HP Netsight manual Source Address Naming, 00001d027f18 Bill’s PC 486-66 Acme Super PC

Node Management Overview

The Chassis Manager application will generate an event when it is used to perform an

TIP SNMP SET; this event will record the MIB object and instance that was changed for tracking administrative actions on devices. All SNMP SETs made through Chassis Manager will be recorded in the Alarm and Events Manager’s cache by default. You can turn off logging of device SETs by using a text editor to edit the CTRON.INI file (located in the winnt or windows directory); simply look for the line LogSets=on and change it to LogSets=off, or erase the line completely. You can re-start this logging by re-adding the line (or re-setting its value); be sure to enter the correct case when retyping or editing the line.

Source Address Naming

Most devices support a variety of source addressing features, all based on the ability of each device to create and maintain a database of the MAC addresses which are communicating through each of its ports. NetSight Element Manager allows you to view and control these databases in a variety of ways, including:

•Examining a list of source addresses (or user names) that are being processed by any port on the selected device.

•Maintaining security on a device by locking ports from source addresses that are not currently contained in their database.

•Enabling you to find the port through which a source address is communicating.

•Defining an ageing time after which a non-communicating source address will be removed from the source address database.

Each of these features is discussed more thoroughly in the individual device-specific User’s Guides; in addition, however, NetSight Element Manager also provides a global source address function called Source Address Naming. With source address naming, you can create a text file which will add names to correspond to the source addresses that appear in any device- or port-specific Source Addresses window.

To add source address names to the addresses appearing in the Source Addresses window:

1.Create a text file named ENETADDR.DEF in NetSight Element Manager’s data directory: \NetSight Element Manager x.x\bin.

The ENETADDR.DEF file should have the following format for each listed device:

<MAC address> <logical name>; optional comment for example:

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