roger%cfa2@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU.UUCP (02/20/87)
Does anyone know about tools which are available for monitoring DECNet? I know about the NCP counters and the VMS MONITOR DECNET command. I have heard that DEC, internally, has something which they call the 911 box and which may become a product. Is there anything else from DEC, from other companies, or even individually developed procedures? I am particularly interested in monitoring traffic, identifying bottlenecks, and identify where traffic is coming from and where it is going. Roger Hauck Center for Astrophysics for Harvard DECNet Technical Committee roger@cfa2.bitnet roger%cfa@harvard.harvard.edu
oberman@LLL-ICDC.ARPA.UUCP (02/20/87)
>Does anyone know about tools which are available for monitoring DECNet? I know >about the NCP counters and the VMS MONITOR DECNET command. I have heard that >DEC, internally, has something which they call the 911 box and which may become >a product. Is there anything else from DEC, from other companies, or even >individually developed procedures? I am particularly interested in monitoring >traffic, identifying bottlenecks, and identify where traffic is coming from and >where it is going. I'm not terribly impressed with DEC's software offerings for Ethernet monitoring. The ETHERnim is cute, but I don't see it providing much useful information. Their big network monitor gets you some useful stuff, but it's such a bitch to run that the price includes a DEC consulant to get it set up. HP makes an excellent Ethernet analyzer that will do everything you need, but it runs about 32K (less any discount you can get). Excelan makes the LANalyzer. It does most of what you want, but uses an IBM PC and it's not fast enough to catch every packet. If I can afford it, I plan to get an HP, myself. I'll also keep telling DEC to market the 911, but I'm afraid I don't swing a lot a weight there. R. Kevin Oberman LLNL arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa (415) 422-6955 Disclaimer: I'm not endorsing any vendor or manufacturer. Anything I said is on my own behalf. The boss (Unk Sam) is (officially) totally neutral. ------