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MIMIC Version 4.40 is available for a free 30-day fully functional evaluation. The evaluation copy is identical to the purchased version except for the license keys.

MIMIC Version 4.40 includes 10 sample device simulations (Cisco Catalyst 5000 switch, HP Lanprobe, etc). Additional network and device libraries for the following manufacturers are available for download to customers who have purchased MIMIC:

3Com Bay Networks Cabletron

Cisco Fore IBM

Xylan

Click here for evaluation download instructions.

MIMIC User Group

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Problem Report

Click here to submit a MIMIC problem report.

Supported OS Platforms

	Minimum configuration	Preferred configuration
Microsoft Windows	Intel Pentium 200 MHz or faster Windows 95/98, or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3, or Windows 2000 300 MB Hard Disk 64 MB RAM Any Network Interface Cards (NIC) supported by Windows. 3 1/2" Floppy Drive	Intel Pentium 400 MHZ or faster Windows NT 4.0 SP 4 or higher, or Windows 2000 1 GB Hard Disk or more 128 MB RAM or more PCI NIC supported by Windows. 3 1/2" Floppy Drive CD-ROM Drive
Sun Solaris Sparc	Sparc 2 or faster Solaris 2.6, 7, or 8 300 MB Hard Disk 64 MB RAM Any NIC supported by Solaris.	UltraSparc 2 or faster Solaris 7 or 8 1 GB Hard Disk or more 128 MB RAM or more Any NIC supported by Solaris.
Sun Solaris Intel	Intel Pentium 200 MHz or faster Solaris 7 or 8 500 MB Hard Disk 64 MB RAM Any NIC supported by Solaris. 3 1/2" Floppy Drive	Intel Pentium 400 MHz or faster Solaris 7 or 8 1 GB Hard Disk or more 128 MB RAM or more PCI NIC supported by Solaris. 3 1/2" Floppy Drive CD-ROM Drive
Linux	Intel Pentium 200 MHz or faster RedHat Linux 6.0 or SuSE Linux 6.1 or Caldera OpenLinux eServer 2.3 300 MB Hard Disk 64 MB RAM Any NIC supported by Linux. 3 1/2" Floppy Drive	Intel Pentium 400 MHz or faster RedHat Linux 6.2 1 GB Hard Disk or more 128 MB RAM or more PCI NIC supported by Linux. 3 1/2" Floppy Drive CD-ROM Drive

Reference

• For more information on Network Management and SNMP, we recommend these book titles

  1. William Stallings - SNMP, SNMPv2, and RMON : Practical Network Management
  2. William Stallings - SNMP, SNMPv3, and RMON 1 and 2
  3. Marshall Rose - The Simple Book : An Introduction to Networking Management
  4. David Perkins, Evan McGinnis - Understanding SNMP MIBs
  5. David T. Perkins - RMON: Remote Monitoring of SNMP-Managed LANs

• For more information on Tcl/Tk, we recommend these book titles

  1. Brent B. Welch - Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk
  2. John Ousterhout - Tcl and the Tk Toolkit

• Network Management/SNMP references

  1. Network Management Resource Database
  2. SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3)
  3. Online SNMP MIB Documentation web site to search for any SNMP MIB object or trap. Over 1400 SNMP MIBs.
  4. InoTech MIB Repository
  5. SMI Network Management Private Enterprise Codes
  6. INS Survey on Total Cost of Ownership
  7. Network World - Network mgmt. no cakewalk
  8. Search Altavista for "SNMP"
  9. Search Web Crawler for "SNMP"

• Tcl/Tk references

  1. Tcl WWW Info
  2. Scriptics
  3. Tcl for Web Nerds
  4. Search Altavista for "Tcl"
  5. Search Web Crawler for "Tcl"

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