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HP OpenView Network Management Stations Sales Guide
Contents:
One Minute Sale
Product Overview
Target Customers
Features and Benefits
Questions and Answers
Other Sales Tools
One Minute Sale
HP's industry-leading OpenView Network Node Manager
application is now available in the form of quick-start
turnkey management solutions. These solutions are delivered
as preconfigured software and hardware bundles that are ready
to use to solve customer network management problems. For
customers who need a network management solution and the
hardware on which to run it, save your valuable selling time
and their valuable management time by having them order one
of the two HP OpenView Network Management Stations. Both
systems are simple to order and contain all the hardware and
software customers need to get their network management
solution up and running fast.
Product Overview
The HP OpenView Network Management Stations consist of a pair
of software/hardware bundles - the Campus Management Station
and the Enterprise Management Station. The Campus Management
Station is targeted at TCP/IP networks of up to 500 nodes
that contain Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
devices. The Enterprise Management Station is targeted at
TCP/IP networks of up to 2000 nodes that contain SNMP
devices.
The HP OpenView Campus Management Station (HP Product Number
B1039A) is based on the HP 9000 Model 425e workstation. The
425e is configured with 1280x1024 color graphics, a 19-inch
color monitor, 1 420 megabyte disk drive, 24 megabytes of
RAM, an internal CD-ROM drive, and the OpenView Network Node
Manager pre- loaded on the disk. It also includes quick-start
instructions so users can quickly begin to manage their
networks, and the HP-UX CD-ROM set for the Series 400 with a
pre-computed codeword. The US List price for the Campus
Management Station is $36,000. It is available world-wide.
Leadtimes are approximately 6 weeks.
The OpenView Enterprise Management Station (HP Product Number
B1040A) is based on the HP 9000 Mode 720 workstation. It
includes 1280x1024 color graphics, a 19-inch color monitor, 1
420 megabyte disk drive, 32 megabytes of RAM, an external CD-
ROM drive with SCSI cable, and the HP OpenView Network Node
Manager pre-loaded on the disk. Like the OpenView Campus
Management Station, it also includes quick-start instructions
and the HP-UX CD-ROM set for the Series 700 with pre-computed
codeword. The US List price for the Enterprise Management
Station is $48,000. It is available world-wide. Lead times
are approximately 6-8 weeks.
Both OpenView Management Stations include two options:
o Option 1FH for an AT-style American language keyboard
o Option 1FJ for an HP-style American language keyboard.
The customer should order either option but not both.
Target Customers
The target customers for the HP OpenView Network Management
Stations are managers of TCP/IP networks with SNMP devices
needing a turnkey network management solution. These are the
same customers as the HP OpenView Network Node Manager
product who also need hardware to run the application.
Target customers for the Campus Management Station are
managers of networks up to approximately 500 TCP/IP nodes.
This is not a hard limit, but the CPU performance and the
amount of memory in the system are geared more toward this
more medium-sized network.
Target customers for the Enterprise Management Station are
managers of larger TCP/IP networks up to about 2000 nodes. As
with the Campus Management Station, this is not a hard limit,
but a practical one based on CPU performance and memory.
Features and Benefits
Immediate Use - HP-UX, Visual User Environment (VUE), Instant
Ignition, and OpenView Network Node Manager are all pre-
loaded on the system disk so your customer does not have to
be concerned with any installation.
Simple to buy - Saves your valuable selling time and your
customer's valuable network management time. There is no need
to be concerned about whether you have configured the right
graphics adapter, the right amount of memory or the right
SCSI cable. One product number buys everything your customer
needs.
Simple to get started - Clear, easy-to-follow instructions
are included so your customer can spend little time in setup
and more time on network management.
Based on leading-edge technology - The OpenView Managment
Stations are based on dual pillars of HP technology - our
superior price-performance hardware and our industry-leading
OpenView network management software. Your customers know
they are working with the best network and system management
technologies available.
Questions and Answers
Q. Are these OpenView Management Stations really that simple
to order?
A. Yes. There is only one price on each of the OpenView
Management Stations. Each of the Management Stations has only
two options - the customer can choose between either an HP-
style keyboard (the keyboard included with the A1099B
localization kit) or an AT-style keyboard (the one included
with the A2205A Localization Kit).
Q. What is actually involved in getting a Management Station
up and managing the network?
A. Both OpenView Network Management Stations come with brief,
simple-to-follow instructions on how to get up and running.
When the OpenView Management Station is turned on, the user
is prompted for a network host name and a network IP address,
just as with normal Instant Ignition. Both of these items are
critical to the operation of the OpenView Network Node
Manager. Then the user is instructed to start up the system
and either configure a network host table, a Domain Name
Server, or a Network Information Services (NIS) Server. Since
Network Node Manager will not work optimally without one of
these configured, we have added special scripts to the
OpenView Network Management Stations to ensure that they are
properly configured before starting Network Node Manager.
Q. What if my customer wants peripherals other that just the
CD-ROM drive supplied with the OpenView Management Stations?
A. In these cases, your customer should order the peripherals
separately from the Network Management Station. If there is
sufficient demand for a particular type of peripheral such as
a second hard disk drive or a DAT drive, we will make it a
future option to the Management Stations' product structures.
Q. The options 1FH and 1FJ on each of the OpenView Network
Management Stations are only for American keyboards. What
should my customer do if this is a problem?
A. We did a quick survey of our network management customers
world-wide and found that the majority of them prefer an
American keyboard rather than one localized for another
country, especially since the Network Node Manager is not
presently localized for any language other than English. If
your customer desires a keyboard other than the American one,
have them order the appropriate localization kit (A1099B for
HP-style keyboard, A2205A for AT-style keyboard) with the
appropriate country option.
Q. What are some of the future plans for the OpenView
Management Stations?
A. We have several exciting things on the horizon. We plan to
further enhance the Network Management Stations as turnkey
network management solutions by adding new options, such as
HP's Interconnect Manager and other network and system
management products. We are also looking at changing the
Campus Management Station from being based on the HP 9000
425e to being based on the hot new HP 9000 Model 710. Stay
tuned for more updates to the OpenView Network Management
Stations.
Q. How does my customer buy support for the OpenView Network
Management Stations?
A. The customer should buy hardware support and Software
Materials Update as they normally would for a 425e with HP-UX
and Instant Ignition (Campus Management Station) or a 720
(the Enterprise Management Station). In addition, they should
buy Software Materials Update for OpenView Network Node
Manager (H2014A+S00, Option 425 for the Campus Management
Station and Option 720 for the Enterprise Management
Station). We plan to update customers with Software Materials
Update from OpenView Network Node Manager 2.0 to OpenView
Network Node Manager 3.0 for free.
Other Sales Tools
Additional information and supporting tools for the
individual components of the OpenView Management Stations can
be found in the following literature pieces, available from
the Literature Distribution Center:
o HP 9000 Model 425e Data Sheet, Number 5091-1599E
o HP 9000 Model 720 Data Sheet, Number 5091-0977E
o HP OpenView Network Node Manager Data Sheet, Number
5952-3363
o HP OpenView TCP/IP Agent Data Sheet, Number 5091-2427E
o HP OpenView Extensible SNMP Agent Data Sheet, Number
5091-2843E
o HP OpenView Support Products Data Sheet, Number 5091-3307E
o HP OpenView Management Stations Data Sheet, Number
5091-3449E
o HP OpenView Network Node Manager customer brochure,
"Sharpening
Your Focus", Number 5091-2846E
o Data Communications Magazine reprint "Users Rate SNMP
Multivendor Network Management Systems", November 1991. This
survey rates HP OpenView Network Node Manager best overall.
Number 5091-3266E.
End of Document.