Starting Up the ATM and VLAN Manager
discovery database, you can manually discover devices using the Manual Device Discovery Assistant. See “Using the Manual Device Discovery Assistant” on page
Verify that your network is up and running.
As the application begins, it is modeling (understanding the logical and physical structure) the ATMvLAN network. The length of this process depends on the size of the network. For larger networks, it may take up to 15 minutes for your maps to be activated.
To check that the network modeling process is complete open the LAN Emulation Map and verify that all of the icon colors have changed from blue to yellow, green or red.
Common Startup Problems
If the root icons don’t change color from blue, it may be because either the MEDP or PDP tasks are not running.
There are two ways to check that the MEDP and PDP process are running on OVW or NetView:
■use the ovstatus command
■use the ps command
The ps command is used for the SunNet Manager to check if the processes are running.
Customize the VLAN colors and aliases.
Customizing the VLAN aliases and colors enables the ATMvLAN device view windows to show what VLANS each port is assigned to. If you do
