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Management Tools 5–1
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Management Tools
This chapter describes the software tools used to for managing products.
5.1 Introduction
The DEChub and Digital MultiStack System products and standalone modules are
manageable by any application software that supports native SNMP. Typically, the
application software of choice is clearVISN.
clearVISN is an integrated family of software applications for managing a network
using policy-based techniques. clearVISN focuses on networking products. Each
clearVISN application has a graphical user interface (GUI) and supports Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
clearVISN provides capabilities such as port-based VLAN policies, repeater port
security, and configuration-consistency policies. This integrated family of network
management capabilities reduces reactive tasks and gives network managers more
time for pro-active network management.
clearVISN applications complement, rather than compete with, POLYCENTER
Manager on NetView, ManageWORKS, and ServerWORKS, by adding value to
applications that manage networking hardware products.