| Title: | POLYCENTER Console Manager |
| Notice: | Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS: |
| Moderator: | CSC32::BUTTERWORTH |
| Created: | Thu Aug 06 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1541 |
| Total number of notes: | 6564 |
Hello We are bidding for a contract with the Norwegian IRS. The offered configuration are 373 DECsystems with terminals and DECserver 90TL. This systems will be spread around the country. Each siste will have one WANrouter 90 for X.25 communication. They will use TCP/IP as primary transport protocl, but also configure DECnet/OSI, so they can use that as an alternativ protocol now. We have given them a demo of Polycenter Console Manager, and they liked the product. They will have one dedicated terminal as a console on each system, but CM could be a very good tool for them to be able to connect to the systems in single user or console modus, in situations that require this action. BUT, -Are there possible to switch on/off connections to remote sites, to enable/disable trafic across X.25 between the CM and the DECserver ? If not, CM would generate a lot of revenue for our PTT -Can you configure ~400 systems in CM and by a 10 systems license, if you only will acces a maximum of 10 systems at any given time ? PS It seems to me that the pre_ssb kit announced today in 2.7 are a source-kit !!! and not any setld kit. Thanks in advance, Anders
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| 58.1 | Welll, Kinda Sorta.... | OPG::PHILIP | And through the square window... | Wed Jan 27 1993 18:59 | 40 |
Anders,
I'm glad your customer likes the product.
To answer your questions...
1) No, it is not possible to disable the line to a system in order
to disconnect an X.25 session.
2) Yes, you can do this, there is no limit on the number of entries in
the database, however, we will only support a maximum of 200 active
in V1.0
To do what you required would involve a reconfigure each time you
"user disabled" a set of systems, and re-enabled others.
Currently the reconfigure is implemented as a shutdown-startup cycle,
so data will not be logged whilst the software is being restarted. I
guess this would not be too critical in this scenario.
Also, it would require the customer to manually disable/enable the
systems in the database each time a change is required, this would be
messy time consuming process by hand. The best approach would be to have
a set of databases in /var/cm/data and use a small script to move them
to the correct database filename, after which a reconfigure could be
performed.
If your customer requires a supported solution to the above two questions,
can I suggest that you submit a Phase 0 request detailing your exact
requirements to our Product/marketing Manager Laura Gawronski-Horn
(HYEND::LHORN) as we are currently discussing the features we beleive we
need to implement in the next release in order to stay competitive.
As for the pre-ssb kit, well, you were too quick for us, in the time it
took us to put the kit up and realize we had done the wrong one, you must
have copied it. Can I ask that you delete your copy of the source kit and
recopy the setld kit which is now in the distribution area.
Cheers,
Phil
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| 58.2 | Thanks | OSL09::ANDERST | Anders Teslo, DS, Oslo, Norway | Thu Jan 28 1993 08:38 | 15 |
Hello Phil Thanks for your answer. I will send Laura a mail regarding new functionality for the next release. I have deleted the source kit. Sk�l, Anders PS#2 The file permission on U42PATCH.TARZ;1 are not nice, when trying to copy it. | |||||
| 58.3 | OPG::SIMON | Thu Jan 28 1993 13:21 | 14 | ||
Anders, I am the stupid person who managed to put the sources up instead of the kit and also forget to set the files readable. Can't get back into the hang of this VMS stuff ;-)) The patch file is set readable now. Please note that there are now two patch files. One is for ULTRIX V4.2a and the other for ULTRIX v4.3. You must use the correct one or you will get all sorts of funnies happening. Cheers Simon.... P.S. Interesting application of the product. Please keep in touch with how you get on and if we vcan supply any help. | |||||