Hands-On Lab: CA Spectrum: How To Leverage UI Updates For Operational Efficiency

Hands-On Lab: CA Spectrum
How 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
Jayakrishna
Karicharla (JK)
CA Technologies

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

All alarms
 Shows 10 alarms (which is configurable) per page of all severity for
which the user has access to.

Details of Alarm
 Select on any alarm preferable “CHASSIS DOWN” and observe
Alarm Details, Impact & Neighbor Topology views

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

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

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)

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

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.

GlobalCollection Hierarchy
 GC Hierarchy created in OneClick console
will be shown
 Click on Global Collections Hierarchy
 Expand Devices->SwitchesAndRouters
Click on Routers

Critical, Major & Minor Alarms
 Click on one of the Severity count (Critical) shown at Top right (make a
note of number of alarms)

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

Use Case #2 – Diagnostic capabilities -
Ping,Poll & Traceroute

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

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

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.

Clear Alarms
 Select one or more Alarm(s) & click on Clear button , observe the
Alarms are created.

Use Case #4 – User Preferences

User Preferences
 Click on Preferences & check Maintenance alarms , Click on Apply.
 Observe Maintenance Alarms are shown. [Note , the preferences are
persisted in DB]

User Preferences
 Select Monochrome Theme & click on Save
 Observe Theme is changed.

Recommended Sessions
SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME
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11/19/2015 at 2:00pm
DO5X131S
Case Study: Bell Canada Evolves Traditional Performance
& Fault Management Systems for SDN/NFV (Breakers D)
11/19/2015 at 3:00pm
DO5T27T
Tech Talk: Introduction to SDN/NFV Assurance
(CA Virtual Network Assurance) (DevOps Floor)
11/19/2015 at 3:45pm
DO5X221L
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Mgmt (Surf E-F)
11/19/2015 at 4:30pm

Must See Demos
Integrate Event
Mgmt, Fault Isolation
and Root Cause
Analysis
CA Spectrum
Theater 5
CA UIM
CA Unified
Infrastructure
Management
Theater 5
Deploy SDN/NFV
without Adding More
Monitoring Tools
CA Virtual Network
Assurance
Theater 5
Ensure Service
Delivery Across
Complex
Infrastructures
CA Performance
Management
Theater 5

Follow On Conversations At…
Tech Talks
Intro to CA Virtual
Network Assurance
3:45pm-4:15pm
Thursday, Nov 19
Theater 5

Q & A

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