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 Manual282
Back up the system settings
You can back up the application system settings immediately or schedule a backup job for
future execution, either once or on a recurring basis.
Note: For information about backing up devices that are on your network,
see Back up your device configurations on page 126.
The application saves the system settings backup file on the external file server that you
specify (see
Set up a file server for system backup and restore operations on page 280).
You can use the system settings backup file to restore the system settings. For more
information, see
Restore the system settings on page 286.
The application saves system settings backup files from completed backup jobs for the data
retention period. For more information, see Set the data retention period on page 271.
Execute a system settings backup job and see the history
You can execute a one-time system settings backup job immediately.
To execute a system settings backup job immediately and see the backup history:
1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the
NMS300 server
.
For more information, see
Log in to the application on page 21.
A login window opens.
2. Enter your user name and password.
The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is
also admin.
3. Click the Sign In button.
The Network Summary page displays.