[VoiceOps] Edgemarc Experiences

[Jay Hennigan]

On 3/13/12 7:20 PM, Scott Berkman wrote:
> To expand on what Jay is saying here about the CLI, Edgemarcs do in fact
> have a full CLI in that it's an embedded Linux box.

Correct, but a bit awkward for a network device in my opinion.

> If you know your way around Linux, you can look at interfaces, check the
> configuration files, restart processes, and use tcpdump (their version is
> actually tweaked to help read SIP captures).  Or anything else you normally
> do in Linux.
> 
> What it does not have is a cli in the Cisco IOS industry standard sense for
> modifying the config or expect-based API integration.  It's possible to
> change settings from the CLI by editing files and then restarting the proper
> service or script, but Edgewater generally recommends against this.

True.  I was referring to the lack of the IOS-like interface as well as
lack of typical show and debug commands, RANCID capture, etc.

> They do offer a config backup/load process and an EMS that can push changes
> in bulk and do some cool remote capture and call quality monitoring things.

Ditto Adtran as well as powerful GUI call quality monitoring built in,
showing MOS, reason for degradation etc. with no extra EMS needed (but
they offer one too).

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