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Orion Syslog vs Kiwi Syslog vs SPLUNK [closed]

I'm about to set up a new syslog server at the company I work for. Having no real experience of this I'm looking for advice. Here are the options I got at the moment: Use the syslog that is ...
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Locate a host on Network

What is the best method of locating a particular workstation on a VLAN ? I sometimes need to do this, if a workstation IP address, shows up on an ACL Deny torrent use High bandwidth usage (Top ...
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Versioning switch/router/firewall configs

If you want to version your switch/router/firewall configs (who doesn't) - what alternatives are out there (preferably free, but not necessarily) that will get the job done. My personal preference is ...
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Brocade 'management-vrf' feature

Say you have used the management-vrf <vrf-name> configuration command on your Brocade device and setup a loopback in that VRF with a IP address from your management network for that remote site. ...
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What do I need to do in order to enable remote HTTPS management of a SonicWall NSA3500

I am trying to make a few changes on a firewall by connecting remotely to a desktop at work. I need to do a change that I think may reset and change the LAN interface.... I am worried about being ...
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Puppet error when setting up device [closed]

So, I'm toying with the idea of using puppet for core network device configuration to increase accuracy of the configs my team is generating. I wanted to start by setting up a demo and learning more ...
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Running XML agent on IOS XR

I'm trying to configure the dedicated XML agent on IOS XR 4.2.3 (ASR9K) . The API guide says to do the xml agent aaa authorization exec default local which I did, and I can connect to the router ...
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Which Python modules are you using for network management and automation? [closed]

I was wondering if anyone has some favorite modules for doing things like SNMP, CLI screen scraping, netconf, etc...
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Easily deploying new VLANs in a large environment

How do people handle the need to add VLANs to all switches on their network (or even a subset of devices)? We are adding around 6 new VLANs per week at the moment and as the network grows this is ...
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Sending Cisco NCS/Prime Infrastructure reports without encapsulating them in a zip

Is it possible to configure Cisco NCS/Prime Infrastructure to send reports via email without encapsulating them in a zip?