Max wrote: > Hi Seann, > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Seann Clark > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> Since this list deals the closest with what I am after, I am asking >> here, not for specific net-snmp support, but more for options that are >> out there. I am after an NMS that works like Spectrum, or HP Openview to >> be able to manage a medium LAN/WAN infrastructure using primarily SNMP. >> I have played with Nagios, Zabbix, BigSister, a little with Hobbit, and >> while they aren't bad, they are overly Dependant on agent software being >> installed, instead of true SNMP primary based management. Agents on my >> local systems aren't bad, but my WAN locations aren't my systems, and I >> only have R/O on them to be able to ensure that services are up and >> direct communication to the owners that there is a problem with service >> connections into, and out of my network segment. >> > > Small correction, many of the packages you listed can work with SNMP > :), I have done extensive SNMP management with Nagios and offer a > number of examples of SNMP plugins in a book I recently wrote for > Syngress (won't plug the book here) .. there are also a large number > of SNMP plugins available for Nagios. > > - Max > > I have had a very good time with Nagios, all in all, it is just insanely config file intensive, which is something that I find hard to deal with if my network were to change. I love how you can split and clone services and groups with it, I just have a hard time getting it all going off the bat, and getting good plug-ins to work can be trying as well. I have a Cisco 1750, and 3500 monitored by Nagios on my network, but I am looking into something that can provide a little more to me, like netflow/sflow aggregation and traffic graphs in the same GUI front end as the monitoring (Like mashing Nagios, Cacti, Zabbix, and Bigsister/Hobbit all together) Which may be what I end up doing after I get it all playing and working.
Outside of that, I like some of the features, like the network outage, and the network map windows, though if those could automatically generate (the maps) it would be more useful for me(but that is another project). Zabbix does an SNMP discovery which I like as well since it takes the by hand config time down (especially when mapping remote networks that may change) ~Seann ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
