Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

935.0. "DH900 + HUBWATCH QUESTIONS" by BBOV01::MACKENZIE () Tue Apr 26 1994 01:12

            (Apologies for the mix of product and HUBwatch questions in 
            one splat but the answers are all related to one piece of 
            business)
            
            I am replying to a government tender, I seek assistance with 
            the following points:
            
            1. When should routing software be available for the 
            DECbridge900 ?
            
            2. Re: the above, what router software functionality planned 
            in the initial release, e.g.. TCP/IP, IPX etc ?
            
            3. Will the routing software be provided at no cost to any 
            existing DEcbridge maintenance/warranty customers, or will a 
            separate routing upgrade license have to be purchased ?
            
            4. If a routing license must be purchased what is the current 
            estimate of the cost ?
            
            5. Do you know of any plans to port HUBWATCH to SUNet manager 
            ?
            
            6. What scope and functionality is there to use GUI based 
            SNMP management of DEChub products from a third part NMS 
            (SUNet manager) ?
             
            7. Can the following be clarified. In a DH900 configuration 
            for example, where the six internal flex busses are assigned 
            to Ethernet use, do FDDI modules use other backplane busses 
            (6+2) in addition to the 6 already in use, or would the FDDI 
            require the use of two of the flex channels ?
             
            
            
            Regards,
            
            Tony 
            
            

>            7. Can the following be clarified. In a DH900 configuration 
>            for example, where the six internal flex busses are assigned 
>            to Ethernet use, do FDDI modules use other backplane busses 
>            (6+2) in addition to the 6 already in use, or would the FDDI 
>            require the use of two of the flex channels ?
 
The FDDI modules use other backplane channels.  There are 18 backplane
channels (with caveats), so there's plenty of room for FDDI and Ethernet
modules.
						-Shawn            

>            5. Do you know of any plans to port HUBWATCH to SUNet manager 

	There are no definite plans.  People are thinking about it,
	but it is not scheduled work.  How important is this?
            
>            6. What scope and functionality is there to use GUI based 
>            SNMP management of DEChub products from a third part NMS 
>            (SUNet manager) ?

	Absolutely everything HUBwatch does, it does through SNMP using
	published MIBs.  If there is a general-purpose SNMP tool on *any*
	platform, it should work with any of the DEChub components.
	[However, keep in mind that although the MIBs are published, they
	 are not necessarily easy to use.  For example, backplane
	 interconnect is complicated.  It can be done perfectly well with a
	 generic SNMP tool, but that would require an intimate familiarity
	 with the MIBs.]

Tom Hood
HUBwatch

    For routing upgrade schedules/cost for the DECbridge 900MX please
    contact the product manager for this functionality, Hakim Dhilla.
    
    Anil