Perle Systems 5500320-12 Introduction

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Introduction Chapter 1

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User Guide

This user guide is provided to help you understand the management features of PerleVIEW.

PerleVIEW is a Network Management System designed to help you maintain, control, configure,

update and track the health of devices on your network. PerleVIEW can discover devices,

automatically respond to events from these devices and track your device hardware and software

inventory.

PerleVIEW User Guide Layout

zGetting Started

This chapter contains the information you will need to set up PerleVIEW on your server. It describes

the processes for installing PerleVIEW, logging into PerleVIEW, using a web browser and Getting

Started with the PerleVIEW Wizard.

zGroups of Devices, Hardware and Events

This chapter contains information you will need to view, manage and monitor your device groups,

hardware groups and to monitor and manage events within your network.

zWorking with Device Operations

This chapter contains information you will need to create task instances for discovering devices on

your network, device scripting, backup and restore of device lists, backup and restore of device

configuration, setting PerleVIEW Server parameters and creating custom device groups.

zHardware Activities

This chapter contains information on how to add task instances to collect statistics, check for

firmware updates, deploy firmware and create custom hardware groups.

zEvents

This chapter contains information on how to create tasks instances for automatic event handling,

event filtering, event cleanup and create custom event groups.

zTasks

This chapter contains information on working with tasks. It includes information on adding new

tasks, editing tasks, controlling and deleting existing tasks as well as displaying task results.

zAdministration

This chapter contains information on configuring PerleVIEW server settings, PerleVIEW User

Accounts, File Transfer Settings, PerleVIEW software updates, Audit Trail Log, Internet Proxy

Settings, E-mail Account Settings and Configuring Twitter Users.

zAdmin Utility

Contents

Main Page Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................7 Chapter 2 Basic Concepts................................................11 Chapter 3 Getting Started.................................................16 Chapter 4 Working with Device Operations....................32 Chapter 5 Groups of Devices, Hardware, and Events ..52 Chapter 6 Hardware Activities .........................................74 Chapter 7 Tasks.................................................................84 Page Page Introduction User Guide PerleVIEW User Guide Layout Typeface Conventions PerleVIEW Features Prerequisites PerleVIEW Server Requirements PerleVIEW Web Client Requirements Page Basic Concept s Guided Tour of the PerleVIEW User Interface Navigating PerleVIEW Navigating the Options Health Status Panel Health Icons Licensing Information Entering a Licensing Key Help->License Page Getting S t arted Installing PerleVIEW on your Server To Begin Page Page Page SQL Connection Parameters Page Page Page Logging into PerleVIEW Login Getting Started Wizard Discovering Devices User Security Internet Connection Software Updates File Transfers Apply Settings Working with Device Operations Discovering Devices Device Credentials Launching Discovering Devices Working with Discovering Devices Tasks Add a Device Discovery Task Settings for All Discovery Tasks Page Page Device Scripting Launching Device Scripting Device->Device Scripting Working with Device Scripts Page Manage Script Library Backup/Restore Device List Launching Backup/Restore Device List Page Backup/Restore Device Configuration Launching Backup/Restore Device Configuration Backup/Restore Device Configuration Working with Backup Device Configuration Working with Restore Device Configuration Page Page Configure Device Settings Launching Device Settings Working with Device Settings Discovery Credentials SNMP Credentials Login Credentials T SSH Keys Polling Protocol Settings Custom Device Groups Groups of Devices, Hardware, and Event s Groups Views Select Group Views Launching Groups Views Working with Device Views Devices ->All Devices All Devices Protocols (Device) Protocol Settings Page Credentials (Device/s) Device -> Details Page Device Details -> Hardware Device Details -> Hardware -> Edit Edit Hardware Events Details Device Details -> Events Device Protocols Device Details -> Protocols Device Credentials Device Details -> Credentials Device Details Tools Device Details -> Tools View Devices by Subnets View Devices by Health Limited Functionality Unsupported firmware Limited Functionality Factory Default Page Page Working with Hardware Views All Hardware Specifying The Type Of Hardware To View Working with Event Views Events Page Hardware Activities Collecting Statistics Launching Collecting Statistics Select Hardware -> Collecting Statistics Working with Statistics Collection Tasks Add a Statistics Collection Task Edit a Statistics Collection Task Page Check for Firmware Update Launching Check for Firmware Updates Hardware->Check for Firmware Updates Working with Check for Firmware Updates Check Now Check Now Results Internet Proxy Firmware Deployment Tasks Deploying Firmware Launching Deploying Firmware Hardware->Deploying Firmware Working with Deploying Firmware Add a Deploying Firmware Task Manage Firmware Page T asks Task PerleVIEW Common Tasks PerleVIEW Default Tasks Tasks Launching Tasks Tasks ->Tasks Working with Tasks Page Task Results Launching Task Results Task -> Task Results Working with Task Results Task Results Page Task Results Cleanup Launching Task Results Cleanup Tasks ->Tasks Results Cleanup Task Results Cleanup Page Event s Events Events ->Automatic Event Handling Automatic Event Handling Launching Automatic Event Handling Page Actions Send E-mail Send SMS Text Message (via E-mail) Send Tweet on Twitter Send SNMP Trap Message Acknowledge Event Global Settings Page Event Filter Settings Launching Event Filter Settings Event->Event Filter Settings Event Filter Settings Event Cleanup Launching Event Cleanup Event->Event Cleanup Event Cleanup Custom Event Groups Administration Administration Administration->PerleVIEW Server Settings Working with Administration Functions PerleVIEW Server Settings Working with Server Settings PerleVIEW Server Setting PerleVIEW User Accounts Rights Launching PerleVIEW User Accounts Administration->PerleVIEW User Accounts Working with PerleVIEW User Accounts PerleVIEW User Accounts (Add) Add User Add Device Access Rule (User) Add User Group Page User Accounts (Delete) Delete User PerleVIEW File Transfer Settings Launching PerleVIEW File Transfer Settings Administration->PerleVIEW File Transfer Settings Working with File Transfer Settings File Transfer Settings Page PerleVIEW Updates Launching PerleVIEW Updates Administration->PerleVIEW Updates Working with PerleVIEW Updates PerleVIEW Updates Page PerleVIEW Audit Trail Log Launching PerleVIEW Audit Trail Log Administration->Audit Trail Log Working with PerleVIEW Audit Trail Log PerleVIEW Audit Trail Log Page Internet Proxy Server Launching PerleVIEW Internet Proxy Server Administration->Internet Proxy Server Internet Proxy Server E-mail Account Settings Launching E-mail Account Settings Administration->E-mail Account Settings E-mail Account Settings Page Twitter Users Launching Twitter Users Page PerleVIEW Admin Utility PerleVIEW Admin Utility Launching PerleVIEW Admin Utility Start->All Programs->Perle->PerleVIEW Working with PerleView Administration tasks SQL Connection Page Web Connection PVAdmin (PerleVIEW Administrator) PerleView Software Update Start->All Programs->Perle->PerleVIEW->Uninstall Page Custom Views by Group s A Creating Custom Views by Groups Operator Functions Launching Custom Device/Hardware/Events Groups Example 1 Custom Groups Add Device Group Page Add Hardware Group View of Hardware SFP Modules Example 3 Custom Groups Add Event Group Page Page Event Information B PerleVIEW Generated Events Page Page Page PerleVIEW Generated non Device Events Remap MCR-MGT Management Module Events Device Script s C Introduction