[nsp] NSA NMSs ?

[Jared Mauch]

	One of the challenges i've ended up facing with Cisco is that
their tools and systems assume that all your devices are cisco devices.
While their goal of having everyone run a Cisco Powered network is great
for the company as it makes them money, they face challenges when
interacting with customers that have a multivendor network.

	I have not specifically heard of this system but there
are others (natkit) they have tried to get us to use so they can
collect data directly from our routers.  Everything they offer with that
solution can be solved by using Rancid and some fancy regex/grep scripts.

http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/

	- Jared

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 09:09:34AM +0100, Kevin Gannon wrote:
> We have been looking at eexpanding our internal NOC
> management. I cam across the paper below which looks
> as if it was written for NSA customers.
> 
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/cc/pd/wr2k/tech/cnm_rg.htm
> 
> My questions are:
> 1. Are NSA customers getting this level of service ?
> 2. Are any of you doing something similar in your
>    own NOC's if so what products are you using ?
> 
> We are using Netcool and the usual run of the mill
> products Openview MRTG ect. However to try and
> achieve the above we are looking at writting something
> from 1st bases. However if people are doing this already
> why re-invent the wheel.
> 
> BTW I dont want to buy NSA services.
> 
> Regards,
> Kevin
> 
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