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What You Need to Use      How to Use the NerveCenter Client

What is the NerveCenter Client?

NerveCenter is a distributed client/server application. It includes the following components:

The NerveCenter Client, which you will be using in this tutorial, is one of the NerveCenter user interfaces.

The Components of NerveCenter's Architecture

The NerveCenter Server performs all the NerveCenter monitoring and processing. The NerveCenter Server also saves to the NerveCenter database all the behavior model components you modify or create as you use NerveCenter to manage your network.

The NerveCenter database is primarily a repository for all the objects found in a NerveCenter behavior model. On UNIX systems, the database is stored in a flat file. On Windows, the database can be either a Microsoft Access database or a Microsoft SQL Server database.

The NerveCenter user interfaces provide the user the ability to view and control NerveCenter processes. The three primary user interfaces are:

NerveCenter's User Interfaces

The NerveCenter Administrator is used to configure NerveCenter once it is installed. The command line interface can be used to perform a limited number of operations on NerveCenter objects.

The NerveCenter Client is used to monitor a network for problems and to create new behavior models. The Client runs in either administrator or operator mode, depending on your user ID or group.

To complete the activities and exercises in this book, you must log on as the Windows Administrator, the UNIX supervisor, or a member of the NerveCenter administrators group.

User and Administrator Login Rights in NerveCenter Client

User Administrator

Monitor active alarms

View an alarm's history

Reset alarms

Monitor the state of managed nodes

Generate reports

Create new behavior models

Customize the predefined behavior models

Modify, copy, or delete an object in the NerveCenter database

Assign rights to other NerveCenter users



What You Need to Use How to Use the NerveCenter Client
29 July 2003