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Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide8Appendix D: Configuring RADIUS for Ridgeline Authentication ...

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide984 When you are done, click Add (for a new bandwidth profile) or Modify (for an exi

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide99Figure 61: E-LAN Service Selected in a Map ViewInformation about the selected Ethernet service appears in t

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide100Figure 62: Services ViewDisplaying Ethernet Service DetailsTo display details abo

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide101Figure 63: E-Line Service Details Window

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide102

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide103CHAPTER7Importing ServicesThis chapter describes using Ridgeline service reconciliation to import the follo

Importing ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide104Figure 64: E-Line Wizard Information Input Screen2 Enter a name for the new E-Line or E-L

7Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide105Figure 65: E-Line/E-LAN Wizard Dialog Box - Enter Name of New Service5 Choose the Transport type you want

Importing ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide106Figure 66: UNI Port Selection Dialog (Transport Type - VLAN)9 Click Validate if you chose

7Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide107Figure 67: UNI Port Selection Dialog Box (Transport Type - PB/VMAN)Figure 68: UNI Port Selection Dialog Bo

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide9PrefaceThis preface provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, and lists other useful p

Importing ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide10814 If the validation is successful, click Import E-Line or E-LAN Service to import the se

7Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide109Figure 70: Successful Results Dialog After Clicking Import E-Line or ELAN Service17 Click Close. The Servi

Importing ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide110Figure 71: Services List and Map with Newly Imported Service18 To validate and import ser

7Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide111Figure 72: Importing E-Line Service Dialog with Validation Errors

Importing ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide112

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide113CHAPTER8Managing PBB NetworksVirtual metropolitan area networks (VMANs) allow metropolitan area network (MA

Managing PBB NetworksRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide114receive and transmit VMAN traffic. VMAN traffic that is addressed to locations at othe

8Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide115Creating a BVLANTo create a BVLAN, do the following:1 From the Services menu, select New > BVLAN. The B

Managing PBB NetworksRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide116Figure 75: Progress and Results Window for VMAN Provisioning Tasks6 Ridgeline validate

8Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1173 Right-click, and select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Properties window for the BVLAN is displaye

ConventionsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide10ConventionsTable 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide..Table 1: Not

Managing PBB NetworksRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide118Figure 77: Provisioning Window for a BVLAN Port List5 Make any necessary changes to th

8Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide119Figure 78: PBB Table in Network ViewsIf you also have enabled the map view of a device group, you can sele

Managing PBB NetworksRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide120Figure 79: Displaying PBB Components in a Map ViewNOTETo view PBB information from an

8Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide121BVLAN, CVLAN, and SVLAN DetailsFor BVLANs, CVLANs, and SVLANs, the following window is displayed:Figure 80

Managing PBB NetworksRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide122ISID DetailsFor ISIDs, the following window is displayed:Figure 81: ISID Details Windo

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide123CHAPTER9Managing and Monitoring VPLS DomainsA Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) domain is a Layer 2 multip

Managing and Monitoring VPLS DomainsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide124Hierarchical VPLS (H-VPLS)When MPLS is used at the edge of the network,

9Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide125This results in a significant reduction in the number of pseudo wires that need to be established and main

Managing and Monitoring VPLS DomainsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide126Figure 84: VPLS Table in Network ViewsFrom the All map view, or if you

9Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide127When you select a VPLS domain from the table, all of the peer devices for the selected VPLS domain are hig

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide11Related PublicationsThe Ridgeline documentation set includes the following:● Ridgeline Reference Guide ● Rid

Managing and Monitoring VPLS DomainsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide128Figure 87: Pseudowire Details WindowConfiguring VPLSUsing Ridgeline, yo

9Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide129Figure 88: Configuration Screen for the Create VPLS ScriptFor information on how to use Ridgeline scripts,

Managing and Monitoring VPLS DomainsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide130

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide131CHAPTER10Managing VLANsThis chapter describes how you can use Ridgeline to configure, monitor, and manage V

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide132Configuring VLANsWith Ridgeline, you can perform common VLAN configuration tasks, including c

10Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide133Figure 89: Selecting Devices to Provision3 From the Services menu, select New > VLAN, or right-click i

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide134Figure 90: VLAN Provisioning Window for Selected DevicesIn the VLAN provisioning window, the

10Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1354 Click one of the devices to view the Available ports table for the device.5 For each port or link you w

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide136Modifying a VLANFor existing VLANs, you can edit settings and deploy the changes to the devic

10Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide137Figure 94: VLAN Properties Window5 Click the setting you want to modify to bring up the provisioning wind

Related PublicationsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide12

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide138Running VLAN Configuration ScriptsRidgeline includes a number of bundled scripts that allow y

10Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide139Viewing VLAN InformationTo view information about VLANs in Ridgeline, click a device group or the All gro

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide140Displaying VLAN DetailsTo display details about a VLAN, click on the VLAN’s row in the VLAN t

10Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide141See the Ridgeline Reference Guide or the online help for information about the VLAN service details displ

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide142Figure 99: Modify Network Name Window3 Click New to open the New network name window. 4 Enter

10Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide143Figure 100: Filtering the VLAN Table Using the Network Name Quick FilterNetwork NameQuick Filter

Managing VLANsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide144

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide145CHAPTER11Managing Virtual MachinesThis chapter describes Ridgeline’s Extreme Network Virtualization (XNV).O

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide146Local virtual port profiles (LVPPs), which override network policies, must be conf

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide147Through file synchronization, the VM configuration and policy files are periodically downloaded to the XN

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide13CHAPTER1Ridgeline OverviewThis chapter describes:● The features of the Ridgeline™ software● The Ridgeline so

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide148Figure 101: Topology of XNV ConfigurationManaging the XNV Feature, VM TrackingThe

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide149● VM counters are cleared when a VM moves between ports on the same switch (because the ACLs are deleted

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide150Figure 102: VM Manager TableAdding and Importing VMsWhen you want to add a VM to y

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1511 With the Virtualization management tab open, go to File>New>VM manager. The Import VMs Wizard lau

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide152● PasswordTo edit these VM manager settings, do the following:1 On the Virtualizat

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide153To use the wizard, do the following:1 On the menu bar, open Edit and choose Edit List of VM Devices. The

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide154Figure 107: Select Devices to MonitorFigure 108: Select Device Group to Monitor3 C

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1554 Select the ports you want monitored from the Available Ports column in the dialog box. A port is grayed

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide156Figure 110: Progress Window6 To view VM tracking on a device go to the Virtualizat

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide157Figure 112: Edit List of Devices2 Choose Device or Device groups.3 Click Next. The dialog that opens asks

Ridgeline OverviewRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide14environments. Ridgeline’s open architecture accommodates a multi-vendor, service-rich envi

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide158Figure 114: Select the Ports8 To choose a device, click the device row in the left

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide159Policy Match Condition CombinationsTable 4 lists the ingress and policy match condition combinations for

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1601 Select XNV: Virtual-port profiles on the Folder List then go to File>New>V

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1615 Click Create profile. The new VPP shows on the Virtual-port profile list. See Figure 118.Figure 118: Vi

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide162Attaching a VPP to a VMTo attach a VPP to a VM, do the following: 1 On the menu ba

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide163Figure 121: Attach Virtual-Port Profile to VMs Dialog Box3 Choose a VM from the Available Virtual machine

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide164Figure 122: Attach Virtual-Port Profile to VMs Results5 The Virtual-port profile l

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide165Attaching a Policy to a VPPTo attach a policy to a VPP, do the following:1 On the menu bar go to File>

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide166Figure 125: Attach a Policy to a VPP2 Choose a policy from the list and click Atta

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide167Detaching VPPsTo begin the detach VPP operation, do the following:1 On the menu bar, go to File>Edit&g

1Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide15● Support for third-party devices. Any device running a MIB-2 compatible SNMP agent can be discovered by Ri

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide168Figure 128: Detach Virtual-Port Profiles from VMs4 Select the VM you want to detac

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide169Figure 129: Detach a VPP from a Policy4 Deselect the policies you want to detach from the VPP.5 Click Sav

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide170Figure 130: All Table View Power Status Current power status of the VM. One of the

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide171In Map view, when you select a VM, Ridgeline highlights the device and shows the number of VMs currently

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide172VM Details ViewThe VMs tab, Table view shows he VM Details on the right side of th

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide173Figure 133: VM Properties View and NIC TabNIC TabThe NIC tab (Figure 133) lists all the network interface

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide174Figure 134: History TabDevice Details with VM MonitoringThe Devices tab on Table v

11Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide175Figure 135: VM Monitoring Device DetailsVM Monitoring Audit LogInformation in the Audit Log for VM monito

Managing Virtual MachinesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide176The Actions window lets you filter the log information by hour or date and search

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide177CHAPTER12Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationThis chapter describes how use Ridgeline to configure and monitor

Ridgeline OverviewRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide16● Manage large numbers of devices. Ridgeline server can manage up to 2000 devices with a s

Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide178Creating an EAPS DomainTo create an EAPS domain, do the following:1 Under N

12Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide179Modifying an EAPS DomainFor existing EAPS domains, you can edit settings and deploy the changes to the de

Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide180Creating a Shared LinkAn EAPS shared link is a physical link that carries o

12Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1813 From the File menu, select Delete. Ridgeline prompts you to confirm your action.4 Click Yes to delete t

Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide182The EAPS Map ViewThe EAPS map view shows the devices in a device group with

12Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide183For a Transit node:● A Green T means both ring ports are up and forwarding● A Yellow T means a ring port

Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide184● A grey line indicates that the link status is unknown.● A blue line indic

12Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide185Verifying EAPS InformationRidgeline lets you verify the EAPS configurations in your network, and provides

Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide186Running EAPS ReportsYou can run the following reports to produce informatio

12Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide187EAPS Log ReportsThe EAPS log report shows the EAPS traps and EAPS-related syslog entries that have occurr

1Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide17Network ViewsRidgeline’s Network Views provide at-a-glance information about the devices, device groups, an

Managing Your EAPS ConfigurationRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide188

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide189CHAPTER13Managing Network SecurityThis chapter describes how you can use the features of Ridgeline to help

Managing Network SecurityRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide190the switch to allow only authenticated, authorized access, and securing the manage

13Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide191If you have created your own custom roles, you can set a Vendor-Specific Attribute (VSA) to send the appr

Managing Network SecurityRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide192Attribute format: StringAttribute value: AlarmsOnlyOnce this has been set up, for

13Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide193Figure 148 shows an example of adding an SNMPv3 device that uses CBC DES privacy and SHA authentication p

Managing Network SecurityRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide194b After the form is submitted, Extreme Networks will review the request and respon

13Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide195recommended) on the same system as the Ridgeline client, and installing and running an SSH server (OpenSS

Managing Network SecurityRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide196Using the MAC Address FinderYou may need to track down a specific host on your ent

13Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide197● Other packets directed to the switch that must be discarded by the CPU If any one of these functions is

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide2AccessAdapt, Alpine, Altitude, BlackDiamond, EPICenter, Essentials, Ethernet Everywhere, Extreme Enabled, Ext

Ridgeline OverviewRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide18Fault detection is based on SNMP traps, RMON traps, Syslog messages, and some limited poll

Managing Network SecurityRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide198You must make sure the Ridgeline is configured as a Syslog server on the devices y

13Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide199Chapter 10, “Managing VLANs” on page 131 for more information about how Ridgeline can help you manage the

Managing Network SecurityRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide200

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide201CHAPTER14PoliciesOverviewThe policy manager is responsible for maintaining a set of policy statements in a

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide202Figure 151: Policy DetailsViewing Policies for DevicesTo view a policy for a device, do the followi

14Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide203Creating a New PolicyTo create a new policy, do the following:1 On the Folder List go to Network Administ

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide204Figure 154: New Policy Dialog4 Click New. The New Policy Rule dialog opens and asks: What is the na

14Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide205Figure 155: New Policy Rule Dialog - Match Conditions5 Enter the Rule Name, Rule description, Rule catego

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide206Figure 156: New Policy Rule Dialog - Inputs for Match Conditions9 Enter and then select the match c

14Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide207Figure 157: New Policy Rule - Action and Action Modifiers11 If you do not select Also include these actio

1Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide19Ridgeline ReportsRidgeline Reports are HTML pages that can be accessed separately from the main Ridgeline u

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide208Figure 158: New Policy Rule - Inputs for Action Modifiers17 Click Create Rule. The New Policy dialo

14Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide209Figure 159: New Policy DialogCopying a Policy to Create a New PolicyTo copy an existing policy to create

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide210Figure 160: Save Policy As Dialog Box4 Choose the policy you want to copy from the Policies list.5

14Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide211Figure 161: Edit Policy Dialog4 Click Edit. A Policy Rule dialog opens and asks: What is the name, descri

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide212Figure 162: Policy Attached Dialog BoxDetaching a PolicyFor information about detaching a policy re

14Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide213Categorizing PoliciesYou can categorize policies to make it easier for you to find policies. This a user

PoliciesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide2145 Click Create.Categorizing Policy RulesTo categorize policy rules, do the following:1 On the Folde

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide215CHAPTER15Tuning and Debugging RidgelineThis chapter describes how to tune Ridgeline performance and feature

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide216● To disable Ridgeline management for a device, select the device in a Networ

15Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide217Through the MAC Polling Server Properties, you set the amount of load, which determines the amount of ela

Ridgeline OverviewRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide20EAPS Monitoring and Configuration VerificationEthernet Automatic Protection Switching (EAP

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide218and scoped on all devices. Therefore, tuning the alarm system can have a sign

15Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide219To disable an alarm you must modify its alarm definition: 1 Open Alarm Manager, and click the Alarm Defin

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide220Figure 167: Defining the scope of an alarmYou can scope an alarm to Device Gr

15Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide221Using Device Groups and Port Groups for Alarm ScopesSpecial-purpose Device Groups and Port Groups are ver

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide222The OIDs and devices to be polled, the poll interval, number of polling cycle

15Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide223The collection properties must be defined in the collection statement at the beginning of each collection

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide224From this page, any user can view the details of the collection, view informa

15Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide225The top area of the MIB Collection Detail Report shows the properties of the collection, as defined in th

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide226Viewing the XML Collection DefinitionTo view the collection definitions, clic

15Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide227Figure 172: A MIB Query exampleTo perform a MIB query, you enter the required data into the appropriate f

1Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide21Figure 1 illustrates the architecture of the Ridgeline software. Figure 1: Ridgeline Software ArchitectureE

Tuning and Debugging RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide228If changing ports with the Port Configuration Utility does not solve your por

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide229CHAPTER16Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsThis chapter describes how you can use to create and edit Ri

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide230See http://www.tcl.tk for a list of Tcl commands supported in Ridgeli

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide231Figure 174: Ridgeline Scripts ViewThe Scripts table lists all of the scripts configured in Ridgeline. To

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide232Figure 175: Ridgeline Script Editor WindowThe Ridgeline Script Editor

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide233Creating a New Ridgeline ScriptTo create a new Ridgeline script, select New > Script from the Ridgelin

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide234Tags” and “Ridgeline-Specific System Variables” in the Ridgeline Refe

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide235Figure 178: Defining variables in the metadata section of a scriptWhen you do this, the variables appear

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide236To save the script, select Save As... from the File menu. Ridgeline p

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide237● Whether to create an entry in the Ridgeline Audit Log when this script is run.The first two settings ap

Ridgeline OverviewRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide22The Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIBRidgeline can use statistics gathered from the Remote Moni

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide238Running a ScriptTo run a script, do one of the following:● Select a d

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide239Figure 184: Selecting the Order for Executing a ScriptAfter the sequence for script execution has been se

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide240To modify the script parameters for a device, select the device in th

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide241Click Next to display a window where you can view the runtime information for the script and run it on th

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide242Figure 188: Progress and Results of Script ExecutionYou can display t

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide243Figure 189: Import Script Window3 In the From field, specify the location on your local system where the

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide244Figure 190: Categorize Script Window4 To create a new category, click

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide245Figure 192: Script Tasks Table From the Script Tasks table, you can configure parameters for a script tas

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide246Using the Audit Log to Troubleshoot Ridgeline ScriptsThe Ridgeline Au

16Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide247Within each tab are filters that allow you to limit the information in the display based on the time peri

1Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide23Optionally, you can use SSH2 instead of Telnet to communicate with Extreme Networks devices. This requires

Creating and Running Ridgeline ScriptsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide248Figure 196: Response Detail Window for a ScriptThe response detail wi

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide249CHAPTER17Using Identity ManagementThis chapter describes how to use Ridgeline to monitor the logon and netw

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide250Figure 197: User Matched to a Defined RoleRole-Based Access ControlYou enable role

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide251Figure 198: Roles and PoliciesPoliciesRouting protocol applications use policies to control the use of ro

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide252Figure 199: Hierarchical Role Management ExampleTo create a role hierarchy, you de

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide253Figure 200: Role HierarchyRole InheritanceChild roles inherit the policies of the parent role in the hier

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide254LDAP Attributes and Server SelectionActive Directory provides lightweight director

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide255Figure 202: Enable Monitoring —Choose Devices3 Choose Devices or a Device group.4 Choose a device or devi

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide256Figure 203: Enable Monitoring—Device Selection 6 If you have chosen Device groups

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide257Figure 204: Enable Monitoring—Device GroupsFigure 205: Enable Monitoring—Port Selection8 Choose the devic

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Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide25811 The Result dialog opens and shows a summary of the ports. See Figure 206.You ca

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide259Figure 207: Enable Monitoring Wizard—Successful Results13 To view the details of the script run, choose a

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide260Figure 208: Edit Ports of Network Users devices6 Click Save changes to modify the

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide261Figure 209: Choosing Disable Monitoring3 A dialog asks you to confirm your selection. See Figure 210.Figu

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide262Figure 212: Enabling Role Based Access Control Choice on the File Menu

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide263Figure 213: Choose Devices to Enable Role-based Access Control2 Choose the devices you want.3 Click Next.

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide264Figure 214: Client Configuration Dialog Box4 Choose a VLAN from the drop down list

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide265Disabling Role-based Access ControlTo disable role-based access control, do the following:1 On the menu b

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide266A role can:● Be independent of a parent or a child● Have children (8 maximum)● Hav

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide267● Can have a maximum of 32 characters.● Can contain only alphabetic characters, numerals, hyphens, and un

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide25CHAPTER2Getting Started with RidgelineThis chapter covers how to use some of the basic features of the Ridge

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide2684 Type the values for the match criteria in the entry field on the right and choos

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide269Figure 221: Child Role Match Criteria Conditions3 Enter the role name. You can also enter a description a

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide270Figure 222: Create Child Role—Inherit Parent Match Criteria5 Add more match condit

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide271Figure 223: Create Child Role—Match CriteriaTree View shows the new child role in the hierarchy. Table Vi

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide272Figure 224: Inherit a Role from a Different Parent—Drop Down list3 Choose the pare

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide273Figure 226: Configured Roles Table ViewViewing Role DetailsDetails about the role show on the right of th

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide274Figure 228: Role Details Definition and Policies TabEditing RolesYou can edit role

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide275Figure 229: Edit Roles Dialog3 Click OK.Deleting RolesWhen you delete a role definition, the changes are

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide276Policy Match Condition CombinationsTable 8 lists the ingress policy match conditio

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide277Figure 232: Attach Policies to Roles Dialog Box2 Choose a role from the Roles list. See Figure 232.3 Choo

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide26Starting the Ridgeline ServerThe Ridgeline Server consists of two components:

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide278Figure 233: Attach Roles and Policies Summary Page5 Click Finish. The Roles list s

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide279After you have detached a policy from a role, you can delete the policy that was attached with the role.

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide280● If the connection succeeds, the second server is marked Active and all further L

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide281Figure 237: Manage Servers MenuFigure 238: LDAP Server Configuration and Edit Dialog Box3 Click New at th

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide282Figure 239: New Directory Server Dialog Box5 Click Next. The dialog box that opens

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide283Figure 240: Client IP Configuration Window7 Change Directory Server Client Attributes. You can also reset

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide284Figure 241: Edit a Directory Server Configuration 2 Select the server you want the

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide285Figure 242: Edit a Specific Client Configuration4 Edit the client properties you want to modify. 5 Click

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide286Figure 243: Delete Directory Server DialogViewing Network User InformationAfter Id

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide287Figure 244: Network User Dashboard Reports on the Ridgeline Home PageTo place a dashboard on the Ridgelin

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide27To launch the Ridgeline Client, you need to have the following information:● The name or IP address of the

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide288Active Users TabFigure 245 shows the Active Users tab of the Users table.Figure 24

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide289Inactive and Active Users TabFigure 245 shows the Inactive and Active Users tab of the Users table.Figure

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide290Displaying Network User DetailsTo display details about a specific user or device,

17Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide291Figure 247: Network User Details WindowThe Network User details window has the following fields:User name

Using Identity ManagementRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide292Displaying Identity Management ReportsUsing information gathered from Identity Man

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide293CHAPTER18Managing Network Device Configurations and UpdatesThis chapter describes how to use Ridgeline to m

Managing Network Device Configurations and UpdatesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide294Figure 249: Scheduling archival configuration file upload

18Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide295When you view information about the configuration files that have been uploaded for a device in the main

Managing Network Device Configurations and UpdatesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide296Figure 250: Configuration change report for changes detec

18Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide297Managing Firmware UpgradesManaging the versions of firmware on your devices can be a significant task, si

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide1Table of ContentsPreface...

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide285 Ridgeline checks if your system is running the correct version of the Java p

Managing Network Device Configurations and UpdatesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide298Figure 251: Firmware Manager Window

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide299APPENDIXATroubleshootingThis appendix describes how to resolve problems you may encounter with Ridgeline.Tr

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide300Enabling the Java ConsoleTo facilitate problem diagnosis, you can attempt to duplicate the proble

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide301To change the color palette, double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel, select the Settings tab, a

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide302To recover the database in Solaris, do the following:1 Open a shell window (csh is used for the f

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide303See “Administering Ridgeline” in the Ridgeline Reference Guide for information on Ridgeline Administration.

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide304configure log filter DefaultFilter add exclude events All match string “<EPIC_ip_addr> <

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide3054 Select the connection you want Ridgeline to use, use the up and down arrow buttons at the right to move i

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide306Problem: An RMON rule is defined to monitor a counter variable, and to cause an alarm when the co

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide307Ridgeline InventoryProblem: Multiple switches have the same name.This is because the sysName of those switc

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide29Getting HelpThis guide provides an overview of the Ridgeline software features with the goal of showing how

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide308ReportsProblem: After viewing reports, added a user-defined report, but it doesn’t appear in the

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide309APPENDIXBConfiguring Devices for Use With RidgelineThis appendix describes how to configure certain feature

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide310Setting Ridgeline as a Trap ReceiverWhen Extreme devices are added to the Ridgeline inventory, th

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide311● Launching of third-party proprietary device-related toolsThrough this framework, integration of third-par

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide312XML files for third-party devices extend and further specify properties unique to each device typ

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide313The following are examples of the 3Com_SuperstackerII_1100.xml file and its parent, 3Com.xml. The 3Com.xml

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide314The OID folderDevice images used for display in inventory and on topology maps, are kept in the e

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide315For example, the dpsimages.zip file included the file 3comicons.gif, which matches the name specified in th

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide316</deviceType>Note that in the case of 3COM, the Telnet integration is handled at the device

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide317The following is a sample entry for an SNMP V1 trap:<Event Type="6" SubType="117" Ty

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide30Figure 5: Components of the Ridgeline User Interface (Network Views Window)The

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide318Once this integration has been accomplished, you can launch the third-party application from Ridg

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide319APPENDIXCUsing SSH for Secure CommunicationThis appendix describes in detail how to set up secure tunneling

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide320Step 1: Install PuTTY on the Ridgeline Client PuTTY is a free SSH application that can be downloa

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide321Click on SSH in the left column tree, then select 2 for Preferred SSH protocol version, as shown in Figure

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide322Figure 256: SSH Tunneling Settings5 Click the Local radio button. 6 For the Source port type the

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide323Figure 257: Saving the Session ProfileStep 3: Installing OpenSSH ServerThe following section demonstrates t

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide324Figure 258: Choose Installation Type4 Click the Install from Internet radio button, then click Ne

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide325Figure 260: Select Local Package Directory6 In the Local Package Directory field type C:\cygwin, then click

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide3269 Find the line cygrunsrv, click on the word skip so that an X appears in Column B. 10 Click Next

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide327Figure 263: System Variable for Cygwin Successfully Added14 From the Environment Variables window, scroll t

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide31Modifying Table ViewsMuch of the information displayed in Ridgeline is in tabular format. You can sort the

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide328Figure 265: Modifying the PathClick OK. 16 Next, open a cygwin window (by double clicking the Cyg

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide329To configure the Windows Firewall to allow SSH connects, do the following:1 Open the Windows Control Panel

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide3303 In the Name field, type SSH, and type and 22 for the Port number. Click the TCP radio button, t

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide331APPENDIXDConfiguring RADIUS for Ridgeline AuthenticationThis appendix describes in detail how to set up an

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide3321 To add a group, select the appropriate domain under Active Directory Users and Computers, then

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide3331 In the Users list right-click on a user name and display the Properties dialog. Figure 271: The Propertie

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide334Figure 273: Adding a group for the user4 Click the Dial-in tab and select the Allow access and th

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide335Figure 275: Adding a RADIUS Client to IAS3 Select RADIUS Standard from the Client-Vendor drop-down menu, an

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide336Figure 277: Verify the RADIUS client in IASStep 4. Create a Remote Access Policy for Ridgeline Us

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide337Figure 278: Configuring a Remote Access Policy using the wizard3 To configure the Access Method (Figure 279

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide32Moving Tabbed Windows in RidgelineTabbed windows in Ridgeline are dockable, wh

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide338Figure 280: The User or Group Access selection 5 Select the Group radio button, then click Add...

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide339Figure 282: The Locations window7 Select the appropriate domain (the ebcdemo.com domain in this example) wh

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide340Figure 284: The User or Group Access window after selecting the domain and group9 Next, select th

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide341Step 5. Edit the Remote Access Policy to add a VSAEdit each new Remote Access Policy to add a Vendor Specif

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide342Figure 287: The Properties window for a remote access policy2 Remove the NAS-Port-Type matches Et

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide343Figure 288: The Edit Profile window, Authentication Tab4 Select the Authentication tab, and check Unencrypt

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide344Figure 290: The Edit Profile window, Advanced Tab7 Select Vendor-Specific and click Add. The Mult

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide345Figure 292: The Vendor-Specific Attribute Information window9 Select the Enter Vendor Code radio button, an

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide34610 In the next window, provide the following:Enter 210 for the Vendor-assigned attribute number.S

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide347Step 6. Configure Ridgeline as a RADIUS ClientOnce Ridgeline is configured in IAS as a RADIUS client, you m

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide33Using DiscoveryWhen you first install Ridgeline, the device inventory is empty. The easiest way to populate

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Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide349APPENDIXERidgeline UtilitiesThis appendix describes several utilities and scripts, commands shipped with th

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide350Ridgeline_debug_info_<timestamp>.zip and is placed in the top-level Ridgeline server instal

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide351Figure 296: Ridgeline Port Configuration UtilityThere are two tabs, one for the Web (HTTP) port, and one fo

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide352device configurations. You can specify a list of devices in a file and have them added in a singl

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide353Options such as the user login names and passwords and community strings, apply to all devices specified in

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide354● To add two devices (10.205.0.98 and 10.205.0.99) to the Ridgeline database on the local host, w

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide355● slots.bat <options> (Windows), or slots.sh <options> (Linux or Solaris) exports slot inform

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide356NOTEThe inv.bat, inv.sh, slot.bat, and slot.sh scripts retrieve information only from an Ridgelin

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide357variable may be helpful in diagnosing problems with a device or its configuration, if its behavior as seen

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide34Figure 8: Results of a discoveryTo add devices to the database, select the set

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide358SNMPCLI ExamplesThe following examples illustrate the usage of these commands.● To retrieve the v

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide359The Ridgeline user name is required. All other parameters are optional. The basic command displays informat

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide360● You can specify only one Ridgeline server (database) in a command. If you want to display alarm

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide361● To display all alarm log entries for the alarm named FanFailed in the local Ridgeline database that occur

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide362● You can specify only one Ridgeline server (database) in a command. If you want to search device

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide363● You can specify each search domain option multiple times.- Wildcards are not supported for device IP addr

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide364This command provides a command-line version of some of the functionality available in the Ridgel

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide365● You can specify only one Ridgeline server (database) in a command. If you want to upload or download to o

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide366NOTEMake sure the software version you download is compatible with the switch. If you download an

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide367This command includes options for specifying Ridgeline server access information, the operation to be perfo

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide35Figure 9: Adding Devices to Ridgeline IndividuallyRidgeline pre-fills the fields in the window with the def

Book TitleRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide368ImportResources ExamplesThe following examples illustrate the usage of these commands.● To import

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide369To use the configFreeRadius command, do the following:1 Open a command line console (Figure 297) and enter

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Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide371IndexNumerics802.1Q tag, 131, 198AAbout Ridgeline window, 299access levels. See user rolesActive users tabT

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide372E-Line, ELAN, importing services, 103enableIdentity Management, 249Enabling VMtracking, 152Error and result

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide373Server State Summary, 49Slot Inventory report, 48Syslog, 48Unused Port, 48Ridgeline, 310architecture, 21com

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide374Virtual machine Manager table, 149VLAN Services, 140VLANs802.1Q tag, 131, 198for security, 198protocol filt

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide36Using Network ViewsAfter you add devices to Ridgeline, they appear in Ridgelin

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide37The table has the following tabs:In the Map View for a selected device group, the devices relevant to the o

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide2Creating the Device Inventory ...

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide38The status of items in Network Views is displayed graphically, with icons indi

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide39Figure 13: Network Topology Map View A network topology map is a graphical representation of a device group

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide40To display the Device Inventory for a device, click on the device’s row in the

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide41Figure 15: Device Properties windowThe Device Properties window displays a set of tabs at the top of the wi

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide42Figure 16: Ridgeline Telnet WindowThe Ridgeline Telnet window is a two-tone wi

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide43The file name is in the format <device_ipaddr>-<date>-<time>.txt; for example: 10_210_12_

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide44Figure 17: Configure TFTP ServerUse the cursor to scan the entire path to the

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide45Using the Ridgeline Alarm ManagerThe Ridgeline Alarm Manager provides fault detection and alarm handling fo

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide46for Use With Ridgeline” on page 309 for information on registering Ridgeline a

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide47reports by logging directly into the Reports feature from a browser, without running the Ridgeline client:

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide3Chapter 5: Provisioning Network Resources ...

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide48In addition to the Network Summary Report, Ridgeline provides the following re

2Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide49See the Ridgeline online Help or the “Ridgeline Reports” chapter of the Ridgeline Reference Guide for detai

Getting Started with RidgelineRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide50

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide51CHAPTER3Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsThis chapter describes how you can use the Ridgeline groupin

Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide52Figure 20: Displaying a Device GroupThe Network Views folder in the

3Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide53Group Membership GuidelinesGroups can contain only one kind of object: ports cannot be members of device gr

Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide54Figure 21: New Group Window2 Enter the name and optional description

3Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide55Figure 22: Copy to Device Group Window4 Select the group in which you want to place the device. Note that a

Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide56Figure 23: Device Details Window 3 The Device Details window lists a

3Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide57Adding Ports from Multiple Devices to a Port GroupIf the port group will contain ports from multiple device

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide4Displaying VMAN Details ...

Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide58Figure 26: Port Selection Window5 The port selection window lists al

3Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide59To copy or move a group to another group, do the following:1 In the Network Views folder, select the group

Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide60Figure 27: Properties Window for a Device Group3 Add or change infor

3Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide61Figure 28: Group Details WindowGroups and subgroups within the hierarchy are indicated by a vertical bar (|

Organizing Devices and Ports Into GroupsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide62Figure 29: Save As Window3 Select whether to save the only the viewa

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide63CHAPTER4Using Map ViewsThis chapter describes Ridgeline’s Map View feature and how you can use it to create

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide64Figure 30: Map View of a Device Group The main components of an Ridgeline Map View are the fo

4Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide65Map ElementsThe following elements can appear on a map:Device Nodes. Device nodes represent the managed de

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide66Subgroup Nodes. A subgroup node represents a child map of the current map. It resembles a fo

4Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide67NOTEFor devices with EDP and/or LLDP disabled or not supported, you can manually add user-defined links to

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide5Verifying EAPS Information...

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide68NOTERidgeline does not support load sharing on devices running ExtremeXOS. Navigating MapsTo

4Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide69Figure 31: Navigation Box in a Map ViewUse the smaller box within the Navigation Box to move around a large

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide70Creating a Map for a Device GroupSince a map is a graphical representation of a device group,

4Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide71alarm icon (small bell). The alarm status shows the highest level alarm currently unacknowledged for the de

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide72To create a user-defined link, do the following:1 Display the map for the device group by cli

4Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide73To remove the inactive links for all the devices in all device groups:● From the Map menu, select Clear ina

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide74Adding a Device AnnotationA device annotation is a single line of text that can be placed wit

4Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide75Deleting MapsTo delete the maps for a device group, do the following:1 In the Ridgeline Administration fold

Using Map ViewsRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide76

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide77CHAPTER5Provisioning Network ResourcesRidgeline’s network resource provisioning feature simplifies network c

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide6Exporting the Collected Data ...

Provisioning Network ResourcesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide781 Under Network Views, select the folder containing the devices you want to co

5Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide793 From the Services menu, select New > VLAN, or right-click in the Navigation Table and select VLAN from

Provisioning Network ResourcesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide80Figure 40: Progress and Results Window for VLAN Provisioning Tasks8 Ridgeline

5Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide813 Right-click in the Navigation Table and select the setting you want to modify from the pop-up menu.For a

Provisioning Network ResourcesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide82Figure 42: VLAN Properties Window5 Click the setting you want to modify to bri

5Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide83Troubleshooting for Provisioning TasksRidgeline’s provisioning interface makes it easy to identify errors i

Provisioning Network ResourcesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide84NOTEOnly one provisioning request can be processed on the Ridgeline server at

5Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide85You can double-click a row in the table to display the progress and results details in a separate window.Fi

Provisioning Network ResourcesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide86

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide87CHAPTER6Managing Ethernet ServicesAn Ethernet service is a method for provisioning Ethernet connectivity ove

Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide7Configuring a New Directory Server...

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide88Figure 47: E-Line ServiceWhen Ridgeline provisions an E-Line service, it also adds

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide89Bandwidth ProfilesBy default, an E-Line or E-LAN service provides best-effort service for customer traffic

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide90Figure 49: E-Line Service Provisioning Window2 Enter a name for the new E-Line or

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide91Figure 50: Traffic Mapping Options for an Ethernet service (VLAN or VMAN Transport Type)

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide92Figure 51: Traffic Mapping Options for an Ethernet service (PBB BVLAN Transport Ty

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide93Figure 52: Validation Window for an Ethernet Service13 If the validation is successful, click Create Ethern

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide94Figure 53: Provisioning Window for an Ethernet Service14 After Ridgeline successfu

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide953 If you select Properties from the pop-up menu, the Properties window for the Ethernet service is displaye

Managing Ethernet ServicesRidgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide96Figure 56: Customer Profile Configuration Window2 Click New to create a new custom

6Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide97Figure 58: Bandwidth Profile Configuration Window2 Click New to create a new bandwidth profile, or select a