Patton electronics ForeSight 6300 NMS, Getting Started Manual

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Table of Contents
Summary Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 4
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 10
List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ 12
About this guide ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Audience ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Structure ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 14
Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................15
FS6300 NMS Features ..........................................................................................................................................15
Common User Tasks .............................................................................................................................................15
Bringing up the NMS Server from Linux ..............................................................................................................16
Bringing up the NMS Application Client from Windows XP ................................................................................16
Logging into the Application Client ......................................................................................................................16
Configuring Your Password ............................................................................................................................17
Configuring your password before connecting to the client .......................................................................17
Configuring your password from the client ...............................................................................................17
Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................................18
Using the NMS Menus and Toolbars ....................................................................................................................20
Logging out of the Application Client ...................................................................................................................20
2 Discovering Your Network ............................................................................................................................ 21
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................22
Starting the Discovery Process ...............................................................................................................................22
Viewing Node Information After Discovery ..........................................................................................................24
Configuring Multiple Cards ..................................................................................................................................24
Updating the Configuration ............................................................................................................................24
Saving the Configuration ................................................................................................................................26
Forcing Discovery for Selected Cards ..............................................................................................................26
Re-Discovering Cards ............................................................................................................................................27
3 Configuring Alarms and Clocking ................................................................................................................ 28
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................29
Configuring the Alarm Trap Manager ...................................................................................................................29
Configuring Alarms through the Network Node .............................................................................................29
Configuring Alarms through a Card in the Chassis .........................................................................................30
Alarm Indications ...........................................................................................................................................32
Viewing a Summary of Alarms ..............................................................................................................................32
Configuring Clocking Synchronization .................................................................................................................33
Refreshing the alarms after configuring clocking .............................................................................................34
Configuring Card System Clocking .......................................................................................................................34