Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
Intermapper has worked well for me for the past few years, easy to setup, not expensive, and has the ability to make a nice graphical map of all your devices any which way you please. Dan. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM, omar parihuana omar.parihu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. -- Omar E.P.T - Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections! ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
I'll put a plug in for PRTG, which personally I've been using to run visual demos of some switching features for our product; but I've been quite impressed with the depth of capability (custom scripts with XML, full SNMP with custom MIB compilation, NFv5/v9 collection, auto device discovery sensor creation, and tons of other stuff). The map function, which allows you to overlay live data/graphs on a static image (network topology, geo map, etc) is pretty cool. They have an operational demo here: https://prtg.paessler.com/group.htm?id=0 Hope that helps, Tim At 06:41 PM 5/24/2011, Dan Letkeman mumbled: Intermapper has worked well for me for the past few years, easy to setup, not expensive, and has the ability to make a nice graphical map of all your devices any which way you please. Dan. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM, omar parihuana omar.parihu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. -- Omar E.P.T - Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections! ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsphttps://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsphttps://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ Tim Stevenson, tstev...@cisco.com Routing Switching CCIE #5561 Distinguished Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Nexus 7000 Cisco - http://www.cisco.com IP Phone: 408-526-6759 The contents of this message may be *Cisco Confidential* and are intended for the specified recipients only. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
On 18.05.2011 16:47, Jason Gurtz wrote: licensing issues. If it were a free or open source application this would be expected. In the commercial world, a bit more polish is expected of a $30K piece of software. Make sure you budget for this kind of time or level of support if you go there. Wow ... paying 30k and not even able to do the basic admin yourself? At prices like that, you could go full commercial support contract on OpenNMS, and have a true enterprise-grade NMS, while being able to get all the basic and advanced stuff done yourself ... and not worry about system performance every time you add a couple nodes ... (expecting higher cost for maintenance on Open Source software is pretty prejudicial IMHO...) -garry ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
+1 for the open source! There are OpenNMS, Zenoss, and a lot of others, and if you really want to pay, you can get an overall support from some of them, from the very first implementation as well as ongoing support. Commercially talking, I've seen Solarwinds have nice user-friendly product family named Orion, there are a few nice tools, it's built on a modular base, so you can buy only one, or integrate few of them. And is not really expensive, prices are reasonable. Ziv -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Lacey Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 6:01 AM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion The best NMS solutions are open source. (My opinion... :-) You can get paid support if that is the issue, from installation to on-going configuration support. You should investigate what support teams are using to monitor large networks. Papa John's for example monitors 3400 locations requiring only one person on duty Open source NMS... You will save a ton of money as well... |--- | Dan Lacey daniel_p_la...@yahoo.com | PGP Key: 0xFE94668F @ http://pgp.mit.edu or http://keyserver.pgp.com | PGP Key fingerprint: 8A97 2996 266D A21C 0277 54EF 40D5 2B80 FE94 668F |--- On 5/17/11 7:38 PM, omar parihuana wrote: Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals computer viruses. The information contained in this e-mail message and its attachments is confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender, and then delete the message from your computer. Thank you! This mail was sent via Mail-SeCure System. This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals computer viruses. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
Commercially talking, I've seen Solarwinds have nice user-friendly product family named Orion, there are a few nice tools, it's built on a modular base, so you can buy only one, or integrate few of them. And is not really expensive, prices are reasonable. As a Solarwinds customer let me say a few words... It is a pretty decent product from an interface perspective and yes, not too expensive in the grand scheme of things. It is fullfeatured and not too fiddly However, installation/maintenance of the software is a huge time sink. It is so bad that our policy is to always hire a consultant to come on-site and do the upgrade. The consultant is typically on the phone with Solarwinds support for most of the day dealing with some database or licensing issues. If it were a free or open source application this would be expected. In the commercial world, a bit more polish is expected of a $30K piece of software. Make sure you budget for this kind of time or level of support if you go there. The hardware requirements are also a bit of a concern as one scales up; make sure you have enough RAM and disk I/O. Caveat Emptor! ~JasonG ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
I have used WhatsUp Gold from IPswitch for a couple of years. It can do everything we need it to do and more and it relatively inexpensive. I would say that it's comparable to Solarwinds. Check them out and good luck Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2011, at 10:38 PM, omar parihuana omar.parihu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. -- Omar E.P.T - Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections! ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
Hi, On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:38 PM, omar parihuana omar.parihu...@gmail.com wrote: Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? Strictly speaking it's not an NMS but based on your requirements of monitoring and reporting, I recommend Statseeker -- www.statseeker.com. Cheers, Dale ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
Hi Omar, Ciscoworks LMS 4.0 has gone pretty extensive changes in the UI / UX space. it's also very competitively priced respect to the other mgmt solutions out there. You can take the eval version it for a spin and see if it's something you want to roll out. http://www.cisco.com/go/lms https://cisco.mediuscorp.com/market/networkers/homeWork.se.work http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.0/install/guide/prep.html#wp1316880 regards .siva On Wed, 18 May 2011, Jorge Rodriguez wrote: I have used WhatsUp Gold from IPswitch for a couple of years. It can do everything we need it to do and more and it relatively inexpensive. I would say that it's comparable to Solarwinds. Check them out and good luck Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2011, at 10:38 PM, omar parihuana omar.parihu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. -- Omar E.P.T - Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections! ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
[c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. -- Omar E.P.T - Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections! ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] off-topic NMS Suggestion
The best NMS solutions are open source. (My opinion... :-) You can get paid support if that is the issue, from installation to on-going configuration support. You should investigate what support teams are using to monitor large networks. Papa John's for example monitors 3400 locations requiring only one person on duty Open source NMS... You will save a ton of money as well... |--- | Dan Lacey daniel_p_la...@yahoo.com | PGP Key: 0xFE94668F @ http://pgp.mit.edu or http://keyserver.pgp.com | PGP Key fingerprint: 8A97 2996 266D A21C 0277 54EF 40D5 2B80 FE94 668F |--- On 5/17/11 7:38 PM, omar parihuana wrote: Hi List, Please could you suggest me a NMS for WAN/LAN? the WAN is a MPLS/VPN (300 remote offices) and the Switching is a campus LAN (aprox 1000 Network Devices) and three remote buildings (aprox Network 200 devices in each building). Before I tried Cisco Works but I faced some issues; HP Openview was difficult also. We need a easy web interface for monitoring and reporting (unfortunately no open source solutions are accepted). Thank you for your suggestions. Rgds. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
