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The features in the Tasks drawer consist of several view functions that allow you to monitor a daily report, device availability, configurations, Netsys reports, SNMP functions, inventory, and Syslog.
The following tools can be found in the Task drawer:
This tool lists all priority 0, 1, and 2 Syslog messages, as well as top 10, reload, restart, and a conciliated report of activities from the previous 24 hours on your network. A high-level overview of problems is also displayed.
The following messages make up the 24 hour daily report:
These messages are described in the following sections.
Syslog Priority messages are a single-digit number (0, 1, or 2) that reflects the severity of the condition. The lower the number, the more serious the situation:
Changes since last configuration in both the Router Command Lines format or Unix Diff format are listed here.
The top 10 most frequently occurring Syslog messages during the current day are listed.
The top 10 most frequently occurring WAN switch messages during the current day are listed.
Indicates the number of messages generated from the system indicating a restart is required.
Indicates the number of times the system was reloaded by the user.
The Device, Start Date, and Number of Misses for all devices not reported in the last 8-or 24-hour period are listed.
Indicates the number of devices reporting any access problems.
Stability warnings generated by the WAN switches are listed. Major alarms are of the emergency or critical nature.
Syslog exceptions data is correlation data collected by your Syslog profile that have either default correlation or custom correlation settings turned on.
The Device Availability Report offers the following options:
Step 1 Select the Devices NOT HEARD button.
Step 2 Select the number of hours from the drop-down list.
Step 3 Click Submit to view the requested availability data.
Step 1 Select the Devices which MISSED consecutive pings button.
Step 2 Select the total number of pings missed from the drop-down list.
Step 3 Select the number of hours you want to check for missed pings.
Step 4 Click Submit to view the requested availability data.
Step 1 Select the Per Device AVAILABILITY TRENDING button.
Step 2 Select the number of days and hours you want to view.
Step 3 Click Submit to view the data.
The configurations for devices are presented in three sorted orders:
Select a device from a list of devices to view its latest configuration.
Select a device from a list of devices grouped by its collection date to view a particular configuration.
Step 1 Select a sorting option by clicking on the button next to the desired event.
Step 2 Chose the start and end times for the period you want to search.
Step 3 Click Submit to proceed to the viewing screen.
Netsys provides a simulation of your network topology and facilitates offline network troubleshooting. Netsys is not offered with NATkit. NSA clients must obtain it separately.
Netsys includes a configuration checker utility that parses the configuration data in a set of Cisco device configuration files to find catastrophic and informational messages. If Netsys is installed in your system, NATkit integrates this functionality. NATkit collects the latest configurations from Cisco devices, runs the configuration files through the Netsys configuration checker utility, and collects the error report. The output report is available for viewing through this screen.
The SNMP Poller creates polling profiles to collect variable data and optionally perform correlation on the specific devices included in the profile. The View Data by Profiles option provides a view of the data collected by the SNMP Poller profiles.
You can view the data collected by a specific SNMP Poller profile. The Select Profile screen enables you to choose a profile to view. You can view a "slice" of the data collected by the profile by setting the start and end times of the timer to some portion of the scheduled collection time of the profile.
Step 1 Select a profile name from the pull-down list.
Step 2 Set the timer to the time period the profile polled its devices. You can check the Scheduler to see the start and last time the profile was run.
Step 3 Click Submit to proceed to the View Data screen.
The NATkit Syslog Scheduler creates and edits Syslog profiles. The Syslog Viewer allows you to view the Syslog events and any correlation data collected by your Syslog profiles. You can choose to view a subset of the collected Syslog events by using the timer to specify the time interval of a Syslog manager.
There are four ways to sort Syslog events:
The Syslog events displayed are all the events collected by all the Syslog profiles you have created.
Step 1 Select a sorting option by clicking on the button next to the desired event.
Step 2 Chose the start and end times for the time period you want to view and click Submit.
One of the four following screens will appear, depending on the sorting option selected:
Step 3 Click on a Device Name, Message Type, Severity, or Type to view a detailed listing of the event.
You can view HP OpenView messages, various logs, errors, and CPU/memory information relating to WAN tools switching nodes using one of the following two tools:
The Trapd viewer allows you to view the contents of the trapd.log file of HP OpenView for WAN switching nodes. Viewing options include by node name, IP node address, alarm type, and message type. To use the Trapd viewer, complete the following:
Step 1 Select whether to view nodes, alarm types, or message types.
Step 2 Chose the start and end times for the node, alarm type or message type you want to view.
Step 3 Click on Submit. One of the following three screens appear:
Step 4 Click on the Node Name, Alarm Types or Message Type you wish to view.
The following information will appear:
The CLI viewer displays the output gathered from the CLI commands that capture the switch log, software logs, card and slot errors, CPU utilization, and memory blocks for the StrataCom switching nodes. The viewer displays output per profile, device, and run time. To use the CLI viewer, complete the following:
Step 1 Select a profile to view from the pull-down list.
Step 2 Click Submit to display a list of WAN switches from the profile selected. Click the desired WAN switch to display a list of WAN switch times for that switch.
Step 3 Select the WAN switch time desired from the pull-down list; then click Submit.
Step 4 The following information will appear:
Posted: Wed Dec 15 14:18:01 PST 1999
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