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HP Toptools for Unicenter User Guide
HP Toptools for Unicenter increases your management control of HP products through:
• Automatic discovery and identification of HP products in Unicenter browsers and maps
• Automatic reception of events into Unicenter’s Event Console
• DSM management of HP Netserver, Toptools Remote Control card, and LaserJet products
• Access to Toptools actions on selected devices
• Launching Toptools property pages to ‘drill down’ on device configuration
1.1 Before You Begin
Which HP products do you need to manage?
The HP Toptools for Unicenter installation wizard offers two options:
• HP Toptools for Unicenter – Integrates management of HP Netserver, Kayak, Vectra, Omnibook, Visualize,
Procurve, Advancestack, and LaserJet products into Unicenter and links to an HP Toptools server.
• HP Web JetAdmin for Unicenter – Integrates management of HP LaserJet products into Unicenter and links
to a Web JetAdmin server.
You must first decide which product types you wish to manage. If you wish to manage only LaserJet products, you
may elect to install HP Web JetAdmin for Unicenter. Web JetAdmin provides management for an unlimited
number of printers and may be installed on a variety of operating systems such as Solaris or Windows NT. It may
also be used in combination with the HP JetDirect Trap Proxy Server available in the contributed library.
If you wish to manage other HP products (including LaserJets), you should install HP Toptools for Unicenter. HP
Toptools integrates with Web JetAdmin and enables LaserJet management as part of the overall solution. As you
install the HP Toptools server, you will be prompted to select which types of devices you wish to manage.
Which components will you need to install?
HP Toptools for Unicenter consists of 6 components (Figure 1-2):
• The HP Toptools server (or Web JetAdmin) application
• The CA Unicenter application
• Management agents on HP devices
• A web browser installed on Unicenter’s console
• Integration software, referred to as the 'platform bridge' installed on the Unicenter server
• Integration software, referred to as the 'server bridge' installed on the Toptools server
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