Sella NMS v0.1.0 (05/12/01) - http://www.digitalgenesis.com

  Copyright (C) 2001 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, LLC. <sellanms@digitalgenesis.com>
  http://www.digitalgenesis.com

Supported Platforms:

  UNIX based platforms (Tested on Linux 2.2.x and Linux 2.4.x)
  Supported databases types: MySQL

Requirements: 

  Building:

     GNU make (Tested with 3.79.1)
     GNU g++ (Tested with 2.91.66 (kgcc), and 2.95.3. RH's 2.96 is unsupported)

  Using:

     PHP v3.0.7+, PHP v4.0.0+ (Tested with 4.0.5)
     PHP enabled Web Server (Tested with Apache 1.3.19)
     MySQL v3.2x.x (Tested with MySQL 3.23.30-gamma)

Description:

  Sella NMS was created to provide an extendable Network Management System with
  network discovery, monitoring and detailed reporting capabilities that keep
  up to date with a living network. As new customers are added or removed from
  your network, the changes are automatically detected and handled.

  Sella NMS was designed with several key factors in mind: 

    - Reliability

      Sella NMS is coded to handle the unexpected without crashing. Any issue
      that could cause a crash or deadlock is tracked down and corrected.
      Distributed installs can allow Sella NMS to continue working even when a
      server fails.

    - Highly Configurable

      Modules can be tuned for number of threads, latency, order of execution,
      etc. and extended due to their design. New network devices can be defined
      or packaged ones altered and extended. New dynamic modules can even be
      added on the fly.

    - Memory Footprint

      Memory usage is kept to a minimum by dynamically loading and unloading
      modules as they are needed. Data is written to the database as discovery
      is still working, cutting down on allocated memory.

    - Speed

      All aspects of discovery and monitoring are designed to complete their
      tasks as quickly as possible. Core programs and modules are threaded to
      run in parallel avoiding blocking calls.

    - Scalability

      Sella NMS can be distributed across several servers enabling it to handle
      even the largest networks.

Installation:

  See INSTALL in the docs directory for installation instructions.

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

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

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

  For help with other software, see their sites:
    PHP - http://www.php.net
    Apache - http://www.apache.org
    MySQL - http://www.mysql.com
    IIS/MSSQL - http://www.microsoft.com

Suggestions:

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

Patches:

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

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

  Make your changes to 'modified-sella_nms'.

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

  Then email the diff to sellanms@digitalgenesis.com and we will put it on our
  site, or we may even merge it into the next release.

Misc:

  All source files were created with a tab-space of 3.

Credits:

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

About DGS:

  Digital Genesis Software, LLC is a custom software firm that specializes
  in Linux/UNIX and network application development.  We have development
  experience using C/C++, Perl, PHP, Java Servlets, JSP and shell script. We
  are also experienced with database development, TCP/IP application design
  and Linux/UNIX server administration.

  If you would like Sella NMS deployed in your network, or have an open-source
  project you would like extended, need a CGI written or are looking for a
  system administrator for your Linux/UNIX based server(s), please let us know
  at sales@digitalgenesis.com or visit us at http://www.digitalgenesis.com.
