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1Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV­

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Features of HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 HP Proactive Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Support for New Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Technical Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

2Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV­

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Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Management Station Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Required Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Required Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Removing HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

3 Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management

HP Hub & Switch Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

HP OpenView Network Management Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Definitions, Processes, and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 SNMP Manager and Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Community Names for Manager and Agent Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

What HP Devices Can Be Managed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 HP ProCurve Family of Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

4 Running HP Hub & Switch Management

Starting the Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

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