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WAN CiscoView is a JAVA-based device management software GUI application that allows you to:
When you start the CiscoView application, the CiscoView-Main window opens. (See Figure 1-1.)
Step 1 To open a device, from the CiscoView-Main window, type the IP address or name of the host in the Select Device field. If you are going to perform configuration tasks on the device, the write community name of the device must be registered in the Community tab of the Preferences option.
Step 2 Press Enter.
In this case the CiscoView-Main window displays the front view of the BPX 8600 shelf in the device window of the display as shown in Figure 1-2.
The display you see when you first enter CiscoView is of the front panel of the device. To display the rear view of the shelf, right click the area around the cards in the device portion of the Main window, and select Rear.
Click on various parts of the graphic (the device itself, lines, cards, and ports) to select them. Right clicking on parts of the display brings up popup menus that allow you to configure or monitor a device, card, or port. For example, if you are using a BXM card and need port information, select a port on the display and click the right mouse button. A popup menu opens. Within this menu, select one of the options to configure or monitor the port.
The buttons on the left side of the display are as follows:
CCO | Launches your browser and connects to the CCO web page. |
Cisco Support | Opens a new case to TAC. |
Preferences | Provides SNMP, Community, Look and Feel, and Debug settings. |
About | Provides information on the version of CiscoView installed on your system. |
Help | Launches CiscoView online help. |
The ports, connectors, and LEDs are color-coded to display their status. Table 1-1 describes the commonly used colors and their meaning:
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
blue | Dormant/OK |
orange | Down |
red | Major Alarm/failure |
yellow | Minor alarm |
purple | Self-test |
green | Up/OK |
CiscoView displays two primary types of information. Configuration information, which includes data such as information about a device chassis; and performance information, which includes data such as the number of Ethernet errors during a given period.
CiscoView displays configuration information in menu form in a configuration window. When you right click on a card, port, or line graphic, and select Configure from the popup menu, CiscoView displays the corresponding configuration information. The information is displayed as a list of fields for a single port, or as a table that includes fields for multiple ports.
CiscoView displays performance information in the Monitor window. To view performance information, select Monitor from a component popup menu. The information is displayed in a dashboard format.
To display the Card Configuration dialog, select a card (on the rear or front view) by right clicking on the card away from any connectors, then selecting Configure. You can display the configuration parameters for a particular card by selecting on option from the Category pull-down menu at the top of the dialog.
Lines and ports are accessed from the rear view of the card. Right-click on the area of the display around the cards to display the device pop-up menu and select Rear. From the rear view, right-click on the line or port to display the Line popup menu, then select Configure to display the appropriate configuration dialog.
Posted: Mon Apr 17 11:06:14 PDT 2000
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