HUBwatch for Windows, User Information

This document is the "User Information" manual for HUBwatch for Windows, a network management tool developed by Digital Equipment Corporation.

Its primary purpose is to manage Digital's DEChub ONE family of products and other SNMP-manageable network elements. It runs on a PC with DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.1 and features a Graphical User Interface (GUI). HUBwatch uses SNMP to provide near real-time information on hub configuration, module, and port status, complemented by color-coded graphics for visual alerts.

The manual details how to:

• Install HUBwatch for Windows, including hardware and software requirements and configuring network management stations (e.g., modifying AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, NETDEV.SYS).
• Utilize graphic tools for mapping networks (various icons for devices like sites, bridges, routers, hosts, hubs, repeaters, terminal servers, and generic devices, as well as network connections and background maps).
• Configure networks by creating new networks, adding, deleting, moving, and modifying elements such as sites, devices (including Digital's DEChub 90, DECbridge 90, DECserver 90L, DECrepeater 90, DECagent 90), and connections, also leveraging an "Auto Discovery" utility.
• Manage networks, covering performance monitoring (statistics, graphs, Ping utility), fault isolation (viewing error statistics, alarms, setting audible alarms and thresholds, reviewing alarm logs), and security (setting network passwords and viewing security reports).
• Access and manage Management Information Base (MIB) data for various protocol groups, including MIBII (System, Interface, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, EGP, SNMP), Bridge MIB, Char-like MIB, RS232-like MIB, and DH90 MIB.
• Manage generic devices and specifically DECagent 90 modules, including their configuration, performance, and faults.

The document also includes appendices for menus, compatibility with Network Operating Systems (NOS) like NetWare, Clarkson Packet Drivers, background map sources, and detailed MIB descriptions.