Re: PMConsole equivalent for Cisco??

Achim Patzner (ap@server.office.bn.bnc.net)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:52:11 +0200 (MET DST)

> I should probably ask on a Cisco list, but they probably have fewer clues...

I guess not - just take a look at comp.dcom.sys.cisco...

> I've just been thrust into the position of administering a Cisco 2501.
> I just spent the morning reading manuals and plooking with the commands,
> and the WWW interface to the box.

So what? Compared to the command line interface of a PM Ciscos CLI is really
well done. Ever tried clearing the ARP cache of a PM? Ah.

> The command line interface is truly weird. I now long for a tool that
> will help me get bypass the IOS command line horrorshow - the equivalent
> of PMConsole for a Cisco.

8-)))) I guess you're preferring Windows over Unix.

As far as I know there are some nifty add-ons to OpenView; even CiscoWorks
is a nice tool. You might take a look at them.

> Anyway, I know that some folks here administer Ciscos as well as
> Livingstons, so I thought I'd ask if there's such a thing. Please email
> me directly rather than adding to the non-Livingston content of the list
> :)

It's not that off-topic. I'd like Livingston to do some work on their CLI as
well as I hate stuff that costs more resources and/or bandwidth than it has
to - and PMConsole is one of them.

Achim Patzner