OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

Working With the Corporate Security Group

The group responsible for network management that provides the NNM tool to the user community rarely finds those users imposing special restraints on the NNM system. They manage the internal network and are trusted by the network managers, troubleshooters, and help desk staff alike. The configuration of the NNM system used to manage a DMZ is very likely to be heavily scrutinized by the security staff.

The security group can benefit greatly by using NNM to monitor the DMZ. What corporate network environment should be managed more closely? By setting thresholds on key metrics, out of the ordinary performance behavior can be spotted quickly. Is there a broadcast storm at the router interface on the untrusted ...