User guide

15-14 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
Administering EPICenter
• Poll Devices Using Telnet (checkbox): This enables or disables regular CLI/Telnet
polling ofExtremeWare4.1devices.ItdisablesESRPpollingaswellasEDPpolling.The
default is enabled.
• Save Switch Password for Vista Login (checkbox): Enables ExtremeView to save the
switch password in the EPICenter database when you log into a switch using
ExtremeWare Vista. If you disable this property, you will be required to login to each
switch in order to view Configuration and Statistics information in the ExtremeView
applet. The default is enabled (passwords will be saved).
Scalability Properties
Select Scalability from the drop-down menu field at the top of the properties panel to set
the EPICenter server into Scalable mode (or reset it into regular mode).
•ScalableMode(checkbox):A check inthe box indicatesthatScalability mode isturned
on. When the box is blank, the EPICenter server is in regular mode. Click the checkbox
to add or remove the check. The default is regular mode.
You must restart the EPICenter server after changing from regularto ScalableMode or
back to regular mode. When you click Apply after changing this setting, a pop-up
confirmation dialog will warnyou that you must restart the server.
Scalable Mode allows the EPICenter server to manage up to approximately 2000 devices.
However,not allappletsare availablein this mode. In particular, the following applets are
NOT available in Scalable Mode:
• ExtremeView
• Real-Time Statistics
• Topology
• VLAN Manager
• ESRP Manager
• Policy Manager (an optional module)
SNMP Properties
When you select SNMP from the drop-down menu field atthe top ofthe properties panel,
you can set the following properties:
• Poll Interval: the interval, in seconds, between SNMP polls of a switch to fetch basic
device status information. The default is 300 seconds (five minutes). The range is 5 to