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| Re: Network Management Software said by John Galt  :I am looking for some suggestions of network management software. This is for a very large deployment (~28 backbone nodes and >10,000 subscribers). The specified hardware has SNMP and MIBs. What specifically are you want to do? If it is just monitoring, then there are a LOT of very nice options available. Intermapper is one of the best I've seen, though I found it a bit pricy. For your application, it will not be very much on a per node basis, however. You can find it here: »dartware.com/products/intermapper/index.html
If you are looking more for real management options, HP Openview may be a better choice, though that is likely to be a BIG difference in price. I'm not certain on their price structure, so I'm not sure about that.
These are the only 2 that I have used much at all in the commercial arena. I have a bit more experience with HP Openview, but not a lot. Intermapper is a really nice application.
I fully expect to pay (a lot) for this, so suggestions of "freeware" or "cheapware" are not really necessary. Then, there are the freeware things. Don't overlook these options. Many of these are VERY good applications. You can spend the $$ you have set aside for the software and pay an employee or consultant (not me) some bucks to learn it very well, and even some training for existing employees. I'm not one that advocates freeware over commercial just because it's "open source or die"...but sometimes it makes sense to use this option. 
Price is no object
Price is always an object. It may be that in this case it is not a primary deciding factor, but it is certainly a part of the decision.
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