| Title: | DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE |
| Notice: | Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7 |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::COLELLA DT |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4455 |
| Total number of notes: | 16761 |
Hi
I have a customer with a Synoptics 3000 hub, I believe just with 10BaseT
repeaters in it to support a number of PC connections.
He is now going to extend his LAN and needs at least 2 more hubs, with
a variety of devices (Ethernet only) such as Terminal Servers, Local
Bridges, and Repeaters.
He is interested in using Synoptics 5000s because then he could manage
all the hubs, including his existing 3000, with the same software. He
has no management at the moment.
We would like him to consider DEChub 900 but this would require a
separate hub management system (Hubwatch) - unless anyone has any
experience of being able to manage both from the same platform ? I
doubt if he would consider Netview from the point of view of cost for
such a small installation.
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has faced this issue
before.
Regards
Una
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| 1775.1 | maybe common mgt on PC today; on Sun in Q1 1995 | NAC::FORREST | Mon Dec 12 1994 11:56 | 12 | |
I thought the 5000 was positioned as a backbone hub of sorts. Seems
like your customer will be paying through the nose to go that route
to add some more ports.
The only thing I might suggest is HUBwatch for Windows in conjunction
with HP OpenView for Windows (Workgroup Node Manager = $1500). I don't
know if SynOptics has made their PC management work with the latest
HP kit or not. If they have, then you can run both applications on the
same PC.
Alternatively, you might pitch HUBwatch and ManageWorks on a PC. The
new version of ManageWorks includes a good SNMP management capability.
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