Cisco DNCS System Release 2.8.1 3.8.1 4.3.1 User Guide

If you are using the Spectrum Network Management System (NMS), you can monitor most of the devices in
your network by clicking the Control button in the NMS area of the DNCS Administrative Console Status
window to open the Spectrum Control Panel window. Any changes that you make in the DNCS to the
configuration of a network element are reflected automatically in the NMS.

The Spectrum Control Panel window provides access to the Spectrum NMS. Some of the features available
through the NMS include the following:

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 of each

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An illustration of any alarm conditions existing in the network

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On-demand data retrieval from specific network elements

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Automatic polling to see if a specific device is available

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The Spectrum NMS contains its own Help documentation. If you have questions on how to use the

Spectrum NMS beyond this discussion, click the Help button that appears in the upper right corner of
the Spectrum Control Panel.

Note: We offer the DBDS Alarm Management System to help you monitor your network elements instead of
using Spectrum. For more information, 

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If you click the SpectroGRAPH button on the Spectrum Control Panel window, a picture of your network
topology appears. The SpectroGRAPH shows all of your network elements, where they reside in the network,
and the working state of each. The following table describes the kinds of graphics you might see in the
SpectroGRAPH.

The octagonal graphic with the eye in the center represents
the DNCS.

Double-click the arrow 

to see the topology view for the

DNCS.

Double-click the user graphic 

to see a user editor window

inside of which attributes for the DNCS can be modified.

The color above the eye 

changes to reflect the

working state of the DNCS.

Note: The Spectrum NMS refers to the DNCS as the virtual
network machine (VNM).