Extremexos Screenplay User Guide
Extremexos Screenplay User Guide
Guide
Published: 2010
Part Number: 100400-00 Rev 01
Overview
NOTE
The screens shown in this chapter were captured from a variety of Extreme Networks switches. In some
cases the information displayed on the screen varies somewhat depending on the switch being used.
Setting Up ScreenPlay
This section describes the setup process required to use ScreenPlay with the
switch and includes the following topics:
■ HTTP and HTTPS Setup on page 5
■ Client Setup on page 6
■ Launching ScreenPlay on page 6
NOTE
You must assign an IP address to a VLAN for management access to the switch. For more information,
see the chapter “Configuring Management Access.”
The switch is now ready for web access using HTTP at the URL "http://
<switch_ip>".
BD-8806.2 #
The SSL module must be installed to enable HTTPS web access. (Refer to the
ExtremeXOS Concepts Guide “Secure Socket Layer” in the Security chapter and
“Guidelines for Activating SSL” in the Software Upgrade and Boot Options
appendix.)
After the SSL module is installed, create a certificate by entering the following
command:
The switch is now ready for web access using HTTPS at the URL "https://
<switch_ip>".
Client Setup
You need a standard web browser such as Mozilla Firefox® (version 1.0 or greater)
or Internet Explorer® (version 6.0 or greater) with the Adobe Flash® Player 9 plug-
in installed.
NOTE
ScreenPlay supports up to six concurrent sessions.
Launching ScreenPlay
To launch ScreenPlay, enter the URL of the switch in the address window of your
browser. When ScreenPlay launches, the authentication screen displays, as shown
in Figure 1.
The ScreenPlay login window displays the switch IP address. You must enter a
user name and password for access. The user name and password used are the
same that you use to access the CLI from a Telnet or SSH session.
ScreenPlay Dashboard
Next, the ScreenPlay Dashboard appears. The dashboard is the home screen, or
opening screen, of ScreenPlay. This screen provides you with a one-glance-
snapshot of switch status, inventory, and management details.
The main dashboard is divided into three information panes that are shown in
Figure 2 and described in Table 1.
1- Switch 2 - Header
3 - Workspace
From the device dashboard, you can navigate to any other portion of the
interface. The functions available in ScreenPlay are divided into three major
categories:
■ Configuration, which covers configuration of ports, VLANs, stacking, SNMP and
dynamic ACLs.
■ Statistics and Monitoring, which provides you with the capability to generate
event logs, monitor and generate statistics on ports, and perform QoS
monitoring.
■ Administration, which allows you to perform administrative tasks on user
accounts and user sessions and to issue CLI commands.
Menu Bar
Table 2 lists and describes the menu and submenu elements.
Table 2: Menu Bar
Point to an icon to show the unit type and state. Click the icon to show additional
inventory information. Figure 3 shows two examples of the content.
4 From the appropriate dropdown menu, choose another setting for any or all of
the first five selections or enter a port number in the CLI Shell Port text box.
To restore the original default settings, click the Restore Defaults command
button.
■ Print an original or modified table by clicking the print icon located just
above the table. A standard print box opens. This icon prints the specific table
only and prints it as it appears on the screen; if any cell contents are hidden on
the screen, they are hidden on the printed copy. To print the entire screen, use
the browser print command.
■ Copy the table to another application by clicking the copy icon , opening
the target application and pasting in the table.
Dashboard Workspace
The Dashboard workspace contains three segments: Inventory Information;
Management; and Switch Details. These are displayed in Figure 5 and are
described in the table that follows it.
Figure 5: Dashboard
Screen/Pane Description
Inventory Information Provides information about the hardware units: the type of system; the running
temperature with a colored indicator; and the total number of days that the
switch has been in service. Click the different unit to display additional
information, examples of which are shown in Figure 3.
Allows for customizing and capture of the table.
Management Displays the availability/status of configuration elements: license level; Telnet
access; SSH Access; SNMP Access; and Authentication Server.
Switch Details Describes the current condition of the switch including its location, software
version, state, and configuration.
Allows for the modification of the switch name, location and contact.
Configuration
You can use the ScreenPlay tool to perform device-level configuration tasks. This
section provides an overview of the five configuration panes available through
ScreenPlay:
■ Configuration—Ports on page 14
■ Configuration—VLANs on page 19
■ Configuration—Stacking on page 22
■ Configuration—SNMP on page 24
■ Configuration—Dynamic ACLs on page 26 (Beginning with ExtremeXOS 12.1)
Configuration—Ports
This feature allows you to view and modify some of the basic configurations of the
ports on the device. The topics available through the ports configuration screen
are:
■ Port list
■ Port details
■ Enabling and disabling ports
■ Basic port set operations
Screen/Panel Description
Port List Lists the ports and their respective Flags (see Figure 11), Port
State, Link State, Link Speed, Duplex Mode, Auto Negotiation,
Jumbo frames and Load Master.
Allows customizing and capture of the table. Ports can be
Enabled and Disabled using the command buttons.
Port Details for the Selected Port Displays details for the port that is selected from the Port List.
General Tab Displays the Port Number and Type, settings for the Virtual
Router, Port State, Link State, Link Counter, ELSM, EDP and Auto
Polarity.
Allows modifications to Auto Negotiation, ConfigSpeed,
ConfigDuplex, Jumbo Frame, Preferred Medium and Force
Preferred Medium
Figure 7 displays the QoS details tab, and the table below it describes its
elements.
Screen/Pane Description
QoS Tab Displays the QoS Profile name, Egress Traffic Rate Limiting setting: Egress Port
rate, Max Burst Size, Broadcast Rate, Mulitcast Rate, Unknown DestMac Rate
and Ingress IPTOS Examination.
Allows the Explicit CoS Traffic Grouping Config settings: Ingress 802.1p
Examination; Ingress 802.1p Inner Exam; Egress IPTOS Replacement; and Egress
802.1p Replacement to be enabled or disabled.
Figure 8 displays the FDB & VLAN details tab, and the table below it describes its
elements.
Screen/Pane Description
FDB & VLAN Tab Displays the VLANs.
Allows the learning port and unicast, multicast and broadcast flooding to be
enabled or disabled.
Figure 9 displays Sharing & Redundancy details tab, and the table below it
describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Sharing & Redundancy Tab Displays Load Sharing: Load sharing/link aggregation algorithm, Master Port and
Members.
On modular switches and SummitStack, displays Software-Controlled
Redundancy, the Primary and Redundant Ports, and allows Smart Redundancy
and Software Redundant Port Link to be enabled or disabled.
Screen/Pane Description
Multiple Port Details Save Displays details for two or more ports selected from the Port List.
Form Allows a Port Display Name to be provided and Ingress IPTOS Examinations,
Ingress 802.1p Examinations, Ingress 802.1p Inner Exam, Egress IPTOS
Replacements, Egress 802.1p Replacement, Unicast Flooding, Smart
Redundancy, and Learning Port to be enabled or disabled.
Click one of the entries in the Port List Flags column to display the Flags Legend.
The settings in the list that apply to the particular port are displayed in bold print
as shown in Figure 11.
Configuration—VLANs
This feature allows you to create, modify, and delete VLANs, add ports to VLANs
and configure them. The topics available through the VLAN configuration screen
are:
■ VLAN list
■ VLAN details (Click one of the VLANs in the list.)
■ Enabling and disabling VLANs
■ Basic VLAN configuration
■ Port membership in VLANs
Figure 12 shows the VLAN configuration screen of the ScreenPlay tool and the
table below it describes its elements.
Click one of the VLANS in the VLAN List to show the VLAN Details information
for it. The General tab is displayed in Figure 12; the other tabs follow.
Screen/Pane Description
VLAN List Lists the VLANs and their respective names, Tags, Protocol Addresses, Flags,
Protocol filters, Active and Total Ports, and Virtual Routers.
Allows VLANs to be created, deleted, enabled, disabled, The table can be
customized and captured and manually refreshed.
VLAN Details Displays information for the VLAN selected from the VLAN List.
General Displays: Admin State, Tag Type, and the Active Ports.
Allows modification to: Name, Tagging, Virtual Router, Protocol filters, QoS
Profile, Loopback Primary IP, Secondary IPv4, IPv6 Address and the UDP Profile.
Figure 13 displays the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) tab, and the
table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
DHCP Allows modification to: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Address,
Default Gateway, DNS (Domain Name Servers) Server, WINS (Windows Internet
Naming Service) Server, and Lease Time.
Figure 14 displays the Ports tab, and the table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Ports Displays the Flags assigned to the port. Refer to Figure 11.
Allows ports to be added and removed, and tagged and untagged.
In the Ports panel, point to a port number to display its Port Properties.
In the Flags column, point to flag to display the Flags Legend.
To Create a VLAN
1
1 From the VLAN List screen, click the Create command button. The New VLAN
Details pane is displayed. (This pane matches that shown in Figure 12.)
2 Type in the required information.
3 To save the configuration, click the Save command button. The VLAN is saved
to the switch.
4 Click the Save Config command button to permanently save the new VLAN.
Deleting VLANs
To delete a VLAN:
1 From the VLAN List screen, click the name of the VLAN to be deleted. The
VLAN Details pane is displayed for the selected VLAN.
2 Click the Delete command button. The VLAN is deleted and the action is
confirmed.
Configuration—Stacking
This feature allows you to manage, view and monitor ExtremeXOS stackable
switches in a stack configuration. The feature is limited to viewing the node
configuration and monitoring the stack topology and interconnectivity among the
stack members. The configuration capabilities of actually setting up or maintaining
a stack are outside the scope of this feature.
NOTE
This feature is available only on switches that support stacking. When the switch does not support
stacking, the submenu is grayed out.
Figure 15 shows the stacking configuration screen of the ScreenPlay tool, and the
table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Stacking Displays the active topology for the stack (ring or daisy chain) and for each
node: the MAC address, the slot number in use, the priority used in node role
election, alternate management IP address, alternate gateway, flags (point to a
flag to display the Flags Legend) and the license.
Stack Slot Details Displays configuration and status information for the slot that is selected in the
Stacking list.
Configuration—SNMP
This feature allows you to view the SNMP configuration on the switch. The
information provided is useful to view the settings that are used by an SNMP
client communicating with the switch. The tool allows you to view and manipulate
the following SNMP features:
■ SNMP settings
■ SNMP v1 and v2c communities
■ SNMP v3 users
■ SNMP trap receivers
■ SNMP statistics
NOTE
There are no capabilities to make changes to the SNMP configuration in this release.
Figure 16 shows two SNMP configuration screens that display the content under all
of the tabs. The table below the figure describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
SNMP Settings Displays SNMP configuration settings and access status.
SNMP Statistics Displays SNMP statistics. Move the cursor over each item in the list to show a
tool tip with additional explanation of each.
Clicking the Delta view box, starts a count up of new actions beginning from the
time the box is checked. The start time is displayed.
SNMP V1/V2c Communities Lists the community strings and the type of access. Click the entries in the Read
View and Write View columns to see the MIB Object Identifiers (OIDs) that are
included and excluded.
Allows for customizing and capture of the table, and a manual Refresh function.
SNMP V3 Users Lists the users, authentication method, privacy status, and type of access. Click
the entries in the Read View and Write View columns to see the MIB OIDs that
are included and excluded.
Allows for customizing and capture of the table, and a manual Refresh function.
Trap Receivers Lists the trap receiver IP addresses, Port, number of retrys, Timeout, and the
Modes (enhanced or standard).
Allows for customizing and capture of the table.
Configuration—Dynamic ACLs
This feature allows you to manage dynamic ACLs. It provide a process that is
easier than the long command line syntax from the CLI. The following functionality
is included.
■ Displays the ACLs currently existing on the switch
■ Creates and edits ACLs
■ Applies a completed ACL to an interface.
Figure 17 shows a dynamic ACL screen, and the table below it describes its
elements.
Screen/Pane Description
ACLs on device Displays the ACLs that are currently available on the switch.
Create Dynamic ACL Displays an template on which to create an ACL. (See the following procedures.)
Help Contains interactive lists of Match Conditions, Actions and Action Modifiers used
to create an ACL.
Creating ACLs
To create an ACL:
1 Click the Create command button to display a new ACL template in the Create
Dynamic ACL pane.
2 Replace <ACLrulename> with a name.
3 In the template, click in <match-conditions> and then click one of the March
Conditions listed in the Help pane. The selection is inserted into the template.
4 Repeat for the other elements as necessary.
5 Click the Save ACL button. The new ACL is saved and added to the ACLs on
device pane.
Removing ACLs
First unbind the ACL from the interface, if appropriate, then remove it from the
device.
1 In the ACLs on device pane, click the ACL to be removed. The interface details
in the Interfaces applied to pane and displayed. Enable the Unbind ACL
command button by clicking the interface details row.
You can choose multiple ports to unbind at the same time but only one VLAN.
Screen/Pane Description
Apply <ACLrulename> on Allows you to choose the interface to which the dynamic ACL is to be applied as
interface well as priority, direction, order, application, and zone.
Interfaces applied to Displays the interfaces to which the ACL selected in the ACLs on device pane is
bound.
This section provides an overview of the three statistics and monitoring panes
available through ScreenPlay:
■ Statistics & Monitoring—Event Log on page 29
■ Statistics & Monitoring—Ports on page 30
■ Statistics & Monitoring—QoS on page 34
Figure 19 shows the Event Log screen of the ScreenPlay tool, and the table below
it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Event Log Displays the date, time and type of event.
Allows for customizing and capture of the table and a manual Refresh function.
Figure 20 shows the Utilization Chart tab information, and the table below it
describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Utilization Chart Graphically displays port utilization, received and transmitted.
Allows the graph to be plotted in bytes per second, packets per second or as a
percentage of bandwidth.
Point to any of the Port numbers to display a tool tip that shows the Port
Properties: Display String and Link State.
Point to one of the plot points for more information.
Figure 21 shows the Statistics Table tab information, and the table below it
describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Statistics Table Lists the available ports and their link state, bandwidth utilization—as a number
or percent—transmitted byte or packet count, received byte or packet count,
received broadcast, received multicast, invalid frames received and transmitted.
Use the radio buttons and check box to chose the display.
Allows the table to be customized and captured.
Figure 22 shows the Bandwidth Chart, and the table below it describes its
elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Bandwidth Chart Displays in a bar chart, the percentage of bandwidth being utilized for each
port.
Allows the range of ports to be selected.
Point to a bar to display its port number and Rx or Tx utilization percentage.
Figure 23 shows the QoS monitoring screen, and the table below it describes its
elements.
Screen/Pane Description
QoS Monitor Displays the QoS profiles assigned to each port.
Allows the table to be shown in terms of egress or ingress, packets (P) or bytes
(B), and for the table to be customized and captured.
Administration
Administration—User Accounts
This feature allows you to manage user accounts on a switch. This includes the
ability to add, modify and delete user accounts local to the switch and to
configure remote RADIUS AAA or TACACS servers.
Information on the user accounts screen is displayed under the following four tabs:
■ Local Users
■ Global Password Policy
■ RADIUS
■ TACACS
Figure 24 shows the Local Users screen of the Administrative section, and the
table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Local Users Tab Displays the users and information on their accounts
Allows you to Create or Delete a user account, Unlock a user account and
change a Password. The table can be customized and captured.
The User Detail pane displays information on the user selected in the Users List
and allows setting some limitations on the account.
Figure 25 shows the Global Password Policy screen of the Administrative section,
and the table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Global Password Policy Tab Allows you to set limitations on passwords for all users.
Figure 26 shows the RADIUS screen, and the table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
RADIUS Tab Displays Authentication and Accounting information for both the Primary and
Secondary servers. This includes numbers of various access and response events.
Allows you to configure Status, Timeout, IP Addresses, Ports, Shared Secrets,
Client IP Addresses and Virtual Routers.
Figure 27 shows the TACACS screen, and the table below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
TACACS Tab Allows you to configure Status, Timeout, IP Addresses, Ports, Shared Secrets,
Client IP Addresses and Virtual Routers for Authentication and Accounting
Primary and Secondary servers.
Administration—User Sessions
This feature shows the list of SSH, XML, and Telnet sessions on the switch. It
includes the ability to view current and historical sessions and allow administrators
to kill rogue sessions. The features available through the sessions management
screen are:
■ Monitor and manipulate active CLI and XML API sessions
■ Clear selected session
■ View session history
Figure 28 shows the user sessions screen of the ScreenPlay tool, and the table
below it describes its elements.
Screen/Pane Description
Active Sessions Displays session number, login time, user name, type of connection,
authentication, type of authentication if enabled, and the IP address from which
the user is logged in.
Allows the current session(s) to be cleared and the table to be customized and
captured.
Session History Displays the history of sessions showing: user name, type of connection, IP
address from which the user was logged in and the login and logout times.
Allows the list to be customized and captured.
Administration—CLI Shell
This feature allows you to issue CLI commands from within the browser window
without opening a Telnet client. The functionality includes:
■ SSH Support
■ Command Completion
■ Command History
To use the CLI Shell, you must first download and install a CLI proxy installable
service/daemon. “CLIProxy_window” can be found on the Extreme Networks’
website.
Screen/Pane Description
CLI shell Displays a CLI screen on which commands can be entered.
You can change the appearance of the screen. The settings for the foreground
and background colors as well the CLI Shell Port can be reset, as shown in
Figure 4.
Help