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
Configuration
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For example, you must configure a cabinet before you configure the carriers in
the cabinet. If you do not enter information in the recommended order, an NMS
dialog box interrupts your configuration procedure to ask you to enter the missing
information. If you provide information that does not currently exist, NMS creates
it. As an example, configuring a carrier before configuring a cabinet results in the
following:
NMS requires that a Cabinet name be entered.
If this is a new Cabinet name, NMS prompts you to confirm adding that name
to the network configuration information. If you respond that the Cabinet
name is to be added, NMS adds the new Cabinet name to the configuration
using any common field information (such as comments) from the Carrier.
The recommended order of entering configuration information is as follows:
1. Contact Lists
2. Sites
3. Cabinets
4. Carriers
5. Devices
6. Facilities
7. Device Groups
You may enter configuration information via Alerts and Events and System in
any order.
All contact list, site, cabinet, carrier, device, facility and device group names must
be unique. If a name is already recorded in the database, the information is
automatically filled in the input form.
Configuration Menu
Use the Configuration (Config) commands to establish your network. Describe
the network elements to monitor, set the operational criteria for NMS, define the
alert priorities and filters, and identify the system’s users and contact personnel.
NOTE:
Many configuration functions require that you select a device before you can
activate the function. If the command you want is gray (inactive), check to
see if NMS requires that you first select a device before you choose the
command.