Owner's Manual

Get to Know the NMS300 System
7
NMS300 Network Management System
Network Environment
The NMS300 Network Management System software resides on the NMS300 server at a
static IP address on the local area network. The NMS300 software monitors the NETGEAR
and third-party devices on the network.
Internet
NMS300
server
NETGEAR
devices
Third-party
devices
Web
browser
Web
browser
Local area network
Internet
gateway
Static IP
address
Figure 1. The NMS300 Network Management System
You access the NMS300 software with a web browser. The IP address for a web browser
located outside the Internet gateway has to have permission to access the network.
The supported NETGEAR device types include the following:
• Switches (including managed and smart switches)
• NMS300 server (managed)
The NMS300 system can discover all third-party devices and display their nodes as up or
down.
More details are displayed for third-party devices that are SNMP devices, since the NMS300
system uses SNMP MIBs to gather health and status information.
The supported third-party
device types include the following:
• Routers
• VoIP gateways
• Hosts
• V
irtualization servers