User manual JUNIPER NETWORKS NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER NSMXPRESS QUICK START REV1

[. . . ] Network and Security Manager NSMXpress Quick Start November 17, 2010 Revision 1 NSMXpress is an appliance version of Network and Security Manager (NSM). NSMXpress simplifies the complexity of network administration by providing a single, integrated management interface that controls device parameters. This robust hardware management system installs in minutes with full high availability (HA) support, making it easy to scale and deploy. Enterprise customers with limited resources can benefit significantly from NSMXpress because it eliminates the need to have dedicated resources for maintaining a network and security management solution. [. . . ] The RADIUS Servers dialog box appears listing the RADIUS Servers that have been added. 2. Select the check box next to the name of the server you want to delete, and click Delete Selected. NOTE: You need System Administration permissions to delete RADIUS servers. Editing RADIUS Server Parameters To edit the parameters of a RADIUS server: 1. Select System Administration > Radius Management. The RADIUS Servers dialog box appears listing the RADIUS Servers that have been added. 2. Click the name of the server whose properties you want to edit. The Edit RADIUS Server dialog box appears. See Figure 31 on page 28. Copyright © 2010, Juniper Networks, Inc. 27 NSMXpress Quick Start Figure 31: Edit RADIUS Server Dialog Box 3. Edit the parameters you want to change and click Save. Monitoring with SNMP You can configure your NSMXpress appliance for SNMP monitoring from a network operations server. The server can then issue periodic SNMP Get instructions to return the status of the NSMXpress appliance. You configure SNMP on the NSMXpress appliances with access credentials for either SNMP v2c or SNMP v3. NSMXpress supports read-only access to the System Descriptor (sysDescr) and Host Resource MIB. This section provides instructions for configuring NSMXpress for SNMP monitoring. You must provide access credentials for the SNMP server, a list of IP addresses from which logon requests will be accepted, and the trap conditions to be reported to the SNMP server. To configure SNMP monitoring of your NSMXpress appliance, select System Administration > SNMP Monitoring. This window contains the tabs described in the following sections: · · · SNMP Configuration on page 28 SNMP System Information on page 29 SNMP Trap Configuration on page 30 SNMP Configuration To configure SNMP: 1. Select System Administration > SNMP Monitoring. 2. Select the SNMP Config tab, which is shown in Figure 32 on page 29. 28 Copyright © 2010, Juniper Networks, Inc. Managing System Administration Figure 32: Configuring SNMP 3. Select the version of SNMP to be used, either v2c or v3. Provide authentication information: · · If you selected SNMP v2c, enter a username. If you selected SNMP v3, enter a username and password. The password must be at least 8 characters long. NSMXpress implements a single username and password, which is effective only for SNMP communication and is not related to any other username and password used on the NSMXpress appliance. 5. To limit SNMP Get requests to specific servers, select Only, and then enter the IP addresses of the permitted servers. 6. Click Save. SNMP System Information To configure SNMP system information: 1. Select System Administration > SNMP Monitoring. 2. [. . . ] This guide is intended for IT administrators responsible for the installation or upgrade of NSM. Describes how to use and configure key management features in the NSM. It provides conceptual information, suggested workflows, and examples. This guide is best used in conjunction with the NSM Online Help, which provides step-by-step instructions for performing management tasks in the NSM user interface (UI). [. . . ]