Launching TrafficDirector

You start TrafficDirector from the CWSI map window.

Starting CWSI on a Windows NT Platform

To start CWSI on a Windows NT platform, follow these steps:

Step 1 Select Start>Programs>CWSI 2.0>Start CWSI from the Windows NT menu bar.

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Note If you installed CWSI in a directory other than the default directory shown during installation, select that path to start CWSI.

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The CWSI Login window opens.

Step 2 Enter your username in the Username field.

Step 3 Enter your password in the Password field.

Step 4 To log into the default ANI server displayed in the ANI server field, click LOGIN. To log into a different ANI server, enter the name of the ANI server in the Server field.

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Note Names of asynchronous network interface (ANI) servers are located in the /cwsi20/etc/cwsi/ani.properties file.

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The length of time that the discovery process takes varies depending on your network, but averages from two to seven minutes.

When the discovery process is complete, the CWSI map window opens, displaying the discovered network.

Launching TrafficDirector

To start TrafficDirector from the CWSI map window, take the following steps:

Step 1 Click the TrafficDirector icon on the toolbar or select Tools>TrafficDirector from the CWSI menu bar.

The TrafficDirector main window (Figure 2-1) opens.

Figure 2-1: TrafficDirector Main Window

Launching TrafficDirector Applications

TrafficDirector consists of applications that you can launch to monitor and manage your network. You can launch some applications for agents, groups, switches, and Frame Relay agents; other applications might require you to select just one element (such as one agent in a group, or one Frame Relay data-link connection identifier [DLCI]).

Click the Traffic icon to display the TrafficDirector applications available for your network traffic.

Launching Applications From the TrafficDirector Main Window

Table 2-1 lists the applications you can launch from the TrafficDirector main window.

Table  2-1: Applications Launched from the TrafficDirector Main Window

Application	Launches From	For This Device	And This Domain
Traffic Monitor	Traffic only	All	RMON only
Protocol Monitor	Protocol only	All	Protocol only
Application Monitor	Application only	All	Protocol only
Segment Zoom	Traffic only	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic only
Segment Details	Traffic only	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic only
Protocol Zoom	Protocol only	All	Protocol only
Protocol History	Protocol only	All	Protocol only
App History	Application only	All	Protocol only
Ring Monitor	Traffic only	Single Token Ring/FDDI1 agent or switch only	N/A
Source Route Monitor	Traffic only	Single Token Ring agent or switch only	N/A
Data Capture	Traffic Protocol application	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic only
TopN Talkers	Traffic Protocol application	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic and protocol
All Talkers	Traffic Protocol application	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic and protocol
All Convs (Conv. List)	Traffic Protocol application	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic and protocol
Domain Discovery	Traffic Protocol application	All	Generic and protocol
Domain History	Traffic only	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic and protocol
Short-Term History	Traffic only	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic only
Long-Term History	Traffic only	Single agent, switch port, or DLCI only	Generic only
Round Trip Delay	Traffic Protocol application	Single agent only (with Resource Monitor enabled)	N/A
Proxy SNMP	Traffic Protocol application	Single agent only (with Resource Monitor enabled)	N/A
Test Agent	All levels	Single agent only	N/A
TrafficDirector shell	Traffic Protocol application	N/A	N/A
Alert Monitor	All levels	N/A	N/A
Trend Reporter	All levels	All	Generic and protocol
Protocol Decode	Traffic Protocol application	N/A	N/A

1. 1. FDDI = Fiber Distributed Data Interface.
   

To launch TrafficDirector applications, take the following steps:

Step 1 Launch TrafficDirector.

Step 2 In the upper right of the TrafficDirector main window, click one of the following radio buttons:

• Click Traffic to display applications related to traffic monitoring.

• Click Protocol to display applications related to protocol monitoring.

• Click Applications to display applications related to application monitoring.

• Click Admin to display administrative and configuration applications.

Step 3 In the upper left side of the TrafficDirector main window, select one of the following radio buttons:

• Click Agent to display a list of common agents.

• Click Agent Group to display a list of agent groups. An additional list box is displayed beneath the Agent Group list box with the individual agents in the selected group.

• Click Switch to display a list of switches. An additional list box is displayed beneath the Switch list box with the ports for the selected switch.

• Click Frame Relay to display a list of Frame Relay agents. An additional list box is displayed beneath the Frame Relay agent list box with the DLCIs for the selected Frame Relay agent.

Step 4 Select a domain from the Domain Name list, or select a domain group from the Domain Group list.

Step 5 Click the icon for the application you want to launch.

The application you selected starts up.

Launching from Within Other Applications

When you select Applications on the menu bar of any TrafficDirector application, a list of applications that you can launch directly from the application you are running is displayed for the agent and domain you specify. You can also use this shortcut if you are using multiple applications to investigate a particular network segment. To launch another application from within a TrafficDirector application, take the following steps:

Step 1 Select Applications.

Step 2 Select the application that you want to launch, if it is not already highlighted.

The Launch Application window opens (Figure 2-2). The application you selected is highlighted.

Figure 2-2: Launch Application Window

Step 3 Select the agent, agent group, switch, switch port, or Frame Relay agent and DLCI for which you want to launch the application.

Step 4 Click Launch.

The selected application starts up.

Using Multiple Windows

You can open multiple TrafficDirector applications or multiple windows in the same application at the same time. However, each window has an independent sample rate (30 seconds, 1 minute, and so forth), and updates can be different in different windows. You can monitor the same data with two versions of the same window, and the data may be different. Opening multiple windows uses extra network resources. Open only the windows you need.

Changing Application Refresh Rates

The Refresh rate is the amount of time that TrafficDirector waits before automatically updating the information displayed in illustration and table application windows. Depending on the application, you can define a refresh rate from fifteen seconds to five minutes. To select an automatic refresh rate, take the following steps:

Step 1 Select Refresh from the menu bar.

Step 2 Select the refresh rate you want.

You can manually update the information that is displayed in one of the following ways:

• Select Refresh>Now.

• Click the Refresh icon.

• Press F2.

Printing Illustrations and Tables

To print an illustration or table from an application window, take the following steps:

Step 1 When the illustration or table you want to print is displayed, select File>Print or press Ctrl-P.

The Printing Options dialog box opens (Figure 2-3).

Figure 2-3: Printing Options Dialog Box

Step 2 To print to a file, select the File radio button in the Output Options box. Select the directory where you want to print the file, then enter a filename in the File Name box.

Step 3 To print directly to a printer, select the Printer radio button in the Output Options box, then click OK.