Console Elements, Event Log Tool, Element Function | NETGEAR NMS100

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Network Management System NMS100

Console Elements

The following figure and table show the main elements of the ProSafe NMS console.

Main button bar

Edit button bar

Selection

Tool

		View Window			area

Event Log
Event Log
Tool
Figure 2-1: Console elements

Element		Function

Main Button Bar		Buttons and controls to execute common commands quickly.

Edit Button Bar		Buttons to quickly insert Map elements.

Selection Tool		Tabbed control to select objects within different ProSafe NMS
		functional modules.

Event Log Tool		Display filtered Event Log entries.

View Window Area		Map View, MIB Tables, and MIB Graph windows are shown here.

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Contents

September 2004 NETGEAR, Inc Statement of Conditions TrademarksCustomer Support World Wide Web Contents Chapter Data and Statistics Appendix a Contents Typographical Conventions Audience, Scope, Conventions, and FormatsManual Scope Other ProSafe NMS Features Overview Device Access Modes ProSafe Network Management SystemSystem Requirements Recommended system requirements Package Contents Introduction Introduction Chapter 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 Starting a Local Console Session Disabling Automatic Console LoginStopping and Starting the Server Console Elements Main button bar Edit button bar Selection ToolEvent Log Tool Element Function Console Button Commands Zoom to Selection Tool Event Log ToolSelection Tool tabs Selection Tab Description View Window Area Installation and Startup Working with the Map Database Map Selection Tree Using Map View Windows View All Zoom OutZoom Rectangle Moving Map Objects Moving Objects at the Root Level Moving Objects Inside Subnet Levels Automatically arranged and manually arranged submap levels Moving Objects from One Subnet to Another Changing Object Properties Attributes Object Properties Access tab Access ParametersAttribute Name Description Type-Dependent Attributes Object Properties Attribute tab Object Attribute Name Description Type a Object Types Adding Map ObjectsType Description MIB Selection Tree Viewing Device MIB DataManage Menus Table Display Elements Custom Menus Graph Display Elements Graph Styles Saving Long-term Statistics Creating a New Report Viewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Threshold Alarms Setting Threshold AlarmsAlarm Type Description Setting Status Variable Polling Configuring Automatic Alarms Setting Manual Threshold Alarms Discovery of Four Built-in Services Polling TCP Application ServicesTCP Service Polling Custom TCP Service Polling Managing Polling for the Device Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an Event To modify an existing Custom TCP Service definition Then, set the Email/Paging global event options Add an Event Filter for the pollDeviceDown event Then, set the Email/Page event actions ProSafe NMS Events Other Event TypesEvent Subtree Trap Name Description Emailing or Paging Multiple Users First, add a grouped set of users Then, add an Event Filter for the selected devices Duration of Network Discovery Troubleshooting Network DiscoveryNormal Discovery Map Layout Failure Symptoms and Solutions Sample top-level and Subnet Map views for a small network Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server Incorrect or Missing Community Names Firewalls Block Snmp Operations Snmp Device Access Control ListNot Enough Seeds Broadcast Packet Losses Setting Up New FiltersLimiting the Scope of Discovery Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout Event Parameters Event ParametersEvent Description Parameters Set Community name of the target device List of Glossary Terms Auto Uplink Denial of Service attackCat Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Domain Name DoS IP Address GatewayInternet Protocol Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Local area networkMAC address Mbps NetBIOS Network Address TranslationPacket Perfect Forward Secrecy PPPoE PPP over ATMPPP over Ethernet Router Subnet Mask Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming Service Universal Plug and PlayWEB Proxy Server Wide area network Wireless Network Name Ssid Index Index Index