Setting up Network Supervisor for the First Time 13

 

Network Supervisor color-codes objects to indicate stress levels, providing

 

an accurate and easy-to-read indication of current levels of stress on any

 

monitored objects. A warning zone helps you predict when a device or

 

link may be about to become a problem.

Total Visibility of

You cannot always be scanning the Network Supervisor map for potential

Network Activity

problems. You need another way of achieving total visibility of your

 

network.

 

Network Supervisor provides this with an Event List which logs all issues

 

as they occur.

 

Network Supervisor’s Event List also lets you annotate events, adding

 

additional information or comments on how the problem was solved.

 

This allows you to build a knowledgebase of your network, making

 

recurring problems easier to identify and resolve.

Immediate

You also need to be confident that you will know of network problems

Notification of

before or at the same time as your users.

Problems

Network Supervisor provides an alert system which ensures that you are

 

 

notified of problems immediately. You can choose various visual and

 

audible methods to notify you of significant network activity, for example,

 

an e-mail, sound or popup dialog box.

 

 

Setting up Network

These are the initial steps which provide the context for your network

Supervisor for the

management:

First Time

■ Discovering and Mapping Your Network

 

 

■ Monitoring Core Devices and Links

 

■ Reacting to Network Events

Discovering and

Network Supervisor incorporates an easy-to-use Network Discovery

Mapping Your

Wizard that guides you through the process of discovering the devices on

Network

your network and determining the links between them.

You can choose to discover and map the local subnet, the whole network or specify a group of subnets (including ranges of devices within a subnet).