Traverse Quick Install & Device Discovery

These procedures are excerpted from the Traverse user documentation, which can be found at www.zyrion.com/support/docs/.

Quick Install

1. 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.
2. Download and execute the installation file:

   Windows

   Double-click traverse-x.y.z-windows.exe, then follow the instructions.

   Linux/Solaris

   1. You should be logged in as root.
   2. For Solaris, you need gunzip and GNUtar, which can be found at www.gnu.org.
   3. Extract the installation package as follows (you must use GNUtar on Solaris):

      gunzip -c traverse-x.y.z-platform.tar.gz | tar xpf -

   4. Change to the directory containing the extracted files, execute the install script, then follow the instructions:

      cd traverse-x.y
./install.sh

3. 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

1. Start Traverse and verify that all of the components started and are operating correctly.

   Windows

   Start > Programs > Zyrion Traverse > Start Zyrion Traverse

   The Traverse Service Controller reports the status of all the components.

   Linux/Solaris

   cd /usr/local/traverse/etc
./traverse.init start
./traverse.init status

2. 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.
3. 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

1. 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.
2. Log in using the default end-user name zyrion with password zyrion.
3. Set your timezone and other user preferences by navigating to Administration > Preferences.
4. 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).
5. You can click on any device to drill down into the tests being monitored and see reports and graphs.
6. 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