EP60
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Is the Release number defined?
A. The release version v02.01.000 comprises of a major release version, minor release version and internal version.
Q. How is the User Interface of Precision accessed?
A. The majority of features are available through a SSL secured web interface.
Q. What is the System Configuration Screen for?
A. Allows administrators to upload, download and backup the system configurations and systems software files. The files may be FTP'd from a central or local server. The new upgrades or patches to software may be downloaded from a central site.
Q. What is the System Operations Screen for?
A.This screen provides the following capabilities
- From here a units may be put in failover mode.
-Register for an upgrade of software from DBAM Systems.
- Set the system date manually or use an NTP server.
- Turn off traffic shaping "Stand By"
- From here a units may be put in failover mode.
-Register for an upgrade of software from DBAM Systems.
- Set the system date manually or use an NTP server.
- Turn off traffic shaping "Stand By"
Q. What does the Peering screen do?
A. One or more Precision units may be set to "Peer" of one Precision. That is the configuration will be passed from one Exbander precision to the others.
Q. What is the Shaping Port Configuration screen for?
A. Three switching circuits may be configured from this screen allowing multiple exits points in a LAN. Which can be of multiple transmission types e.g. DSL, Satellite, and Cable? The red button on the left dictates if the port is on or off.
Q. What is Expandability?
A. Expandability is the ability to request QOS characteristics from a head end device or devices that controls the QOS received. The Exband function is only applicable where the ISP infrastructure is exbandable.
Q. What is the Link Configuration screen for?
A. Configuration of primary IP addresses (The IP of the WEB interface). Also secondary IP address may be used so as the WEB interface is available on multiple subnets.
Q. What does the Stats Export function do?
A. Precision can export statistical data to a central database. From which an administrator can create reports of network activity. In order to configure the export choose from the main menu the "System" and then the sub menu "Stats Export".
Q. What is the Java Applet?
A. The main Precision management tool is delivered through a Java application. The Java application is an Applet which means it is available through the web. However work is in progress to deliver a PC application. This is intended to be available by the end of September 2005. All communications from the applet to Precision are conducted using SSL to ensure secure transactions.
Q. What does the Active flows Screen show?
A. Active flows allows administrator to view the current flows passing through, the Each node in the tree can be interrogated in different ways and have different operations On an IP address
Q. What is the Rate Watcher?
A. Rate watcher allows administrators to view the current throughput rate for each bandwidth rule, for upstream and downstream direction and for byte or packet count. If the individual chart bar is chosen then a rate tracker window is launched. The rate tracker window allows individual rule throughput and packet rate to be viewed over time.
Q. What is the Active Network Screen for?
A. Active network is short for active network inspection. This is a feature that is intended to be enhanced in the future. Currently it actively inspects active directory users, groups and machines and also NetBIOS users, groups and machines.
Q. What are Bandwidth Rules?
A. Bandwidth rules are discrete segments of the upstream and downstream bandwidth and the assigned characteristics of traffic that passed through that segment. When you click on the rule e.g. FastWay above the following details may be edited.
Q. What are Traffic Criteria?
A. It is from here that the assignments from Flows may be viewed or edited also new criteria may be created here that assign bandwidth to rules. Criteria may be used to sense and direct traffic through a rule by the following criteria.
Q. What is Inspector 7?
A. Inspector 7 inspect the packets in a traffic flows. It inspects the payload to deduce if it is similar to a packet that would be sent by an application such as a web browser or soft phone. It is possible to look at the byte and packet counts for each application type.
Q. What does the Statistics screen allow me to see?
A.There are currently two distinct statistical entities
- Flow
- Rate
- Flow
- Rate
Q. What are Processes?
A. There are two types of processes
- Enter a process the applies to a packet entering the system
- Exit a process that applies when the packet exits the system
- Enter a process the applies to a packet entering the system
- Exit a process that applies when the packet exits the system
Q. what is Notifier?
A. This is a system that allows administrators to be informed of network events
