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hp toptools for openview nnm user guide
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Using HP Toptools for OpenView NNM from the NNM console, you can:
• Automatically receive, view, and act on alerts from HP computing products.
• Identify and search for specific HP computing products through enhancements to NNM discovery and Find By
tools.
• 'Drill down' on individual HP devices through toptools pages to access configuration management.
• Launch toptools actions such as Lock System or Reboot against a device or NNM selection list.
• Use advanced toptools network management tools such as the Traffic Monitor and Automatic Management.
• Use NNM tools like the SNMP MIB Browser, Application Builder, Data Collector and Event Configuration to
target specific hardware attributes to monitor, browse, and configure.
1.1 Before You Begin
Before you install HP Toptools for OpenView NNM (also referred to as the 'bridge'), you should:
• Verify that your NNM environment is supported as specified in the "Requirements" section.
• Review the "Planning" section of this guide for deploying in complex environments.
• Deploy/enable management agents on HP devices (see “Supported HP Computing Products”).
• Enter SNMP community strings into NNM for HP SNMP-based devices (i.e. Procurve switches and
HP Netservers) that do not have the default SNMP community 'public'.
HP Toptools for OpenView NNM consists of 6 components:
• The toptools server application
• The HP OpenView NNM application
• Management agents on HP devices
• A web browser installed on the NNM console or Remote Console (supported with NNM-NT only)
• Integration software, referred to as the 'platform bridge' installed on the NNM server
• Integration software, referred to as the 'server bridge' installed on the toptools server
NNM-NT 6.x remote console sessions are supported directly by the platform bridge component.
Figure 1-2. Location of HP Toptools for OpenView NNM components