jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White) (09/19/89)
(I hope this is the right newsgorup until a sys.annex or sys.xylogics is created). I'm looking for some type of program or script that can monitor the usage of serial ports on an Annex server. We have a bank of incoming lines on some of them, and we would like to be able to know how often (in terms of minutes and number of new sessions) each is used, so that we can accurately determine is we need more or less. The character count on each line is some help, but really isn't totally adequate. A program that could assemble information for the logfiles, or did a stats -s every so often and looked for lines that had DCD high would be useful. Jeff White University of Pennsylvania jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
becker@cs.rochester.edu (Tim Becker) (09/19/89)
In article <14506@netnews.upenn.edu> jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White) writes: > I'm looking for some type of program or script that can monitor the usage >of serial ports on an Annex server. We have a bank of incoming lines on >some of them, and we would like to be able to know how often (in terms of >minutes and number of new sessions) each is used, so that we can accurately >determine is we need more or less. The character count on each line is >some help, but really isn't totally adequate. A program that could assemble >information for the logfiles, or did a stats -s every so often and looked >for lines that had DCD high would be useful. We wrote an awk script to keep track of connect time on some of our annex ports (the modem ports). We used the Event Logging feature of the annex s/w. This sends Unix syslog msgs to a Unix machine of your choice. It can log every annex port open and close. One problem with it is that it uses the 4.2bsd syslog format. Since upgrading our Suns to SunOS 4.0.x, the annex event logging won't work anymore (SunOS 4.0.x uses the 4.3bsd syslog format). I'm hoping for a fix from the Encore-annex folks. Tim.
alan@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Alan Crosswell) (09/21/89)
>In article <14506@netnews.upenn.edu> jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White) writes: >> I'm looking for some type of program or script that can monitor the usage >>of serial ports on an Annex server. We have a bank of incoming lines on >>some of them, and we would like to be able to know how often (in terms of >>minutes and number of new sessions) each is used, so that we can accurately >>determine is we need more or less. The character count on each line is >>some help, but really isn't totally adequate. A program that could assemble >>information for the logfiles, or did a stats -s every so often and looked >>for lines that had DCD high would be useful. Call your vendor and ask them to implement an Internet standard network management protocol -- SNMP. Remind them that their competition (cisco) already has it. We too are "stuck" with annexes that don't fit into our net management environment as well as our ciscos and Unix hosts and I intend to make this same request. /a PS: We went with Annexes primarily for RDP with our Encores.
loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso) (10/12/89)
In article <1889@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> alan@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Alan Crosswell) writes: > Call your vendor and ask them to implement an Internet standard network > management protocol -- SNMP... Possibly `old' news, but Xylogics was demo'ing the X5.0 software release at InterOP89 last week, with (among other things) an SNMP agent and a first cut private enterprise tree. `X' stands for `experimental'; essientally a pre-alpha version. Current schedules call for R5.0 to be released (by Xylogics) in Q1'90. -- John Robert LoVerso Xylogics, Inc. 617/272-8140 loverso@Xylogics.COM Annex Terminal Server Development Group
jdh@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jason Heirtzler) (10/12/89)
>Possibly `old' news, but Xylogics was demo'ing the X5.0 software release >at InterOP89 last week, with (among other things) an SNMP agent and a >first cut private enterprise tree. > >`X' stands for `experimental'; essientally a pre-alpha version. Experienced annex users realize you're actually referring to the "X" in the name Xylogics.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Heirtzler (617) 353-2780 jdh@bu-it.bu.edu Information Technology Boston University ..!harvard!bu-cs!bu-it!jdh