Patton FS6300 NMS Reference Guide

ForeSight 6300

Network Management System

Administrator’s Reference Guide

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Document Number: 09203U3-001 Rev. A

Part Number: 07MFS6300-ARG

Revised: April 18, 2008

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The software described in this document is furnished under a license and may

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Summary Table of Contents

1 Security Management.................................................................................................................................... 12

2 Discovery Management ................................................................................................................................. 27

3 Configuring DS0 Mapping ........................................................................................................................... 40

4 Logs & Reports ............................................................................................................................................. 58

5 Policy Management....................................................................................................................................... 64

6 Contacting Patton for assistance ................................................................................................................... 79

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Audience............................................................................................................................................................... 10

Structure............................................................................................................................................................... 10

Viewing Help ....................................................................................................................................................... 11

1 Security Management.................................................................................................................................... 12

Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................13

Managing Users.....................................................................................................................................................13

Adding Users ..................................................................................................................................................13

Modifying User Permissions ...........................................................................................................................16

Disabling Users ...............................................................................................................................................17

Changing User Passwords ...............................................................................................................................18

Deleting Users ................................................................................................................................................18

Assign/Delete Users To/From Groups ............................................................................................................19

Managing Groups..................................................................................................................................................20

Adding Groups ...............................................................................................................................................20

Assign/Delete Users To/From Groups ............................................................................................................21

Deleting Groups .............................................................................................................................................21

Managing Scopes for Groups.................................................................................................................................22

Adding Scopes ................................................................................................................................................22

Deleting Scopes ..............................................................................................................................................23

Managing Operations............................................................................................................................................24

Adding Operations ..........................................................................................................................................24

Deleting Operations ........................................................................................................................................25

Managing Audit Trails ..........................................................................................................................................25

Viewing Audit Trails .......................................................................................................................................25

Searching Audits .............................................................................................................................................26

2 Discovery Management ................................................................................................................................. 27

Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................28

Defining Containers..............................................................................................................................................28

Pre-Defining Containers Before Initial Discovery ...........................................................................................28

Adding Pre-Defined Containers ................................................................................................................28

Modifying Pre-Defined Containers ...........................................................................................................29

Viewing and Deleting Containers ..............................................................................................................31

Defining Containers During Multiple Card Configuration .............................................................................32

Re-Discovering Already Discovered Devices..........................................................................................................34

Setting Discovery Interval......................................................................................................................................35

Configuring Initial Discovery Parameters ..............................................................................................................36

Scheduling Rediscovery .........................................................................................................................................37

Regular Interval ..............................................................................................................................................37

Specific Dates .................................................................................................................................................38

Days of the Week ............................................................................................................................................39

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3 Configuring DS0 Mapping ........................................................................................................................... 40

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................41

Map Types in the FS6300 ...............................................................................................................................41

Auto-Screening DS0 Maps ....................................................................................................................................42

Managing Miscellaneous Maps..............................................................................................................................44

Out-of-Range Maps ........................................................................................................................................44

Overlapped Maps ............................................................................................................................................44

Creating Maps.......................................................................................................................................................46

Creating Same Card Maps ..............................................................................................................................46

Creating Inter Card Maps ...............................................................................................................................47

Reserving E1 Pools ..........................................................................................................................................48

Creating Inter Chassis Maps ...........................................................................................................................50

Managing Defined Maps .......................................................................................................................................51

Viewing or Deleting Defined Maps .................................................................................................................51

Managing H.110 Slots...........................................................................................................................................52

Reserving H.110 Slots for 6081 Cards ............................................................................................................52

Viewing H.110 Time Slot Utilization .............................................................................................................54

Viewing H.110 Time Slots through H.110 SlotView ................................................................................54

Viewing H.110 Time Slots through H.110 Port Utilization ......................................................................54

Viewing TDM Port Time Slots .............................................................................................................................56

Viewing DS0 Availability on Ports ........................................................................................................................57

4 Logs & Reports ............................................................................................................................................. 58

Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................59

Managing Logs......................................................................................................................................................59

Saving Log Files ..............................................................................................................................................59

Clearing the Log .............................................................................................................................................59

Managing Reports .................................................................................................................................................60

Alarm Tracking ...............................................................................................................................................60

Chassis Checklist ............................................................................................................................................61

Discovery Checklist ........................................................................................................................................61

Device Checklist .............................................................................................................................................62

NMS Network Summary ................................................................................................................................63

5 Policy Management....................................................................................................................................... 64

Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................65

Adding Policies......................................................................................................................................................66

Table Cleanup Policy ......................................................................................................................................67

6300 NMS Backup Policy ..............................................................................................................................68

Scheduling Backup ....................................................................................................................................68

Alert Delete Policy ..........................................................................................................................................69

Alert Action Policy ..........................................................................................................................................70

Action Types .............................................................................................................................................71

Modifying Policies.................................................................................................................................................78

Deleting Policies....................................................................................................................................................78

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Executing Policies..................................................................................................................................................78

Stopping Policies ...................................................................................................................................................78

6 Contacting Patton for assistance ................................................................................................................... 79

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................80

Contact information..............................................................................................................................................80

Warranty Service and Returned Merchandise Authorizations (RMAs)...................................................................80

Warranty coverage ..........................................................................................................................................80

Out-of-warranty service .............................................................................................................................80

Returns for credit ......................................................................................................................................80

Return for credit policy .............................................................................................................................81

RMA numbers ................................................................................................................................................81

Shipping instructions ................................................................................................................................81

List of Figures

1 Tools > Security Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Add User from Security Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Add New User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 User Account Expiry Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Adding a New User to a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

6 Modify User Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7 Disable User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

8 Delete User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

9 Assign User to Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

10 Add New Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

11 Assign Users to Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

12 Add Scope to Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

13 Scope Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

14 Delete Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

15 Add Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

16 Search Audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

17 Tools > Discovery Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

18 SetUp(F) > 6300 Container Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

19 Add Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

20 Modify Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

21 View Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

22 Tools > Multiple Card Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

23 Multiple Card Configuration > Card Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

24 Re-Discover Already Discovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

25 Set Discovery Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

26 Set Initial Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

27 Schedule Re-Discovery for Regular Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

28 Schedule Re-Discovery for Specific Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

29 Schedule Re-Discovery for Days of the Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

30 Auto-Screening window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

31 Miscellaneous Maps window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

32 Same Card window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

33 Inter Card window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

34 Reserve E1 Pools window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

35 Inter Chassis > Create Maps window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

36 View Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

37 Reserve H.110 Slots for 6081 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

38 H.110 SlotView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

39 H.110 Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

40 TDM Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

41 DS0 Availability by Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

42 Time Slot Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

43 Logs window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

44 Save Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

45 Reports Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

46 Alarm Tracking Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

47 Chassis Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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48 Discovery Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

49 Device Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

50 NMS Network Summary Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

51 Policy Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

52 Policy drop-down menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

53 Adding Table Cleanup Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

54 Adding NMS Backup Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

55 Policy Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

56 Adding Alert Delete Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

57 Adding Alert Action Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

58 Suppress Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

59 Send Trap Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

60 Send E-mail Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

61 Add Custom Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

62 Run Command Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

63 Set Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

List of Tables

1 Table Cleanup Policy Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

2 FS6300 NMS Backup Policy Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

3 Alert Delete Policy Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

4 Alert Action Policy Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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About this guide

For getting started information, refer to the FS6300 NMS Getting Started Guide .

Audience

This guide is intended for the following users:

• Operators

• Installers

• Maintenance technicians

Structure

This guide contains the following chapters and appendices:

• Chapter 1 on page 12 provides information on managing security

• Chapter 2 on page 27 provides information on managing discovery tools

• Chapter 3 on page 40 provides information on configuring DS0 mapping

• Chapter 4 on page 58 provides information on creating and saving logs and reports

• Chapter 5 on page 64 provides information on adding and managing automatic policies

• Chapter 6 on page 79 provides information on contacting Patton for support

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Viewing Help

To view FS6300 NMS Help:

From Help menu, choose Help Contents . An HTML file with links to all FS6300 NMS documents is dis­played in a Web browser (the default browser that has been configured in your system).

To view context-sensitive help in Application Client, do any of the following:

Context-sensitive help displays appropriate Help topic which assists you to get specific information about
whatever part of the client you are using at any given moment.

• Press F1 on any dialog box or window (or)

• Click the Help button on the toolbar in a window.

A help file associated with the screen you are working on is displayed.

To view context-sensitive help in Application Client dialog boxes:

Click the Help button.

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Chapter contents

Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................13

Managing Users.....................................................................................................................................................13

Adding Users ..................................................................................................................................................13

Modifying User Permissions ...........................................................................................................................16

Disabling Users ...............................................................................................................................................17

Changing User Passwords ...............................................................................................................................18

Deleting Users ................................................................................................................................................18

Assign/Delete Users To/From Groups ............................................................................................................19

Managing Groups..................................................................................................................................................20

Adding Groups ...............................................................................................................................................20

Assign/Delete Users To/From Groups ............................................................................................................21

Deleting Groups .............................................................................................................................................21

Managing Scopes for Groups.................................................................................................................................22

Adding Scopes ................................................................................................................................................22

Deleting Scopes ..............................................................................................................................................23

Managing Operations............................................................................................................................................24

Adding Operations ..........................................................................................................................................24

Deleting Operations ........................................................................................................................................25

Managing Audit Trails ..........................................................................................................................................25

Viewing Audit Trails .......................................................................................................................................25

Searching Audits .............................................................................................................................................26

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Overview

The Security Administration window is an important tool for managing users and groups, and for managing
their permissions and actions in the FS6300 NMS. To reach the Security Administration window, click on

Tools > Security Administration at the top of the screen.

Figure 1. Tools > Security Administration

Managing Users

Before anyone has access to the FS6300 NMS Client, he or she must be added as a user to the FS6300 NMS
Server database. After you have created users, you can add them to groups, and give them specific permissions.

Adding Users

To add a new user:

In the Security Administration window, do any of the following:

Figure 2. Add User from Security Window

– From the File menu, choose New > AddUser.

– Press Ctrl+Shift+U .

– Click the Add User icon .

The User Administration window displays.

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Figure 3. Add New User

Type the desired user name and password in the text fields and click Next .

If desired, you can set the account and/or password to expire after a certain amount of time. By default, the
user account and password are set to never expire. Make the desired changes, then click Next.

Figure 4. User Account Expiry Options

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If you are associating the user to have permissions based on an existing group, select the Group-based per-

missions checkbox. Then, select the checkbox of the group that you want to add the new user to. Click on

the arrow on the right side of the Group Names table to view permissions for a group.
If you want to create a new group while adding a new user, type in a name for the new group, then click

Add Group . For details about managing group permissions, see “Managing Groups” on page 20).

Figure 5. Adding a New User to a Group

If you did not select the checkbox for group-based permissions and want to set the user’s permissions indi­vidually, click Finish , and see “Modifying User Permissions” on page 16.

Click Finish . The new user is displayed in the Security window menu tree under Users.

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Modifying User Permissions

To add, delete, or modify permissions for an individual user:

In the Security Administration window, click on the user in the User section of the menu tree.

Figure 6. Modify User Permissions

Click on the Permitted Operations for User tab, then click on the Modify Permissions button.

In the Assign Permissions window, select the checkboxes of the allowed operations for the user. Then,
click Done.

4. The permissions for the user are displayed in a table in the Permitted Operations for User tab. If desired,
you may add a note for allowed operations. To ad a note, double-click on the Description column in the
user’s Permissions table.

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Disabling Users

To temporarily disable a user from logging in and accessing the NMS:

1. In the Security Administration window, click on the user in the User section of the menu tree.

Figure 7. Disable User

2. Click on the User Profile tab, then click on the Edit User Profile button.

3. In the User Profile window, you can edit the status of the user, and when the user account and/or password

expires.

4. To temporarily disable a user, de-select the No change in status checkbox, then choose disable from the
status drop-down menu.

5. Click OK. A red circle with a white “x” will appear on the user’s name in the Security window menu tree.
When the user attempts to log in to the NMS, a message will display–”User Disabled.”

6. To re-enable a disabled user’s account, repeat steps 1-4, except select enable from the status drop-down
menu. Click OK.

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Changing User Passwords

To change a user password:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the user in the menu tree. Then, do any of the following:

– From the Edit menu, choose Change Password.

– Press Ctrl+Shift+C.

– Right-click on the user in the menu tree and select Change Password.

2. In the Change Password dialog box, type in the new password for the user. Then, type in the new pass-
word again.

3. Click OK.

Deleting Users

To delete a user:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the user in the menu tree.

2. Right-click on the user in the menu tree, and select Delete.

Figure 8. Delete User

3. A warning message will display. Click Yes.

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Assign/Delete Users To/From Groups

To assign or delete a user to/from a group:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the user in the menu tree.

2. Click on the Member Of tab, and click the Assign Groups button.

Figure 9. Assign User to Groups

3. In the Select Groups window, click on the group in the All Groups column, then click the “>” button to
add the group to the user’s list. Repeat this step if you want to add the user to multiple groups.

4. To remove a user from a group, click on the group in the Selected Groups column and click the “<“ but-
ton.

5. Click OK.

Note If you remove an Admin user from a group with administrative privi-

leges, this will disallow some permissions for the user. To view/modify
selected user permissions, click on the Permitted Operations for User
tab, then click the Modify Permissions button. The included and
excluded permissions are also listed in the Permissions for User table.

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Managing Groups

In the FS6300 NMS, you can create groups with specific permissions for each group, and then assign users to
these groups with specified operational tasks and permissions.

Adding Groups

To add a group:

1. In the Security Administration window, do any of the following:

– From the File menu, choose New > Add Group.

– Press Ctrl+Shift+G.

– Click the Add Group icon .

The Group Wizard window displays.

Figure 10. Add New Group

2. Type the desired group name in the text field and click Next.

3. Select the check boxes for the operations that users in the group will be allowed to do. Click Finish.

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Assign/Delete Users To/From Groups

To assign or delete a user to/from a group:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the group in the menu tree.

2. Click on the Operators tab, and click the Assign Users button.

Figure 11. Assign Users to Groups

3. In the Select Users window, click on the user in the All Users column, then click the “>” button to add the
user to the group’s list. Repeat this step if you want to add multiple users to the group.

4. To remove a user from a group, click on the user in the Selected Users column and click the “<“ button.

5. Click OK.

Deleting Groups

To delete a group:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the group in the menu tree.

2. Right-click on the group in the menu tree, and select Delete.

3. A warning message will display. Click Yes.

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Managing Scopes for Groups

Scopes are associated with the actual operations of a group and with specific properties to which the users have
access. Scopes are used to set limits to a permission by applying one or more properties to a group permission.

Adding Scopes

To add a scope:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the group in the menu tree.

Figure 12. Add Scope to Group

2. Click on the Customize Scope of Operations tab, and click the Add Scope button.

Figure 13. Scope Settings

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3. Select the property that you would like to add for the group. You can select from Geographical Area, Net­work Node, Chassis, Card, and Port.

4. Click the Add button. The Property value will appear in the table in the Scope Settings window.

5. Click the Confirm button to add the scope.

Deleting Scopes

To delete a scope:

1. In the Security Administration window, select the group in the menu tree.

2. Click on the Customize Scope of Operations tab.

Figure 14. Delete Scope

3. Right-click on the scope in the List of Authorized Scopes table, and select Delete AuthorizedView.

4. A warning message will display. Click Yes.

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Managing Operations

The Operations Tree contains a list of operations (also referred to as permissions) that is provided by default in
FS6300 NMS. The operations are logically arranged in a tree structure with parent and child operations. You
can add new operations when they are needed and delete obsolete operations.

Adding Operations

To add new operations to the operations tree so that users/groups can add it to their permissions:

1. In the Security Administration window, do any of the following:

– From the File menu, choose New > Add Operations.

– Press Ctrl+Shift+O.

– Click the Add Operation icon .

2. In the Operations window, select the top of the operation group in the tree where you want to add the
new operation.

Figure 15. Add Operation

3. Type in the name of the new operation in the text field and click Add.

4. Click Apply.

5. Repeat steps 2-4 to add more new operations. Then, click OK.

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Deleting Operations

To delete operations in the operations tree:

1. In the Security Administration window, press Ctrl+Shift+O to open the Operations list.

2. In the Operations window, select the operation in the tree that you want to delete.

3. Click Remove.

4. A warning message will display. Click Yes.

5. Click OK.

Managing Audit Trails

Audit trails allow you to view the operations that have been performed by a user. The audit trail identifies all
operations that have been performed, the time, whether it was successful, category, and audited object. You
should periodically clear the trails after they have been reviewed.

Viewing Audit Trails

To view audit trails:

1. In the Security Administration window, do any of the following:

– From the View menu, click Audit Trails.

– Press Ctrl+Shift+A.

– Click the Audit Trails icon .

The Auth Audit Screen displays.

2. To view details of a specific audit, select the operation in the Auth Audit table, then click View > Audit
Details at the top of the window.

3. Click the Clear Audits button at the bottom of the window to delete all of the audits in the table.

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