Welcome to Server View

Server View is an designed monitoring solution, targeted at small and medium sized workgroups.

It offers a comprehensive set of tools that monitor the integrity of servers and desktops, and provide system configuration, system usage and status information to the network administrator and service personnel. The monitoring is performed via a Windows application with a simple, easy-to-use yet elegant Graphic User Interface (GUI), and is based on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), now considered the de-facto standard for the network and server management.

Major benefits of this solution also include that it is independent from OS/NOS, it is a tailor-made solution for LAN configurations which is suitable also for remote access, and it has considerable scope for scalability.

Comprehensive SNMP protocol support is provided in the form of full MIB-II support, private MIBs support, and an advanced MIB browsing utility for use with private SNMP extensions.

Server View Components

The Server View monitoring solution is made of the following components:

• The Server View Management Station, which is the monitoring console, running on a Windows station

  Click here for the Management Station Product Description

  Click here for the Management Station Prerequisites and Installation information

  Click here to download the Server View Management Station rel 4.0

• The Server View agents, which are the components that collect the information and events and report them to the monitoring console.The agents can run on the following systems:

servers

The server components are included in the Orchestra CD-ROM, supplied with the servers.

desktops

The desktop components are included in the Manageability Pack.

Generic desktops

A generic desktop can be an Olivetti desktop which does not support the Manageability Pack,or it can be a not Olivetti desktop.

Click here for the Generic Desktop Agent Product Description

Click here for the Generic Desktop Agent Prerequisites and Installation information

Click here to download the Generic Desktop Agent and MIB associated.

 

Server View Management Station Prerequisites and installation information

The minimum required configuration is:

• 386 with 25MHz processor.
• 16 Mbytes RAM (12 Mbytes for Windows for Workgroups).
• 40 Mbytes disk space.
• VGA color adapter and monitor (minimum resolution 800 x 600).
• MicrosoftÒ WindowsÔ for Workgroups version 3.11 Operating System or Microsoft Windows 95Ô or Microsoft Windows NTÔ 3.5.1 or later.
• NDIS conformant LAN Card with NDIS driver.
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP-32 Ver.3.11a Stack, only if you have installed the Windows for Workgroups operating system.
• Two or three button mouse (Windows compatible).

If you plan to use the Netware IPX/SPX protocol stack, the following packages are required:

• Netware Network Client MS DOS/Windows.
• The appropriate ODI driver for your LAN board.
• The TCP/IP protocol stack is also required if IPX/SPX is used.

Both IP and IPX protocol stacks are supported. The recommended configuration is:

• IP control stack for etherogenous LAN
• IP or IPX for homogeneous Netware LAN.

To install the Server View Management Station follow the steps below

1. First download the file on a hard drive directory .
2. The dowloaded file is autoexpandable. Run this file and you’ll find in the same directory on your PC the Server View Management Station package.
3. Run Setup to install.

The step by step installation procedure is guided by self-explanatory dialog boxes.

After the installation a new Windows Program Group, called Server View, is created, which contains the following icons:

Server View icon, which is the management application itself.

Mail/Fax Fault Setup icon which is an application that allows users to configure the recipients of mails or faxes in the event of faults.

Server View Online Doc icon, the electronic Server View user documentation.

Server View Readme File icon, which contains the release notes on the Server View. We recommend that you read these notes before using the Server View application.

Generic Desktop Agent Prerequisites and installation information

The Generic Desktop Agent has the following software requirements:

• Windows 95 or NT operating system
• SNMP support installed and running

There are no hardware requirements.

The Generic Desktop Agent package includes:

• a readme.txt file
• the Generic Desktop MIB file (gen_pc.mib)
• the Generic Desktop Agent

You can install the desktop agent running the included setup. No questions are made during the setup. You can remove the package with the standard "Add/Remove Program Properties" item of the control panel.

No errors or logging messages are reported by the Desktop Agent.

Downloading the Management Station Application

The following downloadable software is inside the CD with code 2693626A

Management Station

Downloading the Generic Desktop Agent and MIB associated

The following downloadable software is inside the CD with code 2693626A

Generic Desktop Agent

Generic Desktop Agent MIB