Reference Guide

B-1

Network Addressing

■ Communications Between Hub

and Network Management Station

■ IPX Addressing for Novell NetWare

■ IP Addressing for IP and non-IP Networks

■ Using Bootp

Communication Between the Hub and

Network Management Station

The HP AdvanceStack 100VG Hubs that have an HP 100VG SNMP/Bridge

Module (HP J2414B or HP J2414A) installed in them can be managed over the

network by HP network management products, for example HP Interconnect

Manager. These hubs can also be managed by any other network management

products that comply with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

standard and have standard SNMP MIB-browser functionality.

The communication between the SNMP network management station and the

hub takes place using the network layer protocols, IPX for Novell networks,

or IP for TCP/IP networks.

Which protocol you use depends on the protocol being used by the network

management station. Additionally, if the network management station is on

the other side of a router from your hub, the protocol you run on both the hub

and the network management station depends on which protocol the router

can handle.

The network layer communications require that the hub have a network layer

address. This appendix provides some background information on IPX and IP

addressing.