User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor 2.6 (With LMS 2.5.1)
Index

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 4-13

a new operation 4-9

a new source router 4-3

a new target device 4-5

addsrc command, description B-1

addtarg command, description B-1

administrative password, changing 4-36

agent, glossary definition G-1

alerts, generating 4-9

audience for this document ix

B

backing up or restoring the IPM database 4-34

warning regarding use of dbrestore command 4-34

baseline command, description B-1

baseline for measuring VoIP statistics, setting 4-22

browser, glossary definition G-1

browserpath command, description B-2

C

cautions

regarding changing an IP address 4-21

significance of x

Cisco IOS software, glossary definition G-1

CiscoWorks

accessing IPM data from 5-1

homepage 5-1

CLI, glossary definition G-1

client, glossary definition G-1

client/server architecture, overview 1-3

clientaddr command, description B-2

client security, implementing

disabling the IPM password on Windows systems 2-7

enabling the IPM password

on Solaris systems 2-5

on Windows systems 2-7

collectors

about 1-2

adding 4-13

configuration information, viewing 5-15

defining 2-12

deleting 4-14

glossary definition G-1

list of defined, viewing 4-12

properties of, viewing 4-13

state summary for, viewing 4-12

stopping 4-14

working with 4-11

command reference B-1

addsrc B-1

addtarg B-1

baseline B-1

browserpath B-2

clientaddr B-2

console B-2

control B-2

dbclean B-3

dbpassword B-3

dbprefs reload B-3

dbprefs view B-3

dbprefs viewfile B-3

dbrestore B-3

debug B-3

delsrc B-3

deltarg B-4

editcoll B-4

editsrc B-4

edittarg B-4

export B-4

forcestop B-4

help B-4

hostname B-4

internal commands command B-13

iosinfo B-4

ipaddrchg B-4

ipm B-1

ipmcw2ksetup B-2

ipmcw2ksetup install B-3

ipmdbbackup B-3

listcoll B-4

listsrc B-4

listtarg B-4

loadcoll B-5

loadsrc B-5

loadtarg B-5

logger B-5

mirror B-5

mirror all B-5

password B-5

pmstatus B-5

readme B-5

regen B-5

restart B-5

restart db B-5

restart name B-6

restart pm B-6

seed B-6

servername B-6

start B-6

startaging B-6

start client B-6

start db B-7

start name B-7

start pm B-7

status B-7

stop B-7

stop aging B-7

stop clients B-7

stop db B-7

stop name B-7

stop pm B-7

tshoot B-7

upgrade B-7

version B-7

viewcoll B-7

viewlog B-7

viewsrc B-7

viewtarg B-7

community

name, glossary definition G-1

string, glossary definition G-1

components of IPM, configuring 2-8, 4-1

administrative password, changing 4-36

collector, defining 2-12

collectors

adding 4-13

defined, viewing list of 4-12

deleting 4-14

properties of, viewing 4-13

stopping 4-14

summary of, viewing 4-12

working with 4-11

DISPLAY variable in Solaris, setting 4-33

IP addresses, changing 4-21

IPM database, backing up or restoring 4-34

IPM database password, changing 4-36

IPM database preferences

changing 4-24

current, displaying 4-24

file format for 4-26

setting 4-23

IPM server process timeout values, setting new 4-31

in Solaris 4-32

in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4-32

Managed Interface settings 4-35

message log window 4-37

log control 4-37

log display 4-38

warning regarding Debug and Trace options 4-38

NVRAM settings 4-34

operations

adding 4-9

defined, viewing list of 4-6

deleting 4-11

operation properties, viewing 4-8

setting thresholds and generating alerts 4-9

working with 4-6

seed files, adding components by using 4-15

creating a seed file 4-15

loading components from a seed file 4-20

sample collector seed file 4-18

sample source router seed file 4-17

sample target seed file 4-18

seed file syntax 4-16

viewing seed file output files 4-20

SNMP timeout and retry environment variables, setting 4-28

in Solaris 4-29

in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4-30

source device, defining 2-8

source routers

adding 4-3

configured, viewing 4-2

deleting 4-3

properties, viewing 4-2

working with 4-1

target devices

adding 4-5

defining 2-10

deleting 4-5

list of defined, viewing 4-4

properties, viewing 4-4

working with 4-3

console command, description B-2

control command, description B-2

D

database

password, changing 4-36

preferences

changing 4-24

displaying current 4-24

file format 4-26

setting 4-23

data-link switching, glossary definition G-1

dbclean command, description B-3

dbpassword command, description B-3

dbprefs reload command, description B-3

dbprefs view command, description B-3

dbprefs viewfile command, description B-3

dbrestore command, description B-3

dbrestore command, warning regarding interrupting 4-34

debug command, description B-3

dedicated line, glossary definition G-2

deleting

collectors 4-14

operations 4-11

source routers 4-3

target devices 4-5

delsrc command, description B-3

deltarg command, description B-4

Device Center Integration, support in this release 1-5

devices

glossary definition G-2

importing from Device and Credential Repository 5-7

DHCP

glossary definition G-2

network performance, measuring 3-2

operations, defining 3-2

statistics, viewing 3-4

Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP), support in this release 1-5

DISPLAY variable in Solaris, setting 4-33

DLSw

glossary definition G-2

network performance, measuring 3-5

operations, defining 3-5

statistics, viewing 3-7

DNS

glossary definition G-2

network performance, measuring 3-8

operations, defining 3-8

statisics, viewing 3-9

documentation x

audience for this ix

typographical conventions in ix

domain, glossary definition G-2

downloading the IPM client 5-10

for Solaris 5-10

for Windows 5-11

DSCP (see IP QoS type, setting) 3-12

duration, glossary definition G-2

E

echo, glossary definition G-2

echo operations, defining

IP 3-19

IP path 3-22

SNA 3-30

editcoll command, description B-4

editsrc command, description B-4

edittarg command, description B-4

end-to-end IP performance, measuring 3-19

operations, defining 3-19

statistics, viewing 3-21

enhanced UDP (VoIP) network performance, measuring 3-39

statistics, viewing 3-41

UDP operation, defining 3-40

exiting the IPM client 2-28

export command, description B-4

F

FAQs about IPM A-1

forcestop command, description B-4

G

getting started with IPM 2-1

starting IPM 2-1

on Solaris systems 2-1

on Windows systems 2-2

starting IPM client 2-2

as a standalone client 2-3

from the CiscoWorks homepage 2-2

H

help command, description B-4

hop, glossary definition G-3

hop-by-hop IP performance, measuring 3-22

IP path echo operations, defining 3-22

statistics, viewing 3-24

hop count, glossary definition G-3

host

address, glossary definition G-3

glossary definition G-3

node, glossary definition G-3

number, glossary definition G-3

hostname command, description B-4

HTTP

data, viewing 5-27

daily data 5-27

monthly data 5-29

weekly data 5-28

glossary definition G-3

network performance, measuring 3-11

operations, defining 3-11

statistics, viewing 3-13

I

ICMP, glossary definition G-4

interval

about 1-2

glossary definition G-4

iosinfo command, description B-4

IP

addresses

caution regarding changing 4-21

changing 4-21

glossary definition G-4

glossary definition G-4

ipaddrchg command, description B-4

IPM

components, configuring 2-8

collector, defining 2-12

source device, defining 2-8

target, defining 2-10

glossary definition G-4

working with from CiscoWorks homepage 5-1

ipm B-2, B-3

IPM client

downloading 5-10

exiting 2-28

starting 2-2

as a standalone client 2-3

from the CiscoWorks homepage 2-2

ipm command, description B-1

IPM data

storing, about 1-3

IPM data, accessing

configuration information, viewing 5-13

collector configuration information 5-15

operation configuration information 5-14

path echo collector path usage data 5-16

source configuration information 5-13

target configuration information 5-14

from CiscoWorks 5-1

HTTP data, viewing 5-27

daily data 5-27

monthly data 5-29

weekly data 5-28

IPM client, downloading 5-10

for Solaris 5-10

for Windows 5-11

jitter data, viewing 5-23

daily data 5-23

monthly data 5-26

weekly data 5-24

latency data, viewing 5-17

daily data 5-18

monthly data 5-22

weekly data 5-21

software updates and additional information, accessing 5-30

viewing information about IPM on Cisco.com 5-30

troubleshooting information, viewing 5-2

IPM console log 5-5

IPM server log 5-4

status information for IPM servers 5-3

troubleshooting log 5-6

version information 5-4

ipmdbbackup command, description B-3

IPM password

disabling on Windows systems 2-7

enabling

on Solaris systems 2-5

on Windows systems 2-7

IPM server troubleshooting 5-2

IPM console log, viewing 5-5

status, viewing 5-3

troubleshooting log for IPM, viewing 5-6

viewing the IPM server log 5-4

viewing version information, viewing 5-4

IP network performance, measuring 3-18

end-to-end 3-19

IP echo operations, defining 3-19

statistics, viewing 3-21

hop-by-hop 3-22

IP path echo operations, defining 3-22

statistics, viewing 3-24

IP path echo

collector path usage data, viewing 5-16

glossary definition G-6

IP QoS type, setting 3-23

DSCP 3-23

IP Precedence 3-23

IP Precedence (see IP QoS type, setting) 3-12

IP QoS type, setting

enhanced UDP (VoIP) operations 3-40

DSCP 3-40

IP Precedence 3-40

FTP operations 3-12

DSCP 3-12

IP Precedence 3-12

HTTP operations 3-16

DSCP 3-16

IP Precedence 3-16

IP echo operations 3-20

DSCP 3-20

IP Precedence 3-20

IP path echo operations 3-23

DSCP 3-23

IP Precedence 3-23

TCP operations 3-34

DSCP 3-34

IP Precedence 3-34

UDP operations 3-37

DSCP 3-37

IP Precedence 3-37

J

jitter

data, viewing 5-23

daily data 5-23

monthly data 5-26

weekly data 5-24

glossary definition G-4

K

key terms and concepts 1-2

L

latency

data, viewing 5-17

daily data 5-18

monthly data 5-22

weekly data 5-21

glossary definition G-4

leased line, glossary definition G-4

listcoll command, description B-4

listsrc command, description B-4

listtarg command, description B-4

loadcoll command, description B-5

loadsrc command, description B-5

loadtarg command, description B-5

logger command, description B-5

logical unit, glossary definition G-5

Loose Source Routing, glossary definition G-5

LU, glossary definition G-5

M

Managed Interface settings 4-35

message log window 4-37

log control 4-37

log display 4-38

warning regarding Debug and Trace options 4-38

MIB, glossary definition G-5

mirror all command, description B-5

mirror command, description B-5

modifying IPM components (see components of IPM, configuring) 4-1

multiple IPM sessions, running simultaneously 2-8

MVS, glossary definition G-5

N

name resolution, glossary definition G-5

name server, glossary definition G-5

NetView, glossary definition G-5

Network Address Translation (NAT), not supported 1-4

network performance, measuring 3-1

for DHCP 3-2

for DLSw 3-5

for DNS 3-8

for FTP 3-15

for HTTP 3-11

for IP 3-18

for SNA 3-29

for TCP 3-33

for UDP 3-36

for VoIP (enhanced UDP) 3-39

network performance statistics

about 1-2

viewing 2-17

DLSw 3-7

historical 2-20

HTTP 3-13

in real time 2-18

IP 3-21

SNA 3-31

TCP 3-35

UDP 3-38

UDP, enhanced 3-41

VoIP 3-41

Next Range, understanding 2-26

NMS, glossary definition G-5

NMVT, glossary definition G-6

node, glossary definition G-5

NSPECHO, glossary definition G-6

NVRAM settings 4-34

O

operations

adding 4-9

alerts, generating 4-9

configuration information, viewing 5-14

defining

DHCP 3-2

DLSw 3-5

DNS 3-8

enhanced UDP (VoIP) 3-40

FTP 3-15

HTTP 3-11

IP echo 3-19

IP path echo 3-22

SNA echo 3-30

TCP 3-33

UDP 3-36

VoIP (enhanced UDP) 3-40

deleting 4-11

glossary definition G-6

list of defined, viewing 4-6

properties of, viewing 4-8

thresholds, setting 4-9

working with 4-6

overview of IPM 1-1

client/server architecture 1-3

how IPM works 1-3

key terms and concepts 1-2

new features in this release 1-5

Device and Credential Repository support 1-5

Device Center Integration 1-5

Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) support 1-5

improved scalability 1-5

source interface on collector 1-5

SSL compliance 1-5

P

password command, description B-5

password for IPM

disabling on Windows systems 2-7

enabling

on Solaris systems 2-5

on Windows systems 2-7

path echo (see IP path echo) G-6

physical unit, glossary definition G-6

ping, glossary definition G-6

pmstatus command, description B-5

Port Address Translation (PAT), not supported 1-4

predefined operations (table) 2-15

Default160ByteVoice 2-16

Default60ByteVoice 2-16

DefaultDHCP 2-15

DefaultDLSw 2-15

DefaultDNS 2-15

DefaultEcho 2-15

DefaultIpPathEcho 2-15

defaultNNTP 2-15

DefaultPOP3 2-15

DefaultSMTP 2-16

DefaultSnaLu0Echo 2-16

DefaultSnaLu2Echo 2-16

DefaultSnaSSCPEcho 2-16

DefaultTelnet 2-16

DefaultUDPEcho 2-16

DefaultVideo 2-16

DefaultVPN 2-16

Previous Range, understanding 2-26

printing IPM statistics 2-27

PU, glossary definition G-6

Q

QoS, glossary definition G-6

R

readme command, description B-5

real-time data display, about 1-3

regen command, description B-5

request/response unit, glossary definition G-6

restart command, description B-5

restart db command, description B-5

restart name command, description B-6

restart pm command, description B-6

restoring or backing up the IPM database 4-34

round-trip time, glossary definition G-6

route, glossary definition G-6

router, glossary definition G-6

RTR, glossary definition G-7

RTT, glossary definition G-7

RTTMON MIB, glossary definition G-7

RU, glossary definition G-7

S

SA Agent

feature mapping C-1

glossary definition G-7

SA Agent Responder

about 1-2

glossary definition G-7

version, verifying C-2

scalability, improved in this release 1-5

seed command, description B-6

seed files, adding components by using 4-15

creating a seed file 4-15

loading components from a seed file 4-20

sample

collector seed file 4-18

source router seed file 4-17

target seed file 4-18

syntax of 4-16

viewing seed file output files 4-20

servername command, description B-6

Service Assurance Agent, glossary definition G-7

simultaneous IPM sessions, running 2-8

SNA

glossary definition G-7

network performance, measuring 3-29

SNA echo operation, defining 3-30

statistics, viewing 3-31

SNMP

agent, glossary definition G-7

glossary definition G-7

timeout and retry environment variables, setting 4-28

in Solaris 4-29

in Windows 4-30

source configuration information, viewing 5-13

source device

about 1-2

defining 2-8

glossary definition G-7

source interface on collector, support in this release 1-5

source-route bridging, glossary definition G-7

source routers

working with 4-1

adding 4-3

configured, viewing list of 4-2

deleting 4-3

properties of, viewing 4-2

SRB, glossary definition G-8

SSCP, glossary definition G-8

SSCP-PU session, glossary definition G-8

SSL compliance, support in this release 1-5

SSP, glossary definition G-8

start aging command, description B-6

start client command, description B-6

start command, description B-6

start db command, description B-7

starting

IPM 2-1

on Solaris systems 2-1

on Windows systems 2-2

IPM client 2-2

as a standalone 2-3

from the CiscoWorks homepage 2-2

start name command, description B-7

start pm command, description B-7

static route, glossary definition G-8

statistics, printing 2-27

statistics on network performance

about 1-2

viewing 2-17

for DLSw 3-7

for HTTP 3-13

for IP 3-21

for SNA 3-31

for TCP 3-35

for UDP 3-38

for UDP, enhanced 3-41

for VoIP 3-41

historical 2-20

in real time 2-18

status command, description B-7

stop aging command, description B-7

stop clients command, description B-7

stop command, description B-7

stop db command, description B-7

stop name command, description B-7

stopping a collector 4-14

stop pm command, description B-7

system services control point, glossary definition G-8

T

target

about 1-2

configuration information, viewing 5-14

defining 2-10

devices

adding 4-5

deleting 4-5

life of defined, viewing 4-4

properties, viewing 4-4

working with 4-3

glossary definition G-8

TCP

glossary definition G-8

network performance, measuring 3-33

operations, defining 3-33

statistics, viewing 3-35

TCP/IP, glossary definition, glossary definition G-8

thresholds for operations, setting 4-9

throughput, glossary definition, glossary definition G-8

timeout

glossary definition, glossary definition G-8

values for the IPM server, setting new 4-31

in Solaris 4-32

in Windows 4-32

trap, glossary definition G-9

troubleshooting information, viewing 5-2

FAQs and troubleshooting tips A-1

IPM consol log 5-5

IPM server log 5-4

status information for IPM servers 5-3

troubleshooting log 5-6

version information 5-4

tshoot command, description B-7

typographical conventions in this document ix

U

UDP

glossary definition G-9

network performance, measuring 3-36

operations, defining 3-36

statistics, viewing 3-38

UDP, enhanced (VoIP)

network performance, measuring 3-39

operations, defining 3-40

statistics, viewing 3-41

updates and additional information, accessing 5-30

upgrade command, description B-7

V

version command, description B-7

version of SA Agent feature, verifying C-2

vewcoll command, description B-7

viewing

collector properties 4-13

collectors, defined 4-12

collector state summary 4-12

configuration information 5-13

collector information 5-15

operation information 5-14

path echo collector path usage data 5-16

source information 5-13

target information 5-14

configured source routers 4-2

database preferences 4-24

HTTP data 5-27

daily data 5-27

monthly data 5-29

weekly data 5-28

jitter data 5-23

daily data 5-23

monthly data 5-26

weekly data 5-24

latency data 5-17

daily data 5-18

monthly data 5-22

weekly data 5-21

operations, defined 4-6

properties of operations 4-8

seed file output files 4-20

source router properties 4-2

source routers, configured 4-2

target properties 4-4

targets, defined 4-4

viewlog command, description B-7

viewsrc command, description B-7

viewtarg command, description B-7

VoIP (enhanced UDP)

baseline, setting 4-22

network performance, measuring 3-39

operations, defining 3-40

statistics, viewing 3-41

VTAM, glossary definition G-10

W

warnings, significance of x

warnings regarding

dbrestore command 4-34

Debug and Trace options, and message log window 4-38