From: Choon, Raymond () (rchoon@xxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 15:14:20 GMT-3
I agree with both. What I would like to add on is that NetformX is a great
network discovery tool. We use it to inventory our customers' networks. We
are talking about hundreds of sites around the world. We use this tool
through customer's intranet then we get the data without sending vendors
around the world.
Raymond
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Nielsen [mailto:fred_nielsen@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:14 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com; Robert.McCallum@let-it-be-thus.com
Subject: RE: Cisco Network Design
I agree with Chuck's observations and would add that the Enterprise Design
Tool is great for verifying and detailing a network configuration. It lacks
many artistic/drawing features however, as compared with a tool like Visio
that enables you to produce super sharp presentation style output. The
printed output from EDT is clumsy and awkward in comparision.
So to choose between the two comes down to what you want the tool you use to
do: produce presentation-style diagrams (Visio IMO), or detailed network
architectures (EDT)..
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Chuck Larrieu" <chuck@cl.cncdsl.com>
Reply-To: "Chuck Larrieu" <chuck@cl.cncdsl.com>
To: "McCallum, Robert" <Robert.McCallum@let-it-be-thus.com>,
"'Ccielab' (E-mail)" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>, "Cisco@Groupstudy. Com
(E-mail)" <cisco@groupstudy.com>
Subject: RE: Cisco Network Design
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:06:07 -0800
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: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] 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
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