Cabletron Systems CoreWatch, User Manual

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Chapter 1: A Look at CoreWatch
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• Simplified routing configuration
• Quality of Service (QoS) policy management
QoS is a set of parameters that assign priorities to different types of traffic, define flows
for Internet Protocol (IP) and Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) packet fields, assign
a precedence to the fields of the flows you define, and establish queuing policies
• Configuration of security filters and access control lists (ACLs). An ACL is a list the
SSR keeps to control access to or from various services
• Drag-and-drop VLAN setup and administration
• Detailed reporting in the hypertext markup language (HTML) format
System Requirements
CoreWatch can run in the Solaris, Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 98
environments. As shown in the following table, CoreWatch’s system requirements depend
upon your operating system. The table identifies which browser to use with each
operating system and gives the minimum hardware requirements for each environment.
CoreWatch Capabilities
CoreWatch lets you perform the following operations:
• Access Configuration Expert, which is a Cabletron Systems utility that you use to
configure your SSR as discussed later in this manual.
• Perform the following monitoring tasks on the SSR as discussed later in this manual:
– Monitor the status of an SSR’s ports, modules, power supplies, and other hardware
components.
Table 1. CoreWatch system requirements
Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.6)
Windows NT 4.0x, Windows 95,
or Windows 98
Browser
Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above, or
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above
CPU
Sparc20 or above Pentium 133 or above
RAM
128 MB 64 MB
Disk
40 MB Free 20 MB Free