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Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management
HP OpenView Network Management Platform
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HP OpenView Network Management
Platform
HP OpenView is a “platform” for network management applications. As a
platform, it allows multiple network management applications that are
OpenView compliant—such as HP Hub & Switch Management—to share
platform functionality and a common display.
Using the HP OpenView, Network Node Manager provides many shared
management functions, which include:
■ automatic discovery and mapping of IP networks and objects
■ dynamic submap creation
■ map navigation Tool Bar
■ Quick Navigator
■ a map zoom viewer
■ device polling to monitor devices on an OpenView map
■ an event notification and logging system
■ generic SNMP device management
■ graphing and logging of traffic
■ client/server architecture enabling processes to be run on other worksta-
tions
For more information on HP OpenView platform operation and functions,
refer to the HP OpenView Network Node Manager documentation.
Definitions, Processes, and Files
The basic concepts and processes of management for networks are
described briefly in the following paragraphs.