NETGEAR NMS100 Chapter 2 Installation and Startup

Installation and Startup 2-1

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Chapter 2 Installation and Startup

Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console

1. Log on to Windows with administrator permission.

2. Insert the ProSafe NMS CD into the computer CD

drive.

3. Use the Windows Start/Run menu and enter

d:\NMSsetup, where d: is the CD drive.

The install program shows a dialog with three

buttons for the installable ProSafe NMS options.

On your main ProSafe NMS system, you only need

to install the Server component, as this includes a

local console and polling agent.

4. Click the Server button.

You are prompted for the installation directory.

Then the Discovery Seed dialog is displayed. You

must enter valid information at this dialog or

network discovery will not work properly.

5. Enter the IP Address of an SNMP Seed Device on

your network, preferably a router.

6. Enter the Subnet Mask for the Seed Device.

7. Enter the SNMP V1 Read Community for the seed

device.

The install program installs ProSafe NMS on your hard drive.

8. After the installation is complete, log off Windows and restart your computer.

Contents

Main September 2004 202-10058-01 Contents Page Page Page Chapter 1 Introduction Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats Overview Other ProSafe NMS Features ProSafe Network Management System System Requirements Device Access Modes None (TCP Only) ICMP (Ping) Package Contents Page Page Chapter 2 Installation and Startup Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Installing the Air Messenger Pro Paging Software Starting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Page Console Elements The following figure and table show the main elements of the ProSafe NMS console. Installation and Startup 2-5 Console Button Commands Figure 2-3: Edit button bar Figure 2-2: Main button bar Edit Button Bar Use the Edit button bar to add the objects shown below. Selection Tool Event Log Tool View Window Area Page Chapter 3 Data and Statistics Working with the Map Database The Map Selection Tree Using Map View Windows Moving Map Objects Moving Objects at the Root Level Moving Objects Inside Subnet Levels Moving Objects from One Subnet to Another Changing Object Properties Attributes Access Parameters Type-Dependent Attributes Data and Statistics 3-9 a. D = Device, L = Link, N = Ring, Bus, Network, S = Subnet, G = Goto Table 3-2. Object Properties Attribute tab 3-10 Data and Statistics Adding Map Objects Table 3-3. Object Types Viewing Device MIB Data The MIB Selection Tree Manage Menus Custom Menus Table Display Elements Graph Display Elements The following figure shows a sample graph display and the function of graph controls. Graph Styles Saving Long-term Statistics Creating a New Report Viewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Polling and Emailing 4-1 Chapter 4 Polling and Emailing Setting Threshold Alarms Table 4-1. Threshold Alarms Setting Status Variable Polling Configuring Automatic Alarms Setting Manual Threshold Alarms Polling TCP Application Services Discovery of Four Built-in Services TCP Service Polling Custom TCP Service Polling Managing Polling for the Device Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an Event Page Page Page 4-10 Polling and Emailing Other Event Types Table 4-2. ProSafe NMS Events Emailing or Paging Multiple Users Page Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Advanced Configuration Troubleshooting Network Discovery Duration of Network Discovery Normal Discovery Map Layout Failure Symptoms and Solutions Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server Incorrect or Missing Community Names SNMP Device Access Control List Firewalls Block SNMP Operations Not Enough Seeds Broadcast Packet Losses Limiting the Scope of Discovery Setting Up New Filters Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout A-1 September 2004 202-10036-01 Appendix A Event Parameters Table 5-1. Event Parameters Page Glossary Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual. List of Glossary Terms Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Index Index 1 A B C L M N O P