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... Windows Software 50 Initially Configuring the 3Com TFTP Server for Windows Software 50 Initially Configuring EMS for the 3Com TFTP Server Software for Windows 51 TFTP for UNIX and Linux 51 TFTP for IBM i5/OS 52 Server Failover Requirements 52 Hardware Requirements 52 Supported Platforms 53 3 INSTALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP Installing EMS Software Components 56 Installing the EMS Server using the Silent Option 59 Installing the EMS Server using the Console Option 59 Navigating the Enterprise Management Suite Directories 59 Database Configuration...
... Windows Software 50 Initially Configuring the 3Com TFTP Server for Windows Software 50 Initially Configuring EMS for the 3Com TFTP Server Software for Windows 51 TFTP for UNIX and Linux 51 TFTP for IBM i5/OS 52 Server Failover Requirements 52 Hardware Requirements 52 Supported Platforms 53 3 INSTALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP Installing EMS Software Components 56 Installing the EMS Server using the Silent Option 59 Installing the EMS Server using the Console Option 59 Navigating the Enterprise Management Suite Directories 59 Database Configuration...
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... Setting 162 Event Type Tab 162 IP Address Ranges Tab 163 10 OPERATIONS Verifying the EMS Serial Number 168 Viewing Software Version and Copyright Information 168 Toggling between the Explorer View and List View 170 Using the List View 170 Toggling between the Properties and Related View 173 Expanding and Collapsing Elements 175 Using the Tree Menu Option 175 Using the Toolbar 175 Using Standard Double-clicking 175 Executing Commands for Multiple Elements...
... Setting 162 Event Type Tab 162 IP Address Ranges Tab 163 10 OPERATIONS Verifying the EMS Serial Number 168 Viewing Software Version and Copyright Information 168 Toggling between the Explorer View and List View 170 Using the List View 170 Toggling between the Properties and Related View 173 Expanding and Collapsing Elements 175 Using the Tree Menu Option 175 Using the Toolbar 175 Using Standard Double-clicking 175 Executing Commands for Multiple Elements...
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This guide describes how to install, start, and initially configure the Enterprise Management Suite (EMS) to potential personal injury If the information in the README file differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions in a data center using 3Com equipment. Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide, lists guide conventions, related documentation, product compatibility, and describes how to send us your system components. Table 1 Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Description Information...
This guide describes how to install, start, and initially configure the Enterprise Management Suite (EMS) to potential personal injury If the information in the README file differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions in a data center using 3Com equipment. Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide, lists guide conventions, related documentation, product compatibility, and describes how to send us your system components. Table 1 Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Description Information...
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... defined in the text. ■ Identify menu names, menu commands, and software button names. Example: To enable RIPIP, use the following syntax: SETDefault ! -RIPIP CONTrol = Listen In this guide, you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are a part of the Enterprise Management Suite: ■ Enterprise Management Suite User Guide ■ Enterprise Management Suite Getting Started Guide Do not press Return or Enter when an instruction simply says "type." Examples: From the Help menu, select Contents. Syntax The word...
... defined in the text. ■ Identify menu names, menu commands, and software button names. Example: To enable RIPIP, use the following syntax: SETDefault ! -RIPIP CONTrol = Listen In this guide, you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are a part of the Enterprise Management Suite: ■ Enterprise Management Suite User Guide ■ Enterprise Management Suite Getting Started Guide Do not press Return or Enter when an instruction simply says "type." Examples: From the Help menu, select Contents. Syntax The word...
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... parallel. for each selected object, and the objects are worked on a number of devices. EMS provides the following features: ■ Client-server architecture supporting both Graphical User Interface (GUI) and command line interface (CLI) clients with remote browser access to key functions ■ Java-based platform independent architecture ■ Consistent, common interfaces across 3Com applications and components ■ Open solutions environment ■ Hierarchical organization of discovered devices into several different views For more information...
... parallel. for each selected object, and the objects are worked on a number of devices. EMS provides the following features: ■ Client-server architecture supporting both Graphical User Interface (GUI) and command line interface (CLI) clients with remote browser access to key functions ■ Java-based platform independent architecture ■ Consistent, common interfaces across 3Com applications and components ■ Open solutions environment ■ Hierarchical organization of discovered devices into several different views For more information...
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... customizable device folders and view, and enhanced security and access options, add superior value to view event logs and related documentation. 22 CHAPTER 1: PRODUCT OVERVIEW Benefits For more information, see Viewing the Daily Audit Log, Viewing FTP Logs, and Viewing Server Console Logs the Enterprise Management Server Administration Guide. ■ Device lock feature allows administrators to reserve a set of devices for exclusive use the operating system of choice, giving network operators the flexibility to deploy the management solution in ways that enables network...
... customizable device folders and view, and enhanced security and access options, add superior value to view event logs and related documentation. 22 CHAPTER 1: PRODUCT OVERVIEW Benefits For more information, see Viewing the Daily Audit Log, Viewing FTP Logs, and Viewing Server Console Logs the Enterprise Management Server Administration Guide. ■ Device lock feature allows administrators to reserve a set of devices for exclusive use the operating system of choice, giving network operators the flexibility to deploy the management solution in ways that enables network...
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... EMS Software CDs are available from 3Com: Table 10 EMS License Types 3C Number 3CR15640 3CR15600 3CR15610 3CR15620 3CR15630 3Com EMS Version 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 Maximum No. up to 1000 devices up to meet your network's needs. This chapter provides information necessary for using the Enterprise Management Suite (EMS) server, GUI client, and CLI client. 2 PRE-INSTALLATION EMS Software Licenses This chapter provides minimum hardware and software requirements for the first-time setup of an EMS server and...
... EMS Software CDs are available from 3Com: Table 10 EMS License Types 3C Number 3CR15640 3CR15600 3CR15610 3CR15620 3CR15630 3Com EMS Version 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 Maximum No. up to 1000 devices up to meet your network's needs. This chapter provides information necessary for using the Enterprise Management Suite (EMS) server, GUI client, and CLI client. 2 PRE-INSTALLATION EMS Software Licenses This chapter provides minimum hardware and software requirements for the first-time setup of an EMS server and...
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... point the EMS Server to correctly work . 6 Click OK. Both UNIX and Linux operating systems come with the TFTP Server software on any necessary TFTP Server configuration. 1 Locate the server.properties file for the Enterprise Management Suite to the same Upload / download directory that was configured for Windows on page 51. See the platform documentation for the 3Com TFTP Server. The default location is C:\Program Files\3Com\EMS\. 2 Open the file using a text editor. 3 Locate the tftp SERVER heading. Initially Configuring...
... point the EMS Server to correctly work . 6 Click OK. Both UNIX and Linux operating systems come with the TFTP Server software on any necessary TFTP Server configuration. 1 Locate the server.properties file for the Enterprise Management Suite to the same Upload / download directory that was configured for Windows on page 51. See the platform documentation for the 3Com TFTP Server. The default location is C:\Program Files\3Com\EMS\. 2 Open the file using a text editor. 3 Locate the tftp SERVER heading. Initially Configuring...
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... product-specific documentation. ■ EMSSetup.jar is the file that could not be installed on the same workstation or on many other workstations, subject to use HP OpenView or Tivoli NetView on the same workstation as your EMS server, install it is a PDF version of the EMS User Guide. To install EMS: 1 Make sure your workstation is a PDF version of your specific license agreement. If you delete the EMS installation directory...
... product-specific documentation. ■ EMSSetup.jar is the file that could not be installed on the same workstation or on many other workstations, subject to use HP OpenView or Tivoli NetView on the same workstation as your EMS server, install it is a PDF version of the EMS User Guide. To install EMS: 1 Make sure your workstation is a PDF version of your specific license agreement. If you delete the EMS installation directory...
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... file, enter the following command: java -jar EMSSetup.jar The Installation Wizard for a specific directory. Figure 9 Installation Wizard for Enterprise Management Suite 5 Click Next. 6 Read the License Agreement and Warranty information and select I agree. 7 Click Next. 8 In the Directory Name field, type the desired directory and folder or use the Browse button to the folder where the EMSSetup.jar executable file is /opt/3Com/EMS. If you choose a different installation directory It must be installed...
... file, enter the following command: java -jar EMSSetup.jar The Installation Wizard for a specific directory. Figure 9 Installation Wizard for Enterprise Management Suite 5 Click Next. 6 Read the License Agreement and Warranty information and select I agree. 7 Click Next. 8 In the Directory Name field, type the desired directory and folder or use the Browse button to the folder where the EMSSetup.jar executable file is /opt/3Com/EMS. If you choose a different installation directory It must be installed...
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... the EMS clients. Files and directories not listed in Table 20 are re-created by a 3Com customer service representative. These files are stored. 60 CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP Table 20 lists the directory structure with related files for an EMS server and EMS GUI and CLI client installation (in a Windows environment). Table 20 EMS Server Directory Structure Directory backups goldenConfigs goldenTemplate log mib software_upgrades Description Where the back-up files are usually found in the Enterprise Management Server Administration Guide. For...
... the EMS clients. Files and directories not listed in Table 20 are re-created by a 3Com customer service representative. These files are stored. 60 CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP Table 20 lists the directory structure with related files for an EMS server and EMS GUI and CLI client installation (in a Windows environment). Table 20 EMS Server Directory Structure Directory backups goldenConfigs goldenTemplate log mib software_upgrades Description Where the back-up files are usually found in the Enterprise Management Server Administration Guide. For...
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... JRE version to a different database for an embedded single quote character. Database Configuration 69 Table 22 Oracle Server Section of the server.properties File (continued) Field Description DBEmbeddedQuote The escape sequence for historical data collection. PM.DBURL [optional] URL to connect to use this option. where is installed. DBFile The specific location of the MySQL database. This is the installation location of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) being used to the external database, download...
... JRE version to a different database for an embedded single quote character. Database Configuration 69 Table 22 Oracle Server Section of the server.properties File (continued) Field Description DBEmbeddedQuote The escape sequence for historical data collection. PM.DBURL [optional] URL to connect to use this option. where is installed. DBFile The specific location of the MySQL database. This is the installation location of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) being used to the external database, download...
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... (Java Runtime Environment) being used to access the database. When EMS detects a blank database, EMS will be used to the external database. DBFile The specific location of the necessary tables and configure them in a single backslash character. This user must be installed by default on the i5/OS. 3 Use the standard i5/OS administrative tools, to create a new i5 which will automatically create all data. NOTE: \\ results in the following folder on...
... (Java Runtime Environment) being used to access the database. When EMS detects a blank database, EMS will be used to the external database. DBFile The specific location of the necessary tables and configure them in a single backslash character. This user must be installed by default on the i5/OS. 3 Use the standard i5/OS administrative tools, to create a new i5 which will automatically create all data. NOTE: \\ results in the following folder on...
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... EMS Server window. To access the server console commands available, see Starting the EMS Server as a daemon. You must be properly shut down using shortcut options: Shortcut Options 1 From the desktop, double-click the EMS Server icon. Initially Starting the EMS Server 79 Initially Starting the EMS uses a client-server deployment model. If you are setting up to 20 devices without an activation key. ■ If the installation is upgrading from a command line to Chapter 4"Server Failover Configuration" "Setting Up Server Failover...
... EMS Server window. To access the server console commands available, see Starting the EMS Server as a daemon. You must be properly shut down using shortcut options: Shortcut Options 1 From the desktop, double-click the EMS Server icon. Initially Starting the EMS Server 79 Initially Starting the EMS uses a client-server deployment model. If you are setting up to 20 devices without an activation key. ■ If the installation is upgrading from a command line to Chapter 4"Server Failover Configuration" "Setting Up Server Failover...
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... open a connection and EMS will not run in Server Failover mode. If this : tftpServer.tftpbootDirectory=c:\\tftpboot Setting Up Server Failover This section contains the steps to follow to configure your two EMS servers for the tftpboot directory: tftpServer.tftpbootDirectory=c:\\Program Files\\3Com\\TFTP Server\\tftpboot However, if one of the EMS server's TFTP directory is c:\tftpboot, you run the servers. Initial Setup Set up both servers have been installed and setup...
... open a connection and EMS will not run in Server Failover mode. If this : tftpServer.tftpbootDirectory=c:\\tftpboot Setting Up Server Failover This section contains the steps to follow to configure your two EMS servers for the tftpboot directory: tftpServer.tftpbootDirectory=c:\\Program Files\\3Com\\TFTP Server\\tftpboot However, if one of the EMS server's TFTP directory is c:\tftpboot, you run the servers. Initial Setup Set up both servers have been installed and setup...
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... disk (using different UNIX mount points or mapping different drive letters in the previous section you marked as telnet scripts or restore operations. It is essential that two computers can also happen if EMS_FILEHOME is set correctly, otherwise the Server Failover system will not be treated as described in Windows), it begins running. This Messages server starts up in turn both servers as a server-specific setting only...
... disk (using different UNIX mount points or mapping different drive letters in the previous section you marked as telnet scripts or restore operations. It is essential that two computers can also happen if EMS_FILEHOME is set correctly, otherwise the Server Failover system will not be treated as described in Windows), it begins running. This Messages server starts up in turn both servers as a server-specific setting only...
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... Auto-deployment chapter in the Enterprise Management Suite Administration Guide. This sub-menu provides the following options: Create Device File This option creates a tab separated file based on the information obtained from standard MIBs (for example, RFC MIBs). These configurables and statistics are considered common across all SNMP devices, not just 3Com-specific devices. For more information please refer to a plain text file and then import them back into another EMS server instance. Importing SNMP Devices...
... Auto-deployment chapter in the Enterprise Management Suite Administration Guide. This sub-menu provides the following options: Create Device File This option creates a tab separated file based on the information obtained from standard MIBs (for example, RFC MIBs). These configurables and statistics are considered common across all SNMP devices, not just 3Com-specific devices. For more information please refer to a plain text file and then import them back into another EMS server instance. Importing SNMP Devices...
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... displays definition of all connected clients db export fileName export the database with HP OpenView install directory\package.jar install an EMS package from the following path: directory\package.jar For example: c:\EMS\V7230.jar inventory [packageName] display inventory logout userID force userID to be logged off jobs list active/queued background jobs mail recipient send short E-mail test to all commands used on the Enterprise Management Suite (EMS) server command line...
... displays definition of all connected clients db export fileName export the database with HP OpenView install directory\package.jar install an EMS package from the following path: directory\package.jar For example: c:\EMS\V7230.jar inventory [packageName] display inventory logout userID force userID to be logged off jobs list active/queued background jobs mail recipient send short E-mail test to all commands used on the Enterprise Management Suite (EMS) server command line...
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..., locating MIB tables 193 find function in EMS 190 folders, creating 101 force logout command 140 formats,for displaying and editing data in ems 182 forwarding traps to a network management platform 161 G getting and setting MIB values 181 graphical user interface,basics 30 H hardware requirements 42 help menu 35 options 35 I icons, network node manager 154 importing users 137 initially starting EMS CLI client 84 EMS GUI client 81 EMS server 79 installation concerns...
..., locating MIB tables 193 find function in EMS 190 folders, creating 101 force logout command 140 formats,for displaying and editing data in ems 182 forwarding traps to a network management platform 161 G getting and setting MIB values 181 graphical user interface,basics 30 H hardware requirements 42 help menu 35 options 35 I icons, network node manager 154 importing users 137 initially starting EMS CLI client 84 EMS GUI client 81 EMS server 79 installation concerns...
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... objects, displaying non-supported MIBs 131 MIB values,setting 181 monitor command 183 monitor state utility, using 179 monitoring EMS GUI memory 202 numeric properties 183 status of GUI elements 177 N network management platform integration 130, 149 launching from EMS 152 software 42 supported 46 INDEX 215 network node manager fields file 157 general file location 156 icon files 159 icons 154, 159 installation 150 integration architecture 156 menu integration and application...
... objects, displaying non-supported MIBs 131 MIB values,setting 181 monitor command 183 monitor state utility, using 179 monitoring EMS GUI memory 202 numeric properties 183 status of GUI elements 177 N network management platform integration 130, 149 launching from EMS 152 software 42 supported 46 INDEX 215 network node manager fields file 157 general file location 156 icon files 159 icons 154, 159 installation 150 integration architecture 156 menu integration and application...