HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX - Manual (Page 30)

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■ Advanced Switching. New switching techniques like meshing, VLAN
tagging, and voice and data handling provide high performance
networking for the future.
Control of Costs. HP provides Total Cost of Ownership benefits by
focusing on “out-of-the-box” manageability based on a combination of HP Top
Tools for Hubs & Switches and management-enabled hardware.
Uptime
Find, Fix, Inform. The Find/Fix/Inform feature of HP Proactive
Networking discovers, corrects, and reports on problems that occur on the
network. The three parts are:
■ Hardware Agent. The hardware agent monitors the network continu-
ously, automatically balancing traffic and finding and fixing most common
network problems.
■ Management Software. The Web browser-based user interface provides
a consistent, friendly environment for monitoring your network.
■ Network Manager. HP Hub and Switch Management for OV-UX helps
you achieve maximum control, uptime, and performance by letting you
manage the network anytime, anywhere.
Quality and Reliability. High quality, reliable HP products will help keep
your network running into the next century. HP’s Quality of Service provides
service-level guarantees for mission critical applications and multimedia
communication applications.
Best Warranty and Support. HP products are backed by a lifetime
warranty (for as long as you own the product) and free end-user telephone
support. Every HP Proactive Networking product is Year 2000 ready.
Performance
Bandwidth Performance. Video and multimedia applications require large
amounts of bandwidth. HP has these solutions to meet your bandwidth needs:
■ A line of high-speed hubs and switches that deliver extensive bandwidth
to the desktop. HP hubs and switches use industry-standard Ethernet
technology with its low cost and scalability from 10 Mbps to 1,000 Mbps.
■ Protocols and product software that control bandwidth utilization and
improve information delivery
■ Backbones that are fast, reliable and robust