This procedure demonstrates how to discover and manage new devices using the PTP 820/850 NMS.
After installation of the PTP 820/850 NMS is complete, the next step will be to discover PTP 820/850 devices on your network and manage them in the Geographical and Logical perspectives.
Follow the steps as shown below to discover and manage devices.
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From within the PTP 820/850 NMS Client, open the Discover Perspective
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Click the New Discover Setting button in the upper right of the Discover Perspective.
Enter the Start and Stop Addresses for a range of IP addresses that includes the devices you wish to discover. Click OK -
Save the Discover Settings by clicking the Save icon in the upper right.
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Start the Discover process by selecting the newly created Discover Settings and clicking the Run icon. Multiple Discover Settings can be selected and run at the same time.
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As radios are discovered, they will appear in the Unmanaged Elements tab at the bottom of the Discovery Perspective.
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To manage newly discovered devices, select all devices you want to manage, right click, and select Manage Element(s)
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You will be asked to select which domain you want to add the devices into. Select Geographic and click OK.
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The newly managed devices will now appear in the Geographic Surveillance Tree on the left of the Discovery Perspective.
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To add the same devices to the Logical Surveillance Tree, first open the Logical Surveillance Perspective.
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Click the Include Managed Element(s) in the Selected Administrative Domain button above the Logical Surveillance Tree. Select all the devices you want to add and click OK.
Note: If a device’s IP address changes, delete the device from the NMS and complete the discover process again for the new IP address.