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Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Administration Guide 2550 Garcia Avenue A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business Mountain View, CA 94043 U.S.A. Copyright 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Portions of this product may be derived from the UNIX® system, licensed from Novell, Inc., and from the Berkeley 4.3 BSD system, licensed from the University of California. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries and is exclusively licensed by X/Open Company Ltd. Third-party software, including font technology in this product, is protected by copyright and licensed from Sun’s suppliers. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and FAR 52.227-19. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Solstice, Solstice Site Manager, Solstice SunNet Manager, Solstice Domain Manager, and Cooperative Consoles are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. The OPEN LOOK® and Sun™ Graphical User Interfaces were developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. for its users and licensees. Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry. Sun holds a non-exclusive license from Xerox to the Xerox Graphical User Interface, which license also covers Sun’s licensees who implement OPEN LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun’s written license agreements. X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please Recycle Contents 1. Overview and Concepts. 1-1 1.1 Licensing . 1-1 1.2 Site and Domain Differences. 1-1 1.3 Management Applications and Agents . 1-2 1.4 SunNet Manager Console . 1-5 1.5 Management Database. 1-6 1.6 Configuration . 1-8 2. Planning for Network Management . 2-1 2.1 Planning for Network Management . 2-1 3. Creating and Modifying the Management Database . 3-1 3.1 Adding SunNet Manager to Your PATH Variable . 3-1 3.2 Starting the Console . 3-2 3.3 Using IP Discover and IPX Discover . 3-8 3.4 Using IPX Discover . 3-11 3.5 Netware Management System Export/Import Agent . 3-12 iii 3.6 Invoking IPX Discover. 3-12 3.7 Traversing the View Hierarchy . 3-16 3.8 Creating Elements Using the Editor. 3-18 3.9 Creating Aliases . 3-24 3.10 Finding Elements . 3-26 3.11 Modifying Element Properties . 3-27 3.12 Changing Element Types. 3-29 3.13 Moving Elements within a View. 3-31 3.14 Moving Elements from One View to Another . 3-31 3.15 Connecting Elements . 3-32 3.16 Copying Elements . 3-34 3.17 Deleting Elements. 3-36 3.18 Saving the Management Database . 3-37 3.19 Quitting the Console . 3-39 4. Requesting Data . 4-1 4.1 Making a One-Time Request for Data . 4-2 4.2 Making a Request for Periodic Data . 4-5 4.3 Prioritizing Requests . 4-5 4.4 Copying Requests. 4-14 4.5 Viewing Incoming Data . 4-15 4.6 Analyzing Stored Data. 4-22 4.7 Printing a Graph . 4-31 4.8 Viewing and Managing Requests . 4-32 4.9 Request States . 4-34 iv Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Administration Guide 4.10 Viewing and Modifying Properties of a Request . 4-35 5. Specifying Event Requests . 5-1 5.1 Specifying an Event . 5-2 5.2 Scheduling Requests Based on Events. 5-2 5.3 Retrieving Single Attributes . 5-3 5.4 Detecting the Presence of an Event . 5-24 5.5 Checking the Cause of an Event . 5-25 5.6 Changing a Glyph State Back to Normal. 5-27 5.7 Glyph Pending State . 5-27 5.8 Propagation of Glyph States . 5-29 5.9 Changing the Propagation of Glyph State Changes. 5-30 6. Viewing Reports . 6-1 6.1 Viewing Error Messages and Error Reports . 6-11 6.2 Viewing Traps . 6-15 7. Managing Printers . 7-1 8. Managing SNMP Devices . 8-1 8.1 Adding SNMP Devices . 8-2 8.2 Creating an SNMP Element in the Database. 8-5 8.3 Setting Up SNM to Receive Traps from a Device . 8-8 8.4 Using the Set Tool to Retrieve SNMP Attribute Values . 8-13 8.5 Using the Set Tool to Change SNMP Attribute Values . 8-18 9. Creating and Managing a Link. 9-1 9.1 Using the Console’s Edit Function . 9-1 9.2 Using IP Discover to Create Manageable Links . 9-10 Contents v 10. Customizing SunNet Manager . 10-1 10.1 Adding Background Image to Current View . 10-1 10.2 Creating Types of Elements . 10-6 10.3 Creating a New Glyph for an Element Type . 10-9 10.4 Modifying the Console Tools Menu . 10-10 10.5 Modifying the Tools Menu for an Element Type . 10-12 10.6 Adding Agents and Glyphs . 10-12 11. Network Management Security . 11-1 11.1 Authentication . 11-2 11.2 Access Control . 11-2 11.3 The Security Algorithm . 11-3 11.4 Conferring Right-of-Access. 11-4 12. NetWork Layout Assistant. 12-1 12.1 Who Should Use NLA? . 12-1 12.2 What Does NLA Do? . 12-1 12.3 What the Network Layout Assistant Does Not Do . 12-2 12.4 Starting the SunNet Manager Console. 12-2 12.5 Creating the SunNet Manager Console Database . 12-4 12.6 Using the Layout... Option . 12-6 12.7 Using the Overview... Option . 12-10 12.8 Using the Print... Option . 12-14 12.9 The Print Window . 12-15 12.10 Tailoring Your Layouts . 12-20 12.11 Hierarchical Layout Style . 12-20 vi Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Administration Guide 12.12 Tailoring Your Layout . 12-22 12.13 Hierarchical Layout Style . 12-22 12.14 Circular Layout Style . 12-32 12.15 Symmetric Layout Style. 12-41 12.16 Network Layout Assistant Restrictions . 12-45 13. Reference Overview . 13-1 13.1 Overview . 13-1 13.2 Agents and Proxies. 13-2 13.3 SunNet Manager Directories and Files . 13-5 13.4 Environment Variables Used with SunNet Manager. 13-9 13.5 Extending SunNet Manager . 13-12 14. Console . 14-1 14.1 SunNet Manager Console . 14-1 14.2 Freezing the Console (Read-Only Mode) . 14-4 14.3 Control Panel Buttons and Menus . 14-5 14.4 View Button . 14-10 14.5 Edit Button . 14-11 14.6 Props Button . 14-17 14.7 Requests Button . 14-17 14.8 Tools Button . 14-18 14.9 Goto Button . 14-19 14.10.