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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

2395.0. "DECmcc Autotopology feedback" by PJWL::LAMB (Peter Lamb - GSG Santa Clara MAIL=MUTTON::LAMB) Sun Feb 23 1992 23:16

Hi,

I have been using DECmcc Fairly extensively now for the
last month and would like to give the developers some 
feedback.

First,  NICE JOB!!  All in all I really like the product
(especially EFT 1.2!)

My only real complaint has to do with autotopologies 
and the fact that to have it do a full registration 
for both TCP/IP & DECnet you have to already have the
node name & address already defined in your REMOTE_NODE.DAT
or HOST file.  

While I guess I can sort of understand the logic in this 
(you don't want to assume that the user that is running 
autoconfig has access to the node database.  I strongly 
suggest that this be considered as an optional prompt.  

I have discussed this with several customers and they don't
want to know the reasons why they shouldn't do this they
just assume it will do it and are subsequentially disapointed
(in the product) when it doesn't.

Regards,

Peter Lamb

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2395.1	Partial Answer.	TOOK::NAVKAL		`Mon Feb 24 1992 07:52`	22
	RE: .0 >My only real complaint has to do with autotopologies >and the fact that to have it do a full registration >for both TCP/IP & DECnet you have to already have the >node name & address already defined in your REMOTE_NODE.DAT >or HOST file. The latest base level ( and hence SSB version of V1.2) will update local decnet data base when registring nodes through Autoconfig registration scripts. I am not sure if SNMP AM will do the same. May be Dan can answer that question. Note that �4 will update the data base if either name and address is supplied at the time of registration of if only address is supplied then if it can communicate to the node, it will get the name from the node whence update local data base. - Anil
2395.2	Great!!!	MUTTON::LAMB	Peter Lamb - GSG Santa Clara	`Mon Feb 24 1992 21:13`	9
	Wow! I hope the same is true for TCP/IP! Ask and you shall receive! Does the current base level by any chance have this functionality?? Thanks! Peter
2395.3	Only 50% on this one	TOOK::MINTZ	Erik Mintz, DECmcc Development, dtn 226-5033	`Mon Feb 24 1992 21:24`	9
	Alas, the SNMP AM will not be providing this function in V1.2. > Does the current base level by any chance have this functionality?? I think this is in X1.2.15 on VMS, and will be in the next update (whatever that is) on ULTRIX. -- Erik