User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- Start-Up
- Configuration
- Displays
- Statistics
- Device Management
- Dial Function
- Firmware Download
- Reports
- Session
- Platform/Network Performance Monitor
- Hard Disk and System Recommendations
- NMS Windows Conventions
- Record and Device Locks
- Cabling Requirements
- Data Input Sheets
- Glossary
- Index
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6700-A2-GY31-70
July 1999
Introduction
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COMSPHERE 6700 Series Overview
The COMSPHERE 6700 Series Network Management System (NMS) provides
network management for COMSPHERE 2400, 3550, 3600, 3800, and
3900 Series devices operating in dial and leased-line applications throughout
your network.
From a single personal computer (PC) workstation, the NMS supports up to
4,095 modems (devices) within a network. The NMS operates in the Microsoft
Windows graphic environment. This innovative approach to network management
allows you to configure your devices in real time, and monitor and respond to
network alerts in real time.
NMS Features
The NMS integrates diagnostics, call statistics, network alerts, device
management, and graphic displays to enhance network performance, availability,
and utilization. The following list highlights NMS capabilities that help you
manage your network:
Call Statistics: Gathers call statistics data from devices in the network to
help you monitor the utilization of the dial network resources.
Alert Monitoring: Quickly identifies potential problems with devices or
network connections through the use of color-coded icons and text.
Geographic Map: Dynamically displays the network on global, domestic, and
regional scales. Network events appear in an array of default or user-defined
colors.
Reports: Offers standard reports, such as alert history, device and network
configuration, device configuration options, network hierarchy, and alert
control that can be viewed or printed.
NMS is designed for users familiar with MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.