Re: [nv-l] Generating Topology Map with MLMs

Thanks for all this info. You see what i want to achieve here is , a customer has outsourced their network to us to manage . We have NetView that we use to monitor our own private network, how can i use the same NetView to manage the customer's network as well. The main idea is to have a single console view of both networks.

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NetView can display maps that contain nodes discovered by an MLM. However, the MLM itself gives you no display capability. An MLM can also only discover nodes on it's own IP network so if your client has a single network then the MLM discovery should work fine but if he has more than one network then you will need an MLM per network. If there are firewalls between you and your customer, you need both ping and SNMP access through the firewall. Although MLM can discover networks, NetView only "believes" info from MLM when he has got at least one ping though to an MLM-discovered node. I think people have tried putting more than one NIC card in an MLM to monitor several networks but my impression is that no-one has got this to work reliably - not tried it personally. Cheers, Jane usman.taokeer AT s-iii DOT com wrote: > > Hi, > > I just need to know, can NetView create IP maps based upon the info > forwarded by MLMs. The scenario is we want to monitor a clients > network using NetView, can i just put the MLM there or do i need to > connect NV directly to that network? > > Regards, > Usman Taokeer > Si3. -- Tivoli Certified Consultant & Instructor Skills 1st Limited, 2 Cedar Chase, Taplow, Bucks, SL6 0EU, UK Tel: +44 (0)1628 782565 Copyright (c) 2005 Jane Curry <jane.curry AT skills-1st.co DOT uk>. All rights reserved.