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From: joseph@hpuplca.HP.COM (	Joseph Hohl )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Any recommendations for (HP) network managing tools ??
Message-ID: <410020@hpuplca.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Nov 90 22:18:59 GMT
References: <4355@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Pleasanton Ca. Sales
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> Some time ago, I asked our HP sales rep "What network monitoring/managing
> tools do you guys have?", being interested in something that runs on my
> workstation (HP9000/345 - HPUX7.0, soon HP9000/400dl) in a seperate window
> and does the following things: keep an eye on network traffic, report
> failures like a host going down or a cable broken, draw a network map or
> at least offers an easy interface for the network manager to draw one, etc.
> 
> --
> Edwin Kremer (SysAdm), Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University
> Padualaan 14,   P.O. Box 80.089,  3508 TB  Utrecht,  The Netherlands
> Telephone: +31-30-534104  | UUCP: ...!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!edwin
> Telefax  : +31-30-513791  | Email: edwin@cs.ruu.nl    [131.211.80.5]
> ----------

Check with your local HP sales office again and ask for information on
HP OpenView Network Node Manager.  It is a Motif application that runs
on your boxes that does what you are asking for and then some. 

Joseph