PowerDsine PowerView User manual

PowerDsine PowerView
Power over LAN™
SNMP Web Manager
User Guide
Release 2.1
Catalog Number 06-6910-056
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Web Manager User Guide General
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Contents, Figures and Tables 3
1. About this Guide 5
2. Introducing PowerDsine PowerView 7
3. Installation 11
4. Managing with PowerDsine PowerView 21
5. Sending Commands 45
6. Software Upgrading 49
7. Useful Information 51
Notice
The information contained herein is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of
printing. However, due to ongoing product improvements and revisions, PowerDsine
cannot accept responsibility for inadvertent errors, inaccuracies, subsequent changes or
omissions of printed material.
PowerDsine Ltd. reserves the right to make changes to products and to their
specifications as described in this document, at any time, without prior notice. No rights
to any PowerDsine Ltd. Intellectual property are licensed to any third party, either
directly, by implication or by any other method.
©2002 PowerDsine Ltd.
All rights reserved.
This document is subject to change without notice.
Original publication: 15 September 2002 Date Printed: Mar-25-2003
First revision: 18/11/02 (Version 2.0) Second revision: 23/3/03 (Version 2.1)
Acknowledgements
Power over LAN is a trademark of PowerDsine Ltd.
All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners.
The product described by this manual is a licensed product of PowerDsine.
Abbreviations and Terminology
Abbreviations are spelled out in full when first used. Only industry-standard
terms are used throughout this manual.

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Contents
1ABOUT THIS GUIDE ..................................................................................................5
1.1 OBJECTIVES...............................................................................................................5
1.2 AUDIENCE ..................................................................................................................5
1.3 ORGANIZATION...........................................................................................................5
1.4 CONVENTIONS............................................................................................................6
1.5 RELATED DOCUMENTATION.........................................................................................6
2INTRODUCING POWERDSINE POWERVIEW..........................................................7
2.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................7
2.2 FEATURES..................................................................................................................7
2.3 SYSTEM CAPABILITIES................................................................................................7
2.3.1 NETWORK LEVEL .....................................................................................................8
2.3.2 ELEMENT LEVEL.......................................................................................................8
2.4 SECURITY...................................................................................................................8
2.4.1 SNMP SECURITY.....................................................................................................9
2.4.2 USER AUTHENTICATION ............................................................................................9
3INSTALLATION.........................................................................................................11
3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................................................11
3.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.........................................................................................11
3.2.1 CD CONTENTS.......................................................................................................11
3.2.2 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................12
3.3 SETTING COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS...................................................................12
3.4 STARTING UP............................................................................................................14
3.4.1 INSTALLATION USING THE DHCP SERVER ...............................................................14
3.4.2 NETWORK INTERFACE PARAMETERS .......................................................................15
3.5 BROWSING...............................................................................................................17
3.5.1 LOCAL SURFING .....................................................................................................17
3.5.2 REMOTE LAN WEB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ............................................................18
3.6 TFTP SERVER CONFIGURATION ...............................................................................19
4MANAGING WITH POWERDSINE POWERVIEW ...................................................21
4.1 GUI DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................21
4.1.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................21
4.2 LOGGING IN..............................................................................................................21
4.2.1 LOGGING IN............................................................................................................21
4.3 OPENING SCREEN ....................................................................................................23

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4.4 BASIC NAVIGATION .................................................................................................. 24
4.4.1 FIELDS .................................................................................................................. 24
4.4.2 CONTROLS ............................................................................................................ 24
4.4.3 PORT LEVEL.......................................................................................................... 25
4.4.4 VISUAL INDICATIONS .............................................................................................. 25
4.5 PROPERTIES DEFINITION.......................................................................................... 27
4.5.1 GENERAL GUIDELINES ........................................................................................... 27
4.5.2 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 28
4.5.3 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 29
4.6 VIEWING TRAP LOG ENTRIES ................................................................................... 30
4.6.1 ABOUT TRAPS RECORDING .................................................................................... 30
4.6.2 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 30
4.6.3 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 31
4.6.4 TYPES OF TRAPS................................................................................................... 31
4.7 SYSTEM MENU ........................................................................................................ 32
4.7.1 ABOUT THE SYSTEM MENU .................................................................................... 32
4.7.2 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 32
4.8 DEVICE MENU ......................................................................................................... 33
4.8.1 ABOUT THE DEVICE MENU ..................................................................................... 33
4.8.2 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 33
4.8.3 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 37
4.9 PORT MENU ............................................................................................................ 38
4.9.1 ABOUT THE PORT MENU ........................................................................................ 38
4.9.2 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 38
4.9.3 ACCESSING PORT SCREENS .................................................................................. 39
5CLI COMMANDS...................................................................................................... 45
5.1 BUILT IN CAPABILITIES............................................................................................. 45
5.2 COMMANDS............................................................................................................. 45
5.2.1 OPENING TELNET SESSION.................................................................................... 45
5.2.2 STANDARD COMMANDS.......................................................................................... 45
5.2.3 POWERDSINE POWERVIEW SPECIAL COMMANDS ................................................... 46
6SOFTWARE UPGRADING....................................................................................... 49
6.1 ARCHITECTURE........................................................................................................ 49
6.2 UPGRADE POSSIBILITIES.......................................................................................... 50
6.2.1 POL MIDSPAN SOFTWARE ..................................................................................... 50
6.2.2 MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ..................................................................................... 50
6.2.3 GUI SOFTWARE .................................................................................................... 50
7USEFUL INFORMATION ......................................................................................... 51
7.1 SNMP BACKGROUND.............................................................................................. 51

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7.2 SNMP PROTOCOL ...................................................................................................51
7.3 OUTLINE OF THE SNMP PROTOCOL..........................................................................51
7.3.1 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASE (MIB)................................................................52
7.3.2 SECURITY ..............................................................................................................52
7.3.3 SNMP AGENT .......................................................................................................52
7.3.4 TRAPS ...................................................................................................................52
7.3.5 OPERATIONS..........................................................................................................52

Web Manager User Guide 1. About this Guide
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1 About this Guide
1.1 Objectives
This User Guide introduces PowerDsine PowerView (hereafter referred to as
PowerView for short), a Web tool for managing PowerDsine’s Power over
LANTM (PoL) product line of Midspan devices, including:
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! PD- 6024 – 24 ports
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! PD -6012 - 12 ports
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! PD -6006 - 6 ports.
The Midspans can be provided with both AC and DC, or only with AC or DC
power inputs.
1.2 Audience
This Guide is intended for network administrators, supervisors and installation
technicians who have a background in:
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! Basic concepts and terminology of networking
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! Network topology
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! Protocols
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! Microsoft Windows environment.
1.3 Organization
This Guide is divided into several Sections, as follows:
Section 1 - defines the overall concepts used in this Guide, conventions used
and associated documentation.
Section 2 - describes the PowerDsine PowerView program, its capabilities and
its integration considerations.
Section 3 - includes installation steps for both local and remote browsing.
Section 4 - defines the PowerDsine PowerView program, its basic operation
and navigation, and its various menus.
Section 5 - explains how to enter commands.
Section 6 - describes upgrading of the software packages in the Midspan
device.
Section 7 - includes useful and general information on SNMP.

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1.4 Conventions
The various conventions used in defining commands and examples are given
in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1: Conventions Used
CONVENTION DEFINITION
bold Keywords & commands
italics Enter a value for this variable
screen Information displayed
Bold screen Information to be entered
Notes Helpful information
1.5 Related Documentation
For additional information, refer to the following documentation:
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! Power over LAN PowerDsine PD-60XX (AC and DC version),
User Manual (Y1-6800-001).
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! IEEE Standard 802.3af, DTE Power via MDI.

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2 Introducing PowerDsine PowerView
2.1 Overview
PowerDsine PowerView is a management system for complete monitoring and
control of PowerDsine’s Power over LAN (PoL) Midspans, via an SNMP
manager or remote network management station. The system provides direct,
on-line power supervision, configuration, monitoring and diagnostics of
PowerDsine products, via their SNMP agents.
2.2 Features
PowerDsine PowerView provides a number of unique features for PoL
Midspan management:
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! Web-based application for remote management of Power over LAN™
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! SNMP management capabilities for network element management
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! Configuration using graphical representations of remote device
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! Real time monitoring with visual status indicators and alarms
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! Events and performance data recording using trap log
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! System status display
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! Real time power parameters, in a flowing graph mode
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! Optional DHCP enabled-client
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! Runs on a PC platform with Windows graphic user interface (GUI).
2.3 System Capabilities
PowerDsine PowerView can be installed on any PC on the Local Area
Network, providing remote management capabilities of Power over LAN
devices connected to the LAN.
PowerDsine PowerView allows for monitoring and controlling at two separate
levels, as shown in Figure 2-1:
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! Network level
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! Element level.

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Figure 2-1: Management Deployment
2.3.1 Network Level
PowerDsine provides network management capabilities to monitor and control
an array of Power over LAN Midspans. The system is compatible with MIB
management platforms, including HP Openview and SNMPc.
2.3.2 Element Level
Element management is performed at unit and port levels.
At unit level, parameters can be retrieved directly to the Power over LAN
Midspan. These are: product identification, active power source, product status
and unit power consumption.
Parameters at port level include: maximum per port power, port priority level,
port status and type of powered device connected.
2.4 Security
Security is implemented in PowerDsine PowerView on three levels:
SNMP security - handles the entire SNMP communication process by the
community field.
User privately-implemented security – The User can specify the access level
of each and every employee.
Password protection – the User is required to enter a password 3 to 10
alphanumeric characters long.