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Getting Started ProSafe® Smart Control Center The ProSafe® Smart Control Center enables discover of, and remote management of NETGEAR equipment. This chapter contains the following topics: • Smart Control Center Installation • Discovering Devices • Utility Features Overview • Uninstall the Utility...
The utility uses the network programs Adobe AIR to process network commands. If not already installed on your PC, Adobe AIR will also be installed, and placed in your program directory. Click the Install NETGEAR ProSafe Smart Control Center Utility link to install the program on your PC. Note: The utility name may vary slightly between different Smart Control Center switch models.
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ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Follow the prompts on the InstallShield Wizard until setup completes. Click Next The installation copies the utility program to a directory called \Program Files\Smart Control Center, and places a utility icon on the PC desktop. The Adobe AIR programs may be used by other network applications and may already be installed on your PC.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Discovering Devices When launched, the utility immediately searches the network for network devices. Note: Local PC firewall applications such as Symantec Endpoint Protection can prevent the utility from communicating with the switches. If the utility is unable to discover your switches and you are using a local firewall, you will need to turn off the firewall function in order for discovery to work.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Utility Features Overview Smart Control Center provide status and support information for all your NETGEAR network devices. The tabs across the top of the interface provide access to these features. Network DHCP Refresh - allows you to refresh the DHCP connections...
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Help Online Help - provides online access to technical support information and this manual. About - provides version and copyright information. Chapter 6, Help for details on these features. Quit Exits the Smart Control Center utility. 10 | Chapter 1.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Uninstall the Utility To uninstall the utility: Use the Add or Remove Programs command on your PC. Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs Select Smart Control Center and click Change/Remove. When you are asked if you want to uninstall the selected application, click Yes.
Network The Network tab lets you select a switch to manage, display general information about the switch, perform basic switch maintenance, and monitor data flow through the switch. This chapter contains the following topics: • DHCP Refresh • Reboot Device •...
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Network Features All features have default settings. You do not need to configure any settings in order to use the Smart Control Center. DHCP Refresh DHCP Refresh allows you to renew the IP connection of a selected Smart Switch. Chapter 2.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Reboot Device Reboot Device allows you to reboot the selected device. It also supports dual firmware images. Select either the primary or secondary radio button to show the desired interface. WARNING! Rebooting the device will briefly disrupt network traffic through the device.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Web Browser Access Web Browser Access is a way to log in to devices using a web browser. Use the same user name and password as you normally would to log into the Smart Control Center. Chapter 2.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Configure Device Configure Device allows you to configure device settings. To configure a device: Select the device. Click Configure Device. Set the following options: a. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) enable disable b. IP Address c.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Change Password Change Password allows you to change the password. To change a password: Select the device. Click Change Password. Enter the current password. Enter the new password. Re-enter to confirm the new password. Click Apply.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Configuration The configuration option allows you to upload the configuration of the selected Smart Switch or save the configuration settings to a selected Smart Switch. Be sure to check the progress of the configuration upload or download from the Tasks tab. Upload Configuration Upload configuration is used to save a back up copy of the switch's configuration to the PC.
This will briefly disrupt network traffic through the device. To upgrade the firmware you must first download a firmware upgrade file for the selected device from the NETGEAR support web site to your PC. You can then download the firmware to either Smart Switch primary or secondary storage.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Delete Prior Tasks Use this feature to delete older tasks. To delete prior tasks: Select the Tasks tab. Select the task that is right below the tasks you want to delete. The selected task is NOT deleted; only the tasks above the selected task are deleted. Click the Delete Prior Task button.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Delete One Task Use this feature to delete individual tasks. To delete a task: Select the Tasks tab. Select the task from the list. Click the Delete Task button. Confirm yes or no. Click Apply. Chapter 4.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Reschedule Task Use this feature to reschedule tasks. To reschedule a task: Select the Tasks tab. Select a task from the list. Click the Reschedule Task button. Set the date parameters: a. From b. To Set the time parameters: a.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Adapter Overview This feature allows you to specify the network adapter on the PC to be used to discover and manage the device. It is not a list of all adapters in your network, but rather a list of network adapters installed on the computer where the SmartControlCenter is runningd.
ProSafe Smart Control Center User Guide Online Help The Help tab provides access to the NETGEAR Support web site, and to the latest copy of the Smart Control Center user guide (this manual). User Guide If the PC running the utility...
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