Jim Trudeau said: >Howdy, >As we slowly get our serial printers off the DTC's and onto the network we >are removing the DTC's. We >will eventually wind up with one left which we can't get rid of as it has >the TAC card supporting the few >telnet sessions we have (no OS upgrades, we're going to a 9k). With >everything gone from the DTC >I don't see any reason to keep OpenView DTC Manager around as about all we >would need to do >to the DTC is reset it which can be done by power off/power on. >I asked our local "HP guy" if I was missing something about dumping OpenView >and he thought >about it for awhile as said it should be ok to de-install it. I don't >neccessarily trust those >shifty beady little eyes. Am I missing something or can OpenView and DTC >Manager be dispensed with? >Jim Trudeau Jim, I am not POSITIVE, but I seem to recall that the reason we installed PC based DTC Management was for Telnet access through the DTC card. I did not think this card was configurable from the 3000. When you power off the DTC to reset it, it will look for its download code, and I thought it could only get that code for the telnet card from the PC DTC Manager. You beter verify this before you drop the PC version. Tony Peters _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ Project Manager - New Technology _/ _/ _/ _/ S&C Electric Canada Ltd _/ _/ _/ 90 Belfield Rd _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ Toronto ON M9W 1G4 _/ _/ _/ Ph 416 249-9171 _/ _/ _/ _/ Fax 416 249-3193 _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ Email [log in to unmask] My Thoughts, My Fault. Don't blame anyone else, cause they have no idea what I am thinking. Good thing too.