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5.7 Managing hp Servers
HP servers are supported by HP Toptools for Unicenter through:
• Automatic discovery and identification within Unicenter’s Repository
• Access to HP Toptools property pages from the Unicenter popup menu
• Association with HP Toptools Remote Control cards
• Compiling current MIBS into Unicenter
• Event and status monitoring through DSM
HP servers support both DMI and SNMP management technologies. To manage HP servers, the Toptools for
Servers agents must be installed on each server you wish to manage. These agents are included on the Navigator CD
shipped with servers, on the HP Toptools Enterprise Products CD or may be downloaded from the HP web site at
If you wish to access SNMP management capability (such as viewing HP NetRAID configuration) for servers
through Toptools, you must also install the HP Toptools for Servers component during the installation of the
Toptools server.
Finally, if you have configured a SNMP community other than the default ‘public’ on the Toptools agent, you must
specify the community within Unicenter prior to running discovery.
5.7.1 Discovery and Classification
HP servers are sorted into classes, depending on the general form factor of the packaging.: small, medium, large, or
rack. These classes are sub-classed based on OS: Novell NetWare, SCO, Linux, Windows NT, or Windows 2000.
Different types of icons are used to represent servers on 2d maps, depending on the OS type.
5.7.2 hp toptools Property Pages and Actions
Figure 5-17 displays the menu items enabled for an HP server.
Figure 5-17. The HP Netserver menu.
• HP Toptools Properties launches property pages for HP Netservers. A quick overview of features will be
presented in the following figures.
• Set SNMP Passwords raises a dialog that allows the user to set the SNMP community that should stored in the
Toptools database and used by Toptools to communicate with the Netserver.
• Wake on LAN allows you to remotely power on the server.
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