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HP E-PCM Plus Network Management

HP E-PCM Plus Network Management is a Microsoft® Windows®-based network management platform that enables mapping, configuration, and monitoring. HP PCM Plus provides security and extensibility for small to large networks with remote sites. Network-wide management control allows users to securely add, customize, and restrict network management access. With HP security and wireless solutions, as well as extended third-party support, HP PCM Plus offers a single-pane management solution. With remote agent extensibility, the software can manage many remote sites with encrypted communications and firewall traversal. Customers will gain superior return on management, security, choice, and flexibility.

• Unified management across entire network
• Configuring, updating, monitoring, troubleshooting
• Policy-based and multidevice management
• Proactive alert setting, automatic action taking
• Advanced traffic-monitoring capabilities

Manageability

• Improved device monitoring — the Device Availability report can be used to track and document device and network availability over time or to troubleshoot problem devices; an Alert History graph displays a clear visual display of alerts on the network over time, enabling more proactive responses to network problems
• Endpoint awareness and VoIP device tracking — a device map view clearly displays which endpoints are directly connected to the device, including phones, cameras, PCs, and authenticated users; provide real-time location and inventory reporting for VoIP phones, including network details such as VLAN assignment, QoS setting, and PoE status
• Script Wizard — allows customers or service providers to securely extend the HP PCM Plus capabilities with custom scripts; the Script Wizard handles device authentication and interactions, making the scripts secure and easier to create
• HP ONE module management — simplifies the deployment of HP ONE modules and applications; HP PCM Plus discovers HP ONE modules, and a wizard assists users through the installation and activation of HP ONE applications
• Functional-based profile settings — allow network administrators to create new profiles and associate what type of information is available for those functions, providing more control of network access; profiles can be set at a global or regional level to give fine-grained permissions within the network, delivering more secure access to the network at all support levels
• Cisco device support — allows Cisco customers to migrate to HP networking products and retain their investments in legacy Cisco switches; provides visibility into device support for Cisco premium switches; with HP PCM Plus and its single pane of management, customers can help isolate network problems in a mixed environment