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
NMS300 Network Management System Application
Manage Global Settings and Backups User Manual273
6. For the data retention periods that you want to change, enter the updated information:
• Events.
This setting determines how long events are retained. The default period is
30 days. For more information, see
View and manage network event notifications on
page 192.
• Device Traps.
This setting determines how long trap data is retained. The default
period is 30 days. For more information, see
View and manage device traps on
page 194.
• NMS Audit Log.
This setting determines how long audit logs are retained. The
default period is 30 days. For more information, see
View and export audit logs on
page 119.
• Summary Performance Data.
This setting determines how long summary
performance data is retained. The default period is 180 days. For more information,
see
Customize the optional network dashboard on page 112.
• Configuration Files.
This setting determines how long backed-up configuration files
are retained. The default period is 90 days. For more information, see
Back up your
device configurations on page 126.
• Job Result.
This setting determines how long job execution reports are retained. For
more information, see
View and manage jobs on page 257.
• Alarm History.
This setting determines how long alarms are retained. The default
period is 30 days. For more information, see
View and manage the alarm history on
page 177.
• Device Syslogs.
This setting determines how long syslogs are retained. The default
period is 30 days. For more information, see
View and manage device system logs
on page 196.
• Raw Performance Data.
This setting determines how long raw performance data is
retained. The default period is 3 days. For more information, see
Manage the
configuration monitors on page 106.
• Report Files.
This setting determines how long job reports are retained. The default
period is 30 days. For more information, see
View and remove saved reports on
page 253.
• Image Files.
This setting determines how long device firmware files are retained. The
default period is 365 days. For more information, see
Upgrade firmware for one or
more devices on page 163.
7. Click the Submit button.
Your changes are saved.