HP 600 Series, Services And Applications

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Network Management
SNMP Management
HP routers have a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent,
enabling them to be managed locally, using a console, or remotely, using a
modem or Telnet (remote terminal access to console commands) or network
management applications. The routers support most standard MIB-I
variables, as defined in Request For Comments (RFC) 1156, as well as
HP-specific MIB variables. The SNMP agent and the MIB are used when
viewing routing and address translation tables or statistics with a console
session.
All HP network management products can autodiscover the router and
access the router’s MIB variables. Additionally, the HP OpenView
Interconnect Manager/UX product has router-specific management
applications to monitor and configure the HP routers.
HP EASE Instrumentation
HP routers have an EASE (Embedded Advanced Sampling Environment)
agent that makes the router a traffic sampler for the connected LANs and
WANs. An in-depth, accurate representation of network traffic can be sent,
using SNMP, to a network server—with less than
1
⁄
4
of
1
% network overhead.
Then EASE applications can be used, standalone or integrated into HP
OpenView, to analyze this information:
You can constantly monitor six network activities—utilization, frame
rate, broadcast rate, multicast rate, CRC and alignment errors—in
real time, with customized threshold levels for status reporting. You
get advance warning about potential network problems, indicating
the problem’s location by segment and top nodes. Then you can
minimize the impact of top traffic sources by better scheduling or by
isolating them with traffic filters or further network segmentation.
You can store and display traffic patterns over time, with trends of
where and what network activity occurs most frequently. Then you
can implement additional bandwidth where and when needed.
You can graph workgroup traffic flows—volume, type, usage, and
flow directions—and generate reports of recommended actions to
maximize network availability. You can estimate the impact of new
applications and services on network capacity.
Features of HP Routers
Network Management
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