Open-Source Network Management Tools

Fri Sep 17 07:53:05 UTC 2004

I always tried to avoid any deal with SNMP TRAPS as most unreliable and
unconvenient way of alerting (unfortunately, it can not be avoided totally).
We use 'syslog' (syslog-ng + home written syslog analyzers + copmmercial
soft, sometimes) when possible.

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From: "Michael Smith" <mksmith at noanet.net>
To: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:10 AM
Subject: RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools

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> I'm looking for open-source alternatives for network management,
> such as Nagios or Big Brother. We are currently using WhatsUp Gold,
> and would like to move to something more flexible (and not running
> on a Windows platform). Something that has email/paging
> capabilities, and can process SNMP traps would be a plus for us as
> well.
> >
> Recommendations?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

I'd like to expand the question by asking, what Open-Source
applications do people use for SNMP Trap collecting and alarming?
We're very happy with Nagios for polling, but we have a lot of
optical components that send information via Traps that then needs to
be culled, trimmed and analyzed.

Thanks,

Mike

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