Microsoft bashing aside, I can indeed see how it might be useful to integrate the management of Cisco gear into a more fluid directory scheme, perhaps supplemented with web-services and so forth. It doesn't need to be Microsoft - surely it is not impossible to consider a system where a directory of network gear is implanted via LDAP in, say, iPlanet Directory running on a Sun box, and configuration changes could be made via XML/SOAP. Service-providers might be able to exploit this to do provisioning on the fly and so forth.
Of course, right now, that's all pie-in-the-sky. Still, the idea is nice. ""Wes Stevens"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Chris, > > Ignore the MS bashers. > > There is at least a statement of direction that they will work with MS > active directory. I don't know how far along it is. The idea is that when a > user logs in the switch will setup the vlan on the port from the users > active directory profile. > > For companies with users on MS platforms (and there are a few out there) > this will have some big advantages. Vlan setup will get much easier and > vlans will be much more secure. > > Can any Cisco people out there give us an idea on how far away this is? > > > > > >From: "Wow" > >Reply-To: "Wow" > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Cisco Devices in MS Active Directory [7:40095] > >Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:29:27 -0500 > > > >brilliant > > > >""Patrick Ramsey"" wrote in message > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Do you really want to trust the management of your core equipment to > > > anything microsoft puts out? > > > > > > >>> "Mann, Chris" 04/01/02 04:05PM >>> > > > Can Cisco routers and switches be managed at all from with Microsoft > > > Active Directory, or some Active Directory snap-in? I tried looking on > >CCO > > > and Microsoft.com but did not see too much on how the two of them > >interact, > > > if at all. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40276&t=40095 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
