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ETWORK ANAGEMENT
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Netelligent Management Software and Compaq Insight Manager are included at no charge with
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all Compaq manageable repeaters, switches, and routers, and are available from the Compaq FTP
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and World Wide Web sites (www.compaq.com).
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Figure 13 - The Graphing Utility
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T A T E M E N T O F
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In addition to Netelligent Management Software, Compaq is actively and aggressively
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investigating ways to improve its network management offerings. First, Compaq will continue to
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improve and enhance Netelligent Management Software. Second, Compaq is pursuing
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development of open platform management solutions. In addition, Compaq, in cooperation with
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other industry leaders, is driving an effort to standardize Web-based network management .
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Netelligent Management Software
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Future versions of Netelligent Management Software will include support for RMON, VLAN,
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auto-discovery, and other advanced network management features. As new Compaq networking
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devices are introduced, support for these devices will be added to Netelligent Management
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Software and made available at no charge. This is consistent with Compaq's established history
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. . . . Open Platform Solutions
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Compaq is investigating customer requirements for support for open platform management
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solutions, such as HP OpenView, SunNet Manager, IBM NetView/6000, and Novell
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ManageWise. These platforms offer a wide array of management solutions for Windows and
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UNIX users, and are considered the industry standard applications for medium to large networks.
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. . . . Compaq understands the need to protect the investment of customers who have installed
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expensive network management platforms. Compaq is working to deliver application support for
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. . . . manageable Netelligent products in the leading open management platform environment.
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Currently, Compaq MIBs can be used in these applications (see MIB Browser section, page 8) to
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manage all Compaq networking products.
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The Internet Management Initiative
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BMC Software, Cisco, Compaq, Intel and Microsoft along with support from over 60 other
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software vendors together proposed an industry standards effort that will allow administrators to
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use any Web browser to manage disparate systems, networks, and applications. The intent of the
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Web-Based Enterprise Management effort is to enable the development of tools that reduce the
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complexity and costs of enterprise management.
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The Web-Based Enterprise Management standards effort is open to the entire hardware, software,
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OEM and internetworking community. The effort is designed to integrate existing standards –
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such as the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) for desktops and servers, the Simple Network
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