Bay Networks Nautica MicroManager 0.8 Installation guide

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Model: Nautica MicroManager 0.8

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NAUTICA MICROMANAGER

INSTALLATION GUIDE

Version 0.8

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 1996 Scorpion Logic Ltd. A Bay Networks Company

NTRODUCTION

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VERVIEW

Nautica MicroManager Version 0.8 is a software tool that allows you to

control all the Nautica devices you have installed on your network. These

devices are represented by icons on the screen and can be located in one

office, over a group of offices or even at sites worldwide.

MicroManager uses maps, sub-maps and icons to allow you to place

managed devices and objects geographically on the screen. Devices are

polled using SNMP, the status of these devices is displayed on the map itself

using different coloured icons.

Maps can be layered one onto another and these sub-maps are entered by

double clicking on them. Any alerts and alarms affecting sub-maps are also

passed through to the top level map. This gives instant notification of status

warnings and changes on the entire network seen from the top level map.

YSTEM

EQUIREMENTS

Before installing Nautica MicroManager on your system, verify that you

have the following:

• 4 megabytes of RAM (minimum).

• 7 megabytes of free disk space (minimum).

• 486 or Pentium Processor.

• SVGA or better graphics capabilities. (Desktop 800x600 pixels

minimum).

• Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 already installed.

The system must also have a Microsoft WINSOCK library interface already

installed, running over a suitable TCP/IP stack.

NTRODUCTION

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NSTALLATION

The following instructions allow you to install Nautica MicroManager on

your PC. This task will take approximately 5 minutes.

Insert disk one of the disk set into your floppy disk drive.

If you are using Windows 3.x, click on the File menu in the Program

Manager and select the Run option. In the dialogue box that appears, type;

[floppy drive]

:setup

For example, if you are using drive A, type

a: setup

If you are using Windows 95, select Run from the Start Menu and type:

[floppy drive]

:setup

Click on the OK button and the setup will begin.

Once the program has initialised, you will be taken into the Setup routines.

Follow the prompts on the screen and the software will be installed. Insert

Disks 2 and 3 when prompted.

At the end of the installation, a group called Map will be created and the

MicroManager icon will be inserted into this group.

Figure 1: MicroManager Icon

To run the software, double click the icon. On-line help is available under

“Help¦Index” located on the right hand side of the top menu.

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OOT

When you open MicroManager, you are presented with a map of the world

this is known as the Root Map Object. This map forms the top level of any

other sub-maps you may create later.

Figure 2: Root Map Object

Those countries highlighted in blue on the map are the countries for there

are sub maps included with the software.

Above the Map is the Menu bar. Menus are activated by clicking on them

with the mouse and selecting the option you require, or by holding down the

<ALT> key on the keyboard and then pressing the underlined letter in the

menu name. <ALT>+F, for example, will take you into the File menu. Once

a menu is open, just press the underlined letter in the name of the option you

require, there is no need to press <ALT> again.

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The menu bar does contain a Help menu, and this can be accessed by

clicking on Help, or typing <ALT>+H, and then selecting the Nautica

Manager Help option.

To look at a section of the Root map in more detail, just double click

anywhere on the Blue area. A new map for that geographic location will

open. Over is an example of the Europe Map Object.

Figure 3: Europe Map Object

Each of the areas highlighted in blue on the Root Map can be accessed in

this way.

Each Map Object, like Europe, has its own Menu bar. These Map Objects

open into smaller windows that can be re-sized as you see fit.

2.2 Creating Sub-Maps

The first two level maps give you general geographic information, but more

often than not you will want to create further map levels that reflect the

geographic make up of your own business. MicroManager allows you to

create as many sub-maps and as many levels of sub-maps as you require.

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To create a sub-map, perhaps to show the U.K. in more detail, first open up

the area map (i.e. Europe) in which you want this new map to be contained.

All of the icons you place on Maps are known as objects. These objects can

be map objects that open up new screens, device objects that you can

manage through MicroManager or even representations of your LANs.

All of these objects are created in a similar way.

To create a map object that will contain a sub-map, select the Edit menu and

then the New Object command. When the flyout menu appears, select the

Map Object option. A dialogue box, as shown over, will appear on the

screen.

Figure 4: New Map Object

Every object you create on a map needs a name. Names can contain Alpha

and numeric characters, but cannot have any spaces. If you require a space,

use the underscore <_> key.

The dialogue box also asks for the IP address of the object. If you are

creating a map, rather than a managed, object, then leave the IP address

blank. Creating and maintaining Managed Objects will be discussed in

more detail later in this manual. Also, leave the Polling Interval option set

to 0 as well. Again, this is not relevant to a map object.

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It is possible to attach specific icons and even backgrounds to any new Map

object you create. To set up information on icons and backgrounds, click

the Visual Button. Another dialogue box will open on the screen:

Figure 5: Sub-Map Backgrounds & Icons

The Background section has to correspond to a bitmap (.BMP) file in the

Nautica MicroManager directory. When you are entering the file name, do

not enter the .BMP extension.

Bitmaps are installed by default into the C:\RBNM\MAP directory, or your

own directory if you changed the directory path at the time the software was

installed.

Several bitmaps come with MicroManager, these are as follows:

Aus_Icon.bmp Austra~1.bmp Eng_icon.bmp

Eur_icon.bmp Europe.bmp Jap_icon.bmp

Japan.bmp Marlin.bmp Normal.bmp

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Nx2.bmp NZ_icon.bmp Root.bmp

USA.bmp USA_icon.bmp Zealand.bmp

You can add your own bitmaps to this list if you want, but they must follow

some basic rules.

They can be created using any Windows painting application (such as

PaintBrush). Any map background you create should be no more than 256

colours, and no larger than approximately 400 x 400 pixels. If possible try

not to use bright colours when designing your maps. Brighter colours can

mask the status colours of the icons.

Icons are not necessary to the function of a map object. If this option is left

blank, a default icon (a small circle) is used to represent the object you are

creating. If you would like your own icon here, select it from the list shown

above, or create your own. The icon forms a picture on the higher level map

to represent the sub-map.

If you are going to include an icon in the description of your object, do not

include the .BMP extension in its name.

Icons need not all be active objects and can be used to represent things like

rooms and desks. It is possible to create your own icons, but, as with

backgrounds, you must follow these rules;

• An icon can be no smaller than 200 x 200 pixels with a maximum of 256

Colours. The background of the icon must be white (RGB 255,255,255).

With a complete black border (RGB 0,0,0). If you want the icon to

change colour between un-managed (blue) and OK (green), part of the

icon should be pure blue (RGB 0,0,255).

• If you leave the Background option blank, when you open the sub-map,

you will be presented with a blank screen.

In this example, the background will use the Eng_icon.bmp. There will be

no icon file.

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Figure 6: Completed Object Visualisation

Once you have entered all the details for your sub-map, click on OK and

you will be returned to the setup dialogue box. Click on OK again and the

object will be placed onto the higher level map.

The icon may be in the wrong place and you will not be able to move it. If

you hold your mouse down on the icon a sub-menu will appear:

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Figure 7: Editing Objects

The first part of the menu tells you what the object is, in this case a map

object.

The second part of the menu allows you to either edit or delete the object.

Click away from the object and the menu will disappear.

To move the object into position on the main map, we need to unlock the

objects on the screen. With Locking turned on, clicking on an object does

nothing and holding the mouse still over an object will cause the editing

menu to appear.

To turn Locking on or off, you will need to select the Lock option from the

Map menu. If there is a tick next to the Lock command then locking is

turned on. With Lock turned off it is possible to move (but not edit) map

objects. Drag the icon into position and turn Lock on once more. Double

click on the icon and you will open the sub-map.

If you gave the sub-map a background, then this will be displayed on the

screen (as in this example) otherwise, the screen will remain blank.

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Figure 8: Sub-Map Object

The ENG-Icon.BMP file is opened and we can see a map of Britain.

Objects can be added to sub-maps as well. Perhaps you need to be even

more specific geographically.

Further map objects can be added and these, in turn, can take you into more

maps. The names of map objects can be positioned below, above, to the left

or right of an object. This is set in the Visual section of the setup procedure.

In the following example, the name for the Head_Office icon was positioned

to the left to make it fit the screen better.

Figure 9: Sub-Map with further Sub-Maps

To edit an object and make this change, make sure Lock is on, hold the

mouse down over the icon to be changed, and select Map Object Edit.

In the dialogue box, select the Visual button and then change the Name

Position option to the position you require. Click on OK until you return to

the map.

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As you create your maps and sub-maps, it is important to save any changes

you have made. Save all the relevant maps that you have added objects into.

To save a map, select Save from the File menu and then click on OK in the

dialogue box. The map will be saved.

To delete a map object, hold the mouse down over the relevant object and

select the delete command in the sub-menu.

2.3 Using Map Objects

To use a sub-map, open the main geographic map and then double click the

icon. If this does not work, make sure the map is locked. (Map-Lock)

When the sub-map opens, double click any other objects you have placed

here and you will move into another level of maps. Eventually you will

come to a blank screen. This is the screen that will contain all your

Managed Objects, like Routers and LANs.

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3.1 Creating a Managed Object

Managed Objects are placed onto sub-maps. To add an object for a Marlin Router

to a map. open up the relevant sub-map and select EDIT-NEW OBJECT-NAUTICA

MARLIN ROUTER.

Nautica MicroManager has special code for managing Nautica Objects. This means

that the configuration that would normally need to be done for a Nautica Router or

Bridge can be done through MicroManager itself.

Once you have selected the Marlin option from the New Object menu, the New

Object dialogue box will appear on the screen.

Type in the name of the object into this screen. As with Map Objects, the entry here

can be Alpha-Numeric, but you cannot use spaces.

Next enter the IP number of the router. In our example it is 126.209.0.1 and then

enter a Polling Interval of, for example, 5 seconds. The dialogue box should look

something like this:

Figure 10: Managed Object setup

If you want to attach a different icon to the object (the default is a representation of

a marlin Router), click on Visual and enter the name of the bitmap file (do not enter

the .BMP extension). Remember, this file must be in the Maps directory in the

MicroManager directory.

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Click on OK and the Object will appear on the screen as an icon. If you want to

move the icon, turn off Lock first. (Remember to turn Lock back on once the icon is

in place.)

3.2 Configuring Managed Objects

Now that the icon has been created, you can edit the settings for the Router. Hold

the mouse button down over the icon and when the fly out menu appears, select the

Configure option and then the Set Clock command in the sub-menu. The following

dialogue box will appear:

Figure 11: Clock Setup

Amend the details in this screen if necessary and click on OK to set them. The icon

should start to flash yellow at this point. This is to remind you that the configuration

changes you have made have not yet been saved.

If you close the Map down, you will notice that the icon for the sub-map is also

flashing yellow. This colour reminder will even flash over the specific area of the

Root map to remind you that configuration changes have been made but not saved.

To save the changes, click and hold the button down over the flashing icon, select

Save Configuration from the fly out menu. Click on OK in the save dialogue box

and the changes that you have made will be saved. The icon should return to Green

to show that everything is OK.

The next option in the Configure menu is Paths. Clicking on this will cause the

following dialogue box to appear:

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Figure 12: Paths Dialogue Box

This dialogue gives you information on the Paths used by the Router. These Paths

can be edited and deleted as required. Click on OK and the box will disappear.

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