Santa Monica, California-based Retix Inc has introduced what it claims is the first Simple Network Management Protocol-based router management tool to support all major Unix-based network management packages, including Sun Microsystems Inc’s SunNet Manager, Hewlett-Packard Co’s HP OpenView, IBM Corp NetView/6000, and DiMONS from NetLabs Inc. Called RetixVision, the product is said to provide remote configuration of Retix products, trouble-shooting, and retrieval and display of device data such as performance, status and configuration. According to the company, the product can be run in stand-alone mode on any Unix workstation, used with other Unix-based management systems, or used with the Retix Network Management Packs (claimed as fully compiled Retix device Management Information Bases) to provide additional Retix-specific alarm reporting and device icons. Available now, RetixVision lists from $6,000.
