Monitor the Network. Netgear NMS300 235 Pages
The NETGEAR Network Management System 300 (NMS300) is a centralized and comprehensive management application that enables you to discover, monitor, configure, and report on enterprise-class networks with NETGEAR and third-party network devices. This manual is intended for network administrators. This manual describes the steps for logging in to the application, configuring the email server, discovering devices, managing device groups and setting up network monitoring, managing device configurations, managing alarms and logs, managing maps and topologies, generating and saving reports.
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NMS300 Network Management System Application
Monitor the Network
You can monitor the network by various criteria and you can customize the information that displays on the Network Summary screen.
View the Default Network Summary
If you have not customized the Network Summary screen, the screen displays a device tree, an enterprise network map, a physical representation of the status and device type of the inventory, and various top 10 widgets.
To view the default network summary:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
2.
Select HOME > NETWORK SUMMARY.
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By default, the following widgets display onscreen.
Widget
Device Tree View
Description Information
A tree of all discovered and managed devices in the network.
You can expand the tree.
Group devices by:
• Location (the default setting)
• Vendor
• Device Type
• Device Group
Enterprise Network Map A world map that displays the location of each device and its connections to other devices
• Manual link
• LLDP link
• < 1.5 Mbps link
• >= 1.5 Mbps < 10 Mbps link
• >= 10 Mbps < 100 Mbps link
• >= 100 Mbps < 1 Gbps link
• >= 1 Gbps < 10 Gbps link
• >= 10 Gbps link
• Link of unknown speed
Device Inventory
Status/Device Type
Top 10 Devices by
Average CPU (Today)
A slice graph displaying the device status (Up or Down) and a slice graph displaying the network breakdown per device type.
Top 10 devices by average CPU utilization for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Device type
• CPU utilization in percentage
Top 10 Devices by
Average Memory (Today)
Top 10 devices by average memory utilization for today
Latest 10 Alarms
• Device status
• Device name
• Device type
• Memory utilization in percentage
• Alarm Name
• Device Name
• Severity
• Alarm Time
3.
To view details about a device, click the device name.
For more information, see
View Device Details and Interface Details on page 77.
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Customize the Network Summary Screen
You can customize the items that display on the Network Summary screen. You do not need to be an admin user to customize the Network Summary screen.
In addition to the default widgets that are shown in the table in
Summary on page 59, you can add the optional widgets that are listed in the following table.
Table 1. Optional widgets for the Network Summary screen
Widget
Devices
Description Information
Top 10 Devices by
Average Response Time
(Today)
Top 10 Devices by
Average Packet Loss
(Today)
Top 10 devices by average response time for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Device type
• Average response time in ms
Top 10 devices by average packet loss percentage for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Device type
• Average packet loss in percentage
Interfaces
Top 10 Interfaces by
Utilization (Today)
Top 10 Interfaces by
Traffic Rate (Today)
Top 10 interfaces by interface utilization for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Interface status
• Interface name
• Ingress (Rx) utilization in percentage
• Egress (Tx) utilization in percentage
• Total utilization in percentage
Top 10 interfaces by traffic rate for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Interface status
• Interface name
• Ingress (Rx) traffic rate
• Egress (Tx) traffic rate
• Total traffic rate
Note:
Mbps.
Traffic rate is stated in bps, Kbps, or
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Table 1. Optional widgets for the Network Summary screen (continued)
Widget
Top 10 Interfaces by
Traffic (Today)
Description Information
Top 10 interfaces by total traffic for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Interface status
• Interface name
• Ingress (Rx) traffic volume
• Egress (Tx) traffic volume
• Total traffic volume
Top 10 Interfaces by
Errors (Today)
Note:
GB.
Traffic volume is stated in KB, MB, or
Top 10 interfaces by total errors for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Interface status
• Interface name
• Number of ingress (Rx) errors
• Number of egress (Tx) errors
• Total number of errors
Top 10 Interfaces by
Discards (Today)
Top 10 interfaces by total discarded packets for today
• Device status
• Device name
• Interface status
• Interface name
• Number of discarded egress (Tx) packets
• Number of discarded ingress (Rx) packets
• Total number of discarded packets
To customize the Network Summary screen:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
2.
Select HOME > NETWORK SUMMARY.
The Network Summary screen displays.
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3.
Click the Customize Portal button.
The screen displays the widgets that are currently selected. The left side of the screen displays the Available Widgets menu.
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Key Features
- Discover wired and wireless devices
- Monitor device health and status
- Configure and manage device settings
- Generate reports on network activity
- Create and manage device groups
- Manage user accounts and security profiles
- Manage alarms and logs