Owner's Manual

Resource Management
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ProSafe Network Management Software NMS200
• Details — Displays several panels with detailed resource information. These include
Response Times graphs, Interfaces, Alarms, Ports, Latest Configurations. and a Details
panel with model and other information.
Notice that you can right-click listed interfaces, configuration files, and so on to perform
more actions.
• Direct Access —
This opens a sub-menu where you can select the type of available
direct cut-thru access to the selected device. See MIB Browser on pag
e 156 and
Terminal on p
age 157 for more the about the available direct access options.
• Event Management —
This lets you suppress or update alarms related to the selected
resource. You can Start Alarm Suppression (Stop appears, once you have started
suppression), Stop All Alarm Suppression, Schedule Alarm Suppression, View Active
Suppression(s), and Resync Alarms (re-query the device for up-to-date alarm
information. When you Start suppression, you must supply a reason in the subsequent
screen, and a message appears confirming the suppression has started. Schedule
presents a Parameters screen where you can describe the scheduled suppression and
select a duration and any additional suppression targets. The Schedule tab on this screen
lets you start suppression at a specific time and configure any recurrence, and
termination (Stopping on) for the scheduled suppression. The termination can either be a
date, a number of occurrences or Never.
Suppressed events / alarms do not appear in the Alarm display, but, unlike rejected
e
v
ents, the Event History screen can display a record of them.
• File Manag
ement —
Lets you call on NMS200’s NetConfig configuration file capabilities.
You can view a current configuration file, compare it to any previous backup, backup,
restore, deploy and import a config file. See File Management on p
age 138 for details.