HP J3250M manual Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management, HP Hub & Switch Management Overview

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Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management

This chapter introduces HP Hub & Switch Management and includes the following topics:

■HP Hub & Switch Management Overview

■HP OpenView Network Management Platform

■Definitions, Processes, and Files

■What Devices Can Be Managed

HP Hub & Switch Management Overview

HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX is a network management application that allows you to manage and control Hewlett-Packard (HP) hubs, bridges, and switches on a TCP/IP network. HP Hub & Switch Management runs on the HP OpenView platform, which allows multivendor enterprise-wide network management. For communications with managed devices, Hub & Switch Management uses the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)—an industry standard network management communications protocol.

HP Hub & Switch Management is integrated with HP OpenView Network

Node Manager applications.

When using Hub & Switch Management, you can do the following:

■use HP OpenView functions to automatically discover and display the IP map (and submaps). HP hubs, bridges, and switches that are set up for SNMP/IP operation will be displayed as appropriate “connector” devices.

■use your Web browser to launch Device Views for Proactive network management

■manage HP hub and switch security features

■run network tests to troubleshoot network or device problems

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