NETGEAR NMS100 Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats, Typographical Conventions, Manual Scope

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats

This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic to intermediate computer and Internet skills. This guide uses the following typographical conventions:

Table 1-1. Typographical Conventions

italics

Emphasis, books, CDs, URL names

bold

User input

 

 

SMALL CAPS

Screen text, file and server names, extensions, commands, IP addresses

 

 

This guide uses the following format to highlight special messages:

Note: This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest.

This manual is written for the ProSafe NMS according to these specifications.

Table 1-2.

Manual Scope

 

 

 

 

Product Version

 

ProSafe Network Management System

Manual Publication Date

September 2004

 

 

 

Note: Product information and updates are available on the NETGEAR Web site at http://kbserver.netgear.com.

Introduction

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Contents NETGEAR, Inc September 2004Statement of Conditions TrademarksCustomer Support World Wide Web Contents Chapter Data and Statistics Appendix a Contents Typographical Conventions Audience, Scope, Conventions, and FormatsManual Scope Overview Other ProSafe NMS FeaturesRecommended system requirements Device Access ModesProSafe Network Management System System RequirementsPackage Contents Introduction Introduction Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Chapter Installation and StartupStarting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Installing the Air Messenger Pro Paging SoftwareStarting a Local Console Session Disabling Automatic Console LoginStopping and Starting the Server Element Function Console ElementsMain button bar Edit button bar Selection Tool Event Log ToolZoom to Console Button CommandsSelection Tab Description Selection ToolEvent Log Tool Selection Tool tabsView Window Area Installation and Startup Map Selection Tree Working with the Map DatabaseRectangle Using Map View WindowsView All Zoom Out ZoomMoving Objects at the Root Level Moving Map ObjectsAutomatically arranged and manually arranged submap levels Moving Objects Inside Subnet LevelsMoving Objects from One Subnet to Another Attributes Changing Object PropertiesObject Properties Access tab Access ParametersAttribute Name Description Type-Dependent Attributes Object Attribute Name Description Type a Object Properties Attribute tabObject Types Adding Map ObjectsType Description MIB Selection Tree Viewing Device MIB DataManage Menus Custom Menus Table Display ElementsGraph Styles Graph Display ElementsCreating a New Report Saving Long-term StatisticsViewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Threshold Alarms Setting Threshold AlarmsAlarm Type Description Configuring Automatic Alarms Setting Status Variable PollingSetting Manual Threshold Alarms Discovery of Four Built-in Services Polling TCP Application ServicesTCP Service Polling Managing Polling for the Device Custom TCP Service PollingTo modify an existing Custom TCP Service definition Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an EventThen, set the Email/Paging global event options Add an Event Filter for the pollDeviceDown event Then, set the Email/Page event actions ProSafe NMS Events Other Event TypesEvent Subtree Trap Name Description First, add a grouped set of users Emailing or Paging Multiple UsersThen, add an Event Filter for the selected devices Duration of Network Discovery Troubleshooting Network DiscoveryNormal Discovery Map Layout Sample top-level and Subnet Map views for a small network Failure Symptoms and SolutionsIncorrect or Missing Community Names Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the ServerFirewalls Block Snmp Operations Snmp Device Access Control ListNot Enough Seeds Broadcast Packet Losses Setting Up New FiltersLimiting 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 Auto Uplink Denial of Service attackCat Domain Name DoS Dynamic Host Configuration ProtocolIP Address GatewayInternet Protocol Mbps Lightweight Directory Access ProtocolLocal area network MAC addressPerfect Forward Secrecy NetBIOSNetwork Address Translation PacketRouter PPPoEPPP over ATM PPP over EthernetSubnet Mask Wide area network Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming ServiceUniversal Plug and Play WEB Proxy ServerWireless Network Name Ssid Index Index Index