PV Topology - Presentation v1.4

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Topology Setup


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Agenda

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Getting started

Initial screen

Adding network elements using Auto-Discovery

Topology setup

Adding network elements manually

Exporting Topology

Importing Topology

Adding image files to the database Well designed

Topology lets youmonitor your

network elementsfaster and better


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Getting started

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1When PV installation is completed,

a CeraMap Client icon will belocated on your desktop

> double click icon to launch

2Type your username and password

First time users are required to type:

Username: admin

Password: ceragon

3Your account parameters are being

authenticated.

Once approved, the CeraMap

window will be launched.


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Initial Screen

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When PV is launched for the first time, the main window shows the default settings:

1. Command menu

2. Quick access buttons

3. Topology navigation tree

4. Topology working zone (with PV Servers element icon)

Quick Access

buttons

Topology

working zone

Command

menu

Topology

navigation tree


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Adding Networks Elements

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Users may add elements using these options:

Import data (topology information was previously stored on external drive)

Network Auto Discovery (executing configurable filters)

Manual operation(will be explained later)


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The duration of the discovery process depends on the network size and the

connection speed. The time may vary from several minutes to several hours.

Newly discovered elements will be added to the group you selected.

If a discovered element already exists in the target group or in one of its sub-

groups, the original element will be retained, and the discovered one will not

be added.

During the process, PolyView will also search for connectivity between

elements.

If a connection between elements is found, a link will automatically begenerated for them and will appear in the map.

If more than two elements are found to be linked, PolyView will create a sub-

group for them, and all the linked elements will be moved to that sub-group.


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Network Auto Discoverycreate filters to reduce discovery time




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Network Auto Discoverycreate filters to reduce discovery time




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Network Auto DiscoveryDiscovery Status Log provides detailed updates



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When Auto Discovery completes, your navigation tree should display your

existing topology

Create domains and

allocated the elements

accordingly

An icon representing a

network element will

appear on the map with

the element's name & IPaddress

The element will also appear in the

navigation tree. In the following

example, several elements were

auto-discovered.



Topology setupDisplaying Top Most Alarm

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Note that the color of the element's icon represents the level of its most severe

alarm.

For example, green means that the element is operating with no alarms; light red means that the

element is operating with one or more major alarms.

In the element list on the left side of the CeraMap window, the color of the icons will also reflect their

alarm status. The color of upper level groups and the root level will always be the color of the element

in the list with the most severe alarm.



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Controlling the background -

1. Right-click on the topology working zone and select Properties

2. Select your region and map and then click Choose

3. Set the right opacitylevel to improve topology reading


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Topology setup

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Now that your CeraMap is updated, you can re-position the elements by

dragging them to the desired location


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Adding Network Elements manually

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Right-click on the topology working zone

Type the IP address and name of site


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Note about IP Addresses for FibeAir IP-10 G-Series:

While each protected IP-10 G-Series

network element represents two

IP addresses, in PolyView each one is

displayed and treated as one IP address,

of slot 1

Due to this convention, all NMS

functionality related to this protected

node (reports, alarms, etc.) is done on

behalf of the slot-1 IP address

If you want to change the default SNMPparameters for the element, click the

SNMP tab and set the parameter

values you want


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For IP-10 elements, select the IP-10

icon and click the HTTP tab to set the

correct HTTP communication protocol

(HTTP or HTTPS


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Repeat same actions to add the adjacent end of the link

1 2


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Select both sites with your mouse cursor till a black thin square is created


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Right-click on one of the selectedsites and selectAdd Link

In the new window type the link name

and select the type of identifier


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Exporting Topology

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You can export CeraMap data (topology and trigger information) to an external

file by selecting File, Export Data.

After you export CeraMap data, the exported file can be imported back into PolyView (for example,

after a server upgrade), or to another PolyView server.

You can export an entire tree

if you select the rootelement

and then select File & Export

Data.

Using the same method, you

can export a single sub-tree,

by selecting the sub-tree rootbefore the export.

For an export operation, you

can select the file you want to

export the data to, and the data

types you want to export.


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Importing Topology

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The import will be done under the currently selected group.

Select the file to import, which data types you want to import from the file,

and whether or not to update duplicated items.

Updating duplicated items means that when

you import an entity that already exists

(a network element with the same IP, or a

group with the same name), you can requestthat PolyView updates the element attributes

from the imported file (for example, an element's

name).


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Adding image files to database

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If you wish to use an icon, image, map or symbol that do not exist in the PV

servers database, you may install your own files

1. Make sure to use GIF or JPG formats

2. File names and subfolder names cannot include spaces. Use underscores (_) instead.

3. Only PV server needs to be installed with new files. No need to install the files on the clients.


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