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RALEIGH NETWORKING SYSTEMS CENTER (RALY - NA/ATS)
NWAYS CAMPUS MANAGER SUITE FOR AIX
NWAYS CAMPUS MANAGER LAN AIX
RALY NWAYSAIX
Hello
I have a question about Nways Manager for AIX V2.
I manage 2210s by JDM in our test lab.
Nways Manager seems to add psmStatProp interface in the
interface submap of 2210. Then the status of psmStatProp
interface is changed by JDM, when a trap comes from 2210.
The problem I had is that psmStatProp interface icon
sometimes remains Green status nevertheless node goes down.
That makes node icon yellow ( not red ), when node is down.
In the previous version Nways didn't behave like that.
I'd like to stop status changing of psmStatProp interface.
Do you have any good idea?
AIX V4.3.2
NetView for AIX V4.1.2
Nways Manager for AIX V2
Element Manager
Thanks
A:
The status propagation characteristics with Nways V2 is different from
Nways V1.2.x as you noted. The basic reason for the difference is that
in the previous versions of Nways the PSM daemon for the device(one
PSM daemon for each device type) polled the device and for its traps.
The PSM daemon could then present status changes as well as refined
trap response handling even when the NetView EUI was not running.
In Nways V2, there is no daemon that is always running to perform this
operation. The JMA, when started by the user, can perform these
operations but it cannot if not started by the user.
For the case that you make, when the device is down(not reachable or
out of service), NetView is aware but, with the JMA not running, the
psmStatProp effect will not change(remains GREEN), thereby resulting
in a propagated status of YELLOW.
One could go to the interface submap for a device, e.g., 2210, and
UNManage the psmStatProp which would cause a propagated RED status
when the device goes down(instead of YELLOW), however, the status from
the JMA when running would not be reflected.
It is realized that the change in status propagation using Nways is not
the same as in previous versions, and it has been noted.
We can seek additional information as to how psmStatProp changes state
for the device in question if you would like.
Q:
Thanks a lot.
I'd like to discuss more about this.
First of all, I cannot understand clearly what is JMA you mentioned.
Is it Java GUI of nways devices? or any background service of
Nways Manager?
And the UNMANAGED solution seems to be not acceptable.
In our test lab, when unmanaging psmStatProp interface icon, upper
Node icon happened to be also unmanaged. The node icon and psmStatProp
interface icon are connected strongly.
In fact, our customer don't want node icon to change its status
automatically when some trap happened. He'd like to control the
rule of changing status. I guess most of customer don't want
interface icon that is changed its status by some event he don't care.
If you have a communication pass with nways development people,
please ask following.
1) About JMA's changing status architecture; when it change
psmStatProp's status?
Can the customer control that? For examples,
Cold Start Trap -> unchanged
Link Down Trap -> Yellow
Authentication Trap -> Yellow
ELS Trap -> Red
Node down( NetView internal Event) -> Red
Is the customization like this possible?
2) How to disable JMA's changing status; (without unmanaging symbol)
As similar story, in previous version of Nways, we could disable
JPM polling by editing /usr/CML/JMA/java/properties/
JdmServerProperties.txt.
Customer wants same thing at this JMA behavior.
Best regards
A:
The specific conditions you note and corresponding status colors can
be accomplished even with Nways(psmStatProp) icon. The only point of
"exposure" is when a NODE DOWN trap occurs for a device and the NetView
EUI is NOT running(no sessions). Otherwise, you should be able to
get the status color reflected that you desire.
For NODE DOWN traps, if you change the Event Configuration in NetView
(the NetView enterprise) to Severity "Critical", then when the
trap(event) occurs, the ICON should turn RED because NetView "marks"
the device RED and NWays "marks" the psmStatProp RED as well since
Nways will refer to the same NetView Event Configuration Severity.
IF the NetView EUI session is NOT running when the NODE DOWN event
occurs, then the resulting color will likely be YELLOW because the
NWays process is not running to reflect RED for psmStatProp.
I would assume that, given your change to the NODE DOWN configuration,
your exposure to missing the NODE DOWN event would be very small since
your NetView EUI would normally be running.
For the assumed limited case of missing the NODE DOWN event, you could
check your event log for any of these events.
The difference between events in NWays V2 and previous versions is not
as severe as I first presented. Just keep in mind that while the NetView
EUI is running, the Nways process managing psmStatProp will change the
psmStatProp icon color according to the Event Configuration for the
type of trap received.
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The concept of my previous response is correct, however, there is a
problem in the NWays code that prevents the psmStatusProp from showing
the proper status. A work-around solution has been demonstrated and
I would recommend it to you.
In the NetView for AIX(NV) Event Configuration for Enterprise
netView6000 (1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.3):
1) edit the NODE DOWN(IBM_NVNDWN_EV) event configuration, OR the
Interface DOWN event(IBM_NVIDWN_EV) if this would be of more
interest as following:
a. in the "Event Log Message" field, enter: $2 $3
b. in the "Command for Automatic Action" field, enter:
/usr/OV/bin/snmptrap 127.0.0.1 .1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.3 $2 6 1999999999 0
(1999999999 is arbitrary)
2) In Event Configuration for this same enterprise, add a new event
with specific trap number 1999999999 to match previous snmptrap, and
"Event Category" = "Log Only", "Severity" = "Critical", and
"Source Character" = u
This setup will allow the NWays function to turn "psmStatusProp" RED
when the event occurs along with the NetView interface icon including
the device icon in the Internet map.
To reset the "psmStatusProp" status, use the pull-down menu
"Tools...IBM Nways Java...Clear Nways Status".
This should be a good work-around solution for your problem.
Let me know through email: vddohays@us.ibm.com
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