Appendix a | NETGEAR NMS100 manual

TCP Service Polling	5-4
Custom TCP Service Polling	5-5
Managing Polling for the Device	5-5
Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an Event	5-6
Other Event Types	5-10
Emailing or Paging Multiple Users	5-11
Chapter 5
Troubleshooting and Advanced Configuration
Troubleshooting Network Discovery	6-1
Duration of Network Discovery	6-1
Normal Discovery Map Layout	6-1
Failure Symptoms and Solutions	6-2
Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server	6-3
Incorrect or Missing Community Names	6-3
SNMP Device Access Control List	6-4
Firewalls Block SNMP Operations	6-4
Not Enough Seeds	6-4
Broadcast Packet Losses	6-5
Limiting the Scope of Discovery	6-5
Setting Up New Filters	6-5
Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout	6-6
Appendix A
Event Parameters	1-1
Glossary
List of Glossary Terms	G-1
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NETGEAR, Inc September 2004 Customer Support World Wide Web TrademarksStatement of Conditions Contents Chapter Data and Statistics Appendix a Contents Manual Scope Audience, Scope, Conventions, and FormatsTypographical Conventions Overview Other ProSafe NMS Features ProSafe Network Management System Device Access ModesSystem Requirements Recommended system requirements Package Contents Introduction Introduction Installing the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Chapter Installation and Startup Starting the ProSafe NMS Server and Local Console Installing the Air Messenger Pro Paging Software Stopping and Starting the Server Disabling Automatic Console LoginStarting a Local Console Session Main button bar Edit button bar Selection Tool Console ElementsEvent Log Tool Element Function Zoom to Console Button Commands Event Log Tool Selection ToolSelection Tool tabs Selection Tab Description View Window Area Installation and Startup Map Selection Tree Working with the Map Database View All Zoom Out Using Map View WindowsZoom Rectangle Moving Objects at the Root Level Moving Map Objects Automatically arranged and manually arranged submap levels Moving Objects Inside Subnet Levels Moving Objects from One Subnet to Another Attributes Changing Object Properties Attribute Name Description Access ParametersObject Properties Access tab Type-Dependent Attributes Object Attribute Name Description Type a Object Properties Attribute tab Type Description Adding Map ObjectsObject Types Manage Menus Viewing Device MIB DataMIB Selection Tree Custom Menus Table Display Elements Graph Styles Graph Display Elements Creating a New Report Saving Long-term Statistics Viewing Trend Data in a Graph Window Limiting Saved Instances Alarm Type Description Setting Threshold AlarmsThreshold Alarms Configuring Automatic Alarms Setting Status Variable Polling Setting Manual Threshold Alarms TCP Service Polling Polling TCP Application ServicesDiscovery of Four Built-in Services Managing Polling for the Device Custom TCP Service Polling To modify an existing Custom TCP Service definition Emailing or Paging the Administrator on an Event Then, set the Email/Paging global event options Add an Event Filter for the pollDeviceDown event Then, set the Email/Page event actions Event Subtree Trap Name Description Other Event TypesProSafe NMS Events First, add a grouped set of users Emailing or Paging Multiple Users Then, add an Event Filter for the selected devices Normal Discovery Map Layout Troubleshooting Network DiscoveryDuration of Network Discovery Sample top-level and Subnet Map views for a small network Failure Symptoms and Solutions Incorrect or Missing Community Names Discovery Agent Fails to Connect to the Server Not Enough Seeds Snmp Device Access Control ListFirewalls Block Snmp Operations Limiting the Scope of Discovery Setting Up New FiltersBroadcast Packet Losses Stopping Discovery Auto-Layout Event Description Parameters Event ParametersEvent Parameters Set Community name of the target device List of Glossary Terms Cat Denial of Service attackAuto Uplink Domain Name DoS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Internet Protocol GatewayIP Address Local area network Lightweight Directory Access ProtocolMAC address Mbps Network Address Translation NetBIOSPacket Perfect Forward Secrecy PPP over ATM PPPoEPPP over Ethernet Router Subnet Mask Universal Plug and Play Wi-Fi Windows Internet Naming ServiceWEB Proxy Server Wide area network Wireless Network Name Ssid Index Index Index