[nsp] OSPF and network management

[gab jones]

Hi Guys,

I just want to thank you guys for your valuable input.

Todd - certainly by going dynamic will ceratinly help reachability and hence 
make autodiscovery easier and        adding nodes easier which in turn saves 
money and has you rightfully said Time = Money.

Steve - That will certainly bo of real benefit to be able to manage 
circuit/router/switch failure if there are redundant or multiple paths to a 
detination/network being utilized in the network environment

Rick - yes most certainly this will make the network reroute/converge in 
case of a routing change and hence will update NNM topology and map 
database. But as you and Todd suggested you wont be utilising the full 
benefits/features of ospf in a hub and spoke network becaus ethere will be 
hardly any redundant paths. But I think going dynamic will certainly ease 
administration as you suggested because this customer have a clas A address 
space.

As far as NNM is concerned with dynamic protocols it wont matter to NNM as 
long as all routes are being advertised and there reachabilty to each 
node/network. The main issue is NNM still as along way to go in 
understanding and intepreting how these protocols work e.g network change

regards,
gab


>From: "Cheung, Rick" <Rick.Cheung@nextelpartners.com>
>To: "'Brian Zeitz'" <bzeitz@vikingservnet.com>, cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Subject: RE: [nsp] OSPF and network management
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:46:48 -0500
>
>	You may also want to add that Openview is validation that the
>network self-heals. When one link with multiple paths fails, a green icon
>for hosts downstream would be validation that the routing protocol reroutes
>traffic accordingly.
>
>	This has the effect of holding down headcount within the IT staff,
>as this reroute no longer manual. Same for overtime compensation.
>
>	As Todd mentioned, dynamic routing protocols may be a hard sell with
>a strict hub and spoke network.
>
>
>
>Rick Cheung
>(585) 350-2097
>NPI IT Wan Team, CCNP
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Zeitz [mailto:bzeitz@vikingservnet.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 3:55 PM
>To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Subject: RE: [nsp] OSPF and network management
>
>
>
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>
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