XBR1Y028@DDATHD21.BITNET.UUCP (04/15/87)
Recently we have entered the 'new world' of Ethernet by installing an fiber optics cable with 2 VAX 11/780's, a VAX 8500 and 6 Terminal-servers on it. Now we like to know, are there any tools (software within VMS or layered products) available that allow you to monitor the load (congestion) on the ethernet. I know that there are hardware monitors available to do that - but don't have any of those. Any suggestions, hints or tips are welcome ! Walter Reichenbaecher Technical University Darmstadt University Computing Center Darmstadt, West Germany Bitnet: XBR1Y028 @ DDATHD21 Arpanet: XBR1Y028%DDATHD21.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
"Eric_S._Fanwick.STHQ"@XEROX.COM.UUCP (04/15/87)
In this months PAGESWAPPER Lee K. Gleason documented a patch to the Monitor Utility that allow some here to hiden classes of Monitor to work. One of the classes will allow the monitoring of Ethernet from VMS. Warning: Since it is undocumented DEC will not support this "feature" of VMS. Good Luck. Eric S. Fanwick Systems Engineer Xerox Corporation The Patch is listed below. $ set default sys$common:[sysexe] $patch monitor.exe REPLACE 4158+33E 211 EXIT 11 EXIT REPLACE 4158+391 211 EXIT 11 EXIT REPLACE 4158+48A 235 EXIT 35 EXIT REPLACE 4158+583 211 EXIT 11 EXIT REPLACE 4158+629 211 EXIT 11 EXIT UPDATE EXIT $INSTALL :==$INSTALL/COMMAND_MODE $ INSTALL REPLACE SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]MONITOR.EXE $ EXIT
ESF.STHQ@XEROX.COM.UUCP (04/16/87)
The Patch for Monitor to show Ethernet Statistics is, according to the article in Pageswapper(April 1987, Vol.8 #9, page VAX-14) for VMS 4.4, But I have applied it to a VMS 4.5 system and it worked just fine. Anyother Version of VMS and you are on your own. Eric S. Fanwick Systems Engineer. ESF.STHQ@XEROX.COM