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Re: how to manage Nokia devices? (snmp v3)

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Subject: Re: how to manage Nokia devices? (snmp v3)
From: "Frank W. Hansen" <fhansen@enterpriseinnovations.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 13:02:29 -0500
Sounds like a similar problem when forwarding events from OpenView to
NetView.  Have you traced the packet?  Do you see a mal-formed packet
received by the trap reception?

Best Regards,

Frank W. Hansen
Tivoli Certified Enterprise Consultant

----- Original Message -----
From: <James_Shanks@tivoli.com>
To: "IBM NetView Discussion" <nv-l@tkg.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [NV-L] how to manage Nokia devices? (snmp v3)


>
> My understanding of snmpV3 was that it basically allowed a more complex
> security mechanism, but that all the underlying structure from V2 remained
> the same.
>
> Maybe I am ignorant but I was not aware that the format of traps had
> changed between snmpV3 and snmpV2.
> Have you tried sending traps ot the NetView box?  If so, do you get error
> messages in trapd.log or what?
>
> And ditto for the MIBs.  I wasn't aware of any MIB construct changes.  So
> can you load thier MIBs with the SNMPV1/V2 loader (xnmloadmib2) or not?
> Have you tried?
>
> James Shanks
> Team Leader, Level 3 Support
>  Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
>
>
> netview@toddh.net (Todd H.)@tkg.com on 06/07/2001 01:02:23 PM
>
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
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> To:   IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> cc:
> Subject:  [NV-L] how to manage Nokia devices? (snmp v3)
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>
>
> Since Netview cannot seem to receive traps or query Nokia (snmp v3)
> MIBs, I'm hunting for a cost-effective solution.  Our current network
> management environment uses Netview (AIX) extensively for all other
> devices, but it seems as though we're stuck for supporting Nokia
> devices other than monitoring their interfaces via ping.
>
> Any cost-effective solutions available?  As far as I can tell, Netview
> doesn't have any firm plans for supporting snmp v3 yet.
>
> TIA for any advice!
>
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> Todd H.
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