Network Monitor Tool

maria.melendez · ‎06-25-2010

In my company we are looking for a Network Monitor Tool to be able to monitor our cisco network. We have catalyst 4506, 6509 and 3750 switches.

Thanks!

Hitesh Vinzoda · ‎06-26-2010

Hi,

Check the list below :

Ciscoworks LMS

HP Openview

Netcool

Whatsup Gold

Nagios

LMS has lots of module as mentioned below with

DFM > Device fault management

RME > Resource management essentials ( Inventory soft and hard) > IOS deployment and other tasks, Config management

Campus Manager > Topology and End user tracking in Campus

IPM > internetwork performance monitor ( Using IPSLA)

HUM > Health and utilization monitor

If all the devices are Cisco, LMS is a comprehensive tool.

HTH

Hitesh Vinzoda

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Don Jacob · ‎06-29-2010

Hi Maria,

Try OpManager from ManageEngine. The product has features to match or beat any similar market products and is priced lower than most. Some of the features for network monitoring are:

Availability and uptime monitoring
Traffic and Utilization monitoring
Network Device Health monitoring (Router, Switch, Firewall, wireless access points)
Network mapping
Network traffic maps
WAN RTT monitoring
VoIP monitoring
Network Configuration Management

Try OpManager from the below link:

http://www.manageengine.com/products/opmanager/download.html

ManageEngine OpManager also includes a NetFlow/sFlow monitoring Plug-In for bandwidth and traffic analysis which can monitor any flow exporting devices and give detailed reports about bandwidth usage. You can download the Plug-In from the below link:

http://www.manageengine.com/products/opmanager/network-traffic-analysis.html

Check the other OpManager Add-Ons from

http://www.manageengine.com/products/opmanager/opmanager-addons.html

OpManager also has a free edition which lets you monitor 10 devices with the basic monitoring functionality.

Regards,
Don Thomas Jacob

ManageEngine

Regards, Don Thomas Jacob http://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer.aspx Head Geek @ SolarWinds NOTE: Please rate and close questions if you found any of the answers helpful.