The Initialization chapter explained how to assign basic configuration information (including an IP address, net mask, and default gateway address) to a SwitchProbe device. This chapter explains how to use the Agent Configuration Utility to customize a SwitchProbe device and its interfaces.

Throughout many of the procedures, you will need to access the Agent Configuration Utility and navigate through various menus to configure your SwitchProbe device to best suit your monitoring needs.

Changing the Read Community Name

A community name is a tool that SNMP uses to authorize communication between devices. Authorization is based upon the commonality of each device's community name. Devices that have the same read community name—for example "look"—can obtain (get) information from each other.

The importance of a community name and its security function is evident when you think of communication between a SwitchProbe device and a management station. If the read community name established for a SwitchProbe device is different from the read community name associated with that SwitchProbe device at the management station, the management station will not be able to obtain information from that SwitchProbe device.

The read community name can be any 32-byte ASCII character string. The default value is "public."

To change the read community name, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, enter 4 and press Enter.

Step 2 Enter the name you want to assign as the SwitchProbe read community and press Enter.

The Agent Configuration Utility main menu displays again with the new name in the read community field. However, this new name will not take effect until you reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Note

The following example shows the Agent Configuration Utility main menu:

***** Ethernet SwitchProbe Rev 4.5 *****
 
Interface number : 1
 
[1]  Change IP Address                  172.20.57.219
[2]  Change Net Mask                    255.255.255.192
[3]  Change Default Gateway Address     172.20.57.193
[4]  Change Read Community              public
[5]  Change Write Community             public
 
[8]  Select Interface                   ETHERNET
[9]  Change Server Address              172.20.57.253
[10] Upgrade Software
[11] Enter Command-line mode
[12] Reset Agent
 
[31] Go to Next Page
 
          Enter your response or hit Esc to Abort
 
Selection#: 4

New Read Community [public]:

Changing the Write Community Name

A community name is a tool that SNMP uses to authorize communication between devices. Authorization is based upon the commonality of each device's community name. Devices that have the same write community name—for example "tell"—can send (set) information to each other.

The importance of a community name and its security function is evident when you think of communication between a SwitchProbe device and a management station. If the write community name established for a SwitchProbe device is different than the write community name established at the management station, the management station will not be able to send information to that SwitchProbe device.

The write community name can be any 32-byte ASCII character string. The default value is "public."

To change the write community name, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, enter 5 and press Enter.

Step 2 Enter the name you want to assign as the SwitchProbe's write community and press Enter.

The Agent Configuration Utility main menu displays again with the new name in the write community field. However, this new name will not take effect until you reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Changing the Server Address

The Change Server Address option allows you to enter or modify the IP address. The IP address identifies the system the SwitchProbe device will access by default in the following instances:

The default destination of all SNMP traps generated by the SwitchProbe device.
The system from which the SwitchProbe device will request firmware upgrades.

Using the Cisco Configuration Protocol, the SwitchProbe device can automatically download configuration information (such as domains, property files, and so on) from the TrafficDirector application whenever the device boots or resets. The server IP address identifies the system to which the SwitchProbe device will send configuration requests whenever the device boots or resets.

To enter or modify a SwitchProbe device server address, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, enter 9 and press Enter.

Step 2 Enter the IP address of the desired server and press Enter.

The Agent Configuration Utility main menu is displayed again with the new address in the server address field. This new address takes effect immediately.

Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent

Most changes to a SwitchProbe device agent settings do not take effect until you reset the agent. Therefore, if you make changes to the agent settings, you must reset the agent before you exit the Agent Configuration Utility.

To reset a SwitchProbe device agent, follow these steps:

Step 1 Access the Agent Configuration Utility main menu.

Step 2 Enter 12 and press Enter.

The following message is displayed:

WARNING: agent will be reset, confirm [n] y

To save the new settings, go to Step 3; otherwise, go to Step 4.

Step 3 Enter y and press Enter to save the new settings.

The SwitchProbe device reboots with the new settings in its agent code.

Note

Step 4 Enter n and press Enter if you do not want to save the new agent settings.

The new settings will remain in their respective fields and appear to be in effect; however, the settings previously in the SwitchProbe device when it was last reset, will be applied.

Selecting the Probe Mode—Multiport Fast Ethernet

When you use the Select Probe Mode option, the following three options are displayed in a sub-menu:

Half-duplex
Full-duplex
Mixed duplex

These options allow you to set the mode of the Multiport Fast Ethernet SwitchProbe device interfaces.

To select the mode, follow these steps:

Step 1 Access the Agent Configuration Utility.

Step 2 Enter the desired option number and press Enter.

The Agent Configuration Utility main menu is displayed again. New values do not take effect until you reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Selecting the Interface

All SwitchProbe devices contain more than one interface. The selected interface number always appears in the upper left portion of the Agent Configuration Utility menu. The topology of that interface appears next to the Select Interface menu option.

To modify the parameters of a SwitchProbe device interface, you must first select that interface. If the selected interface is not the interface you want, you must select the correct interface.

To do so, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, enter 8 and press Enter.

The Select Interface Screen is displayed:

Selection# 8

 
Select the interface:
 
[1] ETHERNET             MODE = MANAGE + MONITOR
[2] SERIAL               MODE = MANAGE
[3] ETHERNET             MODE = MONITOR
 
New interface [1]:

A list containing the interface number, topology, and mode of each of the SwitchProbe device interfaces is displayed. The number of the selected interface appears next to the New Interface label at the bottom of the screen.

Step 2 Select a different interface by entering the interface number.

For example, if a WAN interface is identified as interface 3, enter 3 and press Enter. If the interface you want is already selected, press Enter.

The Agent Configuration Utility main menu is displayed again. The number of the selected interface is displayed in the upper left area of the screen (next to the interface number label).

Changing the Interface Mode

SwitchProbe devices use network interfaces to receive network traffic, or to exchange management data with a management station, or to perform both tasks simultaneously. Each interface in a SwitchProbe device is set to a default mode during manufacturing.

The task that a particular interface performs is determined by the interface mode—Manage, Monitor, or Manage + Monitor.

Table 7-1 describes the interface modes.

Table 7-1: Interface Modes

This Mode...	Performs This Function
Manage	Exchanges (sends and receives) management data with an attached management station.
Monitor	Receives network traffic for mapping statistical information into standard RMON-based counters.
Manage + Monitor	Exchanges management data and receives network traffic on the same interface.

Note For detailed information about each SwitchProbe device's network interfaces (including interface number, topology, and default settings) see "Physical Description."

The Configure Interface Options (option 14) of the Agent Configuration Utility main menu allows you to change the mode of a SwitchProbe device's currently selected interface.

To change the mode, follow these steps:

Step 1 Access the Agent Configuration Utility main menu.

Step 2 Verify the interface in the Select Interface field.

If the interface you want to configure appears in this field, proceed to Step 3. Otherwise, select the interface you want to configure. For more information, see "Selecting the Interface."

Step 3 Enter 14 and press Enter at the Selection # prompt.

The interface options menu is displayed. The number of the current selected interface is listed next to the interface number label.

For more information about interface numbers, see "Interface Numbers" in the next section.

Step 4 Enter 11 and press Enter to toggle the setting of the interface manage mode.

The setting will change to its opposite value (on to off, or off to on).

Step 5 Enter 12 and press Enter to toggle the setting of the interface monitor mode.

The setting will change to its opposite value (on to off, or off to on).

Note

The interface options menu is displayed again with any new value in the manage mode or monitor mode fields. However, changes do not take effect until you exit the interface options menu.

Step 6 Enter 13 and press Enter.

Step 7 Reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Interface Numbers

Each interface in a SwitchProbe device is assigned an interface number. Because every SwitchProbe device has at least one network interface card and only one PCC interface card, Cisco Systems assigns interface 1 and interface 2 to these interfaces, respectively.

Interface 1—Always the default management interface. Depending on the model, this interface will either be Ethernet or Token Ring.
Interface 2—Always the SLIP port. This port is labeled Remote on the PCC interface card.

Note

Configuring Special Interface Options

WAN, Fast Ethernet, and ATM SwitchProbe devices contain special interface options described in the following sections:

Special Interface Options—WAN
Special Interface Options—Fast Ethernet
Special Interface Options—ATM

Special Interface Options—WAN

The Configure Interface Options sub-menu contains additional options when you select a WAN interface. These options allow you to customize a WAN interface to monitor Frame Relay data.

To accurately monitor the selected WAN Frame Relay segment, verify that the WAN interface is correctly configured for the network segment you are monitoring. For more information, see "DLCI MonitoringWAN SwitchProbe Device" in "DLCI & VPI/VCI Monitoring."

The following section explains each of the options in the sub-menu for monitoring WAN Frame Relay segments:

Toggle dlci_mode—Enables the selected WAN interface to read Frame Relay protocol headers and determine the DLCI number of each packet that passes through the interface. DLCI mode lets you monitor traffic per each DLCI number instead of per MAC address.

: DLCI mode is enabled (on) by default so you can view packets in terms of their DLCI numbers; however, there might be times when you may want to view MAC addresses instead of DLCIs. For example, when monitoring a bridged Frame Relay segment, you might want to view the source and ultimate destination of each packet. To do so, you can set the DLCI mode to off, then use the TrafficDirector All Conversations application to view each packet in terms of its source and destination MAC address instead of its DLCI number.

Toggle nrzi_dte—Interprets Non Return to Zero inverse signaling on the DTE interface. If your Frame Relay DTE circuit uses NRZI signaling, set this option on; if the circuit uses Non Return to Zero signaling, set this option off.
Toggle nrzi_dce—Interprets Non Return to Zero inverse signaling on the DCE interface. If your Frame Relay DCE circuit uses NRZI signaling, set this option on; if the circuit uses Non Return to Zero signaling, set this option off (the default).
Toggle crc_16—Performs 16-bit Cyclical Redundancy Checks (CRCs) when set on. When set to off (the default), the SwitchProbe device performs 32-bit CRCs.
Toggle crc_disable—Disables CRC checking when set to on. The default is off.
Toggle pvc_discovery—When set to on, the device automatically discovers any DLCIs on attached WAN Frame Relay network segments using a management protocol. For each discovered DLCI, the SwitchProbe device creates a virtual DLCI interface. For further details, see "Automatically Discovering Frame Relay DLCIs" in "DLCI & VPI/VCI Monitoring."

: When set to off, the SwitchProbe device only looks in nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) for any DLCIs that have been manually configured in the SwitchProbe device. For each DLCI found in NVRAM, the device creates a virtual DLCI interface. For information on manually creating DLCIs, see "Manually Specifying Frame Relay DLCIs" in "DLCI & VPI/VCI Monitoring."

Toggle rawhdr_capture—Allows you to include DLCI information in any data capture of the interface's packets.

Note

Setting Interface Options for Monitoring WAN Frame Relay

To set interface options to monitor Frame Relay on a WAN network segment, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility, enter 8 and press Enter.

Step 2 Select the number corresponding to the WAN interface you want to configure and press Enter.

Step 3 Enter 14 and press Enter.

Step 4 Select the number corresponding to the option you want to toggle (on or off) and press Enter.

The Interface Options Menu is displayed again with any new values in the appropriate fields. However, changes do not take effect until you exit the Interface Options Menu.

Step 5 Enter 12 and press Enter.

Step 6 Reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Special Interface Options—Fast Ethernet

The Configure Interface Options sub-menu contains two special options when you select a single or multiport Fast Ethernet interface. These options allow you to customize the Fast Ethernet interface.

Toggle vlan_mode—Directs the selected Fast Ethernet interface to read the Fast Ethernet protocol headers and determine the VLAN ID number of each packet that passes through the interface. Each incoming Ethernet ISL packet is reassembled. (The packet's 40-byte header is stripped off and replaced with a pseudoheader, the packet's MAC address is eliminated, and the Ethernet data portion of the incoming packet is appended to the pseudoheader of the reassembled packet.)

: Each incoming Token Ring and FDDI packet is also reassembled. (The packet's 40-byte header is stripped off and replaced with a pseudoheader, the packet's MAC address and RIF are eliminated, and the Token Ring or FDDI data portion of the incoming packet is converted to Ethernet format and appended to the pseudoheader of the reassembled packet.) VLAN mode can collect RMON1 traffic (hosts and conversations segregated by VLAN ID) of the entire monitored segment.
: VLAN mode is enabled (on) by default.

Note A Fast Ethernet interface can collect full RMON2 statistics of each VLAN only when the VLAN Monitor Software Option is installed on the SwitchProbe device. For more information, see

"VLAN Monitor"

"Software Options."

: When VLAN mode is disabled, each incoming Ethernet ISL packet is reassembled as a simple Ethernet packet. (The incoming packet's 40-byte header is stripped off, and the reassembled packet contains only the MAC address and the Ethernet data portion of the incoming packet.)
: When VLAN mode is disabled, each incoming Token Ring and FDDI packet is also re-assembled as a simple Ethernet packet. (The incoming packet's 40-byte header and RIF are stripped off, and the Token Ring or FDDI data portion of the incoming packet is converted to Ethernet format and appended to the packet's MAC address.)

Toggle rawhdr_capture—Allows you to include the VLAN ID information in any data capture of the interface packets.

Setting Interface Options for Fast Ethernet Interface

To set interface options for a Fast Ethernet interface, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility, enter 8 and press Enter.

Step 2 Select the number corresponding to the Fast Ethernet interface you want to configure and press Enter.

Step 3 Enter 14 and press Enter.

Step 4 Select the number corresponding to the option you want to toggle (on or off) and press Enter.

The Interface Options Menu is displayed again with any new values in the appropriate fields. However, changes do not take effect until you exit the Interface Options Menu.

Step 5 Enter 12 and press Enter.

Step 6 Reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

discard_dribbles Option—Fast Ethernet Interfaces

On Fast Ethernet SwitchProbe devices, you can include or exclude dribble errors as part of the CRC/align error count. The following applies:

When you enable the discard_dribbles option, the agent does not include dribble errors as part of the CRC/align error count.
When you disable the discard_dribbles option (the default), the agent includes dribble errors as part of the CRC/align error count.

Setting discard_dribbles Option for Fast Ethernet Interface

To change the discard_dribbles option, follow these steps:

Step 1 Access the Agent Configuration Utility.

Step 2 Enter 8 and select the Fast Ethernet interface.

Step 3 Enter 11 and press Enter.

Step 4 Use the get if_options discard_dribbles command to check the current status of the discard_dribbles option.

Step 5 Enable or disable the option as follows:

To enable the discard_dribbles option, use the command
set if_options discard_dribbles on.
To disable the discard_dribbles option, use the command
set if_options discard_dribbles off.

Special Interface Options—ATM

The Configure Interface Options sub-menu contains a special option when you select an ATM interface.

Toggle rawhdr_capture—Allows you to include the VPI/VCI information in any data capture of the interface's packets.

To change the current setting in the Toggle rawhdr_capture field, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Agent Configuration Utility, enter 8 and press Enter.

Step 2 Select the number corresponding to the ATM interface and press Enter.

Step 3 Enter 14 and press Enter.

Step 4 To change the setting in the Toggle rawhdr_capture field to its opposite value (on to off, or off to on), enter the option number 8 and press Enter.

The Interface Options Menu is displayed again with the new value in the Toggle rawhdr_capture field. However, changes do not take effect until you exit the Interface Options Menu.

Step 5 Enter 12 and press Enter.

Step 6 Reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Setting ATM MIB Parameters

When you select Change ATM MIB Parameters from the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, options appear in a sub-menu that allow you to perform the following tasks:

Define the size of the SwitchProbe host and matrix tables.
Set the frequency at which host and matrix information ages.
Enable/disable statistic, host, or matrix collection.

The following list summarizes each of the options:

Change host_table_size—Indicates and allows you to set the maximum number of ATM NSAP hosts that each selected ATM interface in the SwitchProbe device can monitor.

Change matrix_table_size—Indicates and allows you to set the maximum number of ATM NSAP conversations that each selected ATM interface in the SwitchProbe device can monitor.

Change host_aging_frequency—Allows you to establish or modify the frequency (in seconds) at which the selected ATM interface replaces older information in its host tables with newer information.

Change matrix_aging_frequency—Allows you to establish or modify the frequency (in secs) at which the selected ATM interface replaces old information in its conversation tables with new information.

Toggle enable_stats—This value (Yes or No) determines whether the SwitchProbe device tracks ATM NSAP statistics for the selected ATM interface.

Toggle enable_host—This value (Yes or No) determines whether the SwitchProbe device tracks ATM NSAP host statistics for the selected ATM interface.

Toggle enable_matrix—This value (Yes or No) determines whether the SwitchProbe device tracks ATM NSAP conversation statistics for the selected ATM interface.

To modify the value of an ATM MIB parameter, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the Change ATM MIB Parameters sub-menu, enter an option number and press Enter.

Step 2 Enter the desired value and press Enter.

Step 3 Return to the Agent Configuration Utility main menu by entering 8 and pressing Enter.

The Agent Configuration Utility main menu is displayed again. New values do not take effect until you reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting the SwitchProbe agent, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

Configuring Agent Options

When you select Configure Agent Options from the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, a sub-menu of options and their current state (on or off) are displayed in a sub-menu. These options allow you to control specific enhanced functionality of a SwitchProbe device.

To toggle the setting of an option, follow these steps:

Step 1 Enter the option number and press Enter.

Step 2 To return to the Agent Configuration Utility main menu, enter 9 and press Enter.

The following list summarizes each of the agent options:

Toggle router_discovery—Enables/disables the monitoring of ICMP traffic to determine its default router. When this option is enabled (on), the SwitchProbe device will look for advertisements that the routers send on the network. If the SwitchProbe device does not hear any router advertisements for the duration specified in the last router advertisement message, then the device sends a message to the console.

Toggle router_enable—Enables/disables routing of only one device between the SLIP interface and a LAN interface.

Toggle modem_log —Enables/disables the recording of all modem events to the local console and event log.

Toggle slip_ip —Enables/disables the sending of SNMP traps seen on the SLIP interface to the primary LAN interface, retaining the IP address of the device that generated the trap.

Toggle discover_wanspeed —Enables/disables the SwitchProbe device's ability to send SNMP get requests to the specified router to obtain the WAN link speed.

Toggle real_iftype—Displayed when the selected interface is a Fast Ethernet interface. Cisco Systems' TrafficDirector network management application uses the same interface type number (6) to identify an Ethernet interface and a Fast Ethernet interface. However, because you might want the SwitchProbe device to differentiate these two interface types, Cisco Systems provides this option. When set to Yes, all Fast Ethernet interfaces on the SwitchProbe device are assigned a unique Fast Ethernet interface type code (62).

Configuring the Default Domain

SwitchProbe devices automatically install the RMON1 and RMON2 protocol domains when booted. You cannot deinstall network-layer protocol domains that the SwitchProbe device installs automatically. Instead, when you remove a network-layer protocol domain, host and conversation groups are disabled for the protocol domain; the domain remains installed on the agent with only the statistics group enabled.

Table 7-2 shows the list of protocol domains the SwitchProbe device automatically installs upon reset.

Table 7-2: Default RMON2 Protocol Domains

AOL	DLSW_WR	IPIP	NNTP	SNA	VINES
ARP	DNS_TCP	IPIP4	NOTESTCP	SNA_TCP	VINESIPC
AT_ATP	DOOM	IPV6	NOVRIP	SNMP	VINESIPC
AT_DSP	EGP	IPX	NOVSAP	SNMPTRAP	VINESRTP
AT_NBP	FTP-CTRL	IPX1_UDP	NTP	SOCKET	VINESSPP
AT_RTMP	FTP-DATA	NB_DGM_T	ORACLSQL	SQLNET_N	XNS
AT_RTREQ	GGP	NB_NS_T	OSI	SUNRPC	XNS_PEP
AT_ZIP	HTTP	NB_SSN_T	OSPF	SUNRPC_T	XNS_RIP
ATALK	HTTPS	NCP	REALAUD	TCP	XNS_SPP
BGP_TCP	ICMP	NET~	RIP	TCP~	XWINDOW
COMPUSRV	IGMP	NETB	RMON	TELNET
DECLAT	IGRP	NEWS_TCP	SIPP-AH	TFTP
DECNET	IP	NEWS_UDP	SIPP-ESP	UDP
DLSW_RD	IP~	NFS	SMTP	UDP~

Configuring RMON1 and RMON2 Parameters

You can configure default RMON1/RMON2 parameters set in the SwitchProbe device when it boots. The configuration you specify applies to all SwitchProbe interfaces. For example, if you set max_host to a maximum of 10000, each interface can track statistics for 10000 hosts.

Table 7-3 shows the RMON1 parameters you can configure.

Table 7-3: Configurable RMON1 Parameters

Select This Parameter...	To Configure
[1] Change max_host	Maximum number of hosts for which each interface tracks MAC-layer statistics.
[2] Change max_matrix	Maximum number of conversations for which each interface tracks MAC-layer statistics.
[3] Change sh_buckets	Maximum number of buckets each interface uses to store short-term history statistics.
[4] Change lh_buckets	Maximum number of buckets each interface uses to store long-term history statistics.
[5] Change sh_interval	Interval at which the SwitchProbe device gathers and stores short-term history statistics for each interface.
[6] Change lh_interval	Interval at which the SwitchProbe device gathers and stores long-term history statistics for each interface.
[7] Change dlci_sh_buckets	Maximum number of buckets the SwitchProbe device uses to store short-term history statistics for each DLCI.
[8] Change dlci_lh_buckets	Maximum number of buckets the SwitchProbe device uses to store long-term history statistics for each DLCI.
[9] Change dlci_sh_interval	Interval at which the SwitchProbe device gathers and stores short-term history statistics for each DLCI.
[10] Change dlci_lh_interval	Interval at which the SwitchProbe device gathers and stores long-term history statistics for each DLCI.
[11] Toggle start_stats	Tracking of RMON1 statistics for each interface and all DLCIs during boot.
[12] Toggle start_history	Tracking of short- and long-term history statistics for each interface and all DLCIs during boot.

Table 7-4 shows the RMON2 parameters you can configure.

Table 7-4: Configurable RMON2 Parameters

Select This Parameter...	To Configure
[1] Change nl_hosts	Maximum number of hosts for which each interface tracks network-layer statistics.
[2] Change al_hosts	Maximum number of hosts for which each interface tracks application-layer statistics.
[3] Change nl_matrix	Maximum number of network-layer conversations for which each interface tracks statistics.
[4] Change al_matrix	Maximum number of application-layer conversations for which each interface tracks statistics.
[5] Change dlci_nl hosts	Maximum number of hosts for which each DLCI tracks network-layer statistics.
[6] Change dlci_al_hosts	Maximum number of hosts for which each DLCI tracks application-layer statistics.
[7] Change dlci_nl_matrix	Maximum number of network-layer conversations on which each DLCI stores statistics.
[8] Change dlci_al_matrix	Maximum number of application-layer conversations on which each DLCI stores statistics.
[9] Change host_aging_frequency	Frequency (in seconds) at which each interface ages its host tables.
[10] Change matrix_aging_frequency	Frequency (in seconds) at which each interface ages its conversation tables.
[11] Toggle start_protocol_dist	Tracking of protocol distribution statistics during boot.
[12] Toggle start_nl_host	Tracking of network-layer host statistics during boot.
[13] Toggle start_nl_matrix	Tracking of network-layer conversations during boot.
[14] Toggle enable_other_domains	The other domain feature (represented by the display of a tilde [~] next to a domain name in a domain name list). This feature is enabled by default. If this feature is disabled, the device will not allow installation or monitoring of the tilde domains. Refer to the Using the Campus TrafficDirector Application publication for a description of tilde domains.
[15] Toggle enable_all_host	Booting of the device with the HOST group enabled for all default domains. This feature is disabled by default. This flag also automatically turns on the start_nl_host flag. (The HOST group is not installed on any of the default domains if the start_nl_host flag is set to off.)
[16] Toggle enable_all_matrix	Booting of the device with the MATRIX (Conversation) group enabled for all default domains. This feature is turned off by default. This flag automatically also turns on the start_nl_matrix flag. (The MATRIX group is not installed on any of the default domains if the start_nl_matrix flag is set to off.)

Configuring Default RMON1/RMON2 Parameters

To configure RMON1/RMON2 parameters for all SwitchProbe device interfaces, follow these steps:

Step 1 Access the Agent Configuration Utility.

Step 2 Enter 31 and press Enter.

Step 3 Do one of the following:

To configure RMON1 parameters for the selected interface, enter 15 and press Enter.
To configure RMON2 parameters for the selected interface, enter 16 and press Enter.

Step 4 Do one of the following:

If you selected 15, select the RMON1 parameter you want to configure as explained in Table 7-3.
If you selected 16, select the RMON2 parameter you want to configure as explained in Table 7-4.

Step 5 From the main menu, enter 12 for the new settings to take effect.

Upgrading Firmware

SwitchProbe devices are shipped with the latest version of agent firmware already installed in both EPROM and FLASH memory. However, as Cisco Systems develops and releases new agent firmware, the firmware that was shipped with the SwitchProbe device may no longer be the most current version. You might want to upgrade or update the agent software in your SwitchProbe device.

Cisco Systems' TrafficDirector network management application supports the most current release of the agent firmware. This agent firmware resides in a hexadecimal file in the $NSHOME/binagent directory. The exact name of the file varies according to the model number of the SwitchProbe device.

Table 7-5 lists the firmware file names associated with each SwitchProbe device.

Table 7-5: Firmware File Names for SwitchProbe Devices

SwitchProbe Devices	Firmware File Name
Ethernet	ns6010.hex
Token Ring	ns6020b.hex and nstr.adp
Ethernet/Token Ring	ns6030.hex
FDDI	ns7100.hex & nsfddi.adp
Fast Ethernet	ns7200hd.hex and ns7200fd.hex
Multiport Ethernet	ns7300.hex
WAN/Ethernet	ns6050.hex
Multiport T1/E1 WAN	ns8700.hex
HSSI	ns7400.hex
ATM	ns8100.hex
Fast EtherChannel	ns8200.hex

You can download the appropriate hex file to the SwitchProbe FLASH memory using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). By default, SwitchProbe devices boot from FLASH memory. Therefore, when you download new agent firmware in the SwitchProbe device, the SwitchProbe device will load the new agent firmware in FLASH memory during boot.

Note When you upgrade agent firmware, the original, factory-installed version of firmware remains in EPROM. Therefore, if the upgrade fails or the FLASH becomes corrupted, you can force the SwitchProbe device to boot from EPROM by setting DIP switch 1 to on. For more information about the DIP switches, see "Physical Description."

You can perform all upgrades from any TFTP server (such as a Sun SPARCstation) on which the TFTP daemon is turned on in the /etc/inetd.conf file, and having a /tftpboot directory present.

To upgrade the firmware in a SwitchProbe device, follow these steps:

Step 1 Copy or FTP (in binary mode) the agent firmware file to the /tftpboot directory of the TFTP server.

Step 2 Use the agent console or the TrafficDirector Remote Login application to access the Agent Configuration Utility.

Note

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Step 3 Enter 9 and press Enter if you need to set the server address.

Step 4 Enter the address and press Enter when the agent prompts for the TFTP server address.

Step 5 Verify that the server address is correct before proceeding to the next step.

Step 6 Enter 10 and press Enter to initiate the TFTP transfer process and invoke the tftp client in the SwitchProbe agent.

A status report of the tftp upgrade process appears on the screen. A message indicates that the flash upgrade has been performed successfully.

Step 7 Reset the SwitchProbe agent.

For more information about resetting a SwitchProbe device, see "Resetting a SwitchProbe Device Agent."

The SwitchProbe device reboots using the new agent firmware in the SwitchProbe FLASH memory.

Upgrading Token Ring/FDDI Firmware

Note Before upgrading the FLASH, ensure that interface 3 (for example, FDDI) is not in manage mode. During the upgrade process, the SwitchProbe device is taken off the FDDI ring and cannot communicate with the manager through the FDDI interface.

You can upgrade the Token Ring or FDDI firmware that resides in FLASH on the Token Ring/FDDI module in SwitchProbe device. To upgrade the FLASH on the Token Ring or FDDI adapter, enter command-line mode, then enter one of the following commands:

do tftp nstr.adp (for Token Ring SwitchProbe Device)
 
or 
 
do tftp nsfddi.adp (for FDDI SwitchProbe Device)

nstr.adp is the image file for the Token Ring FLASH.

nsfddi.adp is the image file for the FDDI FLASH.

Upgrading HSSI Firmware

To upgrade the firmware in FLASH memory on the HSSI SwitchProbe devices, follow these steps:

Step 1 Retrieve the image file from Cisco Systems and copy it to the /tftpboot directory on your Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server.

Step 2 Access the Agent Configuration Utility.

Step 3 Enter 8 and press Enter.

Step 4 Enter 3 to select the HSSI interface and press Enter.

Step 5 Enter 11 and press Enter.

Step 6 Enter the following command:

do tftp nshssi.hex

nshssi.hex is the image filename

WAN SwitchProbe devices automatically generate Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps when there is a change in permanent virtual circuit (PVC) status.

You can configure a SwitchProbe device to send SNMP traps to port 162 or 395 (the default), or to both ports, by configuring the value of the trap_port object.

Step 7 Enter the get speed command to check the current speed of the Fast Ethernet interface.

Step 8 Enter the set speed new_speed command to reset the speed.

new_speed is 10 or 100 (Mbps).

The correct speed is detected when the SwitchProbe device reboots. If there is no link (for example, if the cable is not attached), the speed is automatically set to 100 Mbps.

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