Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based network management application that lets you discover and view network nodes and their physical links on a topology map. Once your network is discovered, you can monitor, manage, and configure protocols and settings in devices in the network using the following submanagers within Optivity Switch Manager:
In addition to these submanagers, Optivity Switch Manager has an associated standalone application, Device Manager, that provides the ability to completely configure and manage a single device in the network.
Since Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based tool, it is platform-independent. Optivity Switch Manager also lets you to save the topology map, error log, preferences, and communities in the application.
To use Optivity Switch Manager, you must have the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your system. Optivity Switch Manager requires JRE 1.3.1.
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For a description of operating systems, devices, and software releases supported by Optivity Switch Manager, see Installing Optivity Switch Manager Release 2.0.0.0
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