Robot/NETWORK

Management Software for Your System i Network
Management of a network of System i servers can be difficult. Managing a complete enterprise of different devices, systems, and hardware platforms is even more complex. You need great software like Robot/NETWORK, the network control package.

• Manage networks of System i serversconfigured as Hosts and Nodes. A product on a Node sends a status to the Host for a quick response. If no one responds, or if the Host is unavailable, Robot/NETWORK can escalate the message elsewhere.
• Monitor devices across your enterprise using enterprise monitoring packages, such as Tivoli Enterprise Console, HP OpenView, Micromuse Netcool, BMC PATROL Enterprise Manager, and CA Unicenter. With Robot/NETWORK you can monitor any device in your enterprise using two-way SNMP traps to enjoy the power and reliability of the System i as your enterprise monitoring platform.
• Manage all of the Robot products on your network, as well as all the devices and user applications throughout your enterprise. Robot/NETWORK lets you manage everything from one central location using the most secure and reliable hardware platform in the world, the System i.

Fast, Point-And-Click Access
The Robot/NETWORK Explorer is a powerful, easy-to-use interface that makes network monitoring and system management quick and easy. The Explorer displays your network components in a vertical tree structure, from the network level down to the product level. The Explorer also displays information about Product Masters, distribution lists, applications, packets, system setup, and reports (including network-wide, consolidated reports). You simply expand or collapse the tree for more or less detail, or right-click to display menus of options.

Map Your Network Graphically
The Robot/NETWORK Map Center displays your System i Hosts and Nodes graphically as icons and shows you their relationships. You see clearly the number of statuses waiting for a response on a Host, the most critical type of status waiting, and the current status of the communication between a Node and Host. You can easily monitor your network, display properties of your Host and Nodes, and respond to statuses. And, you can customize each Map Center display with its own background, using the map or graphical image of your choice

Monitor Statuses Within Your Network
Robot/NETWORK lets you monitor the status of your entire network from a single PC display. Use the Robot/NETWORK Status Center window to respond to statuses, or to display the properties of any Host, Node, Robot product, or user application in the network.

Manage All Your Applications
Robot/NETWORK also oversees the management and monitoring all of your applications, on all the System i servers in your network. Just define your user applications to Robot/NETWORK and code the Robot/NETWORK Send Status (RBNSNDSTS) command into your programs. Status information from the applications displays in the Robot/ NETWORK Status Center.

Powerful Network And Product Management Features
You can use Robot/NETWORK to manage, monitor, and maintain your entire network of System i servers and Robot products.

• Update your Robot/NETWORK Explorer automatically from the Help/Systems Web site.
• Manage licensing and updates for all of your Robot products from a central location.
• Use the Robot Browser Interface to display, filter, and respond to statuses anywhere using standard Web browser software and a PC or laptop.

Send Product Instructions To Remote System i Servers
Use Robot/NETWORK to instruct your remote System i systems from a central location to operate independently and unattended. Robot/SCHEDULE and Robot/CONSOLE have graphical interfaces you can use to let you create and distribute job scheduling and message management objects across your enterprise. Other Robot Automated Operations Solution products have a Robot/NETWORK Product Master that you can use to store and distribute product instructions remotely.

• Robot/SCHEDULE's graphical interface, the Robot/SCHEDULE Explorer, works directly with the Robot/NETWORK Explorer to let you create and distribute jobs and setup instructions, and print consolidated reports from multiple systems across your enterprise.
• Robot/CONSOLE's graphical interface, the Robot/CONSOLE Explorer, works directly with the Robot/NETWORK Explorer to let you create and distribute setup information, message instructions, and resource monitoring information across your enterprise.
• Use the Robot/AUTOTUNE Product Master to collect and report on performance statistics for each System i in the network.
• Use the Robot/REPORTS Product Master to send report sets, laser commands, OPerator Assistance Language (OPAL) tables, and distribution lists.

• On a System i network, use Robot/TRAPPER to monitor the devices on your Node systems and Robot/CONSOLE to notify Robot/NETWORK on the Host system when a device needs attention.
• In a mixed environment, use Robot/NETWORK and SNMP traps to communicate with enterprise management software such as NetCool, HP OpenView, or Remedy, to handle System i or other issues. And, if a problem isn’t resolved quickly, Robot/NETWORK uses Robot/ALERT to send a text, pager, or e-mail message.
• Use the Robot Browser Interface, Help/Systems Web-based interface, to access Robot/NETWORK using standard Web browser software (such as Internet Explorer) and a PC or laptop. You can display, filter, and respond to statuses anywhere in your network and to display the various Robot/NETWORK reports. Fast, easy, secure access to network information from practically anywhere.