Running HP Hub & Switch Management

Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set

prevent jobs from stopping, you may want to redirect messages to a temporary file. To run ovw in the background and to redirect error messages to a temporary file, type

ovw > /tmp/ovw.log 2>&1 &

This starts up the entire product set you have installed. The graphical network map will be generated in a window, with the HP Hub & Switch Management menu items available in the pull-down menus from the menu bar.

For more information, refer to the HP OpenView Network Node

Manager Reference and the various man pages on the processes.

Verifying Installation of the Manager

Product Set

If the products are installed properly, you should find the menu items associated with HP hubs, bridges, and switches under the “Options” and “Monitor” menus. The Menu items that Hub & Switch Management adds to Network Node Manager are shown in the following table.

 

Table 4-1.

OpenView Menu Items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OpenView

 

Menu Item added by

Description

 

 

Menu

 

HP Hub & Switch

 

 

 

 

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor

 

HP Hub/Switch

Monitor HP Hub/Switch: Displays a graphical

 

 

 

 

 

control panel (Closeup View) of a selected (IP-

 

 

 

 

 

addressed) HP hub, bridge, or switch.

 

 

 

 

 

SNMP Configuration: Allows you to configure

 

 

 

 

 

the following on the devices that can be

 

 

 

 

 

managed with a browser:

 

 

 

 

 

Thresholds

 

 

 

 

 

Trap Receivers

 

 

 

 

 

Community Names

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Managers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HP J3250M Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set, Monitor HP Hub/Switch, Addressed HP hub, bridge, or switch