08-10-2006 04:47 AM
My managemetn wants to generate report showing avialability of circuits, and major network componets. The report generation has to be flexible (ie monthly, daily, weekly). Is anyone using such a product and can recommend it? They're mad because the rep said Cisco Works would do.
Thanks in advance,
Dave Holder
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08-10-2006 10:30 AM
Depends on your definitions
You can get IPM to check the link between two devices, but you will have to create a collector for each.
You can create another collector for each "major network componet" to ping the ciscoworks server
These 2 actions will give reports that can be seem as an availability report.
Cheers,
Michel
08-10-2006 11:53 AM
Try Solarwinds Orion....very nice product @ a good price.
08-10-2006 06:26 AM
CiscoWorks will give you some basic up/down reporting - however it is limited.
I would suggest trying an open source package. There are some out there that is very sophisticated and will give you the 'pretty' reports your management needs.
Give these a try:
NMIS - http://www.sins.com.au/nmis/
NeDi - http://nedi.sourceforge.net/
Nagios - http://www.nagios.org/
Scott
08-10-2006 06:48 AM
Hey Dave,
your name sounds very familiar. I don't owe you money do I? If I don't you can drop me an e-mail off-line at tdennis@DataSourcePro.com. Let's confirm that what you have won't do the job before you buy another product.
Thanks,
Travis
08-10-2006 10:30 AM
Depends on your definitions
You can get IPM to check the link between two devices, but you will have to create a collector for each.
You can create another collector for each "major network componet" to ping the ciscoworks server
These 2 actions will give reports that can be seem as an availability report.
Cheers,
Michel
08-10-2006 11:53 AM
Try Solarwinds Orion....very nice product @ a good price.
08-10-2006 12:00 PM
I'd recommend OpenNMS:
It's a little more advanced that Nagios and also gives you some of the same stuff as MRTG and MRTG derivatives.
08-20-2006 07:30 PM
Check www.statseeker.com
Gives all kind of reports from link utilisation down to port usage. Also has great managment reporting for SLA's. A bit pricy but good on large networks for full blanket monitoring.
08-23-2006 10:08 PM
For the Network Management u can USe the Net Disco Network Managemetn Tool an Open Source Product.
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