Product Bulletin: ApplianceWatch™ for Microsoft® Operations Manager (MOM)

Revision History

Summary of Changes

 

28 March 2007

Initial Version

 

 

This product bulletin informs NetApp sales and NetApp partners about new or changed Network Appliance™ products or services.

CONFIDENTIAL Restricted to NetApp employees & channel partners under NDA copyright © 2007 Network Appliance, Inc. All rights reserved.

1.       Summary

2.       What's New?

3.       Sales Tools

4.       Customer-Ready Tools 

5.       System Requirements

6.       Product Information

7.       Regulatory Compliance

8.       Warranty and Service

9.       Additional Information


 

1.   Summary

This product bulletin announces the availability of ApplianceWatch™ for Microsoft® Operations Manager (MOM) 1.1 for First Customer Ship.

ApplianceWatch for MOM is a MOM management pack that can be installed on any workstation or server that is monitored by MOM. This includes DataFabric® Manager (DFM) servers or the MOM server itself.  Once installed, ApplianceWatch for MOM receives SNMP traps directly from the NetApp storage or from DFM.  ApplianceWatch for MOM translates the traps into a format that MOM can then utilize. It also can assign predefined event severity levels to the received traps.

 

2.   What’s New?

 

The following features have been added to ApplianceWatch for MOM 1.1:

1.       Support for Data ONTAP 7.2.x

2.       Support for DataFabric Manager 3.5 Server

 

3.   Sales Tools (Sales Guides, Training Presentations, SE Presentations) 

·    NetApp Sales 

·    NetApp Partners 

4.   Customer-Ready Tools (Customer Presentations, Datasheets) 

·    NetApp Sales 

·    NetApp Partners    

5.   System Requirements

Supported Data ONTAP releases:

· Data ONTAP 7.2.x and earlier releases

       Supported Software:

·        Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and 2005

·        DataFabric Manager 3.5 Server or earlier releases

 

      Other Requirements:

·        The customer must enable Data ONTAP SNMP traps on the systems to be monitored. They must configure Data ONTAP to send the traps to the system hosting ApplianceWatch for MOM.

 

6.   Product Information

ApplianceWatch for MOM is licensed on a per-monitored-system basis.  An ApplianceWatch for MOM license with n (e.g. 7) nodes enables the use of the product on one workstation or server monitoring an equivalent number (e.g. 7) of NetApp storage systems (primary storage or secondary storage).

ApplianceWatch for MOM can be ordered using the existing processes from the Quote Tool.  Partners should contact their Channel Representative for pricing information.

The table below lists the part numbers for various configurations as of the date of this product bulletin. 

Part Number

Description

Category

 SW-APPWATCH-MOM

AppWatch - Microsoft Operations Manager

J

SW-SSP-APPWATCH-MOM

SW Subscription AppWatch for MOM

J

SW-APPWATCH-MOM-MKIT

AppWatch for MOM Media Kit

S

 

Software Subscription Plans

It is highly recommended that customers purchase an SSP license for ApplianceWatch for MOM. This will entitle them to NetApp customer support and also future releases of ApplianceWatch for MOM.

The table below lists the various SSP part numbers as of the date of this product bulletin.  Partners should contact their Channel Representative for pricing information.

SSP Part Number

Description

Category

SW-SSP-APPWATCH-MOM

SW Subscription AppWatch for MOM

J

 

Product Availability

·         ApplianceWatch for MOM is available in the Quote Tool now. ApplianceWatch for MOM 1.1 is scheduled to be posted to the NOW™ site on 9 April 2007.

 

 

7.   Regulatory Compliance

 

Products need to be validated against the NetApp Safety/EMI Regulatory Compliance List prior to order submission. The list is available at PartnerCenter Compliance Information. This is required to ensure that products are being sold only in the countries in which NetApp has received regulatory compliance certification.

 

 

8.   Warranty and Service 

Standard software warranty and services apply.

 

9.   Additional Information

      For additional information on ApplianceWatch for MOM, please look at following pages:

NetApp Sales 

       NetApp Partners

Contact Information: Please contact your Network Appliance sales or channel partner representative with questions concerning this bulletin.

 

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