User guide

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ExtremeWare Enterprise
Manager Overview
This chapter describes:
• Features of the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager
™
.
• ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager components.
• Hardware and software requirements.
I
NTRODUCTION
Today's corporate networks commonly encompass hundreds or thousands of systems,
including individual end user systems, servers, network devices such as printers, and
internetworking systems. Extreme Networks
™
recognizes that network managers have
different needs, and delivers a suite of ExtremeWare
™
management tools to meet those
needs.
The ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager is a powerful yet easy-to-use application suite
that facilitates the management of a network of Summit
™
switches. Virtual LAN
(VLAN) and policy-based Quality of Service policies can be set across the network
where enterprise-wide management is a given. In addition, centralized and distributed
stacks of Summit switches can be managed as aggregated entities. Features such as
SmartTraps
™
further maximize network monitoring capability while maintaining
network usage efficiency.
The ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager leverages the three-tier client/server architecture
framework represented by Java applets, and can be accessed using any Java-enabled
browser. The Enterprise Manager application and database support two of the most