I`m so sorry,I have not describe my box.
I`m running Netview 6.0.1 (upgrade from 5.1) on AIX 4.3.2., for that router
the status is reported by snmp, because for those numbered interfaces I
can`t resolve its addresses.
José Manuel García
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: James_Shanks@tivoli.com [SMTP:James_Shanks@tivoli.com]
> Enviado el: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:58 PM
> Para: IBM NetView Discussion
> Asunto: RE: RE: [NV-L] Dormant Interfaces
>
> Dialer interfaces should be set to have status reported by SNMP and not by
> ping. That's why that feature was provided
> If this is a 5.1 issue rather than 6.0.1 then you have to live with them
> as
> "critical" or unmanage them.
>
>
> James Shanks
> Team Leader, Level 3 Support
> Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
>
>
> "Peter Anderson" <pETERanderson@westpac.com.au>@tkg.com on 12/20/2000
> 04:19:17 PM
>
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>
> Sorry James, but your wrong (partially :-)
>
> Extract from RFC1573b mib:
>
> "The current operational state of the interface. The
> testing(3) state indicates that no operational packets
> can be passed. If ifAdminStatus is down(2) then
> ifOperStatus should be down(2). If ifAdminStatus is
> changed to up(1) then ifOperStatus should change to
> up(1) if the interface is ready to transmit and
> receive network traffic; it should change to
> dormant(5) if the interface is waiting for external
> actions (such as a serial line waiting for an
> incomming connection); it should remain in the down(2)
> state if and only if there is a fault that prevents if
> from going to the up(1) state."
>
> Therefore AdminStatus UP and OperStatus DORMANT is a normal scenario for a
> dialler connection (ISDN, SLIP, etc).
> You would be right if it were an Ethernet however ...
>
> I don't think José actually said what it was.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Anderson
> Senior Communications Analyst
> Westpac Banking Corporation
> Ph: 0011 61 2 99025938
>
> Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do
> not necessarily represent those of Westpac Banking Corporation.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SZEWCZYK, Jack
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 12:37 AM
> To: ANDERSON, Peter
> Subject: FW: RE: [NV-L] Dormant Interfaces
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James_Shanks@tivoli.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2000 13:34
> To: IBM NetView Discussion
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [NV-L] Dormant Interfaces
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James_Shanks@tivoli.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2000 13:34
> To: IBM NetView Discussion
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [NV-L] Dormant Interfaces
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>
>
> My understanding is that your snmpd agent in the router should not allow a
> state in which the Admin status is UP and the Oper status is dormant. He
> should set the Admin status to down when you change the Oper status to
> dormant, because you have taken an administrative step to bring down the
> router. The bug is in the Wellfleet code, not NetView's.
>
> James Shanks
> Team Leader, Level 3 Support
> Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
>
>
> "Garcia Crespo, Jose Manuel" <jogarcia@endesa.es>@tkg.com on 12/20/2000
> 05:32:01 AM
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>
>
> me too
>
> thanks a lot.
>
>
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: Leslie Clark [SMTP:lclark@us.ibm.com]
> > Enviado el: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 4:34 AM
> > Para: IBM NetView Discussion
> > Asunto: RE: [NV-L] Dormant Interfaces
> >
> > Guys, don't you think it is time someone took this forward as a
> > requirement? I vote that a customer do it...
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Leslie A. Clark
> > IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> > Detroit
> >
> >
> > "Peter Anderson" <pETERanderson@westpac.com.au>@tkg.com on 12/19/2000
> > 06:23:54 PM
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > If it's the same as I remember, I reported this as a bug, and eventually
> > was
> > told it was a design feature (???).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Anderson
> > Senior Communications Analyst
> > Westpac Banking Corporation
> > Ph: 0011 61 2 99025938
> >
> >
> > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do
> > not necessarily represent those of Westpac Banking Corporation.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Garcia Crespo, Jose Manuel
> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2000 18:35
> > To: 'Nv-L (Correo electrónico)
> > Cc:
> > Subject: [NV-L] Dormant Interfaces
> >
> > Hi,
> > Interfaces with ifAdminStatus: up and ifOperStatus: dormant are show by
> > Netview as critical, I`m getting router status with snmp because I can
> not
> > do ping to these interfaces. There is a way to change the status of
> these
> > interfaces to something like status User1?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > José Manuel García Crespo
> > @ Herrramientas de Gestión
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> > * jogarcia@endesa.es
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