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Integrated Systems and Network Management HP OpenView is a broad family of products and services designed to meet the diverse needs of managing multivendor networks. The HP OpenView architecture is the foundation for the open, modular, distributed solutions for today's and tomorrow's multivendor network and system management problems. HP OpenView products and services provide a broad spectrum of network and systems management solutions. HP OpenView can cut costs and improve network uptime by providing integrated, centralized management of multivendor networks and networked HP 3000 systems. HP 3000, DTC, LAN, and WAN network management products are integrated through the powerful HP OpenView Windows User Interface, which provides a centralized, graphical console. HP OpenView provides flexible, distributed network management. It is based on industry standards that HP is helping develop as a cofounder of the OSI/Network Management Forum and by participating in the Internet Engineering Task Force on TCP/IP. HP's network management addresses fault, configuration and change, performance, security, inventory, and accounting management for both systems and networks. These are based on the OSI Management Framework and HP's experience with customers. HP's full line of network management support services completes the HP OpenView offering assisting organizations at all stages of the network life cycle: planning, implementation, operations, and maintenance. Support services can be tailored to specific customer requirements, helping manage network complexity and operating costs. HP OpenView development environments HP OpenView Windows/DOS. HP OpenView Windows/DOS provides presentation services for network management applications in a common view of the network. HP OpenView Windows/DOS displays a network map that shows the status of the network elements. Multiple applications written for different network elements are integrated through the network map. For network managers, HP OpenView Windows/DOS is a central point for executing all network management tasks, regardless of which vendor's equipment is being managed. For network management application developers, HP OpenView Windows creates easy-to-use applications that have a consistent look and feel. HP OpenView Network Management Server. HP OpenView Network Management (NM) Server is an open, standards-based environment for network management application development. Software developers use this development environment to create comprehensive network management applications. The environment contains a fully documented and supported set of APIs. The use of common APIs protects these applications as emerging technologies and standards are incorporated within this development environment. Network and systems management HP OpenView System Manager. HP OpenView System Manager allows operators to monitor and control multiple networked HP 3000s from a central console. As networks of systems grow increasingly large and complex, the number of technical people needed to manage those systems also grows. In order to control costs and simplify operations, businesses are making efforts to centralize management of their networked systems. By consolidating operations control and expertise, HP OpenView System Manager allows businesses to increase operator efficiency while reducing operations cost. Managing systems in both local and wide area networks, HP OpenView System Manager provides the key to efficient operations: management by exception. Management by exception frees operators from the burden of monitoring every system console message. Instead, operators are notified only when a problem that they are truly interested in occurs. By allowing operations departments to define which problems to track, HP OpenView System Manager eliminates unnecessary notification, allowing fewer operators to manage more systems. When problems are detected that require action, HP OpenView System Manager provides operators with full console access to one or more of their distributed HP 3000s from a central console. Operators can execute any console command and receive console messages just as if they were sitting in front of the local system console. Using the console control capability, operators can control system shutdown (Control-A), system restart (Control-B), MPE command execution (for example, restarting network), and applications. HP OpenView Network Node Manager. The HP OpenView Network Node Manager is an end-user solution for the network and systems management of multivendor TCP/IP networks on a site or campus using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Using OpenView Network Node Manager, network administrators can understand the health of their network at a glance. With innovative capabilities, including Discovery, Single-View Management, and the Application Builder, OpenView Network Node Manager greatly reduces the time and effort users must spend managing their networks. These automated and dynamic network management features solve the critical problems customers face deploying networks today. The HP 3000 900 Series will support SNMP during 1991. HP OpenView DTC Manager. HP OpenView DTC Manager, running on HP OpenView Windows/DOS, is the network management product used for managing local and remote DTCs. From a central management station, the network administrator can configure, control, monitor, and diagnose DTCs, as well as update DTC software. This product also increases the productivity of the network administrator, thanks to the remote management functionality and the easy-to-use graphical interface based on HP OpenView Windows. HP OpenView PC-based management is targeted at multisystem multivendor sites where there is a need to control network equipment from one workstation. HP OpenView PC can now control DTCs and switches--and soon bridges and hubs. This is a very cost-effective solution as the cost of the PC workstation is shared among multiple network management applications and the X.25 link is shared among multiple systems. NetCI. NetCI, the NS remote command interpreter, allows a single operator to execute commands on any remote system without having to manually establish a remote session. Remote command execution can be interactive or contained in script files. The output from the command execution may be stored in log files for later analysis. NetCI reduces troubleshooting time, minimizes the effort needed to interact with networked HP 3000s, and reduces the need for remote operators. NMMGR. The NMS configuration manager (NMMGR) is a menu-driven configuration utility that is used to create and enter information into a configuration file. The information in the configuration file is then used by the datacommunication products on the network to determine their operating characteristics. Local Area Network management HP OpenView Bridge Manager for DOS. HP OpenView Bridge Manager centrally monitors and controls HP local and remote bridges. Capabilities include automatic discovery of the network configuration; collection, logging, and graphing of network performance data; selective address filtering for enhanced network security; and control of IEEE spanning tree parameters to explicitly assign primary and backup bridges. Bridge Manager runs on an HP OpenView Windows/DOS workstation. HP OpenView Hub Manager for DOS. HP OpenView Hub Manager provides central management of the EtherTwist Hub Plus in a local or extended IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet environment. HP OpenView Hub Manager automatically discovers and displays the network configuration, monitors, and graphs network traffic conditions, helps identify and diagnose network problems, enhances network security, and increases network reliability by controlling hubs and individual links. Hub Manager runs on the HP OpenView Windows/DOS workstation. LAN Probe. LAN Probe distributed analysis system lets network managers monitor all critical aspects of a remote or local network from one central vantage point. LAN Probe tracks Ethernet LAN problems including those related to the cable, communications software, traffic load, equipment malfunction, and even user error. As an integral and natural part of the network, the LAN Probe system provides a comprehensive and informative view that is key to confident network management. LANDIAG. The LAN Node Diagnostic (LANDIAG) is an online diagnostic tool that verifies the LANIC components by running the LANIC self-test, as well as a series of diagnostics, as far into the LAN as possible. LANDIAG testing includes a remote node test that sends and receives test frames between nodes. Wide Area Network management HP OpenView Switch/PAD Manager. The HP OpenView Switch/PAD Manager is a network management application to remotely configure, monitor and control an X.25 network based on HP 2334As, HP 2335As and HP Model 45s. It runs on the OpenView Windows/DOS workstation and fully coexists on the same platforms with other HP OpenView applications such as the HP OpenView DTC Manager. Therefore, from a single and central point, both systems and X.25 networking equipments can be monitored and controlled. HP OpenView Data Line Monitor. HP OpenView Data Line Monitor automatically monitors leased point-to-point analog lines while they are in service. It also detects lines that are performing outside preset alarm limits. Lines on the HP OpenView network map change color to indicate line status. If an alarm is detected, a message containing the line descriptions and line transmission limits is displayed. HP OpenView Data Line Monitor runs on an HP OpenView Windows/DOS workstation. Performance management HP LaserRX and HP Glance Plus provide detailed information about network node activity--the system and application processes that generate load on the network. These tools, which provide important insights for network performance management are described in detail in Chapter 3, "HP 3000 Operating Environment".