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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Synchronize a network device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Log in to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Use the SNMP MIB browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
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iew and export the Inventory table and Interface List table. . . . . . . . .72
Manage device groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Add or modify a static device group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Add or modify a dynamic device group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Remove a device group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Search for the switch to which a host is connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 4 Monitor Devices and the Network
Monitor the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
View the default network summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Customize the Network Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Monitor the top 10 widgets for all devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
View the default top 10 widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Customize the top 10 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
View the wireless summary and monitor the
top 10 widgets for wireless devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
View the wireless summary and default top 10 wireless widgets . . . . .94
Customize the wireless summary page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
View device details and interface details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Monitor wireless clients and view client details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Manage the configuration monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Configure an individual monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Disable a monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Reenable a monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
View or modify the polling interval for a monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Customize the optional network dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Create or modify a dashboard view and launch the
dashboard view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Remove a dashboard view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Customize the network dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
View and export audit logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
View firmware version information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
View the NMS300 server information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
View application notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 5 Manage Configurations and Firmware
Back up your device configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Add or modify a backup profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Execute a backup job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Schedule a backup job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
View the execution status of a backup job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Remove a backup profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Restore your device configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136