I am re-posting my entire response because I don't want anything to be
taken
out of context and I am not sure I really answered your question. First, I
believe
that any device which has a web agent would be controllable from any
platform,
with or without a network management software such as Tivoli Netview. All
you
would need is the browser. You might want to launch that browser from a
network map, so the question then becomes whether this is possible. Yes,
this can be done from Netview for AIX. As an example, the IBM Nways Manager
for AIX product, which runs on top of Netview, adds functions which allow
the
lauch of a browser to control certain IBM network devices. My conclusion is
that such integration would be fairly simple for other network devices as
well,
using basic Netview configuration functions, in the absence of Nways.
I believe, but cannot verify, that such integration would also be possible
on
the Netview for NT platform as well.
I wanted to clarify this, because it was unclear to me whether you were
asking
about platforms for Netview or platforms for Nways. I think you are NOT
asking
about Nways because you did not mention IBM networking devices
specifically.
I only used that as an example of a case in which this is done.
Launching applications for a device on the Netview map is usually involves
creating a registration file and placing it in the proper directory. It can
be
passed the name of the selected node to be used in the execution of the
command.
I believe this functionality is the same on all versions of Netview.
Is anyone else using this functionality?
-- Leslie Clark
Dear Sir,
thank you for your answer and for your help.
>Our Nways management applications on Netview for AIX allow you to
>click on pictures of the device and launch the browser and get to the part
>of the agent that controls that part of the device. So if the device
>contains a web server, the web browser could in theory be anywhere.
This is exactly what I wanted to know. Is it true only for the AIX version
or for all the versions.
Regards.
Y. Dahmane, Senior Software Engineer
Original answer:
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Maybe you are talking about something completely different, but here are
some
words I have heard:
Netview for NT 5.1 provides integrated suppport for WBEM (Web-Based
Enterprise Management) technology. This is mostly Microsoft stuff, I think.
But Netview for NT can discover wbem-enabled nodes and collect and
store information about them.
A number of the IBM networking devices include in their agents the ability
to provide information and accept configuration commands via web
browsers. For that sort of thing, it should not matter where the web
browser is, only that it support the correct levels of java or html or
whatever.
Our Nways management applications on Netview for AIX allow you to
click on pictures of the device and launch the browser and get to the part
of the agent that controls that part of the device. So if the device
contains
a web server, the web browser could in theory be anywhere.
Anybody else?
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
original question:
Hi,
I have a question.
Is it possible to run a Web browser from Tivoli TME or Unicenter TNG (or
any
other SNMP console) to control a particular device on the net that support
a
Web browser application?
If somebody can help me out?
Thank you for your help.
Youcef Dahmane, Software Engineer
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