Health Check and Reporting on SteelHead SD
This topic describes the health-check and reporting features. It includes these sections:
These procedures describe health-check and reporting tools for SteelHead SD 570-SD, 770-SD, and 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the branch. For details on health check and visibility in SCM, see
System health overview in the
SteelConnect Manager User Guide.
For details on troubleshooting in SCM, see
Troubleshooting tools in the
SteelConnect Manager User Guide.
Checking SteelHead SD connectivity to SCM
You can check SteelHead SD connectivity to SCM in the Health Check > Appliance Health page.
To view SteelHead SD connectivity to SCM
1. Choose Health Check > Appliance Health.
2. Select the SteelHead SD appliance to expand the page.
3. Under Manageability: Connectivity, click the plus sign (+) next to the Connectivity and the Management Interfaces sections. The current status for the appliance and management interfaces is displayed.
Viewing if SteelHead SD is connected to SCM
Viewing the SteelHead SD HA status
You can view the SteelHead SD high availability (HA) status of the appliance in the Health Check > Appliance Health page.
To view the SteelHead SD HA IP address and status
1. Choose Health Check > Appliance Health.
2. Select the SteelHead SD appliance to expand the page.
3. Under Manageability: Hardware, click the plus sign (+) next to High Availability. The current HA status for the appliance is displayed.
Viewing the SteelHead SD HA status
Displaying underlay ARP tables
SCM displays the underlay Forward Information (FIB) and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) tables for SteelHead SD 570-SD, 770-SD, 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the branch.
To display the underlay ARP tables
1. Choose Health Check > Appliance Health.
2. Select the SteelHead SD appliance to expand the page.
3. Under Networking, click Underlay ARP to display the FIB table.
Displaying underlay ARP table
Displaying FIB tables
SCM displays the Forward Information (FIB) tables for SteelHead SD 570-SD, 770-SD, 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the branch.
You can search also search by site or appliance serial number.
To display FIB tables
1. Choose Health Check > Routing Tables.
2. Select the FIB Tables tab to display the FIB tables for all the appliances in the organization. You can search for an appliance by serial number or search for appliances by site name.
3. Optionally, search for the table by specifying the site or the appliance serial number. Partial searches are supported.
FIB tables
The Route Type specifies whether the route is directly connected. It can be connected either by OSPF or BGP.
You can navigate using the page buttons.
Displaying BGP peer tables
SCM displays the BGP peer and routing tables for SteelHead SD 570-SD, 770-SD, 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the branch.
You can search also search by site or appliance serial number.
To display a BGP peer table
1. Choose Health Check > Routing Tables.
2. Select the BGP tab.
3. To display the BGP tables for all the appliances in the organization, select the BGP Tables tab. All the BGP learned and advertised routes are displayed. You can search for an appliance by serial number or search for appliances by site name.
4. Optionally, search for the table by specifying the site or the appliance serial number. Partial searches are supported.
5. Select the appliance to expand the page.
Viewing BGP learned and advertised routes
You can navigate using the page buttons. The lower half of the page displays the BGP Advertised Routes table (if any).
Displaying OSPF neighbors and routes
SCM displays the OSPF neighbors and routing tables for SteelHead SD 570-SD, 770-SD, 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the branch.
You can search also search by site or appliance serial number.
To display OSPF nodes and routes
1. Choose Health Check > Routing Tables.
2. Select the OSPF Tables tab to display all the appliances in the organization with OSPF. You can search for an appliance by serial number or search for appliances by site name.
3. Optionally, search for the table by specifying the site or the appliance serial number. Partial searches are supported.
4. Select an OSPF appliance to display the OSPF nodes and routes for the appliance.
OSPF appliance neighbors and learned routes
You can navigate using the page buttons. The lower half of the page displays the OSPF learned routes (if any).
Displaying NTP server status
SCM displays NTP server status for SteelHead SD 570-SD, 770-SD, 3070-SD appliances and the SteelConnect SDI-2030 gateway located at the branch.
To display NTP server status
1. Choose Health Check > Appliance Health.
2. Select the SteelHead SD to expand the pane.
3. Under Manageability, select Management Interfaces.
Displaying NTP server status
Enabling SNMP reporting and logging
SNMP reporting is supported on SteelHead SD SD-570, SD-770, SD-3070 and 2030-SDI appliances located at the branch.
When direct SNMP reporting is enabled, your network management system (NMS) initiates the SNMP poll to all individual appliances in a realm. The appliances send SNMP data directly to the NMS. You can override this setting to limit the SNMP data to all gateways within an organization.
To enable SNMP operations (such as SNMP GET and SNMP WALK or asynchronous traps from a SteelHead SD appliance), you need to provide the NMS interface IP address through which the appliance is reachable. The IP address of the appliance is required:
•For a 2030-SDI located at the data center, use the management IP address. To view the management IP, choose Appliances > IPs tab.
•For the SD-570, SD-770, SD-3070, and 2030-SDI at the branch, use the zone IP address for the appliance. To view the zone IP address, choose Appliances. Select the appliance and click the IPs tab. Scroll down to Under Zone gateway assignment (internal) IPs, to view the zone IP address.
The port number to query the SteelHead SDs is the standard SNMP port 161. You need to specify this port if the NMS doesn’t use it by default.
For details on SNMP supported versions and how to configure SNMP, see the SteelConnect Manager User Guide.
Exporting syslog messages to an external syslog server
You can export syslogs to an external server using SCM for SteelHead SD SD-570, SD-770, SD-3070, and 2030-SDI appliances located at the branch.
For syslog reporting, the appliance must be able to reach the remote syslog server. A subset of the syslogs that are useful are exported to the remote syslog server. All logs are stored in a central location.
For details on sending syslog data to a remote server, see
Defining an organization in the
SteelConnect Manager User Guide.
Exporting Netflow data
Exporting NetFlow data is supported on the SDI-2030 on the SDI-130, SDI-330, SDI-1030, virtual gateways, SDI-2030, SDI-5030, and SteelHead SD appliances. NetFlow export is disabled by default.
Appliances running SteelConnect 2.12 can be enabled as flow exporters to export network flow information to a flow collector. In the flow exporter role, the appliances aggregate packet information into flows, and then export the flow records to one or more flow collectors using the IPFIX (IP Flow Information Export) protocol. For IPFIX details, see RFC5101.
The flow collector receives, stores, and preprocesses the flow data from the exporter.
NetFlow monitors all traffic flows that enter and exit the appliances, including flows on the underlay, overlay, and local flows. These flow records provide a central monitor with the SteelConnect view of the network.
For details on configuring NetFlow export support, see
Exporting NetFlow data in the
SteelConnect Manager User Guide.