Avaya P120 SMON User manual

Avaya P120 SMON
User Guide
April 2002

Avaya P120 SMON User Guide
Copyright 2002 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
The Purpose of this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Who Should Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Organization of this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Chapter 1 — SMON Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What is RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
What is SMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Overview of SMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
SMON Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Filtering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Device SMON Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Switch Statistics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Port Statistics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
VLAN Statistics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Alarms and Events Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Chapter 2 — Device SMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accessing Device SMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
The Device SMON User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Application Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Device SMON Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Dialog Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Working with Device SMON Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Mouse Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Using Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 3 — Switch Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using Switch Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Gauges and Pie Charts in the Switch Statistics Window . . . . . .17
Traffic Graph in the Switch Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

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Chapter 4 — Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Selecting Ports to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Port Statistics Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
The Port Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Chapter 5 — VLAN Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using VLAN Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Selecting VLANs to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
VLAN Statistics Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
VLAN Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Chapter 6 — Alarms and Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Alarms and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Alarms Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Alarms Table Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Editing Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Alarm Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Overview of the Alarm Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Activating the Alarm Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Alarm Wizard Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Device Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

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Appendix A — SMON Dialog Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the General Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Polling Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Report Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Using the Report Now Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Using the Auto Report Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Using the Switch Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Samples Per Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Samples To Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Logarithmic Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Level Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Using the Port/VLAN Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Items Per Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Using the Find Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Finding a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Finding a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Finding a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Using the Define Port Filter Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Using the Define VLAN Filter Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Using the Define TopN Filter Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Using the Find Top5 Peaks Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Using the Sort Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Appendix B — Setting Up the SMON License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SMON Embedded License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Preface
Welcome to Avaya P120 SMON. This chapter provides an introduction to
the structure and assumptions of the guide. It includes the following
sections:
•The Purpose of this Guide - A description of the intended
purpose of this guide.
•Who Should Use this Guide - A description of the intended
audience of this guide.
•Organization of the Guide - A brief description of the subjects
covered in each chapter of this guide.
The Purpose of this Guide
This guide contains the information needed to operate Avaya P120
SMON switch monitoring application efficiently and effectively.
The following table provides information about where to find
documentation about Enterprise SMON and Device SMON for other
devices.
Table 1. SMON Documentation
Application Document
Enterprise SMON Avaya MultiService SMON User Guide
SMON for Avaya M770 Devices Avaya M770 and M-MLS SMON User
Guide
SMON for Avaya P130 Devices Avaya P130 SMON User Guide
SMON for Avaya P330 Devices Avaya P330 SMON User Guide
SMON for Avaya P580/P882
Devices Avaya P580/P882 SMON User Guide

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Who Should Use this Guide
This guide is intended for use by network managers familiar with network
management and its fundamental concepts. It is assumed that the user
has the basic responsibility for monitoring Avaya Technologies’ intelligent
switching devices and the network traffic.
Organization of this Guide
This guide is structured to reflect the following conceptual divisions:
•Preface - This chapter describes the guide’s purpose, intended
audience, and organization.
•Overview - This chapter provides an overview of the RMON
standard and Avaya Inc’s SMON concepts and an introduction to
the SMON tools.
•Device SMON - This chapter describes how to launch
Avaya P120SMON and the Device SMON tools. It also describes the
Device SMON userinterface.
•Switch Statistics - This chapter describes the Switch Statistics
tool in detail, including sample screens and filtering options.
•Port Statistics - This chapter describes the Port Statistics tool in
detail, including sample screens and filtering options.
•VLAN Statistics - This chapter describes the VLAN Statistics tool
in detail, including sample screens and filtering options.
•Alarms and Events - This chapter describes the Alarms Table,
Alarms Wizard, and Device Event Log in detail, with instructions
on how to define and activate alarms.
The following Appendices are included at the end of this guide:
•Appendix A - Dialog boxes that appear in SMON tools.
•Appendix B - How to set up the SMON license so that SMON will
work with Avaya P120 Devices.

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1SMON Overview
This chapter describes SMON, Avaya Inc.’s switched network monitoring
system. This chapter includes the following s:
•What is RMON - A brief description of the RMON standard.
•What is SMON - A general description of SMON switch
monitoring technology.
•Overview of SMON - An introduction to SMON.
•Device SMON Tools - The Device SMON tools and how they
function.
What is RMON
RMON is the internationally recognized and approved standard for
detailed analysis of shared Ethernet and Token Ring media. It ensures
consistency in the monitoring and display of statistics between different
vendors.
RMON’s advanced remote networking capabilities provide the tools
needed to monitor and analyze the behavior of segments on a network.
In conjunction with an RMON agent, RMON gathers details and logical
information about network status, performance, and users running
applications on the network.
An RMON agent is a probe that collects information about segments,
hosts, and traffic, and sends it to a management station.
The network administrator uses software tools to view the information
collected by the RMON agent on the management station.

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SMON Overview
RMON has two levels:
• RMON I analyzes the MAC layer (Layer 2 in the OSI seven-layer
model).
• RMON II analyzes the upper layers (Layers 3 and above).
RMON is an industry standard that Avaya Inc. and other companies have
adopted in their network management applications. SMON takes the
RMON standard and extends it to the switching environment.
What is SMON
SMON is an extension of the RMON standard. SMON adds to the
monitoring capabilities of RMON in the following ways:
• It provides additional tools and features for monitoring in the
switch environment.
• It provides a global view of traffic flow in a network with multiple
switches.
Device SMON extends RMON I for the MAC layer, and AnyLayer SMON
extends RMON II for the network layer and above. SMON monitoring
collects and displays data in real-time.
Using SMON monitoring, you can get:
• A global view of traffic for all switches on the network.
• An overall view of traffic passing through a specific switch.
• Detailed data about the hosts transmitting packets through a
switch.
• An analysis of traffic passing through each port connected to a
switch.
• A view of traffic between various hosts connected to a switch.
Overview of SMON
SMON is an RMON-compliant network management suite that
implements the SMON extensions to RMON. SMON works with the other
components of Avaya MultiService Network Manager to provide a full
spectrum of in-depth monitoring of switch traffic and network
performance.

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SMON consists of a software console application on a workstation and
remote monitoring probes in network devices that support SMON.
The SMON console communicates constantly with the SMON devices on
your network. The console uses the SNMP protocol to gather information
from the devices. SMON provides a suite of powerful graphic display tools
to view this information.
SMON gives you detailed analysis of the traffic flow on your switched
network, from a global view down to a specific host, and from total MAC
layer traffic down to a specific application protocol - all in real-time.
In addition, SMON allows you to set alarms based on traffic thresholds.
When an alarm is triggered, a trap can be sent to the device’s manager
and the event that triggered the alarm can be entered in SMON’s Event
Log.
SMON Devices
SMON provides monitoring capabilities for Avaya Inc’s network devices
that support the SMON extensions of the RMON standard.
Filtering Options
SMON tools provide different methods of filtering the information
displayed on the screen. These method include:
• Specific filtering
• TopN filtering
For information on how to use filters, refer to Appendix A, SMON Dialog
Boxes.
Specific
Filtering Specific filtering options provide the ability to specify the switches,
VLANs, or ports for which you want to view SMON information.
TopN
Filtering TopN filtering provides the ability to filter information based on the
amount of a particular type of traffic being monitored. When using TopN
filtering, specify the number of switches, VLANs, or ports for which you
want to view SMON information. Then select a statistic which will be
used as the basis for the filtering.
Using TopN filtering you can, for example, view information on only the
top 5 most active ports, or on the 8 switches generating the most error
traffic.