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
Discover and Manage Resources User Manual43
For a new discovery profile, the Add Profile pop-up window opens. For an existing
discovery profile, the Edit Profile pop-up window opens.
6. Enter or modify the information in the following sections:
• General Info. Enter the name and description of the profile.
• Discovery Options
:
- Resolve Host Names. T
o attempt to resolve a host name to an IP address, select
the Resolve Host Names (Attempt to resolve host name to IP address) check
box.
- ICMP Ping Devices. T
o monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP
devices, select the ICMP Ping Devices (Ping devices before authentication)
check box.
• Discovery Filters. Select the discovery filters you want by vendor, location, and
device type.
•
Discovery Includes. Select whether to include ICMP-only devices or unclassified
devices.
• LLDP Option.
T
o monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices, select
the Enable LLDP Link Discovery (Automatically discover LLDP links) check box.