These procedures are excerpted from the Traverse user documentation,
which can be found at
www.zyrion.com/support/docs/.
Supported Platforms for Traverse:
Windows XP Professional w/Service Pack 3
Windows 2003 Standard Edition
Windows 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
2GHz+ CPU on x86 platform
4GB RAM (2GB if running DGE only)
18GB disk space (SCSI or fast IDE)
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4/5 on x86 platform
CentOS 4 and 5 on x86 platform
2GHz+ CPU on x86 platform
4GB RAM (2GB if running DGE only)
18GB disk space (SCSI or fast IDE)
Solaris 9 and 10 on UltraSparc platforms
1.5GHz+ UltraSPARC III CPU
4GB RAM (2GB if running DGE only)
18GB disk space (SCSI or fast IDE)
Some desktop-class processors like the Celeron or SPARC-IIe (which have
minimal onboard cache) are not suitable for Traverse. Zyrion strongly
recommends Pentium 4/M, Xeon, or equivalent processors.
Quick Install
Make sure you are not running any other web server on TCP port 80 on
the Traverse host. Use your browser to connect to the machine you are
installing Traverse on; you should NOT be able to connect to it.
Download and execute the installation file:
Windows
Double-click traverse-x.y.z-windows.exe, then follow the instructions.
Linux/Solaris
You should be logged in as root.
For Solaris, you need gunzip and GNUtar,
which can be found at
www.gnu.org.
Extract the installation package as follows (you must use GNUtar on Solaris):
gunzip -c traverse-x.y.z-platform.tar.gz | tar xpf -
Change to the directory containing the extracted files, execute
the install script, then follow the instructions:
cd traverse-x.y
./install.sh
For Windows:
You MUST reboot after the installation.
The Windows installer will verify that you are not running IIS
on port 80. If you are running a Web server on port 80, you can
configure Traverse to run on an alternate port (see User Guide),
or shut down the other Web server. (To shutdown IIS, Start >
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management
> Services and Applications. The IIS service shows up as
"World Wide Web Publishing Service".)
First-time Startup
Start Traverse and verify that all of the components started and are operating correctly.
The Traverse Service Controller reports the status of all the components.
Linux/Solaris
cd /usr/local/traverse/etc
./traverse.init start
./traverse.init status
If some components do not start, check for the following common start-up problems:
Expired license key (you can get new evaluation license by sending
email to eval(at)zyrion.com)
Another Web server using TCP port 80
Failure to reboot after Windows installation
You can also look in the logs/error.log file for errors.
After identifying and fixing any problems related to component start-up,
restart Traverse (using traverse.init restart on
Linux/Solaris or the Service Manager on Windows).
Add/Discover Devices
Use your web browser to connect to http://your_host/ where
your_host is the fully qualified host name or ip address of
the server that the Traverse Web application is running on.
Log in using the default end-user name zyrion
with password zyrion.
Set your timezone and other user preferences by navigating to
Administration > Preferences.
Run a device discovery by navigating to Administration > Other
> Device Discovery & Import > New Network Discovery Session.
Make sure you have the SNMP passwords ("community strings")
for your routers and switches to enter into the discovery form (you can
enter multiple strings if needed, one per line). Most of the discovery
pages have default options already selected; Zyrion recommends that you
accept these and simply click on the OK or Submit buttons. For more
information, see the Traverse User Guide (under the HELP menu in Traverse).
You can click on any device to drill down into the tests being monitored
and see reports and graphs.
Set up Notifications by navigating to Administration > Actions >
Create An Action Profile.
Please send all support requests to
eval(at)zyrion.com, and remember to look at
the online documentation under Traverse's HELP menu or at
www.zyrion.com/support
