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Rookie's Questions
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"When installing a new or upgraded UPS system ,you should also upgrade the special UPS software for your particular operating system to the latest version" (...Bible. pp 242). How is that done? From where?
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What are "Management Information Bases (MIB)? (...Bible. pp 243) What are their functions?
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| Supertech 2002-09-18, 3:23 pm |
| 1. Obtain the latest UPS software from the manufacturer. A CD usually comes with the new UPS. You can also check the manufacturer's website for the latest software. If in doubt, contact the manufacturer.
2. MIB (managaement Information Base) Any device that can be managed by SNMP contains a monitoring program, called an agent, that gathers information on that device's network activity. This information is in the form of messages called protocol data units (PDU) and is stored in an onboard database called a management information base (MIB).
At the network admin's console, there's usually some type of monitoring application such as IBM's Tivoli NetView or H-P's OpenView. From this point, the admin polls all or some of the network nodes, asking for whatever info has been collected. At the device being monitored, another piece of software, called the master agent, looks at what's been stored in the MIB and sends it back up the chain to the network monitoring station, where it can be collated and processed with the info from other nodes to determine what's happening on the network.
SNMP can also be used by the network admin to reconfigure specific devices.
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| namrak 2002-09-18, 5:04 pm |
| Makes perfect sense.  Now could you explain in detail, the differences between Tivoli's and HP's monitoring application?  | |
| Supertech 2002-09-18, 9:16 pm |
| One is sold by IBM and the other by HP.
Same basic functionality.
HP OpenView's portfolio of modular products contains significant breadth and depth. If you need to address specific operations problems, you can purchase a specific tool that manages networks, systems, applications, or storage infrastructures in your business. As your business and infrastructure grows, you can bring information from networks, systems, applications, and storage together with products like HP OpenView Operations, where fault information is consolidated into a simple, yet powerful console
What is IBM Tivoli NetView? IBM Tivoli NetView discovers TCP/IP networks, displays network topologies, correlates and manages events and SNMP traps, monitors network health, and gathers performance data. Tivoli NetView meets the needs of managers of large networks by providing the scalability and flexibility to manage mission-critical environments. |
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