Connect Expert Introduction

The Connect Expert feature monitors current workload for Enterprise Extender (EE) UDP by port as well as your sockets and the connectivity to all your sessions for UDP (non-EE) and TCP/IP in real time. Zoom in to view details about workload, port, or application by clicking the appropriate hyperlink from each table. Click the EE link in the Enterprise Extender Expert table to open the Enterprise Extender Expert, which provides data for current EE UDP workload by EE assigned port. Click the UDP link in the UDP (non-EE) Sessions table to open the UDP report, which provides UDP (non-EE) workload for non-EE UDP applications. Click the Name or Port link from the TCP Sessions table to open the Port Workload/Port Details reports, in which you can perform functions (depending upon user authorization) such as TraceRoute, Drop, or Ping.

There are two tables related to TCP/IP data: Listeners and TCP Sessions. The Listeners table shows active Listener sessions. A Listener session allows remote ports to connect to the TCP/IP application on the mainframe. The TCP Sessions table shows the active application and the ports on which they are active. Not all applications require Listener sessions. If you do not have a Listener session for a particular application, there may be a problem. Verify your application's design with your System Administrator.

The Enterprise Extender Expert accessed from the EE link in the Enterprise Extender Expert table shows application name, port number, number of bytes in/out, percentage of bytes in/out relative to total bytes being received and sent, and throughput of bytes in/out per second. The report also provides access to the Thru24 Summary and Detail Reports as well as to the D NET,RTPS and D NET,APINGcommands. See Enterprise Extender Expert for more information.

The UDP report accessed from the UDP link in the UDP Sessions (non EE) table shows application name, port number, number of bytes in/out, percentage of bytes in/out relative to total bytes being received and sent, and throughput of bytes in/out per second.

The Port Workload/Port Details reports accessed from the Name or Port links in the TCP Sessions table shows the number of bytes sent/received, the number of sessions, and the number of sessions in a status other than established by port for each application. From the detailed display, you can issue commands (depending upon user authorization) such as TraceRoute, Drop, or Ping by clicking the appropriate hyperlink.

To use the Connect Expert function:

1.      Do either of the following to access the Connect Expert screen:

·        From SysPoint, click the Stack IP Address of the Host whose port/application or session activity you wish to view and then click Show Connect Expert.

·        From the Real-Time tab, click Connect Expert from the Workload list.

a.       Do one or more of the following:

i)        Click the EE hyperlink in the Enterprise Extender Expert table to open the Enterprise Extender Expert. The Enterprise Extender Expert provides information about current EE UDP workload for all assigned EE ports in real time.

ii)       Click the UDP hyperlink in the UDP Sessions (non-EE) table to open the UDP report. The UDP report provides detailed session information by Application Name and Port, including the total amount of bytes coming in or going out and the throughput of bytes coming in or going out per second. The UDP report also provides percentage comparisons between the total bytes coming in/going out to the percentage of bytes actually received/sent out.

iii)     Click the Name or Port hyperlink in the TCP Sessions table to open the Port Workload or Port Details report. The Port Workload report provides detailed session information by port and allows you to issue TraceRte or Ping commands. The Port Details report provides detailed session information by application and allows you to issue Drop, TraceRte, and Ping commands.

 

You can also access the Client Details report by clicking the Foreign IP Address link in the Port Details report to view comprehensive detail information by Foreign IP Address as well as to issue Drop, TraceRte, and Ping commands.

Note:  You can also access the Client Details report from the Client Workload report accessed in the Real-Time tab.

iv)     To familiarize yourself with the Port Workload/Port Details reports, do the following tasks:

·        Click a Name hyperlink in the TCP Sessions table to open the Port Workload report.

·        From the Port Workload screen click the View Route hyperlink in the Route Information column to issue a TraceRte command. The Trace Route results display in the TraceRoute screen. When you are finished viewing the results, click the browser Back arrow or the “x” Close Box to return to the Port Workload screen.

·        From the Port Workload screen click a Port or IP Address hyperlink to open the Port Details report and view further details. The Port Details report can also be accessed by clicking the Port hyperlink in the TCP Sessions table.

·        From the Port Details screen click the Do Ping hyperlink in the Response Time column to ping a device for availability. The Ping results display in the Ping screen. When you are finished viewing the results, click your browser Back arrow or the “x” Close Box to return to the Port Details screen.

·        From the Port Details screen click the Drop hyperlink in the Terminate column to drop a session (if required).

·        From the Port Details screen click the Foreign IP Address hyperlink to open the Client Details report.

·        View the detailed Sessions Report and then click the Route hyperlink in the Route column to perform a Trace Route for the Foreign IP Address. When you are finished viewing the results in the TraceRoute screen, click your browser Back arrow or the “x” Close Box to return to the Port Details screen.

·        From the Port Details screen, click your browser Back arrow to return to the previous screen, or click the Connect Expert hyperlink at the top of the report to return to the Connect Expert main screen.

·        Click a different Name or Port hyperlink in the TCP Sessions table to view detail information and issue commands in the Port Workload/Port Details/Client Details reports.

2.      To exit Connect Expert, do one of the following:

·        Click the SysPoint button to return to the SysPoint Home Page.

·        Click one of the tabs in the menu bar to monitor other kinds of network information.

 

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