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WAN CiscoView is a GUI-based device management software application that allows you to:
For instructions on installing CiscoView, refer to the CiscoView Getting Started guide.
When you start the CiscoView application, the CiscoView-Main window opens.
To connect to a device, you need to know its read community name. If you want to perform configuration tasks on the device, you must also know its write community name.
Step 1 Select File>Open Device (or type Ctrl+O) from the CiscoView---Main window. (See Figure 1-1.)
---Main Window
Step 2 In the Host Name field, type the IP address or name of the host.
Step 3 In the Read Community field, type the host's read community name.
Step 4 Click Enter.
The CiscoView---Main window displays the front view of the IGX shelf (see Figure 1-2):
CiscoView---Main Window---Front View of the IGX Shelf
Step 5 To display a rear view of the shelf, select View>rear.
Figure 1-3 shows a rear view of an IGX shelf.
CiscoView---Main Window-Rear View of the IGX Switch
The ports, connectors, and LEDs are color-coded to display their status. The commonly used colors and their meaning are described in Table 1-1.
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
blue | Dormant/OK |
orange | Down |
red | Major Alarm/Failure |
yellow | Minor Alarm |
purple | Self-test |
green | Up/OK |
The display you see when you first enter CiscoView is of the front panel of the device. To change to the Front View, select View>Front. Click on various parts of the graphic (the device itself, lines, cards, and ports) to selct them. You can also use the right mouse button to get to a popup menu that allows you to configure or monitor a device, card, or port.
You can print the CiscoView Main window and specify certain printing options. To print the main window, select File>Print.
To print the main window and specify printing options, take the following steps:
Step 1 Select File>Print Setup.
The CiscoView Print Setup window opens.
Step 2 Select a printer from the scrolling list in the Printer Name field, or enter the name of a printer.
Step 3 Enter the number of copies you want to print in the Copies field.
Step 4 Select the paper orientation for printing in the Orientation field by clicking the radio button next to the appropriate orientation format: portrait or landscape.
Step 5 Select your printer format type in the Format field by clicking the radio button next to the appropriate option: Ljet or PostScript.
Ljet or LaserJet prints the CiscoView Main window in PCL. PostScript prints the window as a PostScript file. For most low-end printers, use the Ljet option.
Step 6 Click OK to close this window.
Step 7 Click File>Print to print the window display.
You can change some CiscoView operating characteristics, such as the polling frequency or the number of retries, from within the CiscoView application. To change the operating characteristics, take the following steps:
Step 1 In the CiscoView main window, select Options>Properties.
The CiscoView Properties window opens.
Step 2 Enter a value in the Polling Frequency field to change the polling frequency. The default value varies by device.
A typical value is every 60 seconds. To disable polling frequency, set the value to zero. If you set the polling frequency below 60 seconds for a number of devices, it may slow down your network. It is advisable to use low polling frequencies in specific testing situations and increase them when you have finished testing. Do not poll faster than every 5 seconds.
Step 3 Enter a new value in the Retries field to change the number of retries.
The default value is 3. The retries value indicates how many times CiscoView retries an unresponsive device. In busy networks, SNMP datagrams can be discarded. The retries value allows the application to continue operation during network problems. A setting of 3 is considered a reasonable value; increase the value if the network is slow.
Step 4 Enter a new value in the Timeout field to change the timeout interval.
A timeout indicates the amount of time it takes to reach a device. If it takes longer than the time specified, the device is considered to be either unreachable or down. The interval value is specified in seconds; the default is 3 seconds.
As a guideline, the timeout value should be set to twice the average end-to-end delay in your network. If you have a network with several slow links, you may need to set the timeout to a higher value. In high traffic situations, you may experience timeouts. You should not reduce the polling frequency because this may cause a general error. Increase the timeout interval if you consistently experience timeouts.
Step 5 Click the radio button next to MIB Label translation field to display MIB descriptors instead of text labels.
Text labels are the default. MIB descriptors are actual variable names used to manage devices, for example locIfOutBitsSec is output bits per second. MIB textual labels are user-friendly aliases of the MIB descriptor.
Step 6 Enter the read or write community string in the appropriate field.
You can enter the write community string for a device after you display the device. This is useful, for example, if you want to make changes to a device or port setting but did not specify the write community string when you first opened the device display. You can enter the write community string in the Write Community field without exiting and reopening the window.
Step 7 Select the window where you want to launch CiscoView. You can launch CiscoView from the current window or a separate window. The default is separate.
This option allows you to keep the desktop from being cluttered by reusing the existing CiscoView window to display devices.
Step 8 Click OK to have the changes you made in the Properties window take effect.
CiscoView displays two primary types of information:
Configuration and performance information is displayed for devices, cards, and ports. To see the categories of information that can be displayed for each component type, look at the CATEGORY popup menu on the Configuration or Monitor windows. To display a particular type of information, select the category type.
Use the Configuration menu in the CiscoView---Main window to display configuration information, or select Configure from a component popup menu. CiscoView displays configuration information in the Configuration windows that includes either a list of fields for a single port or a table that includes fields for multiple ports.
CiscoView displays performance information using the Monitor menu in the main window to display performance information, or select Monitor from a component popup menu.
Context-sensitive online help provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to use WAN CiscoView. The online help system also provides a glossary and keyword search capability.
Table 1-8 provides a quick guideline to access help from different places.
| For Information About | Do This |
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Help system for specific products | Select Help>Contents |
How to use the help system | Select Help>Using Help |
How to use CiscoView features | Select Help>Using CiscoView |
Current CiscoView versions | Select Help>About CiscoView |
Current device package version | Select Help>About CiscoView |
You can use jumps and popups in the help system. Click on a highlighted underlined topic to jump to a help window specific to that topic. When you jump to another topic, you have to click Back on the menu bar to go back to the previous help topic. Click on a dotted underlined term to open a popup help window, which provides a definition of that term. When you go to a popup window, press Enter to return to your previous help topic.
The Help Contents Tab has three functional tabs:
For information about using this table select Help>On Help.
Each help window has a menu bar and a button bar. The menu bar provides standard help functions for printing help topics, copying and pasting text from help topics, making online notes about particular help topics, and placing bookmarks.
The button bar provides the following buttons:
Many help windows have Overview and See Also links in the help window topics. You can select the Overview link to obtain background information for the procedure described in the current help window. Select the See Also link to display a list of related topics and go directly to those topics from the current help window.
Select File>Exit on the menu bar in the Help window to exit Help.
Posted: Mon Jun 7 20:25:16 PDT 1999
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