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Table Of Contents
Enabling CMCC Alert Generation and Recovery
Enabling Default CMCC Monitoring Thresholds
Changing Data Base IDs and Wrap Counts
Monitoring CMCC Operations Using the Standard Interface
Viewing CMCC Management Variables Using the Standard Interface
Viewing CMCC Memory and Utilization Statistics Using the Standard Interface
Displaying the Channels on a Specific Router Using the Standard Interface
Specifying Administration Options for a CMCC Using the Standard Interface
Monitoring CMCC Status Using the Standard Interface
Monitoring Channel Interfaces Using the Standard Interface
Locating CMCC Hardware and Software Versions Using the Standard Interface
Issuing CMCC and Channel Show Commands Using the Standard Interface (SNA Only)
Monitoring CMCC Operations Using the Web Interface
Viewing CMCC Management Variables Using the Web Interface
Issuing CMCC and Channel Show Commands Using the Web Interface (SNA Only)
Viewing CMCC Memory and Utilization Statistics Using the Web Interface
Displaying the Channels on a Router Using the Web Interface
Monitoring CMCC Status Using the Web Interface
Monitoring Channel Interfaces Using the Web Interface
Monitoring CMCCs
This chapter explains how to use the ISM Resource Management Setup panels to specify the global CMCC management options for the ISM program. Pertinent information is in the following sections:
• ISM Resource Management Setup—First Panel
• Enabling CMCC Alert Generation and Recovery
• Enabling Default CMCC Monitoring Thresholds
• Changing Data Base IDs and Wrap Counts
• Monitoring CMCC Operations Using the Standard Interface
• Viewing CMCC Management Variables Using the Standard Interface
• Viewing CMCC Memory and Utilization Statistics Using the Standard Interface
• Displaying the Channels on a Specific Router Using the Standard Interface
• Specifying Administration Options for a CMCC Using the Standard Interface
• Monitoring CMCC Status Using the Standard Interface
• Monitoring Channel Interfaces Using the Standard Interface
• Issuing CMCC and Channel Show Commands Using the Standard Interface (SNA Only)
• Monitoring CMCC Operations Using the Web Interface
• Viewing CMCC Management Variables Using the Web Interface
• Issuing CMCC and Channel Show Commands Using the Web Interface (SNA Only)
• Viewing CMCC Memory and Utilization Statistics Using the Web Interface
• Displaying the Channels on a Router Using the Web Interface
• Monitoring CMCC Status Using the Web Interface
• Monitoring Channel Interfaces Using the Web Interface
The options on the ISM Resource Management Setup panels apply to all routers that ISM manages. You can override the global setup options by defining router-specific CMCC options. For more information, see the "Specifying Administration Options for a CMCC Using the Standard Interface" section.
Enabling CMCC Monitoring
To enable ISM to monitor status and performance statistics for the CMCCs it discovers, use the ISM Resource Management Setup panel ( Figure 6-3). CMCC management is disabled by default in ISM setup when ISM is first initialized.
Note You must have ISM enable authority to enable CMCC monitoring or to modify other ISM rules.
To enable ISM to monitor CMCCs, complete the following steps:
Step 1 On the ISM Main menu (Figure 6-1), press PF8.
Figure 6-1 ISM Main Menu Panel
The ISM Administration menu panel ( Figure 6-2) is displayed.
Figure 6-2 ISM Administration Menu Panel
Step 2 Press Enter. The ISM Resource Management Setup—First Panel ( Figure 6-3) is displayed.
Figure 6-3 ISM Resource Management Setup—First Panel
Step 3 In the CMCC Management option, type Y in the Update column. YES appears in the Update column beside the CMCC Management option.
Enabling CMCC Alert Generation and Recovery
ISM uses the CPU Utilization and Free Memory thresholds that you enable on the ISM Resource Management Setup—Third Panel to determine the acceptable performance levels for discovered CMCCs on all routers. When these thresholds are exceeded, ISM issues a PERF alert if alert generation is enabled.
To enable CMCC alert generation for performance and memory thresholds and CMCC recovery, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Press PF8 (FWD) to display the ISM Resource Management Setup—Second Panel ( Figure 6-4).
Figure 6-4 ISM Resource Management Setup—Second Panel
Step 2 In the CMCC Perf/Memory option, under Generic Alert Generation, type Yes.
Step 3 In the ISM CMCC Recovery option, type Yes.
Enabling Default CMCC Monitoring Thresholds
To enable default CMCC monitoring thresholds for all routers, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Press PF8 (FWD), to display the ISM Resource Management Setup—Third Panel ( Figure 6-5).
Figure 6-5 ISM Resource Management Setup—Third Panel
Step 2 To specify the maximum allowable CPU utilization percentage, type a value in the CPU Utilization option.
ISM issues a PERF alert for the CMCC when the CPU utilization exceeds the specified percentage.
ISM issues a generic alert in NetView's NPDA hardware monitor application if the CMCC Perf/Memory alert option on the ISM Management Rules Setup panel is enabled.
Step 3 To specify the minimum allowable percentage of free memory, type a value in the Free Memory option.
ISM issues a PERF alert for the CMCC when the free memory percentage is below the specified percentage.
ISM issues a generic alert in NetView's NPDA hardware monitor application if the CMCC Perf/Memory alert option on the ISM Management Rules Setup panel is enabled.
Enabling Channel Monitoring
To enable channel interface monitoring, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Press PF8 to display the ISM Resource Management Setup—Fourth Panel ( Figure 6-6).
Figure 6-6 ISM Resource Management Setup—Fourth Panel
Step 2 In the Channel option, type Y.
Changing Data Base IDs and Wrap Counts
If you have not initialized ISM for the first time and want to change the CMCC history database ID, or if you want to change the number of records in the database for new resources, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Press PF8 (FWD) to display the Resource Management Constants Setup panel ( Figure 6-7).
Figure 6-7 Resource Management Constants Setup Panel
The default record counts allow for approximately 24 hours before the database record will wrap for a resource.
Step 2 When you have completed specifying the options, press PF4 (UPDATE).
Monitoring CMCC Operations Using the Standard Interface
To access the Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel, complete the following steps:
Step 1 You can begin from the ISM main menu or from the ISM Status Summary panel.
•To begin from the ISM main menu ( Figure 6-1), position the cursor on the CMCC line and press Enter.
•To begin from the ISM Status Summary Panel ( Figure 6-8), position the cursor on the Total CMCC column and press Enter.
Figure 6-8 ISM Status Summary Panel
The Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel ( Figure 6-9) is displayed.
Figure 6-9 Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections Panel
The Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel displays the following fields:
Step 2 Position the cursor on the router whose CMCC details you want to display and press Enter. The CMCC Detail Display panel ( Figure 6-10) is displayed.
Figure 6-10 CMCC Detail Display Panel
The CMCC Detail Display panel displays the following fields:
Step 3 Position the cursor on the Extended Display row and press Enter. The CMCC Extended Display panel ( Figure 6-11) is displayed.
Figure 6-11 CMCC Extended Display Panel
The CMCC Extended Display panel displays the following fields:
Step 4 (Optional) To access additional information about the Resource, Slot, Channel, or Subchannel, position the cursor in the box of the router that you want to view and press Enter. The corresponding ISM panel is displayed.
For example, if you press Enter while the cursor is in the Channel 2/0 box, the Interfaces Type panel ( Figure 6-12) for channels is displayed.
Figure 6-12 Interfaces Type=Channel Panel
The Interfaces Type panel for channels displays the following fields:
Step 5 (Optional) To view additional information about a router, select its name and press Enter.
Viewing CMCC Management Variables Using the Standard Interface
ISM uses internal management variables to perform CMCC management on a CMCC. You can view these internal variables, using the information to troubleshoot ISM problems.
To view CMCC management variables, on the CMCC Detail Display panel ( Figure 6-10), position the cursor on Display CMCC Variables and press Enter. Two CMCC Control Block Variables panels ( Figure 6-13 and Figure 6-14) are displayed.
Figure 6-13 CMCC Control Block Variables Panel—1 of 2
Figure 6-14 CMCC Control Block Variables Panel—2 of 2
Viewing CMCC Memory and Utilization Statistics Using the Standard Interface
To view the history of a CMCC, on the CMCC Detail Display panel ( Figure 6-10), position the cursor on the History line and press Enter. The CMCC History panels ( Figure 6-15 and Figure 6-16) are displayed.
Figure 6-15 CMCC History Panel—1 of 2
Figure 6-16 CMCC History Panel—2 of 2
The CMCC History panels display the following fields:
You can use the above information to troubleshoot ISM problems.
Press PF5 to display information about the controller card in the router. Figure 6-17 shows sample output for an SNMP-connected router.
Figure 6-17 Current CMCC Statistics —SNMP
If a history record contains an item that has exceeded a threshold, the record is highlighted in yellow and offset by one column.
Displaying the Channels on a Specific Router Using the Standard Interface
To view the channels that are on a specific router, position the cursor on the Channel option and press Enter. The channels that are known are displayed. Figure 6-18 shows sample output for router CWBCO1, a router with multiple CMCCs.
Figure 6-18 Channels on a Specific Resource
Specifying Administration Options for a CMCC Using the Standard Interface
The Administration option appears on the CMCC Detail Display panel ( Figure 6-10) if the operator is authorized to make changes. Position the cursor on the Administration option and press Enter. The ISM CMCC Administration panel ( Figure 6-19) is displayed.
Figure 6-19 ISM CMCC Administration Panel
To override the established global thresholds for a particular router's CMCCs, specify individual thresholds on a per-router basis using the ISM CMCC Administration panel. To enable or disable CMCC monitoring and data archiving for a specific router, complete the following steps:
Step 1 To specify the maximum allowable CPU utilization percentage for the CMCCs on the selected router, enter a value (1% to 99%) in the CPU Threshold option.
The notation C= with the specified percentage is displayed in the Overrides field. ISM will issue a PERF alert for the CMCCs on the selected router when the CPU utilization exceeds the specified percentage.
Step 2 To specify the minimum allowable percentage of free memory for the CMCCs on the selected router, enter a value (1% to 99%) in the Memory Threshold option.
The notation M= with the percentage that you specified is displayed in the Overrides field. ISM will issue a PERF alert for the CMCCs on the selected router when the free memory percentage is below the specified percentage.
Step 3 To enable or disable archiving of CMCC data, enter Yes or No in the Archive option.
Step 4 To enable or disable CMCC monitoring for the selected router, enter Yes or No in the Monitor Mode option.
Step 5 To remove history and performance records from the VSAM database for a specific router, enter Yes in the Delete history and performance records field.
Step 6 Press PF4 to save your changes.
Monitoring CMCC Status Using the Standard Interface
After you have enabled CMCC management for the routers, you can use one of the following procedures to monitor the status for discovered CMCCs on all routers:
•To monitor CMCC status from the ISM main menu ( Figure 6-1), position the cursor on the CMCC line and press Enter. The resulting Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel ( Figure 6-9) displays discovered CMCCs for all routers being monitored by ISM.
•The ISM Status Summary panel ( Figure 6-8) displays the total number of CMCCs, categorized by status. To view a list of all CMCCs in a given status, position the cursor in the desired status field and press Enter. The resulting Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel displays all discovered CMCCs with the selected status.
Monitoring Channel Interfaces Using the Standard Interface
There are several ways to monitor the status of channel interfaces for routers. You can monitor the channel interface status either for all routers from the ISM main menu panel using the INT option (for a specific type of interface), or summarized with all other resources (for all interface types) from the ISM Status Summary panel. You can also monitor channels for a specific router by listing the CMCCs, selecting a router, and displaying that router's channel interfaces.
To monitor channel interfaces, on the ISM main menu ( Figure 6-1), position the cursor on the Type field on the INT line, enter C, and press Enter. The Interfaces Type panel for channels ( Figure 6-20) is displayed for all resources.
Figure 6-20 Interfaces Type Panel for Channels
To display CMCC status for a specific router, tab to the resource and press PF12. The Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel ( Figure 6-9) is displayed.
Locating CMCC Hardware and Software Versions Using the Standard Interface
The CMCC hardware and software versions are displayed on several ISM panels:
•Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections panel ( Figure 6-9)
•ISM CMCC Administration panel ( Figure 6-19)
•CMCC Extended Display panel ( Figure 6-26)
The first dotted-decimal number is the hardware version, and the second-dotted decimal number is the software version. In the following example, 4.3 is the hardware version and 22.19 is the software version:
CIP 4.3 22.19
Issuing CMCC and Channel Show Commands Using the Standard Interface (SNA Only)
While there are many ways to access ISM's Router Command Interface, some ISM applications provide direct access to the command interface, and list the commands specific to the router currently being managed. When you use the CMCC Management application panels in ISM, you can access panels that provide router commands specific to managing CMCCs.
If a router supports the RUNCMD, you can use the CMCC and Channel Show Commands panel to run router show commands. To do so, complete the following steps:
Step 1 On the Interfaces Type=Channel panel ( Figure 6-20), position the cursor on the router to be monitored and press Enter. The CMCC Detail Display panel ( Figure 6-10) is displayed.
Step 2 Position the cursor on Show Commands and press Enter. The CMCC and Channel Show Commands panel ( Figure 6-21) is displayed, including the router control name and channel.
Figure 6-21 CMCC and Channel Show Commands Panel
Step 3 To run a command, type the number that corresponds to the show command that you want to execute at the ISM command prompt, and press Enter.
To get command help from the router, type the number that corresponds to the show command followed by a ?, and press Enter.
Monitoring CMCC Operations Using the Web Interface
You can access the Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections page from the ISM main menu or the ISM Status Summary page. To access the Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections page, complete the following steps:
Step 1 From the ISM Internetwork Status Monitor (ISM) main menu page ( Figure 6-22), select the CMCC radio button and click Submit.
Figure 6-22 Internetwork Status Monitor (ISM) Main Menu Page
Or, from the ISM Status Summary page ( Figure 6-23), select Total CMCC.
Figure 6-23 ISM Status Summary Page
The Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections page ( Figure 6-24) is displayed.
Figure 6-24 Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections Page
The Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections page displays the following fields:
Step 2 Click on the router you want to display. The CMCC Status with Options page ( Figure 6-25) is displayed.
Figure 6-25 CMCC Status with Options Page
The CMCC Status with Options page displays the following fields:
Step 3 Click on Extended Display to display the CMCC Extended Display page ( Figure 6-26).
Figure 6-26 CMCC Extended Display Page
The CMCC Extended Display page displays the following fields:
Step 4 (Optional) To access additional information about the Resource, Slot, Channel, or Subchannel, click on the component to be viewed. The corresponding ISM page is displayed.
For example, if you click on Display Interfaces, the Interfaces Type=Channel page ( Figure 6-27) is displayed.
Figure 6-27 Interface Type=Channel Page
The Interfaces Type=Channel page displays the following fields:
Step 5 To view additional information from the CMCC Extended Display page ( Figure 6-26), perform one of the following steps:
•Click on Display Resource to view the resource details.
•Click on Display Channel Connections to view the CMCC details.
•Click on Display SubChannel to view the subchannel details.
Viewing CMCC Management Variables Using the Web Interface
ISM uses internal management variables to perform CMCC management on a CMCC. You can view these internal variables, using the information to troubleshoot ISM problems.
To view CMCC management variables, on the CMCC Status with Options ( Figure 6-25) page, click on Display CMCC Variables to display the CMCC Variables page ( Figure 6-28).
Figure 6-28 CMCC Variables Page
For a detailed description of the fields on this page, see the online help.
Issuing CMCC and Channel Show Commands Using the Web Interface (SNA Only)
If a router supports the RUNCMD, you can issue router show commands when monitoring CMCC interfaces. To do so, complete the following steps:
Step 1 From the CMCC Status with Options page ( Figure 6-25), click on Show Commands. The CMCC Channel Show Commands page ( Figure 6-29) is displayed.
Figure 6-29 CMCC Channel Show Commands Page
Step 2 To run a command, click on the command.
Note To get command help from the router, click on the command and insert ? between the channel numbers (2/0) and the last operand.
Figure 6-30 shows sample output for the show controller channel command.
Figure 6-30 Output from Show Controller Channel 2/0 Page
The show controller channel command displays all information about the CBUS controller card or controller channel on a Cisco router. This command lists the card's capabilities and reports any controller-related failures.
Viewing CMCC Memory and Utilization Statistics Using the Web Interface
You can view the internal variables used by ISM to perform CMCC management on the CMCC shown in the CMCC Status with Options. This information is useful if you must troubleshoot an ISM operational problem.
To view CMCC management variables from the CMCC Status with Options page ( Figure 6-25), click on History. The CMCC History page ( Figure 6-31) is displayed.
Figure 6-31 CMCC History Page
The CMCC History page displays the following fields:
Click on Current to display information about the controller card in the router. Figure 6-32 shows sample output.
Figure 6-32 Current CMCC Statistics —RUNCMD Page
If the router is an SNMP-connected device, the data is collected using SNMP, as shown in Figure 6-33.
Figure 6-33 Current CMCC Statistics Page—SNMP
Displaying the Channels on a Router Using the Web Interface
To view the router channels from the CMCC Status with Options page ( Figure 6-25), select Channel. Figure 6-34 shows sample output for router CWB01, a router with multiple CMCCs.
Figure 6-34 Channels on a Specific Resource Page
Monitoring CMCC Status Using the Web Interface
After you have enabled CMCC management for the routers, you can use one of the following procedures to monitor the status for discovered CMCCs on all routers:
•To monitor CMCC status from the ISM main menu ( Figure 6-22), select Cisco Mainframe Channel Connection Monitor (CMCC) and click Submit. The Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections page ( Figure 6-35) is displayed, showing all discovered CMCCs for all routers being monitored by ISM.
Figure 6-35 List of all CMCCs Page
•The ISM Status Summary page ( Figure 6-23) displays the total number of CMCCs, categorized by status. To view a list of all CMCCs in a given status, click on a value in the status column that you wish to display. The resulting Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections page displays all discovered CMCCs with the selected status.
Monitoring Channel Interfaces Using the Web Interface
To monitor the channel interface status for all routers from the ISM main menu ( Figure 6-22), select Interface Status, select a Channel from the drop-down list box, and click Submit. A list of all the channels is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-36.
Figure 6-36 Interfaces Type Page for Channels Page
Posted: Wed Oct 13 00:41:31 PDT 2004
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