nv-l
[Top] [All Lists]

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

To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Point to Point link color status change
From: Peter.Ingleson@atradius.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:01:26 +0200
Delivery-date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:17:58 +0100
Envelope-to: nv-l-archive@lists.skills-1st.co.uk
Reply-to: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Sender: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com

Leslie,

 

Thanks for the help, the line remained red for about 5minutes after a delete and rediscover. What you described in details previous is exactly what I experience. I tried changing the Propagate Most Critical feature which cause the routers to turn red but the line remained black. I think I may well call support, although I have noticed that netmon.trace was written after one of the nodes was re-discovered. In netmon.trace I get "Node 'XXX' is in incorrect network, delete the node and rediscover", yet the subnetting on the serial interface is correct at both ends of the link. The secondary path is via an alternative router at the same site.

 

Appreciate the thoughts though.

 

Regards

Peter

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Clark [mailto:lclark@us.ibm.com]
Sent: 13 July 2004 16:33
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Point to Point link color status change

 


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
Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com

07/13/2004 10:53 AM

Please respond to
nv-l

To

nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com

cc

 

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
>
>
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------
> This message is intended for the addressee or its representative only.
> Any form of unauthorized use, publication, reproduction, copying or
> disclosure of the content of this e-mail is not permitted. If you are
> not the intended recipient of this e-mail message and its contents,
> please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and
> all its attachments subsequently.


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>

Archive operated by Skills 1st Ltd

See also: The NetView Web