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<p class=MsoNormal>CURRENT SYSTEM:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span><![endif]>BB
collector on the FAR network.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span><![endif]>LOCAL
- BBDISPLAY/collector on the internal network displaying both the local and FAR
devices in the computer room.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I have a completely separate network (FAR) that has 50
Windows hosts on it.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>It is currently running a BB server (1), that is just
gathering information about the availability of the hosts.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Pinging the hosts is all that is being done to a server on
the FAR network.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>That server then sends the information to a BB server with
the display on our internal network.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>NOTE:  We have a need to place windows clients on the
server in the near future.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Poking a multi-to-one hole for port 1984 + ping, etc. in the
firewall is not recommended for our environment.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Questions:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span><![endif]> Can
the existing FAR BB server send its info to an Xymon server on the internal
network? And have these devices displayed on the LOCAL xymon screen?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span><![endif]>Is
there an Xymon collector that can collect the ping an client info from the 50
servers and forward it through a single connection to the LOCAL xymon server
and screen?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I cannot retire the existing BB services until I can solve
this problem.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tom Schmitt<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senior IT Staff -
R&D</span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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