[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] Information wanted about SNMP based Network Managers

fjr@ULANA.MITRE.ORG (Frank J. Robey) (08/21/90)

Hi,

I'm interested in hearing about people's experiences with SNMP based network
managers. Specifically, any horror stories about incorrect implementations or
things that did not work like they should, areas that weren't implemented at
all, etc. I would also like to hear about the good things that people did. I
don't necessarily need to know vendor names, I'm just trying to gather info
about SNMP managers in general.

please e-mail me directly and I'll summarize for the net.

thanks,

Frank J. Robey
The MITRE Corporation
fjr@mitre.org

dcrocker@nsl.dec.com (Dave Crocker) (08/22/90)

Given that some articles are appearing about it,
this week, I don't think I am giving away any secrets to 
mention that the group which is sponsoring an SNMP demo for
the Interop conference held a "hot staging" at NSL's OpenLab
facility, two weeks ago, and held another staging on the
East coast, last week.  About 30 vendors and about 45 SNMP
implementations were tested at OpenLab.  (There is an enormous
interoperability matrix that grew on one of the whiteboards
over the course of the week.)

It would be foolish to assert that all implementations worked
perfectly, but it certainly is clear that the protocol is
real, solid, etc.