Configuring Master Settings

You can configure common network settings for a group of Network devices or Links at the same time. You can also specify/modify their Threshold values. You can de-activate one or more devices that are not in use. These inactive devices are not displayed in any of the views.

To configure master settings:

1. Select Operations > Configuration > General > Master Settings.
2. On the MASTER SETTINGS page, click the Filters icon and select the Tenant, Device Type and other required details. Click SUBMIT. For more information about fields on the Filters popup, see Filters.
3. Fill the required fields in the MASTER SETTINGS page. For more information about fields on the MASTER SETTINGS page, see Field Description.
4. Click SUBMIT. The master settings configuration is saved.
   

   
   Figure:  MASTER SETTINGS page
   
   

   Field Description

   The following table describes the fields on the MASTER SETTINGS page:

   Field	Description
   DEVICES
   Available devices	Lists the available devices under the selected entity. Select the devices for which you want to configure the master settings and click   icon. To select all the devices in the available list, click the check box in the header row of the list. The selected devices are shown in the Selected devices list.
   Selected devices	Lists the selected devices. To remove devices from the list, select the check box corresponding to the devices and click  icon. To remove all the devices from the Selected devices list, select the check box in the header row of the list.
   CONFIGURATION DETAILS
   Service Entitlement	Lists the configured Service Entitlements. Select a Service Entitlement from the list box. For information about Service Entitlements, see Configuring Service Entitlements.
   SNMP Version	Lists the configured SNMP Versions. Select a SNMP Version from the list.
   Vendor	Lists the configured Vendors. Select a Vendor from the list.
   SNMP String	Type in the SNMP string that is provided by the network operator.
   Customer	Lists the configured Customers. Select a Customer from the list.
   SNMP Auth Type	Lists the configured SNMP Auth Types. Select an SNMP Auth Type from the list.
   Location	Lists the configured Locations. Select the Location from the list.
   SNMP User	Lists the configured SNMP Users. Select the SNMP User from the list.
   OS Type	Lists the configured Operating System types. Select the appropriate OS type from the list.
   Authentication Mode	Select the Authentication Mode from the list.
   Criticality	Lists the configured Criticality values. Select the Criticality as Low, Medium, or High.
   Privilege Password	Specify the Privilege Password in the text box.
   Monitoring Source	Lists the configured monitoring source types. Summit Server: It refers to the machine, where SUMMIT Server is installed. Select this option to perform the monitoring operation from this Server. Proxy Agent: It refers to the machine configured at a client location for sending monitored data of the client machines to the SUMMIT Server. Select this option to perform the monitoring operation from this Server.
   Privilege Protocol	Lists the Privilege Protocols. Select the Privilege Protocol from the list.
   Monitoring Proxy	Select the Monitoring Proxy from the list.
   SNMP Port	Specify the SNMP port.
   Ping Protocol	Lists the Ping Protocols. Select the Ping Protocol to communicate with the devices.
   Ping Timeout	Type in the Ping Timeout for the device. In the specified time the device checks the destination IP address and records the result.
   Ping Retry	Type in the Ping Retry number. The Ping Retry number indicates that the device would try to communicate after the specified number of times.
   E-Mail To	Type in the e-mail address of the people to whom the alert/ notification e-mails, about the device status need to be sent in “To” list. Alert Mail: The alert e-mail is sent whenever a device is down or whenever a device has crossed the threshold. Notification Mail: The notification mail is sent whenever a device status changes to up from down and also when the device utilization is below the specified threshold.
   E-Mail CC	Type in the e-mail address of the people to whom the alert/ notification e-mails, about the device status, need to be sent in “CC” list.
   Active	Indicates the status set for the devices. If selected, the device can be selected to be displayed in a view. If not selected, the device cannot be selected to be displayed in a view.
   BACKUP CONFIGURATION DETAILS
   Ignore	Select from the drop down, if the values in the fields should be updated or ignored during configuration.
   Back Up	If selected, you can specify user details, who can take the backup configuration details.
   User Name	Type in the User Name of the user whom you want to take the backup configuration details.
   Password	Type in the password.
   Enable Password	Type in the alternate password provided by the network operator.
   Protocol	Lists the Protocol using which the user can take the backup. Select the Protocol from the list. Note: If you select Ignore in the Ignore drop down, this field value is not changed during the configuration.
   Port	Displays the configured Port number for the selected protocol.
   CONFIGURATION THRESHOLD DETAILS
   CPU Threshold (High)	Specify the high CPU threshold value of the devices.
   CPU Threshold (Medium)	Specify the medium CPU threshold value of the devices.
   CPU Threshold (Low)	Specify the low CPU threshold value of the devices.
   Memory Threshold (High)	Specify the high Memory threshold value of the devices.
   Memory Threshold (Medium)	Specify the medium Memory threshold value of the devices.
   Memory Threshold (Low)	Specify the low Memory threshold value of the devices.
   UDP
   IPSLA RTT	Specify the maximum Round Trip Time (RTT) for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Packet Out of Sequence	Specify the maximum number of packets received that are out of sequence for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA PacketLoss SD	Specify the maximum packet loss of data from source to destination for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA PacketLoss DS	Specify the maximum packet loss of data from destination to source for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Packet MIA Loss	Specify the maximum packets Missing in Action (MIA) loss for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Packet Late Arrival	Specify the maximum packets for late arrival for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Jitter Positive SD	Specify the maximum positive jitters from source to destination for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Jitter Negative SD	Specify the maximum negative jitters from source to destination for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Jitter Positive DS	Specify the maximum positive jitters from destination to source for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Jitter Negative DS	Specify the maximum negative jitters from destination to source for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Latency Oneway SD	Specify the maximum latency one way from source to destination for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Latency Oneway DS	Specify the maximum latency one way from destination to source for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Voice Score MOS	Specify the maximum voice Mean Opinion Score (MOS) for UDP protocol.
   IPSLA Voice Score ICPIF	Specify the maximum voice score Impairment Calculated Planning Impairment Factor(ICPIF )for UDP protocol.
   PATH JITTER
   IPSLA RTT	Specify the maximum RTT for path jitter protocol.
   IPSLA Jitter Positive SD	Specify the maximum positive jitters from source to destination for path jitter protocol.
   IPSLA PacketLoss SD	Specify the maximum packet loss of data from source to destination for path jitter protocol.
   IPSLA Packet Out of Sequence	Specify the maximum number of packets received that are out of sequence for path jitter protocol.
   IPSLA Packet MIA Loss	Specify the maximum packets Missing in Action (MIA) loss for path jitter protocol.
   ICMP
   IPSLA RTT	Specify the maximum RTT for IPSLA protocol.
   IP SLA CONFIGURATION DETAILS
   Ignore	Select from the drop down, if the ignore is selected then this IPSLA configuration details are ignored and if update is selected then the IPSLA configuration details are updated.
   IP SLAs	Select this check box to include IP SLA
   UDP	Select this check box to enable UDP protocol for IPSLA.
   Path Jitter	Select this check box to enable path jitter protocol for IPSLA.
   ICMP	Select this check box to enable ICMP for IPSLA.
   User	Specify the device credentials.
   Operational ID	Specify the operational ID for the corresponding protocol.

Filters

Click the Filters icon to specify a particular filter criteria to display the selected Entity. Based on the value selected in the Entity list, the FILTERS pop-up page displays the various filter options to list the available Entity type. The following FILTERS pop-up page is displayed if the Entity is selected as Network Device. Select the required filter options and click SUBMIT.

Figure:  FILTERS pop-up page

The following table describes the fields on the FILTERS pop-up page: