Compaq DIGITAL Server Cluster Kits for Windows NT manual ServerWORKS Manager, Overview, Highlights

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ServerWORKS Manager

Overview

For Compaq customers, server manageability is as important a requirement as system performance and reliability. Customers also need to manage more than servers. They need to manage desktop systems, the network, and mission-critical applications. Most of our customers have fairly complex environments, and therefore need management tools that are effective in a multi-vendor environment, as well as tools that scale well from the workgroup to the enterprise.

ServerWORKS Manager software, supplied with every DIGITAL Server, provides the tools administrators need to proactively manage their networks and the systems they support.

ServerWORKS Manager enables you to increase the effectiveness of your operation with SNMP management features, such as auto discovery, graphical topology map, and enrollment and browsing of SNMP MIB with smart server agents that provide a bird’s eye view of your network. Launch ClientWORKS to access DMI-based management capabilities of your Windows NT servers, desktops, and laptops. Set alarms to enable proactive management of critical server parameters.

ServerWORKS Manager supports DIGITAL Servers running on a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows NT, Novell NetWare, SCO UNIX, and DIGITAL UNIX. No matter whether your network challenge is large, medium, or small, ServerWORKS Manger can help you prevent problems before they occur.

Highlights

ServerWORKS Manager benefits the customer in a variety of ways:

∙A user interface with Windows NT/Windows 95 look and feel minimizes learning curve and enables rapid productivity. Training time and expense is minimal.

∙A single tool to manage both Intel-based and Alpha-based servers, running a wide variety of operating systems, simplifies the system administration task.

∙ServerWORKS Manager can also be used to manage Compaq servers, increasing its value in heterogeneous environments, and facilitating the coexistence of DIGITAL and Compaq servers.

∙Industry-standard SNMP protocol facilitates integration with other system management tools, including the most popular enterprise management products.

∙Flexible alarm filtering, policies and actions provide the ability to respond quickly to critical events with appropriate actions.

∙The topology map viewer lets the administrator see the state of the network at a glance.

∙Smart Agents reduce network traffic without reducing the ability to monitor systems.

∙Minimal health templates allow monitoring of critical system parameters "out of the box".

∙Cluster management capabilities identify clusters in a network and apply management actions across all nodes.

∙Online help and tutorial reduce learning curve and training requirements

∙ODBC-compliant database for discovery and alarm data allows standard applications (e.g., Excel) to be used for data reporting and analysis

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