> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Mason > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/OS Feeding SolarWinds > > Jim > > Your title could be restated as "The SNMP Agent supported by > z/OS 'feeding' the SNMP Manager which happens to be supported > by SolarWinds". > > The point about the title change is that the "P" in "SNMP" > means "protocol" and thus SNMP is designed to support any old > IP platform as an SNMP agent and any old IP platform as an > SNMP manager and the two will work harmoniously together!
So true. In another message I told how we use it. We had some problems which the other side said was with us. So I simply redirected the SNMP messages from their server to my Linux desktop. I used "tcpdump" on my desktop to show them that z/OS was indeed sending out SNMP messages and that they were properly formatted. They then went back and figured out what was wrong with their server. But, around here, any intercommunication problem is automatically assumed to be a z/OS failure until proven otherwise. Because they __know__ that Windows always works correctly! -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
