Subject: APPNTAM questions

From: [email-masked] (Neil Collins)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 18:14:14 +0100

I have some questions about the APPNTAM feature of Netview.  As I understand
it the two parts of the system are:

- New functions in Netview to collect and display the topology and session
  accounting information.

- Agent software which currently just runs on Comm Manager/2 and which gathers
  local node information using the internal SYSTEM_REQUEST application and
  communicates with Netview, using CMIP protocols encapsulated in a LU6.2
  pipe.

My questions are:

- Does IBM envisage third party products participating in APPNTAM?  If so:

  - Are the APPNTAM architecture and CMIP and LU6.2 flows documented, or will
    they be in the future?
  - Does IBM intend the APPNTAM architecure to be submitted to the AIW?

- Can NetView/6000, or any other IBM product, also participate in an APPNTAM
  managed network, or will they be able to in the future?

- Are there any plans for integrating other network management strategies into
  APPNTAM (for example by gatewaying to SNMP)?

- Is this IBM's strategic direction for managing APPN networks?

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