Sun Microsystems Inc’s SunConnect unit wheeled out version 2.2 of its SunNet Manager network management environment at the InterOp show in San Francisco last week. Version 2.2 implements parts of the new Simple Network Management Protocol release 2. SunNet Manager first appeared in 1990 and runs under Solaris. Version 2.2 comes with SNMP 2 bulk data transfer and security features and quick-start installation and configuration. SunConnect plans support for the Desktop Management Task Force’s Data Management Interchange specification and a release for Solaris x86, the version of Sun’s operating system for Intel Corp iAPX-86 machines. SunConnect claims 57 applications up under its environment, which is squaring up to Hewlett-Packard Co’s OpenView (also available in a Windows version) and IBM Corp’s OpenView-based NetView/6000 network management environments.
