System information

Interfaces
Interfaces which aren't in use should be shutdown (admin down) so that NMIS doesn't think it is
supposed to manage them. A simple lookup is done on interface types to determine if NMIS should
collect statistics on them. This is done during the createInterfaceFile subroutine.
NMIS Help
Last updated 21 June 2001 Online Version NMIS Home Page
General:
Menu
Summary
Health
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Current Events
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Reports
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Links
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Tables:
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Locations
Contacts
Event Policy
Escalation Policy
Extras:
Draw Graph
IP
metrics.pl
map.pl
view.pl
summary.pl
event.pl
query.pl
Menu
From the menu you can access the features and functionality of NMIS, there are buttons and pulldowns
which allow various ways to access NMIS items. Many things in NMIS are clickable allowing you to drill
in and around looking for information and answers.
One of NMIS key goals is to summarise the network into a single metric. This has been achieved and
allows network managers and engineers to watch this metric for problems in the network as the metric
changes. These metrics are shown on the NMIS Dashboard. You can view a small dash or a large
dash, if you prefer the large dash by default change the nmis.conf config item "show_large_menu" to
"true".
Summary
This displays summary details about a node. This includes some configuration information, a health
graph and an interface table. If you do not wish to see the uncollected interfaces set the nmis.conf
config item "show_non_collected_interfaces" to "false".
Graphs are drillable.
Health
This displays more detailed graphs about the health of a device. If available, CPU, Memory, packets
switched or routed, etc.
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