ProSafe Network Management System Reference Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installation and Startup
- Chapter 3 Data and Statistics
- Chapter 4 Polling and Emailing
- Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Advanced Configuration
- Troubleshooting Network Discovery
- Duration of Network Discovery
- Normal Discovery Map Layout
- Failure Symptoms and Solutions
- Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server
- Incorrect or Missing Community Names
- SNMP Device Access Control List
- Firewalls Block SNMP Operations
- Not Enough Seeds
- Broadcast Packet Losses
- Limiting the Scope of Discovery
- Setting Up New Filters
- Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout
- Troubleshooting Network Discovery
- Appendix A
- Glossary
- Index
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Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats ................................................................2-1
Overview .........................................................................................................................2-2
Other ProSafe NMS Features ........................................................................................2-2
ProSafe Network Management System .........................................................................2-3
System Requirements ....................................................................................................2-3
Device Access Modes ....................................................................................................2-3
None (TCP Only) ......................................................................................................2-4
ICMP (Ping) ..............................................................................................................2-4
SNMP V1 and V2c ...................................................................................................2-4
SNMP V3 .................................................................................................................2-4
Package Contents ..........................................................................................................2-4
Chapter 2
Installation and Startup
Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console ..................................................3-1
Installing the Air Messenger Pro Paging Software .........................................................3-2
Starting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console ....................................................3-2
Disabling Automatic Console Login .........................................................................3-3
Starting a Local Console Session ............................................................................3-3
Stopping and Starting the Server .............................................................................3-3
Disabling Automatic Start up of ProSafe NMS Server System Tasks ......................3-3
Console Elements ..........................................................................................................3-4
Console Button Commands .....................................................................................3-5
Edit Button Bar ..................................................................................................3-5
Selection Tool ...........................................................................................................3-6
Event Log Tool .........................................................................................................3-6
View Window Area ...................................................................................................3-7