Specifications

Software Release Notes Page 15
Overview
This section announces the New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0, upgrade information,
application information, plus system and platform requirements.
Product Description
SPECTRUM is Aprisma’s Network Management System for large-scale,
multi-LAN, multi-node communication networks. SPECTRUM is based on
a client/server model. The client, which provides the graphical user inter-
face (GUI), is called SpectroGRAPH, and the server, which includes the
SPECTRUM knowledge base, is called SpectroSERVER.
• SpectroGRAPH provides the on-screen representation of the network
model and allows the user to access, modify, and retrieve information
from this model using mouse and keyboard operations. The network
information can be presented from various perspectives or “views” that
show WAN, LAN, device, or board connections, geographical locations,
or organizational relationships.
• SpectroSERVER comprises the Virtual Network Machine (VNM) and
the Device Communications Manager (DCM). The DCM is the
communications engine that allows communication with network
devices regardless of protocol. The VNM is SPECTRUM’s knowledge
base. It uses Aprisma’s Inductive Modeling Technology (IMT) to provide
the intelligent software machinery that models the interconnections
and interrelationships among actual network devices.
Together these core client and server modules support a variety of
vendor-specific management modules that allow the user to create
working models of individual network devices. These models continuously
collect data from the devices they represent. As a result of this polling
process, SPECTRUM gains extensive knowledge about any network that it
is managing. By analyzing this information, an administrator can
maximize system performance while minimizing cost.