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Conference azur::mcc

Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

980.0. "Cisco, Synoptics VMS AM's, anyone?" by SWAM2::MCCARTHY_LA (Use an accordian, go to jail!) Wed May 01 1991 22:15

    I have a customer (oh, the sins that begin with that phrase) who has
    masses of Cisco and Synoptics routers/bridges and a few VAXen.
    
    Does anyone have VMS AM's for Cisco and/or Synoptics, now or soon?
    The customer only wants (for now, at least) to be able to monitor (not
    control) them.
    
    This could bring in a little business this quarter, and bigger gobs of
    business in the future. Your help will be noisily appreciated!
    
    - Larry.
    
    p.s. - Yes, I know, given enough time and money we/they could build
    'em. But I'd like to show them one, first.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
980.1	Sorta now	NSSG::R_SPENCE	Nets don't fail me now...	`Thu May 02 1991 10:01`	9
	The simple answer is "sorta". The existing TCPIP AM that uses the SNMP protocol will allow some monitoring (to the MIB 1 level) of the Cisco and Synoptics devices (and I am assuming that they currently support some sort of SNMP agent). In the next version of the TCPIP AM much more will be supported. s/rob
980.2	Help is on the way	TOOK::MATTHEWS		`Thu May 02 1991 10:17`	9
	I may be speaking out of turn, but the V1.2 SNMP AM will support MIB II and MIB extensions. I believe that allows you to actually support both CISCO and SYNOPTICS with the V1.2 SNMP AM. You may find that the CISCO extensions will be part of the V1.2 package. I haven't heard that the engineering team will test with SYNOPTICS so that may be an exercise left to the account teams but it is a lot easier than developing a full AM. wally
980.3	don't forget...	TOOK::CALLANDER		`Mon May 13 1991 16:54`	3
	the MSU (management station or ultrix) I believe supports at least cisco now, and then you could move over to the EMA compliant mcc directory with V1.2 (I you are looking for a quick sale).
980.4	Je me souviens ...	SWAM2::MCCARTHY_LA	Use an accordian, go to jail!	`Tue May 14 1991 15:26`	7
	Right. This customer is a VMS bigot (as I am, I regret to admit), however. Undaunted, I asked if they'd be interested in the ULTRIX station but they declined. Thanks for the input! - Larry.