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®
Portable Management Application
for the
SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34
User’s Guide
The Complete Networking Solution
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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 Using the SEHI User’s Guide...................................................................................... 1-1 What’s NOT in the SEHI User’s Guide . . . ........................................................ 1-3 Conventions................................................................................................................... 1-3 Screen Displays ................................................
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Contents Viewing and Configuring Link/Seg Traps for Ports ........................................3-5 Chapter 4 Repeater Redundancy Setting Network Circuit Redundancy........................................................................4-1 Configuring a Redundant Circuit........................................................................4-2 Monitoring Redundancy..............................................................................................4-5 Chapter 5 Source Addre
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Chapter 1 Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 How to use the SEHI User’s Guide; manual conventions; contacting Cabletron Technical Support; SEHI firmware versions supported by SPMA The SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 are intelligent repeating hubs that provide front panel ports for network connections and a rear-panel HUBStack Interconnect Bus port for stackable connections. Both devices fully conform to the IEEE 802.3 Repeater, AUI, and 10BASE-T specifications, and p
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 applications can be accessed from the icon menu (if you are using a management platform) and from the command line (if you are running in stand-alone mode); in addition, several applications can also be accessed from within the Hub View, a graphical display of the SEHI and its ports. The SEHI User’s Guide describes how to use many of the applications included with the module; note that the instructions provided i
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 What’s NOT in the SEHI User’s Guide . . . The following standard SPMA tools are available through the SEHI module and are explained in the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application Tools Guide: • Charts, Graphs and Meters • MAC Address Locator • Community Names • MIB I, II • MIBTree • TFTP Download • Trap Table The Charts, Graphs and Meters application is accessible from the Hub View and the command line; the MAC Address Loca
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 Some windows within SPMA applications can be re-sized; those windows will display the standard window resizing handles employed by your windowing system. Re-sizing a window doesn’t re-size the information in the window; it just changes the amount of information that can be displayed (see Figure 1-1). When you shrink a window, scroll bars will appear as necessary so that you can scroll to view all the information that is available. Us
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 Figure 1-2. The History Window Using the Mouse The UNIX mouse has three buttons. Procedures within the SPMA document set refer to these buttons as follows: Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 Figure 1-3. Mouse Buttons If you’re using a two-button mouse, don’t worry. SPMA doesn’t make use of mouse button 2. Just click the left button for button 1 and the right mouse button when instructed to use mouse button 3. Conventions 1-5
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 Whenever possible, we will instruct you on which mouse button to employ; however, menu buttons within SPMA applications will operate according to the convention employed by the active windowing system. By convention, menu buttons under the Motif windowing environment are activated by clicking the left mouse button (referred to as mouse button 1 in SPMA documentation), and there is no response to clicking the right button (m
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 For additional information about Cabletron Systems products, visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.cabletron.com/ SEHI Firmware SPMA for the SEHI has been tested against firmware versions 1.10.04 and 1.05.03; if you have an earlier version of firmware and experience problems running SPMA contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support for upgrade information. SEHI Firmware 1-7
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Introduction to SPMA for the SEHI-22/24 and SEHI-32/34 1-8 SEHI Firmware
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Chapter 2 Using the SEHI Hub View Navigating through the Hub View, monitoring hub performance; managing the hub The heart of the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application (SPMA) for the SEHI is the Hub View, a graphical interface that gives you access to many of the functions that provide control over the device. Using the Hub View There are two ways to open the Hub View: if you are working within a network management system, you can select the Hub View option from the icon menu; specific dir
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Using the SEHI Hub View Navigating Through the Hub View Within the Hub View (Figure 2-1), you can click mouse buttons in different areas of the window to access various menus and initiate certain management tasks. The following sections describe the information displayed in the Hub View Front Panel and how to use the mouse in the Hub View Ports Display. Front Panel Device summary information Figure 2-1. SEHI Hub View Hub View Front Panel In addition to the graphical display of the modules, th
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Using the SEHI Hub View Uptime The time that the device has been running without interruption. The counter resets to 0 days 00:00:00 (X days HH:MM:SS) when one of the following occurs: • Power to the device is cycled. • The device is reset manually. Date and Time The date and time are taken from the device’s internal clock. Device Name A text field that you can use to help identify the device. Location A text field that you can use to help identify the device. If you have assigned a device nam
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Using the SEHI Hub View Clicking on the Device button displays the Device menu, Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2. SEHI Hub View Device Menu The Device menu lets you perform the following: • Open the Device Status window • Open the Repeater Status window • Open the Polling Intervals window • Open the Statistics windows • Create device-level Pie Charts, Graphs and Meters • Change the Port Display Form • Launch the Link/Seg Traps application • Launch the Redundancy application • Launch the Source Addressing
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Using the SEHI Hub View If you need to call Cabletron’s Technical Support about a problem with the Hub View application, you’ll need the information provided in the Info window (Figure 2-3): SPMA for the SEHI application version SEHI firmware revision, firmware boot prom version, and hardware version Figure 2-3. Hub Information Window Clicking mouse button 1 on the Quit button closes all Hub View application windows; any open applications which can also be accessed from the command line or
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Using the SEHI Hub View Port Display Form Port Status Using the Module or Device menus, The Port Status display changes with you can change the port display form the type of port display format shown in the Port Status boxes to selected. Statistical selections any one of the following: display values in a statistic/second Module Type format. Load displays traffic as a Displays the type of - Load (% of theoretical maximum) percentage of theoretical maximum module, or device, capacity. Port
