On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >Is a CMC still needed (or supported) in a TCP/IP configuration? > >Also, where can I look this up. >... I've had arguments with some of the TCP/IP developers over this. Some of them feel CMC is meaningful in a TCP/IP environment. I hold that it is counterproductive. CMC (plus backup CMC) made sense in a subarea SNA environment where "network ownership" made sense. Network management had to be done fom the owner; network status information was available only from the owner. None of that is true in a TCP/IP environment. Nobody "owns" the network, and with DVIPA (Sysplex Distributor, etc.) IP addrs can move around from host to host. Tying network management to a specific MVS makes no sense whatsoever. What is really needed is a tool that allows all network management and diagnostic work to be done from any host - just the opposite of a CMC. That same argument pretty much holds for APPN networks, too. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
