User guide

1-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
EPICenter Overview
popular operating environments in the marketplace, Microsoft Windows NT and Sun
Microsystems’ Solaris. Integration with HP OpenView and other third-party network
management software products provides additional flexibility.
Summary of Features
Inlargecorporate networks,networkmanagersneed tomanagesystems“endtoend.”The
EPICenter software is a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use application for centralizing the
managementofanetworkofExtremeswitchesandselectedthird-partydevices,regardless
of the network size. The
EPICentersoftware provides the vital SNMP, HTML, and
CLI-based tools you need for network-wide management of Extreme Networks Summit,
Black Diamond, and Alpine switches.
• Network Control. The EPICenter software provides configuration and monitoring of
ExtremeNetworks'switchesandselectedthird-partydevicesanywhereon thenetwork
simultaneously.
• IntelligentManagement.ExtremeSmartTraps
™
(patentpending)automaticallygather
switch configuration changes and forward them to the EPICenter server, thereby
minimizing network management traffic. EPICenter separates its request “heartbeat”
polling to asses a device’s connectivity from its less frequent and more data-intensive
status polling.
• Hierarchical Displays. Most information, including that found in EPICenter topology
maps, VLAN management, configuration management, and real-time statistics, is
dynamically presented in an easy-to-navigate hierarchical tree.
• Multi-platform capability. The EPICenter Server supports both Sun SPARC/Solaris
and Intel/Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. Clients running in browsers on either of
these platforms can connect to servers on either platform.
• Supportformultipleusers with security. Users must log in to the application, and can
be granted different levels of access to the application features.
• Web-basedclients.EPICenterclientsareweb-based,requiringonlyaweb-browser and
Java plug-in to be installed on client machines.
• Manage large numbers of devices. The EPICenter server’s scalability mode lets you
manage up to about 2000 devices with a single installation of the EPICenter software.
Extreme Networks switches and many other MIB-2 compatible devices can be monitored
and controlled from a central web-based interface, without exiting EPICenter to run a
separate program or telnet session. Features such as SmartTrapsand the EPICenter alarm