Nortel 4000 Guida Utente
Managing Remote Access Concentrators Using Annex Manager
Chapter 3 Determining RAC Status
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The
Verbose Output
option button allows you to determine the level of detail
that appears in the output box. If you click on the
Verbose Output
button,
Annex Manager prints a device name and displays basic information
about the device type or identifies it as
about the device type or identifies it as
NOT REACHABLE
.
If you do not select the
Verbose Output
button, the
@
sign identifies all
devices that are not RACs or Annexes or are unreachable.
Discovery Output Box
The
Discovery Output
box contains detailed information about the RACs
identified by the search device. Annex Manager goes to a search device,
requests a list of addresses in its Address Translation table, and attempts
to communicate with each address via SNMP. If communication is
successful, Annex Manager compares the object identifier of the device
to the value of a RAC object identifier. If there is a match, the device is
a RAC or Annex. If there is no match, the output box displays information
about the device based on your use of the
requests a list of addresses in its Address Translation table, and attempts
to communicate with each address via SNMP. If communication is
successful, Annex Manager compares the object identifier of the device
to the value of a RAC object identifier. If there is a match, the device is
a RAC or Annex. If there is no match, the output box displays information
about the device based on your use of the
Verbose Output
command.
The output box displays:
•
The
Discovering Annexes, please wait...
message, informing you
that the process began.
•
The
Number of devices to query:
message, followed by a
dynamically updated number. This number can help you
determine how long the discovery process takes.
determine how long the discovery process takes.
•
Basic information about each RAC, including the RAC name or
IP address, and system descriptor information, which can
contain the RAC type and software release, the number of ports
for each port type, and the RAC current image name.
IP address, and system descriptor information, which can
contain the RAC type and software release, the number of ports
for each port type, and the RAC current image name.
•
Information about devices that are not RACs or Annexes. If you
use the
use the
Verbose Output
option from the Utilities menu,
Discover
Annexes/Search Device
lists the names of all devices that are not
RACs or Annexes, and prints a brief description or identifies
devices as
devices as
NOT REACHABLE
.
If you enter a short
SNMP Timeout
,
Discover Annexes/
Search Device
may identify a device as
NOT REACHABLE
because of network load.