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HP Hub & Switch Management for
OV-UX
User Guide
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Contents 1 Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV UX Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Features of HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 HP Proactive Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Support for New Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Technical Product Sup
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Starting HP OpenView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Stopping the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Restarting the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 5 Alerts - Find/Fi
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Status - Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Status - Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Producing a Configuration Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 10 HP Hub & Switch Management Admin Starting HP Hub & Switch Management Admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 HP Admin Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 Network Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 User Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- 1 Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX This chapter includes: ■ Introduction ■ Features of HP Hub & Switch Management ■ Technical Product Support Introduction This guide will help you use HP Hub & Switch Management for basic manage ment of HP network devices. We assume that you are a knowledgeable HP-UX system and network admin istrator, and have supervisory access to your network system and devices. For example,
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Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Features of HP Hub & Switch Management Features of HP Hub & Switch Management This section presents some of the features that are included in this version of HP Hub & Switch Management. HP Proactive Networking HP Proactive Networking offers the combined benefits of outstanding prod ucts and effective, easy-to-use network management that provide you with the control, uptime and performance your network needs. Control ■ Increases v
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Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Features of HP Hub & Switch Management ■ Scalable solutions from 10 Mbps to Gigabit Ethernet ■ Blocks unwanted traffic with Protocol Filtering HP Proactive Networking products save time, money and increase produc tivity. The agent-enabled, web-based management component of Proactive Networking is embedded in newly introduced HP managed hubs and switches. It consists of a Java-based
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Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Technical Product Support • An expansion slot for Gigabit connectivity • Gigabit Fiber Optic port or 8 10/100 auto-sensing ports • Layer 3 switching ® • Fast EtherChannel to servers Switch eshin HP ProCurve Switch 4000M (J4121A) — a 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet modular desktop switch that provides scalable/expandable, low-cost migration 10/100/ Gigabit switching to the desktop with HP Proactive Networking. Features include: • Forty 10/
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Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- 2 Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX This chapter includes: ■ Support Information ■ Management Station Requirements ■ Hardware Requirements ■ Software Requirements ■ Required Network Configuration ■ Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management ■ Removing HP Hub & Switch Management It is assumed that your network devices are properly set up. Support Information If you have difficulty installing or using this pr
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Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Management Station Requirements Management Station Requirements Hardware The following table shows the recommendations for HP 9000 hardware. HP 9000 Systems with HP-UX 10.20 or 11.00 Models all (except 705 with Series 700) Memory 64 MB* (minimum megabytes) Disk Space 150 MB (minimum megabytes**) Monitor Color with at least 1280 x 1024 resolution Color planes 8 Mouse Yes * The larger your IP network or the more HP OpenView Win
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Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Required Network Configuration * The more OpenView Windows (ovw) sessions you run, the more OS configured swap space will be necessary. A good guideline is to configure 25 megabytes of swap space for each additional ovw session that you expect to run. Required Network Configuration The installation starts the automatic discovery and layout of the network map, based on your internet
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Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Required Patches Required Patches The following patches must be installed before installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX. Contact your HP Authorized Dealer or the nearest HP Sales and Support Office, or download the patches from the HP Electronic Support Center. The URL is: http://us-support2.external.hp.com The two patches are: ■ For HP-UX 10.20 — PHSS_15043 S700_800 10.x HP aC++ runtime library components (A.01.15) ■ F
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Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV- Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Removing HP Hub & Switch Management Note: It is also a good practice to make a backup of your current OpenView application (especially your network map) before proceeding with the installation of new applications. Installation Directories The HP Hub & Switch Management product is installed in the following directories: • /var/opt/HPASA • /opt/HPASA In compliance with the OSF sta
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Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX Removing HP Hub & Switch Management them, that is, remove Hub & Switch Management first, then remove Network Node Manager and/or the SNMP Management Platform. Instructions are given here for removing the Hub & Switch Management product. If you want to remove Network Node Manager, see the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Products Installation Guide. To remove products for HP-UX 10.20 or 11.00, use the HP System Administration Manager.
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Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management 3 Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management This chapter introduces HP Hub & Switch Management and includes the following topics: ■ HP Hub & Switch Management Overview ■ HP OpenView Network Management Platform ■ Definitions, Processes, and Files ■ What Devices Can Be Managed HP Hub & Switch Management Overview HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX is a network management application that allows you to manage and control Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management HP OpenView Network Management Platform 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 disco
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Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management Definitions, Processes, and Files SNMP Manager and Agents HP Hub & Switch Management uses SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) to communicate with managed devices. SNMP commands are transmitted and received on the network using the Internet Protocol (IP). The network management station used to run Hub & Switch Management is referred to as an SNMP manager system. HP devices with SNMP agents are ca
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Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management What HP Devices Can Be Managed What HP Devices Can Be Managed For device management, HP Hub & Switch Management provides a Device View for most managed HP devices. You can display a Device View using your browser if this feature is supported for the device. The devices that support this feature are noted in the table below. Table 3-1. HP Devices That Can be Managed HP AdvanceStack Family of Hubs and Switches HP EtherTwist Family of Hubs and Br
