Cabletron Systems Spectrum EMM-E6 User Manual

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2-1Chapter 2Using the EMM-E6 Hub ViewNavigating through the Hub View; monitoring hub performance; managing the hubThe heart of the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application (SPMA) for theEMM-E6 is the Hub View, a graphical interface that gives you access to many ofthe functions that provide control over the EMM-E6-managed hub.Using the Hub ViewThere are two ways to open the Hub View: if you are working within a networkmanagement system, you can select the Hub View option from the icon menu;specific directions for creating a EMM-E6 icon and accessing the icon menu can befound in the appropriate Installing and Using SPECTRUM for... guide. If you arerunning the EMM-E6 module in a stand-alone mode, type the following at thecommand line:spmarun emme The community name you use to start the module must have at least Read access;for full management functionality, you should use a community name thatprovides Read/Write or Superuser access. For more information on communitynames, consult the appropriate Installing and Using SPECTRUM for... guide,and/or the Community Names chapter in the SPMA Tools Guide.NOTESThe spmarun script invoked first in the above command temporarily sets the environmentvariables SPMA needs to operate; be sure to use this command any time you launch anapplication from the command line. This script is automatically invoked when you launchan application from the icon menu or from within the Hub View.If there is a hostname mapped to your EMM-E6’s IP address, you can use in place of to launch the Hub View. Please note, however, that the hostnameis not the same as the device name which can be assigned via Local Management and/orSPMA; you cannot use the device name in place of the IP address.