faq-1: Subject: What is the Latest Patches for SNM 2.2.2 faq-1: faq-1: Question: faq-1: ========= faq-1: faq-1: > faq-1: > I sorry to ask this question again but, what are the latest patches for faq-1: > SunNet Manager 2.2.2 on Solaris 2.3. faq-1: > faq-1: faq-1: Answer: faq-1: ======= faq-1: faq-1: As of March 29th, 1995 faq-1: faq-1: The latest patch for SNM 2.2.2 on Solaris 2.3 is 101956-04. faq-1: The patch can be obtained from the zippy ftp server. faq-1: faq-2: Subject: Information on Billing Systems faq-2: faq-2: Question: faq-2: ========= faq-2: faq-2: >I am looking for information on billing systems for network resource usage, faq-2: >specifically for link utilization of routed networks. I am interested in faq-2: >articles, white papers and product evals on this subject. faq-2: faq-2: Answer: faq-2: ======= faq-2: faq-2: Check out a package called NeTraMet. faq-2: ftp://ftp.near.net/pub/NeTramet faq-2: faq-3: Subject: Information on Paging products for SunNet Manager faq-3: faq-3: Question: faq-3: ========= faq-3: faq-3: Are there any commercially available paging software products that faq-3: work with SNM ? faq-3: faq-3: Answer: faq-3: ======= faq-3: faq-3: faq-3: I asked specifically if anyone is using Matrix Mobile Technology's AMS faq-3: (Automated Messaging System). Their literature says it can be used faq-3: with SNM to page someone when an event occurs. It takes care of the faq-3: modem interface and can store up to 20 messages so the pagee gets faq-3: event-specific information if they have a digital pager. Contact is faq-3: Jim Nagle, 708-920-2400. faq-3: faq-3: Here's a summary of replies from other snm-people: faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: bublitz@mdd.comm.mot.com (Martin Bublitz) faq-3: faq-3: Apparently, there is some good PD stuff out there. One such program is called faq-3: "tpage" which follows the standard IXO protocol for pagers. faq-3: faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: Greg Stephens faq-3: faq-3: Have you looked at our product, TelAlert? .... faq-3: faq-3: The marketing folks can be contacted if you want more information at faq-3: 800-622-0630. faq-3: faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: Michael Walsh DTN 227-3894 faq-3: faq-3: I work for Digital Equipment Corporation and figured I'd drop you a dime on faq-3: some pretty good paging software for Systemetrics, Inc. out of Cambridge,MA. faq-3: Their product is called PageMate and is supported on Windows 3.1, DEC OSF/1, faq-3: Sun Solaris, Windows NT, and other UNIX platforms. I am about to receive a faq-3: trial copy of the product for DEC OSF/1 for integration with Polcenter Manager faq-3: on Netview. I have read through the technical description and talked with faq-3: the product manager. It is a fairly inexpensive robust solution for paging faq-3: integration with a Network Management Station. faq-3: faq-3: Contact: Systemetrics, Inc. faq-3: 120 Appleton Street faq-3: Cambridge, MA 02138 faq-3: (617)868-8308. faq-3: faq-3: Product Manager: Chris Summerfield faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: melanie.humphrey@pizzahut.com faq-3: faq-3: i run matrix as my pager back-end to a perl program that does my faq-3: critical-system pinging (program is separate from snm for many reasons) faq-3: faq-3: basically what matrix does is accept a text string and a pager 'tag'. faq-3: it dials your local digital pager terminal and sends the message. faq-3: the newest version has some gee-whizzier stuff but i don't know that faq-3: it would have an impact on what you'd be doing. i find that it takes anywhere faq-3: from 2-20 minutes to get a page. i've timed it several times, and faq-3: it takes about 60-90 seconds for the modem to dial and send the message, and faq-3: i would assume the rest of the time is due to whatever machinations faq-3: and bottlenecks there are at our pager supplier's end. faq-3: faq-3: matrix has been very reliable, they include a simple GUI, faq-3: and i have no complaints about it but you'll need something like a faq-3: perl script to take snm's output strings and send them to the pager faq-3: software. said script should also keep track of how many pages faq-3: have been sent so you don't get bombarded if something faq-3: really important goes down. faq-3: faq-3: if you don't have the $1300 for matrix ams, you could look at tpage. never faq-3: used it myself but have heard it works pretty well. faq-3: faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: bobk@manzanita.DEV.3Com.COM (Bob Konigsberg) faq-3: faq-3: Yes we use it. I have an older version, so I had to write a front end to faq-3: it in C to allow for groups, time of day, day of week, etc., but it worked faq-3: out pretty well. Mobile Matrix has upgraded their software to take care of faq-3: things like that, but I haven't tried the new version out yet. faq-3: faq-3: It's worthwhile, and even works numeric only in our area (San Jose, CA). faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: rob@solcentr.com (Rob) faq-3: faq-3: There are other options for you regarding Paging software.... faq-3: Not only do we accomplish paging but we also do faq-3: interactive voice response so from your phone you can gather information faq-3: about the status of a problem or ping a node. TelAlert offers alpha and faq-3: numeric paging. We have two versions of the product, a paging only version faq-3: and the voice/paging version. faq-3: faq-3: Please call me and I will be glad to discuss the product with you as well as faq-3: send you some literature. faq-3: faq-3: Rob Nunally faq-3: Telamon faq-3: 800 622-0630 faq-3: rob@solcenter.com faq-3: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ faq-3: From: sozoa@atmel.com (Steve Ozoa) faq-3: faq-3: We're using PageMe (it may be called NetPage now) from Personal Productivity faq-3: Tools (510-440-3050). Simple alpha paging software, but very reliable. We faq-3: haven't yet used it extensively with SNM - just a couple of 'host is faq-3: unreachable' traps, but it's been working well. faq-3: faq-3: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- faq-3: faq-4: Subject: Information on forwarding events to remote hosts faq-4: faq-4: faq-4: Question: faq-4: ========= faq-4: faq-4: I want to ask, if anybody has wiritten (C, perl etc.) a program which faq-4: distributes (=forwards) events to set of defined hosts like this: faq-4: faq-4: ---------- faq-4: | host A | (host A receives all events from net and forwards them) faq-4: ---------- faq-4: / / / ---------- ---------- faq-4: | host B | | host C | o o o These hosts receive all events from A. faq-4: ---------- ---------- You can have any number of these hosts faq-4: faq-4: faq-4: I know this can be done with SNM API, so that's why I'm asking for it. faq-4: faq-4: This is so that everyone in any workstation they might be can see all faq-4: events in the net. faq-4: faq-4: I think, somebody else might have use for this kind of application, faq-4: too. faq-4: faq-4: Perhaps this comes with the next major release of SNM... faq-4: faq-4: faq-4: faq-4: Answer: faq-4: ======= faq-4: faq-4: Empire has a trap-exploder that does just what you describe. faq-4: faq-4: A couple of engineers from Empire participate as NOC team members faq-4: for the Networld+Interop shows doing network management. We ran faq-4: into just the need you describe: faq-4: faq-4: During the show, there are always a number of management platforms in faq-4: the NOC, and each wants to receive traps from the network devices faq-4: (routers, hubs, etc.) that make up the InteropNet. Many SNMP-cabable faq-4: network devices will only let you configure one (maybe two) trap faq-4: addresses. faq-4: faq-4: So, we whipped up a trap-exploder that will forward trap faq-4: messages to managers at other IP addresses. A text file lets faq-4: you specify the IP addresses and port #'s to which traps should faq-4: be forwarded. faq-4: faq-4: faq-4: Empire will be happy to make the trap-exploder (SunOS 4.1.x binary) faq-4: available to anyone that would like a copy of the binary. faq-4: faq-4: If you would like for Empire to email you the trap-exploder binary for faq-4: SunOS 4.1.x, just send email to: faq-4: faq-4: info@empiretech.com faq-4: faq-4: with subject line: trap-exploder faq-4: faq-4: Contact: faq-4: faq-4: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ faq-4: + Cheryl Krupczak Empire Technologies, Inc. + faq-4: + cheryl@empiretech.com 500 Northside Circle NW + faq-4: + PH : (404)350-0107 Suite D-7 + faq-4: + FAX: (404)351-3638 Atlanta, GA 30309-2100 + faq-4: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ faq-5: Subject: tools to create reports from the snm log files faq-5: faq-5: faq-5: Question: faq-5: ========= faq-5: faq-5: Are there programs that can make readable reports out of SNM's log- faq-5: files ? I would like to work with the collected data "outside" SNM. faq-5: So I would be looking for browsers and graphers other thanthe ones faq-5: included with SNM. faq-5: faq-5: Answer: faq-5: ======= faq-5: faq-5: snm_report is available by anonymous FTP from ski.utah.edu, look in faq-5: directory net/snm_report. The latest version is in 8jun94. faq-5: faq-5: faq-5: faq-6: Subject: A question on SNM PDU sizes faq-6: faq-6: faq-6: Question: faq-6: ========= faq-6: faq-6: > I am having a problem with Sun Net manager that I am sure a faq-6: >number of people have experienced. faq-6: > faq-6: > Some of the SNMP agents that we need to manage define tables faq-6: >whose length exceeds Sun Net's default PDU length. To date, we have faq-6: >hand crafted the schema files to accomidate this significant barrier. faq-6: > faq-6: > Is there a better way to do this? Specifically, can any one faq-6: >suggest a way to enlarge the PDU size that Sun Net will handle? faq-6: faq-6: faq-6: Answer: faq-6: ======= faq-6: faq-6: The way that SNM works is that when you faq-6: poll a group/table it puts in the PDU all the varbinds for that faq-6: group/table. At the agent end, if there are too many varbinds, the faq-6: resulting response PDU exceeds the max size that the agent will send, faq-6: and thus the agent sends back a tooBig error. SNM then terminates the faq-6: poll request with an error. faq-6: faq-6: The way you fix this is to either make the groups/tables in the faq-6: schemas smaller (which is what you have been doing), or to configure faq-6: the agent to handle larger PDUs. The former approach results in faq-6: smaller response PDUs, and thus you do not hit the tooBig scenario. faq-6: For the latter, of course, the agent must be configurable in this faq-6: respect. faq-7: Subject: A question on enterprise specific OIDs faq-7: faq-7: faq-7: Question: faq-7: ========= faq-7: faq-7: I am trying to get the Event/Trapreport screen to print the names of faq-7: my varbind OIDs in an enterprise-specific trap. Here's what I have faq-7: tried: faq-7: faq-7: faq-7: run mib2schema to get a .OID file faq-7: mv .oid to /usr/snm/agents faq-7: run build_oid faq-7: faq-7: I've also checked the /etc/snm.conf file, na.snmp-trap.default-trapfile faq-7: parameter, and yes it points to the right thing. faq-7: faq-7: That still didn't work, so I killed the na.snmp-trap daemon. Then, faq-7: it restarted when I sent the next trap, but it did not decode the OIDs. faq-7: faq-7: What else could prevent the trap daemon from translating the OIDs? faq-7: What am I missing? The example on page 7-16 of SNM 2.0 reference faq-7: manual shows exactly what I want to get, so I know it's possible... faq-7: faq-7: faq-7: Answer: faq-7: ======= faq-7: faq-7: File oid.dbase is read from SNMDBDIR (or if undefined from /var/adm/snm). faq-7: That means that different processes may look at different places if faq-7: they have different values for SNMDBDIR. If you have varying values faq-7: for SNMDBDIR, be sure to copy the oid.dbase file to all appropriate faq-7: places. faq-8: Subject: limit on groups and tables in a schema? faq-8: faq-8: faq-8: Question: faq-8: ========= faq-8: faq-8: I've been working on a schema for Cisco 10.0. I split up the faq-8: schema into a number of smaller groups. My schema loaded just faq-8: fine but when I tried to do a quick dump on the schema I got faq-8: a console message faq-8: faq-8: Error: Menu too large for screen faq-8: faq-8: and the popup vanished. Anybody know how to get around this? faq-8: faq-8: faq-8: Answer: faq-8: ======= faq-8: faq-8: There is an xview Patch for this. 100452-55 or later. Do not install faq-8: 100451-54. faq-9: Subject: Location of snm-people mail archives faq-9: Question: faq-9: ========= faq-9: Can anyone tell me if the snm-people mail is archived on zippy? And if faq-9: so, where are the archives stored? faq-9: faq-9: Answer: faq-9: ======= faq-9: A reminder for the list, yes mail is archived. However it is not available faq-9: via ftp. You have to use the list processor to retrieve it. To receive faq-9: a list of commands for the list processor send mail to faq-9: faq-9: listproc@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu with faq-9: faq-9: HELP as the message text. faq-9: faq-9: To receive individual archived files send a message to listproc@... faq-9: with text like faq-9: faq-9: get snm-people 9502 to receive the list or mail for February 1995. faq-10: Subject: how to subscribe to snm-people faq-10: Question: faq-10: ========= faq-10: faq-10: What do I need to do to subscribe to snm-people? faq-10: faq-10: faq-10: Answer: faq-10: ======= faq-10: An automated list manager has taken over the handling of faq-10: subscriptions to snm-people. You must now send your requests to faq-10: listproc@zippy.Telcom.Arizona.EDU. faq-10: faq-10: If you wish to subscribe to snm-people, send a message to faq-10: listproc@zippy.Telcom.Arizona.EDU with no subject, containing only the words: faq-10: faq-10: subscribe snm-people faq-10: faq-10: faq-10: If you wish to unsubscribe from snm-people, send the message: faq-10: faq-10: unsubscribe snm-people faq-10: faq-10: For more information on using listproc, send the message: faq-10: faq-10: help faq-10: faq-10: If you have difficulty subscribing or unsubscribing to snm-people, faq-10: send a message to snm-people-owner@zippy.Telcom.Arizona.EDU. This address faq-10: corresponds to a human who maintains the snm-people list. faq-10: faq-10: For general assistance with listproc, send a message to faq-10: postmaster@zippy.Telcom.Arizona.EDU. This address corresponds to a human faq-10: who maintains the list management software. faq-11: Subject: what is the IP address of zippy? faq-11: Question: faq-11: ========= faq-11: faq-11: Can anybody tell me the IP adress of zippy.telcom.arizona.edu ? faq-11: faq-11: faq-11: Answer: faq-11: ======= faq-11: faq-11: zippy.telcom.arizona.edu. 4409 A 128.196.128.85 faq-12: Subject: snm console menu test changes color faq-12: faq-12: Question: faq-12: ========= faq-12: While adding some new elements to the snm console a strange problem has faq-12: occurred. Whenever I select the right mouse button, the menu's text is faq-12: orange and not black, somehow it changed. Does anyone know how to change it faq-12: back to black? faq-12: faq-12: faq-12: Answer: faq-12: ======= faq-12: do you use many colors in your console layout ? I think it's a problem of the faq-12: color lookup tables - or to be more precise - of OpenWindows Color Management. faq-12: I had the same problem when adding colorful background maps. faq-12: Remove some colors and restart SNM. faq-12: faq-13: Subject: where can I get the ASN.1 Spec? faq-13: faq-13: Question: faq-13: ========= faq-13: faq-13: where can I get the ASN.1 Spec? faq-13: faq-13: Answer: faq-13: ======= faq-13: faq-13: vdwit@calgary.chevron.com (dale a. wityshyn) writes: faq-13: I think that they are currently only available through gopher. faq-13: faq-13: I found them in zipped postscript format at: faq-13: faq-13: gopher://info.itu.ch/11/.1/itudoc-public/.dirtree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.22887 faq-13: faq-13: and faq-13: faq-13: gopher://info.itu.ch/11/.1/itudoc-public/.dirtree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.24177 faq-13: faq-14: Subject: RMON pods and Software faq-14: faq-14: faq-14: Question: faq-14: ========= faq-14: faq-14: haas@ski.utah.edu writes: faq-14: > We are in the market for some RMON type pods and software. We would faq-14: >like to here any experiences that you may had with these types of faq-14: >products. Of course, we would like them to run with SNM 2.2.2. faq-14: faq-14: Answer: faq-14: ======= faq-14: faq-14: Walt (?) writes: faq-14: So far I've looked at products from ARMON and Axon in some depth. The faq-14: Axon product keeps its firmware in NVRAM whereas the ARMON unit needs faq-14: to FTP the probe code in every time it powers up - not robust enough faq-14: for a troubleshooting tool in my opinion. I think the protocol faq-14: decodes are better on the Axon software, and the user interface is faq-14: generally friendlier; but the ARMON does allow you to zoom in on faq-14: subview of data by pointing and clicking with the mouse, which is faq-14: easier than the sequence of commands required by the Axon. The ARMON faq-14: probe comes with up to four Ethernet interfaces which makes it more faq-14: economical for hub sites. Neither probe will detect collisions faq-14: accurately unless they happen to participate in them; this is inherent faq-14: in the way the Ethernet standard is written. Both units are deficient faq-14: in breaking down user protocols within the TCP/IP suite, the ARMON is faq-14: a little less deficient. Overall I like the Axon a little better, mostly faq-14: because of the NVRAM, easier definition of packet capture and better faq-14: decodes. faq-14: faq-14: Before everybody sends me email asking: faq-14: faq-14: ARMON Networking Ltd. faq-14: 5369 Heather St. faq-14: Camarillo CA 93012 faq-14: (800) 499-RMON faq-14: faq-14: Axon Networks Inc. faq-14: 199 Wells Ave faq-14: Newton MA 02159 faq-14: (617) 630-9600 faq-14: faq-14: dougs@inet-hou.com writes: faq-14: I've integrated Network General DSS which have an RMON capability... You pay faq-14: for what you get but it is high. The expert on the DSS Pod helps emmensely faq-14: in identifying problem areas up front because one can configure the device faq-14: to send traps along with poll based gathering of data. faq-14: faq-14: I've tried the Novell LANtern but found it only works somewhat decent in the faq-14: IPX/SPX environment. I like the Frontier Technologies Software and the NAT faq-14: units. faq-14: faq-14: I've found that the Cabletron Hub Switch, Bridge and Router modules all faq-14: support RMON within the units and across all ports!!!!! This beats the hec faq-14: out of having to take one port on your Ethernet Switch as use it as a RMON faq-14: Pod funnel while findding out you need to up your memory on the RMON Pods faq-14: to maximum... Better use Cabletron's Hub Mgmt. Software for SnM though... faq-14: they've got an enourmous set of MIBs they support... it takes a while tofigure out which modules support which MIBs. faq-14: faq-15: Subject: SNM Backgrounds faq-15: faq-15: Question: faq-15: ========= faq-15: faq-15: Zoli Fogassy, zfogassy@ligand.com writes: faq-15: faq-15: I am running SNM 2.2.1 on an IPX; SunOS 4.1.3. I would like to be faq-15: able to scan my facilitity maps and use them for my backgrounds. Does faq-15: anybody know of a public domain conversion program that can read GIF faq-15: files and convert them to Sun Raster files? Also, I would like to faq-15: scale my bitmap up/down accordingly, and the only program I have found faq-15: so far is xv, but that can only scale to screen size and no larger. faq-15: Any tips would be appreciated. faq-15: faq-15: faq-15: Answer: faq-15: ======= faq-15: faq-15: kfiles@netman-mel.dfci.harvard.edu writes: faq-15: The pbmplus utils, available by ftp all over the place as pbmplus.tar, faq-15: or something like that, have conversions to and from everything, and faq-15: utils to scale, remap, etc. All are redirectable commands, so you can faq-15: do everything in batch. faq-15: faq-15: Brendan Madden, bmadden@tomsawyer.com writes: faq-15: I believe that you can use Jeff Ponzacker's Portable Bitmap tools to convert faq-15: your files to Sun Raster. I believe that it is in the public domain. You can faq-15: send him email at jef@well.sf.ca.us for an ftp site. We have used them before, faq-15: and they work very well. faq-15: faq-15: Here is some information that we have here with our local version of the faq-15: conversion software. Our version is probably slightly older than the latest faq-15: format so there may be new additions to the formats supported. faq-15: faq-15: PBM handles the following black&white formats: faq-15: faq-15: Sun icon file reading writing faq-15: X10 and X11 bitmap file reading writing faq-15: MacPaint reading writing faq-15: CMU window manager format reading writing faq-15: MGR format reading writing faq-15: Group 3 FAX reading writing faq-15: GEM .img format reading writing faq-15: Bennet Yee's "face" format reading writing faq-15: Atari Degas .pi3 format reading writing faq-15: Andrew Toolkit raster object reading writing faq-15: Xerox doodle brushes reading faq-15: ASCII graphics writing faq-15: HP LaserJet format writing faq-15: GraphOn graphics writing faq-15: BBN BitGraph graphics writing faq-15: Printronix format writing faq-15: Gemini 10x printer format writing faq-15: Epson printer format writing faq-15: Unix plot(5) file writing faq-15: Zinc Interface Library icon writing faq-15: faq-15: PGM handles the following grayscale formats: faq-15: faq-15: Usenix FaceSaver(tm) file reading writing faq-15: FITS reading writing faq-15: Lisp Machine bit-array-file reading writing faq-15: raw grayscale bytes reading faq-15: HIPS reading faq-15: PostScript "image" data reading faq-15: faq-15: PPM handles the following color formats: faq-15: faq-15: GIF reading writing faq-15: IFF ILBM reading writing faq-15: PICT reading writing faq-15: Atari Degas .pi1 format reading writing faq-15: XPM (X Window System ASCII pixmaps) reading writing faq-15: PC Paintbrush .pcx format reading writing faq-15: TrueVision Targa file reading writing faq-15: HP PaintJet format reading writing faq-15: Abekas YUV format reading writing faq-15: MTV/PRT ray-tracer output reading faq-15: QRT ray-tracer output reading faq-15: Img-whatnot file reading faq-15: Xim file reading faq-15: Atari uncompressed Spectrum reading faq-15: Atari compressed Spectrum reading faq-15: NCSA Interactive Color Raster writing faq-15: X11 "puzzle" file writing faq-15: Motif UIL icon file writing faq-15: DEC sixel format writing faq-15: AutoCAD slide format reading writing faq-15: AutoCAD DXB format writing faq-15: faq-15: PNM handles the following multi-type formats: faq-15: faq-15: Sun raster file reading writing faq-15: TIFF reading writing faq-15: X11 window dump file reading writing faq-15: X10 window dump file reading faq-15: PostScript writing faq-15: