The HP Network Management Center (NMC) is a suite of integrated solutions used by network managers in Information Technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 departments to give them increased visibility into their computer network

Computer network

A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....

, to find network outages, to improve network availability and performance among the computers and devices that facilitate communication, resource and information sharing between interconnected devices. The solutions allow network operators to see, catalog and monitor the routers, switches and other devices on their network. The software alerts IT staff when a network device fails and can predict when a network node

Node

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 or connection point might go down. The software is designed to improve operational efficiency, allowing network management teams to provide secure, compliant networks, while meeting service level agreements and cost objectives.
NMC takes a comprehensive approach to network management to help network teams understand how changes in the IT and network environment affect application and business service views. The tools give IT network management teams the ability to adapt to new initiatives such as cloud computing

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

  and manage complicated network services including Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Multicast

Multicast

In computer networking, multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires...

 and Internet Protocol Telephony (IPT).

HP Network Automation Software

HP Network Automation (NA) provides real-time visibility, automation and change control of the network, improving security and network compliance. HP Network Automation is marketed as part of the HP IT Management Software

HP IT Management Software

HP IT Management Software is a family of Enterprise software products sold by the HP Software Division of information technology company Hewlett-Packard...

 portfolio and is designed to simplify the management of complex, distributed, multi-vendor networks that comprise most large enterprise data centers today. The tools help IT departments meet network compliance requirements for both company standards and government regulations such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It was originally sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy and Sen. Nancy Kassebaum . Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their...

 (HIPPA), Sarbanes-Oxley, and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

HP Network Node Manager i Software

HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) 9.10 and the HP NNMi Smart Plug-in modules use continuous spiral discovery, a network discovery technology that provides up-to-date network topology and root cause analysis. This allows network administrators to ascertain the level of congestion in their networks and identify the root cause of the congestion. The product helps IT departments monitor their networks, isolate issues, find outages and improve network availability and performance. The solution supports a multitenancy architecture, including tenant user-level map and incident security, and allows teams to manage more customers, departments or sites from one console.

HP Network Node Manager i Smart Plug-in Modules

HP Network Node Manager i Smart Plug-in Modules (iSPIs) extend HP Network Node Manager i software’s (NNMi) fault and availability management with HP NNM iSPIs for Performance and Advanced Network Services. The HP Smart Plug-ins unify fault, availability, performance and advanced network services for physical and virtualized network infrastructure. They allow network operators to determine and display network fault, availability, performance and advanced services status in one view, progress through a unified workflow, and drill down in context.

HP Automated Network Management Software

HP Automated Network Management (ANM) software bundles HP Network Node Manager i, HP Network Automation and several HP Smart Plug-ins to unify network fault, availability, change, configuration, compliance, performance monitoring and automated diagnostics into a single solution package. HP Network Node Manager i delivers a common console for unified fault, performance and configuration of IT networks. The second product in the bundle is the HP NNM iSPIs for Performance (metrics, traffic, quality assurance), designed to monitor and ensure performance of the network. The third product in the bundle is the HP iSPI Network Engineering Toolset (NET), which automates common operator tasks, and provides trap analytics and map export capabilities. HP Network Automation, which handles network change and configuration management, is the fourth product in the bundle.

HP Route Analytics Management System

HP Route Analytics Management System (RAMS) capture the actual route that network traffic takes across IP networks. Rather than requiring agents or synthetic transactions across a network, RAMS non-disruptively participates in the network as a passive router, without being a point of failure. It “listens” (without polling) as the routers talk to each other and maintains both a real time and historical record of routing changes. RAMS identifies and resolves network problems in routing and network traffic. It also delivers network maintenance and planning capabilities for network changes and optimization.

HP Performance Insight Software

HP Performance Insight implements service level management by monitoring the systems, networks and applications making up a service. It collects, analyzes and summarizes management data from any source. This software offers out-of-the-box reports for HP software tools and prepackaged reports on a range of network protocols and devices. It also delivers full customization capabilities to meet specific business reporting needs.

External Links

• HP Network Management Center
• HP Network Automation Software
• HP Network Node Manager i Software