Specifications
MIB Selection panel.
Disable Node/Alias Learning −− It's important to make sure that inter−switch links are not
learning Node/Alias information, as it would slow down searches and give inaccurate results.
Enabling CDP on inter−switch links disables Node/Alias learning. You can also disable
Node/Alias learning on a switch port by setting the maximum number of entries per interface
(ctAliasConfigurationInterfaceMaxEntries) to 0 on that port, using the Node Alias Control
FlexView in Console.
The following table provides Automated Security Manager search time comparisons between optimized and
not optimized Node/Alias implementations.
Search Time Comparisons:
Number of
Devices
Node/Alias
Optimized
4000 entries
Node/Alias Not
Optimized
4000 entries
Node/Alias
Optimized
200 entries
Node/Alias
Not
Optimized
200 entries
25 3 sec 1 min 40 sec 3 sec 7 sec
100 9 sec 5 min 50 sec 9 sec 25 sec
200 20 sec 11 min 10 sec 20 sec 47 sec
300 25 sec 16 min 52 sec 25 sec 1 min 13 sec
800 1 min 3 sec 58 min 46 sec 1 min 3 sec 3 min 13 sec
INSTALLATION INFORMATION:
When you purchased Automated Security Manager, you received a Licensed Product Entitlement ID that
allows you to generate a product license. Prior to installing ASM, you must redeem your Entitlement ID for a
product license. Refer to the instructions included with the Entitlement that was sent to you. (For more
information, see http://www.enterasys.com/products/management/.)
The NetSight Installer (InstallAnywhere
®
by Zero G Software, Inc.) leads you through a series of windows
that ask you for all the information required in order to install ASM. In one of the windows, you will need to
enter the license text that you receive when you redeem your Entitlement ID. When you finish with the series
of windows, Automated Security Manager is installed according to your specification.
For complete installation instructions, refer to the installation documentation located on the NetSight
Documentation web page: http://www.enterasys.com/support/manuals/netsight.html.
If you will be installing from a CD, you can also access the installation instructions from the CD with a web
browser by opening the install.htm file located in the top−level directory.
Evaluation Copy
If you have requested an Automated Security Manager evaluation license, you will receive an Evaluation
License Entitlement ID that you must redeem for an evaluation license prior to installation. Refer to the
Automated Security Manager Help
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