On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:01:03 -0600, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>... >>>an improved implementation of the SNMP manager function in >>>NetView has been mentioned. ... >>... >>I would call it "different" rather than "improved", though. ... >... >Regarding "improved": it seems I made the usual mistake of >assuming that whatever was newer was also better! ... Just in case the original poster has NetView but is dissuaded from using it because of my comment: don't be dissuaded. Either of the NetView techniques for generating traps is worth using. I think most of the inefficiency in using NetView's native SNMP trap generation is (I think) in the MIB name-to-OID translation. If you happen to know the OID it is quite efricient. And if you are not generating many traps at a time you will not likely notice the inefficiency. Chris, a big structural difference between the old and new SNMP support in NetView is that the new one is synchronous - no new SNMP request is given to the agent until it responds to the previous request. That eliminates the synchronization problem that caused me grief, but can definitely slow down processing. On the other hand, multiple OIDs can be requested in a single GET request - up to however many fit into a request buffer (which is either 2k or 4k - I don't remember which). That doesn't help a WALK very much, though. 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
