Up to now we have looked at network management in a fairly theoretical way, with the discussion centering on:
In this chapter we look at a real NMS product ”Hewlett-Packard's OpenView Network Node Manager ”and describe some of its principal features. No endorsement of HP OpenView is intended. It is selected purely because it is relatively well-known and also to illustrate the concepts described in this and previous chapters. This product is special in that it is in widespread use by both enterprises and service providers. The headings under which we study it are:
In this chapter we leave the design and development domains, and look more closely at the way organizations actually use real network management products. A good description of this and many other SNMP management features can be found in [EssentialSNMP]. Following these sections is a description of the typical business processes and workflows in enterprises and how these are facilitated using NMS. |