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This chapter provides an overview of Workgroup Director, the Cisco concentrator, switch, and adapter management software. It contains information about the workstations and software required to run Workgroup Director, and includes important unpacking and registration information.
Workgroup Director is Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) based network management software for UNIX workstations that monitors the status of any Cisco concentrator, switch, or network adapter card. Workgroup Director can be used as a standalone application or integrated with network management software such as SunNet Manager, AIX NetView/6000, or HP OpenView.
Workgroup Director supports the following Management Information Bases (MIB):
Workgroup Director uses the OPEN LOOK or Motif graphical user interface to display features graphical representations of a concentrator, switch, or adapter. The hub displays show the current state of all front panel indicators on the concentrator or switch. The Adapter display shows the current state of all indicators on the adapter faceplate. Pop-up menus allow you to examine or control the internal features of these devices. With Workgroup Director, you can control all aspects of the device from the desktop, including detecting and diagnosing errors as soon as they occur.
This section describes the system requirements for running Workgroup Director on a Sun SPARCstation, IBM RS/6000, and HP workstation.
SPARCstations must meet the following requirements:
IBM RS/6000 workstations must meet the following requirements:
HP Series 700 workstations must meet the following requirements:
The Workgroup Director package contains the following:
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