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USING NETWORK SUPERVISOR TO

 

 

MANAGE YOUR NETWORK

3Com® Network Supervisor is a powerful and easy-to-use network management tool in the 3Com ® network management range.

This chapter contains an overview of how you and your network can benefit from Network Supervisor. This applies whether your network has been carefully structured from the beginning or has evolved in a less planned way.

Network Supervisor operates on Ethernet networks with up to 1500 devices (or 3000 devices if you have IP phones on your network). It works best on networks which are based on 3Com devices, (although other vendors’ devices are supported).

This chapter contains the following sections:

Overview of Network Supervisor Wizards

Major Benefits of Network Management with Network Supervisor

Setting up Network Supervisor for the First Time

Viewing the Stress on your Network

Managing and Manipulating Events

Instant Notification of Significant Activity Using Alerts

Viewing Network Trends and Patterns

A comprehensive glossary of terms is available on the Help system.

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