How Pcnc; What - Cabletron Systems CBU-NM User Manual

You will find all the commands in the menu bar, and on the toolbar just
below are many of the commonly used commands. To find out what
each icon means, place the mouse over the relevant button, and a
message will be displayed in the Status Bar. In addition, clicking the
right button of the mouse over a window brings up a selection of
commands (a 'Speed Menu') relevant to that window.
1.5 How PCNC works
PCNC allows easy network monitoring by converting alert messages into
'Alarms'. It contains two main databases - one to store information about
your network, and one to store all incoming alarms. These databases
can be viewed through the Network Inspector window and the Alarm
windows respectively.
directly with devices on your network.
information between the program and the network ports.
The connections between these elements of PCNC are shown in the
schematic diagram below. Each component is more fully described in
Chapter 2.
Auxiliary
Port
Auxiliary Link
Terminals
Figure 1.2 - PCNC Program Structure
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Terminal windows allow you to communicate
L o c a l R e m o t e
Port Port
Control link Remote Link
Alarm
Database
Alarm Windows
Introduction
Software 'Links' transfer
TCP/IP
SNMP link
Network
Database
Network Inspector
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