Viewing Device Status Informationthe Device Information panel on the right. Figure 10-5

10-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing ExtremeViewViewing Switch Configuration InformationSelect Configuration in the Co

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-9Viewing Switch Configuration InformationFigure 10-7: The ExtremeView applet, Configurat

10-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing ExtremeViewViewing Switch StatisticsSelect Statistics in the Component Tree to d

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-11Finding DevicesThis displays the selected set of statistics for the selected switch. F

10-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing ExtremeView1 Click Find at the top of the Inventory Manager page.The Find Device

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 10-13Finding Devices3 Click Find to search for devices that meet the criteria you have spec

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-111Real-Time StatisticsThis chapter describes how to use the Real-Time Statistics applet

11-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsYou can also view historical statistics for a single port.If you ch

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-3Displaying Multi-port StatisticsDisplaying Multi-port StatisticsWhen you click the RT S

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 1-11EPICenter OverviewThis chapter describes:• Features of the ExtremeWare EPICenter™SE sof

11-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsFigure 11-1: Real-Time Statistics main pageFor an individual port,

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-5Displaying Multi-port StatisticsFigure 11-2: Bar chart showing port statistics for a gr

11-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsThere are cases where you may not see data for every port you expec

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-7Displaying Statistics For a Single PortThere are several reasons why the EPICenter serv

11-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsFigure 11-4: Utilization data over time for an individual port on a

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-9Changing the Display ModeFigure 11-5: Individual errors in a single-port chartChanging

11-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsSelect this to display the data as a line graph. This chart type i

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-11Setting Graph PreferencesDetermines whether the graph data is updated automatically at

11-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsGraph View (Figure 11-6) lets you change from 3D to 2D displays, a

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-13Setting Graph PreferencesGraph Colors (Figure 11-7) lets youset the colors for the gra

1-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideEPICenter Overviewpopular operating environments in the marketplace, Microsoft Windows N

11-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time Statistics• Data Color 1 is the color used for Utilization and Total Error g

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 11-15Taking Graph SnapshotsFigure 11-10: Snapshot of Real-Time Statistics graph displayTo t

11-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideReal-Time StatisticsWhen a graph image is displayed in the browser window, you can cli

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-112Network Topology ViewsThis chapter describes how to use the EPICenter Topology View a

12-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsIn addition, from a managed device node on the map, you can invok

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-3Displaying a Network Topology ViewFigure 12-1: The Topology ViewA View is a unique, nam

12-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsThe right-hand panel is the Map Element Description panel, that d

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-5Displaying a Network Topology View• A small icon representingthe specific device or dev

12-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsYou cannot add L2 cloud nodes; they are placed automatically by E

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-7Displaying a Network Topology ViewA decorative node shows the following information:• T

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 1-3Summary of Featuressystem furthermaximizenetworkmonitoringcapability whilemaintainingnet

12-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsManipulating Map ElementsMap elements (nodes and links) can be re

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-9Manipulating Map Views• The device represented by the endpoint node• The device port or

12-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsTopology applet lets you create additional views that organize y

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-11Manipulating Map ViewsFigure 12-8: Adding a new mapTo give the submap adifferent name,

12-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsAdding a Device NodeYoucanadddevicenodestoyourmapbydoingoneofthe

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-13Manipulating Map ViewsFigure 12-9: Adding a decorative node to the mapYoucanchangethen

12-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology Views• Click the “Create new map link” icon on the icon barA link is

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-15Manipulating Map ViewsFigure 12-11: Specifying ports for a new link connectionDiscover

12-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsRenaming a Topology ViewYou can change the name of a view (inclu

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-17Manipulating Map ViewsYou will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the map.A s

1-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideEPICenter Overviewalarm occurs you can specify actions such assending e-mail, forwarding

12-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology Views• Click the “Paste nodes into map” icon on the icon bar• Enter [

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-19Manipulating Map Views1 Select the links you want to delete. You can select multiple l

12-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology Views• Clickwiththerightmousebuttononthemapbackgroundtodisplaythepop-

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-21Manipulating Map ViewsDeflating the Map NodesThe Deflate Nodes function decreases the

12-22 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology Views• Select Unzoom Map from the Map menu• Enter [Alt]+R from the ke

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-23Manipulating Map ViewsYou arepresented with a list of allthe nodes in the currentview

12-24 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsTo display the Map Properties window, do one of the following:•

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-25Manipulating Map ViewsRGB values. The current color is displayed in the small box to t

12-26 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology ViewsDevice Information ViewsYou can view a variety of information ab

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 12-27Device Information ViewsRefer to the ExtremeWare Software User Guide for details on us

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 1-5Summary of FeaturesThe IP/MAC Address FinderThe IP/MAC Address Finder applet lets you se

12-28 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideNetwork Topology Views• Select Device View... from the Tools menu• Click with the righ

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-113Using the VLAN ManagerThis chapter describes how to use the VLAN Manager for:• Viewin

13-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN ManagerIf you run the EPICenter client with Administrator or Manager acc

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-3Displaying a VLANFigure 13-1: VLAN Manager applet, showing devices organized by VLANThe

13-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN ManagerThe VLAN Manager can display information either by VLAN (showing

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-5Displaying a VLANYou can display details about the component ports of a VLAN by selecti

13-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN ManagerFigure13-4presentsdetailsabouttheportsonagivenswitchthatarefoundi

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-7Adding a VLAN1 Click the Add button in the VLAN Manager panel.The Add VLAN dialog box,

13-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN Manager6 Select one or more ports from the Available Ports list.7 Click

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-9Deleting a VLANFigure 13-6: Add VLAN dialog, IP Forwarding page2 Select a switch from t

1-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideEPICenter Overviewhierarchical system of campuses, buildings, floors, closets,or whateve

13-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN ManagerFigure 13-7: The Delete VLAN page2 Select the VLAN you want to d

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-11Modifying a VLANFigure 13-8: The Modify VLAN dialog, Properties and Ports page2 Select

13-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN Manager8 Click Tagged to add the port as a tagged port. Click Untagged

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 13-13Adding and Deleting Protocol Filters12 Change the IP address and IP mask as appropriat

13-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the VLAN ManagerIf a filter is in use by a VLAN, you cannot delete it.3 Click Cl

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 14-114The ESRP ManagerThis chapter describes how to use the ExtremeWare EPICenter ESRP Mana

14-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe ESRP ManagerFigure 14-1: ESRP Manager showing summary ESRP-enabled VLAN statusThis

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 14-3Viewing ESRP Detail Information•Group: The ESRP group to which this ESRP-enabled VLAN b

14-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideThe ESRP ManagerFigure 14-2: ESRP detail for an individual ESRP-enabled VLANESRP trap e

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 14-5Viewing ESRP Detail InformationThe Detailed ESRP Information view displays the followin

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide iiiContentsPrefaceIntroduction xxiiiTerminology xxiiiConventions xxivRelated Publications x

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 1-7Summary of Featurescan also be accessed from the EPICenter Navigation toolbar. A Summary

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-115Administering EPICenterThis chapter describes how to use the Administration applet fo

15-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenterFinally, the Administration applet provides an interface that al

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-3Starting the EPICenter Client for the First TimeThese permissions enable access to Extr

15-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenterIf you used the default web server port, 80, you do not need to

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-5Starting the EPICenter Client for the First TimeChanging the Admin PasswordTo change th

15-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenter“Adding or Modifying User Accounts” for details on the ExtremeWa

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-7Adding or Modifying User Accounts6 Type a new password into the Password field.7 Type t

15-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenterA confirmation window appears.5 Click Yes.This removes all infor

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-9Changing Your Own User PasswordFigure 15-4: Change Password windowThe windowshows youru

15-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenterRADIUS AdministrationIf you have Administrator access, you cane

1-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideEPICenter Overview• Monitor—users who can view status information only.• Manager—userswh

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-11RADIUS Administration3 Enter the RADIUS server’s shared secret in the Radius Secret fi

15-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenterServer Properties AdministrationIfyouhaveAdministratoraccess,yo

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-13Server Properties Administration— SNMP— To po logy— OtherThe Server Properties Configu

15-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenter• Poll Devices Using Telnet (checkbox): This enables or disable

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-15Server Properties Administration3600 seconds (one hour). You can disable all SNMP poll

15-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdministering EPICenter• DNS Lookup Timeout Period: The time-out period, in millisecon

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-116Dynamic ReportsThis chapter describes how to use the ExtremeWare EPICenter Reports ca

16-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsThe EPICenter dynamic reports are HTML pages that do not require Java ca

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-3Network Summary ReportIf there are statistics that indicate problems (such as devices n

16-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsThe only statistic in the Network Summary Report that does not provide i

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 1-9EPICenter Components• A Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), Sybase Adaptive S

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-5Network Summary ReportClick the IP address to display a table with detailed configurati

16-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsCritical Alarms DefinedThis report provides a summary of alarms defined

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-7Network Summary Report•Category: Category that the alarm is classified under•SourceIP:

16-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic Reports•AlarmName: Name of the alarm•Category: Category that the alarm is class

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-9Dynamic ReportsVLANs ReportSummary information on all VLANs being managed by the EPICen

16-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic Reports• By logging in directly from the EPICenter Start-up pageTo log in dire

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-11Viewing Predefined EPICenter Reportsconditional statement based on the values of relev

16-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsIf the variable values are strings, then the comparisons are taken to i

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-13Viewing Predefined EPICenter Reports•RadiusPort: Port currently used by the RADIUS ser

16-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic Reports•SerialNumber: Device serial numberClick the heading of a columnto sort

1-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideEPICenter OverviewExtreme Networks Switch ManagementTheEPICentersoftwareusesSNMP tomoni

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-15Viewing Predefined EPICenter ReportsIf the number ofalarms for a device isgreater than

16-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsThe list of ports is sorted initially by IP address. Click the heading

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-17Viewing Predefined EPICenter ReportsThe pull-down list shows a set of system-defined a

16-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic Reports•Source: IP address of the device that generated the alarm•Category: Ca

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-19Viewing Predefined EPICenter ReportsEvent Log ReportTo view an EventLog Report,clickth

16-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsConfiguration Management Log ReportTo view a Configuration Management L

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-21Creating New Reportsand use the browser’s Print button, or the Print command from the

16-22 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic Reports• The tcl directory contains the following:— The Tcl methods available

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-23Creating New Reports<BR><!-- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --><p

16-24 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic ReportsAdding a User-Defined Report to the Reports MenuTo add a new user-defin

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 1-11EPICenter Client Requirementsenabled. The Real-Time Statistics modulecan display statis

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 16-25Creating New Reports— A stringcontainingtheparameterthat shouldthatshouldbe availablet

16-26 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDynamic Reports# filePath This is the fully specified path of where to# find the HTML

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-1ATroubleshootingThis appendix describes how to:• Resolve problems you may encounter that

A-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideRunning with the Java Console displayed may affect the performance of theEPICenter clien

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-3EPICenter Client InitializationProblem: Client software loads and allows login, but data

A-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideProblem: Colors in client interface are incorrect (Windows NT or Windows 2000).TheColorP

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-5EPICenter Server IssuesFrom the Inventory Manager, click Syncto update the information f

A-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideProblem: Telnet polling messages can fill up a device’s syslog file.For switches running

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-7Alarm SystemProblem: Created a new protocol in VLAN Manager, but the protocol does not a

A-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide• For a non-Extreme device, make sure you have set EPICenter as a trap receiver on thede

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-12Installing the EPICenter SoftwareThis chapter describes:• Hardware and software requirements for the EPI

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-9ESRP Manager1 In the Services properties window, select EPICenter 3.1 Server and click S

A-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideTo recover, restart the browser. Then split your discovery request into multiple reques

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-11ExtremeViewExtremeViewProblem: For a device selected under Status, the Device Informati

A-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideGrouping ManagerProblem: Cannot import users from NT Domain ControllerTheExtremeWareEPI

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide A-13TopologyTopologyProblem: Created a new view with the Auto Populate option turned on. Ho

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide B-1BEPICenter UtilitiesThis appendix describes several utilities and scripts shipped with t

B-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the DevCLI CommandsThe utility is located in the root EPICenter install directory,

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide B-3The DevCLI UtilityOptions such as the user login names and passwords and community strin

B-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide• To add twodevices(10.205.0.98 and10.205.0.99) to the EPICenterdatabase on the localhos

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide B-5Inventory Export ScriptsFor example, to export device information to file devinfo.csv, e

2-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter SoftwareThe ExtremeWare EPICenter server installation process installs two compo

B-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideInventory Export ExamplesThe following examples illustrate the usage of these commands.•

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide B-7The SNMPCLI UtilityThe SNMPCLI UtilityThe SNMPCLI utility provides three basic SNMP quer

B-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideTable B-3 specifies the options you can use with these commands:SNMPCLI ExamplesThe foll

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide B-9Port Configuration UtilityTimeout(ms): 500OUTPUT:OID: .1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.1.1.9.1.1.1 ;

B-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideFigure B-1: ExtremeWare EPICenter Port Configuration Utility2 Type in new port values f

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide B-11Port Configuration Utilityutility before you restart the affected services, the “Curren

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide C-1CEPICenter Database ViewsThis appendix describes the most useful views in the EPICenter

C-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guidesystem_oid string The partial system oid, e.g. “1916.2.7” for Summit 24.device_group_nam

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide C-3Device Report Viewsecondary_image string The secondary software image version on the dev

C-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideInterface Report ViewTable C-2: EPICenter Database Interface Report ViewExtreme_Interfac

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-3Client RequirementsSolarisFor installation under Solaris, the requirements are:• Solaris Operating Enviro

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide C-5Database Event Log ViewDatabase Event Log Viewport_number string The Extreme specific re

C-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guideevent_time string The time when the event happened. This is the sametime as the event_ti

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide C-7Database Alarm Log ViewDatabase Alarm Log ViewTable C-4: EPICenter Database Alarm Log Vi

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide D-1DEvent Types for AlarmsThis appendix describes the events that can be detected through t

D-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAuthentication Failed This trap indicates that a SNMP request with an invalidcommunity s

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide D-3Redundant Power SupplyFailedExtreme Networks proprietary trap. This trap indicatesthat t

D-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideOSPF Interface StateChangeAn ospfIfStateChange trap signifies that there hasbeen a chang

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide D-5OSPF InterfaceAuthentication FailureAn ospfIfAuthFailure trap signifies that a packet ha

D-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideRMON Rising Trap EventsThis trapindicates that the valueofthe MIBvariablebeingmonitoredh

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide D-7EPICenter EventsTable D-2: EPICenter Events, Detected Through PollingEvent DefinitionSNM

2-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Software• On a Solaris system, install Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later, with the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide E-1EEPICenter BackupThis chapter describes the following:• The EPICenter Alarm Log and Even

E-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide• Event_Log.txt is backed up to the file Event_Log.savThe primary file is then emptied.W

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide E-3The Validation Utilitydbvalid command. This convention also allows incorporation into ba

E-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDatabase Connection ParametersThesearetheparametersforthe-c command-lineswitch.Iftheconn

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide E-5The Backup UtilityThis example assumes a database user ID of dba,withpasswordsql.Thesear

E-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideTheconnectionparametersareseparatedby semicolons,andtheentiresetmustbequoted.For example

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide iIndexNumerics802.1Q tag 13-2, 13-7Aaccess levels 1-7, 15-2Ack button 5-5actionsE-mail 5-16

ii - Index ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAlarm Log Browser 5-3Alarm Log report 16-17alarm scopeselect group 5-15source typ

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide Index - iiiRemove All (Add Resources) 8-15Remove All (Relationships from Group) 8-18Remove

iv - Index ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guidemap elements 12-18map links 12-18map view 12-16protocol filters 13-13submaps 12-1

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-5EPICenter Software LicensingYou license key will be sent to you by return e-mail.Obtaining a Permanent Li

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide Index - vFilter button 5-7filteringin reports 16-10resources 8-8, 8-13Find buttonin Groupin

vi - Index ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideMap Properties... menu selection 12-24Master switch 14-2Modify buttonin Alarm Cat

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide Index - viiDevice Summary report 16-3, 16-4Devices Not Responding report 16-5Event Log repo

viii - Index ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guidestarting the server 3-4stopping the server 3-4uninstalling the server 2-19sorti

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide Index - ixVVariables... button (Alarms) 5-17Versions button (Configuration Manager) 6-15vie

iv ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideSecurity Management 1-7EPICenter Stand-alone Utilities 1-8EPICenter Components 1-8Extreme

2-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter SoftwareTo add a license key for an optionalEPICenter product module, use the in

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-7Installing on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 SystemFor information on installing and running Windows NT or

2-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Softwareactivation key to obtain a permanent license key from the Extreme Networ

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-9Installing on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 System13 If there are any ExtremeWare EPICenter or ExtremeWare

2-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Softwarerestartyoursystematthistime,youmusteitherrestarttheserverorstarttheserv

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-11Installing on a Solaris Systemcheck the ExtremeWare EPICenter SE Release Note and Quick Start Guide for

2-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter SoftwareYou can install the EPICenter components without being logged in as roo

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-13Installing on a Solaris System4 When you press [Enter], the text of the license is displayed. You can us

2-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Softwareinstallation. If there is no previous install, or you wouldlike to star

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-15Installing on a Solaris Systemneeds the name of this machine and an unused port to listen on.Please ente

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide v3 Starting ExtremeWare EPICenterRunning the EPICenter Software under Windows 3-1Starting t

2-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Software13 If you accept the parameters by entering Y, the installation script

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-17Installing the EPICenter ClientINSTALL COMPLETE<host>isthe name of the system you’ve just installe

2-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Software• Under Windows NT, or Windows 2000, install Microsoft Internet Explore

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-19Uninstalling the EPICenter Serverc Stop the EPICenter 3.1 Server.d Stop the EPICenter 3.1 Database Engin

2-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User GuideInstalling the EPICenter Software3 Remove all files from the installation directory tree.For example, if

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-13Starting ExtremeWare EPICenterThis chapter describes:• Starting the ExtremeWare EPICent

3-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterStarting the EPICenter ServerIf you have not installed the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-3Running the EPICenter Software under Solaris4 Repeat the same actions for the EPICenter

3-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterStarting or Restarting the EPICenter ServerTo run the EPIC

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-5Launching the ExtremeWare EPICenter ClientTo run the EPICenter client interface:1 Launch

vi ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideDeleting Devices and Device Groups from the Database 4-21Deleting a Device 4-21Deleting a

3-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterFrom the Start-up page you can run the EPICenter client in

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-7Launching the ExtremeWare EPICenter ClientFigure 3-2: ExtremeWare EPICenter login pageTh

3-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterYou willbe able to change the admin password (strongly rec

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-9Launching the ExtremeWare EPICenter Client— Grant this session will allow the installati

3-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterThis page displays a simple HTML report with some basic s

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-11Navigating the EPICenter ApplicationsFigure 3-5: The About EPICenter pageFrom this page

3-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterFigure 3-6: The EPICenter Home pageThe Navigation Toolbar

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-13Navigating the EPICenter Applications•Inventoryruns the Inventory Manager, where you ca

3-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterNote that you must have Administrator or Manager access i

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-15Navigating the EPICenter ApplicationsFigure 3-7: VLAN Manager applet running in a brows

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide vii6 Configuration ManagerOverview of the Configuration Manager 6-1Uploading Configurations

3-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterThe Component TreeThe left side panel shows the Component

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-17Navigating the EPICenter ApplicationsFigure 3-8: Inventory Manager applet◆ Click on a c

3-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterMoving the Component Tree BoundaryYou canmovetheboundaryb

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-19Navigating the EPICenter ApplicationsFigure 3-9: Pop-up dialog box for adding a VLAN in

3-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideStarting ExtremeWare EPICenterTo have the settings you’ve entered take effect, many dia

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 3-21Running the EPICenter Server in Scalable Mode• VLAN Manager• ESRP Manager• Policy Manag

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-14Using the Inventory ManagerThis chapter describes how to use the ExtremeWare EPICenter

4-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory Managercan assign it to a specific device group, and configure it us

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-3Displaying the Network Device Inventoryswitch using SNMP. EPICenter also adds itself on

4-4 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerFigure 4-1: The Inventory Manager applet, main pageYou must a

viii ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideAdding Relationships to a Resource 8-16Removing Relationships from a Resource 8-19Addin

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-5Viewing Device Status InformationClickontheplussigntotheleftofaDeviceGroupnametodisplayt

4-6 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerFigure 4-2: Inventory Manager device group summary status• Th

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-7Viewing Device Status Information• ThenameandtypeofthedevicearedetectedbyEPICenter.• The

4-8 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerFigure 4-4: Inventory Manager information for a 3Com deviceYo

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-9Discovering Network Devices1 Click the Discovery button at the top of the Inventory Mana

4-10 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerExamples:— As an IP address Range (such as 10.203.10.20 to 1

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-11Discovering Network Devices8 If necessary, you can remove an address range from the Dev

4-12 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory Manager— Click View Details to re-display the discovery details.Whe

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-13Discovering Network Devices12 Click OK to proceed with the Add process.Amessagewindow(s

4-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory Manager• The up and down arrow buttons letyou move up and down the

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide ixSetting Graph Preferences 11-11Taking Graph Snapshots 11-1412 Network Topology ViewsOverv

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-15Adding Devices and Device GroupsAdding a Device1 Click the Add button at the top of the

4-16 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerWhen you click Add, the Inventory Manager adds the devices t

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-17Adding Devices and Device GroupsFigure 4-11: Add Device Group window in the Inventory M

4-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerModifyingDevicesandDeviceGroupsYoucan use the Modify functio

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-19Modifying Devices and Device Groups2 Select the device for which you want to change con

4-20 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerTo add or remove devices in a device group, do the following

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-21Deleting Devices and Device Groups from the DatabaseBecause devices not otherwise assig

4-22 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerFigure 4-14: Devices tab of the Delete Devices and Device Gr

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-23Deleting Devices and Device Groups from the DatabaseDeleting a Device GroupYou can begi

4-24 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User GuideUsing the Inventory ManagerUpdating Device InformationOccasionally, you may want to upd