One of the biggest challenges with SNMP v3 deployments in diverse environments is a lack of consensus among hardware manufactures on what set of Privacy Ciphers has to be supported/included in standard SNMP v3 stack. Even Cisco was unable to unify list of supported v3 Ciphers in different product lines (ASA vs NX-OS vs IOS-XR). Partially […]
We have had several customers (well, not yet customers) who are in network consulting business and who keep using Nectus as part of their Network Discovery service offering portfolio. They don’t buy the software , but only use it within the 60 days that we allow for free trial. We are very happy to see that […]
New version 3.2 of our famous Smiley IP Scanner application has been released. It features improved user interface and faster more reliable operation. Supports all modern Windows OS. Scans for live IPs within specified range and checks for open TCP ports for each live IP address. Scans for open TCP ports even if IP address […]
When selecting specs for Nectus VM that will be used for Netflow collection storage we recommend following specifications: RAM: Amount of RAM has to be not less that Netflow DB size growth in one week. Example: Your Netflow storage grows by 10GB every day. Recommended RAM amount is 70GB CPU: Number of logical cores has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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:
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.
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 […]
This is an example of how Nectus overlays real-time performance data on top of network diagrams.
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 […]
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)
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 […]