Extreme Networks

NetSight Boot Camp Lab

Guide
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Contents
LAB 1: Integration with NetSight ............................................................................. 1
Section A: Admin Account ......................................................................................... 1
Section B: SNMP V3 Configuration ........................................................................... 2
Section C: Configuring SNMPv3 on Switch-A (XOS) .............................................. 4
Section D: Configuring SNMPv3 on Switch-C (EOS) ............................................. 5
LAB 2: NetSight Server Administration ................................................................... 7
Section A: Console Preparation: Restore Initial Database ........................................ 7
Section B: Restoring the Database ............................................................................ 9
Section C: Automated NetSight Database Backup ............................................... 13

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Section D: Manually Backup the Database .......................................................... 14

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Section E: Email setup ............................................................................................ 16
LAB 3: NetSight - Device Configuration ................................................................ 17

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Section A: NetSight Profile/Credentials ................................................................... 17
Section B: Discovery and Device Groups ................................................................ 22
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Section C: Unknown Devices or 3rd Party Device ................................................. 25
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Section D: Create Your Own Device Group.......................................................... 30

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Section E: Add a Device Group - Ports.................................................................... 31

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Section F: Port Elements ......................................................................................... 32

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LAB 4: Using NetSight for Device Configuration ................................................. 36

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Section A: Device Groups/Using the Table Editor ................................................... 36

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Section B: Creating a Command Script ................................................................... 40

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Section C: Interface Summary FlexView Modification .......................................... 43

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Section D: Device Name (Optional) ...................................................................... 45

LAB 5: Console Manager - Topology Manager ..................................................... 46
Section A: Create a Map.......................................................................................... 46
Section B: Explore Your Map................................................................................... 51
Section C: Create a Submap ................................................................................ 54
Section D: Save Your Map ................................................................................... 58
Section E: Overlays ................................................................................................. 61
LAB 6: Managing Firmware .................................................................................... 62
Section A: Inventory Manager Overview.................................................................. 62
Section B: Current Firmware Status ........................................................................ 64

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Section C: Add Firmware to Firmware Directory................................................... 64

Section D: Upgrading Switch-A (XOS) devices .................................................... 66
Section E: Upgrading the Switch-C (EOS) devices ................................................. 70
Section F: Reset XOS Switch .................................................................................. 73
LAB 7: Managing Configurations ........................................................................... 76
Section A: SCP Transfer Settings ............................................................................ 76
Section B: OneView Backup .................................................................................... 77
Section C: Comparing Archives ............................................................................ 80
Section D: Restore Archive................................................................................... 85
LAB 8: OneView Statistics Collection.................................................................... 88
Section A: Device Statistics ..................................................................................... 88

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Section B: Interface Statistics Collection ................................................................. 90

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Section C: OneView Display ................................................................................. 93

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LAB 9: Console - Compass .................................................................................... 95
Section A: Compass Search – Determine Port on Device ....................................... 95
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Section B: Faster Searches ..................................................................................... 98
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Section C: Add Port to Device Port ..................................................................... 102
LAB 10: Console - FlexViews ................................................................................. 103
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Section A: FlexView Tabs ...................................................................................... 103

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Section B: Export Catalog...................................................................................... 107

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Section C: Statistics............................................................................................ 108

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Section D: Using Statistics ................................................................................. 110

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Section E: Line Graphs .......................................................................................... 112

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Section F: Viewing FlexViews through OneView ................................................... 113

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LAB 11: SNMP Traps ............................................................................................... 116

Section A: Configuring SNMPv3 traps ................................................................... 116
Section B: Verify Your Traps/Alarms ..................................................................... 120
LAB 12: Alarms ........................................................................................................ 124
Section A: Create an Alarm ................................................................................... 124
Section B: Test the Alarm - Notification ................................................................. 131
LAB 13: Visual Fault Management ......................................................................... 133
Section A: Simulating Failure................................................................................. 133
Section B: Topology Map....................................................................................... 136
Section C: Topology Map – Find Device ............................................................ 138

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Section D: Show Alarm – Console and OneView. .............................................. 140

Section E: Reset SNMP on the Wireless Controller .............................................. 141
LAB 14: Purview ................................................................................................... 142
Section A: Access Purview .................................................................................... 142
Section B: Applications Browser ............................................................................ 146
Section C: Dashboard Investigation ................................................................... 147
LAB 15: Policy Manager.......................................................................................... 148
Section A: Check network connectivity from PC-D ................................................ 148
Section B: Access Policy Manager ........................................................................ 149
Section C: Assign the Device to the Domain ...................................................... 151
Section D: Assigning a Role to a Port................................................................. 152

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Section E: Rule Usage .......................................................................................... 154

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Section F: Dynamic – Authenticate User ............................................................... 155
NAC – End System Management ............................................................. 158

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LAB 16:
Section A: Restore NAC Database ........................................................................ 158
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Section B: Executing Command Script to Configure NetLogin and UP Profiles .... 165
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Section C: One View Client History Report ........................................................ 168
Section D: Modified End-System ........................................................................ 173
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LAB 1: Integration with NetSight

Objectives:
 Configure the Wireless Controller for NetSight Integration
 Configure an Administration Account on the Devices (Wireless, XOS and
EOS)
 Enable and configure SNMP V3 on the Devices (Wireless Controller, XOS
and EOS)

NetSight uses a combination of CLI and SNMP MIBs to configure, monitor and
manage devices in NetSight.

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Section A: Admin Account

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1. Connect to the Wireless Controller. ks
https://<your Wireless Controller IP address>:5825.
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2. From the top menu, click Wireless Controller.
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3. In the left pane, click Administration > Login Management.

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4. Create a Full Administrator account; enter the following User ID, Password
and Confirm Password:
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a. User ID: training

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b. Password: training
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5. Click Add User.

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Section B: SNMP V3 Configuration

1. In the left pane, click Network > SNMP.

2. Enter the following information in the SNMP Common Settings:
3. Mode: SNMPv3
a. Port: destination port for SNMP traps (industry standard is 162)
b. Forward Traps From: Critical
c. Publish AP as interface of controller: Enabled

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4. Select the SNMPv3 tab and enter the following information:

a. Engine ID: 0987654321x x = group number
b. Add User Account and Enable SNMPv3 User Account, enter the
following parameters:

i. Enabled
ii. User Name: <your SNMP username> (See Section D of
the Appendix)
iii. Security Level: authPriv
iv. Authentication Protocol: MD5
v. Authentication Password: training
vi. Privacy Protocol: DES
vii. Privacy Password: training
c. Click OK.

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5. Click Save.

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Section C: Configuring SNMPv3 on Switch-A (XOS)

1. Telnet to Switch-A to access the CLI.

2. Login into the switch using the credentials: admin / no password.

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3. Create the user account training.

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create account admin <your SNMP username> training

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4. Configure the switch for SNMPv3 using the following commands:

config snmpv3 add user <your SNMP username> authentication

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md5 training privacy training

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config snmpv3 add group <your SNMP group> user <your SNMP
username> sec-model usm
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5. Configure the switch for Access using the following command:

configure snmpv3 add access <your SNMP group> sec-model usm

sec-level priv read-view defaultAdminView write-view
defaultAdminView notify-view defaultAdminView

6. Save the config.

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Section D: Configuring SNMPv3 on Switch-C (EOS)

1. Telnet to Switch-C to access the CLI.

2. Login into the switch using the credentials: admin / no password.

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3. Create an superuser account for your SNMP user

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set system login <your SNMP Username> super-user enable

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4. Set the password to training

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set password training

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Please enter new password: training

Please re-enter new password: training

Password changed.
5. Configure the switch for SNMPv3 using the following commands:

Note: Use capital “A” for All

set snmp access <your SNMP group> security-model usm

privacy exact read All write All notify All

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set snmp user <your SNMP Username> authentication md5

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Authentication password: training

Privacy password: training

set snmp group <your SNMP Username> user <your SNMP

group> security-model usm

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LAB 2: NetSight Server

Administration
Overview:

In this lab you will learn how Extreme NetSight can discover networking devices and
connect to them in order to manage them.

Objectives

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At the end of this lab you will be able to:

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 Restore the initial database in the NetSight server
 Configure an automated Database backup. You will also manually back up

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the Database.
 Configure an Email Server for Alarms and Events
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Section A: Console Preparation: Restore Initial Database

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1. Open the NetSight Web Client Page http://<your NetSight Server>:8080.

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Note: There may a shortcut on the Desktop that can be used as well.
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2. From the NetSight Web Client Page, click Console.

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3. The log-in window opens. Enter the following Credentials:

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4. Click OK.

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5. The license evaluation window opens. Click OK.

The NetSight Console Welcome Page opens.

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Section B: Restoring the Database

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1. On the main menu bar, go to Tools > Server Information.
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The Server Information window opens.

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2. From the Database tab click the Restore button.

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3. Click the Restore Initial Database radio button from the Restore Database
window.

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4. Click the Restore button. The “Restoring Initial Database, please wait.. message
should appear. This process can take several minutes.

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5. After the Database is cleared, the NetSight Server must be restarted. The system
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will do this for you when you click on the OK in the Database Initialized
Successful window, then the YES button.
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This process can take up to five minutes. Console will reconnect. If not, restart
Console.

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Section C: Automated NetSight Database Backup

Backing up the Database backs up the Data for Console and all the Plug-in
Applications like Inventory Manager, Policy Manager and NAC Manager.
1. From the Tools>Options Menu select DatabaseBackup.
2. Configure the system to do a database All days of week at 10 pm.

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3. Click Apply and then Ok.

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Section D: Manually Backup the Database

1. From the main window launch Tools>Server Information. Click the Database
tab.
2. Select the Backup button.

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3. Enter the Database name and then click Backup.

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4. Close the window when the Backup had been completed.

5. Select the Restore button, in the Restore Database window the manual-backup
files will be listed.

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6. Click Cancel.
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7. Optionally, you can SSH to the NetSight Virtual Appliance, login, change the
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directory to the Database Path displayed in the Backup Database window.

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Section E: Email setup

Email can be used for several aspects of the NetSight function, i.e. Alarms and
OneView reports.

1. From Suite Options section select SMTP E-Mail Server and the email server
and the Sender’s Address and then click Apply and then OK.
a. Outgoing E-mail (SMTP) Server: training1.training.com
b. Sender’s Address: [email protected] (where X is your
Student /Group number)

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2. Click Apply and then OK.

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LAB 3: NetSight - Device

Configuration
Overview:
Adding Device to the NetSight Database can be performed from any Application,
although the options to add them will be different.

Objectives

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At the end of this lab you will be able to:

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 Configure NetSight to connect to devices using SNMPv3
 Discover Devices using the SNMPv3 configuration

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 Discover the Active Directory Server using SNMPv1
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Section A: NetSight Profile/Credentials

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The SNMPv3 and CLI credentials have been created on each of the devices. The
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devices need to be configured with the SNMPv3 credentials before being discovered
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by NetSight.
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1. From the Toolbar click on the Authorization/Device Access icon and then
select the Profiles/Credentials tab.
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2. Select the Profiles/Credentials tab.

3. Create the SNMP Credentials that will be used to discover the Devices in the
Network. (Add Credential). When finished, click OK.
a. Credential Name: training
b. SNMP Version: SNMPv3
c. User Name: <your SNMP Username>
d. Authentication Type: MD5
e. Authentication password: training
f. Confirm password: training
g. Privacy type: DES
h. Privacy password: training
i. Confirm password: training

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4. Add the CLI Credentials for the Wireless Controller and XOS Switch, both of
these devices do not support all the MIBs that NetSight utilizes for configuration
and management.
5. Select the CLI Credentials tab.
6. Add the CLI Credentials, and then click on OK.
a. User Name = <your SNMP Username>
b. Description = Device_Access
c. Login & Configuration password = training
d. Type = SSH

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7. Create the Device Access Profile (Add Profile), combining the SNMP and CLI
Credentials.
a. Profile Name: Mgmt_Class
b. SNMP version: SNMPv3
c. Read/Write/Max Access: training
d. Security Level: AuthPriv
8. Set the CLI Credential to Device_Access, Click OK.

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9. Change the Default Profile setting to your SNMPv3 profile, i.e. Mgmt_Class

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Now that SNMPv3 is configured on the switches and in Console, we will have
Console use the SNMPv3 Device Access profile to communicate to the switches.
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Section B: Discovery and Device Groups

First you will discover your switches using SNMP. Several devices are located on the
Network:
- XOS Switch (Switch-A)
- EOS Switch (Switch-C)
- NAC Gateway
- Wireless Controller
1. From Console go to Tools > Discover to launch the Discover window.
2. From the IP Range tab, enter your IP range using the Start IP and End IP
columns. (Do a quick double click in the box to get the prompt to show.)

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a. Range : Your Device Discover IP Range(s) (See Appendix Section
C)

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b. Profile: Mgmt_Class
c. Poll Type: SNMP

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3. Click the Discover Button.
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You will notice that the “Progress” bar is updating based on the SNMP polling.
NetSight is reaching out to each device within the IP range for a successful contact.
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4. The devices that match the Device Profile will be displayed in the Discovered
Device table. You should see 4 devices; Wireless APs are managed by the
Controller.

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5. Click the Save All button then Close.

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7. Add the Active Directory Server (Windows 2008 Server) that is part of this
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8. Select All Devices, right-click and select Add Device.

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9. Set the following information:

a. IP Address: Your AD Server
b. Profile: public_v1_Profile

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Section C: Unknown Devices or 3rd Party Device

In this lab we will add a 3rd Party device to our network. The Device will vary
depending on the location of your Class.
1. Select My Networks, right-click and select Add Device from the drop-down
menu.

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2. Add Device. Enter the following variables: (See table in the Appendix Section C)
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3. You will notice that the device is added with the “?” icon, because the
sysObjectID does not match any property defined in the DeviceType.properties
or myDeviceTypes.properties files.

4. Open MIB Tools. Select Tools > MIB Tools

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5. In the MIB Tools window, make sure that the Device is your 3rd Party Device.
6. In the Find what: window, type sysObjectID and then click Find. Once the
Variable is displayed click on the Query button to display the value.

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7. Record the Raw Value (OID Value) and Formatted Value below.
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Raw Value Formatted Value

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8. Use Putty and SSH to your NetSight Server, login username: root, password:
training.
9. User VI edit the
/usr/local/Extreme_Networks/NetSight/appdata/System/deviceTypes/myDeviceT
ypes.properties file
vi usr/local/Extreme_Networks/NetSight/appdata/System/deviceTypes/myDeviceTypes.properties

Note: The file will show you examples and if you would like to add your own images
they will need to be placed in the specific directory listed in the file.

10. Add the appropriate information to the file. Do not include the “<>” symbol. Note:
This information may not match your environment, if you are unsure contact the
instructor.

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<sysObjectID raw value> = <sysObjectID formatted value>

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<sysObjectID formatted value> = <sysObjectID raw value>
<sysObjectID formatted value>.family=<Family Name>

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<sysObjectID formatted value>.name=<Device Name>
<sysObjectID formatted value>.treeicon = 3
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<sysObjectID formatted value>.mapicon=switch.gif
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11. Once you are finished, save and close the file. <ESC> :wq!

12. Restart NetSight Server using the following commands

/etc/init.d/nsserver stop
/etc/init.d/nsserver start

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13. After 2 minutes, re-launch the NetSight Client page, select Console and login

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14. In the Device list you should see the Device Listed with its icon.
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Section D: Create Your Own Device Group.

You can Create Device Groups for Organizational Purposes. You will create a Device
Group for the Devices that we will be managing in this Class.
1. Right click on My Network and select Add Device Group.

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2. Name the New Folder StudentX, where X is your student/group number.

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3. The StudentX folder appears as a device group. Select the 3 devices (Switch-A,
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Switch-C and Wireless Controller) and drag the devices to this new group. Now
you have a manually created device group that consists of your Devices. Click
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“Yes” to drag the selected devices into the folder.

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4. You will notice that the 3 devices are now under the StudentX custom folder
(yellow folder).

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Section E: Add a Device Group - Ports

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1. Create a Device Group of Ports.
2. Select the Device and right-click Add Device Group.
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3. Enter the name Server Ports and then click OK.

We will add these ports to this Device Group in a later lab.

Section F: Port Elements

In this section of the lab you will create an Uplink Ports group that contains the uplink

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ports on all switches. This will allow you to created policies that are different on these

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ports vs end-system ports later in the lab.

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1. Right-click on My Network and select Add Device Group.
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2. Name the Group Uplink Ports.

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3. Within your Custom Folder StudentX, highlight the Wireless Controller.

4. Select the Interface Summary flexview tab and retrieve the port information.

5. Sort the Interface by Current link, by selecting the Current link column header.
6. Right-Click on interface name esa0 (Wireless Controller) and select Add Port

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Elements to Group.

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7. Select the Uplink Ports Device Group.

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8. Select the highlight the XOS Switch.
9. Select the Interface Summary flexview tab and retrieve the port information.
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11. Repeat the Process for port 1.

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12. Select the Switch-C (EOS), select the ports that are the inter-switch links (uplink
ports, right click and select Add Ports Elements to Group.

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13. Select the Uplink Ports Group and then the Interface Summary Flexview from
the dropdown menu.
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14. Click the Retrieve button to see the details of the Uplink Ports.
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LAB 4: Using NetSight for Device

Configuration
Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:

 Use the Table Editor to modifiy SNMP variables on the Devices

 Use the Command Script tool for writing commands to Devices
 User the VLAN Editor to configure VLAN and Port templates.

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Section A: Device Groups/Using the Table Editor

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1. In the My Network tree, select Grouped By > Location > Unknown. Three
devices should be displayed. In the right hand menu select Properties. These

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2. Select the Device radio button in the Properties tab, and scroll to the right.
Notice that the Location and Contact groups are not fully configured (blank).
These groups are based on the sysLocation, sysContact and sysName object
name of the SNMP v2 MIB.
Note: If your Lab configuration has only a single Switch-C (SSA) do not
configure the Switch-C (SSA)

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3. Console provides a way to easily set MIB objects.

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4. Click on the Show/Hide table editor icon at the far right.

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5. Highlight each switch individually, at the bottom of the screen a box will be
displayed that will allow you to modify or set the MIB object. Enter the
following:
a. Contact = StudentX (where X is your student/group number)
b. Location = Your Location

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8. After Console is finished with the MIB sets, right click on the “My Network” and
select Refresh.
Notice what happens to the Contact and Location Group Groups. You
should see three groups.

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9. Select the Console tab below; examine the Console Event Details on why the
Wireless Controller failed.

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Section B: Creating a Command Script

1. Instead of using the Web Interface on the Controller to set the sysContact and
sysLocation variables we will use the scripting tool.
2. Select either Unknown Contact or Unknown Location and right-click to display
the drop down menu, select Execute Command Script.

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3. The Command Script Tools will open, the Device is listed as V2110. Enter the
following commands in the Commands window.

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4. The Execute Command Script Status Window opens; you will see the Status
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and the results of the commands. Click Close.

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5. Back at the Command Script Tool you can save the commands for future
controllers. Click on the Save Script File icon, the local directory will be display,
enter a File name and then click Save.
Note: If you want this script to be available to all NetSight Users you must
save it on the Server.

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6. After you save, select the Open Script file icon and select Open Local Script
File to view your script.
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7. Close the Command Script Tool when completed.

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Section C: Interface Summary FlexView Modification

In this section of the lab you will view and configure various FlexViews.

1. From Console highlight your XOS Switch, select the Interface Summary tab
and click the Retrieve button .

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2. Right click in any column in FlexView and select the Type column, right-click
and select Hide Column and repeat this with Speed column. Or you can select
what information is not important to you. These will be applied immediately. If
you need to add these back in select a cell in the table, right-click select Table
Tools > Settings.

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3. Click on the FlexView icon and select Properties.

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4. Click Save As.

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Back in the FlexView screen you will have to do another Retrieve to re-populate the
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Section D: Device Name (Optional)

If you want to display the devices by their names, select Options > Data Display
Format and select Use system name in the “How to display devices in the device tree”
option.

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LAB 5: Console Manager -

Topology Manager
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Objectives:
In this lab exercise, you will:
 Create a visual map of the network using Topology Manager, this map can
be used for troubleshooting and monitoring

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1. From Console select All Devices, right click and select Create Topology Map.
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2. Select the Attributes in the Map Creation Tool window, enable LLDP, and leave
all the options at default.

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3. Click Continue then Finish. Console will then poll the switches based on the
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4. The All Devices icon will be displayed on the map. Once the Discovery is
completed the Discovery is completed the Discovery Results will be displayed.

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5. Click Select All to Add and then click OK.

6. Double click on the All Devices icon; All the devices it has learned will be
displayed. The Wireless Controller, AD Server and the 3rd party device will need
to be linked manually.
7. To link the devices, press Ctrl on the keyboard then select device 1 and device

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Device 1 Port Device 2
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AD Server Core Router
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8. Select Edit then Link Devices.

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9. In the Link Devices window, choose the ports which connect your Controller to
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10. Repeat for all your devices. All devices should be linked based similar to the
configuration below.

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Section B: Explore Your Map

1. Double click on the XOS Switch to see its neighbours; this is similar to what
would show up in OneView Portview (which will be covered later).

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2. Select the link between the EOS Switch and XOS Switch, double click to see
the Link Data.

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3. Double click on the Row to see more details.

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4. Select the tabs on the top to see Device A, Device B. In the Link Information
section select each tab to view the results of the discovery.

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5. Close the windows to return to the NetSight Topology Manager window

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*//New Map/MAP ROOT/All Devices.

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Section C: Create a Submap

1. From your MAP ROOT highlight the XOS Switch. Go to Edit > Group into New
Submap.

My F

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2. Right click on the New Submap icon.

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3. Name it My Virtual Lab.

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4. Select the EOS Switch and the Wireless Controller and then select Edit > Move
Devices to Submap..

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5. In the Move Devices to Submap window, open the tree and select My Virtual
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6. Right-click on the submap icon and click Open Submap.

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7. Use Edit > Shapes and Text on the Submap to add a little flair if desired.

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Section D: Save Your Map

1. Save your Map by giving it a name (under File).

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2. Enter the Name of Map and click OK.

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3. Go to File > Map Properties.

4. Select Lock Map from Automatic Layouts to prevent discovering new devices
and rearranging the positions of the objects in the map automatically.

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5. Click OK.
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7. Use the left arrow key icon (shown below) to bring you back to the main map.

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Section E: Overlays

1. Go to View > Overlay, select the different Overlays to view how the data
changes. Select Link Source and Physical.

Note: If a device does not support the MIB the device will not change their
display.
.

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LAB 6: Managing Firmware

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Add firmware to Inventory Firmware Directory
 Perform an On-Demand and Scheduled Firmware Upgrade

 NOTE: All screen shots included in this lab exercise are for illustrative
purposes only and may not accurately reflect the actual settings on your
switch. Please follow the procedural explanations in the text when you
perform configurations in this lab.

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Section A: Inventory Manager Overview

In this section of the lab you will become familiar with Inventory Manager.
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1. Launch Inventory Manager either from the NetSight Client Web Page or from
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2. Take a few moments to explore the available drop-down menus and the options.
Notice the four main tabs:
a. Network Elements shows all Network Devices.
b. Firmware Mgmt provides a comprehensive listing of all the
firmware images that are available for use.
c. Archive Mgmt allows you to view the library of stored Device
Configurations that you’ve previously “backed-up”.
d. Configuration Templates allows you to view the various
configurations that you have available.

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Section B: Current Firmware Status

1. You can check what firmware is running in the Network Elements General tab
for each Device, by selecting the device. In the General tab you will see the
Firmware Version.

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Section C: Add Firmware to Firmware Directory

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1. Select Tools > Push Local Firmware to Server. Push from the local
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NetSight Server.
2. Each image individually. Place them into the TFTP Firmware Directory.
a. Copy over summitX-15.5.2.9.xos
b. Copy over summitX-15.5.2.9-ssh.xmod
c. Copy over S-822xx-xxxx

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3. Go to the Firmware Mgmt tab.

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4. Right click on Device Type and click Refresh to populate the images. (Note:
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tftpboot directory)

5. Under the Referenced Column “f” is firmware and “b” is bootprom.

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Section D: Upgrading Switch-A (XOS) devices

The ExtremeXOS device at this time does not support the CTdownload Mib, therefore a
script must be used to perform the download. This script has already been created in
NetSight. The script will allow you to download the Firmware and the SSH module at the
same time.

1. Right Click on the XOS switch and Select Wizards > Firmware Upgrade
Wizard.

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2. The Firmware Upgrade Wizard will start, click Next. At this point do not add the
other devices; each device must be upgraded separately due to difference in
hardware/software.

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2. Double click on the XOS software and click Next. (select the summitX-
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3. Pop-up window will allow you to select to also download the .ssh module at the
same time. MAKE SURE YOU SELECT TO DOWNLOAD THE SSH XMOD AT
THE SAME TIME AS THE FIRMWARE IMAGE.

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4. In the Assignments window scroll over to the Image Name column and make
sure that both the .xos and .xmod images are listed, if not use the Previous
button to go back and repeat the above steps again.

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5. Click Next.
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6. Schedule the download to occur in two minutes then select Finish. Note: The
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7. Open Tools>Scheduled Events to see your scheduled download.

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8. The status is displayed below.

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Note: The download of the firmware and installation will take a significant
amount of time. Close the Scheduled Events window and continue to the next
lab instead of waiting.

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Section E: Upgrading the Switch-C (EOS) devices

Note: If you only have a Single Switch-C in your lab environment skip this
section of the Lab.
1. Select the Switch-C (EOS) and launch the Firmware Upgrade Wizard.

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2. The S-Series (EOS Switch) is added automatically.
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3. Click Next.

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4. If you want to see all the images click the Show All Images button.

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6. Double click the latest S-Series firmware and then click Next.
7. In the next window you can either start the down load or schedule one. Click
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8. Click Next when Complete.

9. Choose Cold boot and click Start.

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10. Once the EOS Switch is rebooted, you should see the Device Status go from

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Contact to No Contact back to Contact, click Finish.
11. At the bottom of the screen monitor the Active Status: Summary or Active
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Status Details Events log to monitor the TFTP firmware upgrade. Double
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Section F: Reset XOS Switch

1. Open Tools>Scheduled Events to see your scheduled download, the download
should be completed.
2. Now that both the .xos image and ssh module have been downloaded, the
device can be reset.
Note: If you are unsure if both images were download, log into the XOS
switch and issue the following command. Both the .xos and ssh.xmod files
should be listed.
show version images
Student6-460.2 # show version images
Card Partition Installation Date Version Name Branch
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Switch primary Wed Oct 22 16:48:50 ___ 2014 15.4.1.3 summitX-15.4.1.3.xos v1541b3
Switch secondary Thu Aug 7 00:54:50 UTC 2014 15.5.2.9 summitX-15.5.2.9.xos v1533b5

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4. Launch the Reset Wizard from your button at the top of the screen.

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5. In the Reset Device Wizard window, the XOS Switch will be displayed. Click
Next.

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6. Choose Cold boot and click Start.
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7. Once it finishes, click Finish.

8. After the Reset, select Network Elements > XOS Switch, you can see that the
Device has been upgraded.

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LAB 7: Managing Configurations

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Modify the File Transfer method for a device.
 Create a configuration archive from OneView
 Compare the Archives

NOTE: All screen shots included in this lab exercise are for illustrative purposes only
and may not accurately reflect the actual settings on your switch. Please follow the
procedural explanations in the text when you perform configurations in this lab.

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Section A: SCP Transfer Settings

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1. In Inventory Manager (IM) go to Tools > Options > File Transfer Settings >
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2. Change the Login Information to Username: root, Password: training. Also
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3. Click Apply and then OK.

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Section B: OneView Backup

It is possible to Backup or Restore configuration through OneView.

1. Launch OneView.

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2. Select the Devices tab at the top.
3. Sort the Devices by Location.
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5. After all 3 devices are highlighted, right-click and then select Configuration
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6. You will now be told to see the “Inventory Manager log for progress”.
7. The configs will be located in the following location if it is a windows based
server:

C:\Program Files\Extreme Networks\NetSight\appdata\InventoryMgr\configs

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9. Look at the Event log’s Active Status: Details to follow the progress of the
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10. Select the Archive Mgmt Tab. Open the OneView Archive tree. The results
will be displayed.

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11. Select one of the Achieves and view the Details.

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Section C: Comparing Archives

1. In OneView, click on the XOS Device, the Interface Summary table will be
displayed.
2. Select the Port 7 Interface, right click and select Edit Selected Rows.

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3. In the Edit Selected Rows window, click Enable, change the Admin Link to
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4. You will notice that the Table is refreshed and the Admin Link on Port 7 is down.

5. Open the Inventory Manager window again, select the Archive Mgmt tab.
Right-click on the OneView Archive folder and select Stamp New Version.

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This will run the Archive again.

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6. Now you have two configuration backups for all the switches in your lab for two
different time periods. Notice there is an alert on the Achieve to indicate a
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7. Open the recent Date of the Backup and see that there have been changes.
Select the XOS Switch to view what has been changed.

8. Check for any differences in the two backups for the XOS Switch. Right click on

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9. Select the two different (time date) folders then Compare. By highlighting each
switch you can see that the configurations for both time periods are different.

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Note: This can be also performed in One View.

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10. Scroll down the Configuration to view the differences, you will also notice some
of the commands that were created on the switch from when we used NetSight
to create sysContact and sysLocation.

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Section D: Restore Archive

1. Now select the older archived XOS SWITCH configuration, that was created
before we changed the VLAN configuration, right click and select Wizards >
Restore Wizard.

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2. Select the first archive of the XOS switch (with port 7 disabled) and proceed to
download it to the switch.

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3. Click Next, in the Restore Configurations window click Start. When the Restore
is completed. Click Finish.
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4. The Switch will reboot and you will lose connection to the NetSight Server
because it is located off Port 5 of the XOS Switch.

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5. After the switch resets, open OneView, select the Device Tab.
6. Select your XOS switch to view the Interface, verify that Port 7 is now enabled.

7. Using Inventory Manager, using the Archive Wizard create a scheduled archive

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archives tomorrow to verify it ran. Now the configurations on all the devices on
your lab network will be backed up daily.

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LAB 8: OneView Statistics

Collection

Objective:
 Enable statistic collection on the devices, clients and interfaces for up-to-date
statistics and trend reporting

In order to view Device and Interface reporting via OneView you must enable statistic
collection on your Devices.

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1. Launch OneView, select the Devices tab. Sort the Devices by Location, only
enable Device and Interface Collection on the Virtual Lab.
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3. Select to Enable Historical Statistics and click OK.

Note: Mix-Device types cannot be selected at the same time for Collection.

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a. Click to enable Wireless Controller, WLAN, Topology, AP Wired

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b. Click Wireless Client Statistics.
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5. Click OK.
6. Repeat on the XOS Device.

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a. Select Historical.

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1. Enable statistics collection on your active interfaces.

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2. In the OneView Devices table, select the first device, i.e. EOS Switch, right-click
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4. In the Collect Interface Statistics window select the Historical radio button and
select OK.

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5. Repeat the process for the Switch-A (XOS) Switch.

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Section C: OneView Display

1. Select the Device tab. You will notice that all the devices are present and that
Statistics is enabled for each device.
Note: OneView allows you to also enable Device collection for Devices and
Interfaces.

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3. Notice that Statistics Collection is enabled for the Interfaces.

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Overtime the Device Statistics will be collected from the Device and Reports to
OneView. When tools such as PortView and Reports are generated they will use the
information collected from these devices.
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LAB 9: Console - Compass

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Use the Search feature in OneView to determine the location of a device
based on IP address.
 Configure the Console options to configure faster searches.

Section A: Compass Search – Determine Port on Device

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In this example, an end-user has called the help desk communicating that he cannot
access some servers on the network, we will determine which port a particular end-

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system is plugged into a switch using Compass because at this time NAC has not
been implemented in the network. The end-user has told you the IP address his
device has received on the network.
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1. Select the Search tab in OneView and click Advanced.

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2. From the Search drop-down menu select Search with Compass.

3. In the Search criteria, select your Device Group that you had created in the
previous lab from the Drop Down menu.
Notes: When using the Search tool, for optimal speed search as few devices as

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4. In the Search Type select IP Address and in the Address box enter IP address
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6. The Results will be displayed; you will see that the IP address has been seen
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7. Look at the results of your search. Determine which ports the PC was
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discovered through and if it can still be discovered through those ports. (Active
would be selected). The Address Type of MAC would indicate the physical
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8. If you scroll across the window you can view the Source column, it lists the MIBs
used to obtain the information.

9. Using the Compass Option on the right, deselect the Layer 2 box. Notice what
information is lost.

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Section B: Faster Searches

Overtime you may notice that there may be a consistent display of the small-set of
Sources that are providing the information that you require. If so, you may want to
narrow down the search list.

1. Open NetSight Console, select Tools > Options.

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2. Click on the Compass Options button; restore the variables to the default, by
selecting the Restore Defaults button.

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3. Open NetSight Console, select your Virtual Lab Location and then click the
Compass tab. Select the Search Type=All. Click Search.

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5. Open the Console Tools Options again and configure the searched MIBs as
shown below.

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6. Perform the search again. Note the difference in response time.

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Section C: Add Port to Device Port

1. Select the Interface Summary Flexview, retrieve the port information and select
port 7 from the XOS switch, right-click and select to Add Port Elements To
Group.

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2. Select the Server Ports and click OK.

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3. Repeat the Process on Switch-C (EOS Switch) by selecting the port that PC-D
is connected. Please the Appendix for PC-D location.

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LAB 10: Console - FlexViews

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Use the FlexView for monitoring your network.
 View FlexView through OneView

Section A: FlexView Tabs

1. In the NetSight Console Window, select All Devices and select the Interface

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Summary FlexView.

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2. Open Flexflex ViewMenu Button Drop down box.

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3. Select Open, an informational message will be display, click OK.

4. Browse and the Interface folder and select the Interface Statistics FlexView.

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5. Notice that the Interface Statistics tab is displayed at the top, click the Retrieve
button to obtain the information for the switches. You will notice that the Data is
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6. Change how the data is displayed by selecting the Pie Graph view.

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7. Put your cursor on or near the word FlexView (shown below). Left click on the
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8. The FlexView is now in a separate window. This is known as a floating

FlexView.

9. Change the Poll Frequency timer to 10 and click the Retrieve button.

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Section B: Export Catalog

1. Click the FlexView menu icon and select Open. In the Flexview browser window,
click Export Catalog button and save the file to the C:\ drive (use any name).

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Section C: Statistics

1. From the FlexView icon, click Open. Navigate to the Interface folder.

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All Devices folder and click Retrieve. Right click on any line in the table and go
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3. Select Yes for Show the row count column? Then Apply and Close.

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4. Now you can see how many rows there are in the FlexView.
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Section D: Using Statistics

Clicking on any column will give you the top talkers on your Network as far as Octets,
Packets, Unicast Packets, or any column listed.
1. Click twice on Total Octets.
2. Highlight the top 10.
3. Click on the Pie Graph view icon and do a Refresh. The Top 5 values are
automatically graphed.
4. Select the General Controls tab and set n to 10.

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5. In the Columns tab deselect total Octets and select Total In Packets, then
unselect everything else. Click Refresh to repopulate your graph.

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6. Click the Bar Graph view to see the same information in a bar graph format.
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Section E: Line Graphs

The line graph shows statistics in real time.

1. Click the Line Graph view icon.
2. Set the Poll Frequency to 10 seconds and click Retrieve.
3. Notice the Retrieve button is now an Auto Retrieving button.
4. After a polling cycle or two the graph will populate, the graph shows the total In
Packets since the switch was powered on.
5. In the Line Graph Controls tab select the Graph Type of Delta. This shows the
Total In Packets for the last 10 seconds.
6. This graph was achieved by changing the ping size using the –l option.

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7. Now select a Graph Type of Rate. Rate takes two time frames compares the
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Total In Packets for the two time frames and displays the difference.
8. Go back the Absolute Data Graph Type, and in the Columns tabs have only
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Total Packets selected.

9. Now in the Line Graph Controls tab scroll down and select an Auto Export of
HTML
10. After a few polling cycles go to:
C:/Users/username/AppData/Roaming/Netsight/Exports
11. Open the Interface Statistics_Graph_Data.html file. (The file will keep
appending to itself).
12. Click on the “Save” icon . From here you can print the graph, save it as a
picture, or export the current data (rows) in either HTML or CSV format.
13. Stop the continuous polling (upper most right icon) and set the Poll Frequency
back to 0.

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14. Go to the Pie Chart view and export the graph using the Save icon (Notice
you can only export data when in the Line Graph – real time). Find your graph
picture and open it.

Section F: Viewing FlexViews through OneView

1. Launch OneView.
2. Click Devices from the OneView in the top tool bar.
3. Select a Device.
4. From the top left drop down menu; select Choose FlexView.

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5. The Open FlexView window will be displayed; select the RMON Ethernet
Statistics FlexView.

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6. Once the table is displayed manipulate the columns and create filters. Note:
Only FlexViews stored on the Server will be listed, FlexViews created in “My
FlexViews” will not be available.

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LAB 11: SNMP Traps

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Use NetSight to configure SNMPv3
 View your traps logged to NetSight.

Section A: Configuring SNMPv3 traps

You can configure SNMPv3 snmptrapd.conf file and set SNMP traps on a device that

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supports the appropriate MIB, like Extreme switches. Identifi Wireless Controller does
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1. From Console highlight your StudentX devices.
2. Right click and select Trap Receiver Configuration.
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3. Set up the Trap Receiver Configuration (this will be your NetSight Server) by
setting the Trap Credential to the SNMPv3 credential you configured earlier,
user:<your SNMP username>,group:<your SNMP group>.
4. A green ! mark next to the IP address in the lower portion of the window
indicates that the set will take place on the device, not the caution symbol next
to the Wireless Controller, this is not support.

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5. Click the Apply to All Devices button.

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6. In the Trap Receivers on Devices section you should see the # of Receivers
increment to 1.

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7. Click on the snmptrapd tab. Ensure that the Trap Credentials Credential name
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(training) is equal to what you created. Use the dropdown menu on the
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Credential Name to select “training”.

8. Select all three devices and click on the Add to File button. SNMPv3 traps
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9. The devices will be added to the snmptrapd.conf file.

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10. Click on the Save button. Click OK to accept the Restart Service warning. Click
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11. Restart the nssnmptrapd service.

12. SSH to the NetSight Virtual Appliance, Loginwith user:root, password: training
and issue the following commands:
/etc/init.d/nssnmptrapd stop
/etc/init.d/nssnmptrapd start

Section B: Verify Your Traps/Alarms

Devices can generate traps based on a number of items; most common is when a port
transitions from an up state to a down state.

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2. Right-click on the Devices and select I/F Disable to disable the interface.

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3. Retrieve the Interface information again, you will notice the following:
a. The Admin status is “down” indicating that the port had been
disabled.
b. The alarm/device status beside Switches has turned orange to
indicate an error on the device or device group.

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4. Verify the devices are sending traps. Click on the Traps tab at the bottom of
your NetSight screen.

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5. Double click on any single trap event to display additional information about the
trap.

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6. In the Traps tab, check the Acknowledge checkbox beside your Warning
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7. Click the Alarms tab at the bottom of Console. Notice the details of the Alarm,
i.e. Port Disable is listed in the Alarm table.

8. Right-click on the ports again and enable the ports.

9. Notice that the Alarms have disappeared and the Alarm status next to the

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default is green. Retrieve the port information and noticed the Current Link
status is green.

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The Alarms are cleared on NetSight because of the Alarm Options setting
determine when to clear the alarm.

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10. If you click on the Alarm History, it will display the alarms that were displayed
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LAB 12: Alarms

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Configure Alarm Notifications

Section A: Create an Alarm

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1. From Console select Tools > Alarm/Event > Alarms Manager.

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2. Click New Alarm and provide a name – “Link Trap Alarm” Click on OK.

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3. Click the Select Groups button and select the device group that can trigger this
alarm – select the Server Ports device group. Click on OK.

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4. Select the By Selected Trap radio button, and then click Edit Traps.

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5. Click on the Name column to sort your traps by name. Scroll and add the
snmpTraps linkUp and linkDown as shown. Hint: Sorting the Traps by
Enterprise makes them easier to find.

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6. Be sure to hit the Apply button. Then click OK.
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10. In the Alarm Suppression section, select Enable Action Limit and set the Max
Count to 5. Set the Reset Interval to 1 Hour. This will keep you from being
inundated with alarms.

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11. Check the Enable Alarm checkbox. Alarms Manager should look like the below
screen shot.

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12. Click OK.

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Section B: Test the Alarm - Notification

From either NetSight Console or OneView, disable port 7 on the XOS Switch. Then
enable port on the XOS Switch. Below shows the example with OneView.
1. Launch OneView, select the Devices Tab.
2. Select the XOS Switch, right-click and select View Interfaces from the drop-
down menu.

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3. Using the Interface Summary FlexView in Console, select port 7 and then right-
click. From the drop down menu select Edit Rows.

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4. Select the Enable box and then select the Admin Link: Down. Click OK.
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5. In NetSight Console select the Syslog tab in NetSight Console, you should see
the new Syslog Message, select the Traps tab, the trap should be displayed.
6. Enable Port 7 again.

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LAB 13: Visual Fault Management

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Use Topology Manager to visually see change/alarms in the network

Section A: Simulating Failure

Using the Topology Manager and OneView Map we will look at how these tools can
show status changes to the network.

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2. In NetSight Topology Manager, select File > Open Map.

3. The Open Map window opens.

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4. Move the Window to the side of the screen.

5. In Console, open the Authorization/Device Access tool.

6. In the Authorization/Device Access window select Profile/Device Mapping.

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Open the Wireless Controller from the Available Devices.

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7. Open the table editor, change the profile from Mgmt_Class profile to
“snmp_v3_profile” and click the Apply button.

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8. Right-click the device and Select Refresh/Rediscover.

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Section B: Topology Map

1. Look back at your Topology Manager View. The selected switch should go red;
this may take a few seconds.

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3. Select the Device to view additional tools that could be used to determine the
cause of the issue, i.e. Ping, Port View.

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4. Select the Ping tool, this will open a window to see the results.

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5. Based on the results, the alarm is not a physical issue.

Section C: Topology Map – Find Device

If there are a large number of devices to view the Topology Manager Find Device
function can pinpoint the device.

1. In Topology Manager select Edit > Find Device and then enter the IP address
of the Device that is down via the indication of the “red” alarm.

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2. Highlight the IP address and click the Go To button and Close.

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Section D: Show Alarm – Console and OneView.

OneView Devices or the Console Device table will displayed and show the alarm.

1. On NetSight Console in the Alarms window you will see that an alarm was
generated because SNMP has lost contact.

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2. Select the Devices tab, you will see the Alarm icon next to the Device.

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3. Launch OneView, select Alarms and Events > Alarms. It should display the
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4. Select an alarm in the table, right-click and Clear All Alarms.

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5. Enter a Reason and click Submit. You will notice that the alarms have been
removed from the Table.

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set the snmp profile back to Mgmt_Class for the Wireless Controller using the
table editor. Click Apply and close the window. After a while the device should
turn green again.
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LAB 14: Purview

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Use Purview to view Application / End-Systems in the Network

There is one Purview appliance in the network, the NetSight Server that is managing
the Purview will depend on your training environment/location.

Section A: Access Purview

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4. The OneView toolbar will show Reports and Applications. Select the
Applications tab.

5. Change the Dashboard drop-down menu and select Dashboard. Notice the
Client, Server, Bandwidth and Application.

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6. Select any Application and double click to drill down into the details.

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7. The clients that are using the application will be displayed along with the
Bandwidth. In a real environment you could ask yourself if this application

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application or is this client supposed to be using this application. If not, then
actions such as Policy Rules can be created to deny traffic or limit traffic on the
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8. Select one of the clients and view what other application this client is using on
the network.

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Section B: Applications Browser

The Applications Browser allows you to generate reports in several different formats
using data based on selected options including a data target, statistic type, and other
search criteria.

1. From the Browser tab. Use the Options to select different aspects of the
Network, for example, Application Response time, Utilization and then click
Submit.

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Section C: Dashboard Investigation

1. Select items from the Dashboard drop-down box to investigate the other views.

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LAB 15: Policy Manager

Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Access Policy Manager and Import a Policy Manager Domain file (.pmd)
 Apply a Role to a Port
 Enable Dynamic Authentication (MAC Authentication)
 Use Monitoring tools such as Rule Usage and End-User sessions.

Note: This Lab is only supported on the ExtremeEOS switch at this time.

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d. Open up a HTTP session to the Radius Server, it should succeed.
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Section B: Access Policy Manager

1. From the NetSight Console, select Applications > Policy Manager.

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2. Import the MGMT Policy Domain by selecting File > Import > Import From

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3. Select the MGMT.pmd file and then click Open.

Note: Please see Instructor for the location of the .pmd file if it cannot
be found in the default directory.

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4. Select All to Import all the Data Elements and overwrite existing elements.
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Section C: Assign the Device to the Domain

1. Add the switch to the Domain by selecting the DomainAssign Devices to
Domain drop down menu.
2. In the Assign Devices to Domain window select Switch-C (EOS) and Wireless
Controller, then click on Add.
3. Click OK.

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4. In Policy Manager Enforce the Roles to your Devices.

5. At the moment we have only applied the Roles to the switch we have not
applied anything to the port where PC-D is connected to so at this moment PC-
D’s network access has not changed.

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Section D: Assigning a Role to a Port

Adding a Policy Role to a device Port will provide a default Role to a port, for example in
a conference Room, if a guest or visitor not required to Authenticate connects into the
port they will obtain the default role.

In this section of the Lab will we assign a Role to a Switch Port.

1. In the Policy Manager Application, select Switch-C from the Network
Elements/Port Group view.
2. Select the Details View tab and open the Chassis-1 slot tree.
3. Find the port that your PC-D is connected to, right-click and select Set Default
Role.

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4. Select the Guest Role and click OK.

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5. On PC-D, attempt to perform the same tasks as we performed when we tested

the Enterprise Role.
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a. Ping the AD Server.

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c. Open the Browser and attempt to connect to your AD Server

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d. Telnet and SSH to PC-Bs default gateway

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6. Any tasks carried out under the Network Elements / Ports Groups tab in
Policy Manager is real time unlike that under the Roles / Services tab that
required you to click on the Enforce.

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Section E: Rule Usage

1. To view the Rules that have been applied to the user select the Rule Usage
tab, click the Retrieve button to view the rules.

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Section F: Dynamic – Authenticate User

Enabling Authenticated can allow user to authenticate on the same port that we just
assigned a Default Role; these Dynamic Users will be assigned a Role based on Rules
on the backend Authentication Server, i.e. RADIUS Server. Note: The RADIUS Server
has been preconfigured on the Switch.

1. In the Policy Manager Application, select the Switch-C (EOS) from the Network
Elements/Port Group view.
2. Select the Details View tab and open the Chassis-1 slot tree.
3. Find the port the PC-D is connected to, right-click and select Properties.

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4. In the Properties Window, select Authentication Configuration.

5. Deselect Disable MAC authentication for this port.
6. Set the following:
a. Port Mode: Authentication Behavior: Active
b. Unauthenticated Behavior: Default Role: Guest Access

7. Click Apply and then Close.

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8. In order to re-authenticate the user, we will need to Disable the PC-D is

connected to and then enable the port. This can be performed either by
OneView (Devices -> Interfaces) or Console.
9. Once the user has been authenticated it will receive the Enterprise User role,
this was based on the Filter-ID that was assigned by the RADIUS server. This
can be view from Policy Manager End User Sessions - Port Usage tab.

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10. Check to see what network access PC-D has now, if you are unsure what
access it should have check the rules associated with Enterprise User.
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LAB 16: NAC – End System

Management
Objectives
At the end of this lab you will be able to:
 Restore the NAC database
 Configure the Universal Port Profiles on the XOS Switch
 Manage end-users via the OneView Identity and Access table.

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NAC manager has been pre-configured the necessary information for End-System
authentication for visibility.

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1. Open the NAC Manager application. Select Applications > NAC Manager.
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2. When the NAC Manager window displayed, restore the NAC database.
File > Database > Restore NAC Configuration

3. Select nac from the drop down menu. Click Restore.

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4. A series of pop-up windows will appear and NetSight will restart.

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5. Add your NAC Gateway to the configuration.

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6. Right-click on All NAC Appliances and select Add Appliance.

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7. Enter the IP address of your NAC Gateway, see Section C of the Appendix.
Click OK.

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8. Select the Switches tab; Add the Switch-A (XOS) to be managed by the NAC

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Gateway.
a. Select the Switch-A to add to the appliance group.

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configuration is written to the switch via SNMP, the switch will send
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all RADIUS authentication requests to this IP address.

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c. Set the Auth Access Type to Network Access to set the RADIUS
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configuration type directly to the switches.

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d. Assign the Extreme NetLogin – VLAN Name to the Gateway

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RADIUS Attributes to Send attribute. (Default)

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changed. If VLANs will not be used for registration or assessment capabilities, Port Link
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enabled since it will not know whether or not VLANs will be used.
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10. On the RADIUS Attribute Setting, select Edit

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11. Deselect the Enable port link control. The Attribute Definitions are what will be
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12. Select Save and then OK.

13. Click Apply.
14. Add the Wireless Controller to be managed by the NAC Gateway.
a. Select your Wireless Controller to add to the appliance group.

b. Set the Primary Gateway parameter to the IP address of the NAC

Gateway. When the Add Switch screen is completed and the
configuration is written to the switch via SNMP, the switch will send
all RADIUS authentication requests to this IP address.

c. Set the Auth Access Type to Network Access to set the RADIUS
configuration type directly to the switches.

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d. Assign the Enterasys (HiPath) Wireless. (Default)

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15. Click Apply, then click Cancel.

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16. Enforce the configuration to the NAC gateway.

17. In the NAC Application Enforce window, select the NAC Appliance and select
Force Reconfiguration for All Switches.
18. Enforce the configuration on the Switches.

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Section B: Executing Command Script to Configure NetLogin and UP

Profiles

NAC utilized the Universal Port Profile configuration to assign dynamic roles to end-
systems. These Profiles as well as the NetLogin configuration have been created by the
Instructor and will be written to the XOS switch via the Scripting capabilities in NetSight.
The script will also assign these dynamic profiles to the port that your PC-B is
connected to, Port 7.

1. In Console, right-click on the XOS switch. Scroll down and select Execute
Command Script.

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2. Select Open Load Script File.

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3. If the Script file is not found locally, navigate to the Training share, NAC Folder
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and select UPM_Roles_NetLogin.txt. Select Open.

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4. The script can be seen in the upper window. Select the NAC IP Address
variable, enter your NAC Gateway and then select Execute to run script.

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5. Verify the script finishes. This will take a few minutes.

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6. Close the Command Script Window

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Section C: One View Client History Report

1. Open OneView, by selecting Applications > OneView.

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2. Select the Identity and Access tab from the toolbar.

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3. Investigate the End-Systems Table. The Clients that have Authenticated

should be displayed. The filter function can be used to display users by
Devices Type or by Authentication Method or Username. The End-
Systems table will also display the same information as the End-Systems
table in NAC Manager.

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ensure that the client is connected to the SSID broadcasted by the AP.

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4. Select the an End-System, right-click and select PortView.

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6. The PortView will display the information about the Wired or Wireless
Configuration, Mobile IAM/NAC gateway, AP and the Wireless Client/End-
System view.
7. Selecting the other tabs will display information about the Wireless details
(Client and AP), Client History and NAC End-System Details. The
information will depend on the End-System selected.

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8. Select the NAC End-System Details.

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Section D: Modified End-System

Changing Network Access for a particular end-system is as easy as selecting the

device and adding the device to an end-system group.

1. Select the End-System tab.

2. Select the Wireless End-System, right-click and select Add to Group from the
drop down menu.

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3. Add the End-System to the BlackList Group.

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4. The End-System is now part of the BlackList group and will obtain the
Quarantine Role thereby limiting its access onto the network.

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5. Agree to change the Role of the End-System.

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6. Refresh the End-System table, the refresh button is located on the bottom left of
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