About This Guide; Audience; Structure - Patton electronics ForeSight 6100 Element Management System User Manual

About this guide

This guide describes installing and configuring the ForeSight 6100 Element Management System (EMS). The
ForeSight 6100 enables users to control and monitor a large number of IP-based Patton devices through the
use of a graphical user interface (GUI.)
This section describes the following:
• Who should use this guide (see "Audience")
• How this document is organized (see "Structure")
• Typographical conventions and terms used in this guide (see
ment" on page 6)

Audience

This guide is intended for the following users who are assumed to be familiar with network management, IP,
and SNMP concepts, and managed Patton products:
• Operators
• Installers
• Maintenance technicians

Structure

This guide contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, "ForeSight 6100 EMS overview"
• Chapter 2, "ForeSight 6100 EMS installation"
• Chapter 3, "Getting started"
• Chapter 4, "File menu reference"
• Chapter 5, "Edit menu reference"
• Chapter 6, "View menu reference"
• Chapter 7, "Help menu reference"
• Chapter 8, "Tree structure reference"
• Chapter 9, "Contacting Patton for assistance"
technical support.
For best results, read the contents of this guide before you install the ForeSight 6100 EMS.
on page 7 provides an overview of the ForeSight 6100 EMS.
on page 13 describes installing the ForeSight 6100 EMS.
on page 17 describes adding a pollable device and adding a container
on page 25 describe the File menu options.
on page 31 describe the Edit menu options.
on page 47 describe the View menu options.
on page 51 describe the Help menu options.
on page 53 describes the hierarchical view of the managed network.
on page 65 describes how to contact Patton Electronics for
"Typographical conventions used in this docu-
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