Managing networks with HP OpenView

Description

OpenView training course description

A hands-on course focusing on network management using HP OpenView network node manager on Microsoft Windows or UNIX.

What will you learn

• Recognise the benefits of ADSL.
• Describe the network management architecture.
• Use HP OpenView.
• Diagnose faults using HP OpenView.
• Recognise the MIB structure.

OpenView training course details

OpenView training course contents

• Network management

What is network management?, Benefits, issues, demonstration.

• Getting started with HP OpenView

Starting HP OpenView, IP discovery, IP monitoring, controlling IP discovery.

• Using HP OpenView

Mapping devices, map layouts, maps and submaps, objects and symbols, object attributes, colour codings, polling.

• Agents

Configuring Cisco devices for SNMP support, communities, traps, syslog.

• Parts of SNMP

SNMP architecture, MIB's, The protocol. HP OpenView SNMP configuration

• HP OpenView alarm browser

HP OpenView alarms, alarm categories, filtering alarms, alarm details window.

• MIB's

MIB1, MIB2, The MIB2 groups, additional MIB's, MIB compilers, vendor MIB's. HP OpenView MIB loader and browser.

• Monitoring devices

Polling, obtaining MIB information.

• Diagnostic tools

Poll node, the ping window, protocol test, locate route

• HP OpenView fault management

Alarms, polling, fault management, setting thresholds and configuring traps.