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OPV XG Demo Mode 12.0
Version: March 09, 2014
What is new?
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The current Demo Mode is version 12.0.0.17
The current Released Code is version 12.0.0.167
The network configuration has been updated to optimize the wireless mapping feature.
The EURT feature is fully self-supporting in demo mode – the XG does not need to be
connected to a TruView in order to show the EURT functions.
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Gotchas – things to AVOID
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Classifying the demo network as “Public network” in Windows network settings
o It should be set to “Work network”. If set to “Public network” the Windows Firewall will
block some of the OPV XG discovery activities on the management port.
o See how to fix in “1. Installing the Demo Database”
Booting OPV XG with the Management Port connected to the B-Port
o Remove the cable before booting.
o Only interconnect the management port and port B with an Ethernet cable AFTER you
launched the Demo Mode application window and before selecting the “start” button.
Stopping Demo Mode and connecting it to the customer network without rebooting.
o A reboot is critical because there are many configurations that are changed. It also
ensures that your configuration prior to using DemoMode is restored.
Not rebooting will generate some very strange results!
V12: When using the Remote User Interface to show EURT…
o The EURT screen requires TCP port 1698 to be open between the XG and the
Remote UI.
Installing the Demo Database
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Download the OPV XG Demo Database file from
https://invision.flukenetworks.com/viewfromthefield/esv_products_OptiViewXG_software.asp
onto a USB memory stick or directly onto the OPV XG.
• Close the OPV XG UI.
• Do not uninstall previous Demo Mode installations!
• Execute the Demo Mode installation file “DemoMode_setup_12.0.0.17”.
• Follow the installation instructions.
• When asked to install WinPCAP, click ok and follow the installation instructions.
• To finish the installation, reboot the OPV XG.
IMPORTANT - Only install this demo database on the OPVXG, never on a regular PC.
Checking configuration of the Demo Database
Start Demo Mode as described in
“3. Starting the Demo Mode”
When prompted by Windows, configure the demo
network as “Work network”.
This is critical – when the network is set to “Public
network” the Windows Firewall will block some of the
OPV XG discovery activities on the management
port.
After demo mode is running for about 3 minutes,
check on the OPV XG Connectivity Dashboard your
demo mode discovery results. Compare to the
information shown in the panels on the right.
If your results are similar, you have properly installed
and configured demo mode.
If your results are different, check the following
configuration:
• Is the test network configured as “Work network”?
With the demo mode running, check the setting by
opening the Windows “Network and Sharing
Center” by clicking the Start button
, and then
clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type
network, and then click Network and Sharing
Center. Ensure it is set to “Work network” or
change accordingly.
Starting the Demo Mode
On the OPV XG Desktop, double-click the
Demo Mode icon.
The OPV UI will be automatically closed if
it is running.
The OPV Demo Mode application window
will prompt you to connect the OPV XG
Management Port with the B-Port with an
Ethernet cable.
IMPORTANT – keep the ports
disconnected when the unit is booting and
only connect after demo mode is up.
After connecting the Management Port with
the B-Port, and you have verified that the
link is active, click the Start button.
Once the Demo mode window indicates
“Running”, the OPV XG user interface
will be automatically launched.
Using Demo Mode
After starting and launching the Demo Mode as described above, the OPV XG application is automatically
launched.
The Demo Mode application is generating the following data through the management port:
• Background traffic to show traffic and protocol statistics.
• Replies to DHCP and DNS queries from the OPV application.
• Replies to discovery queries such as pings and SNMP queries. Some of the SNMP queries provide
varying results to provide a more “lifely” picture for NetFlow, interface and resource utilization.
• Also generates pre-configured Key Device and Application Infrastructure tests, that enable you to demo
those important aspects of the product.
IMPORTANT:
• The discovery process takes about 3 minutes to complete. OPV XG will discover the demo network just
as it discovers other networks.
• Key Device and Application Infrastructure tests are starting to accumulate test results as soon as the
OPV Demo Mode is started. Due to the frequency of those tests (about one every minute) it will take
some time until the graphs are populated.
The discovery
progress is shown in
the OPV Status screen
as if in a real
environment.
After an initial
discovery cycle, all
screens on the OPV
are showing results.
NEW IN V12 – End-User Response Time from TruView
Use the top navigation
button “Network
Analysis” and select
“End User Response
Time”.
NOTE: XG in demo
mode does NOT need
to be connected to a
TruView for this to
work – the demo is
fully self-contained.
Choose “PC-16” as the
client (the site
“Springfield” will
automatically populate)
and “Oracle” as the
application, then hit
“Apply”
IMPORTANT
The EURT screen requires TCP port 1698 to be open between the XG and the Remote UI.
The resulting graph
clearly shows that PC16 is experiencing
about 2x the EURT of
its site.
Point out the Heat
Chart that clearly
shows a Network
issue.
“Flip the card” by
clicking the arrows:
…or, select Client
EURT Breakdown, and
scroll down to TCP
Health to find a
dramatic number of
retransmissions.
Go to Path Analysis,
and set up PC-16 and
Oracle.Server as the
source & destination
devices. Drill in to find
FCS errors, and duplex
mismatch between
AccessSwitch-1 and
L3-switch2-FHRP.
Infrastructure Health Dashboard and Problem Navigation
The Infrastructure
Health panel shows
problems for a number
of devices. You can
drill into any of those
problems to see more
detail.
Selecting “Problem
Log” will show the
problem log entry with
the respective problem
description.
When you double-click
on any of the
problems, XG will
guide you to the
device’s Device Detail
information.
In device detail, in
addition to the
connectivity
information, all
problems detected on
this device are listed.
All problems shown in
Demo Mode have the
respective data to back
up the problem, such
as interface errors.
Discovery
A total of 50 devices in 14
IPv4 and IPv6 networks are
simulated in Demo Mode.
Please see the Demo Mode
network map in Annex 1 for
the detailed layout.
When you select the
“Discovery” main navigation
button, you will have a choice
of “Device List” (“traditional
discovery mode”) or “Network
Map” (new in v11!)
Switches
All switches provide detailed
device information and all
have interface statistics
including hosts on port.
Routers
NetFlow data is provided by
all routers with the
icon
Do not use routers with the
information icon
- those
do not respond to SNMP
agents and therefore have no
device detail.
All other routers have data for
each device detail, including
device resource statistics.
Servers
The Hypervisor
contains
one VM
which can also be
seen in Device Detail – Virtual
Machine tab.
Of the 3 network servers, the
“web-server7” has animated
system resources which can
be seen in the “Device Detail
– SNMP tables – Device
Resources” tab. Just click the
refresh button
and you see how those
values update.
You can also see a trending
graph of this under the
Application Infrastructure test.
Wireless Devices
A short selection of the
various wireless devices is
shown.
The “Wireless-LANController” shows in the
“Device Detail – Wireless” tab
the various networks and
devices controlled by this
controller.
Interface Link Aggregation (LAG)
Link Aggregation or Port Channel allows the combination of multiple ports into a single channel to provide greater
bandwidth. All switches supporting LAG in the demo database have “LAG” in their name.
In the Discovery tab, select
“L3-switch3-LAG.demo.net”
and click on “Device Detail”.
Go to the Device Detail –
Interface screen. In order to
see interfaces that have LAG
enabled, you need to enable
the “Port Channel” column.
Select the column selector
on the right site of the
interface table, and enable
the “Port Channel” check box.
You may want to move the
Port Channel column further
to the left of the table to make
it easier to see by clicking the
“Move up” button a few times.
Select the Port Channel
column to bring the Port
Channels to the top.
Sorting by the Port Channel
name shows the physical
interfaces creating the virtual
LAG interface, indicated by
the same name.
Each virtual interface (here
selected “Port-Channel3”)
shows the aggregation of the
traffic statistics and devices
connected for the link group.
LAG interfaces are also
shown in Path Analysis
including a pop-up that
depicts the physical interfaces
aggregated to this virtual
interface. At this point the
demo database does not
support such a demo.
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a Cisco proprietary redundancy protocol for establishing a fault-tolerant
default layer 3 gateway, and has been described in detail in RFC 2281. All layer 3 devices supporting HSRP in
the demo database have “HSRP” in their name.
In the Discovery tab, select
“L3-switch2-FHRP.demo.net”
and click on “Device Detail”.
FHRP stands for “First Hop
Redundancy Protocol”, of
which HSRP is one of the
possible implementations.
Go to the “Device Detail –
Router Redundancy” screen.
This tab shows for each
virtual IP address configured
on this router the currently
active router and the standby
router.
Network Mapping
Network Map is the
alternative way to view
Discovery data. NOTE: for the
map to be most interesting, it
is best to let Demo Mode run
until the status is “Complete”.
The map view may be
customized with various
selections of subnet, device
types, layout, device details
and link details. The checkbox
selection for “graph”
determines what will be
shown in the user interface
and “table” determines what
will be displayed when
choosing CSV report output.
Creating a CSV network
inventory report is done by
selecting the OptiView icon
(upper left navigation button) /
Reports / CSV Report –
WHEN VIEWING
DISCOVERY VIA THE
DEVICE LIST.
To create an INTERFACE
INVENTORY, view discovery
via the Network Map. The
procedure for creating the
CSV report is the same.
1-Click NetTest
The 1-Click NetTest executes a series of tests with one click, which Network Engineers are using to proof it is not
a network problem: ping, layer 2 and 3 path analysis, and device health analysis.
The 1-Click NetTest is located
in the “Related Tasks” area
when selecting a device in the
“Discovery” tab or when in the
“Device Detail” screen.
In the “Discovery” tab select
“Hypervisor-1.demo.net” and
select the “Run 1-Click
NetTest” in the Related Task
area.
The results are depicted in
the picture and the tabular
results.
With just one more click on
the report icon
, the
overview shown here
including additional details
can be printed for the network
engineer to communicate the
results to his peers and
manager.
With just one additional click
of a button, this
1-Click NetTest can be
converted into an Application
Infrastructure test, or if one is
already configured for this
device launch directly into the
Application Infrastructure test
screen.
Clicking on either the path
image or the results in the
table provides additional
details on the problem,
including links into other OPV
XG screens that provide
additional details.
The “Path Analysis Results”
button provides a link to the
Path Analysis tab, showing
the detailed results of this
test.
Network Analysis – Graphical Path Analysis
Path Analysis - now provides
graphical view of the path
between OPV XG and a
remote device while trending
interface utilization and errors
on each port along the path.
This may also be an
interesting follow-on
demonstration from the 1-click
NetTest using the link in the
path health pop-up.
Running Path Analysis works
for all servers, hosts and
printers.
NEW IN V12:
For best results, choose the
Source Device as “PC-16”
and “Oracle-Server” as the
Destination. This PC’s access
switch has an up link on
which there is a duplex
mismatch. THESE ARE THE
SAME DEVICES TO
DEMONSTRATE PATH
ANALYSIS IN TRUVIEW
DEMO MODE.
Click on one of the errored
interfaces to bring up the popup. Follow the FCS Errors
link, and show the duplex
issue on these two switches
in Device Details.
A display selector allows
displaying Utilization in either
Mbps or as % of bandwidth,
both displaying error counts
as well. Furthermore, Errors
and discard counts can be
displayed as well (there are
no errors in this simulation).
Screens with larger than OPV
XG resolution will show all
three graphs in one view.
Important – In and out
utilization and error counts
are shown side by side for
each of the input and output
ports.
The utilization scale for both
in & out port are on the left,
while the error scale for both
in & out port are on the right
of the graph.
Each of the layer 2 path areas
(green) and the layer 3 path
area (blue) have a small
minus icon. When selected,
those collapse this area for
easier analysis and display of
the relevant information.
Selecting the plus icon will
expand this area again.
Error/Warning icons indicate
problems either on
the interface level or
the device level.
The selection “Show
Summary” in the lower right
hand corner of the graphical
path analysis view provides
the traditional tabular view.
Clicking on any port shows
the interface health for the
port traversed as well.
Network Navigator
Network Navigator provides
an instant, navigable picture
of network switches and
connected devices, using
both LLDP/CDP information
and connected host
information from the switch’s
forwarding table.
The most powerful demo can
be done by selecting the
Switch “L3-switch2-FHRP” in
the discovery screen and
clicking “View Network
Navigator for this device” in
the “Related Tools” section.
This will present the switch
with all connected devices in
the new “Device Detail |
Network Navigator” tab.
To see a network device
centric view of the devices
connected to this switch,
select only the “Show
CDP/LLDP Neighbors”. It
displays all adjacent
neighbors that have CDP
and/or LLDP enabled, mostly
network devices and servers.
Selecting the
icon on a
connected device shows all
the devices connected to this
device, while collapsing any
other devices on the root
device. OptiView displays for
each device:
• Device type & best name
• Interface chassis/slot/port,
trunk, or port channel
• Health status of the
connected device. When
selected a pop-up provides
additional detail of the
problems found.
Selecting the “Show
Connected Hosts” displays
all devices connected to the
device, based on information
found in the switch’s
forwarding table. This
provides those devices that
usually do not have
CDP/LLDP enabled, such as
PC clients.
A very powerful presentation
of this feature can be seen
when selecting the
on “AccessPoint 2”.
icon
Selecting the
icon on
“AccessPoint 2” shows the
hosts connected to this
access point, in this case
another OPV XG.
Application Infrastructure
The Application Infrastructure tab
shows results for each test
configured.
IMPORTANT – configuring additional
tests or devices in this screen will
show up as an entry, but may not
generate results.
“web-server7” provides interesting
trended Device Resource results.
“Router-NetFlow” provides NetFlow
results.
Clicking on any of the bars in the
graph provides the list of the top
talkers for this period:
Key Devices
Key Devices
The Key Device tab shows results for
each of the tests configured. All
trended tests show variations in their
results.
IMPORTANT – configuring additional
tests or devices in this screen will
show up as an entry, but may not
generate results.
The “Hypervisor-1” provides some
interesting interface statistics.
The bar graph can be scaled using
the auto-scale button
and the zoom buttons
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Local Connectivity Dashboard
The Local Connectivity
Dashboard depicts how
OPV XG is connected,
including nearest switch
and nearest router
interface statistics. Their
interface statistics are
animated, but will take
some time to fill in, as
these measurements are
made once every 30
seconds.
The Web connectivity test
provides results as well.
As mentioned above, all
problem links have data to
back-up the conditions
depicted.
Traffic Analysis Dashboard
Traffic Statistics in this panel
as well as in the Traffic
Analysis tab are generated
by XG creating background
traffic through the
management port.
Closing the Demo Mode
Step 1: Close the OPV application; the
OPV Demo Mode application Window
will be showing.
Step 2: Select the “Stop” button.
Step 3: A pop-up will instruct you to
remove the cable between the
Management Port and the B-Port. Do so,
and then select “OK” to restart the unit.
IMPORTANT: It is critical that you
restart OPV XG after using the demo
database BEFORE connecting to any
other network. Otherwise, the
management port will continue to act as
a DHCP and DNS server, and the demo
mode application infrastructure and key
device tests will make periodic queries to
addresses that may not exist, perhaps
triggering intrusion detection alarms.
Remote Access to the OPV when in Demo Mode
When in demo mode, all of the wireline Network-Under-Test ports and the management port are in use
and not available for remote connectivity. Instead use the “general use” wireless card for remote
connection into the OPV.
For wireless connectivity, select the wireless
network icon
in the Windows task bar and
connect with the card labeled “(general use)”, not
“(AirMagnet use only)”. The number of the card
(Wi-Fi #1 or Wi-Fi #2) may vary.
IMPORTANT – in the typical corporate network,
you will not get access to the internal network
unless OPV XG is part of a domain. At best, you
will get access to the public Internet.
The following applications can be used to share the OPV-XG UI remotely:
• WebEx through the OPV XG Internet Explorer browser and then sharing the desktop or the OPV application.
WebEx has the added advantage that Firewall settings are often not in the way of a remote connection, and that
the application can be shared across multiple users.
• Using the remote OPV browser – external firewall settings may prohibit the connectivity. OPV requires the
following ports for remote connectivity:
o TCP port range 1695 to 1697 and
o UDP port range 1695 to 1697.
• Remote desktop
Annex A – Demo Mode Network Diagram
The following depiction shows the primary components, their name, IP address, and connectivity as simulated
by Demo Mode.
Access
Point-2
10.250.8.3
WirelessLANController
5 Addresses
LightweightAccessPoint-3
10.250.8.132, .51
Wireless-Client-1 10.250.0.102
Wireless-Client-4 10.250.1.192
Wireless-Client-5 10.250.1.164
Router-NetFlow
L3-switch1-LAG-FHRP
L3-switch2-FHRP
L3-switch3-LAG
Access
Switch-1
Hypervisor-1
10.250.0.81
VirtualMachine-1
10.250.0.146
Other hosts and Fluke Tools not shown
SwitchDHCP
X No Path analysis
Annex B – How to Demonstrate Network Performance Test (NPT)
NPT can be demonstrated with a LR-AT2000, as shown below, or LinkRunner Pro/Duo with Reflector option.
BEST would be to demonstrate with the Performance Test Remote!
To demonstrate NPT with the Performance Test Remote, you can directly connect a patch cord from one of the
XG’s 1G ports to the PTR RJ port. Both instruments must be configured with static IP addresses, and be in the
same network, for example:
OptiView XG
10.0.0.1
255.255.255.0
PTR
10.0.0.2
255.255.255.0
Alternatively, you can connect a fiber patch cord from the SFP (for 1G) or SFP+ on the XG, to the appropriate
SFP or SFP+ on the PTR (the PTR is sold with both versions.)
Annex C – Setting up Remote Desktop
The following application note provides instruction on how to set up XG for Remote Desktop Use. This can be
used in conjunction with demo mode running, and the XG linked to a wireless network (via Radio 1) – with your
PC linked to the same network, you can remote into XG via RDP, and show demo mode via the OptiView
Remote UI – this is useful for webex demonstrations.
1. Set an OptiView password
OptiView XG comes from the factory without a password for the default user. To use Remote Desktop, it is
necessary to set a password using the following steps.
1) From the Start Menu, select Control Panel.
2) Choose User Accounts and Family Safety
3) Choose Change your Windows password
4) Choose Create a password for your account
5) Enter a password (and a password hint), and click Create password.
6) Close Control Panel.
Set up automatic login (optional)
Windows will now prompt for a password every time OptiView XG restarts. To automatically login, use the
following steps.
1) Click on the Start Menu, and type "netplwiz" into the Search Programs and Files box. Press ENTER.
2) Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. Click OK.
3) Enter the new OptiView password when prompted, and click OK.
Enable Remote Desktop
Here are the steps to enable Remote Desktop on an OptiView XG.
1) From the Start Menu, select Computer.
2) Choose System Properties.
3) Click on Advanced system settings.
4) In the System Properties dialog, select the Remote tab. In the Remote Desktop section, select "Allow
connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop." Click OK.
5) Remote Desktop is now enabled.
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