Allied Telesis Telesyn AlliedView NMS System 9.0 - Manual (Page 11)

Preparing for a Full Installation
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AlliedView NMS Installation Guide (Preparing for Installation)
1.4 Preparing for a Full Installation
Before starting the installation, you must verify that the host machine or machines on which you plan to install
the AlliedView NMS meet the requirements described in
Table 1-1 . If any host machine upgrades are necessary,
you must perform these upgrades prior to installing the AlliedView NMS. Upgrading host machines is not cov-
ered in this document. You will need to refer to the documentation provided with your host machines for these
procedures. Do not install or upgrade the AlliedView NMS on a machine until the machine meets the stated
requirements.
Caution: The AlliedView NMS server must have a static (rather than dynamic) IP address.
Otherwise, traps will not be routed correctly.
If the host machines meet the requirements, you are now ready to begin the installation process. An installation
CD-ROM is provided with your AlliedView NMS. If you have not already done so, locate and unpack this CD-
ROM.
Note: If you cannot find your CD-ROM, contact your Allied Telesis representative.
You are now ready to begin. If you are installing the NMS on a Windows platform, refer to 2.2 . If you are install-
ing the NMS on a Solaris platform, refer to 2.3 .
Note: Only one version of the NMS may exist on the systems. Uninstall previous versions of the
NMS or use the Upgrade Pack process to upgrade.
1.5 Preparing for an Upgrade Installation
An Upgrade Pack is used to upgrade an existing NMS installation to the latest release. Upgrade packs are avail-
able at the Allied Telesis website. Contact your representative for an account.
To prepare for an Upgrade Pack installation, perform the following steps:
1. Retrieve the upgrade pack from the following website:
http://www.alliedtelesyn.com/support/software/restricted/login.aspx
2. Perform an NMS backup. Refer to the NMS Administration Guide for instructions.
3. Shut down the NMS clients as well as the server. Refer to Chapter 6.
You are now ready to install the NMS Upgrade Pack. Refer to Chapter 4.
1.6 Preparing for Allied Telesis Management Extensions
for HP OpenView
The Allied Telesis Management Extensions for HP Openview is a set of extensions to HP OpenView (HPOV) to
allow the HPOV to identify, monitor and manage Allied Telesis devices. Advanced device-specific and network
management functions are provided by the AlliedView NMS.