user manual

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LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER
FOR THE FIRST TIME
This chapter provides information on launching Traffix
™
Manager for the
first time. Information on installing Traffix Manager is documented in the
Release Notes which are shipped with this product.
It contains the following sections:
■ Installing RMON Agents on Your Network
■ Launching the Traffix Manager Server
■ Launching the Traffix Manager Client
■ Stopping Traffix Manager
■ About the Main Window
■ Main Window Reference
Installing RMON
Agents on Your
Network
Before you can launch Traffix Manager, you need to have at least one
RMON agent installed on your network to collect traffic data. See
Chapter 8 of the Transcend
®
NCS Network Administration Guide for
information on how to deploy RMON agents on your network. The TNCS
Network Administration Guide is available from the 3Com web site:
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/netmgt/tncsunix/
family.htm
Refer to the Firmware Upgrade documentation for information on
downloading firmware to RMON agents. The latest version of the
Firmware Upgrade documentation is available from the 3Com web site:
http://www.support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/netmgt/rmonprob/
family.htm
.