Extremeware Enterprise Manager Components; Extreme Networks Switch Management; Extremeware Enterprise Manager Software Architecture - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager Installation And User Manual

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XTREME ARE NTERPRISE ANAGER OMPONENTS
Figure 1-1: ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager software architecture
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XTREME ETWORKS WITCH ANAGEMENT
ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager uses SNMP to monitor and manage the Extreme
switches in the network. To avoid the overhead of frequent device polling, the
ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager uses a mechanism called SmartTraps to identify
changes in device status and configuration.
When an Extreme switch is added to the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager database,
the Enterprise Manager creates a set of SmartTraps rules that define what events (status
and configuration changes) the Enterprise Manager needs to know about. These rules
are downloaded into the Extreme switch, and the Enterprise Manager is automatically
registered as a trap receiver. Subsequently, whenever a status or configuration change
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XTREME ARE NTERPRISE ANAGER NSTALLATION AND SER UIDE