haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) (10/13/90)
It's about time for us to get serious about SNMP. Now that most of the network devices we purchase support SNMP, we could use a good monitor package. Can anyone out there relate real-world stories with products such as the cisco NetWatch, HLS 9100 etc.? I've seen both of those in action (briefly) and the cisco seemed to have obviously greater functionality, but $20k is a little spendy. What's available in the public domain? What is everybody out there actually using? Thanks in advance -- Walt Haas haas@ski.utah.edu
snyder@dustbin.cisco.com (Robert Snyder) (10/16/90)
In article <1990Oct12.142523.12713@hellgate.utah.edu>, haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes: > It's about time for us to get serious about SNMP. Now that most of the > network devices we purchase support SNMP, we could use a good monitor package. > Can anyone out there relate real-world stories with products such as the > cisco NetWatch, HLS 9100 etc.? I've seen both of those in action (briefly) > and the cisco seemed to have obviously greater functionality, but $20k is > a little spendy. What's available in the public domain? What is everybody > out there actually using? > > Thanks in advance -- Walt Haas haas@ski.utah.edu Curious how did you derive the $20k figure? It is my understanding that we sell the software for $15k with discounts to educational institutions. Were you including platform costs? Or were you not refering to ciscos netcentral product, since we dont make a "NetWatch" that I could find. Disclaimer: Nobody claims dis, but me. USMAIL: cisco Systems 1525 O'brien Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025 INTERNET: snyder@dustbin.cisco.COM Phone: 415-688-7869 Amusing Quote: "I hope God grades on a curve"
kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (10/16/90)
In article <1990Oct12.142523.12713@hellgate.utah.edu>, haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes: > It's about time for us to get serious about SNMP. Now that most of the > network devices we purchase support SNMP, we could use a good monitor package. > Can anyone out there relate real-world stories with products such as the > cisco NetWatch, HLS 9100 etc.? I've seen both of those in action (briefly) > and the cisco seemed to have obviously greater functionality, but $20k is > a little spendy. What's available in the public domain? What is everybody > out there actually using? > > Thanks in advance -- Walt Haas haas@ski.utah.edu Well there are a bunch of managment stations on the market now days. I have not heard of any PD ones though. If low price is what you are looking for take a look at WatchTower (from InterCon) it is a very low cost SNMP managment station that runs on the Macintosh. It costs about 25% of most of the other managment stations. Drop me a line for more information. If anyone has any info on PD stations please let me know. Also, has anyone put together a list of stations? -- Kurt Baumann InterCon Systems Corporation 703.709.9890 Creators of fine TCP/IP products 703.709.9896 FAX for the Macintosh.
haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) (10/16/90)
In article <21681@hercules.csl.sri.com> snyder@dustbin.cisco.com (Robert Snyder) writes: >In article <1990Oct12.142523.12713@hellgate.utah.edu>, >haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes: >> Can anyone out there relate real-world stories with products such as the >> cisco NetWatch, HLS 9100 etc.? I've seen both of those in action (briefly) >> and the cisco seemed to have obviously greater functionality, but $20k is >> a little spendy.> >Curious how did you derive the $20k figure? It is my understanding that >we sell the software for $15k with discounts to educational institutions. >Were you including platform costs? Or were you not refering to ciscos >netcentral product, since we dont make a "NetWatch" that I could find. Sorry, my brain is dropping bits in my old age. I did indeed mean your NetCentral product and spaced the pricetag. -- Walt