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WAN CiscoView is a GUI-based device management software application that allows you to
When you start the CiscoView application, the CiscoView-Main window opens. (See Figure 1-1.)
Step 2 In the Host section, type the IP address or name of the host and the read community name of the device.
Step 3 If you are going to perform configuration tasks on the device, you must also provide the write community name of the device.
Step 4 Press Enter.
The CiscoView-Main window displays the front view of the MGX 8250 shelf.
To display the rear view of the shelf, select View>rear.
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 |
The display you see when you first enter CiscoView is of the front panel of the device. To change to the rear view, select View>Rear. Click on various parts of the graphic (the device itself, lines, cards, and ports) to select 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. For example, if you are using a FRSM 8T1 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.
You can print the CiscoView - Main window and specify certain printing options. To print the main window, select File>Print.
To specify printing options, take the following steps:
The CiscoView - Print Setup window opens.
Step 2 In the Printer Name field, select a printer from the scrolling list, or enter the name of a printer.
Step 3 In the Copies field, enter the number of copies you want to print.
Step 4 In the Orientation field, select the paper orientation for printing by clicking the radio button next to the appropriate orientation format: portrait or landscape.
Step 5 In the Format field, select your printer format type by clicking the radio button next to the appropriate option:
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, perform the following steps:
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. If you have only LAN links in your network, a value of 20 seconds is reasonable to account for processing delays and timer accuracy. 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.
This allows you to 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, from the same window or a separate window. The default is separate.
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Note Running multiple instances of CiscoView may slow down performance of your workstation because this requires more RAM. |
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 have 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.
CiscoView displays different categories of information for each device, card, and port. 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. 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 from the Monitor menu in the main window. To view performance information, select Monitor from a component popup menu. Performance information is displayed in a dashboard.
Select a card (on the rear or front view) to display the Card Configuration dialogs by doing one of the following:
To display the configuration parameters for a particular card, select the name of the category from the Category pull-down menu at the top of the dialog.
There are five ways to select the line or port to display the appropriate line configuration dialog:
To display the configuration parameters for a particular line/port, select the name of the category from the Category pull-down menu at the top of the dialog.
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 1-2 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>Help Topics |
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.
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 Oct 2 17:42:58 PDT 2000
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