[c-nsp] Monitoring GUI for Cisco network

Aivars aivars at ml.lv
Thu Feb 23 01:04:32 EST 2006


Zabbix is not commercial. You can buy support for it from developers.
That costs.

Aivars

Thursday, February 23, 2006, 3:35:26 AM, you wrote:

PNcc> Summary of some apps in the open-source arena

PNcc> Graphing:
PNcc> MRTG (oldie but works) -
PNcc> http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/
PNcc> NetMRG (I use this and works well) - http://www.netmrg.net/
PNcc> Cacti (looks good and know others that do) - http://www.cacti.net/
PNcc> Smokeping (Latency Grapher.  very useful) - 
PNcc> http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/smokeping/


PNcc> NMS Services:
PNcc> NMIS (seen it, looks interesting.  maybe should be in graphing though) -
PNcc> http://www.sins.com.au/nmis/
PNcc> OpenNMS (never used it) - http://www.opennms.org/index.php/Main_Page
PNcc> Nagios (Use it, it can do SNMP Trapping) - http://www.nagios.org/
PNcc> JFFNMS (yet another one) - http://www.jffnms.org/index.php
PNcc> Zabbix (FOSS/Commercial) - http://www.zabbix.com/
PNcc> Big Brother (not really network, but systems) - http://bb4.com/

PNcc> Hope it helps.  there is a lack of HPOV equiv apps in the open-source 
PNcc> area.

PNcc> Preston







PNcc> "Joseph Jackson" <JJackson at aninetworks.com> 
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PNcc> 02/22/2006 06:12 PM

PNcc> To
PNcc> "Charles Tompkins" <crt at thig.com>, "Vincent De Keyzer" 
PNcc> <vincent at dekeyzer.net>, <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
PNcc> cc

PNcc> Subject
PNcc> RE: [c-nsp] Monitoring GUI for Cisco network






PNcc> I use cacti too. But only for usage graphing as its not a NMS in any
PNcc> sense of the word... Er.. Phrase.  www.opennms.org is a good NMS for
PNcc> alerting and monitoring of services.  Cacti is great for usage
PNcc> reporting. 

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
>> Charles Tompkins
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:26 AM
>> To: 'Vincent De Keyzer'; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Monitoring GUI for Cisco network
>> 
>> I use a free program called cacti (www.cacti.net).  Runs on a 
>> typical LAMP platform.  My OS of choice is Centos 4.2 for 
>> this solution.  Setup documentation is available at the 
>> website and there is a large forum.  My cacti implementation 
>> is monitoring our firewalls, switches, routers, and even some 
>> Windows and Linux production servers. 
>> Regards,
>> -Charles
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
>> Vincent De Keyzer
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:20 AM
>> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: [c-nsp] Monitoring GUI for Cisco network
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I am looking for the following NMS for a mostly Cisco (+ other vendor
>> equipment) network:
>> 
>> *              linux-based
>> *              free/open-source
>> *              graphical display of network elements that turn red when 
PNcc> they go
>> down
>> *              shows links between NEs (that turn red when down)
>> *              allows to group NEs within a sub-view (e.g. for each 
PNcc> site)
>> *              shows NE alarms when you double-click on it
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> . so something like (apart for the first two requirements) HP-OV NM.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Anyone knows something nice?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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