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An Introduction to Integrating Partner Applications with VPO
Integration Benefits to Partners
Chapter 1 51
Specific Benefits for Integrators in the NIM, NSM, and
INSM Markets
The following discussion is based on the popular classification of the IT
management market into the following segments:
❏ Network Infrastructure Management (NIM)
❏ Networked System Management (NSM)
❏ Integrated Network and System Management (INSM)
❏ Service Management
NIM Market Segment
Management solutions providing problem management for this segment
deal with low-level network devices such as bridges, routers, hubs,
printer and network connections of computers. They typically monitor
the state of these devices and query or set device parameters by
accessing SNMP MIB values. Typically, these solutions can be configured
to receive and act on SNMP traps.
Management solutions addressing this segment are typically integrated
into HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM). They use the NNM
capabilities to access their functionality from a central console. For
example, a solution might provide an operator with a view to the
backplane of a router. An operator might then observe the traffic passing
through the router from the central console. These solutions might
integrate into VPO in a similar way as into NNM. This integration would
still benefit from features that are standard in VPO. This type of solution
can easily be migrated from NNM to a VPO integration so that they
become part of an INSM solution.