				
				README.txt
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CONTENTS

  Introduction to ACEview EMS 1.1

  Installation/Setup

    - On Solaris
        - Instructions for Installing JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 
        - Instructions for Installing ACEView with HP Openview
    	- Running ACEView

    - On Windows
        - Instructions for Installing JRE
        - Instructions for Installing ACEView with HP Openview
        - Running ACEView

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Introduction to ACEview
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ACEview is a standalone Java application for network installers and system
administrator to configure, maintain, and monitor the Alteon WebSystems 
family of switches. It requires at least JRE 1.3 running on your 
system. 

If you don't have JRE 1.3, you must install the latest JRE1.3 from the
sun website.  (http://java.sun.com)
At the time of writing (11/1/00), 1.3.0 was the latest release.

ACEview EMS 1.1 target platforms to manage are Alteon Switches 180e, 184 and 
Alteon Director 3 and 4. And the target platform version are 8.0.x, 8.1.x and 8.3.x.
In some cases, Alteon Switches 180 and Alteon Director 2 may function along with versions
5.2.x and 6.0.x, but these platforms and version have not been fully tested with use of
ACEview EMS.



Installation/Setup
==================

Solaris:
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Instructions for Installing JRE
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1. open URL <http://www.sun.com/solaris/jre/download.html>
2. Download JRE 1.3.
3. Download patches for appropriate patches if needed.
4. Example, Install 2.6 patches:
	zcat 1.3_07_sparc_jdk_patches.tar.Z | tar -xf -
	tar xvf 1.3_07_sparc_jdk_patches.tar
	su
	tar xvf 105181-11.tar; cd 105181-11; installpatch .
	tar xvf 105284-15.tar; cd 105284-15; installpatch .
	tar xvf 105490-04.tar; cd 105490-04; installpatch .

5. Install JRE:
    zcat 1.3_07_sparc_jdk.tar.Z  | tar -xf -
    follow instructions in README.sparc, should be:
        pkgadd -d . SUNWjvrt SUNWjvdev SUNWjvjit SUNWjvman SUNWjvdem 
    
6. Type 'java -version'.  It should say 1.3.

Instructions for Installing ACEview
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1. gunzip nmsems.tar.gz
2. tar -xf nmsems.tar 
   (This will create a directory AceView and it's subdirectories and files).

Instructions for Installing ACEview with HP Openview
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1. Install ACEview described above
2. stop HP Openview
3. hpov.install
4. follow hpov.install instructions

aceview expects jre, xterm, and netscape to be in current path.
HP Openview expects to find aceview in EMPATH directory.  You
will need to export the EMPATH environment variable.


Running ACEView
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Run "<install directory>/AceView/aceview"



Windows:
++++++++

The Alteon AceView Element Manager requires at least JRE 1.3 running on your
system.  (You can check which version you have by typing 'java -v'.)

Instructions for Installing JRE (Java Runtime Environment) on Windows.

If you don't have JRE 1.3, you must install the latest JRE 1.3 from the
sun website.  

1. open URL <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/jre/download-windows.html>
2. Download JRE 1.3.
3. Install JRE:
4. Type 'java -version'.  It should say 1.3.


Instructions for Installing ACEview
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1. Extract nmsems.exe (self extracting file) to root or someplace you want it.
   (This will create a directory AceView and it's subdirectories and files).

Instructions for Installing ACEview with HP Openview
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1. Install ACEview described above
2. stop HP Openview
3. hpov.bat
4. follow hpov.bat instructions

aceview expects jre, telnet, and netscape to be in current path.
HP Openview expects to find aceview on the path.
Must define environment variable EMPATH that has the path to Aceview.

Running ACEView standalone:

aceview.bat

