Differences/Benefits of LMS, Cisco Performance, ANA

[mserranocisco]

We need to know de differences/benefits between:

-Cisco Prime Lan Management Solution (LMS)

-Cisco Prime Performance Management

-Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA)

[Marvin Rhoads]

LMS - an enterprise network management system that does fault, configuration and performance functions for a diverse set of Cisco equipment. Data Sheet and Supported Devices.

Performance Management - a primarily service provider-oriented product focused on a few carrer-class devices (reference Table 2 of the Product Data Sheet and the Supported Devices Table).

ANA - a product also designed to manage carrier networks. Recast as "Cisco Prime Network".

[mserranocisco]

I need only an application for:

• View topology
  
• Inventory
  
• Monitoring
  
• Change administration
  
• Configuration backup
  

Which one of them can offer all of it?

[Marvin Rhoads]

What equipment is in your network? If it is all Cisco (and included in the Supported devices link I posted above) then LMS will do all of those functions.

Keep in mind that you will need your structure operations procedures around the capablities of the tool.