Table Of Contents
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W -
Index
A
adding
a new collector 4-25
a new operation 4-16
a new source router 4-4
a new target device 4-9
addsrc command, description B-1
addtarg command, description B-1
agent, glossary definition G-1
alerts, generating 4-17
audience for this document xi
B
backing up or restoring the IPM database 4-55
warning regarding use of dbrestore command 4-55
baseline command, description B-2
baseline for measuring VoIP statistics, setting 4-39
browser, glossary definition G-1
browserpath command, description B-2
C
cautions
regarding changing an IP address 4-38
significance of xii
Cisco.com, accessing xiv
Cisco IOS software, glossary definition G-1
CiscoWorks2000
accessing IPM data from 5-2
integrating device data from 5-45
CLI, glossary definition G-1
client, glossary definition G-1
client/server architecture, overview 1-5
clientaddr command, description B-2
client security, implementing 2-8
on Solaris
disabling the IPM password 2-10
enabling the IPM password 2-9
on Windows NT
disabling the IPM password 2-11
enabling the IPM password 2-10
collectors
adding 4-25
configuration information, viewing 5-22
defined, viewing list of 4-21
defining 2-17
deleting 4-28
glossary definition G-2
properties of, viewing 4-23
state summary for, viewing 4-22
working with 4-21
command reference B-1
addsrc B-1
addtarg B-1
baseline B-2
browserpath B-2
clientaddr B-2
console B-2
control B-3
cw2ksetup uninstall B-4
dbclean B-4
dbpassword B-4
dbprefs reload B-4
dbprefs view B-4
dbprefs viewfile B-5
dbrestore B-5
debug B-5
delsrc B-5
deltarg B-5
editcoll B-6
editsrc B-6
edittarg B-6
export B-6
forcestop B-6
help B-6
hostname B-6
internal commands command B-18
iosinfo B-6
ipaddrchg B-6
ipm B-1
ipmcw2ksetup B-3
ipmcw2ksetup install B-4
ipmdbbackup B-4
listcoll B-6
listsrc B-7
listtarg B-7
loadcoll B-7
loadsrc B-7
loadtarg B-7
logger B-7
mirror B-7
mirror all B-7
output of export help command B-16
output of help command B-12
output of status command B-12
password B-7
pmstatus B-8
readme B-8
regen B-8
restart B-8
restart db B-8
restart name B-8
restart pm B-8
restart web B-9
seed B-9
servername B-10
start B-10
startaging B-10
start client B-10
start db B-10
start name B-10
start pm B-10
start web B-10
status B-10
stop B-10
stop aging B-10
stop clients B-11
stop db B-11
stop name B-11
stop pm B-11
stop web B-11
tshoot B-11
upgrade B-11
version B-11
viewcoll B-11
viewlog B-11
viewsrc B-11
viewtarg B-11
community
name, glossary definition G-2
string, glossary definition G-2
components, modifying 4-1
collectors
adding 4-25
defined, viewing list of 4-21
deleting 4-28
properties of, viewing 4-23
summary of, viewing 4-22
working with 4-21
display variable in Solaris, setting 4-54
IP addresses, changing 4-38
IPM database, backing up or restoring 4-55
IPM database password, changing 4-58
IPM database preferences
changing 4-42
current, displaying 4-42
file format for 4-44
setting 4-41
IPM server process timeout values, setting new 4-51
in Solaris 4-52
in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4-53
operations
adding 4-16
defined, viewing list of 4-12
deleting 4-20
operation properties, viewing 4-15
setting thresholds and generating alerts 4-17
working with 4-12
seed files, adding components by using 4-29
creating a seed file 4-30
loading components from a seed file 4-35
sample collector seed file 4-34
sample source router seed file 4-33
sample target seed file 4-33
seed file syntax 4-31
viewing seed file output files 4-37
SNMP timeout and retry environment variables, setting 4-47
in Solaris 4-49
in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4-50
source routers
adding 4-4
configured, viewing 4-2
deleting 4-5
properties, viewing 4-2
working with 4-2
target devices
adding 4-9
defined, viewing list of 4-6
deleting 4-11
properties, viewing 4-7
working with 4-6
console command, description B-2
control command, description B-3
D
database
password, changing 4-58
preferences
changing 4-42
displaying current 4-42
file format 4-44
setting 4-41
data-link switching, glossary definition G-2
dbclean command, description B-4
dbpassword command, description B-4
dbprefs reload command, description B-4
dbprefs view command, description B-4
dbprefs viewfile command, description B-5
dbrestore command, description B-5
dbrestore command, warning regarding interrupting 4-55
debug command, description B-5
dedicated line, glossary definition G-2
defining
DHCP operations 3-3
DLSw operations 3-8
DNS operations 3-12
IP echo operations 3-28
IP path echo operationss 3-33
SNA echo operations 3-42
TCP operations 3-46
UDP operations 3-50
UDP operations for VoIP, enhanced 3-56
deleting
collectors 4-28
operations 4-20
source routers 4-5
target devices 4-11
delsrc command, description B-5
deltarg command, description B-5
device, glossary definition G-2
DHCP
glossary definition G-2
measuring network performance for 3-2
operation, defining 3-3
statistics, viewing 3-5
DHCP server support for DHCP operations 1-6
display variable in Solaris, setting 4-54
DLSw
glossary definition G-2
measuring network performance for 3-7
operation, defining 3-8
statistics, viewing 3-10
DNS
glossary definition G-2
measuring network performance for 3-12
operation, defining 3-12
statisics, viewing 3-14
documentation
feedback, submitting electronically xv
obtaining xix
CD-ROM xiv
Cisco.com xiv
ordering xv
other Cisco publications and information xviii
related xiii
domain, glossary definition G-3
duration, glossary definition G-3
E
echo, glossary definition G-3
echo operation in SNA, defining 3-42
editcoll command, description B-6
editsrc command, description B-6
edittarg command, description B-6
end-to-end IP performance, measuring 3-27
exiting the IPM client 2-39
export command, description B-6
F
FAQs about IPM A-1
forcestop command, description B-6
FTP performance measurement support 1-6
G
getting started with IPM 2-1
H
help xvi
Cisco.com xvi
TAC xvi
Escalation Center xviii
website xvii
help command, description B-6
hop, glossary definition G-4
hop-by-hop IP performance, measuring 3-32
hop count, glossary definition G-4
host
address, glossary definition G-4
glossary definition G-4
node, glossary definition G-4
number, glossary definition G-4
hostname command, description B-6
HTML report support 1-6
HTTP
data, viewing 5-39
daily data 5-39
monthly data 5-43
weekly data 5-41
glossary definition G-4
measuring network performance for 3-16
operation, defining 3-17, 3-23
statistics, viewing 3-20
I
ICMP, glossary definition G-5
Internet Explorer support in this release 1-6
interval, glossary definition G-5
iosinfo command, description B-6
IP
addresses
caution regarding changing 4-38
changing 4-38
glossary definition G-6
echo operation, defining 3-28
glossary definition G-5
measuring network performance for 3-27
end-to-end performance 3-27
end-to-end statistics, viewing 3-30
hop-by-hop peformance 3-32
hop-by-hop statistics, viewing 3-35
IP echo operation, defining 3-28
IP path echo operation, defining 3-33
ipaddrchg command, description B-6
IPM, glossary definition G-5
ipm command, description B-1
IPM components, configuring 2-12
collector, defining 2-17
source router, defining 2-12
target, defining 2-15
ipmcw2ksetup command, description B-3
ipmcw2ksetup install command, description B-4
ipmcw2ksetup uninstall command, description B-4
IPM data, accessing 5-1
configuration information, viewing 5-19
collector configuration information 5-22
operation configuration information 5-21
path echo collector path usage data 5-24
source configuration information 5-19
target configuration information 5-20
device data from CiscoWorks2000, integrating 5-45
from CiscoWorks2000 5-2
from the IPM server home page 5-3
HTTP data, viewing 5-39
daily data 5-39
monthly data 5-43
weekly data 5-41
IPM client, downloading 5-15
for Solaris 5-15
for Windows 5-17
IPM client, launching 5-14
IPM seed files, viewing 5-9
collector seed files 5-12
source seed files 5-10
target seed files 5-11
jitter data, viewing 5-34
daily data 5-35
monthly data 5-38
weekly data 5-36
latency data, viewing 5-26
daily data 5-26
monthly data 5-33
weekly data 5-32
software updates and additional information, accessing 5-47
viewing information about IPM on CCO 5-47
troubleshooting information, viewing 5-4
IPM console log 5-7
IPM server log 5-6
status information for IPM servers 5-4
troubleshooting log 5-8
version information 5-5
ipmdbbackup command, description B-4
IPM password
disabling
on Solaris 2-10
on Windows NT 2-11
enabling
on Solaris 2-9
on Windows NT 2-10
IPM server
starting on Windows NT 2-4
troubleshooting 5-4
IPM console log, viewing 5-7
status, viewing 5-4
troubleshooting log for IPM, viewing 5-8
viewing the IPM server log 5-6
viewing version information, viewing 5-5
IPM sessions, running multiple simultaneous 2-11
IPM statistics, printing 2-38
J
jitter
data, viewing 5-34
daily data 5-35
monthly data 5-38
weekly data 5-36
glossary definition G-6
K
key terms and concepts 1-2
L
latency
data, viewing 5-26
daily data 5-26
monthly data 5-33
weekly data 5-32
glossary definition G-6
launching IPM client 5-14
leased line, glossary definition G-6
listcoll command, description B-6
listsrc command, description B-7
listtarg command, description B-7
loadcoll command, description B-7
loadsrc command, description B-7
loadtarg command, description B-7
logger command, description B-7
logical unit, glossary definition G-6
Loose Source Routing, glossary definition G-7
LU, glossary definition G-7
M
MIB, glossary definition G-7
mirror all command, description B-7
mirror command, description B-7
modifying IPM components (see components, modifying) 4-1
multiple IPM sessions, running simultaneously 2-11
MVS, glossary definition G-7
N
name resolution, glossary definition G-7
name server, glossary definition G-7
Netscape Navigator support in this release 1-6
NetView, glossary definition G-7
network performance, measuring 3-1
for DHCP 3-2
defining a DHCP operation 3-3
viewing statistics for DHCP 3-5
for DLSw 3-7
defining a DLSw operation 3-8
viewing statistics for DLSw 3-10
for DNS 3-12
defining a DNS operation 3-12
viewing statistics for DNS 3-14
for HTTP 3-16
defining an HTTP operation 3-17, 3-23
viewing statistics for HTTP 3-20
for IP 3-27
defining an IP echo operation 3-28
defining an IP path echo operation 3-33
end-to-end performance 3-27
hop-by-hop performance 3-32
viewing end-to-end statistics for IP 3-30
viewing hop-by-hop statistics for IP 3-35
for SNA 3-41
defining an SNA echo operation 3-42
viewing statistics for SNA 3-43
for TCP 3-45
defining a TCP operation 3-46
viewing statistics for TCP 3-48
for UDP 3-50
defining a UDP operation 3-50
viewing statistics for UDP 3-53
for VoIP 3-55
defining an enhanced UDP operation 3-56
setting the baseline 4-39
viewing statistics for enhanced UDP 3-59
network performance statistics, viewing 2-25
historical 2-28
Next range, understanding 2-36
Previous Range, understanding 2-37
in real time 2-25
Next Range, understanding 2-36
NMS, glossary definition G-8
NMVT, glossary definition G-8
node, glossary definition G-8
NSPECHO, glossary definition G-8
O
operations
adding 4-16
alerts, generating 4-17
configuration information, viewing 5-21
defined, viewing list of 4-12
deleting 4-20
glossary definition G-8
properties of, viewing 4-15
thresholds, setting 4-17
working with 4-12
overview of IPM 1-1
client/server architecture 1-5
how IPM works 1-4
key terms and concepts 1-2
new features in this release 1-6
what is IPM 1-1
P
password command, description B-7
Path Echo, glossary definition G-9
path echo collector path usage data, viewing 5-24
physical unit, glossary definition G-9
ping, glossary definition G-9
pmstatus command, description B-8
Previous Range, understanding 2-37
printing IPM statistics 2-38
PU, glossary definition G-9
Q
QoS, glossary definition G-9
R
readme command, description B-8
regen command, description B-8
request/response unit, glossary definition G-9
restart command, description B-8
restart db command, description B-8
restart name command, description B-8
restart pm command, description B-8
restart web command, description B-9
restoring or backing up the IPM database 4-55
warning regarding use of dbrestore command 4-55
round-trip time, glossary definition G-9
route, glossary definition G-9
router, glossary definition G-9
RTR, glossary definition G-10
RTT, glossary definition G-10
RTTMON MIB, glossary definition G-10
RU, glossary definition G-10
S
SA Agent, glossary definition G-10
SA Agent Responder, glossary definition G-10
seed command, description B-9
seed files, adding components by using 4-29
creating a seed file 4-30
loading components from a seed file 4-35
sample
collector seed file 4-34
source router seed file 4-33
target seed file 4-33
syntax of 4-31
viewing seed file output files 4-37
seed files, viewing 5-9
collector seed files 5-12
source seed files 5-10
target seed files 5-11
servername command, description B-10
Service Assurance Agent, glossary definition G-10
simultaneous IPM sessions, running 2-11
SNA
glossary definition G-11
measuring network performance for 3-41
echo operation, defining 3-42
statistics, viewing 3-43
SNMP
agent, glossary definition G-11
glossary definition G-11
timeout and retry environment variables, setting 4-47
in Solaris 4-49
in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4-50
source, glossary definition G-11
source configuration information, viewing 5-19
source interface address support 1-6
source-route bridging, glossary definition G-11
source routers
defining 2-12
working with 4-2
adding 4-4
configured, viewing list of 4-2
deleting 4-5
properties of, viewing 4-2
SRB, glossary definition G-11
SSCP, glossary definition G-11
SSCP-PU session, glossary definition G-11
SSL compliance in this release 1-6
SSP, glossary definition G-11
start aging command, description B-10
start client command, description B-10
start command, description B-10
start db command, description B-10
starting IPM 2-1
on Solaris 2-2
on Windows 2-4
starting the IPM client 2-5
starting the IPM client in a web browser 2-6
starting the IPM server on Windows NT 2-4
start name command, description B-10
start pm command, description B-10
start web command, description B-10
static route, glossary definition G-12
status command, description B-10
stop aging command, description B-10
stop clients command, description B-11
stop command, description B-10
stop db command, description B-11
stop name command, description B-11
stop pm command, description B-11
stop web command, description B-11
system services control point, glossary definition G-12
T
TAC (Technical Assistance Center) xvi
Escalation Center xviii
website xvii
target
configuration information, viewing 5-20
defining 2-15
devices
adding 4-9
defined, viewing list of 4-6
deleting 4-11
properties, viewing 4-7
working with 4-6
glossary definition G-12
TCP
glossary definition, glossary definition G-12
measuring network performance for 3-45
operation, defining 3-46
statistics, viewing 3-48
TCP/IP, glossary definition, glossary definition G-12
technical support xvi
(see also FAQs) A-1
(see also troubleshooting information, viewing) 5-4
Cisco.com xvi
TAC xvi
Escalation Center xviii
website xvii
thresholds for operations, setting 4-17
throughput, glossary definition, glossary definition G-12
timeout
glossary definition, glossary definition G-12
values for the IPM server, setting new 4-51
in Solaris 4-52
in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4-53
trap, glossary definition G-13
troubleshooting information, viewing 5-4
IPM consol log 5-7
IPM server log 5-6
status information for IPM servers 5-4
troubleshooting log 5-8
version information 5-5
tshoot command, description B-11
typographical conventions used in this document xii
U
UDP
glossary definition G-13
measuring network performance for 3-50
operation, defining 3-50
statistics, viewing 3-53
updates and additional information, accessing 5-47
upgrade command, description B-11
V
version command, description B-11
vewcoll command, description B-11
viewing
collector properties 4-23
collectors, defined 4-21
collector state summary 4-22
configuration information 5-19
collector information 5-22
operation information 5-21
path echo collector path usage data 5-24
source information 5-19
target information 5-20
configured source routers, list of 4-2
database preferences 4-42
DHCP statisics 3-5
DLSw statistics 3-10
DNS statistics 3-14
end-to-end IP statistics 3-30
hop-by-hop IP statistics 3-35
HTTP data 5-39
daily data 5-39
monthly data 5-43
weekly data 5-41
HTTP statistics 3-20
IPM seed files 5-9
collector seed files 5-12
source seed files 5-10
target seed files 5-11
jitter data 5-34
daily data 5-35
monthly data 5-38
weekly data 5-36
latency data 5-26
daily data 5-26
monthly data 5-33
weekly data 5-32
operations, defined 4-12
properties of operations 4-15
seed file output files 4-37
SNA statistics 3-43
source router properties 4-2
source routers, configured 4-2
statistics
for DHCP 3-5
for DLSw 3-10
for DNS 3-14
for ehhanced UDP 3-59
for HTTP 3-20
for SNA 3-43
for TCP 3-48
for UDP 3-53
target properties 4-7
targets, defined 4-6
TCP statistics 3-48
UDP statistics 3-53
VoIP statistics 3-59
viewlog command, description B-11
viewsrc command, description B-11
viewtarg command, description B-11
VoIP, measuring network performance for 3-55
baseline, setting 4-39
enhanced UDP operation, defining 3-56
statistics, viewing 3-59
VTAM, glossary definition G-14
W
warning regarding interrupting the dbrestore command 4-55
World Wide Web
IPM data, accessing from the IPM server home page 5-3