[c-nsp] Network Monitor / Mgmnt App

[Network Fortius]

I am a big proponent of open source, so - in time - I have developed  
my own set of tools based on Oetiker's tools (http:// 
people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/, http://people.ee.ethz.ch/ 
~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/, http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/ 
webtools/smokeping/) , Luca's ones (http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html &  
http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html - the latter for non-netflow-capable  
devices) and nagios (http://www.nagios.org/). The only thing I have  
to add is that - if you do not have any expertise in house - a  
fantastic solution is the one implemented by the folks at Somix  
(http://somix.com/), with - in your area on interest - primarily the  
WebNM front-end (http://somix.com/products/webnm.php) and Denika  
(http://somix.com/products/denika.php) - the latter an MRTG for  
newbies - worth every penny, and - in my opinion - a perfect example  
on how one can make money on open source ... but let's not get  
there ... :)

Stef

On May 12, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Joseph Jackson wrote:

> I must have alerts on device failures based on ping time outs is  
> good but I
> am really wanting SNMP trap notifications if a interface on a  
> router goes
> down.  Graphing of device usage i.e traffic / cpu / memory. A log  
> analyzer
> would be great since we have pix firewalls.  My main want would be  
> good SNMP
> MIB support for cisco devices routers/switches/pix The Intuit mib  
> manager is
> horrible. Network mapping would be nice but not a deal breaker.  I  
> have been
> pushing for CiscoWorks from based on what I read but my boss has  
> come down
> against it saying he has heard of it resetting routers....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of John Neiberger
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:35 AM
> To: JJackson at nos.com; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Network Monitor / Mgmnt App
>
>
>>>> Joseph Jackson <JJackson at nos.com> 5/12/05 12:30:13 PM >>>
>>>>
>> Greetings All,
>>
>>     I was wondering if anyone on this list has a good recommendation
>>
> of
>
>> an Enterprise class network monitor / Mgmnt App.  I have been looking
>>
> at
>
>> Cisco Works but would like to hear some reviews from end users that
>>
> use it
>
>> or have used it.  We currently use Intuits Network Monitor but I hate
>>
> it!  I
>
>> have tried out OpenNMS but the higher ups for some reason dislike
>>
> open
>
>> source tools.. (sigh).  I am also looking at Solorwinds Engineer
>>
> package so
>
>> any reviews on that would be great too.
>>
>
> If it were up to you, what sort of functionality would you like to see
> in this application?
>
> What sorts of things must you have? What can you live without?
>
> John
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