Owner's Manual

Getting Started

ProSafe Network Management Software NMS200

Hardware Recommendations

NMS200 contains an Application Server that runs continuously in the background, and a

Client (the user interface you actually see). The stand-alone installation runs a Web Server in

addition to the application server. Minimum hardware recommendations are based on the

different types of installation available:

• F

ull Installation (Application server + Web Server) — 2.8 GHz dual core CPU, 4G RAM

(8G for 64-bit operating systems), and 20G available disk space.

• W

eb Server Installation —2.8 GHz dual core CPU, 4G. If you want to serve more than

10 web clients, upgrade your hardware.

You can start and stop the client portion of the software without impacting the application

server. Device monitoring stops when you stop the application server or turn off its host

machine. The client can also be on a different machine than the application server.

Note: See Starting Web Client on page 16 for more information about

using web access to this software.

Network Basics

NMS200 communicates over a network. In fact, the machine where you install it must be

connected to a network for the application to start successfully. Firewalls, or even SNMP

management programs using the same port on the same machine where this software is

installed can interfere with communication with your equipment.

Dealing with any network barriers to communicating with NMS200, any required initial device

configuration to accept management, and managing security measures or firewalls—all are

outside the scope of these instructions. Consult with your network administrator to ensure

this software has access to the devices you want to manage with the Protocols described

below.

Tip: One simple way

to check connectivity from a Windows machine to a

device is to open a command shell with Start > Run

cmd

. Then, type

ping

[device IP address]

at the command line. If the device responds, it is

connected to the network. If not, consult your network administrator to

correct this. No useful information comes from disconnected or

powered-down devices.

Name Resolution

NMS200 server and client require resolution of equipment names to work completely,

whether by host files or domain name system (DNS). The application server cannot respond

to hosts with IP addresses alone. The application server might not even be in the same

network and therefore the host would be unable to connect.