The common platform provides a flexible, rich management functionality for the other services running on it. If you are using the platform for the first time, quick start can quickly guide you to all aspects of network management without much configuration and knowledge in this regard.
Before you start working with the platform, you need to configure the following SNMP parameters of the managed devices: SNMP read-only community, SNMP write community and SNMP Trap. The destination address of SNMP Traps is the Trap receiving address on the server, and the source address is the management IP of the respective devices. For detailed configuration, refer to the device manuals.
Your use of the platform begins with adding the devices in the network to the system. There are two ways to add devices: auto discovery and manual adding. When there are many devices in the network, auto discovery helps reduce your workload for adding them one by one. As a supplement to auto discovery, manual adding is to add devices not found by auto discovery or new devices to the system manually. To add a device, make sure that the SNMP settings on the platform are consistent with those on the device. For details about adding a device, refer to Auto Discovery and Add Device.
If you do not specify a label in adding a device, the device label defaults to the host name/IP. If a DNS server is not available, the label defaults to the system name of the device. You can modify the device label to make it a more intuitive representation of the device. For details, refer to Modify Device Label.
The admins can define device/user groups, and specify the device/user groups accessible by each of the other operators. For details, refer to Device Group and User Group.
You can add your concerned devices to a custom view for easy routine management. The devices can be grouped by certain rule, such as geographical area. In a custom view, you can create a device group, add devices to it, create connections between the devices as they are connected physically, and select the interfaces on both ends of each connection. Thus, the connection lines between the devices will update in real time based on the interface status. For details, refer to Custom View.
For important servers, their system services must be monitored so that an alarm is raised to give notice of any abnormality. This allows the admins to handle any abnormality or fault in the earliest time. For example, the SMTP service on the Email server and the HTTP service on the Web server may need to be monitored. For details, refer to Customize Monitor Service.
Through MIB management, loaded MIB nodes are organized as a tree for you to browse and configure. You can perform the Get, Get Next, Walk, and Set operations, and compile and load MIB files. For details, refer to MIB Management.
It is suggested that, after login as admin, you change the default password, and then create operators with different rights. For details, refer to Operator Management.
You can add users manually or import existing user information to the system with the import function. For easy management, you can divide the users to different groups by certain rule. For details, refer to User Management.
You can configure the device and administrative event log export policy, including export threshold triggers and the number of entries to be retained in the system after each export operation. Exported log entries will be removed from the system. For details, refer to Export Data.