Re: OOB

[Arnold Nipper <arnold () nipper de>]

on 26.07.2011 16:25 Cameron Byrne wrote:
> On Jul 26, 2011 6:57 AM, "harbor235" <harbor235 () gmail com> wrote:
> > I am curious what is the best practice for OOB for a core
> > infrastructure environment. Obviously, there is
> > an OOB kit for customer managed devices via POTS, Ethernet, etc ... And
> > there is OOB for core infrastructure
> > typically a separate basic network that utilizes diverse carrier and
> diverse
> > path when available.
> >
> > My question is, is it best practice to extend an inband VPN throughout for
> > device management functions as well?
> > And are all management services performed OOB, e.g network management,
> some
> > monitoring, logging,
> > authentication, flowdata, etc ..... If a management VPN is used is it also
> > extended to managed customer devices?
> >
> > What else is can be done for remote management and troubleshooting
> > capabilities?
>
> IMHO, it is always a good idea to have completely different infrastructure
> supporting Oob.

Fully acked, but with every service migrating to IP how do you make sure
that the oob infrastructure is completely different from your production
network?



Best regards,
Arnold
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