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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
2. Starting Up
Refer to the AlliedView NMS Installation Guide for instructions on how to start up the AlliedView NMS server and client on
Windows and Solaris platforms.
2.1 Password Configuration
The NMS provides the option to configure your password once you have logged into the application client or the browser
client for the first time. The Password Configuration dialog box appears by choosing the Tools -> Change Password menu
item. Refer to the following figure. You can type in your new password and set the time duration for which this password is
to remain valid. Refer to the following figure.
FIGURE 2-1 Setting a New Password
If at anytime you wish to change the password, select Tools -> Change Password from the main menu bar, and the Password
Configurator form will reappear.
2.1.1 Configuration Limits for Clients
The AlliedView NMS server can support up to five GUI client connections at the same time. Connecting to the AlliedView
NMS server using an HTML client counts as one of the five allowed users.
2.2 Using the Logs Console
When you start the client, you have the option of having a console file open during the session with AlliedView NMS. The
console file tracks all events that occur between the client and server for the life of the session.
The following figure is an example of the console file when the client first starts. It includes general information about the
AlliedView NMS configuration. Messages are grouped with a header for each day.
At any time during a session, the contents can be written to a file (Save to File) for archiving. Allied Telesis technical support
may use the files for troubleshooting.