RE: [nv-l] Point to Point link color status change

[Leslie Clark <lclark@us.ibm.com>]

It may help if you are really clear
about how serial networks are represented. 

For a serial connection, networks and
segments are drawn as straight lines instead of a bubbles. 
If there are multiple serial connections
between the routers, the first click is into the metaconnection submap.

If you right-mouse the line, it says
'Symbol: xx.xx.xx' where xx.xx.xx is the network address.
(Aside:  I believe these used to
say 'Network:', but now all symbols seem to be labeled this way.)
When you double-click on the line, the
network submap is shown. 
In the network submap, you will see
both end devices connected by a straight line, and that line is the segment
symbol. If yo uright-mouse that line, it says 'Symbol: Segment1'
When you double-click on that line,
the segment submap is shown.
In the segment submap, you will see
both end devices connected by a black circle. That circle is normal for
serial segments. 
The lines connecting those devices to
that circle represent the serial interfaces. 
Those are the ones with status. 

Remember that status of a device shown
in a segment or network is for that segment or network only. 

You should expect status propogation
of these interfaces to behave the same as it does for non-serial networks
and segments. If it is not, then you should pursue it with Support. The
color of these things is controlled by /usr/OV/app-defaults/OVw by these
records:

OVw*unknownStatusLineColor:    
        SkyBlue
OVw*downStatusLineColor:    
           red
OVw*marginalStatusLineColor:  
         yellow
OVw*upStatusLineColor:    
             black
OVw*unmanagedStatusLineColor:  
        wheat
OVw*acknowledgedStatusLineColor:  
     LimeGreen
OVw*user1StatusLineColor:    
          black
OVw*user2StatusLineColor:    
          black

I would expect the top level line to
be yellow (marginal) if one of the contributors is red, provided you are
using the default propgation scheme. There are other propogation schemes,
and perhaps yours have been changed. If you want it to be red rather than
yellow, you do have the option of 'Propogate Most Critical', but this option
applies across the board. The propogation scheme is configured under 'File..Describe
Map'.

Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
(248) 552-4968 Voicemail, Fax, Pager

Peter.Ingleson@atradius.com
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07/13/2004 10:53 AM

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Subject	RE: [nv-l] Point to Point link color status change

Paul, 

If I double click on the link I get a sub map showing two routers, both
red
with a red link between them. If I then double click on the red link again
I
get a symbol representing a ring with two red routers attached to the ring.

The two paths to the routers are actually diverse from the IP level; one
goes via the E3 the other via an Ethernet connection into another router.

If my ascii art works I have the following 

--FE--RTR--E3--RTR--FE 

which in turns represents one side of a square. I would like the E3 link
to
appear red at the top most IP map. 

Checking the interface submap shows the interface type as serial, I think
ring is the default network symbol. 

Reagrds
Peter 


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:pstroud@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: 13 July 2004 15:35
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Point to Point link color status change

Peter,
Is it a meta-connection, in other words a connection showing
multiple paths? If so, that may be what you are seeing, while
one line is down, the other is still up so you still have
connectivity. Double-click on the black line, does it show you
anything?

Paul


Peter.Ingleson@atradius.com wrote:

> List,
>
>  
>
> I'm running NV 7.1.4 with fixpack 1 on AIX 5.1 ML5.
>
>  
>
> I have several routers with point to point E3 connections, all are
> managed via their loopback addresses via SNMP each having two separate
> pathways back to the netview station. I've noticed that when one of
> these connections is down the interface changes to red, the higher
> level router symbol changes to yellow but the line representing the
E3 
> link remains black. For other routers simply connecting via one link
> to another router the links will change colour as appropriate.
>
>  
>
> Do I need to do anything to force the link to change to red\yellow
to 
> indicate a failure?
>
>  
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
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