A Netmon Enterprise Edition server appliance is the perfect choice for midsize/larger companies who need a high-performance solution for:
– Network Traffic and Activity Monitoring
– Bandwidth Monitoring
– Service Monitoring
– Network Protocol Monitoring
– Device Monitoring and Device Management
– Disk and Volume Monitoring
– Syslog and Event Log Monitoring
– Performance Monitoring and Reporting
– Cisco NetFlow Analysis and Reporting
– Email and Pager Notification / Alerts
Auto-Discovery Features:
– Automatic discovery of SNMP capable devices
– Automatic NetBIOS and reverse-DNS name resolution
– MAC Address detection with ARP Probe Service
– Background port scanner automatically identifies new services which appear on your network
– Automatic discovery of devices which send NetFlow data to your Netmon system
– Automatic interface rediscovery on routers, switches and other managed devices
Network Monitoring Features:
– Integrated Layer 2 (Ethernet) Frame Analyzer
– Integrated Layer 3 and 4 (IP Services) Protocol Analyzer
– Integrated NetFlow Collector (v1, v5 and v7)
– Raw packet capture utility for low-level packet analysis in compatible client software (i.e. Ethereal)
– Automatic NetBIOS and DNS name resolution
– Real-time network activity monitoring with the Visual Network Explorer (VNE)
– Capture and monitor live network activity on remote networks with NetFlow protocol support
– Instantly narrow live activity views to specific hosts and/or protocols with easy to use filters
– Identify the type and nature of all connections to a particular host with a simple double-click
– Monitor internal and external bandwidth utilization
– Built-in port label database identifies thousands of commonly used protocols
– Create and label your own custom protocols
– Protocol Dictionary features detailed information on over 125 IP-layer protocols
– Capture local network activity on up to two (2) separate physical networks with dual onboard gigabit network cards
Device Monitoring Features:
– Assign friendly names and icons to individual hosts for simplified reporting and visibility
– Monitor thousands of different device metrics with built in SNMP OID Object Tracker service
– Monitor Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 shared folders and volumes
– Monitor Linux/UNIX and Solaris disks and partitions
– Monitor Windows Event Logs with supplied SNARE Agent software
– Monitor SYSLOG data from routers, firewalls, switches and other SYSLOG-capable systems
Email and Pager Alert Features:
– Fully integrated email and pager alert system
– Customizable alert message templates
– Support for alert escalation
– Prevent false alerts with Alert Conditionals
– Service or device UP / DOWN notifications
– Bandwidth utilization alerts (in, out or sum of both)
– SNMP Trap Handling / Relaying Service
– ICMP “ping” availability alerts
– Full TCP handshake monitoring (for specific IP network services such as FTP, Telnet, HTTP, SSH and others)
– Service/connection latency alerts (100ms to 1500ms)
– Protocol activity notifications (i.e. P2P traffic)
– Disk capacity & availability alerts (Windows/Linux/UNIX)
– New network service alerts (i.e. opened TCP/UDP port)
– New host detection alerts (based on MAC identification)
– SYSLOG message alerts based on a specific text or regular expression pattern match
SNMP Monitoring and Management Features:
– Automatic SNMP device discovery service with customizable Community string
– SNMP MIB Browser - Monitor hundreds or thousands of management information points exposed by SNMPv2 capable devices.
– SNMP Trap Alert Service. Relay SNMP trap messages sent from your managed devices through your Netmon server appliance.
– Over 7,000 device MIB profiles from 164 different manufacturers supplied
– Upload custom MIB profiles for proprietary devices
Security Monitoring Features:
– On-demand port scanner identifies open ports / services
– Background port scanning service identifies new network services as they appear
– ARP Probe Service identifies new MAC addresses which have appeared on your network
SYSLOG and Event Log Server Features:
– Fully integrated SYSLOG server - collect and store logs from all SYSLOG-capable devices in a single location
– Organize SYSLOG/event log data by host, facility and severity level
– Powerful built-in reporting and search capabilities, including support for regular expression pattern matches as well as standard text search
– Integrated email and pager alert facilities, including support for text and regex matching for alerts
– Translate Windows Event Logs into compatible SYSLOG data streams with supplied SNARE Agent for Windows software.
Reporting and Data Analysis:
– Historical database of virtually all monitored activities
– Network, protocol and host activity reports
– Uptime/downtime and service latency reports
– Bandwidth utilization reports
– Sophisticated traffic and protocol analysis toolset
– Build and save custom reports for later one-click delivery
– Printer-friendly report designs
– Snapshot Reports - almost any application panel can be printed directly in a printer-friendly format
– Customizable protocol and host filtering lets you narrow reports to specific hosts and/or network activities
– Customizable logging verbosity settings for each monitored device and service
– Analyze Netmon data in third-party reporting packages such as Crystal Reports.
Administration and Management:
– Netmon security groups allow you to assign distinct capabilities and permissions to Netmon user accounts
– Full control over each distinct monitoring service. Turn off services which aren’t needed or required.
– Specify historical data retention policies for each monitoring service. For example, you can tell Netmon to keep 8 weeks of network traffic data, and unlimited SYSLOG data.
– Data backup facilities, from quick configuration-only backups to complete database archiving
– Label your own protocols by adding, editing or removing entries in Netmon’s protocol index
– Customize email and pager message templates
