You can do a snmpwalk on the router to grab that info. -Neil
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Tom Scott wrote: > Tim Champion wrote: > > > I have recently been asked to document the various IOS images used within > > our network to be used as a baseline. Has anyone had experience in putting > > together this kind of document? > > Good question. I hope someone takes the time to answer. Documentation is one > of the > most important, and most neglected, aspects of the networking profession. > Establishing > a baseline is a good start. It includes not only traffic statistics but also > configurations, cabling, logical and physical topologies, and anything else > that might > make the job of maintaining and troubleshooting a network an enjoyable > challenge > instead of the headache it can be without documentation. > > I have a potential customer who refuses to acknowledge the need for > documentation. He's > got an AVVID network that "works just fine without having to hire a > consultant to draw > a bunch of diagrams" as he puts it. The guy who installed it told him it was > zero > maintenance, and nothing I've said thus far can convince him otherwise. So > I'm > preparing a slideshow about network documentation and baselining. I'd > appreciate any > suggestions, horror stories, success stories, etc. > > My philosophy is: Plan for failure. I don't mean that in a pessimistic way. > It's just > that, given enough time, all networks fail in one way or another. Some > events are > disasters, others only an inconvenience that can be worked around and coped > with by > non-technical users. But in the long run, something serious will happen, > It's our job > to be prepared for that and to reduce the negative impact as much as > possible. > > How do we convince clients to invest in baselining, contingency plans and > the like? > Does anyone have a good book on this? other than the usual ones, like the > CIT cert exam > preps and Semester 8 from the CNAP curriculum? Is there any specific book or > chapter or > website that gives a template for baselining, network documentation, > contingency > planning? > > -- TT Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=41612&t=41577 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
