- Patton Electronics Network Hardware User Manual

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Table of Contents
Summary Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 4
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 10
List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ 13
About this guide ........................................................................................................................................... 14
Audience............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Structure............................................................................................................................................................... 14
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 15
Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................16
FS6300 NMS Features ..........................................................................................................................................16
Common User Tasks.............................................................................................................................................16
Bringing up the NMS Server from Linux ..............................................................................................................17
Bringing up the NMS Client from Windows XP...................................................................................................17
Logging into the Application Client ......................................................................................................................17
Configuring Your Password ............................................................................................................................18
Configuring your password before connecting to the client .......................................................................18
Configuring your password from the client ...............................................................................................18
Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................................19
Using the NMS Menus .........................................................................................................................................21
Logging out of the Application Client ...................................................................................................................21
Backing Up the Database ......................................................................................................................................22
Creating a backup file of the database .............................................................................................................22
Scheduling a policy to backup the database .....................................................................................................22
2 Discovering Your Network............................................................................................................................ 24
Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................25
Defining Containers..............................................................................................................................................25
Pre-Defining Containers Before Initial Discovery ...........................................................................................25
Adding Pre-Defined Containers ................................................................................................................26
Modifying Pre-Defined Containers ...........................................................................................................27
Viewing and Deleting Containers .............................................................................................................28
Defining Containers During Multiple Card Configuration .............................................................................29
Configuring Initial Discovery Parameters ..............................................................................................................31
Starting the Discovery Process ...............................................................................................................................32
Enabling AutoDiscovery .................................................................................................................................32
Configuring Discovery of Specific Networks ...................................................................................................33
Setting Discovery Interval......................................................................................................................................34
Configuring Discovery of SNMP Devices .............................................................................................................35
Adding a Device Manually ....................................................................................................................................36
Stopping/Restarting a Discovery Process ...............................................................................................................37
Re-Discovering Already Discovered Devices..........................................................................................................38