I might be missing something, but I don't see anything too
interesting there. I'd rather double click on the switch to
ssh/telnet to it like I do now, and make the changes manually. I
really don't like the huge pictures of switches taking up my screen,
especially when all that info is readily available in a much smaller
form factor.
We use Intermapper as a MONITORING tool, not a configuration
tool. Once Dartware figures out how to properly do the monitoring
side, then maybe if they want to jump to the configuring side, then
sure... But theres a long way to go, and in the 5 years we've been
with them, only meaningless/minor changes have been made. The
biggest change so far has been plastering a huge "ifAlias not
available" on switch ports with no description, rather than allowing
it to just remain blank if its blank. So then I had to write a
script to set the description on all unlabeled switch ports to a dot.
If you want dynamically changing icons for various switches, perhaps
setting up a script to check the switch, and whack on the database of
IM to change the icon might work for you. Could be built right into
a custom probe. Not quite sure why though. Of course if the custom
probe scripting was a little better, you could see the model number
right in the status window.
The BIG thing that intermapper can't do is send meaningful alerts,
like "NOC Temperature is 80 degrees", all it can do is report Alert,
warning, or OK. Nor can I even update the label of a temperature
device to display the temp without right clicking on it and going to
status. Same applies for APs and seeing number of clients, or any
other information. So thats why we're looking for a replacement for
intermapper.
And as for SNMPc, I really don't want to see around 800 devices
actual size at the same time to get information at a glance.
At 08:50 AM 8/21/2009, you wrote:
Intermapper is a great program I've been using for many years. I was an
original Mac user before Dartware migrated to Windows. But, we're always
looking for new tools and better problem identification. Here's a short
video I captured from my workstation (no audio) showing a product called
SNMPc.
http://public.leeschools.net/edk/snmpc.wmv
The reason I'm posting this to the Intermapper list (with their
approval) is to hopefully generate some interest from other users, so
that Dartware moves in this direction. The functionality and graphics
you'll see in SNMPc were created using scripts I wrote in their limited
SNMP scripting language. If Dartware provided similar tools, this could
be even better.
Notice that the icons are active representations of the actual gear
deployed. By just looking at the maps you can tell what hardware you
have installed. And since it's polling via SNMP, the icon's change when
hardware is changed - no editing necessary.
Please comment...
Ed Konowal
Network Operations Supervisor
Lee County School District
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