Active discovery process – Agilent Technologies N2610A User Manual

Page 190

Advertising
background image

182

Agilent FrameScope 350 User’s Manual

8

Network Performance Analyzer Reference

Network Database

MAC address

Network addresses: IP and IPX

Services provided by the device (DHCP, DNS, etc.)

Protocols used by the device (IP, IPX, etc.)

While the device details are displayed, the following statistics
pertaining to the device are also available by pressing the
Statistics button:

Unicasts, where the % is the percentage of all unicasts

Broadcasts, where the % is the percentage of all broadcasts

Multicasts, where the % is the percentage of all multicasts

Errors, where the % is the percentage of all errors

The FrameScope 350 also provides a set of tools for accessing a
device from the detailed view. These tools include:

Ping

Locate Switch Port

Trace Route (IP Only)

SNMP query (IP Only)

MAC Loopback (FrameScope 350 Only)

Active Discovery Process

Active Discovery Query order for FrameScope 350

1

Every 60 seconds:

Get SNMP name and bridge info

2

Done once:

Broadcast PING

3

Every 600 seconds:

Broadcast a DHCP discover message.

4

Every 60 seconds:

Broadcast a FrameScope announcement (UDP to/from

port 52341)

Advertising