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ForeSight 6300 NMS Quick Start Guide

6.0  Set up the physical connection

   1.

Connect the switch to an Ethernet port of the Patton WRAC workstation with a straight-through cable as 
shown in Figure 1 on page 2. Or, connect to a WAN port of a SmartNode or router. Refer to the 

User Man-

ual

 for more information.

The WRAC workstation operates with the factory default settings:
Default IP Address: 

192.168.254.2/24

Default gateway: 

192.168.254.1

7.0  Test the connection

   1.

Check the connection between the server and the PC by typing the following command from the Linux 
box:

 #ping 192.168.254.2 
 

192.168.254.2

 is the default IP address of the WRAC workstation.

8.0  Start the FS6300 NMS

The Server and the WRAC PC are now physically connected and you may start up the FS6300 NMS server.

8.1  Open the server launcher file 

To start the server, from the directory where the FS6300 server software resides, i.e. 

/opt/FS6300/

FS6300_1_xxx

. From the terminal session, execute these commands: 

 #ls  

 // The files in this directory will be displayed, 
 // which includes the shell command WebNMSLauncher.sh

 #sudo -b ./WebNMSLauncher.sh

 // The launcher will be displayed.

 #

8.2  Run the FS6300 NMS server

On the splash screen window, there are icons in the top pane of the window. 

   1.

Right-click on 

Grant Permission 

and select 

Run

.

   2.

In the resulting pop-up window [FS6300 Grant Permission Window], enter the IP address of the WRAC 
workstation–

192.168.254.2

.

   3.

Press 

Grant

Verify that the IP address is successfully granted. Close the window. 

Summary of Contents for ForeSight 6300 NMS

Page 1: ...6300 Network Management System Quick Start Guide Part Number 07MFS6300 QS Rev B Revised February 29 2012 Sales Office 1 301 975 1000 Technical Support 1 301 975 1007 E mail support patton com WWW www...

Page 2: ...eth0 RJ45 Ethernet port to a switch or a hub using a straight through Ethernet cable Note eth0 is the Ethernet port on the left while viewing the rear of the server 3 Connect the monitor and keyboard...

Page 3: ...guration GUI by typing the neat command sudo neat 4 Configure the IP address subnet mask and default gateway Then activate eth0 and save the configura tion 5 0 Activate IP Forwarding 1 Check if IP for...

Page 4: ...station 8 0 Start the FS6300 NMS The Server and the WRAC PC are now physically connected and you may start up the FS6300 NMS server 8 1 Open the server launcher file To start the server from the direc...

Page 5: ...on 4 A splash screen will display with icons for the Application Client Web Client and Set Server IP Address 5 Right click on the Application Client icon and select Run 6 A pop up window will display...

Page 6: ...pport is available five days a week from 8 00 am to 5 00 pm EST 1300 to 2200 UTC GMT by calling 1 301 975 1007 Support via VoIP Contact Patton free of charge by using a VoIP ISP phone to call sip supp...

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