Re: snmpv2 pros and cons

[Bob Natale <[e-mail]>]

> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 8:59:10 PDT
> From: lyle <[e-mail]>
> 
> >Any V2 developers / deployers care to
> >contribute their experiences to the group?
> 
> A year ago September, interoperability testing among RMON implementors
> (agents & mgmt stn) was held in Anaheim, California.  Everybody who
> went seemed to think the effort well worth the time and effort.
> Something similar could, imho, focus concerns on real problems, rather
> than on speculation, and be very easy to resolve, as was the case then.

FYI, the Windows SNMP group plans to hold interoperability testing
sometime during the first part of '94.  NetManage has offered to host
the event at or near their facilities in Cupertino (details remain to be
finalized).  I expect that we will see a number of SNMP "service
providers" (i.e., implementors) and application developers participate
in this event.  The WinSNMP spec allows for several levels of compliance
(e.g., at v1 only or both v1 and v2) and the current (i.e., first)
incarnation of the spec is somewhat stronger on v1 support than v2, so I
cannot *guarantee* the level of v2 development that will be demonstrated
and tested.  (But I do know of at least one applications provider who
will have v2-ready applications to test! :-)

> PS: volunteers-to-host from plush resort spots around the world 
> are encouraged. ;) ;)

Amatzia Ben-Artzi (Engineering VP of NetManage) seems to feel that
Cupertino in Jan-Mar has its advantages over, say, DC.  Go figure! :-)

Hoping to see you all in Cupertino (with something to test!),

BobN
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