Software for circuit documentation
Dear Nanog community We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc. I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation. Thank you and have a great day Regards
Granite is expensive, but pretty much the standard for circuit/xconnect/CFA documentation in the telecom space.
On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:
Dear Nanog community
We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc.
I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation.
Thank you and have a great day
Regards
It's now called "Ericsson Adaptive Inventory" if I'm not mistaken... Paul -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Chris Garrett Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 11:50 AM To: Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Software for circuit documentation Granite is expensive, but pretty much the standard for circuit/xconnect/CFA documentation in the telecom space.
On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:
Dear Nanog community
We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc.
I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation.
Thank you and have a great day
Regards
mediawiki set up for individual user accounts, https only access, in internal tool IP space/ACL/firewalled. First develop a hierarcically organized 'blank' template you can copy and paste for each POP, and then fill it out. Works great for large scale fiber patch panel assignments/crossconnect tracking, listings of equipment in a POP, MPLS XCs, etc. It only works properly if the persons making each OSI layer 1 change edit the wiki after each change (or the NOC/neteng staff directing the field technicians edit it at the same time as updating a work ticket). One of the great advantages is that it's near infinitely flexible in how you can lay out and arrange the page, and tracks each and every change made by ever user. In case of a mistake it's easy to revert to an earlier version. I am not so sure about its use for OSP fiber tracking which gets into the territory of GIS software and customized vector based diagramming software. On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:
Dear Nanog community
We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc.
I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation.
Thank you and have a great day
Regards
I’ve been meaning to get pricing for Ericsson’s Adaptive Inventory (formerly Granite) for a mid-sized ISP client. It’s world-class, but it may turn out to be insanely expensive. I’m also investigating cloud solutions. Most of the legacy commercial products are stuck in the LEC/CLEC inventory regime of T1s, T3s, and circuit grooming, with little support for MPLS, IPv6, or SLA management. Those are the big pain points today for most ISPs grappling with provisioning complexity. -mel
On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:09 AM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:
mediawiki set up for individual user accounts, https only access, in internal tool IP space/ACL/firewalled.
First develop a hierarcically organized 'blank' template you can copy and paste for each POP, and then fill it out. Works great for large scale fiber patch panel assignments/crossconnect tracking, listings of equipment in a POP, MPLS XCs, etc. It only works properly if the persons making each OSI layer 1 change edit the wiki after each change (or the NOC/neteng staff directing the field technicians edit it at the same time as updating a work ticket).
One of the great advantages is that it's near infinitely flexible in how you can lay out and arrange the page, and tracks each and every change made by ever user. In case of a mistake it's easy to revert to an earlier version.
I am not so sure about its use for OSP fiber tracking which gets into the territory of GIS software and customized vector based diagramming software.
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:
Dear Nanog community
We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc.
I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation.
Thank you and have a great day
Regards
Anyone used these folks ? Any feedback ? http://www.i-doit.com/ Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: Support@Snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel Beckman" <mel@beckman.org> To: "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 1:41:00 PM Subject: Re: Software for circuit documentation
I’ve been meaning to get pricing for Ericsson’s Adaptive Inventory (formerly Granite) for a mid-sized ISP client. It’s world-class, but it may turn out to be insanely expensive. I’m also investigating cloud solutions. Most of the legacy commercial products are stuck in the LEC/CLEC inventory regime of T1s, T3s, and circuit grooming, with little support for MPLS, IPv6, or SLA management. Those are the big pain points today for most ISPs grappling with provisioning complexity.
-mel
On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:09 AM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:
mediawiki set up for individual user accounts, https only access, in internal tool IP space/ACL/firewalled.
First develop a hierarcically organized 'blank' template you can copy and paste for each POP, and then fill it out. Works great for large scale fiber patch panel assignments/crossconnect tracking, listings of equipment in a POP, MPLS XCs, etc. It only works properly if the persons making each OSI layer 1 change edit the wiki after each change (or the NOC/neteng staff directing the field technicians edit it at the same time as updating a work ticket).
One of the great advantages is that it's near infinitely flexible in how you can lay out and arrange the page, and tracks each and every change made by ever user. In case of a mistake it's easy to revert to an earlier version.
I am not so sure about its use for OSP fiber tracking which gets into the territory of GIS software and customized vector based diagramming software.
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:
Dear Nanog community
We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc.
I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation.
Thank you and have a great day
Regards
You might want to check out http://www.gokadence.com/products-services/circuits/ I have seen a demo of their software, and was impressed. Honestly I would want something with an integrated GIS component. 3-GIS seems to be the leading GIS for telecom. On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Manuel Marín <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:
Dear Nanog community
We are looking for a network inventory software to document logical circuits and fibers. We have been using Racktables for cross connects and racks documentation and works great, but we did find a way to document MPLS, Eline/ELAN, OTN, SONET, IP circuits, external plant (fibers), etc.
I would appreciate if you can share what you use for documentation.
Thank you and have a great day
Regards
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