Table of Contents

Starting ISM

Initializing ISM in SOLVE:Netmaster
Starting the Program Interface

Navigating Between ISM Panels

Using the ISM Menu Interface
Using the Function Keys

Updating Panel Options
Viewing the Log of ISM Messages and Conditions
Using the Primary Operating Panels

Using the ISM : Status Summary Panel
Using the ISM : Router List Panel

Accessing SOLVE:Netmaster
Operating ISM in Multiple SOLVE:Netmaster Regions

Monitoring Routers on a Remote Region
Returning to the Local Region From a Target Region

Accessing Help Online

Operating ISM

ISM operates like a standard SOLVE:Netmaster application, and it provides many features to help you manage your router resources from within the mainframe environment. ISM's comprehensive full-screen panel interface provides you with both menu-driven and command-driven access to the applications and features in ISM. ISM also makes extensive use of function keys, which provide easy access to related panels with a single keystroke.

• Starting ISM

• Navigating Between ISM Panels

• Updating Panel Options

• Viewing the Log of ISM Messages and Conditions

• Using the Primary Operating Panels

• Accessing SOLVE

• Operating ISM in Multiple SOLVE

• Accessing Help Online

Starting ISM

Starting the ISM program consists of two tasks:

• Initializing ISM in SOLVE

• Starting the Program Interface

Initializing ISM in SOLVE:Netmaster

The ISM program is initialized from SOLVE:Netmaster by running the ISM initialization procedure, EXEC CISCALL ACTION=INIT. To initialize the ISM program automatically when SOLVE:Netmaster is started, you can define the ISM initialization procedure in SOLVE:Netmaster by adding it to the READY procedure.

Starting the Program Interface

To run ISM 3.0, perform the following tasks:

Step 2 In the Select Option field on the SOLVE : Primary Menu, type N.S.10 and press Enter. The ISM : Primary Menu panel is displayed (Figure 2-1).

Navigating Between ISM Panels

ISM is designed to provide flexible access to the applications and features that you might want to use frequently and often provides more than one way for you to obtain or update information about the resources that you are managing. You can navigate between the ISM panels the following ways:

• Using the ISM Menu Interface

• Using the Function Keys

Using the ISM Menu Interface

The ISM : Primary Menu panel is the panel that opens when you start the ISM program interface (Figure 2-1). In most cases you can access the ISM : Primary Menu panel from any other ISM panel by pressing F3 until you reach the ISM : Primary Menu.

From the ISM : Primary Menu panel, you can access ISM's primary applications. Each of the options on the panel provides access to one or more of ISM's applications or features.

For more information on setting up ISM's applications, see the "Setting Up the ISM Environment" chapter.

In addition to the ISM : Primary Menu panel, ISM provides secondary menu interfaces for using the monitoring, history, and administration functions of ISM:

• ISM : Monitoring Menu panel---Use this to monitor routers, interfaces, CMCCs, and DSPUs, and to access the SOLVE activity log.

• ISM : History Menu panel---Use this to view performance history and statistics for routers, interfaces, CMCCs, and DSPUs, and to monitor SNA sessions.

• ISM : Administration Menu panel---Use this to administer ISM functions. This menu also has two submenus:

  • ISM : Parameters Administration Menu---Use this to enable and disable ISM functions and to administer various parameters for these functions.

  • ISM : User Administration Menu---Use this to administer ISM users.

Using the Function Keys

Every panel in ISM implements a set of function keys to provide basic navigation and operation functions.

The standard function keys in ISM are described in Table 2-1. There are exceptions to the implementation of the standard function keys on some of the ISM panels to provide adequate operation of those panels. However, most panels use the functions keys according to the standard descriptions.

Updating Panel Options

Many of the ISM panels display information about a resource in addition to providing certain options. Some of the interface panels are administration panels, which contain variables and options to define the management of a resource.

Viewing the Log of ISM Messages and Conditions

The ISM program uses an activity log to record ISM messages and conditions, such as when a router has changed its status. The SOLVE log also provides a useful audit trail that provides information about operator updates to ISM resource definitions. You can view the activity log to search for these conditions.

To view the SOLVE activity log, perform the following steps:

Step 1 On the ISM : Monitoring Menu panel, type L in the Select Option field and press Enter. The SOLVE Log panel is displayed (Figure 2-2).

Tips

You can also access the SOLVE Log from any ISM panel by typing $LOG in the Command or Select Option field and pressing Enter.

Using the Primary Operating Panels

There are several panels in ISM that provide the primary functions for managing your router resources. The following sections describe how you can use these panels to monitor your network resources:

• Using the ISM

• Using the ISM

Using the ISM : Status Summary Panel

Use the ISM : Status Summary panel (Figure 2-3) to monitor the overall status of the resources being managed by ISM. The ISM : Status Summary panel provides a color-coded status by resource type and summarizes the number of resources that are in the corresponding condition.

To use the ISM : Status Summary panel to monitor resources, complete the following steps:

Step 1 On the ISM : Monitoring Menu panel, type S in the Select Option field and press Enter. The ISM : Status Summary panel is displayed.

Step 2 On the ISM : Status Summary panel, tab to the resource type and status condition that you are interested in and press Enter. Depending on where you placed your cursor on the ISM : Status Summary panel, one of the following panels is displayed:

• The ISM : Router List panel

• The ISM : CMCC List panel

• The ISM : Interface List panel

You can access all of ISM's resource-specific status panels from the ISM : Status Summary panel. For example, if you position the cursor in the Total field for routers and press Enter, the ISM : Router List panel is displayed for all of the routers that ISM is managing. If you position the cursor in a router field where there is a performance (PERF) or alert condition and press Enter, the ISM : Router List panel is displayed showing only the routers that are in the condition that you selected.

• Monitoring Routers

• Monitoring Interfaces

• Monitoring CMCCs

Using the ISM : Router List Panel

Use the ISM : Router List panel (Figure 2-4) to monitor the status of all of the routers (by service point name) that are being managed by ISM. You can access the ISM : Router List panel from the ISM : Monitoring Menu panel by typing R in the Select Option field and pressing Enter, or from the ISM : Status Summary panel.

To filter routers by group ID or router service point name from the ISM : Monitoring Menu panel, you can type a value in the Group Name or Service Point Name field before you press Enter. The viewing filter function also supports wildcard characters at the end of the router service point name, so that you can view all routers beginning with a common set of characters.

• Color-coded status by resource type.

• Diagnosis of a router condition---To diagnose a router condition, type DR next to a router and press Enter. ISM displays a list of actions that you can perform to diagnose possible problems.

Accessing SOLVE:Netmaster

You can switch between ISM and SOLVE:Netmaster from any panel in ISM. From SOLVE:Netmaster, you can run SOLVE:Netmaster commands and then return to ISM. To go to SOLVE:Netmaster from ISM, type Cmd in the Select Option or Command field on any ISM panel and press Enter. To return to ISM from SOLVE:Netmaster, press F3.

Operating ISM in Multiple SOLVE:Netmaster Regions

You can operate ISM in multiple SOLVE:Netmaster regions and then access the ISM management functions to monitor resources on those remote regions from your local SOLVE:Netmaster region.

For information about setting up the Focal Point Management application, see the "Setting Up ISM System Parameters" section.

Monitoring Routers on a Remote Region

To monitor routers on a remote region, complete the following steps:

Step 1 On the ISM : Monitoring Menu panel (Figure 2-5), type any valid option code (for example, R) in the Select Option field, type ? in the Link Name field, and press Enter.

The ISM : Link Names List panel is displayed (Figure 2-6), showing the current status of all regions linked to your local region.

Returning to the Local Region From a Target Region

When you have accessed ISM in a target region, you can return to the local region by clearing the Link Name field on any menu panel where it is displayed.

Accessing Help Online

ISM provides extensive online help, including panel-level help, message help, and a menu-driven panel for the ISM application commands. You can access online help in the following ways:

• From any ISM panel, press F1 to access information about how to use the current panel. This help includes the following information:

  • How to use the panel

  • Details of input fields and display fields on the panel

  • Details of actions available from the panel

  • Links to related help panels, if applicable

• To get specific information about an error message position the cursor on the message and press F1.

• To get help on ISM show commands, type H next to a command listed on a Show Commands panel and press Enter.

Posted: Tue Aug 24 09:27:53 PDT 1999
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