XYPLEX ANNOUNCES TEMPLATES AND AGGREGATES, BREAKTHROUGH NETWORK MANAGEMENT TOOLS THAT OPTIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND EASE-OF-USE; Newly-available ControlPoint 4.0 Also Extends RMON Support to Xyplex Routers.LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1995--Xyplex, Inc. today announced the immediate delivery of ControlPoint 4.0, the latest release of its SNMP-based device network management product suite. ControlPoint 4.0 provides Templates and Aggregates, the industry's first network management tool set that creates a single management activity to effectively manage unrestricted permutations of Xyplex products via a simple graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ). Now, any combination of Xyplex routers, LAN switches A network device that cross-connects clients, servers and network devices. Also known as a "frame switch," stand-alone LAN switches are common in all Ethernet networks. A four-port switch is also typically built into a wired or wireless router for homes and small business (see wireless , hubs and remote access servers can be configured, updated and managed with one simple point-and-click of the mouse. ControlPoint 4.0 also extends its RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. support to Xyplex router families, including the Network 3000 branch office routers and router modules for the Network 9000 enterprise hub. Unique to Xyplex's RMON implementation, ControlPoint integrates router WAN statistics with traditional RMON LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. statistics for optimal management capabilities without compromising RMON interoperability. ControlPoint also leverages the extended capabilities of RMON to provide network administrators with the ability to baseline the performance of their networks. "ControlPoint 4.0 gives network managers the tools to instantaneously configure numerous network equipment in the time it takes to configure one. No other SNMP-based device management application provides this level of functionality. Other networking vendors still require customers to undergo a tedious, painstaking pains·tak·ing adj. Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See Synonyms at meticulous. n. Extremely careful and diligent work or effort. process of configuring their networks box-by-box, parameter-by-parameter," said Scott Ferguson Scott Ferguson (born January 6, 1973 in Camrose, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga in Germany. , product manager. TEMPLATE AND AGGREGATE UTILITIES The Templates tool allows network managers to replicate standard configurations by dragging-and-dropping a set of parameters from one device to another device or or group of devices. It also can be used to set attributes in any SNMP-capable agent. The Aggregates tool allows network managers to logically group both like and unlike Xyplex networking devices, such as routers or access servers, and configure them as a single entity. Together Aggregate and Template utilities simplify device configuration and management while eliminating the duplication of efforts, saving network managers time while increasing accuracy and efficiency. ControlPoint's Template and Aggregate tools help to automate the initial configuration and configuration maintenance of networks. In addition, the utilities also provide auditing capabilities that track all the changes made to the devices. Once complete, an activity report is displayed to network managers. For example, twice per calendar year for Daylight Savings Time, network managers adjust the network equipments' internal clocks. Using Templates and Aggregates, ControlPoint can automatically update the configuration of the entire Xyplex network to reflect the accurate time-of-day in one keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke . An automated report is displayed to the network manager at the end of the process. RMON IMPLEMENTATION ControlPoint 4.0 also extends RMON support to all Xyplex hubs and routers. This implementation enables RMON's Statistics, Alarms, Events and History tools to run on all Xyplex standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. and chassis-based hubs and routers. Xyplex has added a number of unique tools to leverage its RMON capabilities for truly effective management. First, Xyplex is the only vendor to integrate both LAN and WAN RMON statistics, without compromising interoperability. Second, by using ControlPoint's RMON History group, network managers can determine the 'baseline' for their current network. Network administrators can use this information to both identify sudden changes to traffic patterns and as a foundation to optimize network performance. Network managers can configure device-generated alerts via RMON's Statistics, Alarms and Events groups, triggered when the baseline performance alerts. In addition, these thresholds allow the device to monitor its own activities, sending alarms to the central site only when necessary. This eliminates the need for polling from the central-site management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. which greatly reduces overhead traffic to improve network performance. In January, Xyplex delivered fault management for media concentrators with support for RMON Statistics, Alarms and Events, and, with today's announcement RMON support for media concentration and internetworking products. By year-end 1995, Xyplex will integrate a management card into its chassis-based Network 9000 that will support the full 9 RMON groups for media concentration, access server and router modules. Also available in Q4'95 will be support for chassis-based LAN switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. solutions for the four RMON groups that include History, Statistics, Alarms and Events. Xyplex is able to provide customers with these comprehensive RMON solutions because of its tight technology partnership with Newton, Mass.-based AXON Networks. PRICING ControlPoint 4.0 with Aggregates and Templates is available immediately on HP OpenView/UNIX and SunNet Manager/UNIX platforms, each version costing $2,995. ControlPoint 4.0 for HP OpenView/Windows costs $1,995 with either the HP Workgroup Node Manager 1.X, sold separately by Xyplex for $1,495, or SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. Platform Manager for $795. Aggregates and Templates for HP OpenView/Windows will be available in Q4'95 with the delivery of ControlPoint 4.1. Xyplex Premium Support customers receive ControlPoint 4.0 automatically and free-of-charge. Interested customers should contact the Xyplex toll-free sales line 800-338-5316. Xyplex Inc. is a Raytheon Co. headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., that designs, manufactures, markets and supports networks based on the Network 9000 switching and routing hubs, the Network 3000 family of branch office solutions, and the market-leading MAXserver remote access servers. Organizations rely on Xyplex to build cost-effective solutions for worldwide distributed client server networks. Distributed to over 50 countries, the company's products are sold through its direct sales force and sales partners. Xyplex's company-wide processes are ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified for quality and continuous improvement. Raytheon Co. is an international high technology company operating in four business areas: commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, aviation and major appliances A major appliance is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, food preservation, or cleaning, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. . Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : RTN RTN Return RTN Raytheon Company (stock symbol) RTN Research Training Network RTN Rotarian RTN Routing Transit Number RTN Recursive Transition Network RTN Register Transfer Notation RTN Radial Tangential Normal ) completed its tenth consecutive year of record earnings ($759.2 million) on sales of $10 billion in 1994. The company employs more than 60,000 people in 24 countries. CONTACT: Karin Bakis Rachel Winett 508-952-4936 508-952-5702 kbakis@xyplex.com rwinett@xyplex.com |
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