OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

A Local Vehicle Manufacturer

The local vehicle manufacturer is located within one state and has six manufacturing plants, one data center, and a corporate office. NNM is used to manage the network infrastructure and critical servers at each site. You configure a DNS server on the single NNM system, a small UNIX workstation.

The IT group and the help desk use the system, so only two maps are needed. The help desk uses a read-only map. NNM polls the mission-critical servers and core routers every minute, instead of the five-minute default.

You provide on-site training for the users and IT staff, covering networking, DNS, and NNM fundamentals. Users really benefit from taking their training on their own network using their own NNM system. The training ...