Data and Power on a Single Line PowerDsine PowerView Power over LANTM SNMP Web Manager User Guide Release 2.1 Catalog Number 06-6910-056 Web Manager User Guide The following Sections are included: Notices, Warranty Contents, Figures and Tables 1. About this Guide 2. Introducing PowerDsine PowerView 3. Installation 4. Managing with PowerDsine PowerView 5. Sending Commands 6. Software Upgrading 7. Useful Information General Page 1 3 5 7 11 21 45 49 51 Notice The information contained herein is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of printing. However, due to ongoing product improvements and revisions, PowerDsine cannot accept responsibility for inadvertent errors, inaccuracies, subsequent changes or omissions of printed material. PowerDsine Ltd. reserves the right to make changes to products and to their specifications as described in this document, at any time, without prior notice. No rights to any PowerDsine Ltd. Intellectual property are licensed to any third party, either directly, by implication or by any other method. © 2002 PowerDsine Ltd. All rights reserved. This document is subject to change without notice. Original publication: 15 September 2002 Date Printed: Mar-25-2003 First revision: 18/11/02 (Version 2.0) Second revision: 23/3/03 (Version 2.1) Acknowledgements Power over LAN is a trademark of PowerDsine Ltd. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners. The product described by this manual is a licensed product of PowerDsine. Abbreviations and Terminology Abbreviations are spelled out in full when first used. Only industry-standard terms are used throughout this manual. Version 2.1 1 March 2003 SNMP Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 ABOUT THIS GUIDE ..................................................................................................5 OBJECTIVES...............................................................................................................5 AUDIENCE ..................................................................................................................5 ORGANIZATION ...........................................................................................................5 CONVENTIONS............................................................................................................6 RELATED DOCUMENTATION.........................................................................................6 INTRODUCING POWERDSINE POWERVIEW ..........................................................7 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................7 FEATURES..................................................................................................................7 SYSTEM CAPABILITIES................................................................................................7 NETWORK LEVEL .....................................................................................................8 ELEMENT LEVEL.......................................................................................................8 SECURITY...................................................................................................................8 SNMP SECURITY.....................................................................................................9 USER AUTHENTICATION............................................................................................9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 3 INSTALLATION.........................................................................................................11 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................................................11 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.........................................................................................11 CD CONTENTS.......................................................................................................11 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................12 SETTING COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS...................................................................12 STARTING UP............................................................................................................14 INSTALLATION USING THE DHCP SERVER ...............................................................14 NETWORK INTERFACE PARAMETERS .......................................................................15 BROWSING...............................................................................................................17 LOCAL SURFING .....................................................................................................17 REMOTE LAN WEB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ............................................................18 TFTP SERVER CONFIGURATION ...............................................................................19 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.3 3.4 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.6 4 MANAGING WITH POWERDSINE POWERVIEW ...................................................21 4.1 GUI DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................21 4.1.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................21 4.2 LOGGING IN..............................................................................................................21 4.2.1 LOGGING IN............................................................................................................21 4.3 OPENING SCREEN ....................................................................................................23 Power over LAN Solutions 2 Catalog Number: 06-6910-056 Web Manager User Guide 4.4 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 4.4.4 4.5 4.5.1 4.5.2 4.5.3 4.6 4.6.1 4.6.2 4.6.3 4.6.4 4.7 4.7.1 4.7.2 4.8 4.8.1 4.8.2 4.8.3 4.9 4.9.1 4.9.2 4.9.3 5 2. Introducing PowerDsine PowerView BASIC NAVIGATION .................................................................................................. 24 FIELDS .................................................................................................................. 24 CONTROLS ............................................................................................................ 24 PORT LEVEL.......................................................................................................... 25 VISUAL INDICATIONS .............................................................................................. 25 PROPERTIES DEFINITION.......................................................................................... 27 GENERAL GUIDELINES ........................................................................................... 27 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 28 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 29 VIEWING TRAP LOG ENTRIES ................................................................................... 30 ABOUT TRAPS RECORDING .................................................................................... 30 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 30 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 31 TYPES OF TRAPS................................................................................................... 31 SYSTEM MENU ........................................................................................................ 32 ABOUT THE SYSTEM MENU .................................................................................... 32 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 32 DEVICE MENU ......................................................................................................... 33 ABOUT THE DEVICE MENU ..................................................................................... 33 DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................... 33 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 37 PORT MENU ............................................................................................................ 38 ABOUT THE PORT MENU ........................................................................................ 38 COMMANDS........................................................................................................... 38 ACCESSING PORT SCREENS .................................................................................. 39 CLI COMMANDS...................................................................................................... 45 5.1 BUILT IN CAPABILITIES............................................................................................. 45 5.2 COMMANDS ............................................................................................................. 45 5.2.1 OPENING TELNET SESSION.................................................................................... 45 5.2.2 STANDARD COMMANDS.......................................................................................... 45 5.2.3 POWERDSINE POWERVIEW SPECIAL COMMANDS ................................................... 46 6 SOFTWARE UPGRADING....................................................................................... 49 6.1 ARCHITECTURE........................................................................................................ 49 6.2 UPGRADE POSSIBILITIES.......................................................................................... 50 6.2.1 POL MIDSPAN SOFTWARE ..................................................................................... 50 6.2.2 MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ..................................................................................... 50 6.2.3 GUI SOFTWARE .................................................................................................... 50 7 7.1 USEFUL INFORMATION ......................................................................................... 51 SNMP BACKGROUND.............................................................................................. 51 3 March 2003 Version 2.1 SNMP 7.2 SNMP PROTOCOL ...................................................................................................51 7.3 OUTLINE OF THE SNMP PROTOCOL ..........................................................................51 7.3.1 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASE (MIB)................................................................52 7.3.2 SECURITY ..............................................................................................................52 7.3.3 SNMP AGENT .......................................................................................................52 7.3.4 TRAPS ...................................................................................................................52 7.3.5 OPERATIONS..........................................................................................................52 Power over LAN Solutions 4 Catalog Number: 06-6910-056 Web Manager User Guide 1. About this Guide 1 About this Guide This User Guide introduces PowerDsine PowerView (hereafter referred to as PowerView for short), a Web tool for managing PowerDsine's Power over TM LAN (PoL) product line of Midspan devices, including: ! ! ! PD- 6024 ­ 24 ports PD -6012 - 12 ports PD -6006 - 6 ports. 1.1 Objectives The Midspans can be provided with both AC and DC, or only with AC or DC power inputs. 1.2 Audience This Guide is intended for network administrators, supervisors and installation technicians who have a background in: ! ! ! ! Basic concepts and terminology of networking Network topology Protocols Microsoft Windows environment. 1.3 Organization This Guide is divided into several Sections, as follows: Section 1 - defines the overall concepts used in this Guide, conventions used and associated documentation. Section 2 - describes the PowerDsine PowerView program, its capabilities and its integration considerations. Section 3 - includes installation steps for both local and remote browsing. Section 4 - defines the PowerDsine PowerView program, its basic operation and navigation, and its various menus. Section 5 - explains how to enter commands. Section 6 - describes upgrading of the software packages in the Midspan device. Section 7 - includes useful and general information on SNMP. Version 2.1 5 March 2003 SNMP 1.4 Conventions The various conventions used in defining commands and examples are ...