Comtech EF Data NetVue Release 1.1 Provisioning Guide - Manual (Page 9)

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NetVue Provisioning Guide Release 1.1
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
1.1 Introduction
Use the NetVue Provisioning Tool (NPT) and NetVue Provisioning Application (NPA) to configure a single
site or multiple sites in a NetVue configuration. This chapter describes the process of provisioning a
NetVue configuration for either a small, medium, or large network. Provisioning a network is completed in
two steps when using both the NPT and NPA.
Before you can use the NPT, you must understand Microsoft Excel and be able to run a macro-enabled
worksheet on a PC.
To provision a network that is managed by the NetVue Integrated Management (IMS), you must first
create the components to be managed. In general, the provisioning process consists of these major
operations:
1. Obtain all the device types, addresses, network IP addresses, port numbers, EDMAC addresses, etc.
2. Enter all configuration data into the NetVue Provisioning Tool (NPT) – the results of this step produces a
configuration Comma Separated Variable (CSV) file that is imported into NetVue.
Run the NetVue Provisioning Application (NPA) that imports the NetVue Provisioning CSV file, validates
the configuration, and creates the network.