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Re: Beyond the firewall

2001-02-21 09:51:56
Subject: Re: Beyond the firewall
From: "joe pagliuca" <joseph_pagliuca AT hotmail DOT com>
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:51:56 -0500
Tom,
Fisrt upgrade to NV 6.x. You will have to add the devices manually that are 
ouside the firewall. NV will not discover them through a firewall with ICMP 
blocked. Next add an entry into your seed file with $devicename so NV will 
use SNMP to monitor the device not ping.

>From: "Gebhart, Tom (CC-MIS Tech Systems)" <Tom.Gebhart AT conagrafoods DOT 
>com>
>Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>To: "'nv-l AT tkg DOT com'" <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>Subject: [NV-L] Beyond the firewall
>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:48:49 -0600
>
>Hello all,
>
>       I have gotten help from this board before, both directly and
>indirectly, so let me give it a try again.  First let me say thanks to all
>those who respond so professionally with both problems and solutions.
>Sometimes a problem known is a problem solved.
>
>       We are currently running NetView 5.1.3 on AIX 4.3.2.  We want to
>manage some network devices (Cisco routers) that are outside our Cisco PIX
>firewall.  Our security folks are willing to allow SNMP through the 
>firewall
>but are reluctant to allow PING.  Has anyone crossed this bridge (so to
>speak) and if so how did you get to the other side?
>
>       I guess what I'm asking is whether NetView can provide availability
>status via SNMP rather than PING.  If not, is there any other way to
>manage/monitor availability status of devices beyond a firewall.  Thanks
>again, Tom G.
>
>    Tom Gebhart
>        <<...OLE_Obj...>>
>       ConAgra Foods
>Senior Network Administrator
>       (402) 577-3677
>
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