Network Management Systems & Tools
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Monitoring Tools for Small & Medium Business
Network monitoring also referred to as fault-management, alarm management or
alerting is the process of scrutinizing computer networks to report on the overall
health of the network. The network monitor accomplishes this task by reporting on
link failures, node failures, system outages and various errors. Example of errors
includes but not limited to errors caused by over utilizations such as packet drops
and timeouts; errors caused by NIC or port miss configurations such as duplex
mismatch, Port or VLAN mismatch.
Alerting or notifying is another function of the monitoring tool. Some monitoring
tools are capable of categorizing detected problem using various priorities such as
informational, warning, error, major, critical, etc. The network administrator may
program the monitoring tool to take appropriate alerting action based on the priority
of the problem detected, for instance: page network administrator for critical
problems, log warnings, email major problems, etc.
alerting is the process of scrutinizing computer networks to report on the overall
health of the network. The network monitor accomplishes this task by reporting on
link failures, node failures, system outages and various errors. Example of errors
includes but not limited to errors caused by over utilizations such as packet drops
and timeouts; errors caused by NIC or port miss configurations such as duplex
mismatch, Port or VLAN mismatch.
Alerting or notifying is another function of the monitoring tool. Some monitoring
tools are capable of categorizing detected problem using various priorities such as
informational, warning, error, major, critical, etc. The network administrator may
program the monitoring tool to take appropriate alerting action based on the priority
of the problem detected, for instance: page network administrator for critical
problems, log warnings, email major problems, etc.
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Network Monitoring and Reporting
What is Network Monitoring?
- OpManager from Adventnet is a simple monitoring tool suitable for small
businesses. It is capable of monitoring network devices, servers and
applications. Adventnet has provided a free demo of their application. To see a
demo of this application, click the graphic window shown below. To download
a copy of OpManager click download or click the window shown below
- Axence NetVision from Axence is an easy to use network management tool
suitable for both small and medium businesses. The application allows the
administrator to select events for which an alert should be raised as well as types
of notifications sent. In addition to network monitoring, NetVision includes
mapping as well as application monitoring capabilities. Another useful feature of
this application is the ability to monitor web page load time. To download a trial
copy of Axence NetVision click download or click the windows shown below
- SNMPc from Castle Rock is an easy to install and configure distributed network
management tool capable of real-time monitoring of network devices. Even
though SNMPc is a simple tool, it is an effective tool for monitoring, reporting,
notifying and mapping of network nodes. The SNMPc Network Manager,
introduced in 1989, was the first available SNMP manager for Windows.
SNMPc is offered in two flavors: Workgroup edition and Enterprise edition. To
download an evaluation copy click download or click the window below.
- EM7 from sciencelogic is a hardware based network management tool capable of
device monitoring, application monitoring, performance monitoring, service level
monitoring and reporting. It provides reporting on device availability, response
time, interface errors, packet discards, TCP port availability, services, CPU and
processor usage, web content verification as well as transmission speed. A
unique feature of EM7 is the integration of ticketing application with other EM7
applications such as event management that allows the administrator to simply
generate a ticket by clicking on the event. To sign up for a live demo click the
picture shown below
- InterMapper from Dartware is a simple management tool suitable for small
businesses. It offers device monitoring, alerting, reporting and mapping of
network devices. InterMapper can also report on CPU usage, link utilization,
error counts, and byte counts. All reports and data can be graphically presented
for easy viewing. InterMapper is available for Windows platforms, Mac OS,
Solaris, Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian), and FreeBSD. To download
a demo copy of InterMapper click the picture shown below
- ipMonitor is an easy to install and use network monitoring alerting and reporting
tool that allows for real-time monitoring of network devices, servers, TCP ports,
applications and services. Reporting feature includes both real time and historical
information on availability and utilization. Alerting feature of ipMonitor provides
various notification methods including sending email and text messaging to
pagers or mobile phones with SMS support. For a more details click product
documentation. To download a trial copy click the icon below.
- LANsurveyor is a network management tool form Neon Software that offers
node and application monitoring, alerting, reporting and mapping of the entire
network. The software allows the administrator to create various alerts each
with different options and notification methods such as launching an application,
sending email, text messaging to pagers or phones with SMS support. However,
the true power of this tool is its mapping capability. LANsurveyor is able to
detect and map the entire network from routers on layer 3 to swithches on layer
2 and all other end nodes that are SNMP capable. It can easily show on what
switch port a particular node is connected. Best of all, LANsurveyor allows the
network map to be saved as a Visio diagram. For a free trial of the software click
the icon below
- Lithium from LithiumCorp is a simple network monitoring tool that offers real-
time monitoring of network devices, servers and applications. Lithium can also
gather historical data and has a web-based interface. The product has an
integrated trouble-ticket case management system. To download a trial copy of
lithium click the icon shown below
