Hi, > But: He says that even when AS performs the IBLM, we still have to pay. > We can get a refund when purchasing new equipment later, but still have > to pay up front.
given that the IBLM is nothing more than a method by which service partners can gain "excellent visibility into your customer network" and "initiate deeper and broader customer conversations" - I'm quoting cisco here - its not do do with them caring about you...its to do with them getting you to buy more stuff. now, given that a lot of their competitors are able to put all the features onto much older kit...but everytime you want a new feature you have to buy new kit...we'll its making peers in this community think about the future and what they might buy next time. also, to charge for this? hello? theres plenty of free tools out there that can make an inventory of a companies network...given enough information and seeding. most of these tools are now available as virtual images to make the task a little easier too. alan _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
