Cabletron Systems Network Router - Manual (Page 41)

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Chapter 3
Getting Started
Using SPMA Discover; manually creating Cabletron device glyphs; configuring glyph
object properties; a few words about MIB components and community names
A Cabletron device glyph in a Solstice Enterprise Manager
management database gives you the best of both worlds: the Solstice
Enterprise Manager generic SNMP applications and SPMA tools and
applications tailored speciÞcally for your Cabletron devices.
This chapter explains what you need to know to create Cabletron
glyphs and launch SPMA tools from within a Solstice Enterprise
Manager database.
Creating Cabletron Network Objects
As described in the Solstice Enterprise Manager UserÕs Guide, there
are two methods that you can use to create network objects:
manually, by using the Solstice Enterprise Manager Console
ToolsÑ>Object Palette
, or automatically, by using the SEM Discover
tool. If you create an object manually, you can choose from a list of
speciÞc object types which includes Cabletron Systems objects. The
glyph that is created represents a distinct network component. If you
TIP
Be sure to re-initialize Solstice Enterprise Manager by launching it with the
em_services -r command each time you install a new version of
SPMA, or some SPMA changes will not take effect.
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