AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.2 INSTALLATION GUIDE AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..........................................................................................................................3 2.1 2.2 2.3 WINDOWS ......................................................................................................................................................................
1 INTRODUCTION This Installation Guide describes the installation, configuration, and registration procedures for AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 on Windows and UNIX. It also describes the system requirements for the application. AlliedView-EMS comprises the Device Manager application for managing Allied Telesis devices, VLAN Manager and QoS Manager. 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The following software and hardware components are required to run AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2.
3 BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that you satisfy the following requirements before installing AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2. • • • • • 4 You must have administrative rights on the machine where you will install AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2. To make sure that you have administrative rights, log on as administrator before installing AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2.
Click Next to continue. AlliedView-EMS supports Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. The next window will be displayed if the installer has detected that your Windows platform is not supported. AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
If you do not wish to continue with the installation, select No and click Next to terminate the installation setup program. If you wish to continue with the installation, select Yes and click Next. However, successful installation and full functionality support of AlliedView-EMS will not be guaranteed since the Windows platform is not supported. 4. Specify whether you want to check if a later version of the AlliedView-EMS application is available.
If you choose to check for the availability of the latest version, select Yes and click Next. The progress bar is then displayed. The next window is displayed if you cancel the version checking operation. If you wish to check again for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS, select Yes and click Next. The installer will then return to the progress bar window to check for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS. If you do not wish to check for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS, select No and click Next.
Click Next to continue. If you do not have the latest version of AlliedView-EMS, information regarding the latest version is displayed. If you wish to download the latest version of AlliedView-EMS, select Yes and click Next. The installation setup program will terminate to allow you to download the latest version of AlliedView-EMS. If you do not wish to download the latest version of AlliedView-EMS, select No and click Next, the installer will then proceed to the next window.
If you wish to check for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS again, select Yes and click Next. The installer will then return to the progress bar window to check for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS. If you do not wish to check for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS, select No and click Next. The installer will then proceed to the next window. If the installer is not able to retrieve any information successfully, the following window will be displayed.
Select No and click Next if you do not wish to check for the latest version of AlliedView-EMS. The installer will then proceed to the next window. 5. If you plan to integrate AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 with an NMS, the NMS should be in the correct state: • • For SNMPc and OpenView, services should not be running. For NetView, services should be running. The next window is displayed if the installer has detected that your NMS is not in its correct state. If you plan to integrate AlliedView-EMS 4.0.
Click Next to continue. If you choose to install the AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 application only, the documentation for the application will not be available after the installation. You will have to run the installer again and choose the option “AlliedView-EMS Documentation” to install the documentation. If you choose to install the AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 documentation only, you will have to specify a folder where the documents will be installed, unless AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 application is already installed.
Click Next to continue. If NetView integration is selected, the following message is displayed: Click OK to continue. 8. Read the license agreement. To continue with the installation, accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next. AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the Next button will remain disabled and you cannot proceed with the installation. 9. A message box is displayed informing you that you are installing a 45-day trial version of AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2. Click OK to continue. 10. You can install AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 in the default directory or you can specify the directory where you want to install AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2. AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
Click Next to continue. 11. Specify the folder where AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 program icons will be stored. The default folder is AlliedView-EMS. Click Next to continue. 12. Verify that the installation information you have specified is correct. AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
Click Next to continue. 13. The progress of the installation is displayed. At this point, the AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 installer initializes the WEB and Telnet external command fields used by the AlliedView-EMS Device Manager application for the current user. Current user refers to the login name that you used when you logged into the system.
neither of the two browser programs exists, the external command field is left blank. On the UNIX platform, the installer checks if Mozilla is installed. In setting the Telnet external command field on UNIX, the installer uses the standard Telnet application that comes with the operating system. For Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003, the HyperTerminal application is used. 14. Click Next to continue. 15. The release notes will be displayed. Click Finish to close the installation wizard.
4.2 HP-UX To install AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 on HP-UX, perform the following procedure. 1. 2. 3. 4. Make sure that you have root privilege. Copy the EMS402H.bin file to a temporary directory. Move to the directory where the installation file is. Make sure that the installation file is executable. Use the chmod command to correct the permissions mode of the file. chmod u+x EMS402H.bin 5. Enter the following on the command line: ./EMS402H.bin 6. 4.3 Press Enter to start the AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 installer.
6 INTEGRATING ALLIEDVIEW-EMS 4.0.2 WITH SNMPC The AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 installer automatically detects if SNMPc is installed and will perform the necessary integration so that AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 can be started from within SNMPc. If AlliedViewEMS 4.0.2 is installed before SNMPc, integration will not take place. Reinstallation of AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 will be required.
to connect to these devices will result in the error message: “Request/Poke failed. Error 0x10”. Device Manager will then hang at this point. To prevent this from happening, the name-value pair “UseSysName=No” can be added to the Polling Agent section of the snmpc.ini file. This will force SNMPc to use the IP address of devices as labels. Note - When SNMPc discovers two or more devices with the same system name, a device icon will be displayed for each.
To start AlliedView-EMS for an Allied Telesis device, follow the steps below: 1. 2. 3. Select an Allied Telesis device on the network map. Select Tools or right click on the device icon then choose AlliedView-EMS Device Manager. Device Manager will be launched. AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
8 INTEGRATING ALLIEDVIEW-EMS 4.0.2 WITH NETVIEW The AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 installer automatically detects if NetView is installed and will perform the necessary integration so that AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 can be started from within NetView. After integration, the “AlliedView-EMS Device Manager” option is added to the “Tools” menu. After installing AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2, NetView does not immediately update its maps to show Allied Telesis icons.
9 UNINSTALLING ALLIEDVIEW-EMS OR AT-VIEW PLUS Before uninstalling AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus, make sure that you have administrative rights. If the machine where you installed AlliedView-EMS is defined as an Active Directory Domain Controller, make sure that you use the same administrator account that installed AlliedView-EMS to uninstall it. Using a different administrator account to uninstall AlliedView-EMS will not uninstall the application completely.
3. A new window is displayed stating that AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus and its components will be uninstalled from its installation folder. Click Next to uninstall AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus. 4. This window is displayed only if the uninstallation program has detected that SNMPc or OpenView services are running or if NetView services are not running. Click OK to terminate the uninstallation. Stop the SNMPc or OpenView services or start the NetView services and run the uninstallation program again.
5. 9.2 Click Finish. You have successfully uninstalled AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus from your computer. UNIX To uninstall AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus from UNIX, run the application “uninstaller.bin” found in the _uninstx folder of the AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus installation directory, where x is the latest number. The Uninstall Wizard will appear. To uninstall AlliedView-EMS or AT-View Plus, perform steps 2 to 5 of the uninstallation procedure for Windows. AlliedView™-EMS 4.0.
10 LICENSE REGISTRATION This installation automatically provides you with a 45-day trial period. You will need to enter a license key if you wish to continue to use AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 after the trial period expires. For existing AT-View Plus users and users of AlliedView-EMS 3.x and below, your license key will not work on this release. Please contact your Allied Telesis sales representative to upgrade your license. To register the License Key: 1. Start AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2. 2.
2. Select Help>License Registration. The License Registration dialog box opens. 5. Click the Modify License key button. The Modify License dialog box opens. Edit License Key and/or Company Name. 6. Click the OK button. The registered License Key and License Type will be displayed. 11 INSTALLATION/UNINSTALLATION NOTES 11.1 Installation If OpenView is installed, a command window (black screen) is displayed for a few seconds after clicking the “Next” button in the Welcome dialog.
used by Allied Telesis devices. complete. Loading the MIB files may take some time to When installing AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 with NetView integration, the following warning message may be displayed: “C:\usr\ov\symbols\ati_device_sym.bak exists on this system and is newer than the file being installed. Do you want to replace this file?” This happens when an AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 was previously uninstalled and installed again. Click Yes to proceed with the installation setup. 11.
“\usr\ov\bin\disptec.exe:Unable to get map info: The map is not open. Exiting…” “java.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created.” To correct this error, please do the following: 1. Move the file \usr\ov\symbols\ati_device_sym.bak to \usr\ov\symbols\c. 2. Rename ati_device_sym.bak to ati_device_sym. 3. Start the NetView console. The map should now be displayed. 4. Exit from NetView.
Error/Alert Message Please uninstall AlliedView-EMS [application | documentation| application and documentation] prior to installing AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2. AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2 Installer will now terminate. Description/Solution AT-View Plus m.n is already installed on this system. There is an older version of AlliedView-EMS i.e., ATView Plus (where m.n is the version) on the machine where you are performing the installation. Please uninstall AT-View Plus m.n prior to installing AlliedView-EMS 4.0.2.
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