Table Of Contents
Discovery and Trace
Discovery
Multicast Discovery
L2 Discovery
Video Probe
Video Probe Discovery
Monitoring Application
Unicast
Trace
Multicast Trace
Show Groups
Discovery and Trace
This chapter covers:
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Discovery
•Trace
Discovery
Multicast Discovery
To run multicast discovery:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Discovery.
Step 3 Select Multicast Discovery.
Step 4 Click Discover.
The Multicast Discovery configuration page contains the following fields and buttons:
Table 4-1 :
Parameter
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Description
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Seed Router Name/IP Address
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Enter the seed router name or IP address.
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Community Strings
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Enter the community strings.
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Discovery Depth
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Select a value.
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Network Discovery Type
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Select All, Include, or Exclude.
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Network Address and Network Mask
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Allows you to filter network discovery types.
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Start Discovery
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Click Start Discovery to complete the configuration of multicast discovery.
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Multicast Discovery
Table 4-2 :
Parameter
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Description
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Flat File Address
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Enter the fully qualified name of the server file that contains CEs.
File format: CE1=PE1:PE2:PE3
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Community Strings
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Enter the community strings.
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Discovery Depth
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Select a value.
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Network Discovery Type
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Select All, Include, or Exclude.
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Network Address and Network Mask
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Allows you to filter network discovery types.
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Start Discovery
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Click Start Discovery to complete the configuration of the MVPN discovery.
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MVPN Discovery
Table 4-3 :
Parameter
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Description
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Router Name/IP Address
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Enter the router name or IP address.
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RO Community String
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The read-only community string for the router.
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Device
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Select This Device Only or One hop from the device.
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Save
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Adds the selected L2 for discovery.
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Single Device Discovery
Note Run one discovery run at a time.
Note Stop the poller if devices have already been discovered in the domain.
L2 Discovery
To run L2 discovery:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Discovery.
Step 3 Select L2.
Step 4 Click Add.
Step 5 Select By L2.
The add or rediscover a L2 Device configuration page contains the following fields and buttons:
Parameter
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Description
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Switch Name/IP Address
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Enter the switch name or IP address.
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RO Community String
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The read only community string for the router.
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Save
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Adds the selected L2 for discovery.
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Video Probe
Video Probe Discovery
To run video probe discovery:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Discovery.
Step 3 Select Video Probe
Step 4 Click the Add button.
Step 5 From the pull-down menu, select By Video Probe.
The Add / Rediscover a Video Probe configuration page contains the following fields and buttons:
Parameter
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Description
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Probe Name/IP Address
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Enter the probe name or IP address.
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Probe RO Community String
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Enter the SNMP read-only community string for the probe.
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Probe RW Community String
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SNMP read-write community string for the probe.
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Application Type
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Select an application type.
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Router Name/IP Address
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The hostname or IP address of the router on which the probe is running.
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Router RO Community String
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The read only community string for the router.
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Interface Description
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A brief description of the interface that the probe is monitoring.
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Save
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Adds the selected video probe for discovery.
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Monitoring Application
To configure monitoring applications:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Discovery.
Step 3 Select Video Probe.
Step 4 Click Monitoring Application.
Step 5 Click Add.
Step 6 From the pull-down menu, Select By Monitoring Application.
The add or rediscover a Monitoring Application configuration page contains the following fields and buttons:
Parameter
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Description
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Application Name
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Enter the name of the monitoring application
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Description
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Enter a description of the application.
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HostIp
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Enter the IP address of the host where the application is running.
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URL Port
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Enter the URL port for the application.
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Community String on Application
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Enter the SNMP Community String for the application.
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Application Type
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From the pull-down list, select the application type.
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Save
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Adds the selected monitoring application for discovery.
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Unicast
To configure unicast discovery:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Discovery.
Step 3 Select Unicast.
Step 4 Click Add.
Step 5 Select By Unicast Router.
The Unicast Router Discovery configuration page contains the following fields and buttons:
Parameter
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Description
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Probe Name/IP Address
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Enter the probe name or IP address.
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RO Community String
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The read only community string for the router.
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Add/Modify
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Adds the selected Unicast router for discovery.
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Trace
Multicast Trace
To configure multicast trace:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Trace.
Step 3 Select Multicast Trace.
The Multicast Trace configuration page contains the following fields and buttons:
Fields and Buttons
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Description
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Select a Device
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Select a device.
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Source
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Select a source from the drop-down menu.
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Group
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Select a group from the drop-down menu.
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Reset SG List
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Click Clear SG Filter to reset the values from the source and group lists.
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Select Service Type
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Select a service type from the drop-down menu.
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FHR
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Select the start destination for the First Hop Router.
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LHR
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Select the end destination for the Last Hop Router.
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Step 4 Click the Trace button.
The Trace Data page appears, showing the trace data and a topology diagram for the devices included in the trace.
The trace name at the top of the page has the following format:
Group (Group_Description) transport (Transport_Description) Source (Source_Description),
for example, "Tracing multicast group 211.22.2.0 (Midwest Region) transport (TBS Sports Network) Source (Region One)."
Step 5 If you want to save the trace, complete these steps:
a. Scroll down to the Input File field.
b. If you want to change the trace name, edit the trace filename shown in the Input File field.
c. Click the Save As button.
Step 6 To view additional information about the probe used in the trace, click on the probe icon.
If you click on the probe icon:
•For the MixedSignal probe, the latest traps for the probe are displayed.
•If the probe is a probe other than the MixedSignal, iVMS, or BridgeTech probe, a video probe application page for the probe launches.
Show Groups
To configure and run a Show Groups trace:
Step 1 From the Multicast Manager menu, select Discovery & Trace.
Step 2 Select Trace.
Step 3 Select Show Groups.
Step 4 Select a device from the pull-down list.
Step 5 The trace appears in the S,G Trace table.
Figure 4-1 Quick Trace - Select a Device
Step 6 To run a trace on a listed Multicast Group, click on the IP address for the group at the left of the group entry.
Step 7 If you want to see a trace for one of the sources for the group, click on the sources link to the right of the entry and then click on a source IP address on the page that appears.
Step 8 If you want to run a trace from a saved trace file, select a trace file from the pull-own list in the Load from previously saved traces field and then click the Show Trace button.
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