IMPORTANT: All requests
must be received by December 1, 2004
The following
release is now available:
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HP OpenView Network Node Manager
Starter Edition 7.0
·
HP OpenView Network Node Manager
Advanced Edition 7.0
·
HP OpenView Network Node Manager
Smart Plug-In for Advanced Routing
·
HP OpenView Network Node Manager
7.0 Developer Toolkit
Network
Node Manager 7.0 comes in 2 versions to fit all sizes and complexities of
today’s network environment. These 2 versions are Network Node Manager Starter
Edition 7.0 and Network Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0. Capabilities of
the Advanced Edition can be expanded with Network Node Manager Smart Plug-Ins.
HP
OpenView Network Node Manager Starter Edition 7.0
Network
Node Manager Starter Edition 7.0 is the entry-level product designed for smaller
networks
(250-500 nodes) needing basic network management capabilities (primarily layer
3 routers/hubs) from a single management station. Network Node Manager Starter
Edition 7.0 is fast to deploy and operate, yet is flexible enough to maximize
your current network resources and expand as your network grows. Built-in
intelligence helps your staff understand all the components and complex relationships
in your network. Easy-to-use tools are provided to help you identify and resolve
problems fast. These tools fit all expertise levels of operators while still
providing the flexibility to easily custom
fit to your unique business needs.
Network
Node Manager gives you the edge in managing your network—optimizing your total
cost of ownership, operational efficiency and resources and providing an easy
upgrade path to the more advanced capabilities of Network Node Manager Advanced
Edition 7.0 when you need them.
Here
are just a few of the reasons you will want to upgrade to the new Starter
Edition if you have a smaller network, managing network devices from a single
management station:
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Network
Node Manager’s new “Home Base” Graphic User Interface is specifically
designed to provide all users a simple starting point for using the
product. It provides an easy-to-understand summary of your network’s
status and quick access to detailed event data and targeted maps.
·
Launch
targeted views from an event to immediately get to the heart of the
problem.
·
Filter
and correlate the high volume of network events before presenting the
information to your operators.
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Out-of-the-box
correlators are included that target specific areas of event categories
to find the real source of a problem and present it to your operator.
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Correlation
Composer lets you tailor the event correlation behavior to fit your
particular needs without any special programming knowledge.
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Management
from Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AS 2.1 on Intel
Leverage
your investment. Network Node Manager Starter Edition 7.0 is available as
a 250 node pack. Multiples of these node packs can
be used to manage environments larger than 250 nodes. Network Node Manager
Starter Edition 7.0 provides an easy upgrade path to Network Node Manager
Advanced Edition 7.0 for larger more complex network environments which you
can leverage as your network requires them.
HP
OpenView Network Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0
Network
Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0 is designed for all sizes of networks requiring
advanaced network management capabilities, including the management of switches
and VLANs, sophisticated root-cause analysis and distributed environments
for large networks spanning multiple sites/departments. This is the platform
for even greater capabilities delivered through the Network Node Manager Smart
Plug-Ins. Network Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0 includes the extended
topology capability for management of complex switched environments and problem
diagnosis for advanced path analysis in one product.
Network
Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0’s rich capabilities easily integrate new
services, technologies and increased usage demands within your budget constraints.
It provides robust management of large, complex switched and routed environments
while minimizing the need for more hardware and software:
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Enterprise networks are
complex with many overlaying network services and protocols. Network Node
Manager Advanced Edition 7.0 accurately understands these services and their
relationships. When a network outage occurs, Network Node Manager Advanced
Edition 7.0 does not guess at the problem—it intelligently and actively
isolates the problem providing the operator with the root cause and service
impacts.
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Intelligent
Diagnostics for Networks cuts through the noise to provide the few meaningful
events that are easily understood by operators.
·
Advancing
beyond reactive root-cause analysis, Intelligent Diagnostics for Networks
presents the state of operation of your key network technologies. This gives
you insight into whether your services are at risk of future failure—in
a predictive manner.
·
As
your network service requirements expand, you can add capabilities to Network
Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0 with the Network Node Manager Smart Plug-ins
(SPIs), which are available separately.
Network
Node Manager Advanced Edition 7.0 is available in the following node packs
to efficiently match the size of the network environment you need to manage:
· Advanced
Edition 250 Node Pack
· Advanced
Edition 1000 Node Pack
· Advanced
Edition 5000 Node Pack
· Advanced
Edition Unlimited Node Pack
HP
OpenView Network Node Manager Smart Plug-Ins
Advanced management for specific environments is available
separately from Network Node Manager Advanced Edition. Currently, 4 new Smart
Plug-Ins are available:
·
NNM Smart Plug-In for Advanced Routing, for IPv6,
Cisco HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)
environments
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NNM Smart Plug-In for LAN/WAN Edge, for monitoring
the frame relay connectivity between you and your service provider
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NNM Smart Plug-In for MPLS VPN, to manage MPLS service
availability and understand impact when the network interface has gone down
·
NNM Smart Plug-In for IP Multicast (available with
NNM Advanced Edition 7.01) for discovery of multicast routing technology,
its relationships and traffic rates
Migration Options
A new advanced
capability is being introduced with this new release of NNM and will be phased
in across NNM 7.0 and NNM 7.01 releases for the NNM Advanced Edition. This new intelligent polling/status capability,
via the Active Problem Analyzer (APA), will be available for duplicate IP
and HSRP environments starting with NNM 7.0. Soon afterward, we will enhance the APA in NNM
7.01, expected to release in January 2004, to provide the intelligent polling/status
capability for a broader IP environment as well as providing the layer 2 Adjacent
Device failure root cause analysis functionality. We expect a smooth transition
from NNM 7.0 to 7.01. Based on your
network environment and migration plans, you may choose to upgrade to NNM
7.0 now or wait until the NNM 7.01 version is released."
For customers on support for these products
For support contract(s) containing a
License To Use (LTU) for the products listed above, HP has developed the following
migration paths to provide you the NNM product that best matches the product
you’re using today:
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If you currently
have
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You will
be entitled to
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Comments
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NNM 5.x
or NNM 6.x 250 node or 250 node increment
LTU
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NNM 7.0
Starter Edition 250 node pack LTU
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No longer
separate increment node LTUs. Multiple
node packs can be used. If you
also have NNM Extended Topology,
or would like to upgrade to the NNM Advanced Edition,
contact your local sales representative or channel partner
to receive the NNM 7.0 Advanced Edition 250 in lieu of the Starter Edition.
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NNM 5.x or NNM 6.x Enterprise LTU
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NNM 7.0
Advanced Edition 1000 node pack LTU
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Contact
your local sales representative or channel partner if you require
managing more than 1000 nodes.
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NNM Extended
Topology 1.x or NNM Extended Topology 2.x 250 node or 250 node increment
LTU
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NNM 7.0
Advanced Edition 250 node pack LTU and NNM 7.0 Smart Plug-in for Advanced
Routing
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Problem
Diagnosis 1.x LTU
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NNM 7.0
Advanced Edition 250 Node Pack LTU
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NNM 5.x
or NNM 6.x Developer Toolkit
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NNM 7.0
Developer Toolkit
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In order to prepare for your migration
to NNM 7.0, you need to:
1)
2) make sure
you have the appropriate LTUs to manage the environment you plan to manage
with NNM 7.0
3) use the
NNM 7.0 Migration Guide to help you plan and perform the migration.
Check the above listed migration paths for what you’re entitled
to based on your support contract(s). You’ll receive instructions .on how to do this when
you receive your media shipment. You media shipment
will trigger when you fax or mail the request form at the end of this communication.
The
instructions will be precise on how to migrate your current
license keys to license keys required for the NNM 7.0 product(s) as well as
where to find the NNM 7.0 Migration Guide
along with the shipment of NNM 7.0 media and manuals.
Once you’ve migrated to NNM 7.0, please
inform your local contract administrator or Services Integrator (SVI) partner,
so your support contract can be updated to reflect the new product(s).
Obsolescence planning information
With the release of Network Node Manager 7.0,
HP is announcing the functional maturity of Network Node Manager versions
6.2 and 6.31. In addition, since Problem Diagnosis functionality is included
in NNM 7.0 Advanced Edition, HP is announcing the functional maturity of Problem
Diagnosis. Although these versions of NNM and Problem Diagnosis will continue
to be supported by HP until further notice, there are no plans to enhance
the functional capabilities of these older versions. While these versions may continue to serve your
immediate needs, HP strongly recommends that all NNM customers consider an
upgrade to version 7.0. As you consider
your options, HP remains committed to providing ongoing product support as
well as assisting with your transition planning.
As a reminder, Network Node Manager versions
5.0,
5.01, 5.02, 6.0, 6.01, 6.1, 6.30 and Extended Topology 1.5 have
reached the end of Full Support effective