[Infrastructures] using IA methodologies to build network element configuration

[Brian Dunbar]

On Mar 28, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Andrew Fort wrote:

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>   - How have you approached the push/pull problem with applying 
> configuration (considering that the major network equipment vendor 
> doesn't provide an open 'pull' architecture)
>   - How do you manage order and dependency (I'd argue order is equally 
> important for systems as well as networks)?
>   - How do your systems handle/differ for initial system build versus 
> ongoing configuration management?
>
> I have a few ideas about this I'd love to discuss, but won't use any 
> more bandwidth unless there are interested parties.  Anyone?

I am 'only' a sys admin but would not mind at all such a discussion - I 
can learn from it.  Especially as I have some hope of leaving 'here' 
and joining a startup.  The HM in C (feels odd to call Michael a 'CIO') 
  and I have discussed 'best practices and 'Infrastructure'; in a 
nutshell, if I can provide him an IT setup that a) works and b) can 
scale to grow with the company, he doesn't care if it stands on it's 
head and whistles 'Garry Owen'.


Brian Dunbar
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