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toptools Preface User Guide Toptools is a collection of applications and agents designed to provide device management of Hewlett-Packard computing products. At the center of the toptools solution is a device management tool (also referred to as the Device Manager) that is designed to help you identify and diagnose network and system problems quickly using a friendly and intuitive web-based interface. Additional "components" can be installed that provide management functions for specific device types such as servers or hubs and switches. This User Guide will provide instructions on the installation and use of toptools. For instructions on using HP Toptools Enterprise Products, refer to the User Guide for each specific product. Organization of this Guide This guide introduces you to toptools and suggests ways in which it can ease your network and system management tasks. It is organized into the following sections: • Introduction provides an overview of toptools and describes its features. • Installation provides a list of prerequisites and step-by-step installation instructions. • Using Toptools describes how to use toptools to perform typical network management tasks. • Information and Support provides remedies to common problems and information on how to get support. It also gives web locations where you can find HP computing product management-related information. • The Glossary provides definitions of common network terms. New Features This release contains many new features. For a more complete list of changes refer to the Readme file. Some of the new features are: • New devices and systems supported. Windows XP, HP-UX, Linux. HP 9000 Servers, Microsoft Clusters, APC UPS's, and IA-64 hardware running Windows 2000 or Windows XP are now supported. • System Performance Advisor added. The System Performance Advisor allows you to monitor Microsoft Windows system resources. You can create custom performance reports for selected systems. • Enhanced discovery. Discovery node count is now limited only by system resources. See the Requirements discussion in the Installation section for more information. Toptools discovers the presence of pcAnywhere, NTWebAdmin, Telnet, and Instant Toptools. Additional discovery from manually added devices is restricted to provide greater control of the discovery process. • Improved event management. Custom groups can now be used for device selection. NT Event logging has been added as an action. A frequent alert report has been added to help identify problem devices. A test alert feature has been added to aid in action configuration. Automatic alert deletion has been added to remove unacknowledged alerts after "n" days. • Extended asset management. New inventory reports for Windows XP migration, racked systems, server drivers, and HP 9000 servers have been added. Reports for hubs, switches, routers, and Remote Control cards now provide firmware version information. 3

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toptools
User Guide
3
Preface
Toptools is a collection of applications and agents designed to provide device management of Hewlett-Packard
computing products. At the center of the toptools solution is a device management tool (also referred to as the
Device Manager) that is designed to help you identify and diagnose network and system problems quickly using a
friendly and intuitive web-based interface. Additional “components” can be installed that provide management
functions for specific device types such as servers or hubs and switches.
This User Guide will provide instructions on the installation and use of
toptools.
For instructions on using HP
Toptools Enterprise Products, refer to the User Guide for each specific product.
Organization of this Guide
This guide introduces you to toptools and suggests ways in which it can ease your network and system management
tasks. It is organized into the following sections:
•
Introduction
provides an overview of toptools and describes its features.
•
Installation
provides a list of prerequisites and step-by-step installation instructions.
•
Using Toptools
describes how to use toptools to perform typical network management tasks.
•
Information and Support
provides remedies to common problems and information on how to get support. It
also gives web locations where you can find HP computing product management-related information.
•
The
Glossary
provides definitions of common network terms.
New Features
This release contains many new features. For a more complete list of changes refer to the Readme file. Some of the
new features are:
•
New devices and systems supported.
Windows XP, HP-UX, Linux. HP 9000 Servers, Microsoft Clusters,
APC UPS’s, and IA-64 hardware running Windows 2000 or Windows XP are now supported.
•
System Performance Advisor added.
The System Performance Advisor allows you to monitor Microsoft
Windows system resources. You can create custom performance reports for selected systems.
•
Enhanced discovery.
Discovery node count is now limited only by system resources. See the Requirements
discussion in the Installation section for more information. Toptools discovers the presence of pcAnywhere,
NTWebAdmin, Telnet, and Instant Toptools. Additional discovery from manually added devices is restricted to
provide greater control of the discovery process.
•
Improved event management.
Custom groups can now be used for device selection. NT Event logging has
been added as an action. A frequent alert report has been added to help identify problem devices. A test alert
feature has been added to aid in action configuration. Automatic alert deletion has been added to remove
unacknowledged alerts after “n” days.
•
Extended asset management.
New inventory reports for Windows XP migration, racked systems, server
drivers, and HP 9000 servers have been added. Reports for hubs, switches, routers, and Remote Control cards
now provide firmware version information.