Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!UWOCC1!CCSJLM From: CCSJLM@UWOCC1.UWO.CA (John McFadden) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l Subject: Administrative TCP/IP suvey for sites with IBM mainframes. Message-ID: <19900205.141002.CCSJLM@UWOCC1.UWO.CA> Date: 5 Feb 90 19:10:00 GMT Sender: IBM TCP/IP For VM List Reply-To: IBM TCP/IP For VM List Lines: 81 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-To: IBMTCP-L@CUNYVM.BITNET, MVSTCPIP@USCVM.BITNET The University of Western Ontario is currently having a difficult time coming to a landing on the role of TCP/IP vs the role of SNA in our Administrative environment. As a result I have been asked to send out the following questionnaire to determine how other universities perceive the situation. Please answer any or all questions or just send me your general comments regarding the basic questions - What role does TCP/IP have for administrative users and what is then the role of SNA? Thanks in advance. UNIVERSITY SURVEY a. Do you have a document on campus communication strategies? Are you willing to share it? b. How are the following connected to your admin and academic mainframes? Terminals? Micros? LANS? Backbones? Departmental systems? Other mainframes? Off campus connections? c. What is a rough breakdown of the items in question two. (ie. For micros, what percent is PC, APPLES, SUNS, other) d. What hardware does your admin computing? e. What operating systems do you admin computing? f. Do you have a single campus backbone for both academic and admin users? If not, list reasons. Otherwise answer the following subquestions? What protocols are supported on the backbone? What administrative mainframe services are offered via the backbone? (ie. virtual terminal, file transfer, NFS, remote procedure calls) Do you plan to develop or purchase administrative applications to take advantage of TCP/IP functions? Do you charge for backbone connection and/or services? Do you provide a front end menu for users coming in via the backbone? How is the backbone controlled and managed. (ie. configuration, problem determination, capacity planning, etc)? How do you provide security for backbone connections? (ie. accept risk, data encryption, point in time passwords, network block) Is your security based on userid and password? Does physical location have a role? Do you monitor what is connected to your backbone for security exposures? Do you audit access via the backbone? Are exceptions predefined such that they can be detected and acted upon? g. Do you plan to replace SNA with TCP/IP or do you see it as a parallel platform? (ie. on Admin systems) h. How important is SNA to your administrtive systems. Will LU6.2 be a future concern? i. Do you run office automation on administrative mainframes? If so why? If not then why not? j. Do you have a administrative TCP/IP mainframe connection or plan for one in the near future? If so what functions do you intend to support? k. Do you have any plans for OSI? Is it likely to replace SNA? l. Have you established any strategies or guidelines for administrative lans? If so are you prepared to share them? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAVE A GOOD DAY! Yours sincerely University of Western Ontario Computer and Communication Services Administrative Technical Support Manager John L. McFadden Room 16, Stevenson Lawson Building Richmond Street North London, Ontario Canada, N6A 5B8 Phone (519-661-2024) Bitnet (CCSJLM@UWOCC1.UWO.CA)