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  • Page 1

    NetAtlas W orkgroup Ethernet Switch Manager Quick S t art Guide V ersion 1. 03 Edition 1 1/2007[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 2 1 Introduction The NetAtlas Workgroup Ethernet Switch Manager is an Element Management System (EMS) that re trieves man agement informa tion from switches using the SNMP protoco l. The EMS allows you to manage multiple switches from a central location. This guide shows you how to install NetAtlas Workgroup. R[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 3 3 Inst all EMS Server Follow the steps below to install the EMS server on a computer . Note: Follow the directions in th e wizard to proceed through the installation. Only screens that require input specific to the EMS Wor kgroup inst allation are shown. 1 Find and double-click NetAtlasWorkgroup_S103.exe on t[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 4 5 Y ou can set the SNMPc to automatically locate your ZyXEL switch(es). S pecif y the IP addre ss, subnet mask and community (or password) of a device as the starting point. Mak e s ure th e IP address and subnet mask of this device and your ZyXEL switch are in the same range. Select St art with Discovery Off[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 5 9 S pecify the installation options. Make sure you install in the same file location as specified in S tep 8 . Click Next to continue. 10 Accept the default o r specify the account user name and password that allows the PostgreSQL to run on your computer . Th e def au lt password is “PostgreSQLDB”. Note: [...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 6 13 Accept the default setting and click Next to continue. 14 Select additional function(s) for the database. Note: Do NOT clear the DBsize or pgAdmin Support option. Continue through the installation and click Finish when you get to the final PostgreSQL screen. 15 EMS installation automatica lly continues and[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 7 4 SNMPc Network Manager St artup T o st art the SNMPc Network Manager manually , use the Windows Star t menu . T o st art SNMPc automatically each time you turn on your computer , click Config , System St artup , select Auto St artup and then click OK . Conversely , clear this check box if you do not wish SNM[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 8 6.1 Device Auto-Discovery 1 T o enable auto-discovery and then find your device, click Config , Discove ry/Polling . 2 Select the Enable Discovery check box and click OK . 3 Find your device in the Device List panel. Double-click the device icon to access the EMS. 6.2 Add Device(s) Manually Follow the steps b[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 9 Note: For security purpo ses, it is strongly recommended you change the Read Community and Read/W rite Community defaults and store this informa tion in a secure place so you will not forget it later . 5 After the device has been found, an icon and label app ear in the network manager view wind ow . 6 Right-c[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 10 7.1 Dat abase Synchronization If you upgrade EMS from a previ ous version, the Database Synchronization screen displays when you try to access the EMS. Y ou can use thi s screen to back up the database from a previous EMS version using the new database format. 1 If you want to import the database from a prev[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 11 • Remove any previous versions of PostgreSQL from your com- puter . See Ste p 3 . • Re-install PostgreSQL and EMS in that order . See St e p 3 . 2 I cannot find my device in the SNMPc Ma nagement screen. • Check that you have co mpiled the MIBs without e rrors (see Sec- tion 5 on page 7 ). • Check th[...]

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    NetAtlas Workgroup Quick Star t Guide 12 Configure the ODBC Driver The ODBC driver should already be in stalled during the EMS installation process. If you have changed the default ODBC se ttings, make sure the EMS can connect to the PostgreSQL database successfully . Follow the steps below to configure the ODBC driver in Wind ows 2000. S teps are [...]