Re: OT: Monitoring Cisco infrastructure with HP OpenView NNM

Felix,
I'd second this and add that it has to be a big commitment in terms of
actually using the solution. Many customers just don't realize how deep
their working routines may be affected by a introducing a NOC. And when
all is deployed and swinging and blinking red amber and green. they just
get cold feet starting using it since there is too much to rebuild or
adjust in their work flows.

NNM is way too complex (and expensive) for just link monitoring, I am
telling you this as an NNM veteran from 1996. :-) You may consider
something lighter like Solar Winds NPM.

A good Systems Integrator shall not blindly sell such products,
unsuccessful stories hurt the whole idea behind such products quite a bit.

Just my .02 in your local currency (without GST :-)).
A.

Dale Shaw wrote:
> Hi Felix,
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Felix Nkansah<felixnkansah_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am considering recommending HP OpenView Network Node Manager to an
>> enterprise customer to monitor their Cisco equipment, communications links,
>> bandwidth usage, etc.
>>
>
> (there was a thread on this not long ago -- have a look at the
> archives; I can't remember how informative it ended up being.)
>
> OpenView is a big commitment, in terms of both implementation effort
> and dollars. If the customer is big enough and has dedicated resources
> to care and feed the system, great! If not, I'd consider a turn-key
> system like Statseeker (www.statseeker.com), perhaps coupled with
> Opsware (now HP) Network Automation System (NAS) (OEM'd by Cisco as
> "Network Compliance Manager") to do the configuration and software
> management -- http://tinyurl.com/45m88q
>
> cheers,
> Dale
>
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