I agree Don I love the CLI with IOS... what monitoring system do you use? Well I guess I don't love the CLI, but I prefer it over the GUI..
________________________________ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... There's a GUI for everything these days though I wouldn't be caught dead using it. Primarily because I think I am too stupid to figure out how the damn thing works. As for the pretty graphs, that is what my monitoring system is for... On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 1, 2008 10:43 AM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GUI's are for the unskilled... I prefer a CLI for most things, but the web GUI in the HP switches is useful for monitoring. It shows real-time port status and traffic utilization graphs. I sometimes have several browser windows open on one of my virtual desktops, each showing the switch status GUI. Lets me see the network's overall health at a glance. With a CLI only Catalyst, you *have* to run the separate management software to get that. (I dunno enough about Cisco's current product offerings to know if they offer web GUIs standard now, but they didn't use to.) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
