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5. SNMP SETUP

5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform

SE5002 is an SNMP device that allows many popular SNMP Network management platforms such as HP

OpenView and SunNet Manager, to conduct monitoring on the device.

Depending on the network management tools used, SE5002 information can be collected from running the

management tools, including IP address, DNS name, system descriptions and NIC information.

5.2 Using NetworkView: An Example

NetworkView is a free compact network management tool from NetworkView Software, Inc.

(

www.networkview.com). It discovers all TCP/IP nodes in a network using DNS, SNMP and ports information

and documents with printed maps and reports for future use.

First, download and install the tool on ones PC (Windows 2000 and Windows XP), then start NetworkView.

1. Click on the button to open a new file. The following screen shall appear, on Addresses field,

Enter in the IP address range for searching (Fig. 40).

Fig. 40. IP address searching

2 Click on “OK” and the following dialog box shall display the searching progress (Fig. 41)

Fig. 41. Searching progress

3 After the search is complete, NetworkView will display the devices found on the main window, as shown