Agreed. But short of that, there are alternatives..
At $employer, we're evaling (among other things) SolarWinds' Orion platform. Seems pretty spiffy, and does all of what you need and more.. -jamie On 10/23/08 7:42 AM, "Daniel Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only good NMS is the one you write yourself. > > If every network was the same I'm sure we'd have a perfect NMS solution > available, but unfortunately they are not, whether it be a commercial > solution or open source, someone still has to write some "glue" to tie > them together, some of the things you'd expect from an NMS for a service > provider: > > * Data logging and analysis of various metrics > * Configuration management across all various types of hardware > * Disaster recovery > * Capacity planning > * ACL's and permissions to manage who can change / see what. > * Customer tracking of lodged faults & issue's > * Reporting > * Integration with a help-desk ticket tracking system > > And the list goes on.. > > Current job I have has a setup with many different types of software to > cater for each task which is a PITA, but we don't have millions to blow > on NMS either. We run a mixture of rancid, cacti, nagios to achieve > above. > > > > -Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of a. rahman > isnaini r.sutan > Sent: Thursday, 23 October 2008 11:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Network Management System > > > The Dude by Mikrotik / IPSwitch What's Up. > > a. rahman isnaini rangkayo sutan >> Rikard Stemland Skjelsvik wrote: >>> >>> You could try NAV >>> >>> http://metanav.uninett.no/ >>> >>> >>> It will help you manage, monitor and draw topologymaps. But it does >>> not configure devices nor take backup of the device. For that task > use >>> rancid or ziptie. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Rikard >>> >>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Ibrahim Alsharif wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Michel >>>> thanks for ur reply >>>> what I want is to draw full topology for the network, manage, > monitor >>>> & configure all devices so what do u think ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ---- >>>> From: Michel Grossenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: Mohammed Dado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Cc: Ibrahim Alsharif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "[email protected]" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:32:36 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Network Management System >>>> >>>> Dunno but I'd suggest to first define what you want to achieve with >>>> your NMS before you look for applications. There are so much >>>> applications and solutions around that it is hard to suggest >>>> something :-) >>>> >>>> best regards >>>> >>>> Michel >>>> >>>> >>>> 2008/10/21 Mohammed Dado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Cacti would be great for yourcase .. >>>> >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> >>>> Mohammed Dado >>>> Technical Support Engineer - EMEA >>>> >>>> Airspan Communications Ltd >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ibrahim > Alsharif >>>> Sent: 21 October 2008 16:25 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [c-nsp] Network Management System >>>> >>>> hello Guys, >>>> >>>> could please help me to choose which Cisco Network Management >>>> software, Cuz I have a network include LAN, WAN, ASA Firewalls & >>>> Voice Equipments so I need Management Software for these equipments >>>> >>>> thank you, >>>> >>>> __________________________________________________ >>>> Do You Yahoo!? >>>> Tired of spam? 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