IBM SG24-4576-00 manual NetFinity Services, ∙ System Information

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Agents maintain vital information about their respective devices and networks. This information is stored in a MIB.

The SNMP manager polls each agent for MIB information and stores and displays this information at the SNMP manager station. In this manner, the system administrator can manage the entire network from one management station.

Agents also have the ability to send unsolicited data to the SNMP manager. This is called a trap.

1.9.3 NetFinity

IBM NetFinity is a family of distributed applications designed to enhance the system monitoring and management capabilities of a network. NetFinity has a flexible, modular design that allows for a variety of system-specific configurations. NetFinity is able to manage IBM and non-IBM desktops and servers and supports most client operating systems. It has management capabilities on Windows and OS/2. It is designed to work with the existing protocols on the network and includes support for NetBIOS, IPX, TCP/IP, and even ASYNC/Serial modem LAN protocols.

NetFinity is delivered as two components:

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NetFinity Services

NetFinity Manager

1.9.3.1 NetFinity Services

NetFinity Services is the client portion of the system. This is a foundation that provides the underlying services for several levels of administration, including remote system and user management facilities. Figure 20 shows the main folder which opens for the NetFinity Services.

Figure 20. NetFinity Services Folder

NetFinity Services provides the following functions:

∙System Information

Provides details regarding specific hardware and software configurations and user/application settings

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