User`s guide

RoamAbout Switch Manager User’s Guide 7-1
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Managing and Monitoring Your Network
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What is Network Management?
Thissectionprovidesinformationtohelpyoudeploytheservicesyouconfiguredforyour
wirelessnetwork,enablecommunicationbetweenaRASMclientandRASMServices,andenable
andconfiguremonitoring.ItalsoprovidesyouwithinformationaboutconfiguringRoamAbout
switchmanagementservicesandperformingspecificadministrativetasks.
Fordetailedinformationabout
performingadministrativetasksonaRoamAboutswitch,referto
thechapter“ConfiguringRoamAboutSystemandAdministrativeParameters”intheRoamAbout
SwitchManagerReference.
What Is Network Monitoring?
Inadditiontomanagementcapabilities,thischapterhighlightstheMonitorfunction,which
displaysinformationretrievedfromtheRASMservice.TheMonitorviewsshowcorrelateddata
andallowyoutonavigate tothedetails.Informationispresentedinthefollowingviewsunderthe
Monitortoolbaroption:
•StatusSummary—Showsthehigh‐levelstatus
forEnterasysequipment.
•ClientSummary—Showsactivity,errors,andsessioninformationfornetworkclients.
•AlarmSummary—Showsfaults(alarms)forRoamAboutSwitches.
•TrafficSummary—Showstrafficstatisticsforthenetwork.
ClickingtheDetailsbuttoninanyofthepreviousviewsprovidesmoreinformationaboutthe
datainthatview.
For information about... Refer to page...
What is Network Management? 7-1
What Is Network Monitoring? 7-1
Deploy Your Configuration 7-2
Perform Basic Administrative Tasks 7-4
Distributing System Images 7-6
Importing and Exporting Switch Configuration Files 7-10
Monitoring Examples 7-12
What’s Next? 7-20