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HP Networking TopTool Products Manual
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3 HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches5 1 Quick Start2 Introduction 6 3 System Requirements4 Discovering Your Devices 5 Alerts 6 Networking Devices 7 8 Viewing Your Maps8 10 Planning for Network Growth9 11 Quality of Service12 Accessing Hub Features 10 13 Managing Switches14 Setting Up Security for a Device 12 A Appendix A13 Quick Start14 Figure 1-1.Home Page for HP TopTools for Hubs & SwitchesGetting Around in HP TopTools back Use the tabs or buttons at the top of a page to go quickly from task to task Click on the Home button and select Hubs & Switches Home to return to the HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches home page 15 Viewing Your Network DevicesDevices Devices Devices by Type Properties See the chapter Networking Devicesfor more information about the Devices page Device View 16 Using the PannerClass of Service Policies Configuration Policies Configuration Policies 17 Examining AlertsFigure 1-3.Alert Log View Alerts Configure Action on Alerts 18 Configuring and Monitoring DevicesDevice by Type Properties (Device View) Actions Figure 1-4.List of Networking Devices 19 N o t eFigure 1-5.Device View - Status Page Select All Ports 20 Viewing Network TrafficPerformance Traffic Monitor Figure 1-6.Traffic Monitor Page 21 Network MeterTop Talkers How to Improve Performance Planning for Network Growth 22 How to Get SupportProduct support is also available on the World Wide Web. The URL is: http://www.hp.com/go/procurve Click on Technical Support. The information available at this site includes: ■HP network device MIBs ■HP network device firmware ■Software updates ■Frequently asked questions (FAQs) 23 IntroductionFigure 2-1.HP TopTools Home Page 24 HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches25 Figure 2-2.HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches Home PageThis User Guide will help you get started with HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches. We assume that you have supervisory access to your network what an “IP” (Internet Protocol) or “IPX” (Internetwork Packet Exchange ware running and know how to use your network utilities For more information on other HP TopTools functions, see the online HP TopTools Administrator’s Guide or online help or online help See HP Devices Supported 26 Network Devices FeaturesViewing a List of Devices Figure 2-3.The Networking Devices List See the chapter Networking Devicesfor more information on managing devices See the chapter Accessing Hub Featuresfor information about configuring hubs Accessing Hub Features See the chapter Managing Switchesfor information about configuring switches Managing Switches See the chapter Managing Your Mapsfor more information on maps Group Policies Automatic Broadcast Control See the chapter Group Policiesfor more information on these features 27 Network TrafficNetwork Growth HP Devices Supported 30 Learning to Use HP TopToolsThe following information is available for learning HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches: 31 HP TopTools Technical Product Supporthttp://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve Figure 2-4.HP Procurve Switches & Hubs Technical Support Page 33 System Requirements34 installing TopTools. Do not use either a static or dynamic IP address35 Discovering Your Devices36 Figure 4-1.Status Page of Settings for DiscoveryDiscovery Status Start Discovery Save Settings Selecting Networks Networks Known Networks 37 Figure 4-2.Networks Page of Settings for DiscoveryAdding Devices for Discovery Additional Devices Add Device 38 Configuring Discovery Settings■IP—Discoversall IP devices in your network •Ping Discovery—Pingpackets are sent to discover every device on the subnet Web Server •WMI (WBEM) Discovery—Checksfor PCs that support WMI ■IPX—Locatesall IPX devices in your network Segment and Hub Figure 4-3.Settings Page of Settings - Discovery Figure 4-4.Additional Community Names 39 Troubleshooting DiscoveryOthers Devices - Device Types 2.Select Security ->Set SNMP Passwords (Communities) from the menu Update Discovery 40 Inventory of Devices41 Alerts42 Figure 5-1.Alerts Page43 Table 5-1.Common Faults45 Fault DetectionThe sensitivity settings are: High Sensitivity ■Medium Sensitivity: The device will act when serious network problems occur Medium Sensitivity Never ■A problem XCVR or NIC ■A broadcast storm ■Excessive Auto Partitions ■A network loop Launching the Device View Acknowledging Alerts Acknowledge Alerts new open Closing Alerts Close Alerts 46 First Time Installation Information47 Filtering by Alert StateFiltering by Alert Severity Filtering by Device 48 Figure 5-3.Select Alert Log Filters — Topology PageSelecting Alert Log Filters - Custom Groups Selecting Alert Log Filters - Search Click on the + or - boxes to add or remove search criteria Figure 5-4.Search Page Save Searches Manage 49 Configuring Action on Alerts53 Networking DevicesFigure 6-1.List of Networking Devices window installed 54 Configuring PollingPolling a device involves sending a request to the device and waiting for a response. If the device does not respond to a request within a certain time tion page To start configuring polling for devices: Click on the Devices button in the navigation frame Select Devices by Type from the menu Click on a device in the right frame Communication from the list from the list 55 Figure 6-2.Device Communication SettingsDo Not Change Suspend All Polling Resume Polling 56 Selecting Actions for DevicesView ■Check Connectivity (Ping)—Useping to test the network connection to a device Set Friendly Name—Createan easy-to-remembername for a device Add to Custom Group—Adda device to a custom group Delete—Deletethe selected device from the devices page Find in Topology View—Locatea device in the Topology View SNMP/Trap Configuration Update Down- loading Firmware Telnet—Start Node Port ■Management Home Page—Displaysthe Status page for the selected device Properties—Display ■Export—Forprinting HTML to a spreadsheet (CSV) SNMP/Trap Configuration 1.Select SNMP/Trap Configuration from the Actions menu In the Device Configuration dialog box select the Thresholds •Threshold—thevalue of the event at which the trap or alarm is triggered Tolerance—the Select the Trap Receivers Authorized Manager Figure 6-3.Thresholds Dialog Box 57 Device Topology59 Node Port TableNode Port Table ■Node address ■Port number of the selected device ■Type of port, for example, 10Base-T ■The address of the device connected to the port ■The port number connected to on the device Figure 6-5.Node Port Table for device When a link has been clicked on, it is no longer blue Custom GroupsFigure 6-6.Custom Groups Page 60 Searching for Devices63 Group Policies64 Figure 7-1.Main Page of Group Configurationmembers of a group Viewing the Devices in a Group View Devices View Group Members 65 Adding a GroupAdd Group New Group Name Figure 7-2.Add Group Page Modifying a Group Modify Selected Group 66 Adding a Device to a Group67 Removing a Device from a GroupChanging the Group Name 68 Configuring Group PoliciesConfiguration Policies Policies - Automatic Configuration Management of Hubs & Switches Figure 7-5.Main Configuration Policies Page 69 General Configuration PoliciesSNMP System Information General General Polices ■sysContact—Theperson to contact about this group of devices ■sysLocation—Thelocation of this group of devices ■sysName—Thename for the group of devices Figure 7-6.General Policies Page Showing SNMP System Information Update Apply Policies Clicking on Cancel discards all your changes Checking Firmware Versions Downloading Firmware downloading the newer firmware 70 Alert Configuration Policies72 Advanced Switch Features77 Adding a Community78 Modifying a CommunityDeleting a Community Configuring Authorized Managers Adding or Deleting an Authorized Manager 79 Viewing Your Maps80 Figure 8-1.Network List for Displaying Map ViewsMap Server Settings Preferences View 81 Automatic Map GenerationDefault View 82 Cluster Size83 SpacingDevice View When you right-mouse-clickon a segment you can select Show Segment Map The buttons at the bottom of the map are: ■Options—seebelow for a description of this feature Options ■Views—seebelow for a description of this feature Views ■Locate—seebelow for a description of this feature Locate ■Show/Hide labels—Displaysor hides the address of the represented device Refresh—Redraw Parent—Show ■Show/Hide Panner—Displaysor removes the panner from the map window ■Fit to Window—Displaysthe entire map view 84 Using the PannerLaunching the Device View Options— Refresh Maps Options—Labeling 86 Options—Legend87 Figure 8-4.Locate a Specific Node in a MapMonitor 89 Monitoring Network Traffic90 Figure 9-1.Traffic Monitor Main PageThe five statistical attributes sampled by Traffic Monitor are: Utilization% Frames/sec 91 Errors/secReading the Traffic Information Gauges ■green: value for the attribute is within the normal range ■yellow: value has exceeded the normal range, but is not critical ■red: value is in the critical range. Corrective action may be needed green: OK, 0-50%utilization yellow: warning, 51-75%utilization red: critical, 76-100%utilization Reading the Segment Histogram 92 Comparing Segments Across Different Medias93 Figure 9-2.Thresholds Window94 SegmentsDefaults Displaying the Network Meter Net Meter Hide Net Meter Options Button All Segments 95 Who Are the Top 5 Talkers96 Figure 9-3.Top 5 TalkersYou can display graphs for each of the measured attributes showing: ■Top Sources (default) ■Top Destinations ■Top Connections ■Top Protocols 97 ■The layer 3 or layer 2 (MAC) address■The direction of data flow (the source and destination nodes) Here is an example of information that you might see in the legend: ETHER 00:00:10:44:36:12 (DOD IP) Other Top Talkers Not in Selected Minute 98 OthersTop5 View Menu Items Table 9-1.Functions of the Top5 Menu Locating A Segment or End Node 99 Traffic Data Collector SettingsConfiguration 100 Automatic MonitoringManual Monitoring 101 Adding Ports for Manual MonitoringConfiguring Ports for Manual Monitoring Removing Selected Devices Remove All Devices 102 Traffic Data StorageStorage Current Storage Status on Server Historic Traffic Data Default Values ■Storing data up to a maximum amount of data (in Megabytes) Figure 9-5.The Traffic Data Collector - Storage Settings Page Services page click on the Stop Services button 103 Traffic Data Collector PerformanceHigh Resource Medium Resource Low Resource Apply changes Traffic Data Collector Settings Figure 9-6.Traffic Data Collector - Performance Page 104 Troubleshooting Traffic Monitor107 Planning for Network GrowthUsing Network Tools 108 Planning with the Network PerformanceAdvisorinventory report Reorganize Your Current Equipment —suggests ways to improve network performance by rearranging the existing nodes Advisor can also include the following information in the reports: Show ■Include Inventoryin Report—createsa listing of your end nodes by segment Inventory Use the Modify Report Settings page in the How to Improve Performance tab Use the page in the tab 109 Starting the Network Performance115 Reorganize Your Current EquipmentDividing Segments into Workgroups 119 Figure 10-7.The traffic pattern before dividing into workgroups120 Figure 10-8.The Traffic Pattern after Dividing into Workgroups121 Converting Segments to Desktop SwitchingUpgrading Segments to Faster Speed Media Dedicating Bandwidth to Top Talkers 122 One or more of the end nodes was not found by the discovery/topology processThe segment was not discovered by HP TopTools Figure 10-9.Top Conversations Page 123 Inventory of End NodesFigure 10-10.InventoryReport 124 When There Are No RecommendationsIf the Add and Upgrade Equipment Report determines that, based on the this time. If you think that your network may need performance improve may not be valid Adding devices that can sample data to high traffic segments that do not those segments Controlling Data Storage— AdministrationCurrent Storage Status on Serve Figure 10-11.TheTraffic Data Collector - Storage Settings Page page click on the Stop Services button 125 How the Network Performance AdvisorCollects Dataduring the past hour Understanding HP Sampling network performance 126 all127 FigureApply Changes Potential Problems with Data Collection 128 Segments Excluded from AnalysisSegments that do not have Devices with Sampling Capability Segments not Selected for Analysis 129 Quality of Service130 ■ HP Procurve Switch 8000M■ HP Procurve Routing Switch 9308M and 9304M ■ HP Procurve Routing Switch 6308M-SXand 6208M-SX features can also be configured on an individual switch using the switch's of Service (QoS) to refer to HP TopTools network-wideprioritization, and Class of Service (CoS) to refer to prioritization configured on an individual switch using the switch's web browser or console interface or later. You can download software upgrades from HP's Procurve website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve website at Figure 11-1.Quality of Service Main Page 131 Basic OperationHP TopTools QoS operates on two levels as described below High-priority packets leave a port first Normal-priority packets leave the port after the port’s high-priority queue is emptied Configuring the 802.1p priority of outbound packets in a tagged VLAN The criteria for prioritizing traffic, in order of precedence, is: 1.Device Priority (destination or source IP address) 2.IP Type of Service (ToS) field •IP Precedence •Differentiated Services 3.Protocol Priority (IP, IPX, ARP, DEC LAT, AppleTalk, SNA, and NetBeui) 4.VLAN Priority 5.Incoming 802.1p Priority (present in tagged VLAN environments) 132 Viewing All Currently Configured QoSConfiguring QoS for Specific Devices (IP Addresses)IP Device Address features: ■Node—ListsIP devices by device name or IP address Priority—The Add New Policy Modify Selected Policy Delete Selected Policy Apply All IP Address Policies 133 Figure 11-2.Adding a Policy for an IP AddressAdding a Policy for a Specific IP Address In the Main QoS page click on IP Address Add New Policy 5.Select a device for which you want to configure an IP address policy: For any Discovered Device: Select the Show all nodes To Manually Enter a Device: Select the Enter Manual Address Apply All IP Address Policies 134 Configuring a QoS Policy for IP Type ofService (ToS) 137 Configuring a QoS Policy for Specific Protocols■IP ■IPX ■ARP ■DECNet ■AppleTalk ■SNA ■NetBEUI The Protocol page displays the following: ■Return button—Returnsyou to the Main QoS page 138 Figure 11-4.QoS Policy for a Specific ProtocolTo modify a protocol: Protocol Use the Priority 6.Click on OK to return to the Protocol Policy page Repeat steps 4 through 6 for any additional protocol policy changes Apply All Protocol Policies 139 Configuring a QoS Policy for a SpecificVLAN 141 Accessing Hub FeaturesFigure 12-1.Hub Status Overview Page 142 Viewing Device Identity InformationIdentity System Information 143 Interpreting Device Status147 Configuring Your Device148 TelnetFigure 12-6.Hub Device View meaning behind the port icons Fault Detection High Sensitivity: 149 Low SensitivityFigure 12-7.Fault Detection Sensitivity Settings System Information Configuring IP 150 Hub IP ConfigurationSwitching Hub IP Configuration 151 Port ConfigurationFigure 12-9.Hub Port Configuration The information is described in the following table Table 12-3.Port Information 152 Bridge Enable/Disablebetween the 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps segments in the hub You may want to disable the bridge: ■ To connect the segments via and external switch ■ To simplify the network for troubleshooting Backup Links A backup link (hubs only) configures two ports on one hub to create a redundant connection to another device. This provides a connection with (twisted-pair,ThinLAN, or AUI/Xcvr) can be used as the primary port or backup port Figure 12-10.Addinga Backup Link 153 Backup LinksAdd New Backup Link Table 12-4.Backup Link Parameters Configuring Load Balancing—SwitchingHubs Load Balancing Perform Automatic Load Balancing Undo Last Load Balancing 154 Figure 12-11.LoadBalancing in a Switching HubSupport URL Select Technical Support 157 Managing Switches158 Graph Area159 Alert Log Area160 Figure 13-2.Switch Port StatusThe Port Status settings are described in the following table Table 13-1.Port Status Settings 161 Switch Identity InformationFigure 13-3.Identity Page for HP Switch 800T Figure 13-4.Switch Status Page with Network Interfaces 162 Configuring Switch Features181 Setting Up Security for a Device182 Figure 14-1.Device Passwords PageThere are two categories of passwords: Operator (Read Manager/Operator Password Combinations 183 Table 14-1.Password SettingsThe Function of Community Names Security Configuration Policies 184 Figure 14-2.Set SNMP Community Names Page185 Configuring for Community NamesDiscovery 3.Select the Additional Devices tab Device Types All Devices 6.Select the Security menu item and Set SNMP Passwords (Communities) Set Read Password Set Write Password 1.The topology of some older devices may not display correctly 2.The Update Firmware... option may not work 4.The SNMP Trap Configuration option in the Devices page will not work Hubs with the following model numbers: J3200A, J3202A, J3204A, J3301A, J3303A 186 Hub Port SecurityPort Security 187 Figure 14-3.Hub Port Security PageAddress Selection Table 14-2.How Authorized Addresses are Discovered Continuous First Heard Assigned To set the Address Selection: 1.Click on the Set Security Policy for Selected Ports button button 2.Select a setting from the Address Selection drop down list 3.Click on Apply Settings 188 Authorized AddressEavesdrop Prevention Set Security Policy for Selected Ports yes Prevent Eavesdropping Send Alarm 1.Using the right mouse button, click on the device in the topology map 2.Select SNMP/Trap Configuration from the drop down menu Figure 14-4.Setting the Thresholds for Trap Receivers Disable Port 189 Setting Security Policy for Selected PortsFigure 14-5.Setting the Security Policy for Selected Ports 190 The Hub Intrusion LogFigure 14-6.Hub Intrusion Log 191 Switch Port Security198 Switch Intrusion Log201 Proxy Web ServersIP Authorized Managers Security Violations Reset Device Reset Reboot Switch Intrusion Flag Status for Entries Forced Off of the Intrusion Log 203 Performing DiagnosticsFigure 15-1.Ping/Link Test Page 204 Rebooting a DeviceDevice Reboot Figure 15-2.Device Reboot Page 205 Resetting a Hub to Factory Default SettingsFigure 15-3.Factory Reset of a Hub 206 Resetting a SwitchFigure 15-4.Resetting a Switch 207 Producing a Configuration ReportFigure 15-5.Configuration Report 209 Downloading Software210 See The HP Download Managerfor updating all other HP devicesStarting the Software Update Utility Devices by Type, Networking Devices Select a hub or switch to be updated and right-clickon it. Select Update Firmware from the menu. You can also select the device, then click on the Actions button and select Update Firmware button and select Update System Software Update System Software page appears immediately 211 Obtaining the Software from the Web212 Accepting the Licensing Agreement213 Scheduling the Software Update214 Figure 16-3.Devices Selected for Updating, Showing Scheduled Time of Update215 Figure 16-4.Alert Log Showing Successful Software UpdateViewing the Software Updates Available on the TopTools Server Settings - System Software Packages Hubs & Switches Local Web Download package Delete package 216 The HP Download ManagerObtaining New Software from HP There are three sources you can access for new software: ■The latest HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches CD-ROM The World Wide Web, at HP’s Procurve web site. The URL is: ■Your HP Customer Care Center or other authorized HP representative c:\Program files\Hptt\hpwnd\dld If the files are self-extracting , put the file in the above subdirectory. Now run the program by typing at a DOS prompt. The program will extract the files , and from itself. In this case the firmware file for the device is 1.On the HP TopTools button bar, click the Devices button and then select Device types Under “Devices by Type” select 217 Update FirmwareDownload Control Figure 16-5.Download Control Change SET_COMMUNITY_NAME 218 nation of the computer’s CD drive. If the software files have already beenthe time, and click OK Make sure you leave the CD in the drive Figure 16-6.Download Status dialog box View Log 219 How to Update the Map Filessubdirectory Uncompress the file and copy the results (which will either be a .bin, .swi, or .fdd file) into the \Program Files\Hptt\hpwnd\dld directory New software version data: 221 Appendix A222 IPX NetworksIP Networks Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses United States and countries not in Europe or Asia/Pacific Europe Asia/Pacific For more information, refer to Internetworking with TCP/IP: Principles Protocols and Architecture 223 Configuring IP Parameters227 Numerics228 Index–2229 Index–3230 Index–4231 Index–5232 Index–6233 Index–7234 Index–8
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