Quick Reference Guide

Chapter 1: Overview | 5

NMS200 Quick Reference Manual

1. Overview

Introduction

This Quick Reference Guide will help you start using your Product Name & Model as quickly

and productively as possible. After a review of the hardware and software requirements

needed for your installation in System Basics, you can move on to Installation and Startup on

page 11. To start using the software, see Discovering Resources on page 16.

This software includes reporting capabilities. These are described in online help. Key

features available in this software are the following:

• Deep Discovery — Detailed device information retrieved automatically.

• Real time monitoring of Alarms that impact your network. (See Alarm Panels on

page 28.)

• A Resource inventory available at a glance. (See Managing Resources on page 26)

• Configurable Detail Panels below the display of listed devices. These tell you about

devices you select.

For more detailed descriptions of features, see the User Manual or online help.

Tip: If you want to find something but are unsure about which manual

contains it, you can search all the Acrobat files in a single directory. For

example, in Acrobat v.8, Shift+Ctrl+F opens a directory-wide,

multi-document search.

System Basics

System requirements vary depending how you use the application and the operational

environment. Because we do not know your specific network and devices, the

recommendations are based on typical, not definitive configurations.

Base the minimum configuration of any system on its expected peak load. Your installation

should spend 95% of its time idle and 5% of its time trying to keep pace with the resource

demands.

Supported Operating System Versions

The following are supported operating system versions:

• Microsoft

Windows Server

2003 (Standard, Enterprise, and Web), Server 2008

Enterprise.