Conference azur::mcc

>    Does anyone know where Vitalink stands on implementing SNMP on their
>    platforms?

    Do you mean "management platform" or the boxes themselves ? Vitalink
    has chosen SNMP *only* as the management protocol for any *new* boxes.
     
    For existing boxes (i.e. the TransLAN line) they are implementing both
    SNMP *and* RBMS (Vitalink's version of RBMS) support as of release
    10.5.    This means that existing TransLANs will be manageable from 
    	- SNMP management stations (e.g. OMS, MSU, DECmcc, etc)
    	- DECmcc with Vitalink Bridge AM
    	- WANmanager

    /doug

    So as of version 10.5 I should be able to manage my TransLan's with the
    the SNMP AM?  Are there any specific MIB extensions?
    
    I currently am running version 10.4.3.  Is 10.5 available?  If not, do
    you have any idea when?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Rob

>    So as of version 10.5 I should be able to manage my TransLan's with the
>    the SNMP AM?  Are there any specific MIB extensions?

To the extent that you find SNMP useful, yes.  ;^)    I should warn you that
almost all of the variables in their MIB extensions are read only and there is
NO capability to manage filters with their SNMP AM.   You will still need to be
able to do some sort of terminal access (e.g. 'tip', set ho/dte, modem, etc) to
their console port to use their console managegement (which is where they make
you do most of the real work, anyway... |^( )

Also, I have only seen the 10.5 releases.  I have no idea how much of an SNMP
agent they'll be able to squeeze onto a TransLAN III...   Remember, it'll be
running *concurrently* with their RBMS agent and CPU/memory is scarcer on the
older boxes....

Yes, Vitalink has defined their own private MIB extensions.  I have tested it
against the SNMP AM and it will be included on the next release of the SNMP AM.
    
>    I currently am running version 10.4.3.  Is 10.5 available?  If not, do
>    you have any idea when?

Soon.   Very soon.    Vitalink should be making an announcement in the next few
weeks.

/doug

    Doug,
    
    For the short, medium, and long term, how would you recommend managing
    Vitalink bridges from MCC?  VBAM or SNMP AM?
    
    If memory serves me correctly, the VBAM can do most management
    functions with the exception of setting up some filters.  Will the
    current/future (when?) implementation of their SNMP provide
    similar/more functionality?  How much of this will the be able to
    squeeze onto a TL335?
    
    Thanks again,
    
    Rob

>    For the short, medium, and long term, how would you recommend managing
>    Vitalink bridges from MCC?  VBAM or SNMP AM?
    
    Right *now* you can only use VBAM w/DECmcc V1.1 to manage your Translans
    from MCC.  VBAM doesn't work on V1.2 (yet).   Vitalink  has committed to
    update it to work on DECmcc 1.2 (VMS only).

    Medium/long-term depends on your customer's environment.  If ULTRIX, then
    the answer is SNMP, cuz the VBAM will never go to ULTRIX.   If VMS, then
    it's a tough call.   

>    If memory serves me correctly, the VBAM can do most management
>    functions with the exception of setting up some filters.  

    Nope.  VBAM 1.0 will let you create/delete filters.

>    Will the
>    current/future (when?) implementation of their SNMP provide
>    similar/more functionality?  How much of this will the be able to
>    squeeze onto a TL335?

    I don't know.   Again:  The RBMS management capabilities of the Translan
    line will remain the same; the amount of SNMP manageability they will be
    able to put on the box is a function of available memory/cpu.  I have yet
    to see how much of an SNMP agent they've been able to wedge onto a TLIII or
    TL320.