RE: OT: Network Management Packages

From: "Hoonpongsimanont
Date: Tue Apr 26 2005 - 01:18:53 GMT-3


Hi,

I found Micromuse NetCool (Cisco Info Center - CIC) is good for fault
management and event consolidation. If you are looking for performance
management, InfoVista is also a very good tool. Concord is also good, but if
you have a lot of equipment, it will be very costly.

Cheers,
David

On 4/13/05, malcolm.price@lanbase.com <malcolm.price@lanbase.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Sorry for the OT, but I was wondering if anyone had any first hand
> experience with Network Management Packages deployed into a pure Cisco
> environment.
>
> Having just deployed a large Metro Ethernet Network within the UK to
> deliver broadband services and video to public sector, I was looking to
> source a good Network Management Package based on Layer 2 ethernet and
> layer 3. Not so much to do configuration, but diagnostics, fault finding,
> to monitor load, util., errors, and general reporting on the performance
> and uptime of links / switches etc. All the WAN Links are BT LES 10/100
> Fibre and are presented as Ethernet between remote sites and are driven by
> 3550 Layer 2/3 switches and some 6500's thrown in :).
>
> Any feedback would be great,
>
> Regards,
> Mal
> CCIE #10607
>
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