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From: chrisv@cmc.com (Chris VandenBerg)
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Subject: Re: SNMP Packages/Appl. Mgt./CMOT questions
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Date: 21 Jun 91 15:10:34 GMT
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To add my two cents worth (since I have used the product extensively since about
March of this year):
>In article <1991Jun18.184913.8206@NCoast.ORG> sfb@NCoast.ORG (Stephen F. Bush) writes:
>>(1) HP OpenView vs. Cabletron Spectrum - has anyone used either one and what
>>    are your opinions about them? Any problems with either product? 
>>    I'm trying to determine which package to buy.
>>
>>(1a) Is there any product, such as the above, which handles application
>>     management?
This is all dependant upon the information available in the agent MIB.
Some vendors, such as H/P, have put information such as % swap, CPU
utilization, amount of space left on each file system, etc. into their
MIBs that ship with their O/S. Since OPENVIEW lets you load in any mib,
and the application builder lets you decide how to collect and display
that information, the product is very capable of performing application
management. I've heard a rumor that SUN will be following with their
version of system management variables in the SVr4 version of SUNOS 
coming soon to a theater near you (:*).
>
>(2) Does anyone know whether the following devices already do, or will 
>    support SNMP?

I never saw your original post. 
One of the main reasons that I needed to use OPENVIEW was to manage our
FDDI agent on FDDI which employs the IETF working group FDDI MIB.
Since it was(and is) in the experimental branch, using the application
builder allowed me to create applications that used these parameters
and "tailor" the product to manage FDDI. It was flexible and easy. I'd
recommend it.

Chris VandenBerg
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