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About ESN
ESN Technologies (ESN), an Oregon headquartered company, is a leading
Software Consulting firm, which specializes in offering
onsite IT consulting services and offsite/offshore software
development services to companies across the US, including
Fortune 500 companies such as Intel, HP, Microsoft,
Texas Instruments, Winbond and APS Health care. ESN
has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies
by several independent surveys. It has also been rated
as a USA Fast 500 and Oregon Fast 50 company by Deloitte
& Touché. Portland Business Journal has rated
it as one of the fastest growing private companies for
three consecutive years.
ESN is a Microsoft Certified
Partnerand an Oracle Partner Program member having over
2000 Person-years of collective experience in executing
international Software Development Projects.
Benefits
- Make
your Network hassle free
- No
Recurring Costs
- Full
SNMP Version 2.0 Support
- Plug-n-Play
Installation in major Network Operating Systems
- Obtain
Technological Advantage… using a Network Management
System of your choice
For Further
Information
ESN Technologies
15100 SW Koll Parkway,
Suite F,
Beaverton,
Oregon 97006, USA
Phone: (503) 643-3990
Fax: (503) 643-3991
Email: projects@esntechnologies.com
Web: www.esntechnologies.com
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Introduction
ESN has developed
an SNMP Agent that runs on TALP2010. Any optical device
that meets the specifications of TALP2010 from Texas Instruments
can be managed using this SNMP Agent. This includes TI’s
Wireless LAN that uses these devices for utilizing "Line
of Sight" optics to transmit data between workstations,
hubs and servers.
Situation
The advent of Optical Wireless Networks such as
Texas Instruments Optical Wireless Solution (OWS) provides
a number of advantages to the user community. However,
in order to harness the power of this hardware a user
also needs the ability to easily manage the network that
has been set up. That’s where ESN® SNMP Agent
comes into the picture.
Features
The TALP2010 running the SNMP
Agent is controlled by Windows managed server through
the Physical connectivity that supports 100 Mbytes/sec
transfers of data. Any Server that is running Network
Management Software can control this Optical Device. The
Optical device allows ease of Installation and is of Low
Cost. Simply by plugging-in this optical device into the
Host/PC communication through a RS-232 is supported.
The TALP2010 devices running SNMP Agent
are provided with a set of registers that provide information
about the TALP2010 device and the network related statistics
of the device. The Network Management Software can thus
track the TALP2010 device connected to a PC in the network.
The Network Management Software is also able to manage
TALP2010 devices by giving instructions to them. Thus
the SNMP Agent allows for the TALP2010 devices to be truly
manageable.
The SNMP Agent comes along with a UDP
Stack built on top of the NoxOS running on the TALP2010
devices.
Technical Tools
- Dual-port Ethernet interface module
with two 10/100 Mbps IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
- Integrated RJ-45 Connector
- UDP Stack
- Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
- Support for 10 Base-T
- Support for Optical-Wireless Link
- Supports NMS running on a variety
of platforms including Windows and UNIX.
Functionality of the SNMP Agent
TALP2010 device running SNMP Agent is provided
with:
- Set of Objects called a Management
Information Base
- Support SNMP operations like GET,
SET, and GETNEXT by the Network Management Software
- Sends ‘Trap Messages’ to
the NMS in case of errors or problems
Sample Scenario
The following diagram illustrates a simple scenario
where the SNMP agent is used. The Network Management
Software is running on a server. Assuming this software
has to obtain information about a device on the network.
This software would send out commands to the SNMP Agents
running on TALP2010 devices. The respective SNMP agent
would then carry out the commands and send back the
response. This would allow the NMS software to either
manage devices connected to the hub or devices connected
to a PC as shown in the figure below.
Conclusion
The ESN® SNMP Agent is a must buy for those using
Texas Instruments Optical Wireless LAN or any other LAN
using the TALP2010 device. |
