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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
Information is organized into the following chapters:
• Chapter 1 provides an overview of the product, how the document is organized, and the changes that have occurred to
both the product and this document since the last release.
• Chapter 2 gives an overview of the installation process and starting up the client interfaces
• Chapter 3 includes the real-time tasks available on the NMS (do not require a server restart).
• Chapter 4 gives the tasks involved in setting up users and their scope of operation.
• Chapter 5 includes the tasks available to control individual devices from both the Rapier and Telesis families.
• Chapter 6 controls how network-spanning features, such as interdevice VLANs, can be easily configured using the
AlliedView NMS user interface.
• Chapter 7 includes all aspects of Provisioning Gateways (iMG/RGs)
• Chapter 8 explains how statistics work and how to configure them.
• Chapter 9 explains how the Fault Management application works and how to control alarm outputs.
• Chapter 10 explains the HTML interface.
• Chapter 11 explains the MIB manager interface.
• Chapter 12 explains the capabilities of the Northbound interface.
• The Appendix explains how to export to a file tabular data displayed in the Fault Management, Performance, and
Network Inventory views. For the iMG/RG, it includes sample configuration files.
Document Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
• Menu selections are in bold/italic, with -> for accessing a submenu, such as Policy -> Add Policy.
• Descriptions of properties are in a two-column table, with the order of properties matching the order of policies
matching those shown on the window.
• Names of windows and window elements (such as Tool Tips) are in bold, such as the Restore Configuration window.
• Admonishments use the words Note, Caution, and Warning, where note means added information, Caution means a
potential degradation of service, and Warning means a potential loss of service/revenue.
Supporting Documents
The following documents are available for the AlliedView NMS. You can find these documents on the Allied Telesis
website.
• Allied Telesis™ AlliedView Network Management System (NMS) Administration Guide