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Re: Latest Version of Optivity

1998-10-15 14:35:22
Subject: Re: Latest Version of Optivity
From: David Easter <David_Easter AT BAYNETWORKS DOT COM>
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 14:35:22 -0400
Ken,

  GA (or what we call First Customer Ship [FCS]) of Optivity NMS 9.0 for
Solaris and NT is currently scheduled for around 1/31/99.  Optivity NMS 9.0
for AIX and HP-UX is scheduled for April '99.

  I have heard rumors from within Tivoli that support for NV 4.1 may be
extended, but I would not plan on it until an official Tivoli spokesperson
confirms or denies the rumor.

-David J. Easter
Product Manager - Optivity NMS, Network Management Division
Bay Networks/Nortel Networks - How the world shares ideas.

-=-REgarding-=-

At 08:46 AM 10/15/98 -0500, Ken Karasek wrote:
>Thanks David!  Is there a target date for the GA release of Optivity v9.0?
>I have a requirement to migrate my NV platform to v5.1 ASAP. I will not be
>loading v5.0 in the interim and IBM would like to pull support on NV v4.1
>in November '98.
>
>James,  it would be nice (customer focused) if IBM/Tivoli would postpone
>the end of support of NV v4.1 until the end of Q1 '99. It seems that many
>vendors software is not ready to support NV v5.1.  Is this possible? Would
>there need to be some majority of customer requests to make this happen?
>
>
>
>
>From: David_Easter AT BAYNETWORKS DOT COM on 10/13/98 12:03 PM AST
>
>
>Please respond to NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>
>To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>cc:
>Client:
>Subject:  Re: Latest Version of Optivity
>
>
>
>
>Hi Ken,
>  Optivity NMS 9.0 will be the first version to support NV 5.1.  NMS 8.1.1
>will support the same platforms that the NMS 8.1 platform did.
>  AIX 4.2.1 is officially supported.  Bay Networks will, whenever fiscally
>possible, support maintenance releases of any platforms or Operating
>systems for use with Optivity applications.  A maintenance release is
>defined as a change in the third decimal point of a version number.
>-David J. Easter
>Product Manager - Optivity NMS, Network Management Division
>Bay Networks/Nortel Networks - How the world shares ideas.
>-=-REgarding-=-
>At 10:18 AM 10/13/98 -0500, Ken Karasek wrote:
>>Steve, can you tell us if there is a target date for Bay supporting TME10
>>NV v5.1 under either Optivity v8.1, v 8.1.1 or will Bay wait for v9.0?
>>
>>Could you also tell us if AIX 4.2.1 is officially supported by Bay? The
>8.1
>>doc only lists support for AIX 4.2.
>>
>>I would like to upgrade to AIX 4.2.1 and NV v5.1 in November if possible
>>and have Bay's support.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>From: svalente AT BAYNETWORKS DOT COM on 10/12/98 08:37 AM MST
>>
>>
>>Please respond to NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>>
>>To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>>cc:
>>Client:
>>Subject:  Re: Latest Version of Optivity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hello,
>>Just to clarify, though Optivity 8.1 may indeed be functional with NV 5.1,
>>the last tested version, and therefore the SUPPORTED version of NV is 5.0.
>>This does not mean that the NorTel Networks TSC will not attempt to
>support
>>a 5.1 configuration, it merely means that if a bug is detected, it must be
>>reproduceable on version 5.0 of NV, Optivity 8.1 in order for engineering
>>to accept it as Change Request.
>>Regards,
>>Steve Valente
>>NorTel Networks
>>Optivity Unix Support
>>
>>At 09:51 AM 10/12/98 -0500, Art C. DeBuigny wrote:
>>>Blaine;
>>>
>>>It installed okay on top of 5.1.  I installed it last week.  So far, so
>>>good.
>>>
>>>Art DeBuigny
>>>debuigny AT dallas DOT net
>>>
>>>Owens, Blaine C wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We are currently running version 7.2 of Optivity and want to upgrade to
>>>> the latest (and Y2K compliant) version. Would that be Optivity Network
>>>> Management System version 8.1? Will it run with NetView V5.1? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Blaine Owens
>>>> Eastman Chemical Company
>>>> Email - bowens AT eastman DOT com
>>>> Phone - (423)229-3579
>>>> Fax     - (423)229-1188
>>>
>>
>

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