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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

762.0. "CHIPCOM ONline System Concentrator AM ?" by KETJE::PACCO () Thu Feb 28 1991 17:12

    What is the status of the CHIPCOM cooperation with Digital?
    Specially I am interested to know if CHIPCOMs
    "ONline System Concentrator" product will (and when) be manageable by
    DECmcc?
    
    Chipcom's ONline System concentrator is a modular fault-tolerant
    platform for Facility networks of all media types, including twisted
    pair, thin and thick coaxial cable.  It allows up to three networks to
    operate concurrently, in any combination of Ethernet, Token Ring and
    FDDI.
    
    Who is Digital's technical contact person for DECmcc related
    questions?
    
    Dominique.
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762.1Send mail to Elias Hatem (TOOK::E_HATEM)TOOK::MCPHERSONi'm only 5 foot one...Thu Feb 28 1991 17:210
762.2Do we have any updates on this.BDYSRF::UDICKIt can't be too easy to use ...Thu Mar 21 1991 21:288
Does anyone have the latest status.

Chipcom is very strong at TRW and could make
the diffenence between a sale and no sale.

Thanks,

Steve
762.3I have forwarded your request to Earl IngallsTOOK::CALLANDERSat Mar 23 1991 16:202
    
    
762.4Try DECmcc MSUMAIL::CLAYTONMerlin Clayton DTN 445-7217Mon Apr 08 1991 14:1529
Steve,

I've been in the same situation with Chipcom at my account.

After beating my head against the wall for some time over this issue I finally
gave in and went with DECmcc MSU with the Chipcom MIB extensions.

It appears that Chipcom has put its resources to work on developing an SNMP 
management agent as their first priority.  The ONline SNMP capabilities were
supposed to roll out as a product the first of April.  

The information that I'm gertting from Chipcom is that a DECmcc AM is on the 
back burner, and may in fact never happen.  They may elect to just manage
their concentrators with SNMP DECmcc DIR SNMP AM, DECmcc MSU, or any other
SNMP management station.  (BTW... the SNMP AM for BMS does not have support 
Chipcom MIBs at this time, and probably will not until V1.2 later this year.)

If you want to talk to someone at Chipcom about their management directions,
give me a call and I'll give you the name of the director of management 
development.

This probably is not what you want to hear, but I'm fighting the same battle
as you.

Later...

Merlin

762.5ClarityBSYBEE::EGOLFJohn C. Egolf LKG2-2/T02 x226-7874Tue Apr 09 1991 00:4812
	re .4

	Let me make the statement a little stronger...

	You will  be  able  to manage the Chipcom devices (private MIBs
	and such)  with  DECmcc  V1.2 due out later this calander year.
	We will be  using  the SNMP AM.  Jon Goodridge of the SVP group
	may have additional info,  but  I  believe the only mgt will be
	via SNMP.

	This past Friday,  we closed Phase I.  Our planned SSB date for
	V1.2 (VMS and Ultrix) is 30-Sep-1991, FRS early November.
762.6Get the Chipcom_AM from DEC?HAFDOM::SITZ_GLFri Apr 19 1991 14:5218
    There is an AM for some Chipcom devices?....
    
    I was part of a joint presentation yesterday which consisted of
    Digital, Chipcom, and Customer representatives.
    
    The Chipcom rep told everyone that Chipcom's prototype AM has been
    delivered to Digital for functional verification and that Digital
    will distribute this AM as part of a DECmcc/EMA release this summer
    (June/July).
    
    Regards,
    
    Glen R.
    
    P.S. if anyone is interested in contact names send me mail.
    
    grs
    
762.7Whoa there.TOOK::MCPHERSONi'm only 5 foot one...Fri Apr 19 1991 16:3045
re: <<< Note 762.6 by HAFDOM::SITZ_GL >>>

    Hi, 

    I'm Doug McPherson and I'm an engineer in the DECmcc Strategic Vendor
    Program.  

>    I was part of a joint presentation yesterday which consisted of
>    Digital, Chipcom, and Customer representatives.
>
>    The Chipcom rep told everyone that Chipcom's prototype AM has been
>    delivered to Digital for functional verification and that Digital
>    will distribute this AM as part of a DECmcc/EMA release this summer
>    (June/July).

    There has been no Chipcom AM delivered to *us*.   The only thing that
    we've done (engineering-wise) with Chipcom is to verify their
    Ethermodem with the Digital BRIDGE AM.

    Chipcom *may* have at some point delivered a MIB of theirs to Jon
    Goodridge, my manager, for some sort of testing against the DECmcc SNMP
    stuff (but a MIB does not an AM make...). Howeverm Jon's out of the
    country right now, so we'll have to wait and see.  

    I (personally) know of no plans for Digital to distribute Chipcom's AM
    (whatever that turns out to be).  BUT if we do include their MIB
    extensions in the next release of the SNMP AM, then that's a slightly
    different matter. (Feel free to jump in here anytime, Chris...)

>    There is an AM for some Chipcom devices?....

    Like I said: The BRIDGE AM can manage the Chipcom Ethermodem. (It's
    just a LANBridge100 chip repackaged into a broadband Ethernet chassis.) 
    
>   
>    P.S. if anyone is interested in contact names send me mail.
>    

    Yes, I would be very interested to find out who is saying this and
    where they get there information. Please send me mail.

    regards, 
    /doug