Introduction
If you are using SPMA in a stand-alone mode or in conjunction with the SunNet Manager or Solstice Enterprise Manager platforms, the RMON option will be available for all appropriate devices whether or not you have purchased the RMON application module. If you are using SPMA in conjunction with HP Network Node Manager or IBM NetView, however, the RMON option will only appear when the module has been purchased and installed.
Instructions on discovering Cabletron devices, creating icons, and accessing the icon menus within your management platform are included in your Installing and Using SPECTRUM for... guide. If you are using SPMA for the EMM-E6 in stand-alone mode — that is, without benefit of a specific network management system — instructions for starting each application from the command line are included in each chapter of this guide and the SPMA Tools Guide.
Graphing capabilities are provided by an application that is included in HP Network Node Manager and IBM NetView; therefore, graphs are only available when SPMA is run in conjunction with one of these network management platforms. If you are running SPMA in a stand-alone mode or in conjunction with SunNet Manager or Solstice Enterprise Manager, no graphing capabilities are available and no graph-related options will be displayed on buttons or menus. Note that the screens displayed in this guide will include the graph-related options where they are available; please disregard these references if they do not apply.
Also available from the icon menu or the command line is the option which provides access to BRIM-related applications and two options which provide access to router-related applications: the BRIM option is described in the SPMA BRIM Applications User’s Guide; the Basic Router Config, and Advanced Router Config, options are described in documentation shipped with your order of routing applications, which must be purchased separately.
Please note that the routing functionality for your EMM-E6, as well as the SPMA management modules that allow you to configure and manage that functionality, must be purchased separately. Contact the Cabletron Systems Global Call Center or your local sales representative for more information.
Conventions
SPECTRUM Portable Management Applications — including the EMM-E6 module — can work with a number of different network management systems running on several different operating systems and graphical user interfaces. This versatility presents two documentation problems: first, there is no standard terminology; and second, the appearance of the windows will differ based on the
