Basic Dial NMS Implementation Guide
Index

Table Of Contents

A - B - C - D - F - H - I - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - W - X -

index

A

AAA

case study x

CLI commands 27, 28

design 27

negotiation 57

servers 31

B

busy hour ratio 31

C

capacity planning 31

Cisco 2511 31

setting up 83

Cisco 2511, console connection, troubleshooting 85

Cisco AS5300

MRTG configuration file 60

MRTG graphs 57

Cisco AS5800 31

Cisco IOS CLI Commander 89

Cisco IOS configurations

HTTP 86

modem call records 75

NTP 71

SNMP 41

syslog 67

terminal server, Cisco 2511 85

troubleshooting 87

Cisco IOS configurations, backing up 123

Cisco Network Registrar

about 91

batch files, using 95

CLI commands, using 92

forward zone, creating 96

reverse zone, creating 99

Cisco PIX 31

CiscoSecure Unix 33

Cisco TAC online ix

CiscoView 124

CiscoWorks 2000 RME

about 117

configurations, backing up 123

design 32

devices, importing 118

devices, polling 120

clear line command 85

CLI commands for dial operations 27, 38, 87

clocking, NTP configuration 71

clock summer-time command 71

clock timezone command 71

community strings 42

configuration management

Cisco IOS, backing up 123

CiscoView 124

CiscoWorks 2000 RME 117

CLI commands 87

design 27, 28

IP addresses, managing 91

MIBs to use 37

console server, setting up 83, 85

crontab 63

D

Device Linker, setting up 83

dial NMS

benefits 24

case study 23

configuration design parameters 33

hardware requirements 31

implementation and operation tasks 35

network topology 30

planning questionnaire 25

service definition 27

software requirements 32

dir command 87

DNS

about 91

IP addresses 91

F

fault management

CLI commands 27, 88

description 67

HP OpenView, using 101

syslog and NTP, configuring 69

FCAPS 27

freeware

Cisco IOS CLI Command Center 86

IP tracker web page 96

Modem Call Record Viewer 70

MRTG 53

SNMP Commander 49

UCD-SNMP 45

FTP

MIBs 46

syslog messages 78

H

hardware for a dial NMS 30

HP OpenView

about 101

basic setup 102

CLI, entering devices 115

color legend 106, 110

design 32

devices, entering 115

dial ports, unmanaging 110

discovery filters

about 112

setting up 113

filters, setting up 112

get requests, testing 107

maps, adjusting 111

polling devices

about 105

demand polls, performing 105

SNMP, troubleshooting 108

SNMP configuration, verifying 102

sysobjectID 106

traps, verifying 108

web site 102

HTTP

access to CLI commands, using 86

I

implemenation tasks for a dial NMS 35

interface loopback command 42

interfaces

capacity planning 31

unmanaging 110

IOS, See Cisco IOS 41

IP addresses, managing 91, 96

IP design 33, 34

ip http authentication aaa command 86

ip http server command 86

L

line requirements 31

loadhosts -m command 115

logging, See syslog 67

logging buffered command 75

logging command 75

logging console command 75

logging facility command 75

logging trap command 75

loopback address 34

M

MIBs

about 16

downloading from Cisco 46

exploring by using UCD-SNMP 45

ftp.cisco.com 46

new dial features 38

OIDs for MRTG 54

recommended for the dial NMS 37

modem call records

about 69

Cisco IOS configuration 75

modems

call records 70, 75

modulation trends 69

OIDs to poll 55

MRTG

configuration files, editing 59, 60

design 32

dial counters 54, 59

electronic template 60

functions 53

installing 59

OIDs to poll 54

web site 59

N

network topology, dial NMS 30

NTP

about 69

client, setting up 72

client, troubleshooting 74

enabling on a Cisco IOS device 71

verifying 71

ntp clock-period command 71

ntpq -p command 73

ntp server command 71

ntp update-calendar command 71

O

OIDs 38

circuit utilization 54

description 16

modem information 54

user information 54

OpenView, See HP OpenView 101

operation tasks for a dial NMS 35

out-of-band console 83

ovstatus command 102, 115

ovstop command 115

ovw& command 102

P

performance management

CLI commands 27, 29

Connection Success Rate 57

OIDs to query 54

planning questionnaire 25

polling devices

CiscoWorks 2000 RME 120

warnings 37, 54

portal, for a dial NMS 81

PPP 57, 69

PRI lines 31

ps -elf command 77

R

RADIUS design 26, 29

S

security management

AAA case study x

CLI commands 27, 29

for IP networks x

HTTP 86

incident tracking 69

SNMP 21

service definition 27

service timestamps command 71

show caller command 39, 88

show controllers t1 call-counters command 38

show dialer command 88

show file systems command 87

show flash command 87

show ip interface brief command 87

show ip route command 87

show isdn history command 40

show isdn memory command 38

show isdn service command 87

show isdn status command 87

show logging command 74

show modem call-stats command 88

show modem command 39, 88

show modem connect-speeds command 39

show modem summary command 38

show modem version command 87

show ntp association command 72

show ntp status command 71

show users command 85, 88

SNMP

about 13

agent 14

community strings 42

enabling in a Cisco IOS device 41

FAQ 14

managed devices 14

management 20

message types and commands 15

MIBs 16

NMS 14

security 21

SNMPv1 18

SNMPv2 19

TAC support 14

trap link status events, disabling 76

using HP OpenView 102

using MRTG 53

SNMP Commander

about 49

setting up 49

snmp host command 42

snmp-server community command 42

snmp-server contact command 42

snmp-server enable command 42

snmp-server engineID command 42

snmp-server location command 42

snmp-server packetsize command 42

snmp-server trap-source command 42

software for a dial NMS 32

Solaris workstations 31

subnetting plan 33

syslog

about 67

console warnings 75

daemon, configuring 76

design 30

destinations 68

enabling on a Cisco IOS device 74

link status events, disabling 76

log file, inspecting 78

server 68

severity levels 68

WAN links 31

T

T3 cards 31

TACACS+ design 26, 29

tail -f command 78

terminal server, setting up 83

topology

NOC 30

POP 30

touch command 77

troubleshooting

HP OpenView 108

terminal server 85

using modem call records 69, 75

using NTP 69

using syslog 69

U

UCD-SNMP

about 45

design 32

downloading MIBs 46

installing 46

MIBs for dial, exploring 46

web-based access, setting up 49

web site 46

Unix workstations 31

user-growth projections 25, 31

user IDs 69

W

War Dialer 33

web server, setting up 64

X

xntpd command 73