Finisar Surveyor manual Configuring a Multi-Port Tap or Switch

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Using E-mail with Surveyor is turned off by default. If you want to use this feature, you must reset a parameter in the Surveyor.ini file. Set Enable MAPI=1 to enable the e-mail alarms feature through Microsoft Mail Exchange.

To configure alarm actions, select Alarms from the Configuration menu and then select either E-Mail Settings, Pager Settings, or Log File Settings from the submenu.

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	Table 4-10. Alarm Actions
Alarm Action	Setting Description
E-mail Settings	The set of e-mail addresses that will receive mail if an alarm triggers
	an event with the alarm action set to e-mail. When you click on the
	Add Recipients button in the menu you can set up e-mail
	addresses using Microsoft Mail’s address book.
Pager Settings	The pager number that will receive a page if an alarm triggers an
	event with the alarm action set to pager. The other settings for the
	pager depend on the type of pager. For pager settings, you must set
	the delay to at least 3 seconds.
Log File Settings	The name of the log file that will have an entry if an alarm triggers
	an event with the alarm action set to log.

Configuring a Multi-Port Tap or Switch

A multi-port tap or switch can be attached to the local system or be available as a remote resource on the network. Typically a tap or switch will be used in the wiring closet with a remote analyzer device and accessed as a remote resource. However, taps and switches can be attached to the local system and accessed through a COM port on the PC. See “Setting the COM Port for Taps and Switches” for information on configuring these devices to talk to a local PC.

Taps or switches are devices that work in conjunction with a Finisar analyzer to monitor multiple network segments. When connected properly, its icon will be visible in the resource browser. The port of the tap or switch currently being monitored will show under the resource. If you cannot see the tap or switch icon, refer to the analyzer or tap hardware documentation for more information on connecting these devices to the network.

Although the taps and switches show as a resource to the Surveyor software, they do not directly perform monitoring and other analysis functions. They act as switching devices for analyzers, so one device can be used to view many different LAN segments, one-at-a-time.

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