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Table Of Contents

Preface
Introduction
- Managing Additional Devices
- Upgrading InfraStruXure Central
About the Installer CD
- Installing on a Windows System
- Installing on a Linux System
Installation and Configuration
- Installing your InfraStruXure Central Server
- Configuring Your InfraStruXure Central Server
- Using the Serial Configuration Utility
- Install Your InfraStruXure Central Server
Getting Started
- System and Web Browser Prerequisites
- Logging Into InfraStruXure Central
- About the InfraStruXure Central Console
- Setting Up Device Security Settings
  - Starting the Device Security Settings Task
  - Creating Device Security Settings Configurations
- Discovering Your Devices
  - Starting the Discovery Settings Task
  - Configuring InfraStruXure Central Discovery Settings
- Creating Device Groups
  - Starting Device Group Administration
  - Creating New Device Groups
    - About Devices that Appear in Multiple Device Groups
- Creating User Accounts
- Using Sensor Imaging
The InfraStruXure Central Console
- Logging Into InfraStruXure Central
- Interface Navigation
- Predefined Device Groups
- Map View
- Table View
- Alert View
- Graph/Report View
- Mass Configuration View
- About Deleting Devices
- Using Filters
  - Creating or Editing Filters
InfraStruXure Central Client Preferences
- Configuring Client Appearance Preferences
- Configuring Color Preferences
- Configuring General Client Preferences
- Configuring Client Network Preferences
- Configuring User Account Preferences
- Configuring Video Clip Player Preferences
InfraStruXure Central Tools Menu
- Messages
- Server Administration
- Server Control
- Server Messages
Server Administration Tasks
- Backup/Restore Administration
  - Server Backup
  - Server Restore
- Data Collection/Monitoring Settings
  - The Data Collection Settings Pane
    - Avoiding Redundant Data Collection
  - The Monitor Settings Pane
- Device Group Administration
- Discovery Settings
  - Running Discovery Processes
  - DHCP LAN Discovery
- Disk Array Management
- Export Administration
- Install/Upgrade Management
- License Keys
- Look and Feel
- Management Device Job Control
  - Using the Job Status Pane
    - Removing Pending Requests
  - Using the Job Settings Pane
- Management Device Security Settings
- Management Device Timeout Settings
- Server Settings
- Storage Repositories
  - The Storage Settings Pane
    - Purging Data Manually
  - The Repositories Pane
- Surveillance Administration
- User/Group Administration
Adding New Devices
- Adding a Management Device
- Adding an SNMP Device
Mass Configuration: Sensor and Alert Settings
- Configuring Offline Devices
- Managing BotzWare Version 1.x Devices
- About Sensor and Alert Settings Tasks
- Alert Actions
- Alert Profile
- Periodic Reports
  - Configuring a Periodic Report Entry
- Configuring Sensors and Thresholds
Mass Configuration: Device Settings
- Configuring Offline Devices
- Managing BotzWare Version 1.x Devices
- About Information
- Monitored Device Settings
- Backup
- Camera Configuration
- Camera Masking
  - The Motion Mask Tab
  - The Block Out Mask Tab
- Clock
- Custom Audio Clips
  - Adding Custom Audio Clips
  - Deleting Custom Audio Clips
- Device Crawlers
  - OID-Specific Monitoring
  - Enhanced Environmental Monitoring
  - Enhanced Alert Notification
  - Using the Device Crawlers Task
- Device Scanner
  - Using the Device Scanner Task
- DNS
- E-mail Server
- External Ports
  - Defining Custom Dry Contact and Analog Sensors
- External Storage
  - Configuring Your Device to Use External Storage
- IP Filter
- IPMI Devices
- License Keys
- Location
- Log
- Network Interfaces
- Pod Sharing
- PPP/Modem
  - Using SIM Security
  - Upgrading Devices Over PPP
- Proxy
- Reboot
- Region
- Restore
- Root Password
- Serial Devices
  - Removing Serial Ports
- SMS
- SNMP
- SSL
- Upgrade
- Users
- View Device Logs
- Web Server
Creating Alert Actions
- Creating a Send to InfraStruXure Central Alert Action
- Creating an Activate Button Output Alert Action
- Creating a Call Web Services Alert Receiver Alert Action
- Creating a Play Audio Alert Action
  - Creating a Play Custom Audio Alert Action
- Creating a Send Custom HTTP Get Alert Action
  - Example Target URLs
    - Example #1:
    - Example #2:
- Creating a Send Custom Text File to FTP Server Alert Action
- Creating a Send Data to FTP Server Alert Action
- Creating a Send E-mail Alert Action
- Creating a Send HTTP Post Alert Action
- Creating a Send Short Message E-mail Alert Action
- Creating a Send SNMP v1 Trap Alert Action
- Creating a Send SNMP v3 Inform Alert Action
- Creating a Send Wireless SMS Message Alert Action
- Creating a Set Switch Output State Alert Action
Using the Map View
- Editing Map Settings
- Using Sensor Imaging
  - Map Sharing
Using the Table View
Using the Alert View
- Displaying Alert Images as a Movie
Using the Graph/Report View
Using Post Only Mode with InfraStruXure Central
- Post Only Communications Behavior
- Enabling Post Only Mode on Your Devices
  - A Note About Posting Interval Considerations
- Advanced View: The InfraStruXure Central Task
Surveillance View
- Additional System Requirements
- Maximum Number of Licensed Devices
- Enabling Surveillance
- About the Surveillance Administration Task
- About the Surveillance View
- Surveillance Settings Suggestions
BotzWare Macros
- Device Macros
- Location Macros
- Alert Macros
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting FTP Data Delivery
- Troubleshooting Network Connectivity Problems
  - Basic Network Troubleshooting
Warranty and Service
- Limited warranty
- Warranty limitations
- Obtaining service
Life-Support Policy
- General policy
- Examples of life-support devices

Getting Started

32 InfraStruXure Central 4.0 User’s Reference

The Device Selection pane functions as a status monitoring view for the currently selected device group.

If a monitored device in the currently selected device group reports an alert, the device will turn red in the

Device Selection pane. If the device has gone offline it will be “grayed out” and will have a large red X

over its icon. This can be used to simplify troubleshooting and to quickly identify trouble spots.

The Device Selection pane also supports filters. You can use filters to quickly and easily limit the devices

that are displayed in the Device Selection pane. Because the contents of the Device Selection pane

determine what devices are displayed in the various Action/Information pane views (i.e. the Map, Table,

Alert, Graph/Report, Mass Configuration, and Surveillance Views), by filtering the contents of the

Device Selection pane you also filter the contents of all of the other panes as well.

The Action/Information Pane

Located on the right-hand side of the interface, the Action/Information pane contains a series of buttons

that enable you to view information and perform mass configuration tasks on the devices in the currently

selected device group, or the devices that are currently selected in the Device Selection pane. Also, if you

have selected a filter from the Filters drop box in the Device Selection pane then the results will be further

reduced according to the filter settings. Each button, when selected, presents a different view in the

Action/Information pane. The Action/Information pane features 6 buttons:

Pane View Description

Map View Devices are displayed as icons. Current reading reported by a

selected sensor is displayed for each appliance. The default

sensor that is currently selected is shown above the Map View in

the center of the Action/Information pane. Current status can

also be indicated with sensor imaging. If you select one or more

appliances from the Device Selection pane, the icons for the

selected appliances are selected in the Map view as well.

Table View Devices are displayed in a table. Problems, such as appliance

outages or alert conditions are indicated by a user-defined color

(red by default) in the appropriate field. If you select one or

more devices from the Device Selection pane the entries for the

selected appliances in the Table view are selected as well.

Alert View Enables you to easily view all alerts that have been generated by

devices in the currently selected device group. Alerts that

contain picture data can also be viewed, provided that the alert

has been posted to the InfraStruXure Central server using the

device HTTP post support or by using the Send to InfraStruXure

Central or Send HTTP Post alert actions, available using the

Alert Action task. If you select one or more devices from the

Device Selection pane any appliances from the device group to

which the selected devices belong that have reported alerts on

the date selected in the Alerts view will be listed in the Alerts

View. If a device appears in the Alert View but cannot be

selected (and is “grayed out”) then no alerts have been posted to

or collected from the selected appliance on the selected date.