Introduction to Networking for NonStop S-Series Servers

Managing Communications Subsystems
Introduction to Networking for HP NonStop S-Series Servers—520670-005
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Management Tools
Management Tools
The rest of this section describes some of the tools you use to manage
communications products.
HP Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL)
TACL is the basic command interpreter provided with the NonStop Kernel operating
system. From TACL, you can issue commands that allow you to define new users,
control and monitor running processes, and communicate with subsystems. You can
also use TACL to initiate other programs that run on the NonStop S-series server.
In addition to its functions as command interpreter, TACL offers facilities for writing
sophisticated command files, including full management applications or prototypes of
management applications to be written later in other languages.
NonStop SNMP
SNMP originated in the Internet community in the late 1980s as a means for managing
TCP/IP and Ethernet networks. SNMP is the industry-leading standards-based method
for managing all devices in a network, including hubs, routers, workstations, and
servers. Many vendors offer SNMP-compliant applications that run on several
workstation platforms. These applications manage devices attached to various kinds of
networks when the devices are instrumented with SNMP-compliant software known as
SNMP agents.
HP has implemented SNMP to facilitate management of its NonStop systems from
SNMP-compliant applications known as managers.
Table 4-1 describes some of key components of an SNMP environment. Figure 4-5 on
page 4-10 illustrates these components.