User's Manual
Issue 1 June 2010 13
Chapter 1: Overview
Avaya Network Management
The Avaya Network Management is part of the Avaya Integrated Management, which provides
a complete set of tools and an applications platform. All of the tools in the Avaya Integrated
Management are accessible through a common Web-based user interface to facilitate system
and network management.
The Avaya Network Management applications and device managers are SNMP-based network
management applications. There are different types of applications to fill different network
management needs.
Note:
Note: This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation
(http://www.apache.org/).
Avaya Network Management applications
The Avaya Network Management applications are network-wide applications that allow you to
manage Avaya media gateways and Avaya LAN and backbone switches in your network as a
whole. These applications allow you to configure Avaya media gateways and VLANs, monitor
switching, set up rules to enhance quality of service, and perform other important network tasks.
For example, one Avaya Network Management application is the Avaya System Monitoring
(SMON) Manager, which provides advanced switch monitoring. (Avaya Integrated Management
includes a 90-day trial version of the Avaya SMON Manager, and you can purchase a license to
continue use beyond 90 days.) The Avaya SMON Manager monitors the Ethernet switching
fabric and gives you a complete top-down view of all switched traffic across your network.
Other network-wide applications includes the Avaya Configuration Backup Restore for backup
and restore of network devices and the Avaya Software Update Manager for automatically
updating your network devices with the most up-to-date software. A further description of the
Avaya Network Management applications is provided in the following sections. For more details
about a specific application, refer to the application’s user guide.