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This chapter describes how to use properties files to define parameters for communicating with SwitchProbe devices, Network Analysis Modules, and switches.
For more information, see the following sections:
To tell a roving agent what data to collect and when, the TrafficDirector configuration process requires that you use a properties file to define the necessary parameters.
The TrafficDirector software ships with default properties files that let you do the following tasks:
However, if you want a different set of properties other than the defaults, you create a new agent properties file using the Property Editor. All properties files define the properties you want to configure for a particular SwitchProbe agent, or groups of agents, Frame Relay agents, switches, or virtual interfaces, including VLANs, DLCIs, and PVCs.
The Property Editor application lets you customize new properties files and edit them as required. After you have customized the properties file, the final step of the agent configuration process is to install the properties files on selected SwitchProbe agents using the TrafficDirector Configuration Manager application.
You can define several types of properties files:
If you have more than one switch of the same type in your network with the exact configuration, you can share the switch properties file definition between switches to ease the configuration process. Because the switch properties file is actually a mapping of the switch definition and the port properties files associated with each port, the switch definitions must match completely, and the switches must be of the same switch model with the same slots, port numbers and port names. If these switch parameters do not match completely, you cannot share the switch properties file definitions between switches.
You can create shared and port properties files or edit either of them from within Configuration Manager or directly from the Property Editor application at the TrafficDirector admin level. You can only create custom and switch properties files while adding agents in Configuration Manager.
The default properties files that ship with the TrafficDirector application is a shared properties file named fw45prop for SwitchProbe devices and NAMprop for the Network Analysis Module, which reflects the monitoring configuration from which the devices boot. If you want to enable a new default file, you should create a new file.
To change the default file, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the Configuration Manager window, click the Property Editor icon.
Step 2 Edit the agent configuration.
Step 3 Save the file with a name different from the default properties file.
Step 4 Click Install.
When SwitchProbe devices are rebooted, the properties file for the selected agent is automatically reinstalled if the following conditions exist:
Table 6-1 explains when it is appropriate to use each type of properties file.
| To Create Properties For... | Use This Type of Properties File |
|---|---|
Domains and associated statistical groups (statistics, hosts, conversations, response time) for agents or Frame Relay agents | Shared |
Logging of domains installed on agents or Frame Relay agents | Shared |
Traps on agents or Frame Relay agents | Shared |
Logging for individual DLCIs and VLANs | Custom |
Traps on individual DLCIs, VLANs, and PVCs | Custom |
Round Trip Delays | Custom |
Proxy SNMP gets | Custom |
A listing of the switch type, slots, port numbers, and port names, and an associated default port properties file with each port; can be reused for identical switches | Switch |
Domains and associated statistical groups for switches, and logging and traps on individual switch ports | Port |
The properties you install at the SwitchProbe or Network Analysis Module agent instruct the agent to collect certain types of information, including:
To review the currently enabled properties for an agent, follow one of these procedures:
Step 1 From the Configuration Manager window, click the Property button.
Step 2 Make your changes to the properties file.
or:
Step 1 From the TrafficDirector Admin level, click the Property Editor icon.
Step 2 Create a new properties file.
Step 3 Install the new properties file.
Figure 6-1 shows how you work with properties in the Configuration Manager window.
The following sections provide more information about working with properties files:
When you identify domains that should be added to the properties file, you are telling the agent to collect statistics for a particular subset of network traffic. Domains are classified according to the following rules:
The TrafficDirector software ships with a large number of predefined domains that you can choose from to add to your properties files. For more about creating your own custom protocol and generic domains, see Chapter 5, "Working with Domains."
When you configure domain properties, you can choose to enable or disable Statistics, Hosts, Conversations, and the Application Response Time (ART) group, four distinctly different statistical groups that track activity at different network layers.
The data gathered is available for the real-time monitoring applications, such as Traffic Monitor and Protocol Monitor. You can also configure the TrafficDirector software to log this data to an SQL database, so you can analyze the data using the Trend Reporter.
For each domain you install on an agent, you can track the groups of data listed in Table 6-2.
| The Data in This Group... | Tracks These Statistics |
|---|---|
Statistics | Basic traffic statistics for the specified domain, including total packets, total bytes, utilization, and packet rate. |
Hosts | Basic statistics on traffic into and out of each discovered host, including:
For generic domains, this information is tracked by MAC address, and can also be configured to track by network address. For protocol domains, this information is tracked by network- and application-layer addresses. |
Conversations | Information about the traffic between pairs of hosts. These statistics include the number of packets, bytes, and errors sent between two addresses on a segment. For generic domains, this information is tracked by MAC address, and can also be configured to track by network address. For protocol domains, this information is tracked by network- and application-layer addresses. |
Response Time | Information about the application response time (ART) MIB statistics if the ART MIB option is also enabled at the SwitchProbe device. The Response Time group supports the ART Monitor application, measuring retries, traffic load, and response time buckets for agents and application domains. |
The logging parameters allow you to enable and disable and set logging intervals for each group (statistics, hosts, conversations, or response time) for a domain, so the agent can send the RMON data to the SQL database for trend reporting. The following parameters are supported:
You can also set logging for DLCIs and VLANs as virtual interfaces so the statistics related to these entities can be stored in the SQL database, then used for creating historical, printed reports using Trend Reporter.
The ALLAL/ALLNL domains are pseudo-domains that represent reporting for the TopN Matrix RMON2 group across all network layer and application layer domains. You cannot log statistics, host, or ART groups for these entities. However, you can enable logging for the conversation group so conversation statistics that reflect the TopN Matrix group are collected every 15 minutes, regardless of the interval you select.
For each generic domain, you can configure the SwitchProbe device to take periodic statistical samples and store them for later retrieval and analysis by the Short-Term History and Long-Term History real-time monitoring applications.
You configure the number of samples (also called buckets) you want the agent to take, and the number of intervals (in seconds) representing the time between sampling counters for the network segment. With this information, you can produce a historical picture of a network segment. This feature is useful for troubleshooting when the configured sample rate is faster than is practical for the TrafficDirector software to poll the agent. Using a high-resolution analysis of the network segment, you can pinpoint the problem more easily.
If you have installed the Resource Monitor option on a SwitchProbe device, you can configure the agent to ping a particular IP address. In this way, you can quickly check network connectivity to a remote device. For each Round Trip Delay, you can configure to log related statistics to the SQL database. These statistics include Response Time, Ping Failures, and Successful Ping requests.
By enabling Proxy SNMP, you can configure a device to send out SNMP get requests to a particular host to retrieve the value of a specific MIB object. You can also log these parameters to the SQL database for reporting.
You can configure rising and falling thresholds to define an alarm condition for a domain, Round Trip Delay, and Proxy SNMP variables, or virtual interfaces including VLANs, DLCIs, and PVCs in properties files. Whenever a threshold is crossed, the agent sends an SNMP trap message to the Alert Monitor application to alert you to a condition you have defined.
For detailed information about alarms and how to configure them, see Chapter 9, "Configuring Alarms."
The properties file reflects the configuration you want to install on a particular agent. Properties files are created offline, meaning the agent is not configured with the properties until you use Configuration Manager to install the properties file on the agent. Clicking Install button in Configuration Manager tells the agent which domains to monitor, and it starts the logging process for trend reporting (if that is also enabled in the properties file).
For example, to enable host and conversations for both the RMON and IP domains, you create a properties file that contains an IP entry with host and conversations enabled, then install the file on the agent. The agent retains the configurations defined in the properties files. If the agent is rebooted, a configuration request is sent to the TrafficDirector software, which typically reinstalls the properties file.
When you use Configuration Manager to install properties on a selected agent, the properties file is downloaded to the agent and redefines any existing files using the install type you have selected---incremental, synchronize, or clean---as described next, in "Determining an Installation Type."
Before you click Install in Configuration Manager after creating a properties file, you should first determine the type of installation you want to perform: incremental, synchronize, or clean, and consider the following:
You can do all of these.
The properties file installation options are described in Table 6-3.
| Use This Option... | To Do This |
|---|---|
Add to Agent Properties | Install and apply a new properties file without deinstalling domains and groups that already exist for the agent. As a result, all properties in the properties file associated with the selected agent are added to save installation time. |
Replace agent properties | Match the definitions found in the new properties file with the existing agent configuration. These definitions override those in the new properties file as installed. As a result, all properties in the properties file associated with the selected agent match the definitions to the agent configuration. |
Reset all counters and | Apply only the definitions found in the new properties file you are installing for application layer domains; this type of installation deinstalls all existing application layer domains and the counters are reset. As a result, all preexisting definitions in the SwitchProbe agent for application-layer domains are removed, and counters are reset. This can be a very time-consuming process. If you select a clean installation, you cannot remove network-layer protocol domains installed by the agent at boot time when you replace an existing file with a new properties file with an existing file and the clean install type is set---regardless of whether the properties file defines these domains. The SwitchProbe device still collects statistics for the network-layer domains listed in the default properties file. |
For more information about related SwitchProbe issues, see the Cisco SwitchProbe Installation and Configuration Guide.
There are two ways to start the Property Editor:
These options are described in the following sections:
You start Property Editor from within Configuration Manager when you want to edit a properties file for a selected agent or port. Starting the Property Editor from here saves you steps and keystrokes. You can edit properties files associated with specific agents without having to manually locate and open the files.
To launch the Property Editor from Configuration Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 In the Configuration Manager window, click the radio button for the type of agent for which you want to define properties.
You can choose Agent, Switch, or Frame Relay agent.
Step 2 Select an agent.
Step 3 Do one of the following:
You can start Property Editor from a separate icon at the TrafficDirector Admin level menu when you need to:
To create or edit the shared properties file, follow these steps:
Step 1 Click the Property Editor icon to display the Property Editor main window.
Step 2 Create or edit a shared properties file for an agent or Frame Relay agent or a port properties file for a switch.
You can create one shared properties file and install it on multiple agents to monitor the same information across multiple network segments.
Using shared properties, you can monitor the same domains and statistical groups, log the same information, and monitor the same network variables across all segments. You can install configuration changes across all agents by editing the single shared properties file and reinstalling the file on all agents. You can create a shared properties file for the following agents and device types:
Properties that you can define in a shared properties file include:
The following sections provide more information on working with shared properties:
When you select an agent in Configuration Manager, the configuration defined in the properties file associated with the selected agent is displayed. You can see which properties are configured in the agent. You can use this feature to determine whether the same properties should be applied to multiple agents in an agent group.
Agent groups make it easier to maintain the same shared properties across multiple agents. In Configuration Manager, when you select an agent group then click Install, all properties files associated with each agent in the group are installed. You can edit a shared properties file, select the group, then reinstall the properties file on all agents by clicking Install once.
For example, you can create a single shared properties file, install it on ten different agents, then create an agent group consisting of all ten agents. To edit the shared properties file and configure all agents with the changes, you would select one of the agents in the group, start Property Editor, and edit the shared properties file. To configure all agents with the new properties, you would select the agent group, and click Install; the properties file is reinstalled in all agents in the group.
You should consider naming the group after the properties file so the agents using the properties file are easy to find. For example, if all agents in the group are assigned the default properties file, you can name the group g_default. Similarly, if all agents in the group use a properties file you created to monitor high-speed backbones, you might name the group g_backbone.
Use Property Editor to create a new shared properties file in one of the following ways:
The TrafficDirector software ships with a default shared properties file that also reflects the properties installed on SwitchProbe devices or Network Analysis Modules when they are shipped. When you create a new shared properties file--- for an agent or Frame Relay agent---the new file has these default properties. You can create a new shared properties file using the defaults as a starting point for changes as required.
The following sections provide information about:
To create a new shared properties file using the Property Editor File>New option, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the TrafficDirector main window, click the Property Editor icon.
The Property Editor (Shared) window opens.
Step 2 Select File>New.
Step 3 Select the type of device you want to create a shared properties file for.
The two options available to create a shared properties file are:
The New Properties File window opens.
Step 4 Enter the name for the shared properties file that you want to create.
The properties file name can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive. You can also use dashes and underscores.
Step 5 Click OK to create the new properties file under the name you defined.
The Property Editor main window displays the new properties file. The newly created shared properties file is simply a copy of the default shared properties file shipped with the TrafficDirector software.
Step 6 Edit the new properties file as required.
Step 7 Click OK to save the file.
Step 8 Associate the file with an agent by installing the properties file through Configuration Manager.
To assign a shared properties file within Configuration Manager when you add or edit agent definitions, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the Configuration Manager main window, click the radio button that corresponds to the type of agent you want to add or edit (agent or Frame Relay agent).
Step 2 Do one of the following:
Step 3 Click the button next to the Properties File field.
Step 4 Select the properties file that you want to install on the agent. Or, type the name of a new properties file you wish to create. (Figure 6-3.)
Step 5 Click OK to accept the new agent definition.
Step 6 Close the Properties Files window.
Step 7 Click OK to add the new agent definition and return to the Configuration Manager main window.
The agent is added to the TrafficDirector definitions and is displayed in the agent list box in the Configuration Manager main window.
Step 8 Select the agent for which you defined the new properties file, then click Install.
To create a new shared properties file based on any existing shared properties file by copying the file, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the TrafficDirector Admin level window, click the Property Editor icon.
Step 2 Select File>Open.
Step 3 Select the type of properties file you want to open---agent or Frame Relay.
The Select File window opens.
Step 4 From the Files list box, select the shared properties file you want to copy and use as the base for the new properties file. Shared properties files have the following extensions:
Step 5 Click OK to open the selected file.
Step 6 Select File>Create a Copy from the menu.
The Create a Copy window opens.
Step 7 Enter the name for the shared properties file you want to create.
The properties file name can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive. You can also use dashes and underscores.
Step 8 Click OK to save the new file.
The new properties file is created and you are returned to the Property Editor (Shared) window, which displays the original properties file. You can open the new properties file for editing as required.
The properties file includes a set of individual properties that identifies a set of domains for statistical collection, enables or disables logging for each domain, and identifies the conditions for alarms.
To define individual properties, follow these steps:
Step 1 Click Add in the Property Editor main window.
The Add Domain window opens (Figure 6-4). The Interface List box is only selectable when defining properties related to DLCIs, or VLANs.
See "Creating Custom Properties Files" for more information on DLCIs and VLANs.
Step 2 From the Domains list box, select the domain you want to install on an agent.
Step 3 In the column next to the Domains list box, click the Stats, Hosts, Conversations, and/or Response Time buttons to either enable or disable the relevant groups for this domain.
Step 4 From the Logging heading, select the polling interval for each statistical group you want data for: stats, hosts, conversations, and response time.
This is the interval at which the TrafficDirector software polls the specified SwitchProbe agent or Network Analysis Module for report information and stores it in the SQL database.
Step 5 Enter the number of buckets you want to use to track Short-Term History for the selected domain in the Short-Term History: samples field.
You can enter a value between 1-1000. The default value is 50. The samples default value is contained in the default.dvp file which you can modify. (For generic domains only.)
Step 6 Enter the interval (in seconds) that you want the agent to fill the Short-Term History buckets in the Short-Term History: seconds field.
The default is 60 seconds. (For generic domains only).
Step 7 Enter the number of buckets you want to use to track Long-Term History for the selected domain in the Long-Term History: samples field.
You can enter a value between 1-1000. The samples default value is contained in the default.dvp file and which you can modify (for generic domains only).
Step 8 Enter the interval (in seconds) that you want the agent to fill the Long-Term History buckets in the Long-Term History: seconds field.
The default is 600 seconds (for generic domains only).
Step 9 Do one of the following:
A custom properties file is specific to the agent for which it was created and cannot be shared among agents. Use a custom properties file to configure:
Unlike shared properties files, custom properties files can screen out properties that you could normally share across agents. For example, if you are monitoring 100 DLCIs on a Frame Relay segment, you would not want to log information for all 100 DLCIs, but only DLCIs of interest.
Similarly, you would not need multiple agents pinging the same network device or performing the same proxy SNMP queries on the same MIB object. You may have similar entries, but they are not exactly the same. These are examples of cases where you should create custom properties files, so you can install the file only on the agent for which you specifically create it.
Properties that can be defined in a custom properties file include:
The following section provides procedural information about:
You can only create a custom properties file by selecting the corresponding agent in Configuration Manager, then starting Property Editor in Custom mode.
To create a custom properties file for a selected agent, follow these steps:
Step 1 In the Configuration Manager main window, select the agent or Frame Relay agent that you want to define custom properties for.
Step 2 Click the Custom radio button.
Step 3 Click Property.
The Property Editor (Custom) window opens (Figure 6-5). If you have already defined custom properties for the selected agent, the custom properties file is opened.
If you are configuring the agent's custom properties for the first time, the custom properties file is created.
Step 4 You can now configure custom properties as described in the following sections.
An advanced feature---setting alarms so SNMP trap messages can be displayed in the Alert Monitor application when certain thresholds are reached---is described in Chapter 9, "Configuring Alarms."
These sections contain procedures for performing the following tasks:
With custom properties files, you can set logging intervals for individual DLCIs and VLANs. You can capture the data related to these virtual interfaces in the SQL database for use in Trend Reporting.
For DLCIs, you can configure logging for any domain you installed on the corresponding Frame Relay interface.
For VLANs, you can configure logging for any domain you installed for a switch that supports VLANs, if the VLAN Monitor option is also enabled at the SwitchProbe device, or the VLAN Mode and VLAN Agents options are enabled on the Network Analysis Module.
To define logging for an individual DLCI or VLANs, follow these steps:
Step 1 Start Property Editor against the Frame Relay agent or switch definition you want to define custom properties for.
The Property Editor (Custom) window opens.
Step 2 Click the Domain radio button.
(The Domain radio button is highlighted by default.)
Step 3 Click Add (to the right of the Domain list box).
The Add Domain window opens (Figure 6-6). A list of all DLCIs on the Frame Relay interface or configured VLANs is displayed in the Interface List box to the right of the window.
Step 4 Select the domain you want to log statistics for in the SQL database from the Domains list box.
Step 5 From the Logging column, select the polling interval for each statistical group you want data for: stats, hosts, conversations, and response time.
Step 6 This is the interval at which the TrafficDirector software polls the specified DLCI or VLAN for information.
Step 7 Select the DLCI or VLAN interface you want the TrafficDirector software to poll from the Interface List box.
Step 8 Do one of the following:
You can configure alarms to be set for conditions relating to domains installed on agents (using shared or custom properties files), virtual interfaces---DLCIs for Frame Relay agents, VLANs for full-duplex Ethernet and multiport Ethernet agents, or PVCs for ATM agents (using custom properties files), or physical interfaces---switch ports (using port properties files).
See Chapter 9, "Configuring Alarms" for information about defining and adding alarm definitions to properties files.
You can configure Round Trip Delays in agents on which the Resource Monitor option is enabled. A Round Trip Delay is an IP ping request to a specific host. When you install a custom properties file on an agent with the Round Trip Delay configured, you are instructing the agent to ping a specified host at a selected interval to measure the time it takes for the device to respond to the ping. You can also set alarms on the number of failed pings or the average response time.
For more information about configuring alarms, see Chapter 9, "Configuring Alarms."
To configure a Round Trip Delay, follow these steps:
Step 1 Start Property Editor for the agent or Frame Relay agent for which you want to define custom properties.
The Property Editor (Custom) window opens.
Step 2 In the Property Editor (Custom) window, click the RT Delay radio button.
Step 3 Click Add (to the right of the RT Delay list box).
The Add IP Ping Resource window opens (Figure 6-7).
Step 4 Enter the following information:
Step 5 Do one of the following:
You can configure proxy SNMP resources on SwitchProbe devices if you have enabled the Resource Monitor option. A proxy SNMP resource configures the agent to perform SNMP gets to retrieve the value of a MIB II, RMON, RMON2, or private MIB object on a remote device.You can also set traps on any SNMP resource you are monitoring.
To configure a Proxy SNMP resource on a selected agent, follow these steps:
Step 1 From Configuration Manager, select the agent for which you want to configure a Proxy SNMP resource.
Step 2 Click the Custom radio button.
Step 3 Click Property.
The Property Editor (Custom) window opens.
Step 4 In the Property Editor window, click the Proxy SNMP radio button.
Step 5 Click Add to the right of the Proxy SNMP list box.
The Add Proxy SNMP Resource window opens (Figure 6-8):
Step 6 In the Host field, enter the name or IP address of the host you want the agent to monitor.
The MIB list box displays a list of MIBs for the agent you selected. A MIB is a predefined database that determines the type of information an SNMP agent collects.
Step 7 Do one of the following:
When you select a MIB, the TrafficDirector application fills in the MIB field with the selected MIB, and updates the Variable Name and OID field with the objects contained in the selected MIB.
Step 8 Select the variable you want the agent to retrieve the value of from the Variable Name and OID list box.
The selected variable OID is displayed in the Variable OID field.
Step 9 Enter the Variable Instance of the selected object you want to monitor.
This usually corresponds to the number of the interface with which the MIB object you are monitoring is associated.
Step 10 In the Community field, enter the community string identifier for the SNMP host you want to monitor.
Set this field to the value for the host you want. The default value is public.
Step 11 In the Poll Interval field, enter the number of seconds you want the agent to wait between samples.
The allowed range is a decimal integer from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default is 60 seconds.
Step 12 In the Logging field, either enable or disable the resource for logging to the SQL database.
If you enable logging, you can select the different intervals from a pull-down menu list: 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour, two hours, four hours, eight hours, or once a day to log for the proxy SNMP resources.
Step 13 Do one of the following:
As you define a switch using Configuration Manager, the TrafficDirector software automatically creates a switch properties file to associate with the switch definition. You can file this file using Configuration Manager.
When you create the switch properties file, the TrafficDirector software also automatically creates a default port properties file for each port on the switch. However, this properties files contains only the RMON domain.
You can change the port defaults by creating one or more port properties files and then attaching the files to multiple ports to monitor the same information across switch ports that require the same properties. You can also share the same port properties files across switches.
Using port properties files, you can monitor the same TrafficDirector statistical groups, log the same information, and monitor the same network variables for as many ports as needed. You can install any configuration changes you make across the ports associated with the port properties file by altering the file once, then installing the switch properties file that calls out the various port properties files for each port.
You can create new port properties files from the Property Editor, then attach the new files to individual switch ports using Configuration Manager. Those properties that you can define in a port properties file include:
The following sections contain more information about working with switch and port properties:
You can create new port properties files by using the Property Editor icon.
Use the following procedures to create a new port properties file using the TrafficDirector default properties file as a template, or by using a copy of any other existing port properties file available in the Property Editor.
To create a port properties file using the default properties file that ships with the TrafficDirector software as a template, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the TrafficDirector Admin level window, click the Property Editor icon.
Step 2 Select File>New.
Step 3 Select the Port option.
The New Properties File window opens.
Step 4 Enter the name for the port properties file you want to create.
The properties file name can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive. You can also use dashes and underscores.
Step 5 Click OK to create the new properties file using the name you defined.
The Property Editor main window displays the new properties file. Note that the newly created port properties file is only a copy of the default properties file shipped with the TrafficDirector software, and was applied to each port listed in the switch properties file.
Step 6 Click Edit to make changes to the new properties file as required.
Step 7 Click OK to accept the changes.
Step 8 Attach the new port properties file to specific switch ports associated with a switch definition in Configuration Manager as desired.
To create a port properties file based on any existing shared properties file by copying the file, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the TrafficDirector Admin level window, click the Property Editor icon.
Step 2 Select File>Open.
Step 3 Select the type of properties file you want to open---in this case, port.
The Select File window opens.
Step 4 From the Files list box, select the port properties file that you want to copy and use as the base for the new properties file.
Step 5 Click OK to open the selected file.
Step 6 Select File>Create a Copy.
The Create a Copy window opens.
Step 7 Enter the name for the port properties file that you want to create.
The properties file name can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive. You can also use dashes and underscores.
Step 8 Click OK to save the new file.
The new properties file is created and you are returned to the Property Editor (port) window, which displays the original properties file.
You can open the new properties file for editing as required.
You can attach a new or different port properties file to an individual port number only by using the Configuration Manager. Once the TrafficDirector application creates a switch properties file, assigns default port properties files to each port, and you have clicked a specific port in the Interface list box, you can select from a pulldown menu of the available port properties files.
The pulldown list is available from the Port Prop File field only after you have selected a switch agent definition and highlighted a specific port number to display, as shown in Figure 6-9.
To attach a new or different file to one or more ports, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the Configuration Manager window, select the switch definition you want to examine.
Step 2 Click the Port radio button.
Step 3 In the Interface list box associated with the switch, highlight the port number you wish to examine.
Step 4 Click View Files button to see which port properties file is currently attached to the individual port number.
Step 5 The Port Prop File field is now highlighted and accessible. From the pulldown menu, highlight the port properties file you wish to apply to the port number.
Step 6 Click Attach.
The new port properties file should now be listed as the associated port properties file with the port number highlighted in the Interface list box.
See the following section for instructions on applying switch properties files to other switches:
You can apply a switch properties file that maps a switch definition to a listing of all ports, port numbers, interface numbers, and default port properties files to another switch definition---if the two switches are identical in their configuration.
To apply switch properties files to other switches, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the Configuration Manager window, select the switch definition you want to examine.
Step 2 Click Edit.
The Edit Switch dialog box opens.
Step 3 In the Edit Switch dialog box, click the window button to the right of the Switch Properties File field.
The Properties File dialog box opens.
Step 4 From the Properties File dialog box, highlight the switch properties file name you wish to apply to the current switch definition.
Step 5 Click OK.
The new switch properties file name now appears in the Edit Switch dialog box in the Switch Properties File field.
Step 6 Click OK to save the revised switch definition file.
To install a properties file on an agent, follow these steps:
Step 1 Make sure you have selected the proper Install Type.
Step 2 From Configuration Manager, select the agent.
Step 3 Click Edit to open the Edit Agent window.
Step 4 Click the button next to the Properties File field to display a list of available properties files.
Step 5 Highlight the properties file you want to install on the agent.
Step 6 Click OK to close the Properties files list box.
Step 7 Click again OK to close the Edit Agent window.
Step 8 Click Install in the Configuration Manager window to install the new properties file on the agent.
When SwitchProbe devices are rebooted, properties files for the selected agent can be reinstalled automatically if the following conditions exist:
To install a properties file on a switch, follow these steps:
Step 1 Make sure you have selected the proper Install Type.
Step 2 From Configuration Manager, select the agent.
Step 3 Click Edit to open the Edit Agent window.
Step 4 Click the button next to the Properties File field to display a list of available properties files.
Step 5 Highlight the properties file you want to install on the switch.
Step 6 Click OK to close the Properties files list box.
Step 7 Click again OK to close the Edit Switch window.
Step 8 Click Install in the Configuration Manager window to install the new properties file on the switch.
When SwitchProbe devices are rebooted, properties files for the selected agent can be reinstalled automatically if the following conditions exist:
The installation of properties files on the Network Analysis Module happens when you rove a port, VLAN, or FEC to the Network Analysis Module. For more information about how this works, see "Roving Switch Interfaces in Configuration Manager" in Chapter 3, "Using Configuration Manager.
You create an agent group and define the same shared properties file for all agents. If you redefine the shared properties file, you can update all agents in the group with the new configuration by selecting the agent group, then clicking Install.
To install properties files defined for all agents in an agent group, follow these steps:
Step 1 Click the Agent Group radio button in the Configuration Manager main window.
(All agent groups are displayed in the agent group list box.)
Step 2 Select the agent group for which you want to install properties.
Step 3 Click Install.
The TrafficDirector software installs properties files associated with each agent in the group.
To edit the properties file currently installed on an agent or group of agents, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the Configuration Manager main window, do one of the following:
Step 2 To see which switch properties file is assigned to the switch definition, highlight the switch name in the agent list box and check the Switch Prop File field.
Step 3 To see which properties file is assigned to an individual port, highlight a specific port number in the Interface list box and check the Port Prop File field again.
Step 4 Click Property.
The Property Editor main window opens and the properties file as listed above opens automatically.
Step 5 Edit the properties for the selected agent as needed.
Step 6 Select File>Exit to close Property Editor.
Step 7 Click Install to install the properties file on the selected agent or switch.
Posted: Mon Feb 8 15:30:16 PST 1999
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