Table of Contents

Displaying the CWSI Campus Map
Using the Menu Options
Using the Toolbar
Using Map Highlighting Filters

Device and Link Filters
VLAN Management Filters
LANE Management Filters
Multilayer Switching Filters
Discrepancy Filters

Using the Panner
Using the ANI Status Button
Interpreting the Status Bar

Viewing the CWSI Campus Map

The CWSI Campus map displays the physical state of your network, including switches, routers, and links. The CWSI Campus map also serves as a starting point for CWSI Campus applications, and allows you to display reports about your network status.

These sections provide you with the information you need to familiarize yourself with the CWSI Campus map:

• Displaying the CWSI Campus Map

• Using the Menu Options

• Using the Toolbar

• Using Map Highlighting Filters

• Using the Panner

• Using the ANI Status Button

• Interpreting the Status Bar

Displaying the CWSI Campus Map

When you first start CWSI Campus, the CWSI Campus map appears as is shown in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1: CWSI Campus Map

Only those devices and links that are discovered in your network appear in the CWSI Campus map. Therefore, your discovered network will appear differently than the network in the CWSI Campus map in Figure 4-1.

As you use CWSI Campus, you will notice that the devices and links listed change dynamically to display only those devices and links that CWSI Campus discovers in your network.

The CWSI Campus map contains several sections that provide ways to highlight, access, or view network information or status. (See Table 4-1.)
Table 4-1: CWSI Campus Map Features

Item	What It Does
Menu	The menu contains the commands that you use to work with the CWSI Campus map.
Toolbar	The toolbar provides quick access to frequently used menu options.
Map Highlighting filters	The Map Highlighting filters allow you to selectively highlight and display specific devices and links.
Panner	The panner allows you to focus in on a specific area of the map. Select the panner box and move around to manipulate the map.
ANI Status button	The ANI Status denotes when the CWSI Campus background processes are currently performing tasks, such as discovery.
Status bar	The status bar provides information about the number of devices discovered or the status of tasks performed by CWSI Campus.

• Using the Menu Options

• Using the Toolbar

• Using Map Highlighting Filters

• Using the Panner

• Using the ANI Status Button

• Interpreting the Status Bar

Using the Menu Options

Because the CWSI Campus map serves as your starting point for the other CWSI Campus applications, you should understand the different menu commands available.

Table 4-2 describes the CWSI Campus map window menu commands.
Table 4-2: CWSI Campus Map Window Menu Commands

Menu	Commands	What It Does
File	Save Layout	Saves device location changes in the map.
	Print Visible	Prints the portion of the map that is currently visible.
	Print All	Prints the entire map, including what is not currently visible.
	Email Comments	Displays the CWSI Campus Email window from which you can send e-mail to Cisco regarding CWSI Campus.
	Save ANI Properties	Save any changes that you have made to the CWSI Campus map, such as adding additional seed devices, editing Map properties, and so on.
	Exit	Exits CWSI Campus.
Edit	Delete Link	Removes a link from the CWSI Campus map.
	SNMP Communities	Displays or changes SNMP community string information.
	Rediscover Device	Rediscovers a selected device or a group of devices.
	Find	Opens the CWSI Campus Find window so you can search for a specific device.
	Select Highlighted	Selects all highlighted devices and links.
	Select All	Selects all devices, links, or buses on the CWSI Campus map.
View	Zoom In	Allows you to focus in on a specific map area.
	Zoom Out	Restores the focus to the view before you zoomed.
	Normal Viewing	Returns to the default focus or view.
	Zoom to Selected Devices	Zooms to and displays only selected devices.
	Re-layout Map > To Full Size	Updates ANI information and lays out the entire map again.
	Re-layout Map > To Visible Size	Updates ANI information and lays out the map again.
	Refresh Map	Refreshes the display.
	Rediscover Map	Rediscovers the network without waiting for the next scheduled discover interval.
Options	Show Toolbar	Displays or hides the CWSI Campus toolbar.
	Show Highlighting Window	Displays or hides the Map Highlighting subwindow.
	Show Panner	Displays or hides the panner.
	Show Device Labels	Displays or hides device names and addresses.
	Show Link Labels	Displays or hides link names and addresses.
	Show Map Tooltips	Displays or hides map tooltips.
	Show Link Symbols	Displays or hides link symbols.
	Show Background Images	Shows map with background images that have been added to your map.
	Retain Background Images at New Scale	Scales the device icons while leaving the background image as is.
	Properties	Displays the CWSI Campus Properties window from which you can change some CWSI Campus and map-operating characteristics, such as the highlighting colors.
Reports	Device Attributes	Displays descriptive information about the selected node or nodes.
	Device Ports	Displays descriptive information about the selected port or ports.
	Link Attributes	Displays descriptive information about the specified link or links.
	Discrepancies	Displays discrepancies or anomalies in the discovered network.
	Multilayer Switching > Route Processors	Displays information about the routers in your network that are supporting MLS and their relationship with the MLS switches.
	Multilayer Switching > Switch Engines	Displays information about the switches in your network that are supporting MLS and their relationship with the MLS routers. Also provides information about how the flow is Layer 3 switched.
Bookmarks	Add	Adds a bookmark to your map to easily identify and relocate a specific area of the map.
	Edit	Allows you to change bookmark names or edit background images.
	Add Background Image	Allows you to add a background image to your map. You can select from a number of available CWSI Campus images or provide a customized one of your own.
Tools	VlanDirector	Starts the VlanDirector application.
	UserTracking	Starts the UserTracking application.
	Telnet	When a device is selected, starts a Telnet session with that device.
	CiscoView	When a device is selected, starts CiscoView for that device.
	TrafficDirector	Starts the TrafficDirector application.
	AtmDirector	Starts the AtmDirector application.
Help	Getting Started	Displays online help for getting started with CWSI Campus.
	Index	Provides an index for the online help.
	Campus Documentation	Links you to CCO and displays the top-level home page for your release of CWSI Campus.
	Using Help	Shows how to use the help system.
	About	Shows version and memory information.

Using the Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to quickly access frequently used menu options. Figure 4-2 displays the different buttons on the toolbar.

Figure 4-2: Campus Toolbar

Table 4-3 contains descriptions of the toolbar buttons.
Table 4-3: Toolbar Buttons

Toolbar Icon	What It Does	Corresponding Menu Command
Rediscover Map	Rediscovers a selected device or a group of devices.	View>Rediscover Map
Zoom in	Allows you to focus in on a specific map area.	View>Zoom In
Zoom out	Restores the focus to the view before you zoomed.	View>Zoom Out
Normal Viewing	Returns to the default focus or view.	View>Normal Viewing
Print All	Prints the entire map, including what is not currently visible.	File>Print All
Find	Opens the CWSI Campus Find window so you can search for a specific device.	Edit>Find
Send Mail	Displays the CWSI Campus Email window from which you can send questions about CWSI Campus to Cisco.	File>Email Comments
Show Discrepancies	Displays discrepancies or anomalies in the discovered network.	Reports>Discrepancies
VlanDirector	Starts the VlanDirector application.	Tools>VlanDirector
UserTracking	Starts the UserTracking application.	Tools>UserTracking
Telnet	Starts a Telnet session.	Tools>Telnet
CiscoView	Starts the CiscoView application.	Tools>CiscoView
TrafficDirector	Starts the TrafficDirector application.	Tools>TrafficDirector
AtmDirector	Starts the AtmDirector application.	Tools>AtmDirector

Using Map Highlighting Filters

The Map Highlighting filters on the CWSI Campus map allow you to selectively highlight specific devices, links, and networking services.

These sections describe the different filters available:

• Device and Link Filters

• VLAN Management Filters

• LANE Management Filters

• Multilayer Switching Filters

• Discrepancy Filters

Device and Link Filters

The Device and Link filters are useful if you want to highlight a specific set of devices. For example, if you are deciding where to add a device to your network, you might want to check where the existing Catalyst 5000 switches are located.

• Highlighting Ethernet links

To highlight all Ethernet links, select the Ethernet link check box under the Link Types section in the Map Highlighting filters window.

The Ethernet links in your network map are highlighted.

• Highlighting Catalyst 5000 switches with Ethernet links

If you select Catalyst 5000 switches and Ethernet links from the Map Highlighting filters window, all Catalyst 5000 switches supporting active Ethernet links are highlighted on the network map.

Tips

You can also use the CWSI Campus Find window to locate a specific device name or address by searching by the device name, the device address, or the name of an end-user workstation connected to the switch.

VLAN Management Filters

When you start the VlanDirector application from the CWSI Campus map window, the VlanDirector application adds VLAN management filters to the CWSI Campus map window. These filters allow you to display additional information about a VLAN.

Step 2 Click the plus sign (+) to display additional options.

Step 3 Click the check box next to any option to highlight those elements for the selected VLAN on the CWSI Campus map. See Table 4-4 for descriptions of the highlight options.

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Note Spanning Tree Protocol information is refreshed each time you click the check box to display Spanning Tree Protocol information.

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Table 4-4: VLAN Map Highlighting Options

Option	Highlights
VTP Trunks	Links that are configured for VTP
VTP Devices
Servers	Devices that are configured as servers for VTP
Clients	Devices that are configured as clients for VTP
Transparent	Devices that are configured as transparent devices for VTP
Spanning Tree
Forwarding	Links that are in the forwarding state
Blocking	Links that are in the blocking state

LANE Management Filters

When you start the VlanDirector application from the CWSI Campus map window, the VlanDirector application adds LANE management filters to the CWSI Campus map window. These filters allow you to display additional information about an ATM VLAN.

Step 2 Click the plus sign (+) next to LANE.

Step 3 Click the plus sign, if shown, next to the options to display suboptions, or click the check box to highlight those elements for the selected ATM VLAN on the CWSI Campus map. See Table 4-5 for descriptions of the map highlighting options.

Table 4-5: LANE Map Highlighting Options

Option	Highlights
Client	Clients in the selected ATM VLAN
LE Server
Active	Active servers in the selected ATM VLAN
Backup	Backup servers in the selected ATM VLAN
Config Server
Master	Master configuration servers in the selected ATM VLAN
Backup	Backup configuration servers for the selected ATM

Multilayer Switching Filters

You can use CWSI Campus to help manage the Multilayer Switching (MLS) devices in your network. MLS enables hardware-based Layer 3 switching to relieve routers from forwarding unicast IP data packets over shared media networking technologies such as Ethernet. MLS consists of the following:

Step 1 Click the plus sign (+) on the MLS Devices section to display additional options.

Discrepancy Filters

Use the discrepancy filters to selectively display specific discrepancies in your network.

Using the Panner

The panner is a reduced view of your network map. You can use it to quickly move to a specific region of your network, which is particularly useful if your network is large.

Using the ANI Status Button

The ANI Status button provides you with information about the status of the background ANI processes, such as idle, discovery, and first discovery. It is updated automatically every minute, but you can also click the ANI Status button to see the current ANI state.

Interpreting the Status Bar

The Status bar displays the status of requests and messages describing what is happening when you perform a task. The following are examples of messages displayed:

• Ok---Displayed after a successful discovery.

• Failed---May be displayed if you attempt to rediscover the network while discovery is already occurring.

• Discovered + number of nodes + number of devices + number of links + number of buses---Displayed after discovery.

• STP may be incomplete; some devices timed out---Displayed after discovery.

• Unable to find device name---Displayed after you performed a search.

• Asking CiscoView to open device name---Displayed after you clicked on a device to open CiscoView.

• Querying devices for STP info...---Displayed when you use the STP filters.

Posted: Mon Nov 15 10:31:58 PST 1999
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