Owner's Manual

Installation 43

Installation

Installation Overview and Prerequisites

The installation process installs the application, including its foundation class software. For

hardware requirements, and other prerequisites, consult the sections following System Basics on

page 27.

This application is incompatible with any other software using the standard SNMP ports (162, for

example), or other raw sockets. Either stop the conflicting application before you install this one, or

stop this one whenever you want to use the alternative. You may have to reboot to close conflicted

sockets. To stop this application, you must close the client

and

stop the Application Server (see

Stopping Servers on page 56).

NOTE:

Upgrading from a previous installation is automated, but best practice is to back up the existing system

first to ensure data preservation. Some packages may have an install wizard option to back up the

database before upgrading.

Quick Start

The typical sequence of events, including installation is the following:

Install the software

—See Installing the Application on page 47 for details.

Discover Network Devices

—See Chapter 12, Discovery in the

User Guide

for detailed

instructions, or click

File -> Open -> Inventory -> Resource Discovery

and enter the IP

addresses you want to discover. You may also have to enter SNMP and Telnet login/password

combinations to fully discover equipment. Once you have discovered equipment, you can

manage it.

- Begin Managing your network

You can also administer your application, setting up users, and equipment access passwords, and

groups for both users and equipment, as you begin to use it.