User guide

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Introduction to the AlliedView NMS Product
Congratulations on your purchase of the Allied Telesis™ Network Management System product. This
product allows administrators to query and control all aspects of Allied Telesis products in their network.
Who Should Read This Guide?
This document is for network administrators who need in-depth knowledge of the NMS and its applications.
Many of these applications are only available to administrators and allow them to control the actions
available to users. (Applications available to users are described in the NMS User Guide.)
About this Guide
This guide includes all aspects of the NMS product and includes information on the installation and
administration of the NMS server software.
• 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.