B-STDX, CBX, and GX Network Management Station Installation Guide
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Beta Draft Confidential
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Overview
The Network Management Station (NMS) is a dedicated Sun system on which you run
software programs to configure, monitor, and control a Lucent switch network. This
chapter describes the recommended hardware and required software to install the
NMS.
General Requirements
Lucent requires that you use a dedicated Sun system for network management. Lucent
does not support any other UNIX operating system.
NMS System Configuration Requirements
You can configure your NMS in the following ways:
Single-system NMS Configuration
— Sybase and one Lucent product (NavisCore,
Statistics Server, or CNM Proxy Agent) reside on one workstation.
Two-system NMS Configuration
— HP OpenView and NavisCore reside on one
workstation, and Sybase resides on another. This type of configuration enables Sybase
to support multiple Sybase databases (NavisCore, Statistics Server, and CNM Proxy
Agent).
Large-system NMS Configuration
— Sybase, Statistics Server, and one other
Lucent product (NavisCore or CNM Proxy Agent) all reside on one workstation.
Sybase can support all Lucent server products that reside on remote systems. For this
configuration, Lucent recommends the Sun
™
Enterprise
™
4500 (see
Table 1-1 on
page 1-2
).
