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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
1. The AlliedView Network Management System (NMS)
The NMS provides a powerful client for managing a network. It presents the network and its devices in a user-friendly way,
allowing you to quickly learn how the network is configured, how to reconfigure elements and how to spot problems before
they degrade network performance.
To set up the NMS product, you first need to install the NMS on a server. See the Allied Telesis™ AlliedView Network
Management System (NMS) Installation Guide for installation instructions. Once the AlliedView NMS software is installed, you
can query and control all aspects of the network with the NMS client.
1.1 AlliedView NMS Editions
The NMS provides two editions, the Service Provider Edition (SE) and the Enterprise Edition (EE). The SE provides the
complete feature set and the EE provides a partial set. The EE is intended for an enterprise customer managing a smaller
network with a limited number of devices. The EE includes all of the features in the SE except for customer provisioning of
voice, video, and data services.
The following table summarizes the main aspects of the Enterprise Edition version of NMS, with references to additional
information.
TABLE 1-1 Enterprise Edition Feature Set
Feature Description when used in Enterprise Edition Reference
Licensing process The licensing process remains the same, with the customer receiving a
license file and using the License Manager GUI to apply the license.
On a running system, the License Keys option for the Status Monitoring
Tool shows that the license is Service Provider or Enterprise Edition.
AlliedView
NMS
Installation
Guide,
Appendix B.
Show current license once
installed
The License Keys option for the Status Monitoring Tool shows that the
license is Service Provider or Enterprise Edition.
The title bar of the NMS GUI includes the text Service Provider or
Enterprise Edition
Section 3.9.
Platforms Supported Windows 2003/2008 Server, Windows XP, Windows 7
Discovery Configurator A separate Discovery Configurator Interface is used, with changes to the
GUI that match the Enterprise Edition discovery features.
Section 3.2