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Re: Network device command line interfaces
From: Mike McBride <mmcbride7 () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:17:09 -0800
Yes, don't buy the cheap stuff :)
Until we do, the other stuff remains expensive. mike On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Phil Regnauld <regnauld () nsrc org> wrote:
Jonathon Exley (Jonathon.Exley) writes:However vendors of low cost routers/switches/muxesHi Jonathon, have you ever tried to work with a Catalyst Express 500 ? A good example of a fully functional IOS device, where the vendor went out of their way to disable Telnet/SSH, and force one to run CLI commands via the a Web UI. You can do everything, but even "vty 0 x" and "transport input telnet" won't give access.seem to take a stab in the dark and produce some really nasty stuff.Cisco isn't exactly low cost, but the point here is exactly that: take away CLI and tools that make automation easier, so that customers will feel compelled to buy the more expensive stuff if they want the fancy stuff (which, in this case, is actually LESS fancy). It's not incompetence, it's called crippleware, and it's a business model :)Maybe the vendors need some sort of best practices guide for what manageability features their kit needs to support to make them acceptable to the market. Does anyone know if there is anything along these lines?Yes, don't buy the cheap stuff :) Phil
Current thread:
- Network device command line interfaces Jonathon Exley (Nov 23)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Phil Regnauld (Nov 23)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Mike McBride (Nov 23)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Dobbins, Roland (Nov 23)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Mike Hale (Nov 23)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Jonathon Exley (Nov 24)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Doug Barton (Nov 24)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Robert E. Seastrom (Nov 24)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Robert Bonomi (Nov 24)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Joel Maslak (Nov 25)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Steve Gibbard (Nov 28)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Mike Hale (Nov 23)
- Re: Network device command line interfaces Phil Regnauld (Nov 23)