Blane,

SNMP can certainly be used for monitoring hardware running Unix - what you
need is SNMP agents that provide information on the things you want to
monitor. 

The basic MIB-II allows you to monitor interface hardware. The standard
Host Resources MIB provides MIB variables for processor, memory, disk etc. 

SNMP Research (www.snmp.com) is one company that provides an SNMP agent
that implements MIB-II and the Host Resources MIB for SUN systems. 

At 04:19 PM 28/03/2003 -0600, blane.robertson AT CenterPointEnergy DOT com 
wrote:
>Good day Tivoliers,
>
>We (ESM) are having a discussion with the UNIX team as to what tool(s) to
>use for monitoring the hardware on these platforms.  We have both SUN and
>AIX, but the UNIX team has told us that SNMP is useless for this task.  Is
>this true?  Up to this point, it hasn't been an issues for us, but it's
>coming to the forefront so it needs to be addressed.
>
>Any input would be most appreciated.  Please respond directly as well as to
>the list since I only get the digest.  Thanks in advance.
>
>Peace,
>Blane Robertson
>IT - Nerve Center
>CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
>713.207.2002
>
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