1. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Introduction to the Agilent Technologies Internet Advisor

2. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-2 Lession 2 - Agenda F Understand and Identify Internet Advisor Components F Understand and Utilize Internet Advisor Interfaces F Understand When and How to Use Testing Environments

3. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-3 Lesson 2 - Objectives On Completion of this lesson you will be able to: F Configure the Agilent Technologies Internet Advisor hardware F Navigating through the Agilent Technologies Internet Advisor user interface F Understand the differences among the WAN in Windows Start Menu selections

4. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Agilent Technologies Internet Advisor T1, E1, ISDN, ATM slide-in module V.35 Test Port RS-449 Test Port Handset (RJ-11) PCMCIA type I/II 3 and 1/2 inch floppy T1/E1 and V-series status LEDs RS-232C/V.24 Break Out Box Serial and Parallel Ports SVGA Video Output RS-232C/V.24 Test Ports

5. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-5 Protocol Analyzer Architecture Measurements Capture Buffer Disk Event Log Triggers & Actions Timers & Counters Simulate Network Interface Protocol Followers Capture Filters Network Under Test Display Filters User Interface Display

6. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Agilent Technologies Internet Advisor User Interface F Internet Advisor in Windows 98 –ATM, T1/E1, V-series and ISDN monitoring –T1/E1 and V-series Frame Relay simulation –BERT, ISDN BRI and PRI, 4-wire DDS simulation

7. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Start Menu Options Result in Different Instrument Configurations: F The appropriate Internet Advisor WAN measurement is selected F Physical interface selected for monitoring F Filters/counters are configured F Decode tables are configured: –to decode/not decode encapsulated LAN traffic –for the appropriate LMI decodes in the case of Frame Relay

8. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Introduction to the Windows User Interface F User interface main window F View Menu F Line Status F Vital Signs F User Counts F Decode DLCI or LCN Statistics F Filters/Counters F Filters/Counters Editor Window F Top Talker Statistics F Simulation

9. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 WAN in Windows 4 Frame Relay Analysis 4 X.25 Analysis 4 HDLC Analysis 4 SNA-SDLC Analysis 4 Synchronous PPP Analysis 4 Asynchronous PPP Analysis 4 ISDN D-Channel Analysis 4 SMDS Analysis 4 ATM Analysis and Simulation

10. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-10 User Interface Timestamp “Go To” Record scrollbar Run Menu shortcuts: Start, Stop, Freeze, Resume View Menu shortcuts: Configuration View Toolbar Button Mode: Monitor Simulate State: Running Stopped Frozen Post Process Elapsed Time since measurements began Network Information: % Utilization or Data Throughput Signal Status (for both sides, EQ and LN)

11. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-11 Basic Operations F Basic Run Operations –Start –Stopping –Freezing –Resuming Green Light Red Light Freeze, Resume

12. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-12 Tool Bar Options F User interface main window –Line Vital Signs –DLCI or LCN Statistics –Top Talker Statistics –Decode –Filters/Counters Statistics –Line Status –Simulation –ISDN B-channel Tracking –Configuration

13. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-13 Line Vital Signs F Quick overview of the network health F Displays both the CPE and the Line statistics F Utilization in graphical representation F To display: –Click the Line Vital Signs tool bar button –or press F4

14. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Line Vital Signs View

15. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-15 Decode View F Provides the ability to decode network traffic –Summary –Detailed –Hex ASCII / EBCDIC F Provides the ability to filter /search network traffic F To display: –Click the Decode view tool bar button –or press F5

16. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Decode View

17. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-17 Decodes Hex view shows the bytes in the frame Summary line for each decoded frame Detail view shows the contents of each field in the decoded frame Display filter or search the capture buffer for specific frames or data events ASCII or EBCDIC Display Filter is Active F5

18. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-18 Decodes Right click in the summary view to pop up these options Left click on detailed and hex to correlate this information

19. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-19 Filter/Counter Statistics F Graphical and statistical view of the network based on setup filters / counters –Graph type Bar Pie –Mode Instantaneous Cumulative –Graph % of frames Throughput (frames/s) F To display: –Click the Filter/ Counters tool bar button –or press F6

20. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Filter/Counter Statistics

21. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-21 The Line Status View F Displays run-time and historical state of the physical T1 or CEPT E1 links –Current Line Status –Line Status History F To display: –Click the Line Status tool bar button –or press F7

22. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 The Line Status View

23. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-23 DLCI Statistics F Specific DLCI statistical information F 30 DLCIs F Displays both the CPE and the Line statistics –Throughput in kbps –Frame Distribution –Byte Distribution F To display: –Click the DLCI tool bar buttons –or press F9

24. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 DLCI Statistics View

25. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-25 Top Talkers F Determines which IP and IPX users consume the most WAN bandwidth F 256 Top talkers F Sorts the Source / Destination statistics –Throughput in kbps –Frame rate and % –Utilization F To display: –Click the Top Talker tool bar button –or press F11

26. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-26 Top Talkers

27. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-27 Combo View F Split common view combination of: –Line Vital Signs and Decode Views F To display: –Click the Line Vital Signs / Decode tool bar button –or press F8

28. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-28 Combo View

29. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-29 The Configuration View F Configuration options: –Interface/Protocols –Decode Table –Filters/Counters –Log –Simulate –Traffic Generation F To configure: –Click the Configuration tool bar button –or press F10

30. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 The Configuration View

31. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Interface/Protocols Tab Configuration Button

32. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Filters/Counters Tab of the Configuration View

33. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 2-33 IA Filter/Counter Menu Structure Filter/Counter Entry N General (Count & Actions) Frame Attributes Protocol Stack Protocol/Header Info

34. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Filters/Counters Editor View

35. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 User Interface Summary F The Windows User Interface makes it easy to configure and operate the Internet Advisor F Individual views can be accessed with drop down menus on the Menu Bar or by using the Tool Bar F Each view performs individual functions that are important to network analysis F The Configuration View allows the user to select and configure the interface for network analysis

36. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 WAN Internet Advisor Analysis Types F Frame Relay F X.25 F HDLC F SNA-SDLC F Synchronous PPP F Asynchronous PPP F ISDN D-Channel Analysis F SMDS Analysis

37. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Internet Advisor Start Menu WAN Analysis Tree F The Internet Advisor can analyze a wide variety of protocols running on a number of interface types F This section discusses the Windows 98 Start Menu Internet Advisor WAN Analysis tree F The basic design and function of the tree is examined

38. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 HDLC Analysis Monitor Tests F Analysis of HDLC Layer 2 F Analysis of HDLC Layer 2 on ISDN Calls F Analysis of Network Layer LAN protocols (Ethertype) F TCP Tunneling

39. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Analysis of HDLC Layer 2 F Filters and Counters configured for: Bad Frames Abort Frames INFO Frames Non-I Frames Supervisory Frames RR RNR Reject Unnumbered Frames SABM SNRM UA DISC FRMR DM UI Information Control Flag Address FlagFCS 8 bits NOTE: looks for one-byte control field to distinguish frame type and for two-byte FCS value to determine good, bad or abort frames 8 bits16 bits F Encapsulated LAN traffic is not decoded

40. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Analysis of Network Layer LAN Protocols (Ethertype)  Filters and Counters configured for: IP Novell (IPX) XNS (IDP) Banyan DECnet 3Com Appletalk SNA (counters 9 through 16 are not defined) NOTE: looks for two-byte Ethernet type field in frame bytes 3 and 4 (i.e. the first two bytes of the data field of each INFO frame) AND FCS must be GOOD. Information Control Flag Address FlagFCS 8 bits Type Field 8 bits 16 bits8 bits16 bits  Encapsulated LAN traffic is decoded

41. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Interface Selection F T1 F V.35 F RS-449/V.36 F RS-232/V.24

42. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Synchronous PPP Analysis Monitor Tests F Analysis of Multilink PPP F Analysis of Network Layer LAN protocols (Ethertype) F Analysis of PPP and Network Layer LAN protocols (Ethertype) on ISDN Calls

43. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Synchronous PPP Analysis Monitor Tests F Analysis of Multilink PPP F Analysis of Network Layer LAN protocols (Ethertype) F Analysis of PPP and Network Layer LAN protocols (Ethertype) on ISDN Calls NOTE: Counters are configured same as HDLC EXCEPT that the 2-byte PPP type fields contain different values than the 2-byte Ethernet type fields used in HDLC. F Encapsulated LAN traffic is decoded

44. © Agilent Technologies Copyright 2000 H7211A+212, Rev. 2.0 Frame Relay Analysis Monitor Tests F Analysis of Network Layer LAN protocols (1490 and 2427) F Analysis of Network Layer LAN protocols (Ethertype) F Frame Relay Analysis of IDSN Calls (T1,E1.BRI-ST,U) F TCP Tunneling