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To: WebDrone who wrote (9228)	6/27/1998 12:14:00 AM
From: Eric L.	Respond to of 42804

I'm no expert but my take is that one of the benefits of the Xyplex aquistion was imporved software interface and putting behind of the command line for the ubiquitious windows. For me this alone almost made the purchase worthwhile....

To: WebDrone who wrote (9228)	6/27/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Jack Colton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Richard, I do not have enough hands on experience with NBase or Intel switches to rate their Network Management Software or their user interfaces. Most network people that I know prefer a "Cisco Like" command line interface. Once you telnet into the box, or hook an async terminal up to the command port, you can very easily type in the commands to program what you want to do. The nice thing about this, is that once you have configured one router/switch to do what it to do, you can copy to notepad.exe the entire configuration. Then save it, and just use the text file to cut and paste into any additional routers that you might need to setup. Bay has "Site Manager" often referred to as "Site Mangler". It is a GUI that works very effectively, but requires more than an ascii terminal to run. It was not very stable several years ago, but it is quite stable and easy to use now. BAY is also trying to get a "cisco like" interface developed, and as of 12.2 code, it is supposed to work, but we have had a lot of trouble with it - so we continue to use site mangler. Cisco has Cisco Works and Bay has Optivity - which are SNMP management platforms that use SNMP "sets" and "gets" to retrieve information from the routers and perform a high level network management function. Both ride on top of HP Openview. I do not know what MRVC or Intel has in the way of a high level of network management system. I am about to put a 32 port MRVC, 5GB backplane switch in at my office so that we can learn the workings from the inside out. I'd like everyone in the office to bang on it and put it through the paces. I'll know more around the end of July when we get it in and I get back from traveling. jack