The VIVID System Manager is used to configure, monitor and troubleshoot a network consisting of VIVID ATM components such as Workgroup Switches and Ridges, and other SNMP manageable LAN devices. The VIVID System Manager provides an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) for managing local area networks. It provides an object oriented view of the network, with physical representations of the overall network topology as well as individual nodes, slots, ports and paths. Logical views are also available for implementing virtual LANs and physical security. Most operations are menu driven and point-and-click.
The VIVID System Manager provides the user with the tools to detect, isolate and correct network problems when they arise. Alarms and trouble tickets are automatically generated and the user is notified through visible and audible alarms in all relevant network views. Additionally, the System Manager enables the user to monitor and correct potential problems before they occur. A variety of statistics are maintained on all of the VIVID elements (e.g. cells transmitted, cells received, errors, etc.). The System Manager provides a performance management tool for correlating, manipulating, and presenting these statistics. Standard or customizable graphs and reports are available. Virtual LANs allow several users to be logically grouped together independent of physical port location.
The VIVID architecture extends this concept to "virtual subnets" that support concurrent bridging and routing. Virtual subnets allow devices in the same subnet to appear on any physical port, either Ethernet or ATM, located throughout the network. With VIVID Routed LAN Emulation, the network administrator can logically group users into virtual subnets and create filters and firewalls as required. All virtual LAN configuration is performed via the System Manager's GUI. As devices move from port to port the VIVID Route Server automatically discovers the changes and maintains the proper network layer address associations. No manual reconfiguration is required by the network administrator. The System Manager reflects these discovered changes on all relevant network views. This separation of logical addresses from physical ports dramatically simplifies the configuration and administration required in LAN inter networks.
Filtering can be implemented between virtual LAN workgroups. Network managers can administer security based on logical communities of interest as opposed to physical port location. Filters between virtual subnets will remain in effect regardless of where users move.
Port-level bindings are also available, allowing administrators to restrict virtual subnets to specific physical ports or to bind individual ports to an individual host. Switched virtual circuits (SVCs) are dynamically set up and torn down by VIVID ATM Switches based on reachability tables calculated and distributed by the System Manager. The ATM switch uses a fast signaling protocol, SVC Turbo, to dynamically establish SVC connections across a network of ATM switches in a streamlined fashion. Such rapid call setup is critical for emulating connectionless LAN traffic in large networks.
Unlike shared media LANs, where on-demand usage can degrade performance, VIVID LANs with congestion management ensure a predictable service level for all users. Permanent virtual circuits can also be established.
Solaris version: 2.3
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Types of integration: Console Menu Interface, Data File Integration, Uses Agent API, Uses Manager API