[c-nsp] Network Monitor / Mgmnt App

[nevot]

i agree... i don't know how cisco guys are selling an app. based, at
least the version i tested, in ipswitch software, when ipswitch is
cheaper...

2005/5/12, joshua sahala <jejs+lists at sahala.org>:
> On (12/05/05 15:08), Paul Stewart wrote:
> > Ciscoworks is a great package and works well.... if you don't mind
> > spending serious $$$ on software...
> 
> you must be using a better version than the ones I have used - the
> installations that I have had, have all sucked [tm].  cisco works is NOT
> a monitoring system, it is a barely passible management tool, provided
> you aren't in a hurry and can pay to have someone learn how to use all
> the 'features'.  it requires an old version of java and intarweb
> exploder, and is always slow (yes i have reinstalled ie, tweaked the
> settings, tweaked/reinstalled/etc jre, ad nauseum)</rant> - ymmv
> 
> > Joseph Jackson wrote:
> > | I must have alerts on device failures based on ping time outs is good
> 
> most (all?) nms applications can do this
> 
> > | but I am really wanting SNMP trap notifications if a interface on a
> > | router goes down.
> 
> you can set up your own snmptrapd, but based upon what you said before,
> your management doesn't like opensource tools, so you will have to pay
> for a decent trap receiver/event correlator
> 
> http://www.managementsoftware.hp.com/ (i've replaced b0rked installions
>    twice now - i have never liked it, but ymmv)
> http://www.smarts.com (a coworker really likes it)
> http://www.micromuse.com/index.html (a former employer loves it, they
>    used to have hpov)
> 
> > | Graphing of device usage i.e traffic / cpu / memory.
> 
> unless you are looking to buy a grand unified nms [tm], then free tools
> can do this better/faster/much cheaper
> 
> http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/rrdworld/index.en.html
>    list of rrd-based graphers - i've had pretty good luck with cacti and
>    cricket, a friend loves torrus (aka rrfw)
> http://rtg.sourceforge.net - much much faster, a bit more complex to set
>    up, but well worth it if you need to monitor a lot targets (imho)
> 
> > | A log analyzer would be great since we have pix firewalls.
> 
> see event correlation software above...otherwise the free tool SEC
> (http://kodu.neti.ee/~risto/sec/) or SWATCH
> (http://swatch.sourceforge.net/)
> 
> [cut]
> > | I have been pushing for CiscoWorks
> 
> see above rant
> 
> /joshua
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