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Web-based Monitoring

NerveCenter provides a Web-based console, called the NerveCenter Web Client, that lets you monitor network activity from any machine that has a Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.0 (or greater) browser installed. In order to use a Web-based console, you must install NerveCenter's Web support component, the Web Collector. The Web Collector can be installed on the NerveCenter Server host or on your Web server.

The following diagram shows how the Web Collector works with NerveCenter components.

Web Server Integration

From a Web browser, you can monitor alarms for a NerveCenter Server by entering http://webserver/NerveCenter in the browser, where webserver is the name of the machine on which your Web server is running. After entering this URL, your Web server invokes a NerveCenter CGI/ISAPI application that connects you to the Web Collector. The Web Collector is responsible for transmitting information between the NerveCenter Server and the Web Client browser. Through the Web Collector, the NerveCenter Server prompts you to enter your NerveCenter user name and password. The NerveCenter Server verifies your logon and, in turn, provides alarm data. This alarm information is relayed through the Web Collector, CGI application, and Web server to your browser.