[PLUG] Network Configs and Software

[Wil Cooley]

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 11:41 -0700, Steve D... wrote:
>   Does anyone know of an OpenSource (or not) application that monitors
> the software release and configurations of network devices, like
> routers, switches, and CSUs.
> 
>   We currently use spreadsheets and a collection of vendor tools.  We
> use CiscoWorks to handle Cisco devices.  Other vendor seems to have
> their own "Enterprise" tool to monitor their own stuff.  I haven't
> found anything that works across different platforms.  My managers
> (and auditors) want us to do a better job.
> 
>   COSI on SourceForge has some nice tools.  CiscoConf and configsafe
> are pretty close.  They look like they could be extended with a little
> effort, but my management is unfriendly to me writing lots of code. 
> They don't like "science projects".
> 
>   Is anyone out there doing anything clever to audit the software and
> configs in network device?

There is Pancho: http://www.pancho.org/; I haven't used it, but I've
heard a number of people who seem to like it.  If it does not report
software version, you can get this pretty easily via SNMP.

Wil
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Wil Cooley <wcooley at nakedape.cc>
Naked Ape Consulting, Ltd. <http://nakedape.cc>
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