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From: cpw%snow-white@LANL.GOV (C. Philip Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  Network Monitors/Managment ... again (repost)
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Date: 4 Oct 90 16:26:00 GMT
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My experience is with Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Network Management
product (SNM) and HP's network management system.

I have spent a lot of time using SNM and find it useful.  It is
especially good at allowing for the incorporation of user defined
applications.  However, it's many features and seemingly infinite
configuration capabilities are not for the novice.

HP has a good product which should be the network management
answer for 85 percent of the networks out there.  The user interface
is easy.  It can learn about the networks it is attached to and provides a
number of useful problem solving features.

Phil