Configuring ISM

This chapter describes how to start ISM and configure the setup options for the ISM application, which is stage four of the ISM installation process. It provides information on the following topics:

For the MVS systems programmer responsible for installing ISM Release 3.0 on the mainframe, complete the following tasks before you configure the ISM software:

Read the "Preparing to Install ISM" chapter and verify the system requirements.
Perform the installation stage one tasks described in the "Configuring the Mainframe-to-Router Link" chapter.
Perform the installation stage two tasks described in the "Installing ISM" chapter.
Perform the installation stage three tasks (not required for new ISM sites, and optional for existing NSP Release 2.0 sites) described in the "Migrating from NSP Release 2.0" chapter.

Overview of Configuring ISM

This section provides an overview of the procedures to set up the ISM management environment and administrator profile.

If you have converted your configuration data from NSP Release 2.0, then your NSP Release 2.0 data will appear in the ISM Release 3.0 setup panels. However, the setup options that are new to ISM Release 3.0 still need to be defined. For more information about converting your NSP Release 2.0 data, see the chapter "Migrating from NSP Release 2.0". If you want to convert your existing router configurations and ISM configuration information, then you should convert your NSP Release 2.0 data before continuing with this chapter to configure ISM.

If you are a new ISM Release 3.0 site, you must configure the ISM setup options and user profiles.

Configuring ISM includes specifying the following options:

ISM applications, or features, that you want to use

Types of router interfaces that you want to monitor

Monitoring interval for ISM to check routers and interfaces

CPU and memory performance thresholds that you want to define

User profiles for those operating ISM

Configuring ISM for the First Time

After you have installed and verified the ISM installation and converted any data from NSP Release 2.0 (if necessary), you need to set up the ISM management environment. From there, you can start ISM to configure the ISM administrator and user profiles and add router definitions.

Configuring ISM for the first time involves the following tasks:

Setting Up the ISM Management Environment
Starting ISM
Defining the ISM User Profiles
Adding Router Definitions

Setting Up the ISM Management Environment

The ISM router management setup options consist of a group of four panels. To move forward and backward between this group of management setup panels when you are specifying options, use the F7 and F8 keys. When you have finished selecting the options, specify how you want the options for all four panels to be implemented by selecting Change Type and Action Type on the first ISM Router Management Setup panel (Figure 5-1) and then press F4 to build the setup records.

Tips

If you need more information about using an ISM panel, access online Help by pressing F1.

To start the ISM setup for the first time, perform the following tasks:

Step 1 If the ISMMGR (or other ISM) autotasks are running, type the command isminit reset command and press Enter from the NetView command prompt.

Step 2 From a NetView command prompt, type the ismsetup command and press Enter. The ISM Router Management Setup panel (Figure 5-1) is displayed.

Note The first user to run the ismsetup command is automatically defined as an ISM administrator. For more information about ISM administrator profiles, see the section "Defining the ISM User Profiles".

Figure 5-1: ISM Router Management Setup--First Panel

Step 3 In the Applications section, type Y under the Update column to enable the ISM features that you want to use.

Note If you are going to use the SNA Session Monitoring application, the ISM VTAM exit must be installed to support this function. For more information about installing this exit, see the "Installing the VTAM XID Exit Routine" section in the "Installing ISM" chapter.

Step 4 To display the second ISM Router Management Setup panel (Figure 5-2), press F8.

Use the second ISM Router Management panel to set up the monitoring intervals and to specify the router and CMCC thresholds to be monitored.

Step 5 To reduce the processing overhead for ISM, type 12 for the Monitoring Interval (Hours) option, and 0 for the (Minutes) option.

Shorter monitoring intervals might result in degraded performance.

Step 6 To specify a monitoring threshold, type a 2-digit numeric value for the percentage of the CPU and memory that you want ISM to monitor and provide an alert when exceeded. If a threshold is exceeded, ISM flags the router with an altered status on the Router Status panel.

To stop measuring the threshold, type 00 for the CPU Utilization or Free Memory option.

Figure 5-2: ISM Router Management Setup--Second Panel

Step 7 To display the third ISM Router Management Setup panel (Figure 5-3), press F8. Use this panel to enable interface monitoring and to specify the types of interfaces that you want ISM to monitor.

Step 8 To enable interface monitoring, type Y for the Application: Interface Monitoring option. For the Interfaces to be Monitored option, type Y for each interface you want ISM to monitor.

Figure 5-3: ISM Router Management Setup--Third Panel

Step 9 To view ISM defaults for database constants, variables, and wrap counts, press F8. The Router Management Constants Setup panel (Figure 5-4) is displayed.

Step 10 To display the common globals used by ISM, press F10. The ISM Common Globals panel (Figure 5-5) is displayed.

Caution The database IDs on this panel can only be modified before initializing ISM for the first time. If the ISM autotask is not running, you can update this panel.
Figure 5-4: ISM Router Management Constants Setup--Fourth Panel

Figure 5-5: ISM Common Globals Panel

Step 11 To return to the ISM Management Constants Setup panel from the ISM Common Globals panel, press F3.

Step 12 To specify when you want the setup options to be implemented, on the first ISM Router Management Setup panel type 2 for the Change Type and 1 for the Action Type.

Step 13 To save the management record and exit the ISM Router Management Setup panel, press F4.

Starting ISM

Once you have installed and configured ISM Release 3.0 (and converted the NSP Release 2.0 data files, (if applicable), you can start ISM and set up the user profiles and router definitions.

If the ISM autotask is not started by NetView, you can perform one of the following tasks to start ISM:

To dynamically start the autotasks, type one or more of the following commands from a NetView command prompt:


autotask opid=ismmgr
autotask opid=ismmgra
autotask opid=ismmgrb

Restart NetView to automatically start the autotasks that you specified in the production NetView CLIST.

After you start the ISM autotasks, you can run either the NSP user interface or the ISM user interface. Separate database files are maintained for each version of the user interface that you run. When you use the NSP user interface, you will see only the data for the features that are supported in that release. So, if you begin to use any of the new features of ISM Release 3.0, you can only view that data when you are running ISM. You cannot migrate NSP data that you gather after the initial migration from NSP Release 2.0.

Running NSP Release 2.0

To run NSP Release 2.0, complete the following tasks:

Step 1 Log in to NetView.

Step 2 At the command line on the NetView main menu panel, type nsp and press Enter.

The Native Service Point (NSP) for Netview panel (Figure 5-6) is displayed.

Figure 5-6: Native Service Point (NSP) for NetView Panel

Running ISM Release 3.0

To run ISM Release 3.0, complete the following tasks:

Step 1 Log in to NetView.

Step 2 At the command line on the NetView main menu panel, type ism and press Enter.

The Internetwork Status Monitor (ISM) main menu panel (Figure 5-7) is displayed.

Figure 5-7: Internetwork Status Monitor (ISM) Main Menu Panel

Defining the ISM User Profiles

This section describes the tasks to define the ISM user profiles. The ISM user profiles offer the following two functions:

Administration--The ISM user profiles specify the operator ID and authority to perform ISM and router functions.
Operation--The ISM user profile allows an operator to specify status filters (in the operator's own profile setup) for the routers to be managed.

For existing NSP Release 2.0 sites that have converted the ISM configuration data by running the CLIST NSPCONVR, the existing NSP Release 2.0 user profile records are available from ISM Release 3.0. You only need to define the user profiles if you want to add new operators.

For new ISM Release 3.0 sites, the ISM user profiles need to be defined by an ISM administrator. By default, the first user to run ismsetup is automatically defined as an administrator by ISM.

Overview of the Operator Types

The ISM user profile management function provides two operator types. Each of these operator types dictates the actions an operator can perform using ISM.

The two types of ISM operators are:

ISM Administrator
ISM Operator

ISM Administrator

ISM administrators maintain the ISM management environment. ISM administrators also are responsible for assigning "authority levels" for users, which dictate the ISM actions that a user can perform. ISM administrators can also be enabled users. An enabled user has the ability to issue Cisco IOS software enable commands--a disabled user does not have this authority.

A disabled ISM administrator can perform the following operations:

Create operator profiles and assign user authority
Configure and change the ISM management environment
Set group filters

An enabled ISM administrator can perform the following operations:

Issue the Cisco IOS software enable command and issue commands that control and configure Cisco routers
Add, modify, or delete router and DSPU resource definitions
Modify interface settings

An enabled user is defined by an E in the Router Enable Authority option on the ISM User Administration panel (Figure 5-8). A disabled user is defined by a D in the Router Enable Authority option on the ISM User Administration panel.

Note An enabled ISM user must know the password to a router to issue the enable command. If the router supports TACACS, then the ISM user must know the userid and password.

ISM Operator

ISM operators can create their own profiles for userid purposes and for filtering purposes.

A disabled ISM operator can:

Collect and display data that enables them to monitor the status of the Cisco routers, interfaces, and other resources in their network.
Set status filters.

An enabled ISM operator can:

Issue the Cisco IOS software enable command and issue commands that control and configure Cisco routers.
Add, modify, or delete router and DSPU resource definitions.
Modify interface settings.

Note An enabled ISM operator must know the password to a router to issue the enable command.

Creating, Changing, or Deleting User Profiles

All ISM users should have an operator profile. They can use their profile for user identification and status filtering purposes. Only an ISM administrator can create or change an authority level of another operator's profile.

To create or change an operator profile, perform the following tasks:

Step 1 Start ISM. The Internetwork Status Monitor (ISM) main menu panel (Figure 5-7) is displayed.

Step 2 Access the Cisco Router User Administration panel using one of the following methods:

If you are creating or changing your own profile, position the cursor on the * USER option on the ISM main menu panel and press Enter.
If you are an ISM administrator and are creating or changing an operator's profile, position the cursor in the Userid field on the ISM main menu panel, type the ID of the operator and press Enter.

: The ISM User Administration panel is displayed (Figure 5-8).

Figure 5-8: ISM User Administration Panel

Step 3 To set up the operator authority (if you are an ISM administrator), complete one of the following tasks:

To define a disabled administrator, type Y for ISM Administrator Authority and D for Router Enable Authority.
To define an enabled administrator, type Y for ISM Administrator Authority and E for Router Enable Authority.
To define a disabled operator, type N for ISM Administrator Authority and D for Router Enable Authority.
To define an enabled operator, type N for ISM Administrator Authority and E for Router Enable Authority.

For a description of the operator capabilities by authority, see the "Overview of the Operator Types" section in this chapter.

Step 4 To enable group filters, type Y and perform the following task:

To specify viewing of a certain set of routers assigned to a group name, type the name of the router group (up to two) that you want to view.

: The routers that are defined to the group name that you specified will be the only routers to appear on the ISM Router Status Panel.

Step 5 To enable status filters, type Y and perform the following tasks:

To specify viewing of routers with a certain status, type I in the Exclude/Include option and specify the type of status (up to three) that you want to view

: The routers that have the status that you specified will be the only routers to appear on the ISM Router Status Panel.

To disable viewing of routers with a certain status, type X in the Exclude/Include option and specify the type of status (up to three) that you want to view.

: The routers that have the status that you specified will be the only routers to appear on the ISM Router Status Panel.

Step 6 To save the user profile, perform the following tasks:

Specify a value for the record Change Type (1 for new or 2 for update).

Type 3 for the record Action Type to permanently update the record.

Press F4 to update the record.

Adding Router Definitions

Now that you have installed and configured ISM on your mainframe, the next step is to add your router definitions and begin monitoring them using ISM. For detailed information about adding router definitions and using ISM to manage your Cisco routers, see the CiscoWorks Blue Internetwork Status Monitor User Guide.

If you have NSP Release 2.0 site installed at your site and you have converted your router definitions using the CLIST NSPCONVR, then your current router definitions are available in ISM Release 3.0. You can access your existing router resource definitions and update them from ISM Release 3.0.

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