Re: [nv-l] struggle for best approach

[John M Gatrell <John.Gatrell@uk.ibm.com>]

I think you need to make clear what
info you are after and for what purpose.
Are you after an audit trail, a debug
trail, statistics?
For example it is possible to get the
dialin usernames and phone numbers from a Cisco AS5350
You just observe that the numbers go
to the Cisco log buffer, and then configure the Cisco with
'snmp-server enable traps syslog' to
convert the log to traps.

I would use the following approach (not
knowing your requirements):-
Use NetView for monitoring if the AS5350
was working properly.
Get statistics on number of simultaneous
users, say once a month, directly from show commands on the router.
Use a RADIUS server to validate dialin
users.
Use the Cisco 'aaa accounting' commands
to log usernames and success/failed dialin's to the RADIUS server.

John Gatrell