User guide

Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide 3-1
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Network Infrastructure Manager
Overview
Network Infrastructure Manager Overview
Network Infrastructure Manager (NIM) is composed of a number of views that are
organized to complement your workflow. The different views allow you to manage
different functional areas controlled by NIM. They are:
• Network Provision View
• Network Inventory View
• Providers Administration View
• Server Administration View
• Change Control View
NIM also has a number of icons and menus that are available from all of the views.
Summary of Features
• Layer 1 to 4 configuration: ports, trunks, VLANs, IP addressing, routing protocols,
ACLs
• Extreme Networks-only device support: BlackDiamond, Alpine, and Summit (i
chipset and 24e3 only)
• Service Provider Administration (wholesale model support)
• ISM Provision Server Administration (device communicators, utilities)
• Configuration Versioning (change histories, checkpoints)