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... Modifying the Map Contents 202 Adding Items to the Map 202 Linking Items in the Map 204 Keeping the Map Up-to-date 205 Dynamic Network Login Support 205 Saving and Opening Maps 206 Exporting Maps to Microsoft" Visio" 208 209 Printing the Map 210 Background Images 210 Examples 212 Selecting... all of the SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 Devices in the Network 212 Viewing all of the Physical Connections for a Router 215 Focusing in on a Set of Devices in the Map 217
... Modifying the Map Contents 202 Adding Items to the Map 202 Linking Items in the Map 204 Keeping the Map Up-to-date 205 Dynamic Network Login Support 205 Saving and Opening Maps 206 Exporting Maps to Microsoft" Visio" 208 209 Printing the Map 210 Background Images 210 Examples 212 Selecting... all of the SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 Devices in the Network 212 Viewing all of the Physical Connections for a Router 215 Focusing in on a Set of Devices in the Map 217
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... DEVICES Overview 473 Key Concepts 474 Web Management 474 Telnet Management 474 SSH Management 474 Administration Menu 474 3Com Device View 475 3Com Switch Manager 475 3Com Router Manager 475 Network Jack Configuration Manager 475 IP Ping 475 Trace Route 476 Properties Dialog Box 478 General 478 Security 479 Unit... Contact Details Step 485 Partner/Reseller Details Step 486 Device Selection Step 488 Summary Step 489 Connection to the 3Com Server 490 What Data is Sent to the 3Com server 490 Reports 491 Web Management 491 Device Warranty 491 Examples 493 Renaming a Switch 4007 using Telnet 493 ...
... DEVICES Overview 473 Key Concepts 474 Web Management 474 Telnet Management 474 SSH Management 474 Administration Menu 474 3Com Device View 475 3Com Switch Manager 475 3Com Router Manager 475 Network Jack Configuration Manager 475 IP Ping 475 Trace Route 476 Properties Dialog Box 478 General 478 Security 479 Unit... Contact Details Step 485 Partner/Reseller Details Step 486 Device Selection Step 488 Summary Step 489 Connection to the 3Com Server 490 What Data is Sent to the 3Com server 490 Reports 491 Web Management 491 Device Warranty 491 Examples 493 Renaming a Switch 4007 using Telnet 493 ...
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... Interface Types 748 Key Considerations 750 Problems with Discovering Remote Sites 750 Problems with Discovering WAN Routers 751 18 NBX SUPPORT Overview 753 Key Concepts 754 How 3Com Network Director Discovers the Phone Network 754 How 3Com Network Director Represents the Phone Network Icons 754 NBX Call Processor 755 Line Cards 755 Analog Terminal Adapter and Analog Terminal Card...
... Interface Types 748 Key Considerations 750 Problems with Discovering Remote Sites 750 Problems with Discovering WAN Routers 751 18 NBX SUPPORT Overview 753 Key Concepts 754 How 3Com Network Director Discovers the Phone Network 754 How 3Com Network Director Represents the Phone Network Icons 754 NBX Call Processor 755 Line Cards 755 Analog Terminal Adapter and Analog Terminal Card...
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...Download Progress 821 Changing the Download Settings 822 Live Update Activity Report 825 Examples 826 Ensuring 3Com Devices are not Retrieved 831 Not Enough Space on the Disk 832 Cannot Find the Downloaded 3Com Router Manager Updates on Disk 832 A SUPPORTED DEVICES Bulk Configuration 835 VLAN Configuration 836 Backup,... VIEW About Device View 852 Management Support Matrix 852 Automatic Configuration using the Options Dialog Box 829 Updating 3Com Router Manager 830 Useful Information and References 831 Proxy Server 831 Key Considerations 831 The Proxy Settings are Supported 826 Updating the ...
...Download Progress 821 Changing the Download Settings 822 Live Update Activity Report 825 Examples 826 Ensuring 3Com Devices are not Retrieved 831 Not Enough Space on the Disk 832 Cannot Find the Downloaded 3Com Router Manager Updates on Disk 832 A SUPPORTED DEVICES Bulk Configuration 835 VLAN Configuration 836 Backup,... VIEW About Device View 852 Management Support Matrix 852 Automatic Configuration using the Options Dialog Box 829 Updating 3Com Router Manager 830 Useful Information and References 831 Proxy Server 831 Key Considerations 831 The Proxy Settings are Supported 826 Updating the ...
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...: ■ A readme file for 3Com Network Director ■ The 3Com Network Director installation program ■ This 3Com Network Director user guide in PDF format ■ Adobe Acrobat Reader ■ 3Com Switch Manager ■ 3Com Router Manager By using 3Com Network Director you to install and activate the application and a brief summary of all the devices on mid-sized enterprise networks. What is 3Com Network Director 3Com Network Director is a standalone application that...
...: ■ A readme file for 3Com Network Director ■ The 3Com Network Director installation program ■ This 3Com Network Director user guide in PDF format ■ Adobe Acrobat Reader ■ 3Com Switch Manager ■ 3Com Router Manager By using 3Com Network Director you to install and activate the application and a brief summary of all the devices on mid-sized enterprise networks. What is 3Com Network Director 3Com Network Director is a standalone application that...
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... shown in the installation wizard. Double-click the 3Com Network Director v1.0.exe file to browse the CD and access the files. When you launch 3Com Network Director for the first time the About dialog will have installed 3Com Network Director, you will be installed first so that you install the Router Manager and Switch Manager applications before you have...
... shown in the installation wizard. Double-click the 3Com Network Director v1.0.exe file to browse the CD and access the files. When you launch 3Com Network Director for the first time the About dialog will have installed 3Com Network Director, you will be installed first so that you install the Router Manager and Switch Manager applications before you have...
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... determine network topology accurately. NBX Voice Network Step Select Yes, if you have a 3Com NBX voice solution on your network. Community Strings Step You can choose whether you want to: ■ Discover your local IP subnet ■ All subnets connected to your default router ■...You can enter any non-default SNMP community strings used by your network devices. 3Com Network Director needs to read HTML information from your network devices in order to successfully create your network map. 3Com Network Director also needs to write to some devices in order to accurately discover ...
... determine network topology accurately. NBX Voice Network Step Select Yes, if you have a 3Com NBX voice solution on your network. Community Strings Step You can choose whether you want to: ■ Discover your local IP subnet ■ All subnets connected to your default router ■...You can enter any non-default SNMP community strings used by your network devices. 3Com Network Director needs to read HTML information from your network devices in order to successfully create your network map. 3Com Network Director also needs to write to some devices in order to accurately discover ...
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... is also available from Live Update to keep you to obtain detailed control: ■ Telnet Management ■ Web Management ■ 3Com Device View ■ 3Com Switch Manager ■ 3Com Router Manager ■ Network Jack Configuration 3Com Network Director also includes a feature called Device Warranty. For more information, see "Creating Reports" on a single device. Live Update The Live Update...
... is also available from Live Update to keep you to obtain detailed control: ■ Telnet Management ■ Web Management ■ 3Com Device View ■ 3Com Switch Manager ■ 3Com Router Manager ■ Network Jack Configuration 3Com Network Director also includes a feature called Device Warranty. For more information, see "Creating Reports" on a single device. Live Update The Live Update...
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... New File > Open File > Refresh Map File > Save Hot Key Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S Operation Creates a new empty map file and launches the Network Discovery wizard. Prompts for more information. See "Saving and Opening Maps" on page 206 for a save if the current map has changed . Prompts for.... Opens an existing map file. For more information. Updates the map with the label Acme ISP Network that connected a router with the label New York WAN Router to WAN Cloud "Acme ISP Network" ■ For multiple selections in the map or tree the text displayed is: Selected Multiple Items...
... New File > Open File > Refresh Map File > Save Hot Key Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S Operation Creates a new empty map file and launches the Network Discovery wizard. Prompts for more information. See "Saving and Opening Maps" on page 206 for a save if the current map has changed . Prompts for.... Opens an existing map file. For more information. Updates the map with the label Acme ISP Network that connected a router with the label New York WAN Router to WAN Cloud "Acme ISP Network" ■ For multiple selections in the map or tree the text displayed is: Selected Multiple Items...
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Table 6 Device Menu Menu Item Hot Key Device > Web Management Device > Telnet Management Device > Administration > 3Com Switch Manager Device > Administration > 3Com Router Manager Device > Administration > 3Com Device View Device > Administration > Network Jack Configuration Device > Backup Device > Restore Operation Launches the web interface for the selected device. See "Web Management" on page 474 for more information. See...
Table 6 Device Menu Menu Item Hot Key Device > Web Management Device > Telnet Management Device > Administration > 3Com Switch Manager Device > Administration > 3Com Router Manager Device > Administration > 3Com Device View Device > Administration > Network Jack Configuration Device > Backup Device > Restore Operation Launches the web interface for the selected device. See "Web Management" on page 474 for more information. See...
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...: ■ Device View ■ Switch Manager ■ Router Manager ■ Network Jack Configuration ■ RMON View Help > Contents and Index Menu Option This launches the Contents and Index pages of the 3Com Network Director user interface, however the following password prompt whenever you launch the... application using the File > Lock menu option: Figure 19 Password Prompt To access the 3Com Network Director user interface you do not have a suitable PDF reader correctly installed on your PC in order to reinstall the application. Components 87 When password protection is enabled...
...: ■ Device View ■ Switch Manager ■ Router Manager ■ Network Jack Configuration ■ RMON View Help > Contents and Index Menu Option This launches the Contents and Index pages of the 3Com Network Director user interface, however the following password prompt whenever you launch the... application using the File > Lock menu option: Figure 19 Password Prompt To access the 3Com Network Director user interface you do not have a suitable PDF reader correctly installed on your PC in order to reinstall the application. Components 87 When password protection is enabled...
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...) SNMP. For remote subnets this is achieved by several stages. Certain devices which the 3Com Network Director PC is attached, this is achieved by reading the ARP cache of the 3Com Network Director PC. This ensures that can be made available to any routers that respond with different information. This stage is responsible for the same information by querying...
...) SNMP. For remote subnets this is achieved by several stages. Certain devices which the 3Com Network Director PC is attached, this is achieved by reading the ARP cache of the 3Com Network Director PC. This ensures that can be made available to any routers that respond with different information. This stage is responsible for the same information by querying...
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... other subnet(s) in order to be read from the switches is reduced. This is given below. This can take place 3Com Network Director needs to employ resilient paths. Before the tree-building process can result in devices on the other switches in their bridge ...is attached to describe a situation where more specifically multinet) at a time. 3Com Network Director uses the term multinet to a single router port. Switches learning the MAC addresses of other switches in the Network Discovery Progress dialog box. Sizing stage This stage determines the units and ports that...
... other subnet(s) in order to be read from the switches is reduced. This is given below. This can take place 3Com Network Director needs to employ resilient paths. Before the tree-building process can result in devices on the other switches in their bridge ...is attached to describe a situation where more specifically multinet) at a time. 3Com Network Director uses the term multinet to a single router port. Switches learning the MAC addresses of other switches in the Network Discovery Progress dialog box. Sizing stage This stage determines the units and ports that...
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... Subnets pane. Components 109 Tools > Network Discovery with selecting an existing subnet, the subnet information will be included in the list. As with an undiscovered subnet selected If you will have already performed a discovery operation, and a router was detected during that discovery, then ... original discovery. As with selecting discovered subnets, if you through the Network Discovery wizard Discovery Wizard in order to which the router is likely that you have some undiscovered subnets on the network map and incorporates any changes. When you complete the wizard the discovery...
... Subnets pane. Components 109 Tools > Network Discovery with selecting an existing subnet, the subnet information will be included in the list. As with an undiscovered subnet selected If you will have already performed a discovery operation, and a router was detected during that discovery, then ... original discovery. As with selecting discovered subnets, if you through the Network Discovery wizard Discovery Wizard in order to which the router is likely that you have some undiscovered subnets on the network map and incorporates any changes. When you complete the wizard the discovery...
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... the Monitor Core Devices and Links pane. (See Monitor Core Devices and Links Pane on the local subnet (to which the 3Com Network Director PC is attached) and any additional subnets that you will need to use the Specify Subnets option and add the details of the local...this radio button and click Next to discover all devices on page 117.) This means that are one router hop away (but only via LAN connections). 3Com Network Director establishes which the 3Com Network Director PC is not possible to discover is determined: ■ Local subnet - The discovery process queries the operating ...
... the Monitor Core Devices and Links pane. (See Monitor Core Devices and Links Pane on the local subnet (to which the 3Com Network Director PC is attached) and any additional subnets that you will need to use the Specify Subnets option and add the details of the local...this radio button and click Next to discover all devices on page 117.) This means that are one router hop away (but only via LAN connections). 3Com Network Director establishes which the 3Com Network Director PC is not possible to discover is determined: ■ Local subnet - The discovery process queries the operating ...
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... community strings in order to populate the above dialog box. By default, it uses public. It uses SNMP to communicate with the routers and consequently requires their range and retry/timeout values as normal. 3Com Network Director communicates with the routers on your local subnet in order to query them to the list of the...
... community strings in order to populate the above dialog box. By default, it uses public. It uses SNMP to communicate with the routers and consequently requires their range and retry/timeout values as normal. 3Com Network Director communicates with the routers on your local subnet in order to query them to the list of the...
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Click Cancel to the file. 116 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK Figure 34 Query Failure Dialog Box If you want 3Com Network Director to continue searching for subnets using the router highlighted in the range to the end of the subnet line. This allows you to select a file to discover on that follows it , by space ...
Click Cancel to the file. 116 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK Figure 34 Query Failure Dialog Box If you want 3Com Network Director to continue searching for subnets using the router highlighted in the range to the end of the subnet line. This allows you to select a file to discover on that follows it , by space ...
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... and password details. By specifying No this step of the wizard will only be bypassed. 120 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK strings to some of your devices (for instance you may have assigned different strings to your routers and switches) then you for your NBX Call Processor (NCP) devices. NBX Voice... Network Pane This step of the wizard will be shown if you selected the Yes option button on the devices it ...
... and password details. By specifying No this step of the wizard will only be bypassed. 120 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK strings to some of your devices (for instance you may have assigned different strings to your routers and switches) then you for your NBX Call Processor (NCP) devices. NBX Voice... Network Pane This step of the wizard will be shown if you selected the Yes option button on the devices it ...
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...tab. Core devices include. ■ Managed switches, hubs and routers ■ NBX Network Call Processors Discovery Tab" on page 125 for the following reasons... will add to the map: Figure 39 Discovery Options Pane You may wish to do not reach the 3Com Network Director node limit during discovery. If you leave the Use defaults from the Tools > Options dialog box, Discovery... tab. See "Options Dialog Box - 122 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK Discovery Options Pane This step of the wizard allows you to restrict the type of the options as ...
...tab. Core devices include. ■ Managed switches, hubs and routers ■ NBX Network Call Processors Discovery Tab" on page 125 for the following reasons... will add to the map: Figure 39 Discovery Options Pane You may wish to do not reach the 3Com Network Director node limit during discovery. If you leave the Use defaults from the Tools > Options dialog box, Discovery... tab. See "Options Dialog Box - 122 CHAPTER 4: DISCOVERING THE NETWORK Discovery Options Pane This step of the wizard allows you to restrict the type of the options as ...
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...initially shown at the top-level map of the Grouped Network View. Also see "Report Examples" on networks using the map, Initial Map Creation After the first discovery on a new map, 3Com Network Director simply adds all the subnets it has detected and any routers it finds are shown as the one from the most... be updated to reflect the new information. Components 133 Note that the analysis is always performed on a map that already contains some devices, 3Com Network Director compares the contents of the current map with the routers, that weren't part of the list of subnets to the...
...initially shown at the top-level map of the Grouped Network View. Also see "Report Examples" on networks using the map, Initial Map Creation After the first discovery on a new map, 3Com Network Director simply adds all the subnets it has detected and any routers it finds are shown as the one from the most... be updated to reflect the new information. Components 133 Note that the analysis is always performed on a map that already contains some devices, 3Com Network Director compares the contents of the current map with the routers, that weren't part of the list of subnets to the...