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Chapter 2

Installing Device Manager software

Device Manager software is available on the Nortel Networks Services and Support Web site as a self-extracting executable file. This chapter provides instructions to install the Device Manager software in a Windows or UNIX environment.

Accessing the Nortel Networks Web site

To access the Nortel Networks Services and Support Web site:

1Go to the following URL: www12.nortelnetworks.com/software

2Under Switching Products, choose Business Policy Switch 2000, and click Go.

3Scroll down to Business Policy Switch Device Manager.

4Follow the instructions in one of the next sections, depending on the platform on which you will install the software.

Windows installation

The minimum system requirements for installing Device Manager on Microsoft® Windows NT® , Windows® 95, or Windows 98 are:

•75 MHz Pentium or 100 MHz 486 processor

•16 MB DRAM

•100 MB space on the hard disk

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Contents

Part No -A August Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 209321-A Copyright 2000 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks NA Inc. software license agreement 209321-A Page 209321-A Contents Chapter Web management interface basics Contents Figures Figures 209321-A Tables Tables 209321-A Before you begin Preface Preface Text conventions Related publications Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 part number 208700-A Technical Solutions Center Telephone How to get help Chapter Management basics Management toolsDevice Manager Setting the switch IP parameters Web management interfaceManagement basics Main menu Access levels and passwords Chapter Installing Device Manager software Accessing the Nortel Networks Web siteWindows installation Installing Device Manager software Unix installation Installing the software in a Solaris environment To start Device Manager Enter Installing the software in an HP-UX environment Installing the software in an IBM AIX environment JDM a.b.c.d Installing Device Manager software 209321-A Starting Device Manager Chapter Device Manager basics Device Manager basics Setting the Device Manager properties Area Description Properties dialog box items Access level Description Snmp community string default valuesOpening a device Device Manager basics Properties dialog box items Open Device dialog box items Open Device dialog box Device view Device Manager window Menu bar commands Command DescriptionMenu bar Device view ToolbarToolbar buttons Button Name Description Menu bar equivalent Selecting objects Selecting multiple objects Color Description Port color codes Shortcut menus Switch unit shortcut menu commands Command Descriptions Port shortcut menu commands Status bar Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxesDevice Manager buttons Button Name Description Working with statistics and graphs Editing objects Types of graphs Types of statisticsTypes of statistics Statistic Description Line graph Bar graph Interface statistics for a single port Statistics for single and multiple objects Interface statistics for multiple ports Statistics dialog box for a port Viewing statistics as graphs Graph dialog box buttons Trap log Telneting to a switch Platform Default path Online HelpHelp file locations Requirements Chapter Web management interface basics Web management interface basics Accessing the Web interface Login User levels in the Web management interface Web page layout Parts of the Web management Menu Heading Option Menu headings and options Icons Content areaWeb management interface basics Menu headings and options Icons Web management interface basics Icons Setting up security Console password Setting console, Telnet, and Web passwords Radius management Setting remote dial-in access security Index MDA Index Index Unix