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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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Network environment concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Device groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Types of users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Compatible devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
NETGEAR fully managed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
NETGEAR smart switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
NETGEAR firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
NETGEAR wireless access points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
NETGEAR wireless management systems and controllers. . . . . . . . . . .17
NETGEAR storage systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Prepare the network devices for discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
What to do next. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2 Get Started
Log in to the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Change your password and account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Change your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Change your account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Configure the email server for alerts and alarm notifications . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configure the general email server settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Configure email server settings for a gmail account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Configure the SMS server for alerts and alarm notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 3 Discover and Manage Resources
Discovery concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Use quick discovery to discover devices on your network . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Use a discovery profile to discover devices on your network . . . . . . . . . . .37
Add or modify a device credential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Add or modify a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Execute a discovery job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Remove a device credential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Remove a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
View and manage the wired and wireless devices on your network . . . . . 52
View device information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
View wireless device information only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Modify the name, location information, and contact information . . . . .57
Remove device information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58