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  • Page 1 Quick User Guide NMS-500...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Sections Overview……………………………………………………………………… Application…………………………………………………………………… Before First Login….…………………………………………………………5~11 Setup Wizard.………………………………………………………………..12~16 Main UI Introduction…………………………………………………..17~19 Dashboard Introduction…………………………………………………20~22 System Menu -- Graphical Statistics ……………………………..…...23~25 System Menu – Domain….……………………………………………… 26~34 System Menu -- AP control……………………………………………… 35~48 System Menu -- Refresh……………………………………………………….49 System Menu -- System Configuration ………………………………..51~58 System Menu -- Network Services …………………………………….

  • Page 3: A) Overview

    Overview Main Features: System Platform    Dashboard: Providing the at-a-glance view of system and wireless  Form Factor: 1U Rack-mount chassis network status  Processor: Intel® Celeron® J1900 up to 2.42 GHz  Node Discovery: To detect PLANET managed devices available ...

  • Page 4: B) Application

    Application 4 / 80...

  • Page 5: Before First Login

    Before First Login...
  • Page 6 Front & Rear Panels 6 / 80...
  • Page 7 Device Setting Switch: Log in to the Switch’s Web User Interface and refer to the picture below to enable the SNMP and LLDP function as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Log in to the AP’s Web User Interface and refer to Figure 3 below to configure the AP to “Managed AP".
  • Page 8 Device Setting (Figure 1) (Figure 2) 8 / 80...
  • Page 9 Device Setting (Figure 3) 9 / 80...
  • Page 10 Logging in UNI-NMS Open Chrome to log in the UNI-NMS.  Please use Chrome to get fully supported. (UI Resolution 1280 x 768)  1. Press the “ADVANCED” button 2. Press “Proceed to…” 10 / 80...
  • Page 11 Logging in UNI-NMS  Username: admin  Password: admin 11 / 80...

  • Page 12: Setup Wizard

    Setup Wizard...
  • Page 13 Account Modification Steps to modifying account: 1. Please key in a new account, except using "admin" 2. New Password must include at least 1*[a~z], 1*[A~Z], 1*[0~9], 1*[~, !, @, ..., w/o "?"] and must contain at least 8 characters. 13 / 80...
  • Page 14 IP Configuration Setting 1. Select “Static IP” or ” DHCP Client” for IP configuration setting. 2. IP status is shown in real time. *If you want to use the SMTP Alarm function, you must at least enter one DNS server. 14 / 80...
  • Page 15 SNMP Preference Setting 1. Select Region for AP Control ( ETSI or FCC ). 2. And enter the RO/RW Community for AP’s SNMP. 15 / 80...
  • Page 16 1. Press the Search button to discover PLANET devices. 2. Select check a box and press the “Add” button to add a device to the NMS-500 system. 3. Press the Finish button to leave the Wizard mode and finish the start-up setting.

  • Page 17: Main Ui Introduction

    Main UI Introduction...
  • Page 18 Home Page -- Dashboard UI Structure 18 / 80...
  • Page 19 Main Dashboard -- Description Item Description Remarks 1. Roughly shows the system status: Device Status Current devices online (total online), device groups (total groups), clients (total active clients) Summary 2. Click the PLANET Logo to connect to PLANET Web site. From left to right: 1.

  • Page 20: Dashboard Introduction

    Dashboard Introduction...
  • Page 21 Dashboard (Home) System Information: In this area, you can view the  basic system information system version, management IP, management port, CPU Utilization, Disk Utilization, and Memory Utilization. Managed APs on Wireless Channels: The chart  Network Summary: In this area, you can view ...
  • Page 22 Dashboard (Home) Summary: In this area, you can view the  pie charts including AP Status and Current Clients of Top APs. The AP Status chart shows which AP is  online, offline, or Wi-Fi disabled. The Current Clients of Top APs chart shows ...
  • Page 23 System Menu -- Graphical Statistics...

  • Page 24: System Menu - Graphical Statistics

    System Menu – Graphical Statistics [Top Chart] The Top 10 Managed AP chart shows the real-time traffic  statistics of Top 10. [System Menu – Graphical Statistics] Switch between 1 day and 1 week to view the statistic of a ...
  • Page 25 System Menu – Graphical Statistics [Top Chart] Set the radio option to “active clients” and then click the AP  name at the x-axis of the top chart to show the active clients’ [System Menu – Graphical Statistics] statistics of designated APs shown in the bottom chart. ...

  • Page 26: System Menu - Domain

    System Menu -- Domain...
  • Page 27 Discovery  Press the “Domain” icon (No. 1) , and then press Discovery (No. 2) and Search (No. 3) to find the managed APs and continue other settings. 27 / 80...
  • Page 28 UNI-NMS – Adding Devices to List  Select devices (No. checking the boxes, and then press the “Apply” icon (No. 2) to add devices to management list. 28 / 80...
  • Page 29 UNI-NMS – Device List and Topology View  Press “Device List” to see the device status.  Press “Topology View” to see the domain network topology after one minute. ※If you do not see the topology, please check devices to enable SNMP and LLDP function 29 / 80...
  • Page 30 UNI-NMS – Device List  Press the “Identification” icon to modify the device description, type, and web protocol information. 30 / 80...
  • Page 31 UNI-NMS – System Event  Press the “Event” icon (No. 1) to see the full system event by day.  Press the “<<“& “>>” icon (No. 2) to select daily report. 31 / 80...
  • Page 32 UNI-NMS – System Event  Use “search” to choose the information you want by entering the key word . 32 / 80...
  • Page 33 UNI-NMS – Syslog Server  Press the “Syslog” icon (No. 1) to see the full syslog by day (Open the devices remote syslog function.).  Press the “<<“& “>>” icon (No. 2) to select daily report.  Press the “Drop-down ” menu (No.
  • Page 34 UNI-NMS – System Event  Search to choose the information you want by entering the key word. 34 / 80...

  • Page 35: System Menu -- Ap Control

    System Menu -- AP Control...
  • Page 36 AP Control UI – Structure & Description AP control icon Main Menu Item Description Remarks Preference Edit region, RO community, RW community Profiles Set up SSID, Radio ( 2.4G, 5G ) Profiles AP and AP group management Control Edit the map of AP location and coverage Map It Statistics Show the statuses of managed APs and active clients...
  • Page 37 Main Menu – Preference [Preference] Preference: Noted: Device of FCC and device of ETIS cannot be On this page, you can choose the device   region of FCC or ETSI. shown at the same time. Then edit RO community and RW community for ...
  • Page 38 Main Menu – Profiles [SSID Profile Configuration] [Profiles] On the SSID profile configuration page, enter  Profiles: On this page, you can create the SSID the value that you preferred and then click “Apply”  2.4GHz/5GHz profiles further to save the profile. provisioning.
  • Page 39 Main Menu – 3/Profiles On the Radio profile configuration page, enter the  value that you preferred and then click “Apply” to save the profile. Apply: Click this button to save the settings.  Back: Click this button to return to the previous ...
  • Page 40 Main Menu – Control Status:  Connection status: online, offline, Wi-Fi disabled In progress: action in progress Finished/Successful: action finished successful. Failed: action failed. Action:  Setting: edit setting and allocate profile to AP [Control - AP Management] Link: link to the AP’s web page Control: On this page, the system allows you to ...
  • Page 41 Main Menu – Control Procedure of configuring AP’s setting:  Edit the basic AP Information. Click the “Clone >>” button if you want to use the same IP configuration as the previous LAN settings. Otherwise, please enter the preferred LAN setting. If there are already profiles created, you can designate the SSID profile and Radio profile to this AP.
  • Page 42 Main Menu – Control Procedure of profile provisioning to AP groups:  Select the AP group. Click the “Apply” button. Go to “3/Control-> AP Management” to check whether the status is becoming “In progress”. Wait until the status comes “Online”. [3/Control - AP Group Management] On the AP Group Management page, you can ...
  • Page 43 Main Menu – Map It A system message will prompt to remind you to edit  map first if there is no other map available in the system. Click “OK” to continue. On the Edit Map page, click “Choose File” and enter [Map It] ...
  • Page 44 Main Menu – Map It After finishing map uploading, you can click the  sidebar at the left-side of the window to expand the AP list. 44 / 80...
  • Page 45 Main Menu – Map It Setting Scale: 1. Click “Scale” to start to reset  the map scale. Press the “Set” button to draw a line on the map.  Fill its physical distance in the blank and press “Set” or “Cancel”. For example, in the graph below, set the door width to 0.8 m.
  • Page 46 Main Menu – Map It Drag and drop the AP onto the map or select Once the allocation is done, click “Save” to save   multiple APs by clicking the checkbox. the setting. To upload more maps or edit current map, click ...
  • Page 47 Main Menu – Map It The lower-left side area provides map control Transparency: Slide the bar to adjust the   options. transparency of the map. AP Group: To filter the managed APs shown on  the map, but the selected AP group is displayed. Band: Select “2.4GHz”...
  • Page 48 Main Menu – Statistics [Statistics – Managed APs] [Statistics – Active Clients] Managed APs: On this page, you can observe the Active Clients: On this page, you can observe   current configuration of all managed APs. the statuses of all associated clients including traffic statistics, transmission speed and RSSI Filter: You can filter the AP list by entering the ...
  • Page 49 System Menu -- Refresh...

  • Page 50: System Menu - Refresh

    System Menu – Refresh Refresh: The page content will be updated every 1  minute automatically by default. If you require the system update immediately, click “Manually” to refresh the page content. [System Menu – Refresh] 50 / 80...
  • Page 51 System Menu -- System Configuration...

  • Page 52: System Menu - System Configuration

    System Menu – System Configuration Alert Configuration: On this page, you can  configure the system event notice enable or disable by Popup Alert Message and SMTP function. After configuration is done, click “Apply” to  apply the setting. [System Menu – System Configuration] [Alert Configuration] 52 / 80...
  • Page 53 System Menu – System Configuration Date and Time: On this page, you can  configure the Date and Time by NTP server or manual setting. After configuration is done, click “Apply” to  apply the setting. [System Menu – System Configuration] [Date and Time configuration] 53 / 80...
  • Page 54 System Menu – System Configuration Interface: On the PORT page, you can see  each Port status and you can configure the speed for down, auto, 10/100 Mbps HDX/FDX, and 1GMbps FDX on the Port Statistics page. Click “Apply” to apply the setting. ...

  • Page 55: System Menu - Network Services

    System Menu – Network Services [Port Statistics information] 55 / 80...
  • Page 56 System Menu – System Configuration Settings: On this page, you can configure  the static ID of SAPC or choose it as DHCP client. After configuration is done, click “Apply” to  apply the setting. The window will prompt you to change network setting that will cause the system to restart.
  • Page 57 System Menu – System Configuration Login Account: On this page, you can modify  the login user name and password. Enter the new user name and new password  directly in the corresponding fields, and then click “Apply” to apply the setting. The login window will be prompted to ask you to enter the new account to re-log in the system.
  • Page 58 System Menu – System Configuration Wizard: Select Wizard for setup wizard again.  [System Menu – System Configuration] 58 / 80...

  • Page 59: M)System Menu -- Maintenance

    System Menu -- Network Services...
  • Page 60 System Menu – Network Services Network Services: On this page, you can set up  DDNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP, and RADIUS of the system.  DDNS: Click “DDNS” to use PLANET Easy DDNS services or Dynamic DDNS. (Supports PLANET DDNS/Easy DDNS) ...
  • Page 61 System Menu – Network Services  Network Services: On this page, you can set up DDNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP, and RADIUS of the system.  DHCP: On the DHCP Server page, choose “Enable” to use DHCP server service. On Client list page, you can see the Client detailed information.
  • Page 62 System Menu – Network Services [Client List information] 62 / 80...
  • Page 63 System Menu – Network Services  Network Services: On this page, you can set up DDNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP, and RADIUS of the system.  SMTP: On the SMTP page, choose “Enable” to use SMTP service.  Click “Apply” to apply the setting. [System Menu –...
  • Page 64 System Menu – Network Services  Network Services: On this page, you can set up DDNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP, and RADIUS of the system.  SNMP: On the SNMP Agent page, choose “Enable” to use SNMP v1, v2c, v3 service. On the SNMP Trap page, you can set up the SNMP Trap Configuration.
  • Page 65 System Menu – Network Services [SNMP Trap Configuration] 65 / 80...
  • Page 66 System Menu – Network Services  Network Services: On this page, you can set up DDNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP, and RADIUS of the system.  RADIUS: On the RADIUS page, choose “Enable” to use RADIUS service. On RADIUS Client page and RADIUS User Account page, you can see the detailed information of them.
  • Page 67 System Menu – Network Services  Add Radius Client Configuration: On this page, you can set up Name, Client IP, Shared Secret Key, and Description of the system.  Click “Apply” to apply the setting.  AP RADIUS Setup: You should go to AP’s Web UI to RADIUS page to set up Radius Server IP, Password and Server Port (1812), and enable the function.
  • Page 68 System Menu – Network Services [RADIUS Client Setting Finished] 68 / 80...
  • Page 69 System Menu – Network Services  Add RADIUS User Account: On this page, you can set up Account Name, Password, Description, Validation Period information of the system.  Click “Apply” to apply the setting. [System Menu – RADIUS] [RADIUS User Account Setting] 69 / 80...
  • Page 70 System Menu – Network Services [RADIUS User Account Setting Finished] 70 / 80...
  • Page 71 System Menu -- Maintenance...
  • Page 72 System Menu – Maintenance System Upgrade: On this page, you can  upgrade the system to the latest version with new patch. Click “Choose File” to designate the system  patch file upgrade. Then, click upgrade icon at the upper-right corner to [System Menu –...
  • Page 73 System Menu – Maintenance Backup/Restore: On this page, you can  back up and restore the system profiles with the system file (*.tar.gz.enc). Click “backup” to start backing up the  system profiles file in HDD or USB. Using the ”Choose File” button to choose the ...
  • Page 74 System Menu – Maintenance  System Setting: Click “System Setting” you can set up Logout Time for manual or selection tree. [System Menu – Maintenance] [Auto Logout Time] 74 / 80...
  • Page 75 System Menu – Maintenance  Factory Default: Click “Factory Default” to reset the system to factory default. Once clicked, the warning window will prompt you to reset system to default. [System Menu – Factory Default] [Factory Default Warning] 75 / 80...
  • Page 76 System Menu -- Exit...

  • Page 77: System Menu - Exit

    System Menu – Exit Exit: On this page, you can log out, reboot, or  shut down the system.  Logout: Click “Logout” to log out the system. Once clicked, the login window will prompt you to  re-log in the system. [System Menu –...
  • Page 78 System Menu – Exit  Logout: On this page, you can log out, reboot, or shut down the system.  Reboot: Click “Reboot” to restart the system.  Shutdown: Click “Shutdown” to close the system and shut down the MV. Once clicked, the warning window will prompt you ...

  • Page 79: Console

    Console When the “UNI-NMS login” appears, please enter user login account  “adminuser”, and password “adminuser”. When the “preferred command” appears, please enter “No.3” to restart  network command . (It will not be necessary if you cannot be connected to UNI-NMS Web UI.) 79 / 80...
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