HP Transcend Traffix Manager - Manual (Page 42)

42 C HAPTER 4: G ROUPING N ETWORK D EVICES IN THE M AP
Assigning MAC Addresses
When the client is first started, it tries to locate the Traffix Manager server
through the use of a broadcast message. If the system on which the client
is running is not in the same broadcast domain as the server, this
broadcast message will fail, and the client will not be able to connect to
the server. In order to solve this problem, you may tell the client explicitly
where the server is. See “Running the Client in a Different Broadcast
Domain to the Server” on page 24 of the Traffix Manager Release Notes
for more information.
Figure 4 shows two LANs linked by a router.
Figure 4 Observed Network Devices
If Device A communicates with Device B, the agent interface on LAN2
records an entry for both devices and both devices appear in the
database. However, although Device B has a MAC address associated
with it in the database, Device A does not. Because the conversation is
taking place across a router, Traffix Manager is not able to associate
Device A with the MAC address of the router.
Groupings A grouping is a named, ordered list of attributes. For example, a grouping
named Geographical might have the first attribute Country, and second
attribute City. Traffix Manager is supplied with predefined groupings; you
can change these or add your own. Before proceeding, spend some time
working out how you want to group devices on your network.
Device A
Device B
LAN 1
LAN 2
Router
Interface on Agent