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Nortel Application Switch Element Manager
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Contents
Using the Nortel Application Switch Element Manager 5
Overview 5
Setting ASEM Properties 5
Opening a Switch 8
Opening a Switch Using SNMP versions 1 or 2 8
Opening a Switch using SNMPv3 10
Previously Opened Switches 10
Troubleshooting the Opening of a Switch 11
Connecting to a ASEM Server 11
The ASEM Interface 13
ASEM Interface Elements 13
Working with Switch Screens 32
Switch Configuration Tools 35
Configuration Tools 35
Working with Tables and Forms 36
Filtering Table Data 38
Sorting Table Data 39
Monitoring Performance 40
Working with Polling Tables and Forms 40
Working with Graphing Tables 40
Customizing the ASEM Display 42
Modifying Label Appearance 43
Modifying the list of well-known ports 44
Modifying or adding Well-known Protocols 44
Altering the Default Browser 45
Localization of ASEM 45
Changing the MIB Default Values 46
Index 48
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Using the Nortel Application Switch
Element Manager
Overview The Nortel Application Switch Element Manager (ASEM) provides a
graphical user interface (GUI) for remotely managing a Nortel Application
Switch through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This
document provides an overview of how to use the ASEM.
The following topics are covered in this book:
•"Setting ASEM Properties" (page 5)
•"Opening a Switch" (page 8)
•"The ASEM Interface" (page 13)
•"Switch Configuration Tools" (page 35)
•"Monitoring Performance" (page 40)
•"Customizing the ASEM Display" (page 42)
Setting ASEM Properties
ASEM uses the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to configure
and manage a Nortel Application Switch. The ASEM Properties screen is
used to configure parameters used to communicate with a switch. These
parameters include polling interval, time-out, and retry count. These
parameters are set at any time before or after a device is opened.
To set the properties in the ASEM Properties screen, follow this procedure:
Step Action
1From the ASEM menu, select Nortel ASEM > Properties. This
screen is illustrated in "Properties Screen" (page 6).
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2Select the properties to change and set their values.
Note: The ASEM Server Notifications area is only available
when a connection to an ASEM Server has been established.
Use the ASEM Server Notifications area to configure ASEM
Server e-mail notifications.
3Click Save.
Note: Each switch has individual Polling/Retry Count, Time-out,
and Trace values. The root properties set on this screen
establish default settings.
"Property screen fields" (page 7) outlines the fields present on this
screen.
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Property screen fields
Field Description
Polling Fields
Status Interval The interval at which statistics and status information are
gathered.
(If Traps, Status
Interval) If the Register for Traps check box is selected, then it specifies the interval in seconds at which statistics and
status information are gathered.
Hotswap Detect The multiples of polling intervals between hotswap checks.
Enable If checked, ASEM polls the switch according to the settings
listed above the Enable check box.
SNMP Fields
Retry Count The number of times ASEM retransmits any SNMP message
before reporting a timeout message.
Timeout The length of time between each retry of each SNMP waiting
period, from 3 to 30 seconds.
If the retry count is set to 2 and the time-out value to 5
seconds, ASEM reports a timeout (no response from the
switch) after 10 seconds.
Trace If checked, ASEM sends detailed SNMP information to the
log.
Register for Traps If checked, ASEM attempts to register the client’s IP address
to one of the trap hosts’ IP fields.
Listen for Traps If checked, ASEM listens for traps and attempts to hook to
the trap port 162.
Max Traps in Log The specified number of traps that may exist in the trap log.
The default is 500.
Trap Port The number of the port on which trap messages are
captured. The default is 162.
General Fields
Listen for Syslogs If checked, ASEM listens for syslogs and attempts to hook
to the syslog port 514.
Confirm row
deletion If checked, ASEM requests for confirmation each time a row in the application is deleted.
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Field Description
Synchronize
VRRP Peers on
Apply
If checked, the switch synchronizes the SLB, filter, and
VRRP configuration on a peer switch on Apply. To take
effect, peers must be configured on the switches and the
administrator password on the switches must be identical.
ASEM Server Notifications Fields
Enable Enable or disable ASEM Server e-mail notifications.
From The e-mail address used to send the notification.
To The e-mail address that receives the notification.
Note: This field supports only a single e-mail address. To
send an e-mail notification to multiple addresses, create a
mail list for those addresses.
Server The e-mail server used to send the notification.
Port The port used by the e-mail server to receive messages.
User The user name used to log into the e-mail server.
Password The password used to log into the e-mail server.
Opening a Switch
ASEM provides two options for opening a switch for configuration and
management. A switch can either be opened using SNMP versions 1 or 2,
or SNMP version 3. The following sections explain how to open a switch
through either of these methods.
Opening a Switch Using SNMP versions 1 or 2
To open a switch using SNMP versions 1 or 2, follow this procedure:
Step Action
1From the menu, select Nortel ASEM > Open. The Open Device
screen opens. This screen is illustrated in "Open Device screen"
(page 9).
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Open Device screen
Open the Open Device screen from the toolbar or by right-clicking on
the ASEM tree control. See "ASEM Toolbar" (page 21) and "ASEM
Tree Control" (page 25) for more information on these options.
2Identify the device to be opened by typing the Domain Naming
Services (DNS) name or Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device
in the Device Name field.
3Type the appropriate community strings in the Read Community
and Write Community fields. The default strings are public and
private respectively. These settings apply to SNMP version 1 or 2
access. For access using SNMP version 3, see "Opening a Switch
using SNMPv3" (page 10).
4Click Open.
Optionally, click Ping to check if the switch is reachable on the
network before attempting to open it.
—End—
To connect to the switch through the Telnet protocol, click Telnet.
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Opening a Switch using SNMPv3
Before opening a switch using SNMP version 3, SNMP version 3 must be
enabled on the switch. Refer Nortel Application Switch Operating System
24.0 Command Reference (NN47220-105) for information on enabling
SNMP version 3.
To open a switch using SNMP version 3, follow this procedure:
Step Action
1From the menu, select Nortel ASEM > Open. The Open Device
screen opens. This screen is illustrated in "Open Device screen"
(page 9).
Open the Open Device screen from the toolbar or by right-clicking on
the ASEM tree control. See "ASEM Toolbar" (page 21) and "ASEM
Tree Control" (page 25) for more information on these options.
2Identify the device to be opened by typing the Domain Naming
Services (DNS) name or Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device
in the Device Name field.
3Click the v3 Enabled check box.
4Enter the user name in the User Name field.
5If applicable, select the appropriate authentication protocol in the
Authentication Protocol drop-down list. The options in the list
are None,MD5, and SHA-96.IfNone is selected, no further
configuration is required. Steps 6 to 8 assume that an authentication
protocol was selected.
6Enter the authentication password in the Authentication Password
field.
7If applicable, select the appropriate privacy protocol in the Privacy
Protocol drop-down list. The options are None and DES.
8Enter the privacy password in the Privacy Password field.
9Click Open.
—End—
Previously Opened Switches
Any switch that was opened during past sessions appear as a folder in the
left-hand tree control navigation pane. This folder is be labeled with the IP
address or DNS name of the switch. Click on the desired folder to initiate a
new connection to the switch.
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