Re: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-15 Thread vitto malitani
Thanks to all who replied. Due to ease of deployment I will probably go with the Cent)S based server and tools and modify things as I need it afterwards. Best of luck, Vitto, On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Claudia de Luna cldel...@yahoo.com wrote: Vito, Im currently consulting to the

Re: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-11 Thread Adam Armstrong
Hi Vitto, The tools you use depend massively on the kind of network you're building. Things I'd look at would be RANCID, Cricket + genrtrconfig, Cacti, jffnms, mon from kernel.org, Nagios, ZenOSS, OpenNMS and my own NMS, Observer (http://www.observer.org). You'll find lots of help with all

Re: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-11 Thread Adam Armstrong
Adam Armstrong wrote: Things I'd look at would be RANCID, Cricket + genrtrconfig, Cacti, jffnms, mon from kernel.org, Nagios, ZenOSS, OpenNMS and my own NMS, Observer (http://www.observer.org). I may have meant http://www.project-observer.org :) adam.

RE: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-11 Thread Murphy, Jay, DOH
://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html ===Right here. -Original Message- From: Scott Berkman [mailto:scott.berk...@reignmaker.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:38 PM To: 'vitto malitani'; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS I'd recommend ZenOSS (http

RE: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-09 Thread michael.dillon
- I am building a new low-budget customer WAN/LAN network and need some ideas for network management tools. Generally this means that you have someone technical who will work long hard hours to make things work properly. I would be most comfortable with free distribution of linux, but I

RE: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-09 Thread Stephens, Josh
Vitto, My opinion is probably a bit jaded, but here it is anyway... First off, regarding OS, I'd say use whatever OS the customer is most familiar with using/maintaining. If they're a Windows shop you don't want to complicate the administration of the NMS by putting on an OS that they're

RE: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-09 Thread Scott Berkman
I'd recommend ZenOSS (http://www.zenoss.com) based on your low cost requirement and my own experiences. What Linux distro you use and rather you need to pay for support depends on your level of *nix experience and comfort. Most Linux based software packages like ZenOSS or Groundwork will also