edwin@cs.ruu.nl (Edwin Kremer) (11/21/90)
Hello all, 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. Well, what came up were a couple of HP tools that run on a some kinda PC clone :-( Unfortunately, that's not what I wanted, but maybe times have changed, so I was wondering if someone could recommend a tool like this (if such an animal exists anyway). I should make clear that I'm willing to buy some additional monitoring/probing hardware if necessary, but I __refuse__ to buy a (Vectra) PC (or a Sun :-]). thanks for your time, --[ Edwin ]-- -- 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]
mcmillan@gryphon.cis.ohio-state.edu (Harold McMillan) (11/21/90)
At OSU-CIS, we use two HP tools for LAN monitoring. 1. The LanProbe. This box attaches to an Ethernet and displays its output through software running under Windows on a PC compatible. The software interface is very slick. It allows you to maintain a graphic "database" of your system, it displays real-time graphs for various statistics, and it allows you to filter and capture packets. The LanProbe can talk to the PC over the net, or by a serial cable. The software is very simple to use. 2. The Lan Analyzer. I forget the model number. This is a portable unit with built-in monitor, hard disk, floppy disk. It has more sophisticated data and packet gathering capabilities, but does not provide for a graphic description of your network. We have found both tools very useful. Hal -- Hal McMillan | "Any idiot can wreck mcmillan@cis.ohio-state.edu | what only a genius can make" 72627.642@CompuServe.com |
joseph@hpuplca.HP.COM ( Joseph Hohl ) (11/22/90)
> 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
njw@doc.ic.ac.uk (Nick Williams) (11/23/90)
At the Boston HP-Interex exhibition this summer, on one of the HP stands, they were exhibiting a tool which ran on the HP, using X Windows, which probed the network and dynamically built up a map, showing all the connections, gateways, etc... It all looked pretty slick, and *apparently* did not have a high overhead of network traffic. The thing could also show what hosts were up at the current time, and all that sort of froody stuff. I have since forgotten the name of it (maybe someone from HP could help out here), but it was a fairly new product then - when I asked about how it was probing the network, the reply was along the lines of "we can't tell you that yet, because a patent is still going thru." Hmm... This could well be useful to you, and doesn't involve soiling your hands with PC kit :-) Nick. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Nick Williams. njw@doc.ic.ac.uk ... Dept of Computing, Imperial College, London SW7 2B7. UK njw@athena.mit.edu ... Project Athena, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02139. USA Any opinions or views you may find hiding in this message are mine, and not policy, intent, ideas, twinklings of eyes, or anything at all related with my current organisation, unless specifically noted as such.
ian@dms.cdc.com (Ian Hogg) (11/27/90)
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