NetBrain Workstation AE Quick Start

NetBrain Workstation AE Quick Start For Architect Edition Must-See Features Walk-through Ready-to-use Internet Lab for Test Run Link to Download Software and In-Depth Training Look for: Test Run over Intermet Lab Tips and Tricks Frequently Used Features the

Get To Know NetBrain NetBrain Solutions At-A-Glance Stand-Alone Solution Server-based Solution Architect Edition (AE) Workstation Operator Edition (OE) Workstation & Enterprise Servers AE Workstation Overview NetBrain AE is a state-of-the-art solution that brings a high level of automation to assessment and design. Network consultants can rely on Architect Edition to automate their assessments and minimize the time spent to discover and analyze customer s and then generate detailed assessment documentation. For enterprise design experts, Architect Edition is the only visual toolset that integrates design, simulation, validation and implementation in a single solution. Get Workstation AE Software Go to https://online.netbraintech.com/licsvc/order/downloadproduct-ee.aspx for AE evaluation request. Note: if your OS is Windows Vista or Windows7 and you have problem to start the Workstation, first try running NetBrain Workstation as Administrator. And if it still fails, run NetBrain in compatibility mode as XP SP. Check here for detail. Test Run over Internet Lab Download AE Internet training package from here. This package includes the following materials: The configuration files for a subset of devices in the lab. Only a subset of device configurations is included. The other devices will be discovered while setting up the workspace. The credentials and methods to access the devices in the lab. You will be asked to enter these credentials for the first project. The cached data for historical comparison. the 0

Introducing User Interface After you start the Workstation, take a few minutes to get to know AE Workstation user interface. Main menu: standard window menus such as File, Edit, View and Help and NetBrain menus such as Workspace, Q-map and L topology. Click each menu to view its submenus. 4 Quick access toolbar: New, open, save and print a map and other frequently used functions. Current working windows. Floating menu bar of the map: the frequently used analysis operation. The menu item will change with the selected item in the map. 5 6 7 Operation pane: Network pane, Traffic Path, Performance Analysis, L topology, Map Center and DataFolder pane. You can drag and drop an entry at Network pane to the map. Results pane: search results, one-ip table, route table and etc. You can drag-and-drop an entry from some results panes to a map window. Properties pane: properties for a selected object. the 0

. Discover Network In this project, you are going to discover the including L and L topology. The discovered devices and other data are stored in the Workspace. Network discovery includes the following steps:. Import configuration files: L topology and other underling design are discovered from imported configurations.. Define live settings: define the credentials to access the live.. Tune live access: check the reach-ability of a device and fill in the credentials for each device. 4. Discover : discover the devices from seed routers. 5. Benchmark: retrieve the live data from all devices in the workspace. 6. Discover L topology: discover L topology from the live or benchmarked data. NetBrain provides a wizard for you to easily go through the first four steps. the 0

. Import Configuration Files Import configuration files into the workspace. L topology is built from these configuration files. Click the Start button at the start page. (Click view Start Page if start page is not visible.) Click the From Folder button at Workspace Wizard window. Note: if you do not have configuration files, click the Next button to go to the next step. 4 Select the folder on the pop-up window and then click OK. Click the Next button to go to the next step of Wizard. Note: A complete list of vendors and hardware models supported can be found here. Configuration files of Cisco IOS router, IOS switch, CatOS switch, Pix/ASA firewall, Junos router, COM router/switch are supported. Configuration files need to be of original text format. Test Run over Internet Lab Save the configuration files in AE Internet training package in a folder. Import configuration files from the folder. The devices are imported into the workspace. the 04

. Define live settings Define the live access credentials so that you can work on the live from NetBrain Workstation, such as the live discovery, benchmark and monitoring. 4 5 6 Click the Telnet/SSH login tag. Click the Add button. Enter the corresponding values. Repeat step and 4 to add all possible Telnet/SSH login credentials. Click the other tags in Live Network Setting window to add Privilege Password, SNMP community, Network Server and Jumpbox. Click the Next button to go to the next step of Wizard. Note: Telnet/SSH login, privilege passwords SNMP RO string are mandatory. If your Workstation can access the directly, then no Proxy Appliance or Jumpbox is necessary. Test Run over Internet Lab Enter the following credentials to access NetBrain Internet lab: Telnet/SSH login Username nb Password nb Privilege Password SNMP community nb nb Proxy Appliance IP address 7.85.5.44 Port 9099 Jumpbox IP address 7.85.5.44 (Only list the fields you need change. Keep the default value for other fields) Username Password Login Prompt netbrain netbrain login: Command Prompt: :/> the 05

. Tune Live Access Check the reach-ability of a device and fill in the credentials (device settings) for each device. If you have not imported configuration files in step., skip this step. Click Start Tuning. Click an entry to view its log. After the process is finished, right click an entry and view its device setting or telnet/ssh to it. 4 Click the Next button to go to the next step of Wizard. Tip: if you get failure for some devices, you can click Start Tuning button again without closing window. The system will only try the devices which failed in last testing. Note: If the system fails to reach a device via a method, first click the entry of this device in Tune Live Access window and view the log for any clue. If the system can ping the device successfully but cannot telnet/ssh to the device or reach the device via SNMP, then quite possibly some live settings are missing. Click Network Settings button to add more settings. Click here for other possible cases of failure and solutions. Test Run over Internet Lab Run the tune live access and verify that the device setting be correctly set. the 06

.4 Discover devices starting from a seed router. The discovered devices and configurations are automatically added into the workspace. 4 5 Enter an IP address of the seed router. Or click Select Device to select a seed router. Click the Options button and change A c c e s s O p t i o n s and Access Order if necessary. Click the Start button. Select an entry to view the log. Click the finish button. Note: the discovery statistics are updated and displayed at 6. Note: If you fail to discover some devices in your, first make sure that you enter all possible live settings at step. and then you can try different seed routers. Click here for detail. You can also discover devices via Scan IP list. To scan IP list, check Scan IP list checkbox and enter IP subnet or IP ranges in. Test Run over Internet Lab Enter IP address 77..6. as the seed and run the discovery. Locate a newly discovered device in Network Pane and verify that its device settings are filled. the 07

.5 Benchmark the Network Retrieve the live data for all devices in the workspace, including configuration files, route tables, CDP, MAC and ARP tables. All retrieved data are stored in the current DataFolder and can be viewed in the DataFolder manager. 4 Click Workspace > Retrieve Live Data. The Retrieve live Data window opens. Click the New option from the Target DataFolder drop-down menu to create a new Datafolder. Click the Start button and wait for the process to finish. Click one entry to view its log. Note: The benchmarked data are stored in Target DataFolder. Click the DataFolder in DataFolder pane (click View > Operation Pane > DataFolder Pane if the DatafFolder pane is not visible). Double-click an item to view its details. Note: If the system fails to retrieve the live data from a device, check its device setting is correctly defined. Click here for details. Test Run over Internet Lab Benchmark the and save the data in DataFolder Now. View the benchmakred data. the 08

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.6 Discover L topology physical connections (L topology) in the. The output is the global one IP table to show the connections between switch ports, router interfaces or end hosts. In this table, you are able to find the switch ports connected to the servers. 4 5 Click L topology > Discover L topology. Click the Options and check Use Cache Data option. Note that all necessary data are retrieved during the Retrieve Live Data process, so you can use the cached data only. Click the Start Discovery button. Click the Save button to save the result. Click L topology > View Global One-IP Table to view L connections. Test Run over Internet Lab L topology and view One IP table. Enter 9.68. in Filtered field to find the physical connections for the subnet 9.68..0. the 0

. With NetBrain, every function works off a map. NetBrain provides many ways for you to create a L/L map on-the-fly for a task in hand. In this tutorial, we will cover: Map the area around a problematic device Map a device group Map an application flow Map L connectivity of a service farm Once a data-driven Q-Map is created, many analyses can be automated from the map. the

. Map the area around a problematic device When customers report a PC couldn t connect to, or monitoring system generates an alarm of unreachable devices, you need a map about the problem area. Use NetBrain s search and mapping capability for this type of task. 4 5 Enter any IP address in the Search text box and press Enter key. Click icon to create a new map. Drag and drop a device from search results pane to the map. Click button to open neighbor window. Double click all neighbors or one neighbor to draw the neighbor(s) in the map. Tip: Y o u c a n u s e hostname or IP address as the search key. Test Run over Internet Lab Map around router bst_netman is created after searching IP address 9.68..0 and then extending all neighbors. the

. Q-map basic operators and menu Map context menu Once a data-driven Q-Map is created, many analyses can be automated from the map. The frequently used analysis can be launched from the context menu (also called the floating menu) bar. The context menus changes when different types of objects are selected in the Q-map. Context Menu Q-Map Floating Menu Click the blank space in a Q-map to bring up the context menu for a map. Router Floating Menu Click a router to bring up the context menu for a device. Path Floating Menu Click the path to bring up the context menu for a path. Network Analysis Highlight routing protocol Compare Configurations and routings Monitor the map Retrieve live data Add map note Show attachment One click document Export to Visio View configurations and config-let via design reader View route table View MAC table (only applicable to switch) Extend neighbor Telnet/ping/trace the device Map L path for traffic flow Retrieve live data for devices along the path the

Apply Digital Zoom to a Q-Map Frequently Used Features Scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in the map and view the detail data along the link. Mouse over any Text in a Q-Map Frequently Used Features Mouse over a text along a link to display the relevant configuration-let in the Tip Window. Tip: Click the button on the Map ribbon menu to turn on/off Tip Window. the 4

One-Click Visio Diagram Frequently Used Features Click the Export to Visio button in context menu. The system creates the Visio diagram. the 5

. Decode Network via Reader Frequently Used Features NetBrain design reader extrapolates detail design out of the configurations. The detail design can be viewed in tip window conveniently and in design reader comprehensively. 4 5 6 Scroll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in the map and view the detail data along the link. Move the mouse over the labels and the tip window opens (Click tip button in the tool bar if the tip window is not open). Click the design reader button in tip window. The design reader pane opens. Select a design filter in the left pane. Click a device in the map to apply the design filter. Click the button to view the sample. Tip: You can use Reader to learn best practice by click view sample button. A map along with common configure-let is open the 6

.4 Annotate Network Configuration in the Map Annotate Configuration in a Q-map Move the mouse over the labels and the tip window opens (click if it does not open). Click the button to save the tip window in the map. Tip: You many need to apply zoom in order to see multicasting label such as PIM-DM or PIM- SM shown up in the map. the 7

Highlight routing protocols in L map Click highlight in context menu and select highlight routing protocol. To clear the highlight, click highlight in the context menu and select Clear All. Highlight VLAN in L map Click highlight in context menu and select highlight LAN segment. To clear the highlight, click highlight in the context menu and select Clear Highlight. the 8

.5 Map an Application Flow Given two end points, discover and map out the L/L traffic path based on the live or cached routing tables. This ondemand visibility allows you to launch application diagnosis in real time. 4 5 Enter the source IP address in field A and destination IP address in field B in Traffic Path pane (click View > Operation Pane > Traffic Path Pane if the traffic path pane is not visible). Click the button. Select the method to discover the path. Click the Find Path button. Click the View L Path link from the Traffic Path pane to view the L path from the L path. Tip: To discover return traffic path, click the icon to reverse the source and destination IP address. And then click the Find Path button. Test Run over Internet Lab Find the traffic path between the two end points with IP addresses of...00 and...00 L Path L Path the 9

Map the traffic flow via Traceroute Run the trace route from within NetBrain or any other tools. Use the results to map out a traffic flow. At start page (click View >> Start page if it is invisible), click Network Analysis tag and then Map via Trace Route link. Copy and paste the trace results into the result window. Click the Map button to map the trace route result. Tip: Alternatively you can select a source (A) and a destination (B) and then click the trace route button to run the trace route from within the traceroute window. Test Run over Internet Lab Select NY_POP as the source and bst_core as the destination, execute the traceroute command and map the results. Note: Some common issues of failed traffic path include: The workspace is not populated with all devices. Try to re-discover the via NetBrain. SNMP access from NetBrain Workstation to the relevant devices is not enabled. The path was not allowed by design. For more details and solutions, click here. the 0

.6 Map L Connectivity of a Server Farm Given an IP address of a server, discover the switch connection for the server and extend neighbors of switch to create the map for L connectivity of entire server farm. Click L Topology >> View Global One-IP able. At One-IP table, enter an IP address and then press enter key. The physical connection for this IP address is displayed. 4 5 Click the button and then select L Q-map to create a new L map. Drag and drop an entry to the map. Click the red plus sign in a switch to open neighbor window. Extend its neighbor. Note: If one IP table is empty, L topology may not have been discovered. Refer to section.6 for L topology discovery. Test Run over Internet Lab View the One-IP table and enter 9.68., drag an entry to the map and extend neighbors of the switch lablosswitch. the

4.Map-based troubleshooting NetBrain Workstation AE is a map-based troubleshooting environment. To troubleshoot a problem, follow three steps: ) the problem area; ) Probing the live from that map; and ) Historical comparison of configuration, routing table, traffic path and performance. the

4.Diagnose the Network Performance via HeatMap Turn on a regular map to the heat map in one click. The device and interface status as well as the performance data are displayed and updated in the heat map so that you can discover the hot pot instantly. Monitor the map Open or create a map. Click the Monitor button in the context menu. The map is turned into the heat map. Tip: if the interface delay or bandwidth usage is not visible, you can zoom in the Q-map or drag the link longer to make them visible. the

4. Find Top Talkers via IP accouting For the interfaces with the high bandwidth usage, use IP accounting to find the top talkers for this interface. 4 5 At the monitored map, Right-click the bandwidth usage and select the IP accounting option. If no data is dispalyed, click the Confiugre button. In Live configure window, click the Execute button. The IP accouting is automatically confgured. Click the Refresh button to retrieve the data. Click the Traffic button so that the top talkers are displayed on the top. Right click an item in the result window and choose Create Path option to create a path from the Source IP to the Destination IP for the selected item. Tip: if the interface delay or bandwidth usage is not visible, you can zoom in the Q-map or drag the link longer to make them visible. Test Run over Internet Lab The interface e0 of of NY_core has a high bandwidth usage. Find the top talker for this interface and create the path for the top talker (9.68..5 5.5.5.5) the 4

4. Compare the traffic path Compare the traffic path and find out what has been changed between the current path and the historical path. 4 5 Enter an IP address in Field A as the source and another IP address in Field B as the destination. Click the button and select Via Live Network as the method to discover the path. Click the Find Path button. Click the button and select Via Cached Route and select a Data Folder. Click the Find Path button. The historical path is drawn in the same map. Test Run over Internet Lab path from 9.68..0 to 5.5.5.5 Via Live Network and Via Cached Route Table in DataFolder lastweek. Note that the routing loop in the current traffic path did not exist in the last week. Note: you can use the historical data included in AE Internet training package to find the path. Save the historical data in the package to a local file folder in your PC. In DataFolder pane (click view >> Operator Pane >> DataFolder Pane if it is invisible), click Link Outside DataFolder and select the file folder in which you just saved the historical data. the 5

4.4 Compare configuration and route tables Compare the data (configuration/route tables) and what has been changed between the current state and the historical data. 4 From the map context menu click Analyze > Compare Config & Routing. At the Compare Configuration and Routing window opens, select two DataFolders and then click Compare. At the batch compare route table, double click an entry to view the route changes for a router. Click Batch Compare Config to view the batch configuration comparison result and Doubleclick an entry to check the configuration change details for a device. the 6

Test Run over Internet Lab Open the L map created at.5 and compare configuration and route tables between two DataFolders now and lastweek included in AE Internet training package. View the route table and configuration change for router LA_core. the 7

4.5 Route Table Toolkit View the route tables benchmarked at different times and map the route item onto a Q-map. Click a device and click Route table >> Live Route Table in context menu. From the route table pane, sort the route entries by one of the parameters. Tip: sort the route table by Age in the ascending order to find the flapping routes. 4 Enter an IP subnet or an IP address and then press Enter key. The system will filter the corresponding routes. Drag and drop a route entry to a Q-map. The device and its next-hop device of the route are mapped in the map. Tip: from the source pull-down menu, select a cached datafolder to view historical routing table, and compare against current data. the 8

4.6 Configuration File Toolkit View the current and historical configuration files. Compare and find what are changed between two configuration files. 4 5 Select a device in the map. Click Config >> Config in context menu. Select a source. Click the Compare button. Select two DataFolders to compare. 6 The differences between two configuration files are highlighted. Click the Next or Prev button to view the next or previous difference. the 9

5. Map based design With NetBrain, you can follow the map-based work flow to upgrade the safely. First, plan your design (modify the configurations) in NetBrain s virtual environment and run the simulation to verify the implementation; secondly benchmark your before and after the implementation and run comparison analysis to verify what is happening in your ; finally by one click you can document what has happened. the 0

5. Run simulation for what are expected Change the configuration in the virtual environment and run the simulation for what are expected. Right-click a router and select Device Configuration >> Show Baseline Configuration. 4 5 6 At Device Configuration window, modify and save the configuration. Press F key. Press the Run button to run simulation. At the Traffic Path pane, enter the source and destination IP address. Select the method to be Via Simulation and click Find Path button. the

Test Run over Internet Lab Modify the configuration of NY_Core as following (add a distribute-list to block the traffic to...0 at the interface s0). Calculate the simulated path between... to... Note that the path is symmetric now. the

6. Network With NetBrain, you can create the document quickly and easily. For example, you can Create the assess report Create the site map and export it to the Visio format Create the Word document the

6. Create the assess report Create the asset report for the whole. The output Excel files list device type, hostname, management IP address, model, Serial number, IOS version, protocols and other data.. Click Workspace > Asset Report.. Select a directory at Browse for Folder window to store the asset report.. Go to the directory and view all CSV files created by NetBrain. the 4

6. Create the site map Create the site map from device group (L site map) or switch group (L site map). Export maps to Visio format.. At the start page, click the Analysis tab and click the Diagram Device Group button.. Select a device group and click the OK button.. Click the button from the L Q-map context menu to export the Q-map to Visio. 4. In L Topology pane, click the Map Switch Group link and select a switch group to map. 5. Click the button from the L Q-map context menu to export the Q-map to Visio. the 5

6. Create the Word document for your design or troubleshooting work Create the Word document for your design or troubleshooting work. The document can be created in seconds and the data to be imported can be customized by the template. Click the button in the context menu. 4 5 Select a design template. Click the Advanced button template and select the data blocks to be included in the document. Click the button to select the destination file to save the output document. Click the Finish button. Test Run over Internet Lab Open the L map created at.5 and create the Word document for the map. the 6