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Secrets of creating the best Network Management Software
Very often I am invited to review new network related software products from other companies as an expert in workflow and UI optimization. I always start with asking who designed the User Interface and I see that in many cases user interface designer and a coder is the same person and that where all the […]
Cisco SmartNet validation automation with Nectus
One of the key features of Nectus is ability to get instant SmartNet validation for any piece of Cisco hardware you have. SmartNet validation is implemented via “Cisco Smart API” interface available for selected customers with SNTC (SmartNet Total Care) or Partners with PSS (Partner Support Service) agreements. Nectus SmartNet validation requires API account (Client […]
Using Nectus for Cisco VIRL Topology monitoring
One of the limitations of VIRL that it does not provide real-time visual Up-Down status for Interfaces in your VIRL topology. Pairing VIRL with Nectus give you best of both worlds. To allow Nectus to monitor your VIRL topology enable and configure SNMP on your VIRL routers and ensure L3 reachibility between your VIRL subnets […]
Nectus Licensing and Pricing
Nectus is licensed by module with the following modules available: Basic Network Monitoring Network Topology Visualization Wireless Monitoring AWS Monitoring Windows Server Monitoring Linux Server Monitoring NetFlow Collector Syslog Collector MS SQL Monitoring HTTP Server Monitoring Cisco SmartNet Reporting IPAM Configuration Backup and Management Each module has different pricing brackets based on number of […]
Nectus version 1.2.15 released.
Build 1.2.15 released for selected POC customers. Download Current list of major features that are available out of the box without special licensing: Network Discovery Network Monitoring (SNMP v2/v3) Netflow Collector (requires second VM for storage) Syslog Server SNMP trap Server Network Topology Visualization HTTP URL Monitoring SQL Server Monitoring (new feature) Windows Server […]
Why managing some network monitoring tools is a full time job?
Recently I was pinged in LinkedIn by some recruiter for a job with a title “Splunk Network Architect”. I am not a job market but I guess some of the keywords it my profile rang a bell in their matching script but what startled me is the job title: “Splunk Network Architect”.. Since when managing […]
Nectus sets new record in Netflow Collector speed: 50,000 flows per second
Today we have achieved a new millstone with our Netflow collector performance: 50,000 flows per second processing speed was reached in Windows Server 2016 VM. This rate was reached on VM with 64GB RAM and 1TB M2 SSD. To simulate this flow rate we used 10 isolated instances of Netflow generator from Virtual Console (www.vconsole.com) with […]
We will update all of your network diagrams while you asleep..
Keeping your Visio network diagrams up-to-date is a full time job and not a fun one. For any decent size network there are always changes happen every day and it is almost impossible to keep track of those not to mention about adding those changes manually in Visio files. The time of manual, static network […]
Microsoft SQL Server Monitoring added to Nectus 1.2.16
Version 1.2.16 released on November 15, 2017 added ability to monitor Microsoft SQL Servers. Monitoring for 75 different SQL server metrics. Server, Instance and Database level statistics. Dashboard Example:
HTTP URL Monitoring functionality added to Nectus 1.2.10
Starting from Nectus version 1.2.10 we added ability to monitor any HTTP URLs for up/down status and latency. Configurable polling intervals and URL dashboard added to standard list of dashboards. “URL Down” alerts can be sent via email or SMS/text messages. GSM Modem is required for text based alerts.
How to simulate Netflow packets for testing purposes..
We offer NetFlow Traffic Generator utility that can send up to 30k flows per second with randomized parameters. This tool is ideal for anyone who is developing Netflow Collector functionality. Allows to generate large amount of NetFlow packets for protocol versions: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 as if they were coming from real routers or […]
Displaying real-time interface utilization on Network Diagrams
This is an example of how Nectus overlays real-time performance data on top of network diagrams.
Future of Network Visualization
If you still using Visio for your network diagrams you are a dinosaur. You may be very good at it and have millions of very nice looking stencils but your network diagram becomes obsolete the moment you finished working on it. Network diagram made in Visio is what your think your network diagram looks like […]
Storage and Memory Utilization Monitoring for Windows Servers and VM
Starting from version 1.2.7 Nectus adds new “Storage and Memory Utilization” reports for Windows and Linux Servers (VMs or Standalone) We can monitor and alert on: Low HDD free space, High RAM or High Virtual Memory utilization for any Windows/Linux Server. Reports are based on SNMP hrStorageEntry OID (1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1)
High Performance (30K flows per second) Netflow collector added to Nectus starting from version 1.2.6
Following Netflow reports are available for all Nectus Suite users starting from version 1.2.6 Top Flows by Protocols Top Flows by Application Top Flows by BGP AS Source + Destination Top Flows by BGP AS Source Top Flows by BGP AS Destination Top Flows by IP Source + Destination Top Flows by IP Source Top […]
Just a nice pic. Cloning network topology..
You can clone network topology diagram to multiple windows for up to 5 x 5 grid an overlay different information in each cell
Preventing false positives during device UP/DOWN Status monitoring
It is important to distinguish between monitored device “down” event and event when monitoring application itself loses network connection. When network monitoring application itself losses network connectivity it should not result in alert emails or text messages with monitored device down events as it would be classified as false positive alerts. To monitor its own […]
Why not all of my network devices are discovered?
Here is the list of the the possible reasons why some of the network devices can be missing after Network Discovery: SNMP is not configured or misconfigured on missing device (Test SNMP operation via Tools -> SNMP Walk). SNMP ACL on missing device does not permit requests from Nectus IP Address (Test SNMP operation via […]
How Nectus finds rogue or misconfigured SNMP devices
During installation user must provide a standard corporate SNMP v2 or v3 Read-only credentials to be used for network discovery. For each live IP address Nectus tries to use standard SNMP parameters as a first choice but in addition to standard credentials Nectus attempts to use some of the well-known SNMP strings such as v2 […]