Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management
HP OpenView Network Management Platform
HP OpenView Network Management
Platform
HP OpenView is a “platform” for network management applications. As a
platform, it allows multiple network management applications that are
OpenView compliant—such as HP Hub & Switch Management—to share
platform functionality and a common display.
Using the HP OpenView, Network Node Manager provides many shared
management functions, which include:
■ automatic discovery and mapping of IP networks and objects
■ dynamic submap creation
■ map navigation Tool Bar
■ Quick Navigator
■ a map zoom viewer
■ device polling to monitor devices on an OpenView map
■ an event notification and logging system
■ generic SNMP device management
■ graphing and logging of traffic
■ client/server architecture enabling processes to be run on other worksta-
tions
For more information on HP OpenView platform operation and functions,
refer to the HP OpenView Network Node Manager documentation.
Introduction to HP Hub &
Switch Management
Definitions, Processes, and Files
The basic concepts and processes of management for networks are
described briefly in the following paragraphs.
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