hands-on lab: ca spectrum: how to leverage ui updates for operational efficiency
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Hands-On Lab: CA SpectrumHow To Leverage UI Updates For Operational Efficiency
DevOps: Agile Ops
Kiran Diwakar
CA Technologies
VP, Product Management
DO5X88E
@Kiran_Diwakar
#CAWorld
Jayakrishna Karicharla (JK)
CA Technologies
Principal Software Engineer
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Abstract
This hands-on lab session will focus on working with the new web client for CA Spectrum® operators that make your day-to-day operations much more efficient.
Kiran Diwakar
JayakrishnaKaricharla (JK)
CA Technologies
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Agenda
USE CASE #1 – ROLE BASED ACCESS ALL ALARMS, GC ALARMS AND FILTERS
USE CASE #2 – DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES: PING, POLL AND TRACEROUTE
USE CASE #3 – ACK/UNACK, ASSIGN/UNASSIGN AND CLEAR ALARMS
USE CASE #4 – USER PREFERENCES
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Launching WebClient
1. Launch the URL http://localhost/spectrum/
2. Input username & password : spectrum/spectrum
3. Click on Start Console input username & password
minimize for now (ignore this step if OC Console is
opened)
4. Click on WebClient link
Use Case #1 - Role Based Access All alarms, specific GC alarms & Alarm Filter alarms
Target Users – All CA Spectrum users
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All alarms
Shows 10 alarms (which is configurable) per page of all severity for
which the user has access to.
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Details of Alarm
Select on any alarm preferable “CHASSIS DOWN” and observe
Alarm Details, Impact & Neighbor Topology views
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Searching
Input “device stopped ” in Search field to show Alarms with title
“DEVICE HAS STOPPED RESPONDING TO POLLS”
Remove the text in Search field , all alarms should be shown
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Filter
Click on “Severity” combo box & select “Major” , click on “Type” &
select “Rtr_Cisco” . Observe all Major alarms on Rtr_Cisco Model type
are shown.
Click on “Major” , “Rtr_Cisco” to reset the filters
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Alarm Updates :new, clear & updated alarms
Open OneClick console , select any alarm & Acknowledge the alarm.
Now navigate back to Webclient & observe the alarm acknowledged in
OneClick console has “Ack” cell updated after few seconds.
Cleared an Alarm in OneClick console & observe alarm is cleared in
Webclient after few seconds
Double-click on “Date/Time” column which gets sorted & shows latest
alarms. Observe new Major Alarms are shown in WebClient ( facilitator
will send few traps to SpectroServer raising critical alarms on devices)
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Alarms on Global Collections
Click on “Global Collections” (GCs),list of GCs will be shown for which the
user has access to. [Note: Scroll down to find user1GC & user2GC ]
Click on a GC eg: Cisco7505 to view the alarms of the GC
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Alarm Filters
Click on “Alarm Filters” (AFs),list of AFs will be shown available to the
user.
Click on a AF eg: “Ack alarms” to view the alarms matching the defined
filter.
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GlobalCollection Hierarchy
GC Hierarchy created in OneClick console
will be shown
Click on Global Collections Hierarchy
Expand Devices->SwitchesAndRouters
Click on Routers
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Critical, Major & Minor Alarms
Click on one of the Severity count (Critical) shown at Top right (make a
note of number of alarms)
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Logoff & Login with different user
Click on the Username->Signout , login with user1/spectrum
Observe the alarms count & user2GC not shown for this user
Signout , login back with spectrum/spectrum
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Ping, Poll & Traceroute
Select any one Alarm click on Ping button , Poll button & Traceroute
button (Note: Ping & Poll can be triggered on more than one Alarms)
Use Case #3 – Ack/Unack Alarms, Assign/Unassign Troubleshooter for Alarms & Clear Alarms
Target Users – All CA Spectrum users
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Ack/Unack Alarms
Select one or more Alarm(s) & click on Ack button , observe the Alarms
are Acknowledged
Select one or more Alarm(s) & click on UnAck button , observe the
Alarms are Unacknowledged
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Assign/Unassign Troubleshooter to Alarms
Select one or more Alarm(s) & click on Assign Tbst button , observe the
list of troubleshooters shown in new dialog , select one Troubleshooter
& click on OK button. Observe the troubleshooter assigned to selected
Alarms.
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Clear Alarms
Select one or more Alarm(s) & click on Clear button , observe the
Alarms are created.
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User Preferences
Click on Preferences & check Maintenance alarms , Click on Apply.
Observe Maintenance Alarms are shown. [Note , the preferences are
persisted in DB]
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User Preferences
Select Monochrome Theme & click on Save
Observe Theme is changed.
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