Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!krol From: krol@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Krol) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Network Management Software Message-ID: <1990Jul10.143943.15633@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 10 Jul 90 14:39:43 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 15 It seems everyone is marketing 'Gods gift to network management' software which runs on a Sparcstation. ACC is working on one, Hughes is also.... All the ones we looked at appear to be one release away from truely useful, but come the fall we might be in the situation of trying to decide which of the many clones will be one which will survive in the long term. All tend to be SNMP based products, claim that futures allow site definable mibs, and use a standard database so that custom reports aren't a problem. Some also claim they will allow additional displays via X. We are watching the market and waiting for stuff to mature. Ed Krol