For all Network Admins
 

Looking for a tool where ...

1) i can monitor diffrent parts of an network (Servers / Clients / Switches

2) smnp traps / icmp should be both there

3) showing these infos in a way where i can see when a problem in the network happens, or a server is not there anymore


i know there are many products out there but please let me know what you guys prefer .. better than testing all stuff myself

(network is ms based with alot of cisco and hirschmann hardware)

sitescope does this.. though it is rather pricey

Are you looking for something free or public domain, or do you want to purchase something?

The whole area of network/host management is pretty huge, so a bit more information on your constraints would be useful.

Are you talking about monitoring a single network (LAN or MAN), or do you want to monitor WAN links and hosts at remote sites?

How many hosts do you need to monitor?

Do you want to simply monitor your network devices or would you like to manage them also?

Do you have an existing network management framework in place?

lots more questions...


Mr Mephisto

Tivoli Netview, WanSpy, MRTG, TREND, FastNet, LanSCAN, Solarwinds EE ToolKit(nice)........ I have pretty much used them all.....

What exactly are you trying to do?

10 server with around 300 clients hosted in a fibre optic hirschmann ring, where ciscos take over to the clients

i would like to know when a switch goes down, and if yes with a full protokoll on why and have "live" picture of the network at any given time .. where i am not interested in the clients formost, i would need to know status of switches and the servers

at best some grafical overview to see where the problem is coming from

Optivity is a nice tool for that.

All of these apps I am mentioning are bucks however. Are you looking for an implimention at your workplace? I could provide contacts for you for evals.