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Conference azur::mcc

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

5670.0. "Monitoring Ethernet without a Bridge..." by VAXSPO::GILSON () Mon Oct 18 1993 07:50

	Does anybody tryed/have some experience in monitoring Ethernet 
segments using any kind of PC platform instead of using LAN Bridge+LTM?

	The idea is to connect a PC with an Ethernet interface plus a 
software that performs the same functions of LTM. This software would be
able to "speak" SNMP so that we could get the statistics from DECmcc.

	I imagine that this solution can be much cheaper than selling 
one bridge + LTM. We're proposing a network management solution based on 
DECmcc to a customer. His site has 5 LANs, so it would be necessary to 
sell 5 bridges (and to find a way to make all them to communicate with the
VAxstation running DECmcc...). 


Thank you in advance,
Gilson

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5670.1	You can use DECpacketprobe oo Network professor	MQOSWS::F_MONETTE	Network consultant - Montreal	`Mon Oct 18 1993 10:09`	12
	DEC just announce a probe that is doing just what you are looking for. the product is called DECpacketprobe 90 nad it is supporting RMON mib. You can use PROBEwatch for ultrix product to retrieve the information from the probe. There is also a product called Network professor by TEC thta you can use for LAN analyser. Hope this help Francois
5670.2	PROBEwatch is only for Ultrix	CUJO::HILL	Dan Hill-Net.Mgt.-Customer Resident	`Wed Nov 03 1993 00:19`	11
	I suppose that you could use SNMP and the RMON MIB to get to the probe hardware on the segment you are monitoring, but it would really be nice to have the user interface on VMS. Problem is that the probe software only runs on Ultrix. Doesn't even run on OSF/1. (Are there plans???) Also be aware that the probe will drop packets when utilization gets above 30%. This is not an acceptable solution for a couple of my customers since they have many periods during the day when utilization is above 70% sustained for 15 minutes or more. -Dan