ATM and NetView for AIX

ITEM: RTA000086303

 If a machine has "only" an ATM adapter on it,                                  
 can NetView for AIX "run" and "use that adapter".                              
                                                                                
ANSWER:                                                                         
 In my discussions with the ATM people in our group, it appears to be           
 that ATM is transparent to the products using IP.                              
                                                                                
 So: Yes -- after ATM configuration/setup has occurred -- NetView for           
     AIX would run "as usual".                                                  
                                                                                
     There may be some MIB variables available for ATM that assist in           
     NetView for AIX activities -- and, I will check with development           
     to see what the status of testing/using NetView for AIX in an              
     ATM environment is -- but, as far as I can determine: you will             
     be ok if the RS6K only has an ATM adapter on it.  I assume most           
     users will have a gateway from the ATM to the non-ATM arena; that          
     would be business as usual.                                                
                                                                                
 From development:                                                              
 We believe everything will work without modification by NV4AIX.                
                                                                                
 Can you respond to this one?  The only catch I can see is that the mac         
 in ATM is larger.  We need to change this for our SNMP bridge application      
 when the ATM bridge ships, but from a Netview/6k adapter perspective I         
 believe everything should work.  I can't recall any problems moving from       
 TR to FDDI so I don't see why ATM would create any problems.                   
                                                                                
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:                                                  
ATM                                                                             
                                                                               



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Dated: 11/1995 Category: ITSCSAIXNV6

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