NETGEAR NMS100 manual Event Log Tool, Selection Tool tabs, Selection Tab Description

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe Network Management System NMS100

Selection Tool

If you do not see the selection tool, use the View/Selection Tool menu to show it. Use the Selection Tool to manipulate objects from one of several databases. Use the drag control at the right of the Selection Tool to change its size. Select one of the Selection Tool tabs to display a tree control for the database. Use the right-click menu inside a selection tree for database-specific commands.

Table 2-1.	Selection Tool tabs

Selection Tab		Description

Map		Map Object database, including devices and subnets.

MIB		Compiled SNMP MIBs, Custom Tables and Custom MIB
		Expressions.

Trend		Report profiles that define long term polling procedures and
		scheduled reports.

Event		Event filters used to determine what happens when an event
		is received.

Menu		Custom menus that appear in the Manage, Tools, and Help
		ProSafe NMS menus.

Event Log Tool

The Event Log Tool displays different filtered views of the ProSafe NMS event log. If you do not see the Event Log Tool, use the View/Event Log Tool menu to show it.

•Select the Current tab to show unacknowledged (current) events. These events have a colored box at the left side of the log entry. The color of map objects is determined by the highest priority unacknowledged event for that object.

•Select the History tab to show all events, including acknowledged and unacknowledged events.

•Select one of the Custom tabs and use the right-click Filter View menu to specify which events should be displayed for that tab.

•Double-click an event entry to display a Map View window with the corresponding device icon visible.

•To quickly view events for a particular device, first select the device and then use one of the View Events buttons (or the View/Active Events and View/History Events menus). This will show the device events in a separate window in the View Windows area.

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Contents September 2004 NETGEAR, IncTrademarks Statement of ConditionsCustomer Support World Wide Web Contents Chapter Data and Statistics Appendix a Contents Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats Typographical ConventionsManual Scope Other ProSafe NMS Features OverviewSystem Requirements Device Access ModesProSafe Network Management System Recommended system requirementsPackage Contents Introduction Introduction Chapter Installation and Startup Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local ConsoleInstalling the Air Messenger Pro Paging Software Starting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local ConsoleDisabling Automatic Console Login Starting a Local Console SessionStopping and Starting the Server Event Log Tool Console ElementsMain button bar Edit button bar Selection Tool Element FunctionConsole Button Commands Zoom toSelection Tool tabs Selection ToolEvent Log Tool Selection Tab DescriptionView Window Area Installation and Startup Working with the Map Database Map Selection TreeZoom Using Map View WindowsView All Zoom Out RectangleMoving Map Objects Moving Objects at the Root LevelMoving Objects Inside Subnet Levels Automatically arranged and manually arranged submap levelsMoving Objects from One Subnet to Another Changing Object Properties AttributesAccess Parameters Object Properties Access tabAttribute Name Description Type-Dependent Attributes Object Properties Attribute tab Object Attribute Name Description Type aAdding Map Objects Object TypesType Description Viewing Device MIB Data MIB Selection TreeManage Menus Table Display Elements Custom MenusGraph Display Elements Graph StylesSaving Long-term Statistics Creating a New ReportViewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Setting Threshold Alarms Threshold AlarmsAlarm Type Description Setting Status Variable Polling Configuring Automatic AlarmsSetting Manual Threshold Alarms Polling TCP Application Services Discovery of Four Built-in ServicesTCP Service Polling Custom TCP Service Polling Managing Polling for the DeviceEmailing or Paging the Administrator on an Event To modify an existing Custom TCP Service definitionThen, set the Email/Paging global event options Add an Event Filter for the pollDeviceDown event Then, set the Email/Page event actions Other Event Types ProSafe NMS EventsEvent Subtree Trap Name Description Emailing or Paging Multiple Users First, add a grouped set of usersThen, add an Event Filter for the selected devices Troubleshooting Network Discovery Duration of Network DiscoveryNormal Discovery Map Layout Failure Symptoms and Solutions Sample top-level and Subnet Map views for a small networkDiscovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server Incorrect or Missing Community NamesSnmp Device Access Control List Firewalls Block Snmp OperationsNot Enough Seeds Setting Up New Filters Broadcast Packet LossesLimiting the Scope of Discovery Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout Event Parameters Event ParametersEvent Description Parameters Set Community name of the target device List of Glossary Terms Denial of Service attack Auto UplinkCat Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Domain Name DoSGateway IP AddressInternet Protocol MAC address Lightweight Directory Access ProtocolLocal area network MbpsPacket NetBIOSNetwork Address Translation Perfect Forward SecrecyPPP over Ethernet PPPoEPPP over ATM RouterSubnet Mask WEB Proxy Server Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming ServiceUniversal Plug and Play Wide area networkWireless Network Name Ssid Index Index Index