Online Help for Optivity Switch Manager Release 1.1

Introducing Optivity Switch Manager

What is Optivity Switch Manager?
Optivity Switch Manager features
Optivity Switch Manager submanagers
VLAN Manager
MultiLink Trunking Manager
Multicast Manager
Log Manager
Device Manager

Using Optivity Switch Manager

Using the Optivity Switch Manager window
Optivity Switch Manager menu bar
Finding unsaved configurations
Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu
Viewing device properties
Using the toolbar buttons
Optivity Switch Manager status bar
Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons
Adjusting the contents pane
Using the scale slider
Working with the network topology map
Loading a saved network topology map
Saving a topology map
Printing a topology map
Finding a device in the topology map
Arranging devices on the topology map

Configuring Optivity Switch Manager

Discovering your network
Discovering devices on a network
Restricting discovery
Layout slider
Accessing devices within different SNMP communities

Using VLAN Manager

VLAN
Spanning Tree Protocol
VLAN Manager features
Starting VLAN Manager
VLAN Manager window
Menu bar
Toolbar
Navigation pane
Contents pane
Status bar
Status bar
Finding network resources
Using VLAN Manager
Port membership
Viewing the unassigned ports
Viewing tagged Ports
Viewing isolated router ports (IRPs)
Viewing bridge routing Ports
Viewing spanning tree groups (STGs)
Members
Viewing and configuring STG parameters
Status group
Root
Default VLAN
VLAN ports
Managing spanning tree groups (STGs)
Creating a spanning tree group
Editing a spanning tree group
Deleting a spanning tree group
Managing a VLAN
Creating a VLAN
Creating a port-based VLAN
Creating a source IP subnet-based VLAN
Creating a protocol-based VLAN
User-defined protocols in a protocol-based VLAN
Creating a source MAC address-based VLAN
Deleting a VLAN
Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane
Viewing VLAN members in Optivity Switch Manager
Viewing STG port members
Viewing STG root configuration

Using MultiLink Trunking Manager

MultiLink Trunks in different switch types
MultiLink Trunking Manager features
Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager
MultiLink Trunking Manager window
Menu bar
Toolbar
Navigation pane
Contents pane
Status bar
Finding network resources
Using MultiLink Trunking Manager
Viewing trunk connections
Viewing no trunk configurations
Viewing isolated devices
Managing MultiLink Trunks (MLTs)
Creating an MLT
Creating an MLT with one device
Creating a new MLT on a pair of devices
Viewing MLT port information
Editing a port on an MLT
Deleting an MLT
Editing an MLT
Highlighting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager

Using Multicast Manager

What is Multicast Manager?
Multicast protocols
DVMRP
IGMP
IGMP Snooping
Multicast Manager features
Starting Multicast Manager
Multicast Manager window
Menu bar
Toolbar
Navigation pane
Contents pane
Status bar
Finding a network resource
Using Multicast Manager
Viewing IGMP Snoop groups
General tab
Receiver tab
Sender tab
Static tab
Access tab
Viewing L3-IGMP information
Cache tab
Interface tab
Group tab
Viewing DVMRP information
Globals tab
Interface tab
Neighbor tab
Route tab
Next Hop tab
Viewing MRoute information
Viewing Multicast Groups information
Source Subnets tab
Receivers tab
Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager
Highlighting a multicast device
Highlighting a multicast forwarding path

Using Log Manager

Uploading Passport syslog files to your management station
Uploading a file using Device Manager
Uploading a file using the CLI
Initiating a Telnet session from Device Manager
Using the Telnet application
Uploading the syslog file
Passport/Accelar 1000 Series switches (version 2.x)
Starting Log Manager
Opening a syslog file
Exporting a log file
Locating specific log entries
Filtering log entries