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Avaya P120 SMON
User Guide
April 2002
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Avaya P120 SMON User Guide Copyright 2002 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved The products, specifications, and other technical information regarding the products contained in this document are subject to change without notice. All information in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable, but is presented without warranty of any kind, express or implied, and users must take full responsibility for their application of any products specified in this document. Avaya disclaims responsibi
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Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi The Purpose of this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Who Should Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii Organization of this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii Chapter 1 — SMON Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 W
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Table of Contents Chapter 4 — Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Selecting Ports to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Port Statistics Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 The Port Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Chapter 5 — VLAN Sta
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Table of Contents Appendix A — SMON Dialog Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the General Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Polling Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Report Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Using the Report Now Dialog Box
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Preface Welcome to Avaya P120 SMON. This chapter provides an introduction to the structure and assumptions of the guide. It includes the following sections: The Purpose of this Guide - A description of the intended purpose of this guide. Who Should Use this Guide - A description of the intended audience of this guide. Organization of the Guide - A brief description of the subjects covered in each chapter of this guide. The Purpose of this Guide This guide contains the information need
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Preface Who Should Use this Guide This guide is intended for use by network managers familiar with network management and its fundamental concepts. It is assumed that the user has the basic responsibility for monitoring Avaya Technologies’ intelligent switching devices and the network traffic. Organization of this Guide This guide is structured to reflect the following conceptual divisions: Preface - This chapter describes the guide’s purpose, intended audience, and organization. Overvie
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SMON Overview 1 This chapter describes SMON, Avaya Inc.’s switched network monitoring system. This chapter includes the following s: What is RMON - A brief description of the RMON standard. What is SMON - A general description of SMON switch monitoring technology. Overview of SMON - An introduction to SMON. Device SMON Tools - The Device SMON tools and how they function. What is RMON RMON is the internationally recognized and approved standard for detailed analysis of shared Ethernet
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SMON Overview RMON has two levels: RMON I analyzes the MAC layer (Layer 2 in the OSI seven-layer model). RMON II analyzes the upper layers (Layers 3 and above). RMON is an industry standard that Avaya Inc. and other companies have adopted in their network management applications. SMON takes the RMON standard and extends it to the switching environment. What is SMON SMON is an extension of the RMON standard. SMON adds to the monitoring capabilities of RMON in the following ways: It prov
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Chapter 1 SMON consists of a software console application on a workstation and remote monitoring probes in network devices that support SMON. The SMON console communicates constantly with the SMON devices on your network. The console uses the SNMP protocol to gather information from the devices. SMON provides a suite of powerful graphic display tools to view this information. SMON gives you detailed analysis of the traffic flow on your switched network, from a global view down to a specific
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SMON Overview TopN filtering is powerful in that it allows you to focus on the information that is important to you. Device SMON Tools The Device SMON tools for Avaya P120 Devices include: Switch Statistics - Detailed information on traffic passing through the switch fabric. VLAN Statistics - Detailed information on switch traffic associated with a VLAN. Port Statistics - Detailed information on port traffic to help determine the precise cause of a problem. Alarms and Events - Notifi
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Chapter 1 Treating any variable with abnormal behavior as an issue that should be investigated further using other SMON tools. In general, the Switch Statistics tool can help you spot problems that only become apparent from a high-level view over time. By periodically viewing Switch Statistics, you can detect normal and abnormal behavior of the specific switch configuration. SMON collects and displays all information in real-time. In addition, information collected during a session can be
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SMON Overview Over-extended and probably causing a degradation in performance to the users. VLAN Statistics represents the information as a horizontal bar chart. Using this tool in conjunction with Port Statistics and Switch Statistics makes it straightforward to discover the cause of a problem. For example, using VLAN Statistics you may discover that there are too many broadcast errors on a specific VLAN. You could then use Port Statistics to help indicate from which port the problem o
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Chapter 1 The first Event is a Rising Event, caused by the counter rate rising above the Rising Threshold. The second Event is a Falling Event, caused by the counter rate falling below the Falling Threshold. The third Event is a Rising Event. Note, that although the rate falls below the Rising Threshold and then rises above it again, no Event is generated. A new Rising Event can only be generated after the rate falls below the Falling Threshold. Similarly, after the fourth Event, although
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Device SMON 2 This chapter provides information about SMON for Avaya P120 Devices, and contains the following sections: Accessing Device SMON - Instructions on accessing the Device SMON window. The Device SMON User Interface - A detailed description of the user interface for Avaya P120 SMON. Working with Device SMON Tools - Techniques for using Device SMON more effectively. Accessing Device SMON To access SMON for the Avaya P120 Devices, click the Device SMON tab in the Avaya P120 Man
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Chapter 2 The Device SMON User Interface The user interface consists of the following elements: Application Tabs - Tabs for switching between the different views of the Avaya P120 Device. Menu Bar - Menus for accessing SMON functions. Device SMON Toolbar - Buttons providing shortcuts to important functions in SMON tools. Dialog Area - A resizeable window where all dialog boxes appear. Desktop - A resizeable window where SMON windows are displayed. Status Bar - An area at the botto
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Device SMON Application Tabs The Application Tabs provide a method for selecting the view of the device. To switch to the device management view of the Avaya P120, click Device Manager. The Avaya P120 Device Manager opens. To switch to the Device SMON view of the Avaya P120, click Device SMON. Avaya P120 SMON opens. Device SMON Toolbar The Toolbar provides shortcuts to the main Device SMON functions and tools. The following table describes the buttons on the toolbar and lists the equivalent
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Chapter 2 Table 2-1. Toolbar Buttons (Continued) Button Description Menu Updates the data immediately rather than Actions > Poll Now at the next specified polling time. Resets the polling interval timer. Selects a specific list of ports for display Actions > Define and analysis. For more information, refer Port Filter to Appendix A, Using the Define Port Filter Dialog Box. Activates or deactivates the filter specified Actions > Activate in Define Port Filter. Port Filter Selects a specific
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Device SMON Dialog Area The area on the right side of the user interface is where all dialog boxes appear. This area can be resized by dragging the vertical splitter bar with the mouse. When a dialog box opens it replaces the current dialog box open in the Dialog Area. Desktop The left side of the application window is the Desktop. This area can be resized by dragging the vertical splitter bar with the mouse. Device SMON application windows can be resized and minimized. Minimized windows
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Chapter 2 Status Line The Status Line provides important information about the communication status between the application and the Avaya P120 Device. The following table shows the messages and icons that can appear in the Status Line with a description of their meaning. Table 2-3. Status Line Items Message Icon Description Ready The application is ready to communicate with the device. Communicating The application is currently communicating with the device. Error The last attempted comm
