User manual
Table Of Contents
- NMS300 Network Management System Application
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Get Started
- 3 Discover and Manage Resources
- Discovery concepts
- Use quick discovery to discover devices on your network
- Use a discovery profile to discover devices on your network
- View and manage the wired and wireless devices on your network
- View device information
- View wireless device information only
- Modify the name, location information, and contact information
- Remove device information
- Synchronize a network device
- Log in to a device
- Ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a device
- Use the SNMP MIB browser
- View and export the Inventory table and Interface List table
- Manage device groups
- Search for the switch to which a host is connected
- 4 Monitor Devices and the Network
- Monitor the network
- Monitor the top 10 widgets for all devices
- Customize the top 10 page
- View the wireless summary and monitor the top 10 widgets for wireless devices
- View device details and interface details
- Monitor wireless clients and view client details
- Manage the configuration monitors
- Customize the optional network dashboard
- View and export audit logs
- View firmware version information
- View the NMS300 server information
- View application notifications
- 5 Manage Configurations and Firmware
- 6 Manage Alarms and Logs
- 7 Manage Maps and Topologies
- 8 Manage sFlow
- 9 Generate and View Reports
- 10 Manage Jobs
- 11 Manage Users and Security Profiles
- 12 Manage Global Settings and Backups
- 13 Manage Licenses
- 14 Register Devices
- A Technical Specifications
- B Device Details
- 1 Index
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1Introduction
Streamline network management tasks
The NETGEAR Network Management System 300 (NMS300) is a centralized and
comprehensive management application that enables you to discover, monitor, configure, and
report on enterprise-class networks with NETGEAR and third-party network devices.
This manual is intended for network administrators.
This chapter covers the following topics:
•
Network environment concepts
• Compatible devices
• Prepare the network devices for discovery
• What to do next
Note: In this manual, the NMS300 application is referred to as the
application. The server on which the application is installed is referred
to as the NMS300 server.
Note: For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the
support website at netgear.com/support/.
Note: For more information about this NMS300 release, see the NMS300
Release Notes, which are available on
netgear.com/support/download/.
Note: Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available
from time to time on
netgear.com/support/download/. Some
products can regularly check the site and download new firmware, or
you can check for and download new firmware manually
. If the
features or behavior of your product does not match what is
described in this guide, you might need to update your firmware.