Am 2004-04-15 11:26:23, schrieb Andrew Miehs: > >> I like to have OpenView under Linux ;-) > >Why? What functionality do you need in OpenView that you don't have in >other freeware products. Openview is only expensive... and IF you can >affore openview, you can definitely afford a cheap Sun box to run it on.
Maybe it has its price, but it the right thing to control several 1) Backbones from 311, 622 and GBit 2) 3-5 BGP-4 Routers 3) around 150 RadioRidges 4) Repeaters 5) Switches 6) Servers 7) other routers 8) Client-DSU's >>>Opensoure: >>>MRTG for traffic stats >>>kmib - NET SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) MIB Browser >>>wmnd-snmp - Dockapp monitoring network interfaces >>>scli - a collection of SNMP command line management tools >>>orca - Router Monitoring and Graphing System > >Nagios as a frontend for the whole lot... Never I have used the Tools bevore... >> Security standard must be very high, because I need to control >> BGP-4 Routers and the Repeaters. Backbones between the Routers... >> detecting of broken cables... > >How much controlling of 'BGP' Routers do you want? >Automated scripts to update filters, OK... but GUI? If you have to control a Network of the size of Maroc, better you use intuitiv Graphical tools and you see immediatly which Backbone, RadioBridge or Router does not work. I have seen software for this in Action at UUnet, and the Graphical GUI helps alot ! - Even if I am console freak !!! >as for dropping lines? Things like nagios, or some form of syslog watcher >can easily do that... >You should also be looking at errors on interfaces... But if you have 10 or more Radio-Bridges in Line it is realy hard to imagine where the Error is. With a graphical tool and a landmap as Background you see immediatly where the Problem it is. >HP Openview gives you a pretty picture of your network. >BUT its costs a LOT of money, and it is a PAIN to keep updated. This is why I have tried to make a GUI with Tcl/Tk. I can set a Landmap as background and set my Controlpoints (Routers, RadioBridges, Repeaters, DSU's,...) on it. The rest is controlled via SMTP... But curently I have no real concept HOW TO MAKE SUCH GUI, a realy intuitiv graphical user interface. >Spectrum if it still exists was a great product in Enterprise environements, >BUT for a service provider >a) SLOW >b) Unable to deal with different subnet masks on the same interface... We need to code our own stuff and make it better. >and BOTH had the bad habit of trying to read the complete routing table >per default from a router... NOT very good if most of your boxes have a >full bgp feed.... I know... >Cheers > >Andrew Greetings Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/
