OVERVIEW
AIMS(tm) is a Java(tm)-enabled network management
system for AVIDIA's ACX Series of high-performance
switches. It provides total network management via
the worldwide Internet, via a private ATM network, or
via a private router-based backbone. AIMS(tm) is an
option for AVIDIA's ACX-1200
Workgroup Switch, and is also available as a
stand-alone software package which operates on a
Windows NT(tm) platform.
AIMS provides a friendly, graphical interface for
the configuration and management of AVIDIA switches.
It provides a detailed graphic representation of the
ACX Series front panels, showing the current status
of each port, and provides remote, interactive
manipulation of the configuration. Making use of a
simple, intuitive point-and-click interface, AIMS
makes network management easy and instantly
accessible.
AVIDIA's Workgroup Switches are fully
SNMP-manageable, and can be discovered and managed by
popular SNMP management platforms such as HP's
OpenView(tm). AIMS goes beyond mere SNMP and
communicates with the ACX Series Switches to collect
statistics, alarms, and performance data. AIMS forms
high quality graphical representations of the
switches using HTML, photo-realistic images, and
intelligent Java applets.
WEB SERVER
Using an integral WEB server, AIMS responds to
management inquiries with a customized AIMS
"Home Page", allowing only authorized
managers to gain access to subsequent management
pages. AIMS does not respond to SNMP requests from
the user interface side of the network, thereby
allowing attachment to corporate Intranets without
special security concerns.
PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE
Management of AVIDIA's Switches is truly
platform-independent with AIMS. Any PC, UNIX
workstation, Mac, or other device which supports a
common WEB browser (for example, Netscape's
Navigator(tm), Microsoft's Internet Explorer(tm),
etc.) can be used to manage not just one switch, but
all AVIDIA Switches in the network. Users are free to
connect AIMS to their corporate Intranet, or to even
post it on their World Wide Web home page. For the
network manager, AIMS eliminates the need for another
desktop computer dedicated to management, and
eliminates the need for yet another application
requiring integration on increasingly stressed
integrated management platforms.
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT
AIMS is available fully integrated within AVIDIA's
ACX-1200 ATM Access Switch,
providing a single high-speed ATM communications
platform without the need for any external servers or
interconnection devices to support network
management. AIMS is also available as a stand-alone
software package which runs on any Windows NT(tm)
platform.
