NetDecision
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NetDecision is the industry-leading management platform. This platform makes it possible to deliver superior management solutions in a cost-effective, low-risk, high-productivity model.
NetDecision is an integrated Network, System, Application and
Datacenter monitoring software that offers advanced levels of fault and
performance management functionalities. NetDecision is an affordable, easy-to-use,
easy-to-install system that works right out-of-the-box.
NetDecision has built-in support for the following protocols and technologies: XML, SNMP, ICMP, FTP, generic TCP client and UDP client/server, HTTP, SMTP, ODBC DB access, TFTP, syslog, Windows Event Log, Windows Services, LDAP, Active Directory, FTP, RS-232. Those protocols and technologies are commonly used on Element Management layer.
In most cases, the time taken to identify the root cause of a problem is actually longer than the time taken to fix it. Having a proactive fault monitoring tool like NetDecision Network Manager helps you quickly identify the root cause of the problem and fix it before end-users notice it.
NetDecision Network Manager performs intelligent event processing.
Most network devices are capable of sending out SNMP traps when a fault occurs.
NetDecision Network Manager provides support for SNMP traps out-of-the-box.
Operators can add support for traps from any custom (vendor-specific) SNMP MIB. NetDecision Network Manager extracts useful information that is sent with SNMP traps as variable bindings.
NetDecision Network Manager filters unwanted events and presents only meaningful alarms to the operator.
NetDecision Network Manager supports color-coded alarms which are presented in a user-friendly format.
Administrators can view the event history and manually acknowledge, clear or delete alarms.
NetDecision Network Manager can be configured to alert operators when a service or health check counter on a device exceeds or goes below a certain limit.
Operators can specify their threshold rules for a service, application or device and can have NetDecision Network Manager alert them when the threshold rule is violated.
NetDecision Network Manager"s notification mechanism can notify you through SMS, Email whenever an alarm occurs.
Administrators can also configure NetDecision Network Manager to run external programs or scripts automatically when an alarm occurs.
NetDecision Traffic Grapher is a highly scalable and
customizable network monitoring tool that collects, analyzes and
summarizes management data from networks, systems
applications and services.
NetDecision Traffic Grapher is a tool that allows the user to monitor network and bandwidth usage as well as various other network parameters like memory usage and CPU utilization. Traffic Grapher provides system administrators with live readings and periodical usage trends to optimize the efficiency, layout, and setup of leased lines, routers, firewalls, servers, and other network components.
NetDecision Script Studio is a development tool. This tool allows the user to customize the business logic involved in management procedures and processes. For instance the user can customize the SNMP notification handling logic (SNMP traps and informs processing). The default system reaction to an SNMP notification is to display notification record in the "events" window of Network Manager and highlight the corresponding network element in the topology view. However, the user can configure scriptable agent that handles notification and performs appropriate actions that may include sending e-mail/pager/SMS notifications to tech person, generating report, or even modifying device configuration on the fly to fix the problem automatically. This tool is also used to generate Web reports (charts, tables). The user can customize every single aspect of report generation. The application enables third party developers to scale the product by providing additional functionality. The plugin framework SDK is based on Open Standards and is fully documented.
There is number of powerful utilities in NetDecision:
TrapVision is an SNMP trap management and distribution application, which allows users to receive, visualize and handle SNMP traps in various ways. Due to its flexible trap handling capabilities, TrapVision can be used together with other network management applications to provide distributed and structured trap handling. TrapVision supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 TRAP messages and SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 INFORMs.
Remote Management Console is an application, that allows to monitor and manage multiple instances of TrapVision and/or LogVision running on local or remote servers.
MIB Manager is an application that compiles/validates SMIv1, SMIv2 MIB files. Compiled MIB files are stored as XML which streamlines the performance of all NetDecision applications. Several RFC or vendor specific MIB files can be added to the single MIB tree.
MIB Browser provides easy-to-use graphical interface to view the results of SNMP GET, GET-NEXT, GET-BULK, GET-WALK, SET queries. Data from MIB tables (interface table, routing table, etc.) is presented in the form of actual tables.
MIB Editor application allows the user to design and modify SMI v1/v2 MIB files.
SNMP Packet Analyzer application decodes SNMP packets and displays them according to the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) BER (Basic Encoding Rules).
SNMP User Manager is the application to create/modify SNMPv3 user profiles.
SNMP User Profiles is a set SNMPv3 User Security Model (USM) related information (User Name, Authentication password, Privacy Password, Context Name, Context Engine ID). Once created the profile can be used in different applications.
SNMP Trap Simulator is a utility, which is used to simulate SNMP notifications(SNMPv1 traps, SNMPv2 traps and INFORMs). This utility is very useful on development stage of your network management system.
LogVision is a general purpose log mediation application that allows users to receive, visualize and handle syslog and Windows event log messages in various ways.
NetFlow Trace Tool is an application that performs in-depth NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow packets analysis. The application supports the following protocols (formats): NetFlow v1,v5,v7,v8,v9, sFlow v2,v4,v5
TFTP Server provides an Internet-standard TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server on any Windows workstation or server. It supports all TFTP clients that are RFC 1350-compliant, including those integrated into network devices, such as routers.
HTTP Server - simple HTTP server
Quick Launcher is an application bar, which is used to start applications and open documents quickly.
Script Server is an application that runs as a standalone server and handles remote demand requests to run Script Studio created scripts.
Script Player is a command line utility that runs Script Studio scripts in console mode. This is quite useful for integration and automation solutions.
Parameter Editor is an application to build Script Studio parameter files. By using parameters the user can create multi purpose scripts that can change their behavior based on those parameters.
Script Editor is an IDE to build script files. It features syntax highlighting, bookmarks, IntelliSense support, etc.
From the user perspective all the NetDecision application have the same consistent look and feel that has been achieved by using powerful customizable GUI framework.
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