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1. Event Definitions Event Definitions Extensible EED Event History Event Processing Rules File Management Backup and Compare File Management Deploy File Management Labels File Management OS Images File Management Restore Heartbeat Policies Inventory Configuration ANNANN NNN RNN ANNANN IS IS NANNAN NNNSN ES E E ES EA E E E E RIRIRI E E EA RI RIRIRKI KIRI KI TI SIRI KIRIRIRIRIRIRI RI RIRI RI NS RIRIRIRIRIRIRI RI RIRI RI RIRI RI RIRIRI RI RIRI RI RIK Save Configure permissions by checking the actions that appear in the row with the permission These determine a user s capabilities within the application Generally the following describes the effects of enabling these actions Action Default Behavior execute When checked this action lets you launch a particular manager and query for elements Alternatively this action can control a specific application function typically described by the permission name like provisioning a policy add This enables the New menu item on the action menu If you do not check this action then the New menu item does not appear read When checked this enables the Edit menu item on the action menu 34 Chapter 2 Common Tasks NMS200 Quick R
2. zs Map sae Max items displayed hoo 3 Email Alarm 1 of 36 item s selected amp Print 71 Show Performance Event Management gt Heip 28 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Tip As in most such screens you can sort the listed Alarms by clicking a column header Toggle the sort order by clicking the header again The Action Button or right click menu displays the following items some installations hide some of these Open gt Entity This opens an editor where you can configure the device from which this alarm came See the NMS200 User Guide or online help Open gt Alarm Opens a screen describing all the details of the selected alarm See Alarm Panels on page 28 Open gt Equipment This opens an editor where you can configure the device from which this alarm came an Entity if different is a subcomponent of the equipment See the NMS200 User Guide or online help for more about this Open gt Event Definition This opens an editor where you can reconfigure this alarm and what it means See the NMS200 User Guide or online help for more information Open gt Processing Rules This opens an editor where you can configure the processing rules for this alarm See the NMS200 User Guide or online help for more about these Acknowledge Alarm Acknowledges the selected Alarm s The current date and time appear in the Ack Time field and the name of the currently logged on user a
3. Apr 19 2007 7 50 34 AM 1020 1 51 Apr 19 2007 7 56 24 AM je7600 1 2 oware net 192 168 12 Apr 19 2007 7 56 08 AM Jun 18 102 168 1 118 Apr 18 2007 7 55 25 AM 102 1080121 Apr 18 2007 7 55 23 AM puzzle oware net 182 1650 181 Ape 19 2007 7 41 01 AM EMS You can print or save this report from Acrobat If you do not have the free Acrobat reader download it from www adobe com This reader must be installed for printing to work 30 Chapter1 Overview Common Tosks Administering the Application This software controls access to your network resources and device data and offers many forms of automation e You can configure multiple security levels read only access read write access administrative access and so on and multiple types of users user groups This is described briefly in the next section e You can automate and schedule a variety of operations The following sections describe these examples For additional information see the NMS200 User Guide or online help Chapter 2 Common Tasks 31 Users and User Groups User Manager NMS200 Quick Reference Manual The application s User Manager lets you associate passwords group membership and contact information with users Select Settings gt Permissions gt User Manager to see the User Manager Figure 1 User Manager V User Manager Default User View Default User Filter Using Filter Last Name v like
4. lavout C New 4 Open Report Name Report Template Ezay dimi If Delete Using Filter Report Name x begins with v F Asset Report Sorted By A Printer Asset Canned Re Printer Inventory Assets Asset Report Sorted By L Printer Asset Canned Re Printer Inventory Assets B Copy Asset Report Sorted By M Printer Asset Canned Re Printer Inventory Assets Execute Asset Report Sorted By P Printer Asset Canned Re Printer Inventory Assets Print Brocade Fabric Basic Re BrocadeF abricBasicRenort Default Brocade Fabric E Hel ne esl p Max items displayed 100 1 or 34 remsy se ected lt 7 Report Details lavout Reference Tree GO Asset Report Sorted By Age Printer Asset Canned Report Sorted By Age Template Gi All Printers Although you can limit what appears by using the filter at top of this screen by default all reports appear in this list The devices they report about and their associated templates appear as nodes in a tree in the lower panel Note To create some reports about devices you must initiate monitoring or polling on the selected device before generating the report For Trend Reports you must set thresholds polled See Branding Reports on page 42 or the online help for additional information See the online help for instructions about creating or altering Report templates themselves and assigning them to reports 4
5. 9 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual If you right click a device for example and select Open the editor screen that appears does not close the screen where you selected the device Both remain open You can navigate between screens by selecting them in the Window menu or with the browser buttons Figure 3 Browser Buttons and Select Layout Select Content m 4 lt select layout gt MIE The right and left arrows just left of the Select Layout pick list navigate backward and forward through the open screens To close a screen layout click the Close button to the right of the browser buttons and layout selectors Note If you open more than 20 windows the Recommended Open Windows Exceeded error message appears To change the recommended number consult the NMS200 User Guide While you can still open more windows doing so may slow performance Screen Layouts When you select PrintersResources in the Navigation Panel for example the default view looks like Figure 4 Figure 4 Default View A list of all Equip ment and q their attri herererxe love wo D PewerConnec 0124 Un4 1 a butes Detail Panels Information for the selected device and Main Panel associated 9 The lower portion of the screen displays detail panels with information about the equipment selected in the upper panel For details about changing and managing screen layouts see Managi
6. JowAdmin Icon 4 UserID First Name Last Name Administrator Enabled OW Public User Enabled admin Administrator Enabled OWMedServer Server Enabled faction avout il Delete El Disable Unlock Cy Reset Password amp Print Help Max items displayed 100 V User Details 1 of Sitem s selected action llavout General User iD admin First Name System MI C Last Name Administrator Email Phone Number Fax Number Password 000 0 0 0 6 Groups Groups Available OWDbAdmin OWServer Admin Groups Assigned Administrators Note This application comes with system users like OWAdmin These are normal and cannot be deleted Click action gt New to create a new user or action gt Open to edit a user you have selected from the list When you open the User or User Group editor you can also configure permissions as described in Permissions on page 33 Tip Best practice is to configure users put them in a group see User Groups on page 33 then assign permissions to the groups Permissions accessible from individual users screens override group permissions so tailoring individual permissions is still possible 32 Chapter 2 Common Tasks NMS200 Quick Reference Manual User Groups The User Group Manager lets you create user groups just as you create or ed
7. Every X j Days v Enable Schedule You cannot schedule discovery using the Default profile See the NMS200 User Guide for more about what you can automate Monitoring Performance You can actively monitor performance as described in this section or you can monitor event and alarm activity as described in Alarm Panels 22 Chapter1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Default Monitors Other seeded monitors are available to add to the core set of monitors By default these are active monitoring the group of all discovered entities Create a Dashboard View You can create custom dashboard views as described in the following steps 1 Click Active Monitoring gt Dashboard Views to open the view manager 2 Click action gt New to create a new view By default this appears with two rows and three columns You can change those numbers and click Update to create a different layout For simplicity ther example has one column and row Install a Monitor in the View 3 Click action gt Add Component then click Action gt properties inside the view s cell The Dashboard View Component Properties screen appears Dashboard View Component Properties General Properties ComponentTitle TestDashboardComponent Row Column Row Span Column Span Monitor J TestMonitor zj ComponentType Line Chart EO X l
8. about saving historical reports Chapter 2 Common Tasks 41 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Branding Reports Reports come with a default logo but you can change that as is illustrated in the above screen Put the png jpg or gif graphic file with your desired logo in owareapps redcell images In the owareapps installprops lib installed properties file alter this property redcell report branding image lt filename_here gt No need to include the path just use the file name Note You must include the file on clients as well as the application server CAUTION You must create images that are no taller than 50 pixels and no wider than 50 pixels 42 Chapter 2 Common Tasks Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Tips The following answer common questions that arise when managing your equipment For more details refer to the lt Italic gt User Guide The applicability of the following will depend on what drivers and other add ons you have installed with MS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software The following sections discuss some troubleshooting techniques See the NMS200 User Guide for additional techniques Name Resolution If your network does not have DNS you can also assign hostnames on a Windows platform n the file swindir system32 drivers etc hosts Here you must assign a hostname in addition to an IP address in the system Here are some example hosts file contents includin
9. by Device Type lt Select Device to filter against ICMP Ping Device s Manage ICMP only Device s 1 gt Select Discovery Activities Listed in Execution Order Select Activity N Baa I7 Eni Resync Device Resync 3 Learned MAC Learned MAC Address Collection amp Connectivity Ethernet Link Ethernet Link Discovery FL PRL amp Connectivity IP Route Link IP Route Link Discovery Scheduled Resyne Scheduled Resync Re Order ISIISIISIIS Resource Discovery Parameters Discover Tip In addition to discovering devices by themselves you can now discover links between them as an activity that follows discovering the devices Click the checkbox next to the link discovery task appropriate to your network in the lower part of this screen to do link discovery too See Link Discovery for an alternative Consult the NMS200 User Guide or online help for details about the options available in the upper portion of this screen 5 Select Discovery Activities Listed in Execution Order The lower portion of the screen lists activities to perform after discovery Use the Select Activity field along with the command and search buttons to its right to find activities Selecting here lets you select from those listed by default and from those that appear in the Activities Manager Click Add to list a selected activity below checked as Selected Some activities appear a
10. graphic file As long as the graphic isa jpg gif or png file it can appear behind the icons Tip Notice that within the view you can make a larger display than appears in this screen and click and drag the gray square in the Overview bottom right panel to select the area in the larger view screen You can also right click an item to see a menu of additional options see the NMS200 User Guide for details For example you can alter the magnification of the view with the Zoom options or open a web session with the selected device with the Direct Access option Not all selections work with all devices Consult the NMS200 User Guide for more information about the functions available on this screen Click File gt Save to preserve this view Chapter 2 Common Tasks 39 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Reports Reporting includes a defined report combined with a report template The report definition itself selects the devices to query and the reusable template selects which of the available attributes of those printers appear in the report The first reports you create about discovered equipment are typically done with the included report templates that come with your software To create a report with an existing template open File gt Open gt Reports gt Reports or click the icon in the navigation window Figure 6 Report Manager lt 7 Report Manager Default Report View Default Report Manager Filter Faction
11. must install the Full installation on at least one machine before the Client will work on any others Click Next Chapter1 Overview 13 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software will be installed in the following location C Program FilesiWETGEARINETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 with the following features Core Files Database Server Configuration Application Server Configuration Mediation Server Configuration for a total size 2368 4 MB 7 View the final confirmation of components to install Click Next Observe the progress bar as files are copied for installation 8 The database size typically defaults to 2G with unlimited expansion 9 Click Finish 10 In a Windows installation notice the Server Monitor icon f in the system tray When the icon turns green you can start your application client This icon indicates the application server s status Green is running red is stopped yellow is starting or stopping Application server monitors your devices even when the client is not visible or you are not logged into your machine Best practice is to install the application server to a host you do not turn off if you want constant monitoring of your devices Note This software is a Java application Virtual memory use increases when you install it This is normal If you monitor memory use over time it may appear that it is growing This is a normal function of Java s memo
12. s came See Mapping Equipment in the NMS200 User Guide or online help Chapter1 Overview 29 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual E mail Alarm E mail the selected alarms A subsequent screen lets you specify the addressee header and footer Print Prints the displayed Alarms to a pdf file Figure 13 Printed Alarms pdf File Edit View Document Comments Forms Tools Advanced Window Help ALE a n r R oore Hr iia Alarms Report Date Opened Entity Name Description Ape 19 2007 7 50 22 AM ahop182 165 1 228 owsre net 182 168 1 228 Apr 18 2007 7 50 20 AM je3640 1 138 oware net 102 168 1 138 Apr 18 2007 7 50 06 AM PowerConnectStsck 10 20 1 62 Ape 19 2007 7 50 02 AM je3750 0 153 192 168 0 153 Ape 19 2007 7 58 56 AM OW102 108 1 138 oware net 162 168 1 138 Apr 19 2007 7 58 54 AM jPG6024 10 20 1 31 Apr 18 2007 7 58 40 AM piano oware net 182 168 045 Apr 18 2007 7 55 47 AM je SOS 166 102 168 0 168 Ape 19 2007 7 58 32 AM 1020 1 75 Ape 19 2007 7 58 27 AM je2511 1 126 192 168 1 126 Apr 19 2007 7 56 12 AM jo3825 0 17 oware net 102 168 0 17 Apr 19 2007 7 57 55 AM je Z ne_ 135 102 166 1 135 Apr 18 2007 7 57 35 AM je2848 1 124 oware net 192 168 1 124 Ape 19 2007 7 57 31 AM 1020 150 Ape 19 2007 7 57 27 AM 1020 1 11 Ape 19 2007 7 57 21 AM je7575 3 102 168 163 Apr 18 2007 7 57 02 AM je12012 0 178 162 1651 179 Apr 18 2007 7 56 46 AM jenS10 0 211 160 16610211
13. 0 Chapter 2 Common Tasks NMS200 Quick Reference Manual To see a report after selecting it click Go Figure 7 Executed Report Maro wl Tl Dsl Aar I a NETGEAR Device Inventory Cak i Zal Inventory Report listing Devices 2 Za Created By admin Run At Fri Aug 06 13 32 44 PD T 2010 Data Collected Fri Aug 06 13 32 44 PDT 2010 Zal Filter Summary No Filter Specified for Equipment Group All Devices Zi Zi Fri 6 Aug 2010 13 3244 Page 1 of 1 A yan sw rrr SE Za 2 Name Model Vendor Name Location Name 24 192 18 1 211 GSM73525v2 Netgear ii 192 18 1 212 GSM7282PS Netgear 192 18 1 213 GSM7328FS Netgear 192 18 1 214 GSM7328Sv2 Netgear ZA 192 18 14 215 GSM7224V2 Netgear P 192 18 1 216 GSM7243V2 Netgear 192 18 1 218 FSV Netgear a II D Page 1 of 1 Save Close Click the disk icon on this screen to save the report in any of several file formats including pdf Acrobat HTML CSV comma separated value RTF single or multi sheet Excel spreadsheets xls or XML Click the printer icon to send this report to a printer Note For pdf printing to work correctly you must have the Acrobat reader installed This is available free from www adobe com If you are using a Web Client this may look different too Also You can save a report from the web client but cannot export its contents See online help for more
14. 133045 133030 133100 BW Ut Low e High Error Count Errors and Descards Count gt Packets in Packets Out E Xran 0 220 na 22r 228 n n nn Time B P 6424 04 142 168 1 250 g1 BPC5424_ 841021681250 g3 i PC5424_84 192 168 1 250 g2 N Compare AON 4 Comporart TestComponent2 Acton 3 Component 6000 j 000 4800 4000 mo 2 9000 2500 2000 200 1000 o 132430 132860 192530 132000 192020 132700 132730 132830 1329 00 132030 133000 133030 1331 00 B PG5424_ 4 102 1641 250 g1 PCS424_84 192 168 1250 g PCS424 841921681 250 92 He eis Opes Wam High You can also configure a variety of views to reflect different monitoring needs and with the network management software s multi windowing capabilities flip back and forth between the different views Chapter 1 Overview 25 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Reports From Monitors When you create a monitor a report template and several reports automatically appear for it in the Reports section of the application Figure 9 Monitor Reports Report Manager Default Report View Default Report Fitter Using Filter Report Name contains xj Icon Report Name a Report Template Subtitle jTestMonitor Bps Utilizati TestMonitor Bps Util Mins last 30 days TestMonitor Bps Utilizati TestMonitor Bps Util Mins last 7 days TestMonitor Bps Utilizati TestMonitor B
15. 2 A Processing Task Add Equipment to Heartbeat Policy on target 192 168 10 212 g7 Executing Task s against 192 168 10 215 67 Executing 4 Task s 07 Processing Task Resyne on target 192 168 10 215 07 Equipment Re synchronization 192 168 10 215 v amp Warning yj Error j Seroll Lock _jRefresh Every j 0 Seconds N Resource Discovery NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software File View Layout Settings Window Help Message Details Equipment Discovery Finished la New Discovery a Resources hae Topology Close Clicking this button displays a standard NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software audit screen This displays the messages between the network management software and the discovered devices including the post discovery activities Select a message in the top of the screen to see the time and date it occurred in mid screen and the contents of some messages in the Message Details panel at the bottom of this screen See Audit Trails for details of how to revisit this screen after discovery is complete 20 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual You can click Close at any time If you click it before the Equipment Discovery Finished message appears discovery continues in the background The final discovery panel whether appearing for a Resource Discovery Profile or at the end of the a conventional basic adva
16. Linux you must follow these steps After initiating installation click Next Z N CAUTION You must install as a non root user with the permission to create directories in the selected installation target path Installing to a directory that requires root level access fails Also Using the login admin to do the installation wipes out any pre configured admin permissions that come with the application Therefore do not use admin as the installing user account 12 Chapter1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Minimum System Requirements Client Only 1 Processor 2 8 Ghz 512 MB RAM 1 GB available disk space Client Server Full Install 1 Processor 3 2 Ghz 2 GB RAM 20 GB available disk space 3 Confirm your hardware meets the displayed Minimum System Requirements These instructions assume a full install Both the client and management server software will be installed on the same system Click Next accept the terms ofthe license agreement C do not accept the terms ofthe license agreement 4 Accept the license agreement after reading it otherwise you cannot proceed Click Next Directory Name CAProgram FilesiNETGEARINETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 Browse 5 Confirm or alter the installation path Click Next Full installation a All product features including servers C Client re Client installation 6 Select either Full installation or Client installation You
17. NETG EAR NETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 Network Management Software lt Quick Reference Manual NMS200 Quick Reference Manual 2010 NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR Inc Technical Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR To register your product get the latest product updates or get support online visit us at http support netgear com Phone US amp Canada only 1 888 NETGEAR Phone Other Countries http kb netgear com app answers detail a_id 984 related 1 Web www netgear com Products Software NetworkManagementSoftware NMS200 aspx Trademarks NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT and Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Statement of Conditions To improve internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s described herein Revision History Publication Part Number Version Publish Da
18. asks 33 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual selected individual user or group To see the combined group and user permissions see the All Permissions panel in the User editor Figure 3 Functional Permissions General Permissions sion Mselect Change Tracking Access to RTM Snapin vi ri i Custom Fields Access to Reference Tree Snapin vw wv M lt Deselect Activities jER Ez r m v Activities Web Service wi r m m Alarm Suppression jER EI v m m Alarms vi ri v m m Assign User m Audit Access Level 0 vi Audit Access Level 1 vi Audit Trail m v r m vj Audit Trail Enable m v r m v Authentication m v v m v Broadscope APM Dashboard Views v m v m v Change System Settings m Classes m v v m v Close Alarm m Commands m v r m vj Configure Monitors M m m m m Configure Propagation Policies m m m m m Configure Retention Policies m m v m m tat M m v v vj v v v m vj Mw wv v v ra Developer m Device Discovery Taj j wi m m Device Resync l 1 wi l1 l1 Devices e MW Z Mw Direct Access Discovery Profiles _ Entity Overlays Entity Type Definitions Equipment Groups Equipment Roles Event Actions
19. ck Reference Manual Click New then select an operation Group Operations Inventory Reports Resynchronization and so on and configure the selected option Finally select the schedule timing frequency and so on Consult the NMS200 User Guide for more information about scheduling capabilities Tip You can set up a recurring discovery of an IP range that automatically adds any new networked devices to those already in your inventory Common Management Tasks The following are common tasks when you manage devices Change or view a device setting Right click a device in Resources and select Open The subsequent screens let you see and change device settings when you elect to save your changes You can also use the Detail panels to do this Create a group Groups let you change settings on multiple devices From Resources select listed devices Ctrl click to select several and right click Select Add to Group to add to an existing group or New Group to create a new group with the selected devices Selecting Group Op lets you do things to the entire group of devices See the NMS200 User Guide for details 36 Chapter 2 Common Tasks NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Mapping Equipment In addition to their listing in the Inventory screen discovered resources can appear in a topology mapping Chapter 2 Common Tasks 37 Figure 5 Topology wer admin Tue Feb 12 12 57 48 PST 2008 test gt a Ju
20. e items in the Data Source portion of the screen For this example we accept the defaults Consult the online help for additional information 7 Finally click OK to display the monitored data within the dashboard view you have configured action llavout Rows Cols S Up TestDashboardComponent TestDashboardComponent Resource Name PC5424_84 192 168 1 250 g1 Se T O E A RE ea a E A E m 13 19 00 13 19 30 13 20 00 13 20 30 13 21 00 13 21 30 13 22 00 13 22 30 13 23 00 13 23 30 13 24 00 13 24 30 13 25 00 13 25 Time BW Util Low High Error Count Errors and Discards Count Packets In Packets Out Note You may have to wait until monitoring intervals are relevant If you monitor every minute you will have to wait at least that long to get data 24 Chapter1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual 8 Notice that this simple example does not show all possibilities for ihese views For example you can have several components within a single view In the example below the same monitor appears in all four panels displaying the monitoring for different attributes in different graph types _Rows 2 cele i Update Test0ash xxwdCceyxoneni TestDashboardComponent Resource Name PC5424_84 192 168 1 250 g1 u 88 8 8 ge 8 Time R pam 3430 192800 133530 132980 133536 132780 133730 132909 133836 132980 133936
21. eference Manual Action write delete Default Behavior When checked this enables the Save button within editors When checked this enables the Delete menu item on the action menu within managers The functional permissions that use these actions appear in this screen Select a permission and in the Group editor the description appears at the bottom of the screen Note Functional permissions are global and additive with other permissions If you have a group permission and individual functional permissions set the result is a union not an intersection of the two Also Best practice is to add users to user groups with the appropriate functional permissions rather than alter individual user functional permissions To see the details about how to do this consult the NMS200 User Guide or online help Scheduling Operations You can schedule many of this software s actions Open the Schedules screen either from File gt Open gt System Services gt Schedules or from the navigation pane Figure 4 Schedules Device Discovery Network Schedule Info Starting On Month October A Year 2005 Hour 9 am pm Stopping On By Date and Time Month October v Hour 3 By Occurrence Never Recurrence Retur Every v j Day s v Enable Schedule Chapter 2 Common Tasks 35 NMS200 Qui
22. g two commented lines where you would have to remove the sign to make them effective 102 54 94 97 rhino acme com source server 38 25 63 10 xX acme com x client host L2 7 0 0 5 Ji localhost This software supports installation to only the local file system Avoid installing to shared drives Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 43 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Common Issues The following list contains possible issues and some suggested sources and resolutions for these issues Application does not start e Check whether the IP address of server has changed Ensure the database is large enough See the application s other manuals for instructions about changing the database size Device data does not appear Ensure the login credentials are correct consult your network administrator e Check whether the login protocol is enabled on device Network configuration issues Ensure that your firewall is not preventing access to the devices you want to manage Equipment values are not configurable e Ensure the login credentials are correct consult your network administrator Deploying firmware fails Symptoms are e Pressing the Deploy Now button does nothing The FTP TFTP File Server status is Stopped A possible work around is to perform a backup of the device first 44 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Index A Active Performance Monitor 23 Administering the Application 31 Alarm Manager 28 A
23. hoe 020118 Dotat Unlocked N and display PowerConnectStack 10 2 10 20 1 69 PowerConnect Stackable Unlocked Filters dell3248 oware net 192 1 192 168 1 156 Default Unlocked ji Discov ered Resources Maxitems displayed 100 3 _ _ 1 3 6 1 4 1 674 10895 301 10 20 1 69 PowerConnect 6224 Unit 1 Fri Nov 1614 13 38 PST 2 Z Ait 2 0 0 12 4 1193 Detail Pan a 1 04 1ig5 describes PowerConnect Stack 196 DH Bu saree 1198 resource J 1199 o 1 910 1 011 indeterminate 44g12 Switch 7 11913 You can view all discovered resources from this screen Selecting a resource in the upper panel lets you view details about that resource in the lower panel Click the plus in the upper right corner of the Details Panel to add or remove sub panels there If the details panel is blank that means you have selected no resource above You can also double click one of those same rows to open an Equipment Editor with the detail panels information and more Refer to the NMS200 User Guide for additional information about this editor The section about Alarm Panels discusses alarm management This can be an important part of resource management too Chapter1 Overview 27 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Alarm Panels This section describes the alarm panels visible when you click Event Services gt Alarms in the navigation tree or File menu You can reorder or hide these panels to customize your view You can a
24. iption about how you can customize your user interface Tip You can toggle the display of the navigation pane that leads to most available application functions with the Show Hide Navigation Window button d amp PFI lt z DD twork S Show Hide Navigation Window Inventory Chapter1 Overview 21 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual To clarify the origin of application features ihe navigation window often appears throughout the documeniation 9 After you click Finish a QuickView screen appears Scheduling Discovery When you first discover devices you typically use a Discovery Profile that includes the discovery parameters IP addresses authentication used and so on You can keep your inventory up to date and discover equipment over a range of addresses by scheduling a repeated discovery To do this after you create the Discovery Profile in Discovery Profiles open the Schedules screen accessible through File gt Open gt System Services gt Schedules or under the System Services node in the navigation window click New and select Device Discovery Select the profile and configure the schedule in the Schedule Info panel Figure 8 Schedule Info Device Discovery starting On Network Pr Schedule Info Month Ocke Year 2005 v Hour 9 Stopping On By Date and Time Month October Hour 9 7j By Occurrence Never Recurrence Retur
25. it users The detail panels display the name description and whether the group is protected Open this manager from Settings gt Permissions gt User Group Manager Initially a Group is nothing more than a name and a description Figure 2 User Group Manager V User Group Manager Default User Group View Default User Group Filter Using Filter Name v like 4 Open Icon 4 Name Description Qc lOWDbAdmin Oware database adminis E Copy OWServerAdmin Oware server administrat TH Delete Administrators System Administrators amp Print Help Max items displayed 100 1 of 3 item s selected lt 7 User Group Details action liavout General User Group Name User Group Description System Administr Click New or select a group and click Open to modify a group You cannot delete some groups for example you cannot delete Administrators Once created however you can associate individual users with groups and grant permissions to users based on their association with a group By default new groups have no permissions See Permissions on page 33 Permissions This panel appears in editors for both groups and individual users It lets you configure permissions also known as functional permissions for individual users which override those configured for groups The permissions displayed in this screen are only those for the Chapter 2 Common T
26. l kel Threshold Display None 4 Available Assigned BW Recy BW Recy bps BW Util bps BY Xmit B Xmit bps Discard Count High Low ZA V M gt p Packets Out IBV Util Error Count Errors and Discards Count High Low Packets In Available Assigned PC5424_84 192 168 1 250 g2 PC5424_84 192 168 1 250 g3 PC5424_84 192 168 1 250 g1 Data Source Time Period Current e Within Last Mill Minutes v 4 Enter a name for this component TestDashboardComponent here and select a monitor and display type Notice also that for this example we leave Threshold Display as none displaying thresholds as a part of the graph is also possible 5 If you plan to monitor more than a single attribute then select one entity to monitor at the bottom of the screen select an entity then use the arrow to move it from Available to Selected and any number of attributes to monitor above that Alternatively you can select Chapter 1 Overview 23 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual several entities to monitor but only one attribute In our example we select a single interface and monitor several attributes BW Util Error Count Errors and Discards Count High Low Packets In Packets Out The exact configuration of this portion of the screen depends on the Component Type you select 6 Notice you can also configur
27. lso further customize some of these panels by adding removing or reordering their columns When you select an alarm in Alarm Manager its information appears in the detail panels at the bottom of this screen Alarm Severity amp Count This panel displays the count of events by severity and totals them on the right Figure 11 Event Severity amp Count Informational 0 Clear 0 This can either display All Events or Open Events Change between these counts by clicking the Layout button Select Change Filter and choose the All Events or Open Events items Alarm Manager In the Default filter only Open alarms appear on these screens You can change displayed columns Alarm attributes with the plus button near the top right of the screen and modify filters to restrict the alarms that appear in the display see the NMS200 User Guide or online help for more about filters For example you could filter to see alarms that are major and above for only selected equipment Figure 12 Alarm Manager action lavout Event Name Entity Type Entity Name 192 168 0 165 redcellEquipmentDiscov Open gt Alarm Za 19 165 redcellTestEquip Failure M Assign User gt Entity 192 188 1 228 redcellEquipmentDiscov M Acknowledge Alarm x E 1192 188 0 153 redcellEquipmentDiscov Fy EN Mag r Sar au 10 0 20 62 redcellEquipmentDiscov RAA ta gt Event Definition i i dan Processing Rules
28. main name system DNS The application server cannot respond to hosts with IP addresses alone The application server might not even be in the same network and therefore the host would be unable to connect If your network does not have DNS you can also assign hostnames in Swindir s system32 drivers etc hosts on Windows You must assign a hostname in addition to an IP address somewhere in the system Here are some example hosts file contents including two commented lines where you would have to remove the sign to make them effective 102 54 94 97 rhino acme com source server 38 25 63 10 x acme com x client host 127 0 0 1 localhost Chapter1 Overview 7 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual CAUTION This software supports installation only on the local file system Avoid installing to shared drives Protocols The network managament software uses the following protocols TCP IP SNMP HTTP S UDP Multicast Fixed IP Address The network managament software includes a web server and must be installed on a host with a fixed IP address or a permanently assigned Dynamic Host Control Protocol DHCP lease For trial purposes you can rely on a dynamic IP address assignment with a long lease but this is not recommended for production installations If you do change your host s IP address To accommodate a changed IP address first delete the contents of oware temp Change your local IP address anywhere it appears in owa
29. meout10 Retries 1 Port23 Resource Discovery Parameters Discover At the top of this screen s work area select an address type from the drop down list options include P Range IP address Hostname Subnet CIDR File Name Multicast SLP SNMP Broadcast and enter the appropriate information in the fields directly to the right of that list Then click Add to add the address es to the processing queue or click Chapter1 Overview 17 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Remove to delete a previously created range you selected You can add several such criteria Note Select Manage via Hostname in a DNS DHCP environmenit For this to be effective however the association between hostname and the correct IP address for the discovered equipment must be accurate 2 New Edit Authentication You can select authentication s to go with a selected discovery target with the checkboxes that appear in the list of existing authentications in the Select Authentication panel In addition you can Add or Edit authentications to associate with that target When you Add an authentication or Edit an existing one an authentication editor opens in the bottom of the screen gt gt Select Parameters for Resource Discovery Discovery Optic gt Create New Authentication for Resource Discovery Name Testauth 0 Apply Type Telnet Cancel Select Telnet SSH Parameters User ID Test Pa
30. mp aloo Ed lt select layout gt j ia o gt Resource Discovery Results t Successful Network Discovery W Discovering network 192 168 10 211 192 168 10 215 W Discovering Class C Network 192 168 10 0 5 devices O ro Tue Oct 05 14 40 32 PDT 2010 Tue Oct 05 14 41 49 PDT 2010 jadmin amp X z 5 g7 Pinging Devices Y Validating Device Authentication V Creating managed object for device found at 192 168 10 211 t7 Creating managed object for device found at 192 168 10 212 t7 Creating managed object for device found at 192 168 10 213 t7 Creating managed object for device found at 192 168 10 214 Y Creating managed object for device found at 192 168 10 215 t7 Discovery post processing WY Executing Device Task s A Executing Task s against 192 168 10 213 07 Executing 4 Task s W Processing Task Resync on target 192 168 10 213 t7 Equipment Re synchronization 192 168 10 213 t7 Processing Task Learned MAC on target 192 168 10 213 7 Processing Task Scheduled Resync on target 192 168 10 213 t7 Processing Task Add Equipment to Heartbeat Policy on target 192 168 10 213 W Executing Task s against 192 168 10 212 07 Executing 4 Task s WY Processing Task Resync on target 192 168 10 212 e7 Equipment Re synchronization 192 168 10 212 7 Processing Task Learned MAC on target 192 168 10 212 t7 Processing Task Scheduled Resync on target 192 168 10 21
31. n in System Basics you can move on to nstallation and Startup on page 11 To start using the software see Discovering Resources on page 16 This software includes reporting capabilities These are described in online help Key features available in this software are the following e Deep Discovery Detailed device information retrieved automatically e Real time monitoring of Alarms that impact your network See Alarm Panels on page 28 A Resource inventory available at a glance See Managing Resources on page 26 e Configurable Detail Panels below the display of listed devices These tell you about devices you select For more detailed descriptions of features see the User Manual or online help Tip If you want to find something but are unsure about which manual contains it you can search all the Acrobat files in a single directory For example in Acrobat v 8 Shift Ctrl F opens a directory wide multi document search System Basics System requirements vary depending how you use the application and the operational environment Because we do not know your specific network and devices the recommendations are based on typical not definitive configurations Base the minimum configuration of any system on its expected peak load Your installation should spend 95 of its time idle and 5 of its time trying to keep pace with the resource demands Supported Operating System Versions The following are supported operating sys
32. nce Manual The Application Interface Figure 1 shows a typical screen The navigation panel to the left provides quick access to common functions discovery reports and so on which can also be accessed through the menus When visible the left panel remains on screen while the main panel changes to reflect the currently selected function Figure 1 Discovery Screen F Discovery Options Choose the type of Network Discovery you prefer then click Next Discovery Profile lt No Discovery Profile Available gt Discover devices using profile settings Advanced Discover devices using custom settings Discovery Type Next gt Cancel 4 Main Panel Nodes that appear in the navigation panel depend on installed options Managing Multiple Screens The content of the Main Panel is referred to as a window Just as you can open several documents in your word processor you can open several windows in this application To see the list of windows you have open click the Window menu In the Browser View setting you can see only one active window at a time You cannot tile or minimize these windows unless you select Multiple Document Interface MDI View the default in NETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 Network Management Software from the View gt Launcher menu Figure 2 Window Menu a Help Prev 1 Resources 2 Resource Discovery O 3 Contacts 4 Inventory Reports Chapter1 Overview
33. nced discovery process presents asynchronous information If you click Finish before the process is done the discovery process still continues While that is occurring you may not see elements being discovered in their resync schedule until the discovery job is actually complete Executing scheduled resync while discovery is still ongoing may result in exceptions 8 When discovery is done for the user admin and you click Close the following Layout screen appears by default Totals fol lowed by a list of alarms 192 188 1170 from the dis Hae covered Ea devices L_ Resources A list of all 192 1661 167 Uninown Omer Equipment 116 10 20 1 116 1020 1 116 jes 168 1921681 168 Omer and their 1020168 attributes 16 10 20 1 116 n PC2524_116 10 20 1 116 1 2 6 1 4 1 674 10995 201 3624 Unt1 gee 2524 Unt 2 hemet Belik OzH r00 07 46 Detail Panels 3648 Uvit 3 admin 34489 Uni 5 Information amp WB Equipment to Vendor T Tis Equipment has these Autenticaton s Z for the amp ovtaun SNMP aamin gt selected device and associated Main Panel This screen displays alarms received from discovered devices the devices themselves and details about devices you select in the lowest panel See Managing Resources for more about the resource management portion of this screen See Alarm Panels for information about the alarms and Managing Layouts for a descr
34. ng Layouts on page 32 10 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Getting Started This section outlines the steps in a typical installation and first use This section does not describe all the details of possible installations Refer to the NMS200 User Guide or online help for additional information A typical installation will consist of the following 1 Installation and Startup See the NMS200 User Guide for additional information 2 Discovering Reasources After you first install the application you must discover the equipment you want to manage 3 Alarm Panels See Alarm Panels for a discussion of alarms and events managed by the application You can also set up users device access passwords and groups for both users and devices For example use Group Operations to perform or schedule operations on multiple devices Consult the NMS200 User Guide for details about administration and the many additional discovery management and reporting options available Note Best practice is to use the default Admin user unless security concerns dictate otherwise If you must add a new user best practice is to add that user to a User Group and modify that group s permissions rather than adding permissions user by user Also bash exe or md5sum exe two files that are installed with this product may trigger false positives with some anti virus software If you get a virus detection warning for these files during ins
35. ni 18h TOR 2R_ Ewa l r me 2511 1126 OW192 168 1 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Legend fogicaltinis 4 Zoom 100 Zoom Out Drill Down Highlight E Open d Alarms P Chassis View G Direct Access wa Gg New Group Gg Add To Group Bo Resync Refresh Reorder Add ___New Linke Properties Print Export Overview l n Discover Discover Links To see discovered equipment in a map do the following 38 Chapter 2 Common Tasks NMS200 Quick Reference Manual ae Tur a 9 Open Topology View from the navigation panel or with File gt Open gt Inventory gt Topology Views Click action gt New to begin configuring a view Click action gt Add content In the subsequent screen click Equipment you can also add contacts for example In the next screen select the inventory that you want to map You can Ctrl Click to select multiple items Click Select The equipment appears represented as icons on a blank white screen You can re arrange these icons by clicking and dragging them The icons display the color of the highest value alarm critical red is the highest that most recently came from that device Select a background by clicking Properties then selecting a background from the pick list To add graphics to those listed click the command button to the right of the pick list and select the
36. ontains an Application Server that runs continuously in the background and a Client the user interface you actually see You can start and stop the client portion of the software without impacting the application server Device monitoring stops when you stop the application server or turn off its host machine The client can also be on a different machine than the application server Hardware recommendations are based on the different types of installation available Full Installation Application server Client Pentium 4 3 2 GHz CPU 2G RAM and 20G available disk space Client only Pentium 4 2 8 GHz 2G RAM and 1G available disk space Basic Network Considerations The Network Management software communicates over the network The machine it is on must be connected to a network for the application to start successfully Normally the client and server portions of the management system will be installed on the same system The system where the management server is installed must be configured with a static IP 6 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual address The fixed IP address is required for ihe managmenit server to communicate with the managed devices Firewalls or even SNMP management programs using the same port on the same machine where this software is installed can interfere with communication with your equipment Your network may have barriers to communication with this software Dealing with such barrie
37. ppears in the Ack By field Unacknowledge Alarm Unacknowledges previously acknowledged alarm s and clears the entries in the Ack By and Ack Time fields Assign User Assign this alarm to one of the users displayed in the sub menu by selecting that user Clear Alarm Select this option to clear the alarm Show Performance When you select this command the network management software finds all of the performance attributes being monitored for the selected equipment and creates a dashboard with one dashboard component for each attribute See Active Performance Monitor in the NMS200 User Guide for details If you multi select more than one device each component shows the top five metrics for each attribute If you select only one top level device The device s interface and port children are searched for performance attributes and these attributes appear with the top five children for each attribute The data that appears is based on the monitors for thatthat device and where Retain Data is checked If you have several monitors and you are retaining data on those monitors the screen reflects those data points If you select two devices in Resources manager and click action gt Show performance Both of the devices common attributes are displayed in the form You cannot display interface data because the devices do not have interfaces in common Map Opens a topology view displaying the equipment from which the selected alarm
38. ps Util Min last day TestMonitor Total MBytes TestMonitor Total MBytes last day Virtual Host Report Virtual Host Template Inventory Report listing th _Mirtual Memory Report Virtual Memory Template _ Inventory Report listing th Nirtual Network Adaptor R Virtual Network Template Inventory Report listing th Max items displayed 100 E limit reached lt Report Details Reference Tree Q i TestMonitor Bps Utilization Min MawAvg last day TestMonitor Bps Util Min Mawavg You can modify these reports but by default they include the monitored attributes and or devices The reports appear pre configured for the day week and the last 30 days These intervals are also modifiable See the NMS200 User Guide or online help for more information about customizing reports Managing Resources Open the Resources screen to display the discovered devices See Discovering Resources on page 16 for instructions about discovery 26 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Click the Go button in the upper right corner of this panel to refresh the screen if resources do not appear when you discovery is complete Figure 10 Resource View Title bar Action Lay Administrative State __j10 20 1 50 PowerConnect Stackable Unlocke No out buttons 10 2 0 10 20 1 20 Default Unlocked I i
39. reapps installprops lib installed properties Then restart your machine Alternatively in a shell after running oware to set the environment you can run ipaddresschange n followed by the new IP address to which you want to change Updating Your License If you have a limited license for example NETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 Network Management Software by default limits discovery to five devices then your application does not function outside those licensed limits If you purchase additional licenses put the updated license file in a convenient directory then use the Settings gt Permissions gt Register License menu item to open a file browser Locate the license file and click the Register License button Your updated license should be visible in Settings gt Permissions gt View Licenses Go to www netgear com nms200 for more information on licenses Note You must also re register licenses if you have updated your installation from a previous version where you previously upgraded licenses In any case you must restart the application server or wait up to 15 minutes before a license modification is effective If you import a license that for example changes the application s expiration date it does not immediately take effect You must restart the application server or wait at least 15 minutes If you license new features you must restart the application server and client 8 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Refere
40. rs initial device configuration to accept management security measures or firewalls is outside the scope of these instructions Consult with your network administrator to ensure this software has access to the devices you want to manage with the Protocols described below Tip One simple way to check connectivity from a Windows machine to a device is to open a command shell with Start gt Run cma Then type ping device IP address at the command line If the device responds it is connected to the network If not consult your network administrator to correct this No useful information comes from disconnected or powered down devices See Chapter 4 Troubleshooting in this guide or see the User Manual or online help for additional information about how to troubleshoot this software Authentication For successful discovery of the resources on your network this software requires authenticated management access to the device To get this access you must provide the correct SNMP community strings WMI login credentials and any other command line Telnet SSH or browser HTTP HTTPS authentication and SNMP must be turned on if that is not the device s default Some devices require pre configuration to recognize this management software Consult your network administrator for this information Name Resolution The network management server and client require resolution of equipment names to work completely whether by host files or do
41. ry management You can also uninstall this product as you would any other Go to Add Remove Programs in Windows Control Panel for example Uninstalling removes all installed files and files created by using the installed system that it has permission to delete It does not remove directories that were not created by this application s installation or runtime User created directories in the product s directory path or desktop short cuts remain after product removal Starting the Client After you verify that the application server is started in Windows the monitor icon in the system tray turns green use the Start button or its Linux equivalent to find NETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 Network Management Software among your programs This is under 14 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Start gt Programs gt NETGEAR gt Click that icon to start the client Installation will place an NMS200 icon on the Desktop NM la NETGEAR ProSafe You can also launch the client program by clicking on this icon Figure 5 Login Screen Connect with Innovation User Id Password Domain A login screen appears The default login user is admin with a blank password Enter admin and click Logon After logging in as admin you are prompted to change the password See the NMS200 User Guide or online help for more information about options for adding and Chapter1 O
42. splays a link to begin discovery 16 Chapter 1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Figure 7 Initial Screen for Admin N Home NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software File View Layout Settings Window Help d BI l n m oo Be vje NETGEAR Connect with Innovation Begin Show Monitor Discovery Resources Devices Click Begin Discovery The Resource Discovery screen will display You can enter the IP addresses of devices to be discovered or a range of addresses to search Consult the section about Advanced Discovery in online help for additional information Follow these steps to discover your network resources 1 The next Discovery Wizard screen that appears is where you determine what devices you are going to discover Here you can specify the IP address ranges to include or exclude the SNMP authentication to use and the ports to query among other things N Resource Discovery NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software File View Layout Settings Window Help BIO amp l Up lt lt gt E lt Ml seen Select Parameters for Resource Discovery Discovery Options gt Select Network Type and Address es IP Addtess es Enter IP Address es IP Range s andor Network s gt Select Authentication Parameters Default SNMP SNMPY2C Timeout S Retries 2 Port 161 Default Telnet Telnet Ti
43. ssword eee Confirm Enable UserID TestEnable Enable Password Confirm Timeout 10 E Retries 1 S port 2a S Resource Discovery Parameters Select or create the Name for the authentication and select the Type from the pick list See the NMS200 User Guide for details about what to expect for the different types Note Ensure the type selected matches the management interface on the equipment you want to discovery You can use some single authentications in different types for example Telnet and SSH Notice that you can also alter the Timeout Retries and Port for the authentication at the bottom of this screen so the authentication fits with your network s connection speed 3 Select Devices for Discovery Click Apply to accept your authentication 18 Chapter1 Overview NMS200 Quick Reference Manual 4 Options This screen lets you configure a variety of global discovery options for the targets configured in the Discovery tab Fie View Layout Settings Window Help l m Bl WW l n ime 3 C gt Ed lt select layout gt y 2 ont B Save E Ciosel Discovery Optians gt Select Discovery Options gt Select Filtering Options Not Applicable for Inspection Device Naming Format SysName and IP Address Y Filter by Location We Manage by IP Address Filter by Vendor g Resolve Hostname s Filter
44. tallation take no action Installation and Startup For a basic installation install and start your management software with these steps 1 Unzip decompress the file if you downloaded the application in zip format and close any applications that might interfere with this installation 2 To install this software log in to your computer as an administrator type user that can install software and run either win_install exe Do not install as a user named admin or as the root user Chapter1 Overview 11 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual owareapps E license xml i linux jar E linux_install la owmigration jar setup ini al setup jar E version txt El win_install exe _ _ ai windows jar Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software To continue choose Next NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software NETGEAR 2 1 1 17 NETGEAR Inc httoviwww netgear com Copyright 2010 Dorado Software Inc and NETGEAR Inc Please stop or cancel all other applications while installing our product Cancel In Linux the installing user must have a home directory and must have permissions to write both there and in the installation s target directory At one point the Linux installation stops and asks the installing user to run a script in a separate shell as root user Other than these differences to install on both Windows and
45. te Comments 202 10727 01 v1 1 September 2010 First publication Chapter 1 Overview Introducing NMS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software 5 System Basics 5 Supported Operating System Versions 5 Hardware Recommendations 6 Basic Network Considerations 6 Authentication 7 Name Resolution 7 Protocols 8 Fixed IP Address 8 Updating Your License 8 The Application Interface 9 Managing Multiple Screens 9 Screen Layouts 10 Getting Started 11 Installation and Startup 11 Starting the Client 15 Troubleshooting 16 Discovering Resources 16 Scheduling Discovery 22 Monitoring Performance 23 Default Monitors 23 Create a Dashboard View 23 Install a Monitor in the View 23 Reports From Monitors 26 Managing Resources 26 Alarm Panels 28 Alarm Severity amp Count 28 Alarm Manager 28 Chapter 2 Common Tasks Administering the Application 31 Users and User Groups 32 User Manager 32 User Groups 33 Permissions 33 Scheduling Operations 35 Common Management Tasks 36 Mapping Equipment 37 Reports 37 Branding Reports 41 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Tips 43 Name Resolution 43 Common Issues 44 Index NMS200 Quick Reference Manual 4 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Overview Introduction This Quick Reference Guide will help you start using your Product Name amp Model as quickly and productively as possible After a review of the hardware and software requirements needed for your installatio
46. tem versions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Enterprise and Web Server 2008 Enterprise Chapter1 Overview 5 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Note Windows Terminal Server is not supported The installer becomes non responsive with Data Execution Prevention enabled This option is disabled by default on Windows Server 2008 but is enabled on a Windows Server 2008 machine running Terminal Server e Microsoft Windows XP Professional with current patches applied including SP3 e Microsoft Windows Vista Business and above e Windows 7 AN CAUTION You must disable User Access Control if you are installing on Vista Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 Also Installer may halt when pre existing bash sessions or cmd sessions are open Close all such sessions Also This application cannot co exist with other installations of Cygwin on the same Windows computer Do not install it where Cygwin is already installed either separately or as part of another application If Cygwin is already installed remove it before installing this application If you do not see any obvious indication Cygwin is installed like an icon on the desktop or program list or a directory named c Cygwin but suspect it is you can open the registry Start gt Run then type regedit and look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER gt Software gt Cygnus Solutions gt Cygwin Hardware Recommendations NETGEAR ProSafe NMS200 Network Management Software c
47. uthentication 7 Basic Network Considerations 6 Branding Reports 41 C Customizing Report Logos 41 D Default Monitors 23 Discover Network Devices 16 DNS 7 Domain Name Servers 7 F Figures Alarm Manager 28 Executed Report 41 Functional Permissions 34 Initial Screen for Admin 15 Monitor Reports 26 Resource View 27 Schedules 35 Fixed IP Address 7 Functional Permissions 33 H Hardware 6 System Requirements 5 Hardware recommendations 6 Installation and Startup 118 IP address changes 7 L License 8 Managing Multiple Screens 9 Minimum hardware 6 Monitor performance 23 N Name Resolution 7 Network Considerations 6 Network Requirements 6 P Protocols 7 Q Quick Start 11 R Recommended Operating System Versions 6 Reports 40 Customizing Logos 41 Resources screen 27 Index 45 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual S Scheduling Operations 357 Screen Layouts 7 Shared drive unsupported 4 Starting the Client 10 System Basics 5 System requirements 5 Topology 37 U Updating Your License 8 Upgrade licenses from previous version 8 User Group Manager 33 User Groups Manager 33 User Groups 33 Index 46
48. utomatically from the default discovery profile Check those you want to activate The Edit button lets you configure the selected Activity s parameters if it is available and appropriate The editor also appears if you Add a task with configurable parameters If you select an activity that requires user input the standard attribute selection screen s for that activity appear during Discovery Fill in the required attributes and Discovery continues Remove deletes the selected activity from the list Chapter1 Overview 19 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual Tip You can add a task to add discovered devices to NUS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software s heartbeat You can configure what appears by default as described in the NMS200 User Guide You can also use the up down top bottom arrows to reorder selected rows reordering what activities discovery executes Regardless of the row order however device based tasks run first and group based tasks like link discovery run last since groups depend on their member information Clicking Reorder moves the activities with Select checked to the top of the list 6 After you have configured this tab you can click the Discover button 7 Discover Clicking the Discover button executes the discovery you have configured storing the information retrieved from devices in the NUS200 NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software database fat E ve lin B
49. verview 15 NMS200 Quick Reference Manual configuring user privileges and the kind of password constraints that appear on the Change Password dialog Figure 6 Change Password ioxi Password Constraints Policy Setting Allow Password Reuse true Minimum Password Length 0 chars Require a Special Character Require a Number false Require Mixed Case false Allow Userld in Password true Allow Reverse Userld in Password true Allow Same Character Consecutively Otimes Require Password Match Regular Expression Old Passwort New Password Confirm Password Credentials for admin have expired The Enter a new password confirm and click OK The Startup screen will display See Screen Layouts for more about managing the user interface See Troubleshooting Tips on page 52 to solve application problems Troubleshooting If startup fails see Troubleshooting on page 51 or consult the NMS200 User Guide The following sections discuss typical steps in getting started once you have installed the network management software Discovering Resources To begin managing resources in your network you must discover them to store their information in the application database You can do discovery manually as described in this section or automatically see online help or the NMS200 User Guide for the latter Once you have discovered devices you can manage them The initial screen for the admin user di

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