General availability of TMN products

The TMN Products:

IBM NetView TMN Support Facility for AIX,
IBM TMN WorkBench for AIX,

have been in extensive trials with over 20 customers since September of 1994, and are now being made generally available.

The General Availability of the TMN Products has been split into two phases. The first phase will be available in May of 1995, and will contain the following features/functions:

IBM TMN WorkBench for AIX Release 1

Base feature
- Managed Object Compiler
- Managed Object Browser and Editor
- Metadata Repository/API
- Management Conformance Statement Generator
Development and Debug Services feature
- Abstract Data Services/API
- XOM/XMP Trace and Browser

IBM NetView TMN Support Facility for AIX Release 1

Network Management Platform feature
- Basic network management infrastructure including XOM/XMP support
- Basic SNMP Network management applications
TMN Support Facility base feature
- NetView for AIX's Network Management Application (EUI)
- CMIP over OSI stack, supporting X.25 and LAN (Ethernet and Token Ring), and over TCP/IP
- TMN Management Applications
  - Topology
  - Fault
  - Performance
  - Configuration and the related APIs

The second phase will be available in September of 1995, and will comprise the following additional features/functions:

IBM TMN WorkBench for AIX Release 1

Agent/Manager Generator feature
Object-Oriented Interface Generator feature

IBM NetView TMN Support Facility for AIX Release 1

TMN Support Facility base feature
- ISDN network support
- TLI transport layer stack interface
- TMN Management Application
  - Log management
Agent/Manager Framework feature
Object-Oriented Interface Support feature

IBM will continue to support customer trials in the interim. The features/functions of the September General Availability will be shipped along with the initial General Availability for customer trials.