Hewlett-Packard
Web-based management capabilities first appeared in enterprise management platforms, but have since migrated to LAN management platforms. Hewlett-Packard, which offers Web interfaces to its enterprise-oriented HP OpenView Network Node Manager, has extended that capability to the LAN-oriented Professional Suite, a comprehensive software solution that allows customers in small to midsize networked environments to manage virtually all elements of a PC LAN. Included with HP OpenView Professional Suite is Microsoft's Web browser, Internet Explorer.
This enhanced version of HP OpenView Professional Suite can automatically discover Web devices. It can also provide a menu that lets the administrator launch a Web browser to display the management page of any device that can be managed via Web technology. With the Web interface, a network administrator is able to access Web-based LAN management information from any location, such as a remote server site or a home computer.
HP OpenView Professional Suite combines the power of a central management console, including automatic discovery and map generation, with the ease of using the Web to manage devices. OpenView provides direct access from the map to the management page of devices that can be managed through any standard browser, including Netscape Navigator. OpenView accomplishes this by automatically discovering these devices and providing menu items that launch a Web browser with the appropriate page displayed.
Among the hardware that can be managed by the Professional Suite—that also can be managed via the Web—include HP PowerWise uninterruptible power supplies and HP LaserJet printers.
HP's main competitor IBM also offers systems management capabilities through the Web. Since early 1996, IBM has been giving administrators the means to monitor PC and server performance via the Internet. Starting with version 4.0 of PC SystemView (formerly known as NetFinity), any machine with a Web browser can be turned into a PC SystemView management console. A typed-in code provides access via the Internet to a server running PC SystemView Manager software containing Web-enablement code. Once logged on to a network, an administrator can use PC SystemView to perform such tasks as manage desktop or server performance, configurations, problems, and security.
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