RE: Cisco Network Design
This is the Enterprise Design Tool from NetformX. My employer has rolled this out to all us sales engineer types, and I use it regularly. Yes it is fairly decent, and I find it useful. Yes there are a number of irritating bugs. For example, one cannot place a redundant supervisor into a 6509. This is a problem that will be fixed "real soon now" There are devices where available blades do not show up. But I would say in general this is very useful if you are aware of the limits. Oh yeah - some of the product lines are not well handled in the design tool. Aironet, for example. Very high end switches, for example (as if I sell a lot of those ;-> ) Also, it can be difficult to find the IOS image you want. I've sounded negative. Let me assure that I use the tool daily, and in general I like it a lot. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of McCallum, Robert Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 6:03 AM To: 'Ccielab' (E-mail); Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail) Subject:Cisco Network Design Does anyone out there use the Cisco Network Designer tool? If so what are your views on it. Here is the link to view the actual tool. http://www.cisco.com/partner/cnd/inside.html ___ To unsubscribe from the CCIELAB list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body containing: unsubscribe ccielab _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Cisco Network Design
Chuck, you're still alive! I was beginning to wonder if studying for the lab had turned you into a vegetable! :-) You've only got a little over a month to go, right? And then it's off to Disneyland for Chuck and family! Regards, John > This is the Enterprise Design Tool from NetformX. My employer has rolled > this out to all us sales engineer types, and I use it regularly. > > Yes it is fairly decent, and I find it useful. > > Yes there are a number of irritating bugs. For example, one cannot place a > redundant supervisor into a 6509. This is a problem that will be fixed "real > soon now" > > There are devices where available blades do not show up. > > But I would say in general this is very useful if you are aware of the > limits. > > Oh yeah - some of the product lines are not well handled in the design tool. > Aironet, for example. Very high end switches, for example (as if I sell a > lot of those ;-> ) > > Also, it can be difficult to find the IOS image you want. > > I've sounded negative. Let me assure that I use the tool daily, and in > general I like it a lot. > > Chuck > > -Original Message- > From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > McCallum, Robert > Sent:Monday, February 26, 2001 6:03 AM > To: 'Ccielab' (E-mail); Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail) > Subject: Cisco Network Design > > Does anyone out there use the Cisco Network Designer tool? If so what are > your views on it. > > Here is the link to view the actual tool. > > http://www.cisco.com/partner/cnd/inside.html > > ___ > To unsubscribe from the CCIELAB list, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body containing: > unsubscribe ccielab > > _ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Cisco Network Design
I have a CCO login, but cannot get to this tool. It keeps on asking for a logon. Any ideas? TIA Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of McCallum, Robert Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:03 AM To: 'Ccielab' (E-mail); Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail) Subject: Cisco Network Design Does anyone out there use the Cisco Network Designer tool? If so what are your views on it. Here is the link to view the actual tool. http://www.cisco.com/partner/cnd/inside.html _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Cisco Network Design
Chuck, Hope your preparation is going well. You make some excellent points, that I'd like to take up to the 10,000 foot level and generalize upon. People often misconstrue that there is one proper user interface (GUI, menu, CLI) and/or that a tool should give finished results. The real message, however, is that there really are different user types with different requirements. A fairly basic distinction breaks network folk into planners and operators. Another distinction is on skill level: expert vs. entry-level. Tools like ConfigMaker are appropriate for SMB work, and they have user interfaces appropriate for the entry-level people likely to be setting up their own networks. If I were configuring a bunch of SMB networks, I'd be far more prone to use text-based scripts and templates that emphasize my productivity rather than ease of use. At another level, Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) is an appropriate tool for describing interprovider routing, although it isn't a complete solution for defining such problems and doesn't directly help you understand what policies you should be defining. RtConfig is a public tool that can generate most of your eBGP configuration from an RPSL definition, but RtConfig neither is super-friendly to beginning users, or capable of creating a complete configuration. From your description, Enterprise Design Tool should be regarded as expert-friendly, suited for the problem of doing a first rough design that MUST be reviewed by a qualified presales engineer. It does reduce work for that engineer, but doesn't replace her. Was this the tool that was being used to evaluate CCIE/Design solutions? Scary if so...network design is sufficiently an art that I don't think designs can be evaluated by a machine alone. By design, incidentally, I am not referring to a complete set of configurations that can be evaluated by a modeling tool such as Netsys, or by a full Monte Carlo simulator. Nortel's architect level certification has problems if it will scale to cover large numbers of people, but has the reality that design proposals will be evaluated by a panel of human experts. As many of you know, I like to look at medical education as a good model for networking. There is no such thing as a "paper MD." Admittedly, do remember the technical term used for the person that graduates at the bottom of a medical school class: "doctor." There is premedical education that simply deals with skills for understanding specific medical sciences. Traditionally, the first two years of medical school deal with "preclinical sciences" such as biochemistry, physiology, histology, pharmacology, etc., although medical schools increasingly are providing some patient contact in the first two years. The next two years of medical school involve some lectures and reading assignments, but principally closely supervised rotations in patient care. The student watches more experienced physicians coming up with care plans and diagnoses, although the student will take histories and suggest diagnoses and treatments. It is expected the student will come to the wrong conclusions a reasonable amount of the time, but learn by the experience. Moving to the "postgraduate" medical education, one must graduate medical school and pass some tests to be considered for postgraduate training ("intern" and "resident" are less popular terms; they tend to speak of postgraduate year 1, 2, etc.). A PGY-1 physician has an MD, but are limited in the complexity of what they will touch, and have relatively close supervision. It's PGY-3 or -4 before someone is considered fully trained in a "primary" specialty such as family practice, internal medicine, OB/GYN, etc. At this point, there are more exams, and one becomes "board eligible" in a specific field. Typically, one has to practice and present cases before being "board certified" in a given field. Board eligibility and certification in subspecialties takes longer (e.g., 3-4 years of internal medicine, 3 years of cardiology, 1-2 years of interventional cardiology doing angiography). At some point, paper exams simply are no longer important. It's a matter of presenting cases, demonstrating you've taken continuing education, etc. >This is the Enterprise Design Tool from NetformX. My employer has rolled >this out to all us sales engineer types, and I use it regularly. > >Yes it is fairly decent, and I find it useful. > >Yes there are a number of irritating bugs. For example, one cannot place a >redundant supervisor into a 6509. This is a problem that will be fixed "real >soon now" > >There are devices where available blades do not show up. > >But I would say in general this is very useful if you are aware of the >limits. > >Oh yeah - some of the product lines are not well handled in the design tool. >Aironet, for example. Very high end switches, for example (as if I sell a >lot of those ;-> ) > >
Re: Cisco Network Design
Perhaps you need a CCO login associated to a Reseller/Partner, not a client CCO login. I can get to the site and what I read on CCO is that the software/tool is part of a course. When you take the course - you get the tool. The course is $435. * * * * * * * Training In order to insure partner success and to maximize the benefit from Cisco Network Designer, the software package has been bundled with training, which is being offered through Global Knowledge for $435.00 per person. * * * * * * * * Then they want $995 a year for maintenance (per user) and I think the Auto-Discover module is an additional $1995. Anyway, don't think it can be downloaded from CCO. Kevin Wigle - Original Message - From: "Mark Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: RE: Cisco Network Design > I have a CCO login, but cannot get to this tool. It keeps on asking for a > logon. Any ideas? > > TIA > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > McCallum, Robert > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:03 AM > To: 'Ccielab' (E-mail); Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail) > Subject: Cisco Network Design > > > Does anyone out there use the Cisco Network Designer tool? If so what are > your views on it. > > Here is the link to view the actual tool. > > http://www.cisco.com/partner/cnd/inside.html > > _ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Cisco Network Design
I have both logins and only the reseller login will work. Kevin is correct. Steve -Original Message- From: Kevin Wigle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:42 PM To: Mark Rose; Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail) Subject: Re: Cisco Network Design Perhaps you need a CCO login associated to a Reseller/Partner, not a client CCO login. I can get to the site and what I read on CCO is that the software/tool is part of a course. When you take the course - you get the tool. The course is $435. * * * * * * * Training In order to insure partner success and to maximize the benefit from Cisco Network Designer, the software package has been bundled with training, which is being offered through Global Knowledge for $435.00 per person. * * * * * * * * Then they want $995 a year for maintenance (per user) and I think the Auto-Discover module is an additional $1995. Anyway, don't think it can be downloaded from CCO. Kevin Wigle - Original Message - From: "Mark Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: RE: Cisco Network Design > I have a CCO login, but cannot get to this tool. It keeps on asking for a > logon. Any ideas? > > TIA > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > McCallum, Robert > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:03 AM > To: 'Ccielab' (E-mail); Cisco@Groupstudy. Com (E-mail) > Subject: Cisco Network Design > > > Does anyone out there use the Cisco Network Designer tool? If so what are > your views on it. > > Here is the link to view the actual tool. > > http://www.cisco.com/partner/cnd/inside.html > > _ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]