Ed Konowal...see what you started .... We get these uprising against dartware once in a while....
Just waiting on Rich brown to comment.... RICH ? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul M. Hill Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:38 PM To: InterMapper Discussion Subject: Re: [IM-Talk] What Intermapper can't do I do not think I'd like IM to turn into openview™. -- Paul M. Hill PC² Media Specialties 960 County Road 18 Wahoo, NE 68066 http://Datanetworking.PC2MediaSpecialties.com On Aug 21, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Jon Myers wrote: > 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 >> >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> List archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ >> To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________ > List archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ > To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]
