Before you upgrade ManageWise 2.7 to ZfS 3, you should understand the differences in the components of ManageWise 2.7 and ZfS 3 to help you better plan your upgrade from ManageWise 2.7. This section gives you information on the following components:
The architecture of ManageWise 2.7 includes the following components:
ManageWise Console: The ManageWise 2.7 console is a graphical interface that runs on a Windows* 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT* 4.x workstation. It provides services for managing networking resources, servers, routers, and workstations.
ManageWise Server: The ManageWise 2.7 server contains the NetWare® Loadable ModuleTM (NLMTM) to run discovery.
Server Management Agents: The agents run on the NetWare and Windows NT servers.
Traffic Analysis Agents: The agents run on NetWare servers.
The architecture of ZfS 3 includes the following components:
ZfS site server: The server contains all the discovery NLM software and also the other components like Alarm Manager, MIB Tools, Atlas Manager, and Remote Ping. Some of these components were also found in the ManageWise 2.7 console.
ZfS console: ZfS uses ConsoleOne® as the graphical user interface where you can manage all your network resources.
Server Management Agent: The agents run on NetWare and Windows NT servers.
Traffic Analysis Agent: In ZfS 3, Traffic Analysis Agents run on both NetWare and Windows NT servers.