SellaNMS GUI v0.1.0 (03/17/05) - http://www.digitalgenesis.com

  Copyright (C) 2005 Digital Genesis Software. All rights reserved.

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>
  for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

Maintainer:

  Digital Genesis Software. <sellanms@digitalgenesis.com>
  http://www.digitalgenesis.com

Supported Platforms:

  Java v1.4.2+

Software Requirements: 

  Building:

     GNU make          (Tested with 3.80)
     Java Compiler     (Tested with Blackdown Java-Linux Team 1.4.2-01)

  Using:

     SellaNMS         (Tested with 1.0.0)
     MySQL             (Tested with 4.1.7 and 4.1.8)


Client Requirements:

  Client requirements vary depending on the specific JVM running SellaNMS GUI
  and which OS the JVM is running on. Any operating system may be used as long
  as there is a supported JVM for it. This includes Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS and
  Windows operating systems.

  Suggested Hardware (x86 platform):

    Minimum     - 686 500Mhz CPU w/256M of RAM.
    Recommended - 686 1.0Ghz CPU w/512M of RAM.

Description:

  SellaNMS GUI was written to provide a flexable and easy to use front end for
  SellaNMS.

  SellaNMS GUI is designed with several key factors in mind: 

    - Reliability

      SellaNMS GUI is coded to handle the unexpected. Any issue that could
      cause a crash or deadlock is tracked down and corrected.

    - Highly Configurable

      SellaNMS GUI is designed to give the user a great deal of flexability
      in how information is displayed and used.

    - High Performance

      All aspects of the system are designed to complete their tasks as
      efficiently as possible. Time consuming tasks are threaded to keep
      the SellaNMS GUI responsive.

    - Scalability

      SellaNMS GUI is designed to place minimum load on the backend system
      allowing hundreds of clients to be monitoring the network.


Installation:

  See INSTALL in the docs directory for installation instructions.

  Digital Genesis Software specializes in the deployment of SellaNMS
  on your network. Email sales@digitalgenesis.com for more information on this
  service. SellaNMS maintenance agreements are also available.
  
Upgrades:

  See UPGRADE in the docs directory for upgrading instructions.
  
Support:

  If you have questions regarding the install of SellaNMS GUI, feel free to
  email sellanms@digitalgenesis.com. Please do not email questions regarding
  the install of Java, your webserver or database software.

  For help with other software, see their sites:
    SellaNMS - http://www.digitalgenesis.com
    Java     - http://java.sun.com
    MySQL    - http://www.mysql.com
    Apache   - http://www.apache.org

Suggestions:

  If you have suggestions, comments or patches for SellaNMS GUI, please email
  them to sellanms@digitalgenesis.com.

Patches:

  If you have fixed a bug or added a new feature to SellaNMS GUI and would
  like to submit your patches to us, please create a unified diff as follows:

    tar xvzf sella_nms-gui-x.x.x.tar.gz
    mv sella_nms-gui modified-sella_nms-gui

  Make your changes to 'modified-sella_nms-gui'.

    tar xvzf sella_nms-gui-x.x.x.tar.gz
    diff -urN sella_nms-gui modified-sella_nms-gui
    -or-
    diff -u --recursive --new-file sella_nms-gui modified-sella_nms-gui

  Patches can be submitted via Bugzilla or via email. If via email, send to
  sellanms@digitalgenesis.com. Bugzilla is available here:

    http://bugzilla.digitalgenesis.com

Credits:

  James M. Sella/DGS - Code and documentation.
  William T. Sella/DGS - Code and documentation.

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