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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Patton’s ForeSight 6100 Element Management
System. The 6100 EMS enables users and network operators to control and
monitor up to 200 network devices through a user-friendly graphical user
interface (GUI).
This quick installation guide contains the steps for installing the ForeSight
6100 EMS.
Compatibility
The Patton ForeSight 6100 EMS can manage up to 200 SNMP-compliant
Patton Electronics elements (also called nodes) that support ForeSight
Management Interface Specification (FMIS) standards. These products
currently include:
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6511RC • 3125RC • 3120 • 3096RC • 3095 • 2616RC • 1001MC
Minimum system requirements
An industry-standard PC is required which meets the following
minimum
specifications:
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Pentium III, 500MHz CPU
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128 Mbyte RAM
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35 Mbytes of available disk space for software installation
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Ethernet NIC card
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CD-ROM drive
Operating systems supported
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Windows 98
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Windows NT
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Windows 2000
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Windows XP
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Java 1.4.2 (provided with the ForeSight 6100 EMS)
