Patton electronics FORESIGHT 6100 Quick Install Manual

Quick Install
Guide

FORESIGHT 6100
Element Management
System

Part# 07M6100EMS-IG Rev. A
Doc# 09202U4-001
Revised 9/2/04

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Patton’s ForeSight 6100 Element Management
System. The 6100 EMS enables users and network operators to control and
monitor up to 200 network devices through a user-friendly graphical user
interface (GUI).

This quick installation guide contains the steps for installing the ForeSight
6100 EMS.

Compatibility

The Patton ForeSight 6100 EMS can manage up to 200 SNMP-compliant
Patton Electronics elements (also called nodes) that support ForeSight
Management Interface Specification (FMIS) standards. These products
currently include:

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6511RC • 3125RC • 3120 • 3096RC • 3095 • 2616RC • 1001MC

Minimum system requirements

An industry-standard PC is required which meets the following

minimum

Pentium III, 500MHz CPU

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128 Mbyte RAM

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35 Mbytes of available disk space for software installation
Ethernet NIC card

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CD-ROM drive

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specifications:

Operating systems supported

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Windows 98
Windows NT

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Windows 2000

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Windows XP

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Java 1.4.2 (provided with the ForeSight 6100 EMS)

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