[50742] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Network inventory and configuration tracking tools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rishi Singh)
Thu Aug 8 10:25:12 2002
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:22:51 -0400
From: "Rishi Singh" <RSingh@Tradescape.com>
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Donelan [mailto:sean@donelan.com]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:09 PM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Network inventory and configuration tracking tools
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> How about an operations oriented question. What is the=20
> current preferences amoung network operators for network=20
> inventory and configuration management tools? Not so much=20
> status monitoring (up,
> down) but other stuff network operator wants to know like=20
> circuit IDs (how many IDs can a circuit have?), network=20
> contacts, design layout reports (layer 1/2/3), what's=20
> supposed to be connected to that port? The stuff you=20
> can't get out of the box itself.
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> Most ISPs seem to end up with a combination of homegrown=20
> systems, opensource, and commercial products. The=20
> commercial "integrated" systems have lots of stuff, and=20
> according to the vendors can do anything including splice fiber.
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> CiscoWorks www.cisco.com
> Netcracker www.netcracker.com
> NetView www.tivoli.com
> Openview www.hp.com
> VitalQIP www.qip.lucent.com
> Visionael www.visionael.com
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