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1163.0. "HP's Node Manager V2.0" by ENUF::GASSMAN () Tue Jun 18 1991 18:23

    
    The following article comes from Network World, June 3, Page 4.
    It's HP's announcement of their new version of the OpenView Node
    Manager, with the addition of the new Interconnect manager.  This
    is a product that Digital sales reps often compete with.  It's posted
    here and in the APPLE::NETMGT conference to help understand what HP is
    doing.
    
				By Caryn Gillooly
				  Senior Editor

PALO ALTO, CALIF. - Hewlett-Packard Co. this week will roll out the
Interconnect Manager, a product that combines several existing net
management products and provides integrated network and system
management for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based
nodes on TCP/IP networks.

To be announced on Tuesday, in conjunction with the company's new
router (see "Multiprotocol router debuts set by DEC, HP," page 1), 
the Interconnect Manager will be able to manage network devices such
as hubs, bridges and routers attached to Transmission Control Protocol/
Internet Protocol networks.

In addition, the product will enable administrators to manage systems
attached to TCP/IP network devices -- showing, for example, which
applications are running and how much disk space a server might have
available.

The Interconnect Manager is a Unix application based on the HP Open
View management architecture and geared toward customers with large, 
heavily interconnected networks, the firm said.

The new product bundles the company's existing Hub Manager, Bridge
Manager and Router Manager --  products used to manage HP's router, 
bridge, EtherTwist Ethernet hub and other DOS-based IP devices -- as
well as a new version of its Network Node Manager announced last week.

The Internetwork Manager is designed to be used as a central control
for gathering information using SNMP.  From the console, the adminis-
trator will be able to manage remote devices as if he was using a local
system console. 

"With the Internetwork Manager the administrator will be able to do 
software distribution, remote updates, node configuration and even access 
the local management console," said Magdy Assam, a product manager for
network management at HP.

The Internetwork Management component that will gather the SNMP data is 
Release 2.0 of HP's OpenView Network Node Manager, which was announced 
last week.

The Network Node Manager is a Unix based network management application 
that collects SNMP statistics from devices supporting SNMP Management
Information Base (MIB) I and II, as well as statistics from devices 
supporting vendor-specific MIB extensions that have been published.  
MIBs define what can be managed within SNMP.

Although the Node Manager runs under the Intnernetwork Manager, it is
available separately and has its own merits, according to the company.
The Node Manager automatically maps and continuously monitors the network
and system resources across the TCP/IP network.

The Node Manager gives the administrator a single, graphical view of the
network and eliminates the need for continuous polling to get statistics, 
which also must be mapped and analyzed.  The previous version also included
mapping capabilities, but the new release has features such as dynamic data
collection and user-defined thresholds.

Dynamic data collection lets the user gather historical information for
almost any MIB variable regarding every SNMP device.  Previously, 
administrators could plot current network traffic and errors but could
not log those statistics into a report.  The thresholds let administrators
set limits to the MIB statistics so they can be alerted if errors exceed
a certain number.

Rohm & Haas Co., a chemical company in Philadelphia, is currently using 
the Network Node Manager Version 1.0 to manage Apple Computer, Inc., AppleTalk,
Digital Equipment Corp., DECnet and TCP/IP networks in three locations, said
John Danos, a network engineer at Rohm & Haas.

According to Danos, the company is pleased with the first release and plans
to implement the second as soon as it becomes available.  "It's certainly a 
good product: we use it almost every day," Danos said.  "The (Node Manager)
lets me instantly see the state of the network and run quick tests.  It 
gives me a good graphical representation of the entire network.

Danos said that before this product, the company had devices that could
trap and analyze data on a local-area network or poll different hosts to
see if they were available.

HP OpenView Interconnect Manager will be available for $17,000 on July 1.
HP OpenView Network Node Manager Release 2.0 will be available separately
this month at a price of $15,000.

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