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Network Management
3Com offers a variety of network man-
agement applications matched to the
scale and requirements of your network.
3Com Transcend network management
applications are designed to simplify
network management, increasing your
network’s efficiency and increasing your
staff ’s productivity. All Transcend appli-
cations provide optimal management of
your SuperStack II devices. Which
application you choose will depend on
the size of your network and your
requirements for network management.
Small Enterprise/Small-Business
Solution
3Com provides two options for man-
aging small networks (up to 500 users):
Transcend Network Supervisor and
Transcend WorkGroup Manager for
Windows NT.
Transcend Network Supervisor pro-
vides easy-to-use, yet powerful network
monitoring tuned to the needs of small
enterprises and small businesses. Less
experienced network managers will find
the automated operations and intelli-
gent defaults helpful, while more
experienced users will enjoy using the
advanced features. An intuitive user
interface focuses on the tasks and infor-
mation all managers need to monitor
their network. A discovery wizard finds
IP devices and links. Then, the structure
is automatically mapped to provide a
graphical display of the network.
Working from the map, you can quickly
monitor network stress levels, set thresh-
olds and alerts, view network events,
generate reports, and launch device con-
figuration tools.
Transcend WorkGroup Manager is
designed for similarly sized networks
and provides additional management
capabilities. WorkGroup Manager sup-
ports a broader set of 3Com devices,
features agent administration capabili-
ties, and has full integration with
vendor-independent HP OpenView
for Windows.
Medium Enterprise Solution
Recommended for medium networks
(up to 2,500 users), Transcend Enter-
prise Manager for Windows NT
provides more robust management for
3Com’s full suite of switches, hubs, and
routers in a single application. Color-
coded device icons, audible alarms, and
connectivity testing bring simplicity to
managing your network. Advanced con-
figuration capabilities let you configure
the same parameters across multiple
devices with a single action and quickly
and efficiently distribute new device
agents across the network. A turnkey
management solution, Enterprise Man-
ager includes HP OpenView for
Windows. Other core management
capabilities of Transcend Enterprise
Manager for Windows NT include:
■
Monitoring, analyzing, and trou-
bleshooting using class-leading
RMON management tools, including
packet capture and filter
■
Automatically discovering and con-
figuring network devices
■
Managing stackable products as one
SuperStack II system rather than a
number of separate devices
■
Graphical statistics that help spot
potential problems before they occur
■
Preventing unauthorized access with
user passwords and access levels
■
Receiving automatic notification of a
fault in a SuperStack II ARPS or UPS
Sophisticated Medium and Large
Enterprise Solution
For management of sophisticated
medium and large enterprises, 3Com
offers Transcend Network Control Ser-
vices. Available for both UNIX and
Windows NT environments, Transcend
Network Control Services delivers a
superset of the functionality of Tran-
scend Enterprise Manager, adding
advanced management capabilities,
such as:
■
Control and configuration of ATM
and VLAN networks, including use
of sophisticated policy-based VLAN
services
■
Flexible Web-based network
management, featuring monitoring,
reporting, and configuring
capabilities
■
Advanced status polling
■
Monitoring, analyzing, and trouble-
shooting using class-leading RMON
management tools, including packet
capture and filter
3Com also offers solutions for policy-
based management, application flow
monitoring, and service level manage-
ment that will help you optimize your
e-business and converged applications.
For more information, visit
www.3com.com/transcend.
Transcend Network Supervisor
provides easy-to-use, yet
powerful network monitoring.