Network inventory and configuration tracking tools

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

How about an operations oriented question.  What is the current
preferences amoung network operators for network inventory and
configuration management tools? Not so much status monitoring (up,
down) but other stuff network operator wants to know like circuit
IDs (how many IDs can a circuit have?), network contacts, design layout
reports (layer 1/2/3), what's supposed to be connected to that port?
The stuff you can't get out of the box itself.

Most ISPs seem to end up with a combination of homegrown systems,
opensource, and commercial products.  The commercial "integrated"
systems have lots of stuff, and according to the vendors can do
anything including splice fiber.

CiscoWorks      www.cisco.com
Netcracker      www.netcracker.com
NetView         www.tivoli.com
Openview        www.hp.com
VitalQIP        www.qip.lucent.com
Visionael       www.visionael.com