Network Management Software

Using intelligent switches without a network management solution is like installing a fire detection system without an alarm.

If your network is mission-critical, you need to know two things:

• the network's current status.
• the normal pattern of network usage. (For more information about network baselining, click here.)

Many companies are keen to sell you their hardware. But only a company that is truely committed to providing total solutions will spend the time and money to develop a network management solution.

Hirschmann offers you three.

Industrial HiVision 4.0

Industrial HiVision is a management solution designed for network supervision. A network map gives the operator an overall view of the network status. A mouse click is all that is required to view detailed information about every managed network device.

Comprehensive event management and logging functions provide detailed information for trending and error tracking. http://www.IndustrialHiVision.com

HiVision - Engineering Edition

HiVision Engineering Edition has been written with configuration in mind. Photo-realistic images of every device make it easy to set up your network.

One of HiVision's great strengths is the ability to configure multiple devices simultaneously. This saves time during commissioning, and ensures that all devices in the network have an identical configuration.

Of course, HiVision also supports all the event management and logging features you would expect in high-end network management software. http://www.hirschmann.com

HiOPC

As its name suggests, HiOPC is an SNMP to OPC gateway, which enables you to monitor any SNMP-enabled device from within your SCADA solution.

In addition to standard tags such as link status and power supply status, HiOPC offers pre-configured tags for bandwidth utilisation, making it simple to incorporate this critical information into your historian. http://www.HiOPC.com