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ViewRunner allows you to configure your system in several ways to allow for specific management and monitoring techniques. This chapter discusses the following:
You can use the in-band management channel feature of the ViewRunner for Windows to control/manage the Cisco 6100 Series system through the ATM channel. Provisioning and operation of the system are identical whether you are using the Ethernet port or the in-band channel. The only difference is that instead of using conventional Ethernet physical media to communicate to the Cisco 6100 Series system, ViewRunner uses ATM as the physical layer for communication.
To run IP over ATM, the system uses RCF 1483 "Multi-protocol over AAL5" in Logical Link Control (LLC) encapsulation mode. This encapsulation allows data transport through use of multiple protocols over a single virtual connection (VC). Figure 6-1 illustrates how the in-band management channel works.
ViewRunner ensures that the out-bound packets from the Cisco 6100 Series system are sent to the right interface (Ethernet or in-band), by also supporting a routing table for various IP addresses. You must enter a routing table address to operate an in-band channel.
To use the in-band management channel rather than Ethernet, follow this procedure:
Step 1 Select or enter an IP address to access the main Chassis View for that configuration.
Step 2 Move your cursor over the chassis and right-click. The menu shown in
Figure 6-2 appears.
Step 3 Select In-band Management Channel, and the In-band Management Channel dialog box shown in Figure 6-3 appears.
Step 4 Enter the IP address of the in-band port and its submask. Then specify the VPI/VCI to be used for the communication channel.
Step 5 Confirm that the Administrative state is Locked before you enter the IP and VPI/VCI information. Once you have entered this information, the dialog box disappears and the buttons become active.
Step 6 Press Apply and then Unlocked to activate the configuration. All fields are dimmed at that point unless you set the Administrative state back to Locked.
Consider the following points when using the in-band management channel:
"IP address is already in use by the Cisco 6100 Series."
It is not usually necessary to use the routing table if you are using Ethernet as the method for managing a Cisco 6100 Series system. However, a routing table is required for in-band management so that the Cisco 6100 Series system can send the outbound packets to the right interface. Otherwise, the return packets would never reach their destination.
To add IP addresses to the routing table when using the in-band management channel rather than Ethernet, follow this procedure:
Step 1 Select or enter an IP address to access the main Chassis View for that configuration.
Step 2 Move your cursor over the chassis, and right-click. The menu shown in
Figure 6-4 appears.
Step 3 Select Routing Table and the dialog box shown in Figure 6-5 appears.
Step 4 Set the Interface to In-band Channel.
Step 5 Enter the IP address of the packet destination, its gateway IP address, and its submask. Select Add Now.
To change the destination IP address, navigate back to the Routing Table dialog box, select a destination from the top field, and select Delete Now to delete an address. Then add a different address by using the previous procedures.
Consider the following when you establish the routing table:
In releases prior to Cisco 6100 Series Release 2.2, a Cisco 6100 Series system sent event/alarm traps to only one recipient, which had the same IP address as the server. If Cisco 6100 Series system software supports multiple trap recipients, ViewRunner allows up to ten trap recipients to be configured. Each recipient can receive events and alarms filtered to a different severity level.
To establish multiple trap recipients, use this procedure:
Step 1 Select or enter an IP address to access the main Chassis View for that configuration.
Step 2 Move your cursor over the chassis, and right-click. The Multiple Trap Recipients menu shown in Figure 6-6 appears.
Step 3 Select Trap Recipients, and the Multiple Trap Recipients dialog box shown in Figure 6-7 appears.
Step 4 Enter the IP address of the first trap recipient, and choose the event level filter (severity level) for that recipient. This filter indicates that the recipient can receive traps of that severity or higher (or no traps at all).
Step 5 Determine whether to enable or disable standard SNMP traps or authentication traps and check the appropriate boxes as shown in Figure 6-8.
Step 6 Press Add Now to complete the process (Figure 6-8).
Should you want to delete a trap recipient from the list, simply go back to the Multiple Trap Recipients dialog box, select a recipient from the top field, and select Remove Now to delete the corresponding address.
Consider the following when you are establishing multiple-trap recipients:
Posted: Tue Dec 7 16:11:03 PST 1999
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