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NMS300 Network Management System Application

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March 2020 202-11289-07

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NMS300 Network Management System Application

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Revision History

Publication Part Number

202-11289-07 March 2020 • Updated the

202-11289-06 June 2017 • Updated the

Publish Date Comments

section on this page.

• Added GS308T and GS310TP

- GS324T GS728TPv2, GS728TPPv2, GS752TPv2, and GS752TPP

- MS510TX and MS510TXPP

- XS712Tv2

• Added M4300-16X, M4300-24XF, and M4300-48XF

M4300-96X

- M4500-32C and M4500-48XF8C

• Added

• Published the

• Added support for the following smart switches:

GS418TPP, GS510TLP

- GS724TPv2

- XS708T and XS716T

support for the following new smart switches:

support for the following new managed switches:

support for existing products that were not yet listed.

Support and Community section and the Regulatory and Legal

, GS324TP, and GS348T

manual in the latest format.

Support section. Added Conformity, and Compliance sections.

, and GS510TPP

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202-11289-05 December 2015 • Added support for the following platforms:

- M4200 series managed switches, including the M4200-10MG-POE+.

- M43000 series managed switches, including the M4300-8X8F

M4300-12X12F M4300-28G-POE+, and M4300-52G-POE+.

- XS728T smart managed switch.

- W

AC720, WAC730, and WND930 wireless access points.

ReadyNAS RN716X, RN3130 (all models), RN31200 (all models),

RN31400 (all models), RN31600 (all models), and RN51600 (all models).

• Added

• Added the option to search for the switch to which a host is directly

• Added the option to add and change an alarm configuration for a link on a

• Added the option to back up and restore the system settings. For more

information about the new MIB browser (see

browser on page 64).

connected page 78).

hierarchical

Add an alarm configuration for a link on a hierarchical map on page 204.

Change an alarm configuration for a link on a hierarchical map on page 208.

information,

Set up a file server for system backup and restore operations on page 280.

Back up the system settings on page 282.

Restore the system settings on page 286.

, M4300-24X24F, M4300-28G, M4300-52G,

(see

Search for the switch to which a host is connected on

map. For more information, see the following sections:

see the following sections:

Use the SNMP MIB

202-11289-04 December 2014 • Added support for the following platforms:

M6100 managed switch, including blades and supervisors inserted in the

chassis: XCM8944, XCM8944-POE+, XCM8944-uPOE, XCM8948, XCM8948-POE+, XCM8948-uPOE, XCM8944F, and XCM8924X.

S3300 smart switch: S3300-28X, S3300-28X-PoE+, S3300-52X, and

S3300-52X-PoE+.

- FVS336Gv3 firewall.

- WN370 wireless access point.

• Added

• Added the option to enter an email address for notification of file backup

• Added an option to send an SMS message when an alarm is triggered (see

• Added sampled

• Added support for an external file storage server on which you can store

• Added the capacity to support Chinese characters for device names.

the option to display the slot list for an M6100 managed switch (see

View device details and interface details on page 99).

results

(see

Add or modify a backup profile on page 126).

Configure the SMS server for alerts and alarm notifications on page 30 and Add or modify an alarm notification profile on page 187). However, this

option is supported for a particular SMS gateway in the People's Republic China only.

flow (sFlow) for managed switches (see

sFlow).

backup export configuration files to an external file server on page 160).

files (see

Set up an external file server on page 270 and Import and

Chapter 8, Manage

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202-11289-03 January 2014 • Added support for storage systems.

• Added support for additional firewalls.

• Added support for additional switches and wireless devices.

• Removed devices

• Added

• Added an

Chapter 14, Register Devices.

Index.

that are no longer supported (EOL).

202-11289-02 October 2013 • Revised the

• Added support for wireless devices.

• Added support for the FVS318G firewall.

202-1

1289-01 June 2013 First publication.

structure of the manual entirely.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Get Started

Network environment concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Device groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Types of users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Compatible devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

NETGEAR managed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

NETGEAR smart switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

NETGEAR firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

NETGEAR wireless access points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

NETGEAR wireless management systems and controllers. . . . . . . . . . .17

NETGEAR storage systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Prepare the network devices for discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

What to do next. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Change your password and account information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Change your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Change your account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Configure the email server for alerts and alarm notifications . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configure the general email server settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Configure email server settings for a gmail account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Configure the SMS server for alerts and alarm notifications . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chapter 3 Discover and Manage Resources

Discovery concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Use quick discovery to discover devices on your network . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Use a discovery profile to discover devices on your network . . . . . . . . . . .37

Add or modify a device credential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Add or modify a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Execute a discovery job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Remove a device credential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Remove a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

View and manage the wired and wireless devices on your network . . . . . 52

View device information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

View wireless device information only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Modify the name, location information, and contact information. . . . .57

Remove device information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

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Synchronize a network device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Use the SNMP MIB browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

View and e

Manage device groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Add or modify a static device group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Add or modify a dynamic device group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Remove a device group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Search for the switch to which a host is connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

xport the Inventory table and Interface List table. . . . . . . . .72

Chapter 4 Monitor Devices and the Network

Monitor the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

View the default network summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Customize the Network Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Monitor the top 10 widgets for all devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

View the default top 10 widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Customize the top 10 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

View the wireless summary and monitor the

top 10 widgets for wireless devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

View the wireless summary and default top 10 wireless widgets . . . . .94

Customize the wireless summary page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

View device details and interface details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Monitor wireless clients and view client details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Manage the configuration monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Configure an individual monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Disable a monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Reenable a monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

View or modify the polling interval for a monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Customize the optional network dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Create or modify a dashboard view and launch the

dashboard view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Remove a dashboard view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Customize the network dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

View and export audit logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

View firmware version information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

View the NMS300 server information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

View application notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 5 Manage Configurations and Firmware

Back up your device configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Add or modify a backup profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Execute a backup job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Schedule a backup job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

View the execution status of a backup job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Remove a backup profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Restore your device configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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Restore the configuration of a single device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Customize and promote a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Promote a configuration file for an FVS318G firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Restore the configuration of several identical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Import a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Export a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Modify a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Remove a configuration file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Compare two configuration files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Import and export configuration files to an external file server . . . . . . . .160

Upgrade firmware for one or more devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Import a firmware file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Execute or schedule a firmware upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Modify the file name, version information, and description

for a firmware file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Export a firmware file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Remove a firmware file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Chapter 6 Manage Alarms and Logs

View and manage alarms, triggers, and notification profiles . . . . . . . . . 175

View and manage current alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

View and manage the alarm history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

View and manage alarm configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Add a custom alarm configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Modify an alarm configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

View and manage alarm notification profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Add or modify an alarm notification profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Customize alarm colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

View and manage network event notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

View and manage device traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

View and manage device system logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Chapter 7 Manage Maps and Topologies

View and manage maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

View a hierarchical map and locate a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Manage a hierarchical map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Add an alarm configuration for a link on a hierarchical map . . . . . . . 204

Change an alarm configuration for a link on a hierarchical map. . . . 208

Add a childmap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Add devices to a map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Add a link between devices on a map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Customize the style of a link on a map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

View and manage network topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Add a topology view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

View a network topology and details about a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Manage a topology view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Add a link between devices on a topology view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

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Customize the style of a node and link on a topology view. . . . . . . . 231

Remove a topology view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Chapter 8 Manage sFlow

Set up the sFlow collection server and manage the sFlow settings . . . 237

Manage sFlow sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

View and export the results of sFlow monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Chapter 9 Generate and View Reports

Manage report templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Add or modify a report template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Remove a report template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Generate and schedule reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Generate a one-time report immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Schedule a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

View and remove saved reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

View a saved report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Remove a saved report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Chapter 10 Manage Jobs

Schedule jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

View and manage jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Chapter 11 Manage Users and Security Profiles

Security profile concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Add a security profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

Modify or remove a security profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Add a user profile to the user base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Modify or remove a user profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

View and log off online users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Chapter 12 Manage Global Settings and Backups

Set up an external file server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Set the data retention period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Set the inventory polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274

Set the idle time-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Set the real-time chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Change the auto refresh setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Set up a file server for system backup and restore operations . . . . . . . . .280

Back up the system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Execute a system settings backup job and see the history . . . . . . . . 282

Schedule a system settings backup job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Restore the system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

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Chapter 13 Manage Licenses

View license information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Deregister a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Chapter 14 Register Devices

Registration concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Set up and validate your account profile in the application . . . . . . . . . . .294

Set up your account profile for device registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Validate and retrieve your customer account information . . . . . . . . . 296

Resynchronize previously registered devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Appendix A Technical Specifications

Appendix B Device Details

Switch details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Firewall details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Standalone AP details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Controller-managed AP details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Wireless controller details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

Wireless management system details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Storage system details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Router details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Unknown device details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Interface details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

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User Manual9

1Introduction

Streamline network management tasks

The NETGEAR Network Management System 300 (NMS300) is a centralized and

comprehensive management application that enables you to discover, monitor, configure, and report on enterprise-class networks with NETGEAR and third-party network devices.

This manual is intended for network administrators.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•

Network environment concepts

• Compatible devices

• Prepare the network devices for discovery

• What to do next

Note: In this manual, the NMS300 application is referred to as the

application. The server on which the application is installed is referred

to as the NMS300 server.

Note: For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the

support website at netgear.com/support/.

Note: For more information about this NMS300 release, see the NMS300

Release Notes, which are available on

netgear.com/support/download/.

Note: Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available

from time to time on products can regularly check the site and download new firmware, or you can check for and download new firmware manually features or behavior of your product does not match what is described in this guide, you might need to update your firmware.

netgear.com/support/download/. Some

. If the

NMS300 Network Management System Application

Network environment concepts

The application resides on the NMS300 server at a static IP address on the local area network. The application monitors the NETGEAR and third-party devices on the network.

Local area network

Static IP address

NMS300

server

Figure 1. The Network Management System 300

Web

browser

NETGEAR

devices

Third-party

devices

Internet

gateway

Internet

Web

browser

You access the application through a web browser. The IP address for a web browser that is located outside the Internet gateway must be permitted to access the network.

The application supports the following devices:

• NETGEAR devices

For detailed information about the supported NETGEAR devices, including model numbers, see

Compatible devices on page 13.

• Third-party (non-NETGEAR) devices, including the following:

- Routers

- V

oIP gateways

- Hosts

- V

irtualization servers

• The managed NMS300 server

The application displays whether third-party devices are up or down. If a third-party device supports SNMP

, the application uses SNMP MIBs to gather and present health and status

information about the device.

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Device groups

To simplify the management of networks with many devices, you can create device groups. Group devices by vendor, location, device type, device model, and contact. Device groups are optional.

Device group M

Local area network

Static IP address

NMS300

server

Figure 2. Device groups

Web

browser

Network

device M1

Network

device N1

Device group N

Network

device Mm

Network

Device Nn

Internet

gateway

Internet

Web

browser

You can create two types of device groups:

• Static device groups. A static this list manually. For more information, see

group is a fixed list of specific devices. You must configure

Add or modify a static device group on

page 73.

• Dynamic device groups. A dynamic group is a dynamic list of devices that filter selection criteria

determine. The list changes automatically as devices that meet the filter

criteria are added to and removed from the network. For more information, see

modify a dynamic device group on page 75.

Add or

Types of users

The application includes the following default user security profiles:

• Admin. A user who can perform administration-related functions. An a authorized to perform all application functions. Only an admin user can modify and delete the default security profiles, can define new security profiles, and can add or remove user profiles.

For more information, see

Chapter 11, Manage Users and Security Profiles.

• Operator. A user who can manage the enterprise network functions, but cannot perform administration-related functions.

•

Observer. A user who can only monitor and view enterprise network functions.

This manual is written for the admin user but also contains inf

ormation that is useful for

operators and observers.

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Compatible devices

This release of the application supports the following features:

• Support for NETGEAR managed and smart switches

• Support for NETGEAR wireless devices

• Support for NETGEAR firewalls

• Support for ReadyDA

• Support for discovery and node status monitoring of third-party devices

Note: Products that reached their end of life (EOL) might not be included in

the following lists.

NETGEAR managed switches

A and ReadyNAS storage devices

This release supports the following NETGEAR managed switches:

• GSM5212P

• GSM7212F

• GSM7212P

• GSM7224P

• JGSM7224

• M4100-12G-POE+

• M4100-12GF

• M4100-24G-POE+

• M4100-26-POE+

• M4100-26G

• M4100-26G-POE

• M4100-50-POE

• M4100-50G

• M4100-50G-POE+

• M4100-D10-POE

• M4100-D12G

• M4100-D12G-POE+

• M4200-10MG-POE+

• M4300-8X8F

• M4300-12X12F

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• M4300-16X

• M4300-24XF

• M4300-24X24F

• M4300-28G

• M4300-48XF

• M4300-52G

• M4300-28G-POE+

• M4300-52G-POE+

• M4300-96X

• M4500-32C

• M4500-48XF8C

• M5300-28G

• M5300-28G-POE+

• M5300-28G3

• M5300-28GF

• M5300-52G

• M5300-52G-POE+

• M5300-52G3

• M6100, including blades and supervisors inserted in chassis:

- XCM8944

- XCM8944-POE+

- XCM8944-uPOE

- XCM8948

- XCM8948-POE+

- XCM8948-uPOE

- XCM8944F

- XCM8924X

• M7100 XSM7224

• M7100 XSM7224S

• S3300-28X

• S3300-28X-PoE+

• S3300-52X

• S3300-52X-PoE+

When a model S3300 switch and a model M4300 switch function together

a mixed stacking

configuration, the switches can be displayed as “Smart_M4300.” The following applies:

• M4300 software release 6.6.x.x or a later release. For a mixed stacking configuration only, the application displays a model M4300 switch as “Smart_M4300.” In earlier

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releases and in a mixed stacking configuration, the application displays a model M4300 switch as “M4300,” not as “Smart_M4300.”

• S3300 software release 6.6.4.x or a later release. For a mixed stacking configuration only, the application displays a model S3300 switch as “Smart_M releases and in a mixed stacking configuration, the application displays a model S3300 switch as “S3300,” not as “Smart_M4300.”

4300.” In earlier

NETGEAR smart switches

This release supports the following NETGEAR smart switches:

• FS526Tv2

• FS726Tv2

• FS728TLP

• FS728TPv2

• FS728TP-200

• GS108T

• GS110TP

• GS308T

• GS310TP

• GS324T

• GS324TP

• GS348T

• GS418TPP

• GS510TLP

• GS510TP

• GS510TPP

• GS516TP

• GS716T

• GS724T-400

• GS724TPv2

• GS748T

• GS728TPv2

• GS728TPPv2

• GS728TPS

• GS728TS

• GS728TXS

• GS748T

• GS752TPv2

-200

-300

-500

-400

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• GS752TPP

• GS752TPS

• GS752TS

• GS752TXS

• MS510TX

• MS510TXPP

• XS708T

• XS712Tv2

• XS716T

• XS728T

NETGEAR firewalls

This release supports the following NETGEAR firewalls:

• FVS318G

• FVS318N

• FVS336Gv2

• FVS336Gv3

• SRX5308

NETGEAR wireless access points

This release supports the following NETGEAR wireless access points:

• WAC720

• WAC730

• WG103

• WN203

• WN203-200

• WN370

• WND930

• WNAP210

• WNAP320

• WNAP370

• WNDAP350

• WNDAP360

• WNDAP380R

• WNDAP380Rv2

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• WNDAP620

• WNDAP660

NETGEAR wireless management systems and controllers

This release supports the following NETGEAR wireless controllers and wireless management system:

• WC7520

• WC7600

• WC9500

• WMS5316

NETGEAR storage systems

This release supports the following NETGEAR ReadyDATA and ReadyNAS storage systems:

• RD5200

• RDD516

• RN102

• RN104

• RN202

• RN204

• RN212

• RN214

• RN312

• RN314

• RN316

• RN422

• RN424

• RN426

• RN516

• RN524X

• RN526X

• RN528X

• RN626X

• RN628X

• RN716X

• RN2120

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• RN3130

• RN3138

• RN3220

• RN4220

• RR2312

• RR2304

• RR3312

• RR4312X/S

• RR4360X/S

Prepare the network devices for discovery

To manage the devices on your network, you must prepare them for the application. By default, the application lets you manage up to 200 devices. For information about managing more than 200 devices, contact your NETGEAR sales contact.

To prepare the devices on your network:

1. Upgrade your

To upgrade the firmware, use the local browser user interface (UI) of the device.

Each device must run the latest firmware before the application can the device. Once you perform this one-time upgrade, the application can centrally manage future device firmware upgrades.

2. Create the credentials for your devices.

application uses a combination of SNMP, HTTP, and Telnet protocols to

The the devices on your network.

You must configure the application with the device credentials to authenticate with the devices over the following protocols:

• Telnet and HTTP protocols. If the devices are not configured with the default password for the admin user, create two new credentials in the application.

Create one credential for the Telnet protocol and another credential for the HTTP protocol that contain either the admin user credential or the credential of another user of the device with administrative privileges.

• SNMP community strings. If the devices are not configured with the default SNMP community strings, create a credential in the application for the SNMP protocol that contains the matching community strings.

devices to their latest released firmware.

discover and manage

interact with

For more information, see

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3. Make sure that each device on your network is configured to send SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 traps to the IP address of the NMS300 server.

The application listens for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 traps.

What to do next

Before you can manage your network, you must perform certain basic configuration tasks and let the application find the devices that are on your network. These tasks are described in the following chapters:

Chapter 2, Get Started

•

• Chapter 3, Discover and Manage Resources

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2Get Started

After you logged in to the application, you can change your password and account information

and configure the email server.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•

• Change your password and account information

• Configure the email server for alerts and alarm notifications

• Configure the SMS server for alerts and alarm notifications

NMS300 Network Management System Application

Log in to the application

The application uses a browser server architecture. Administrators and other types of users can access the application from any supported browser. For more information about installing

the application, see the NMS300 Network Management Quick Start Guide, which is available

netgear.com/support/download/.

Before you log in to the application, check the following items:

• Make sure that the application is installed on a server with a static IP address.

• Clear your browser cache before you use the application.

CAUTION:

The application supports multiple concurrent users. We recommend that different users coordinate their application activities so that modifications to a page made by one user are not inadvertently changed by another user.

To select your language and log in to the application:

1. Open

NMS300 server

• T

• To connect to the application from a remote computer, replace localhost with the IP

After you connect to the application, the User Login window opens.

a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

o connect to the application from the same NMS300 server on which you installed

the application, enter the URL http://localhost:8080

If you entered a different port number for the NMS300 server during the application

installation, replace 8080 in this URL with the port number that you provided during

installation.

address of the NMS300 server which 203.0.113.56 is the IP address of the NMS300 server and 8080 is the port number for the NMS300 server.

. For example, enter http://203.0.113.56:8080, in

2. From the Language menu, select your language.

The default language is English. You can also select Chinese.

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3. Enter your user name and password.

When the application is initially installed, the default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

You must be an administrator (admin user, that is, a user with a security profile to Admin) to be able to create user names and passwords for other types of users.

4. Click the Sign In button.

that is set

For more information about the Network Summary page, see Monitor the network on page 81.

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Change your password and account information

We recommend that you change your password to a more secure password. This recommendation applies to admin users only because nonadministrative users such as users with a security profile set to Operator or Observer cannot change their password.

As an admin user, you can also change your account information. Items include your email address, real name, and telephone number. You cannot change your user name but you can add a second admin account with a different user name. For more information, see

Chapter 11, Manage Users and Security Profiles.

that you can change

Change your password

When the application is initially installed, the default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is admin. As an admin user, you can create user names and passwords for other types of users.

To change your password:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

server.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

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In button.

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4. Select ADMIN > SETTINGS.

5. Under Account Information, click the Change Password link.

6. Enter your old and new passwords.

7. Click the Submit

button.

Your password is updated.

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Change your account information

You can change your general account settings such as your email address and telephone number.

To change your account information:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select ADMIN > SETTINGS.

button.

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5. Under Account Information, click the Edit Account link.

6. Modify the information as needed.

7. Click the Submit

Your account information is updated.

button.

Configure the email server for alerts and alarm notifications

Before the application can send email updates and alarm notifications, you must configure the email server settings. Only an admin user can configure the email server settings.

Note: For information about adding an alarm notification profile with an email

address to which the application can send a notification, see modify an alarm notification profile on page 187.

Configure the general email server settings

The following procedure describes how to configure the general email server settings.

To configure the email server:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

Add or

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

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The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign In button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select ADMIN > SETTINGS.

5. Under Getting Started with NMS, click the SMTP Email Settings link.

6. Enter your SMTP configuration settings.

7. If your SMTP server requires authentication, select the Authentication Enabled

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check box.

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8. In the User Name field, enter the user name for your email account.

Note: You must

and domain name. For example, username@domain.com. The SMTP server also uses the entire user name as the address from which email is sent.

9. In

10. To use a secure email connection, select the Use

11. Click the T

12. Click the Submit

the Password

Port field, enter the port number for the SSL connection.

est button.

Your SMTP configuration settings are verified.

Your changes are saved.

enter the email user name entirely, that is with the at sign (@)

field, enter the password for your email account.

SSL check box, and in the SMTP Server

button.

Configure email server settings for a gmail account

The following procedure describes how to configure the email server for a Gmail account.

To configure the email server for a Gmail account:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

server.

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

In button.

admin and the default administrator password is

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4. Select ADMIN > SETTINGS.

5. Under Getting Started with NMS, click the SMTP Email Settings link.

6. Enter the following settings and select the following check boxes:

• In the SMTP Server Host field, enter smtp.gmail.com.

• In the SMTP Server Port field, enter 25.

• Select the Authentication Enabled check box.

• In the User Name field, enter the user name for your Gmail account.

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Note: You must enter the email user name entirely, that is with the at sign (@)

and domain name. For example, username@gmail.com. The SMTP server also uses the entire user name as the address from which email is sent.

• In the Password field, enter the password for your Gmail account.

o use a secure email connection, select the Use

7. T Port field, enter 465.

8. Click the T

Your SMTP configuration settings are verified.

9. Click the Submit

Your changes are saved.

est button.

button.

SSL check box, and in the SMTP Server

Configure the SMS server for alerts and alarm notifications

Note: The SMS server option is supported for a particular SMS gateway in

the People's Republic of China only. No other SMS servers are supported in this release.

Before the application can send SMS updates and alarm notifications, you SMS server settings. Only an admin user can configure the SMS server settings.

must configure the

For information about adding an alarm notification profile with an SMS telephone number to which the application can send a notification, see on page 187.

To configure the SMS server:

1. Contact NETGEAR

SMS server that is supported.

2. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

3. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is also admin.

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support to obtain the corporation ID and password for the Chinese

Add or modify an alarm notification profile

admin and the default administrator password is

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4. Click the Sign In button.

The Network Summary page displays.

5. Select ADMIN > SETTINGS.

6. Under Getting Started with NMS, click the SMS Server Settings link.

7. Enter the corporation ID.

The corporation ID specifies the SMS gateways that the application must use. corporation ID that NETGEAR support gave you.

8. Enter the password for accessing the SMS gateway.

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This is the

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This is the password that NETGEAR support gave you.

9. Click the T

est button.

Your SMS configuration settings are verified.

10. Click the Submit

button.

Your changes are saved.

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Find and manage the devices on your network

Before you can manage your network, you must let the application find the devices that are on your network and perform other setup tasks that could simplify the management of your network.

This chapter covers the following topics:

•

Discovery concepts

• Use quick discovery to discover devices on your network

• Use a discovery profile to discover devices on your network

• View and manage the wired and wireless devices on your network

• Manage device groups

• Search for the switch to which a host is connected

NMS300 Network Management System Application

Discovery concepts

You can discover devices on your network by using the following methods:

• Quick discovery. Discovers devices without using a discovery profile. This met quick and easy discovery method but gives you limited control over the discovery process.

• Regular discovery. Filters the devices on your network through a discovery profile that you must configure first. This method gives you more control th method but is a bit more complicated.

With both methods, the application can discover wired devices, wireless devices, NETGEAR devices, and third-party devices that support standard SNMP MIBs.

The application can discover and monitor NETGEAR firewalls over the WAN. Firewalls can

a static WAN IP address, dynamic WAN IP address, or WAN host name. If a firewall uses

use a WAN host name, the firewall must also use DNS.

Note: By default, the application lets you discover up to 200 devices. For

information about discovering more than 200 devices, contact your NETGEAR sales contact.

For wireless access points (APs), the nature of the AP determines whether the application can discover the AP:

Standalone AP. An AP that is not controlled by another device and that operates in

•

standalone mode. This type of AP is also referred to as a Fat AP. The application can discover and manage standalone APs just like any other network device that the application supports.

AP that a NETGEAR WC7520 or WC9500 wireless

• Controller-managed AP. controller manages. This type of AP is also referred to as a Fit AP. After the application discovers a wireless controller, it displays the controller-managed APs in the device table. In this indirect way, the application can discover the controller-managed APs but cannot manage them. You cannot back up or restore the configuration, upgrade the firmware, or delete the access points from the application. Controller-managed APs are not subtracted from the number of devices that the license of the application supports. The license of the application ignores the controller-managed APs.

an the quick discovery

hod is a

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Use quick discovery to discover devices on your network

Quick Discovery is a quick and easy discovery method but gives you limited control over the discovery process.

To discover the devices on your network:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DISCOVER

5. Click the Quick Discovery button.

button.

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6. From the menu in the upper left on the pop-up window, select one of the following network types and enter the applicable address information in the fields to the right of the menu:

• IP Range

• Subnet

• Single IP

• IP Address(es)

• Hostname

7. Specify

credentials that pertain to the devices on your network by selecting one of the

the

following types of credentials:

• Default SNMP

• Default HTTP

• Default Telnet

• Default HTTPS

• Default FVS318G HTTPS

Note: For the NETGEAR FVS318N, FVS336Gv2, FVS336Gv3, and

SRX5308 firewalls, use the default SNMP device credentials. For the NETGEAR FVS318G firewall, use the default FVS381G HTTPS device credential.

8. If the credential that you need is not listed in the table, do the following:

a. Click the Add button.

The Select Credentials page displays. In addition to the default credentials, the page displays the device credentials that you added. For more information, see modify a device credential on page 38.

b. Select one or more credentials and click the Add

Selection button.

To add all credentials, click the Add All button.

Add or

The Select Credentials page closes and the selected credentials credentials table.

c. Select the credential or credentials that you added.

9. Click the Execute

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button.

are added to the

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When the quick discovery process completes, the Quick Discovery pop-up window opens and displays the results.

Note: If a credential failure occurs, a common reason is that the device login

information changed from its default. When a credential failure occurs, add or modify the credential and run the discovery job again. For more information, see

10. Click the Close

The Quick Discovery pop-up window closes.

button.

Add or modify a device credential on page 38.

Use a discovery profile to discover devices on your network

A discovery profile gives you more control over the discovery process than the quick discovery method but is a bit more complicated. The following sections describe how you can use a discovery profile to discover devices:

Add or modify a device credential

2. Add or modify a discovery profile

3. Execute a discovery job or Schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job

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Add or modify a device credential

During the discovery process, the application must log in to devices to obtain the information to discover and manage the devices. A device credential includes the user name, password, and SNMP community string that allows the application to log in to the device. The user name and password are the same user information that you use to log in to the device to perform system configuration. The application provides default device credentials for discovery over HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, and Telnet, and for discovery of a NETGEAR FVS318G firewall over HTTPS. (The NETGEAR FVS318N, FVS336Gv2, FVS336Gv3, and SRX5308 firewalls use an SNMP device credential.)

You must configure the correct device credentials for any device that you want the application to manage. If a device is not configured with its default credentials, do the following:

• If a device is not configured with its default admin user password, create two new

elnet and another for the HTTP protocol. These

credentials in the application, one for credentials contain either the admin user credential or the credential of another user with administrative privileges.

• If a

device is not configured with its default SNMP community strings, create

in the application for the SNMP protocol that contains the matching community strings.

a credential

To add a device credential or modify an existing device credential:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

server.

admin and the default administrator password is

In button.

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4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICE CREDENTIALS.

5. Add a device credential or modify an existing device credential:

• To add a device credential, click the Add button.

• To modify an existing device credential:

a. From the

Device Credentials table, select a device credential.

b. Click the Edit button.

For a new device credential, the

Add Credential pop-up window o

device credential, the Edit Credential pop-up window opens.

pens. For an existing

6. In the Credential General Info section, enter or modify the name for the credential.

7. From the Protocol

menu, select one of the following protocols:

• SNMP V1

• SNMP V2C

• SNMP V3

• Telnet

• SSH

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• HTTP

• HTTPS

Depending on your protocol selection, the pop-up window might adjust to display other fields and menus.

8. In

the Authentication Info section, enter or modify the information for the selected protocol.

Note: If you are setting up a Telnet device credential for a managed switch

for which the

privileged EXEC password was changed (on the Enable Password Configuration page of the switch local browser UI, enter the privileged EXEC password in the Enable Password field. The Enable Password field displays when you select Telnet from the Protocol menu.

9. Click

the Management Interface

tab.

10. Enter or modify the port number, time-out period in seconds, and the number of retries.

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11. Click the Associated Devices tab.

12. Click the Add button.

13. Select one or more devices and click the Add Selection button.

To add all devices to the device credential, click the Add All button.

The Select Devices pop-up window closes and the selected device Associated Devices table.

14. If you are modifying an existing device credential, to remove devices:

a. Select the devices.

b. Click

the Remove

button.

s are added to the

The devices are removed from the Associated Devices table.

15. Click the Save button.

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The page closes and the new or modified device credential displays in the Device Credentials table.

Add or modify a discovery profile

A discovery profile filters the network device information that the application can detect. The

application can discover devices through an IP address range, IP subnet address, a single IP address, a list of IP addresses, or device host name.

To add a discovery profile or modify an existing discovery profile:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DISCOVER

button.

and the default administrator password is

The page displays the existing discovery profiles.

5. Add a discovery profile

• To add a discovery profile, click the Add Profile button.

• To modify an existing discovery profile:

a. From the

b. Click the Edit

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Network Discovery table, select a discovery profile.

or modify an existing discovery profile:

Profile button.

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For a new discovery profile, the Add Profile pop-up window opens. For an existing discovery profile, the Edit Profile pop-up window opens.

6. Enter or modify the information in the following sections:

• General Info. Enter the name and description of the profile.

• Discovery Options:

Resolve Host Names. To

attempt to resolve a host name to an IP address, select the Resolve Host Names (Attempt to resolve host name to IP address) check box.

- ICMP Ping Devices. To monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices, select the

ICMP Ping Devices (Ping devices before authentication)

check box.

• Discovery Filters. Select the discovery filters you want by vendor, location, and device type.

•

Discovery Includes. Select whether to include ICMP-only devices or unclassified

devices.

• LLDP Option.

To monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices, s

the Enable LLDP Link Discovery (Automatically discover LLDP links) check box.

elect

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7. Click the Network tab.

8. From the menu in the upper left of the pop-up window, select one of the following network

types and enter the applicable address information in the fields to the right of the menu:

• IP Range

• Subnet

• Single IP

• IP Address(es)

• Hostname

9. Specify

or modify

the credentials that pertain to the devices on your network by selecting

one of the following types of credentials:

• Default SNMP

• Default HTTP

• Default Telnet

• Default HTTPS

• Default FVS318G HTTPS

10. If

the credential that you need is not listed in the table, do the following:

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a. Click the Add button.

In addition to the default credentials, the pop-up window displays the device credentials that you added. For more information, see

credential on page 38.

Add or modify a device

b. Select one or more credentials and click the Add Selection

To add all credentials, click the Add All button.

The Select Credentials pop-up window closes and the credentials Select Credentials table on the Network pop-up window (see the figure that is shown

Step 7).

c. In the Network pop-up window, select the credential or credentials that you added.

11. Click the Save

The pop-up window closes and the new or modified discovery profile displays in the Network Discovery table.

button.

are added to the

Execute a discovery job

You can execute a one-time discovery job immediately.

To execute a discovery job:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

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4. Select RESOURCES > DISCOVERY.

5. Select the discovery profile.

6. From the More

menu, select Execute.

When discovery completes, the Execution Results pop-up window opens and displays the discovered devices that the application adds to its inventory database.

7. Click the Close button.

The pop-up window closes.

Note: Output files from completed resource discovery jobs are saved for the

data retention period. For more information, see retention period on page 271.

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Schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job

You can schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job to occur later. This discovery job can be one time or recurrent.

To schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job for future execution:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DISCOVER

button.

The page lists the existing discovery profiles in the application.

5. Select the discovery profile.

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6. Click the Edit Profile button.

7. Take one of the following actions:

• To add a new schedule, click the Add Schedule button.

• To modify an existing schedule, click the Edit Schedule button.

8. From the Enable menu, select Yes.

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The pop-up window adjusts to display more fields.

9. Specify whether the application executes the discovery job once or on a recurring basis by selecting one of the following options from the Execution Type menu and entering or modifying the corresponding information:

• One time scheduled.

This is the default selection.

In the Starting On

• Recurrent. The pop-up window

field, enter or modify the date and time.

adjusts to display more fields.

Enter or modify the following information:

a. In the Starting On

field, enter or modify the date and time.

b. From the Recurrence Type menu, select how the schedule recurs and complete

the corresponding

field or select the corresponding check boxes.

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c. Select the End Time radio button and enter or modify the date and time in the

corresponding field, or leave the Never radio button selected, which is the default setting.

10. Click the Submit

The Schedule pop-up window closes. The discovery job schedule becomes part of the discovery profile.

button.

11. In

the Edit Profile pop-up window, click the Save button.

Your discovery job is executed according to the schedule that you set.

Note: Output files from completed resource discovery jobs are saved for the

data retention period. For more information, see

retention period on page 271.

Set the data

Remove a device credential

You can remove a device credential that you no longer need.

To remove a device credential:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICE

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CREDENTIALS.

and the default administrator password is

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5. Select the device credential.

6. Click the Delete

A confirmation pop-up window opens.

button.

7. Click the Yes

The device credential is removed from the Device Credentials table and deleted.

button.

Remove a discovery profile

If you delete a discovery job from the Jobs table, the application deletes the discovery profile for the job automatically. For more information, see You can also remove a discovery profile manually.

To remove a discovery profile manually:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

button.

View and manage jobs on page 257.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DISCOVER

5. Select the discovery profile.

6. From the More

A confirmation pop-up window opens.

7. Click the Yes

The discovery profile is removed from the Network Discovery table and deleted.

menu, select Delete.

button.

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View and manage the wired and wireless devices on your network

After the application discovers the wired and wireless devices on your network and adds

them to the inventory database, you can view and test the devices. The following sections describe the tasks that you can perform:

View device information

•

• View wireless device information only

• Modify the name, location information, and contact information

• Remove device information

• Synchronize a network device

• Log in to a device

• Ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a device

• Use the SNMP MIB browser

• View and export the Inventory table and Interface List table

The application polls the devices to make sure that they are still on the network. You can change how frequently the device inventory is polled. For more information, see inventory polling on page 274.

View device information

You can see a table of devices that the application discovered in your network.

To view the Devices table:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

server.

admin and the default administrator password is

In button.

Set the

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4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES.

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device Location, Registered, Hostname, Managed By, Date of Purchase, Vendor, Country of Purchase, Hardware Version, Configuration Version, Contact, Discover Time, and Description.

specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

Type, Firmware Version, Serial Number, MAC Address, Last Update Time,

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. To view details about a device, click the device name (or IP address) for the device.

For more information, see

View device details and interface details on page 99.

button.

View wireless device information only

You can easily monitor your wireless network by displaying wireless controllers, wireless access point (APs), wireless management systems, and active wireless clients.

Note: For information about viewing wireless clients of wireless controllers,

APs, and management systems, see

view client details on page 103.

Monitor wireless clients and

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View wireless controller information only

You can display only the wireless controllers that the application manages.

To view wireless controller information:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select WIRELESS > CONTROLLERS.

button.

and the default administrator password is

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Wireless Controllers table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Hostname, Managed By, MAC Last Update Time, Hardware Version, Firmware Version, Configuration Version, Serial Number, Contact, and Discover Time.

6. To filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

You can filter the devices by criteria such as name, IP address, location, model, and status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. To view details about a device, click the device name (or IP address) for the device.

For more information, see

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Address, Location, Device Model, Vendor, Device Type,

button.

View device details and interface details on page 99.

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View wireless access point information only

You can display only the standalone APs and controller-managed APs. The application manages the standalone APs. The controller-managed APs are managed by their wireless controllers and display for information only.

To view wireless access point information:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select WIRELESS > AP.

button.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Access Points table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, Associated Controller IP Address, Hostname, Managed By, MAC Address, Location, Device Type, Device Model, Vendor, Last Update Time, Hardware Version, Firmware Version, Configuration Version, Serial Number, Contact, Discover Time, and Description.

6. To filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

You can filter the devices by criteria such as device name, device IP address, controller name, location, device model, and status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. To view details about a device, click the device name (or IP address) for the device.

For more information, see

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View device details and interface details on page 99.

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View wireless management system information only

You can display only the wireless management systems that the application manages.

To view wireless management system information:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select WIRELESS > WMS.

button.

and the default administrator password is

5. To add columns to or remove them from the WMS List table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

6. To filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, model, and status.

To hide the filter

7. To view details about a device, click the device name (or IP address) for the device.

For more information, see

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, click the Hide Filter button.

Address, Device Model, Vendor, Location, Device Type,

button.

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Modify the name, location information, and contact information

You can modify the device name, location information, and contact information that the application displays for a wired or wireless device.

To modify information for a device:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

button.

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, status.

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specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

Type, Firmware Version, Serial Number, MAC Address, Last Update Time,

button.

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To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Select the device.

8. Click the Edit

button.

9. Modify the device information.

10. Click the Submit

The device information is updated and the pop-up window closes.

button.

Remove device information

You can remove all information that the application displays for a wired or wireless device. However, when you run another discovery job, the application might rediscover the device and add it again to its inventory database.

To remove information for a device:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

and the default administrator password is

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

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4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES.

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

Type, Firmware Version, Serial Number, MAC Address, Last Update Time,

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Select the device.

8. Click the Delete

A confirmation pop-up window opens.

9. Click the Yes

The device is removed from the Devices table and deleted.

button.

Synchronize a network device

You can time-synchronize a wired or wireless network device to the NMS300 server.

To synchronize a device:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

model, and

A login window opens.

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2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device

Type, Firmware Version, Serial Number, MAC Address, Last Update Time, Location, Registered, Hostname, Managed By, Date of Purchase, Vendor, Country of Purchase, Hardware Version, Configuration Version, Contact, Discover Time, and Description.

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, model, and status.

To hide the filter

, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Select the device.

8. Click the Resync

button.

A confirmation pop-up window opens.

9. Click the Yes

button.

The device is synchronized and the confirmation pop-up window closes.

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Log in to a device

You can log in to a wired or wireless device on your network using either the local browser UI or Telnet.

Note: To log in over a Telnet connection to a model M4500-32C or

model M4500-48XF8C switch, use port 1223 instead of default port 23.

You can log in to a device when your web browser can be routed to the device. Generally, your web browser must be on the local network side of the Internet gateway

To log in to a device:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

button.

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device Location, Registered, Hostname, Managed By, Date of Purchase, Vendor, Country of

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specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

Type, Firmware Version, Serial Number, MAC Address, Last Update Time,

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Purchase, Hardware Version, Configuration Version, Contact, Discover Time, and Description.

6. To filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter button.

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, model, and status.

o hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Select the device.

8. Take one of the following actions:

• Log in over the local browser UI:

a. From the More

A login window for the local browser UI opens.

b. Enter the user name and password.

For most NETGEAR products, the user name is

password.

c. Click the button that lets you log in to the device.

The

name of the button depends on the device. For most NETGEAR products, the

button is called the

• Log in over a Telnet connection:

a. From the More

A login pop-up window for the CLI opens.

b. Enter the user name and password.

For most NETGEAR products, the user name is password.

menu, select Web GUI.

admin and the password is

menu, select Telnet.

admin and the password is

Ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a device

You can ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a wired or wireless network device from the LAN or WAN. Your web browser must be routed to the NMS300 server to conduct these tasks.

To test or reboot a device:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

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The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign In button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Select the device.

8. Take one of the following actions:

• Ping the device. From the More menu, select

When the ping completes, a pop-up window opens and displays the results.

• Trace a route. From the More menu, select TraceRoute

When the traceroute completes, a pop-up window opens and displays the results.

• Reboot the device. From the More menu, select Reboot.

Even though you reboot the device, the device remains in the inventory of the application.

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Ping

button.

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Use the SNMP MIB browser

The SNMP MIB browser lets you retrieve information about SNMP-enabled devices directly. The application supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 and all supported standard and private MIBs. The SNMP MIB browser lets you select one of several MIB databases (such as RFC Standard MIBs or NETGEAR Private MIBs) and navigate a MIB tree to select a specific MIB object. You can also search for a MIB object, upload MIBs to the MIB browser, and delete MIBs from the MIB browser.

The application displays the data that the MIB object collects, MIB object, and information about the SNMP credentials.

information about

the selected

Select a MIB object and collect SNMP data or issue SNMP commands

You can use the MIB browser to collect data from SNMP-enabled devices or issue SNMP commands.

To select a MIB object, view information about the MIB object, and collect SNMP data or issue an SNMP command:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

and the default administrator password is

button.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

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5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

button.

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Select the device.

8. From the More

menu, select MIB Browser.

model, and

The MIB browser opens in a new browser page.

9. To specify the SNMP credentials for the device that you are polling, do the following:

a. Click the Credential button at the top of the page.

b. From the Protocol menu, select the SNMP version.

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By default, the SNMPv3 information is displayed.

c. If you select SNMP

V1 or SNMP V2C, specify the write community and read

community strings.

If you select SNMP V3, specify the user name and, if required, the authentication protocol.

d. Click the Submit

button.

10. From the menu in the upper left of MIB Groups pane, select the MIB database.

A MIB tree populates the MIB Groups pane.

1. Navigate to

the MIB object.

The MIB Information pane below the MIB Groups pane displays the name and object ID of the selected MIB trap, along with a description and other information.

If you cannot find the MIB object, search for it in the MIB tree by doing the following:

a. Click the magnifier icon next to the menu in the upper left of MIB Groups pane.

A pop-up window opens.

b. In

the Find

c. Click the Find

what field, enter your search criteria.

Next button.

If a match is found, it is highlighted in the MIB tree.

d. To close the pop-up window, click the Cancel

12. From the Operations

menu in the upper right of the page, select one of the following SNMP

button.

commands:

• Get. Collects data based on the selected MIB object.

• Get Next. Collects data based on the next MIB object (relative to the selected MIB

object) in the MIB tree.

• Set. Changes the value of the selected MIB object.

The SNMP SET pop-up window opens, allowing you to specify the data type and value for the command.

• Table View. Collects table data based on the selected MIB object. This co available only for table-related MIB objects.

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13. Click the Go button.

The Results List pane displays the name and object ID and the value that the MIB object collected.

If the data collected applies to a table-related MIB object, the Table View button lets you switch to a table view.

14. To collect SNMP data or issue an SNMP command for another MIB object, repeat Step 10

through

15. To clear all collected data, click the Clear All

The Results List pane is cleared.

Step 13.

button.

Add MIB files

You can load new MIB files into the MIB browser.

To add new MIB files to the MIB browser:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

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The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

Note: To add MIB files to the MIB browser, you do not need to select a

device.

5. From

the More

menu, select MIB Browser.

The MIB browser opens in a new browser page.

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6. Click the green + icon next to the menu in the upper left of MIB Groups pane.

7. Either select an existing MIB file group from the Select a MIB File Group menu or select

the Add a new MIB File Group radio button and specify the name for a new MIB file group in the field.

8. Compose the list

of MIB files to be added to the MIB browser by doing the following:

• To add one or more MIB files to the table in the Upload new MIB files pop-up window, do the following:

a. Click the Add button.

A pop-up window opens.

b. Navigate to the

MIB file or files that you want to upload and select one, several,

or all MIB files in the pop-up window.

The MIB file or files are uploaded to table in the Upload new MIB files pop-up window.

• To remove one or more MIB files from the table in the Upload new MIB files pop-up window, do the following:

a. Select the

To select all MIB files in the table, select the check box in t

b. Click the Remove

check boxes to the left of the MIB files in the table.

he table heading.

button.

The MIB file or files are removed from the table in the Upload new MIB files pop-up window.

9. Click the Submit

button.

The MIB file or files on the list are saved in the group that you specified in

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Remove a MIB file

You can remove a MIB file MIB browser. For example, you can remove a MIB file that is obsolete.

To remove a MIB file from the MIB browser:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

button.

and the default administrator password is

Note: To remove a MIB file from the MIB browser, you do not need to select

a device.

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5. From the More menu, select MIB Browser.

The MIB browser opens in a new browser page.

6. Navigate to the

MIB object.

The MIB Information pane below the MIB Groups pane displays the name and object ID of the selected MIB trap, along with a description and other information.

If you cannot find the MIB object, search for it in the MIB tree by doing the following:

a. Click the magnifier icon next to the menu in the upper left of MIB Groups pane.

A pop-up window opens.

b. In

the Find what

c. Click the Find Next

field, enter your search criteria.

button.

If a match is found, it is highlighted in the MIB tree.

d. To close the pop-up window, click the Cancel

7. Click the red x icon

next to the menu in the upper left of MIB Groups pane.

button.

A confirmation pop-up window opens.

8. Click the Yes

button.

The MIB file is deleted.

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View and export the Inventory table and Interface List table

You can view the table of wired and wireless devices and interfaces that the application manages, and export this table to an Excel or PDF file.

To view and export the Inventory table and Interface List table:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > INVENT

button.

ORY.

and the default administrator password is

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Inventory table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device Location, Registered, Hostname, Managed By, Date of Purchase, Vendor, Country of

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Purchase, Hardware Version, Configuration Version, Contact, Discover Time, and Description.

6. To filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter button.

You can filter the devices by criteria such as device type, device name and IP address, device model, and status.

To hide the filter, click the Hide Filter button.

7. To view interfaces for a specific device, click the table row for Device Name column.

8. To view details about an individual device or interface, in the Device Name column, click the device

For information about viewing device details, see details on page 99.

9. Click the Export

10. To save the device information on your computer, follow the directions of your browser.

name (or IP address), or, in the Name column, click the interface name.

View device details and interface

to Excel button or the Export to PDF button.

the device anywhere but in the

Manage device groups

To simplify the management of networks with many devices, you can create device groups. Once they are discovered, you can group the devices on your network by location, device type, and other criteria.

You can create static and dynamic device groups:

• Static device group. A fixed group of specific devices that you add manually. For more information, see

• Dynamic device group. A dynamic list of devices that are selected automatically bas on your filter selection criteria. For more information, see

device group on page 75.

Add or modify a static device group on page 73.

Add or modify a dynamic

For general information about device groups, see

Device groups on page 12.

Add or modify a static device group

A static group is a fixed list of specific devices. You must add devices manually.

To add a static device group or modify an existing static device group:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

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The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign In button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICE

GROUPS.

5. Add a static device group or modify an existing static device group:

• To add a static device group, click the Add Static Group button.

• To modify an existing static device group:

a. From the Device Groups table, select the static device group.

b. Click the Edit

For a new

static device group, the Add Static Device Group

Group button.

pop-up window opens. For an

existing static device group, the Edit Static Device Group pop-up window opens.

6. Enter or modify the group name.

7. Enter or modify the description.

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8. Click the Add button.

9. To filter the devices that display in the pop-up window, click the Show Filter button.

You can filter the devices by criteria such as device type, device name and IP address, location, device model, and status.

To hide the device filter, click the Hide Filter button.

10. In the Select Devices pop-up window

11. Click the Add Selection

To add all devices, click the Add All button.

12. If you

a. Select the devices.

b. Click

The devices are removed from the Associated Devices table.

13. Click the Submit

The pop-up window closes. The devices are added to the static device group, and the group is displayed in the Device Groups table.

are modifying an existing static device group, to remove devices:

the Remove

button.

, select devices for the group.

Add or modify a dynamic device group

A dynamic group is a dynamic list of devices that are selected automatically based on your filter selection criteria. The list changes automatically as devices that meet the filter criteria are added to and removed from the network.

To add a dynamic device group or modify an existing dynamic device group:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

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A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin

and the default administrator password is

also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICE

GROUPS.

5. Add a dynamic device group or modify an existing dynamic device group:

• To add a dynamic device group, click the Add Dynamic Group button.

• To modify an existing

dynamic device group:

a. From the Device Groups table, select the dynamic device group.

b. Click the Edit

For a new

dynamic device group, the Add Dynamic Device Group

Group button.

pop-up window opens. For an existing dynamic device group, the Edit Dynamic Device Group pop-up window opens.

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6. Enter or modify the group name.

7. Enter or modify the description.

8. Enter or modify the criteria for the device selection filter.

ou can filter by device vendor contact. You can select more than one filter from the Device Type menu.

9. To view the devices in the group before you save the group, select the View button.

The devices that meet the selection criteria are displayed.

10. Click the Submit

The pop-up window closes. The devices are added to the dynamic device group, and group is displayed in the Device Groups table.

button.

, device location, device type, device model, and device

. To filter by device type, make a selection

Devices

Remove a device group

You can remove a device group that you no longer need.

To remove a device group:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

the

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICE

5. Select the device group.

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GROUPS.

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6. Click the Delete Group button.

A confirmation pop-up window opens.

7. Click the Yes

The device group is removed from the Device Groups table and deleted.

button.

Search for the switch to which a host is connected

You can enter an IP address or MAC address of a device (that is, a host) and let the application search for the switch in your network to which the host is directly connected.

To search for a switch to which a device is directly connected:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

and the default administrator password is

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > SEARCH

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HOST.

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5. In the Host IP Address or MAC Address to search for field, enter an IP address or MAC address.

6. Click the Apply

button.

If a match is found, the table displays information about the switch to which the host is connected, including the system name, model, IP address, and MAC address of the switch and the switch port to which the host is connected.

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4Monitor Devices and the Network

Monitor how devices and the network perform

You can view summary and detailed information about the network, devices, and interfaces,

including real-time and historical information and performance statistics. You can also enable and disable the configuration monitors, view and export the audit logs, view firmware versions, and view NMS300 server information.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Monitor the network

•

• Monitor the top 10 widgets for all devices

• View the wireless summary and monitor the top 10 widgets for wireless devices

• View device details and interface details

• Monitor wireless clients and view client details

• Manage the configuration monitors

• Customize the optional network dashboard

• View and export audit logs

• View firmware version information

• View the NMS300 server information

• View application notifications

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Monitor the network

You can monitor the network by various criteria and you can customize the information that displays on the Network Summary page.

View the default network summary

If you did not customize the Network Summary page, the page displays a device tree, an enterprise network map, a physical representation of the status and device type of the inventory, and various top 10 widgets.

To view the default network summary:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300

server.

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

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3. Click the Sign In button.

By default, the following widgets display on the page.

Widget Description Information

Device Tree View A tree of all discovered and

managed devices in the network. You can expand the tree.

Enterprise Network Map A world map that displays the

location of each device and its connections to other devices

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Group devices by:

• Location (the

• Vendor

• Device T

• Device Group

• Manual link

• LLDP link

• < 1.5

• >= 1.5 Mbps < 10 Mbps link

• >= 10 Mbps < 100 Mbps link

• >= 100 Mbps < 1 Gbps link

• >= 1 Gbps < 10 Gbps link

• >= 10 Gbps link

• Link of unknown speed

Mbps link

default

ype

setting)

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Widget Description Information

Device Inventory Status/Device Type

Top 10 Devices by Average CPU (T

op 10 Devices by

Average Memory (T

Latest 10 Alarms • Alarm Name

oday)

A slice graph displaying the device status (Up or Down) and a slice graph displaying the network breakdown per device type.

Top 10 devices by average CPU utilization for today

Top 10 devices by average

oday)

memory utilization for today

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• CPU utilization in percentage

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Memory utilization

• Device Name

• Severity

• Alarm

4. To view details about a device, click the device name.

For more information, see

View device details and interface details on page 99.

Customize the Network Summary Page

in percentage

Time

You can customize the items that display on the Network Summary page. You do not need to be an admin user to customize the Network Summary page.

In addition to the default widgets that are shown in the table in View the default network summary on page 81, you can add the optional widgets that are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Optional widgets for the Network Summary page

Widget Description Information

Devices

Top 10 Devices by Average Response (Today)

op 10 Devices by Average Packet Loss (T

oday)

Top 10 devices by average

Time

response time for today

Top 10 devices by average packet loss percentage for today

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Average response time in ms

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Average packet loss in percentage

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Table 1. Optional widgets for the Network Summary page (continued)

Widget Description Information

Interfaces

Top 10 Interfaces by Utilization (Today)

op 10 Interfaces by Traf

fic Rate (Today)

op 10 Interfaces by Traf

fic (Today)

op 10 interfaces by interface

utilization for today

Top 10 interfaces by traffic rate for

today

Top 10 interfaces by total traffic for

today

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx)

• Total utilization in percentage

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx)

• Total traffic rate

Note: Traffic rate is stated in bps, Kbps, or

Mbps.

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx)

• Total traffic volume

utilization in percentage

traffic rate

traffic volume

Top 10 Interfaces by Errors (Today)

op 10 Interfaces by Discards (Today)

op 10 interfaces by total errors for

today

op 10 interfaces by total

discarded packets for today

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Note: Traffic volume

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Number of

• Total number of errors

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Number of

• Total number of discarded packets

is stated in KB, MB, or GB.

ingress (Rx) errors egress (Tx) errors

discarded egress (Tx) packets discarded ingress (Rx) packets

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To customize the Network Summary page:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server.

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select HOME > NETWORK

SUMMARY.

The Network Summary page displays.

5. Click the Customize Portal

button.

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The page displays the widgets that are currently selected. The left side of the page displays the Available Widgets menu.

6. Customize the Network Summary page by performing one of the following tasks:

• Add a widget. From the Available Widgets

empty widget area at the bottom of the page. When the widget is in the target widget area, the widget area displays green and you can drop the widget.

Table 1 on page 83 describes the optional widgets that you can add.

menu, click and drag a widget to an

• Remove a widget. In a widget area that is populated by a widget, click the X ( the upper right of the widget area.

• Adjust the widget order. To title bar of the widget. When the widget is in the target widget area, the widget area displays green and you can drop the widget.

• Remove all widgets. Click the Remove All button.

• Reset the Network Summary screen to its defaults

7. Repeat

Summary page.

8. If you are not content with your selections, click the Reset

Step 7.

9. Click the Save button.

The settings are saved for your account.

10. (Optional) Select HOME >

The page displays its customized settings.

Step 6 until you selected all widgets that you want to display on the Network

move a widget to another widget area, click and drag the

. Click the Default button.

button and repeat Step 6 and

NETWORK SUMMARY.

Monitor the top 10 widgets for all devices

) in

You can monitor the status and top 10 widgets for devices on the network by various criteria and you can customize the information that displays on the Top 10 page.

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View the default top 10 widgets

If you did not customize the Top 10 page, the page displays the default top 10 widgets.

To monitor the default top 10 widgets and view device details:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select MONITOR >

button.

TOP 10.

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By default, the following widgets display on the page.

Widget Description Information

Top 10 Devices by Average CPU (Today)

op 10 Devices by

Average Memory (Today)

Top 10 Interfaces by Utilization (Today)

Top 10 Interfaces by Traffic Rate (T

oday)

op 10 devices by average CPU

utilization for today

op 10 devices by average

memory utilization for today

Top 10 interfaces by interface

utilization for today

Top 10 interfaces by traffic rate for

today

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• CPU utilization in percentage

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Memory utilization

• Device

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx) utilization

• Total utilization in percentage

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx) traf

• Total traffic rate

status

utilization

fic rate

traf

fic rate

percentage

in percentage

Top 10 Interfaces by Traffic (T

Top 10 Interfaces by Errors (Today)

oday)

Top 10 interfaces by total traffic for

today

Top

10 interfaces by total errors for

today

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Note: Traffic rate is Mbps.

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx) traf

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume is stated in KB, MB,

or GB.

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Number of

• Number of egress

• Total number of errors

stated in bps, Kbps, or

fic volume

traf

fic volume

ingress

(Rx) errors

(Tx) errors

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5. To view details about a device, click the device name.

For more information, see

View device details and interface details on page 99.

6. To view details about an interface, click the interface name.

For more information, see

View device details and interface details on page 99.

Customize the top 10 page

You can customize the information that displays on the Top 10 page by adding and removing widgets. You can also reset the page to its default information.

In addition to the default widgets that are shown in the table in View the default top 10 widgets on page 87, you can add the optional widgets that are listed in the following table.

Table 2. Optional widgets for the Top 10 page

Widget Description Information

Top 10 Device

Top 10 Devices by Average Response (Today)

Top 10 devices by average

Time

response time for today

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Average response time in ms

op 10 Devices by Average Packet Loss (T

oday)

op 10 Interface

Top 10 Interfaces by Discards (Today)

op 10 Standalone AP

Top 10 Standalone AP by CPU Utilization (Today)

Top 10 devices by average packet loss percentage for today

op 10 interfaces by total

discarded packets for today

op 10 wireless standalone APs by

total CPU utilization for today

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Average packet loss in percentage

• Device status

• Device name

• Interface status

• Interface name

• Number of

• Total number of discarded packets

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• CPU utilization in percentage

discarded egress (Tx) packets discarded ingress (Rx) packets

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Table 2. Optional widgets for the Top 10 page (continued)

Widget Description Information

Top 10 Standalone AP by WLAN Utilization (Today)

op 10 AP by Client Count (Current)

op 10 Standalone AP by Wired traffic (T

Top 10 SSID

Top 10 SSID by Client Count (Current)

oday)

Top 10 wireless standalone APs by

total WLAN utilization for today

Top 10 wireless standalone APs

and controller-managed APs by number of current clients

Top 10 wireless standalone APs by

traffic volume over a wired connection for today

Top 10 SSIDs by number of

current clients

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• WLAN utilization in percentage

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Total number of clients

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx)

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume

• SSID

• Device

• Device name

• Radio

• T

otal number of clients

traffic volume

is stated in KB, MB, or GB.

status

op 10 SSID by Traffic (Today)

op 10 SSIDs by traffic volume for

today

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• SSID

• Device status

• Device name

• Radio

• Ingress

• Egress (Tx)

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume is stated in KB, MB, or GB.

(Rx)

traffic volume

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Table 2. Optional widgets for the Top 10 page (continued)

Widget Description Information

Top 10 Radio

Top 10 Radio by Client Count (Current)

op 10 Radio by Traffic (Today)

Top 10 radios by number of current clients

op 10 radios by traffic volume for

today

• Radio

• Device

• Device name

• Device type

• Total number of clients

• Radio

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx)

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume is stated in KB, MB, or GB.

status

traffic volume

To customize the Top 10 page:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server.

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

In button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select MONITOR

> TOP 10.

The Top 10 page displays.

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5. Click the Customize Portal button.

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The page displays the widgets that are currently selected. The left side of the page displays the Available Widgets menu.

6. Customize the Top 10 page by performing one of the following tasks:

• Add a widget. From the Available Widgets

empty widget area at the bottom of the page. When the widget is in the target widget area, the widget area displays green and you can drop the widget.

Table 2 on page 89 describes the optional widgets that you can add.

menu, click and drag a widget to an

• Remove a widget. In a widget area that is populated by a widget, click the X ( the upper right of the widget area.

• Adjust the widget order. To move a widget to another widget area, click and drag the title bar of the widget. When the widget is in the target w area displays green and you can drop the widget.

• Remove all widgets. Click the Remove All button.

• Reset the T

7. Repeat

8. If you are not content with your selections, click the Reset

Step 7.

9. Click the Save

Your changes are saved.

10. (Optional) Select MONITOR

The page displays its customized settings.

Step 6 until you selected all widgets that you want to display on the Top 10 page.

op 10 screen to its defaults. Click the Default button.

button.

> TOP 10.

button and repeat Step 6 and

idget area, the widget

) in

View the wireless summary and monitor the top 10 widgets for wireless devices

You can monitor the wireless inventory and top 10 widgets for wireless devices on the network by various criteria and you can customize the information that displays on the Wireless Summary page.

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View the wireless summary and default top 10 wireless widgets

If you did not customize the Wireless Summary page, the page displays the wireless inventory and default top 10 widgets for wireless devices.

To monitor the wireless inventory, monitor the default top 10 widgets for wireless devices, and view wireless device details:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select WIRELESS > WIRELESS

button.

SUMMARY.

and the default administrator password is

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By default, the following widgets display on the page.

Widget Description Information

Wireless Inventory Status of the wireless APs and

distribution of wireless devices in the network

Top 10 SSID by Client Count (Current)

Top 10

AP by Client

Count (Current)

10 Standalone AP by

CPU Utilization (Today)

Top 10 SSIDs by number of current clients

Top 10 wireless standalone APs and controller-managed APs by number of current clients

Top

10 wireless standalone APs by

total CPU utilization for today

• Wireless AP status:

Number of APs that are up

- Number of APs that are down

• Wireless device

Number of standalone APs

- Number of controller-managed APs

- Number of wireless management

systems (WMSs)

Number of wireless controllers

• SSID

• Device

• Device name

• Radio

• T

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Total number of clients

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• CPU utilization in percentage

status

otal number of clients

type:

10 Standalone AP by

Wired traffic (Today)

Latest 10 Wireless Alarms • Alarm name

op 10 wireless standalone APs by traffic volume over a wired connection for today

5. To view details about a device, click the device name.

For more information, see

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• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx) traf

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume is stated in KB, MB,

or GB.

• Device name

• Severity

• Alarm

time

traf

fic volume

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Customize the wireless summary page

You can customize the information that displays on the Wireless Summary page by adding and removing widgets. You can also reset the page to its default information.

In addition to the default widgets that are shown in the table in View the wireless summary and default top 10 wireless widgets on page 94, you can add the optional widgets that are listed in the following table.

Table 3. Optional widgets for Wireless Summary page

Widget Description Information

Top 10 Standalone AP

Top 10 Standalone AP by Memory Utilization (Today)

Top 10 Standalone AP by WLAN Utilization (Today)

op 10 SSID

Top 10 SSID by Traffic (Today)

op 10 wireless standalone APs by

total memory utilization for today

op 10 wireless standalone APs by

total WLAN utilization for today

op 10 SSIDs by traffic volume for

today

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Memory utilization

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• WLAN utilization in percentage

• SSID

• Device status

• Device name

• Radio

• Egress

• Ingress (Rx)

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume

(Tx)

in percentage

traffic volume

is stated in KB, MB, or GB.

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Table 3. Optional widgets for Wireless Summary page (continued)

Widget Description Information

Top 10 Radio

Top 10 Radio by Client Count (Current)

op 10 Radio by Traffic

(Today)

Top 10 radios by number of current clients

op 10 radios by traffic volume for

today

• Radio

• Device

• Device name

• Device type

• Total number of clients

• Radio

• Device status

• Device name

• Device type

• Ingress (Rx)

• Egress (Tx)

• Total traffic volume

Note: Traffic volume is stated in KB, MB, or GB.

status

traffic volume

To customize the Wireless Summary page:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server.

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default administrator password is also admin.

3. Click the Sign

In button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select WIRELESS >

WIRELESS SUMMARY.

The Wireless Summary page displays.

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5. Click the Customize Portal button.

The page displays the widgets that are currently selected. The left side of the page displays the Available Widgets menu.

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6. Customize the Wireless Summary page by performing one of the following tasks:

• Add a widget. From the Available Widgets

empty widget area at the bottom of the page. When the widget is in the target widget area, the widget area displays green and you can drop the widget.

Table 3 on page 96 describes the optional widgets that you can add.

menu, click and drag a widget to an

• Remove a widget. In a widget area that is populated by a widget, click the X ( the upper right of the widget area.

• Adjust the widget order. To move a widget to another widget area, click and drag the title bar of the widget. When the widget is in the target w area displays green and you can drop the widget.

• Remove all widgets. Click the Remove All button.

• Reset the W

7. Repeat

Summary page.

8. If you are not content with your selections, click the Reset

Step 7.

9. Click the Save

Your changes are saved.

10. (Optional) Select WIRELESS >

The page displays its customized settings.

Step 6 until you selected all widgets that you want to display on the Wireless

ireless Summary screen to its defaults. Click the Default button.

button.

WIRELESS SUMMARY.

button and repeat Step 6 and

idget area, the widget

View device details and interface details

) in

You can view many details for a device and its interfaces. The detailed information that the application can provide depends on the type of device. The Devices table can list the following devices in the Device Type column:

• Switch

• Firewall

• Standalone

• Controller-Managed AP

• Wireless Controller

• WMS

• Storage

• Router

• Unknown

For information Appendix B, Device Details. For information about NETGEAR products that the application supports, see

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about the details that the application can provide

Compatible devices on page 13.

for each

type of device, see

NMS300 Network Management System Application

To view the detailed information for a device and an interface:

1. Open a browser and connect to the application through the static IP address of the

NMS300 server.

For more information, see

A login window opens.

2. Enter your user name and password.

The default administrator user name is admin also admin.

3. Click the Sign In

button.

The Network Summary page displays.

4. Select RESOURCES > DEVICES

and the default administrator password is

The page displays the devices that the application discovered.

5. To add columns to or remove them from the Devices table, right-click the table heading anywhere, and

specify the columns by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

You can choose from the following columns: Status, Device Name, IP Address, Device Model, Device

o filter the devices that are listed, click the Show Filter

6. T

button.

You can filter the devices by criteria such as type, name, IP address, vendor, model, and status.

To hide the filter

, click the Hide Filter button.

7. Click the name of the device.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

NMS300 Network Management System Application

Contents

1Introduction

Network environment concepts

Device groups

Types of users

Compatible devices

NETGEAR managed switches

NETGEAR smart switches

NETGEAR firewalls

NETGEAR wireless access points

NETGEAR wireless management systems and controllers

NETGEAR storage systems

Prepare the network devices for discovery

What to do next

2Get Started

Log in to the application

Change your password and account information

Change your password

Change your account information

Configure the email server for alerts and alarm notifications

Configure the general email server settings

Configure email server settings for a gmail account

Configure the SMS server for alerts and alarm notifications

3Discover and Manage Resources

Discovery concepts

Use quick discovery to discover devices on your network

Use a discovery profile to discover devices on your network

Add or modify a device credential

Add or modify a discovery profile

Execute a discovery job

Schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job

Remove a device credential

Remove a discovery profile

View and manage the wired and wireless devices on your network

View device information

View wireless device information only

Modify the name, location information, and contact information

Remove device information

Synchronize a network device

Log in to a device

Ping, perform a traceroute, or reboot a device

Use the SNMP MIB browser

View and export the Inventory table and Interface List table

Manage device groups

Add or modify a static device group

Add or modify a dynamic device group

Remove a device group

Search for the switch to which a host is connected

4Monitor Devices and the Network

Monitor the network

View the default network summary

Customize the Network Summary Page

Monitor the top 10 widgets for all devices

View the default top 10 widgets

Customize the top 10 page

View the wireless summary and monitor the top 10 widgets for wireless devices

View the wireless summary and default top 10 wireless widgets

Customize the wireless summary page

View device details and interface details