Re: AS/400, Microsoft SMS & Tivoli IT Director

James,

I'm no SMS expert, but have some second-hand comments from a customer. SMS
can use SNMP to do get and put information to platforms that support SNMP.
The AS/400 implements the MIB II set. that means you can get status of the
IP interfaces, line descriptions, a minimal amount of system information,
etc.

It can also receive trap messages that are generated by OS/400 and user
applications. OS/400 will do system up/down trap messages, but you have to
program your own trap messages if you want to send them from your
applications. OS/400 provides some APIs for doing this.

patrick
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----- Original Message -----
From: <James_Turnbull@kaz.com.au>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:41 PM
Subject: AS/400, Microsoft SMS & Tivoli IT Director


> We are looking to replace Tivoli IT Director with a new product (since
> Tivoli have withdrawn IT Director) and are examining our options.  Does
> anyone have any recommendations for a product that has similar
> functionaility and offers the scope to be able to manage/monitor NT,
> AS/400, Netware, routers, SNMP etc?  One of the potential options is SMS
> but we are largely unfamiliar with the product.  As as result I have some
> questions that I hope somebody may be able to answer.
>
> Does anyone use SMS in an AS/400 and NT environment?  Does anyone know
what
> SMS can get from an AS/400?  What sort of SNMP trapping can it monitor or
> is it just Node Up/Node Down?
>
> Kind Regards & Thanks
>
> James Turnbull
> Technical Architect
> KAZ Computer Services
> 7/66 Wentworth Avenue
> Surry Hills, NSW
> Australia
>
> +61 2 9844 0300
> +61 411 866 112
>
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