Knowledge base
Access Right Management
Application Monitoring
AWS Monitoring
Cisco SmartNet Reports
Configuration Scripts
HTTP URL Moniitoring
IPAM (IP Address Management)
Using Subnet Profiles in Nectus IPAM
Importing subnets to IPAM from IGP routing protocols explained.
Using Custom Subnet Tags in Nectus IPAM
Creating DHCP Split Scopes in Nectus IPAM
Initial IPv4 IPAM Configuration
Monitoring DHCP Scope Utilization on Windows DHCP Servers with Nectus
Importing subnets to IPAM from IGP routing protocols
Importing subnets to IPAM from DHCP servers
Locating Orphaned subnets in IPAM
Splitting and Merging Subnets in IPAM
IPAM initial configuration automation: Subnets
Nectus Dashboards
Nectus Installation
How to Create a Maintenance Events in Nectus
How to Manually Add Device Classification for Unknown Devices
Controlling Nectus Database Size Growth with Data Retention Rules
How to Control Logging in Nectus via .ini Files
Nectus DB Migration by manually copying DB files to a new server.
Performing Nectus DB migration to a new server with “DB Migration” tool
How to use Nectus API Interface
How to Perform Nectus Software Upgrade
How to Control Access Rights to Network Devices in Nectus
How to install additional polling agent
How to install SSL Certificate for Nectus GUI
Device View Auto Population Rules
ClickHouse DB Installation for Nectus Netflow & Syslog Storage
Nectus Distributed Architecture
Challenges with deploying SNMP v3 based monitoring tools in diverse environments
Nectus News
Nectus not impacted by Log4J (CVE-2021-44228) Vulnerability
Features coming up in next Nectus release
Tracking Objects in Wireless Networks
Network Device SVG Icon Library
Nectus Distributed Architecture
Network Redundancy Visualization (Pure Art)
Keeping Track of Your Telco Circuits
Dark or Light? Heated Debate over Dashboard Color Theme
Generating Site Network Topology in Nectus
Automated network topology visualization with Nectus
Nectus PowerPoint Feature Presentation
AWS Backup Automation with Nectus
Creating custom Dashboards in Nectus
WHICH US CITY USES THE MOST IPV4 PUBLIC ADDRESSES?
Creating Network Outage Dashboards in Nectus with GoogleMaps
Network and Server Uptime Calculation Considerations for Monitoring tools
Creating Hierarchical Site Structure in Nectus
Editing Site Properties in Nectus
Aruba Wireless Dashboard added to Nectus 1.2.30
Cisco Wireless client search and tracking tools
Ruckus Wireless Dashboards now in Nectus
Wireless Heat Map Vizualization added to Nectus starting from build 1.2.24
Which US city uses the most IPv4 public addresses?
Nectus features presentation. January 2018
Next Generation of Network Discovery and Monitoring Tools.. and NetFlow
The best network management software just got better.. IPAM
Manage all Telco circuits and circuit contracts with Nectus CircuitDB
Nectus Feature List ( Build 1.2.16)
Free Nectus license for Cisco Academy Students
Netflow collector functionality added to Nectus starting from version 1.2.8
NetFlow IPFIX CFlow SFlow
NetFlow Configuration Examples for Cisco Routers
Standalone NetFlow and Syslog VM OVA File (Clickhouse DB)
ClickHouse DB Installation for Nectus Netflow & Syslog Storage
How to Configure Nectus NetFlow Collector to use Local Storage
NetFlow Reports Supported by Nectus
Selecting fastest Database Engine for Netflow Storage
Nectus NetFlow collector VM sizing
Nectus sets new record in Netflow Collector speed: 50,000 flows per second
How to simulate Netflow packets for testing purposes..
Configuring Netflow collector integration on Nectus 1.28
Netflow collector functionality added to Nectus starting from version 1.2.8
Network Devices Configuration Backup
Network Discovery
How to Manually Add Device Classification for Unknown Devices
How to discover/add a single device in Nectus (1.64.xx)
How to Add/Discover single SNMP Device in Nectus
Manual Network Discovery Operation
Management Interface Selection for Network Devices
Cisco SNMP v3 Configuration Example for IOS Devices
Preventing Specific Subnets from Being Discovered by Nectus
Preventing Specific Devices from Being Discovered by Nectus
When it comes to Network Discovery we are absolute market leaders..
Challenges with deploying SNMP v3 based monitoring tools in diverse environments
We will update all of your network diagrams while you asleep..
Why not all of my network devices are discovered?
How Nectus finds rogue or misconfigured SNMP devices
Network Discovery timers vs Network Monitoring timers
How fast is your Network Discovery Tool?
Finding MAC Address in a haystack
Supporting multiple SNMP versions within the same network
How to create Sites and assign discovered devices to Sites
How Nectus selects Management interface for the discovered devices?
How to exclude specific subnets from Network Discovery?
How to read Cisco device S/N via SNMP?
How to prevent specific network device types from being discovered?
How does Nectus discover your network?
Submitting unknown SNMP devices for classification in Nectus
Network Monitoring
How to Create a Maintenance Events in Nectus
How to Combine Multiple Interface Utilization Graphs Into One
How to Override Group Based Monitoring Settings for Specific Devices
Creating New Interface Monitoring Groups and Profiles
Creating New Device Monitoring Groups and Profiles
Automating Selection of Interfaces Enabled for Monitoring
Controlling Nectus Database Size Growth with Data Retention Rules
How to Monitor Number of Active TCP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls
How to Monitor Number of Active UDP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls
How to Monitor Number of Active ICMP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls
How to Monitor Number of Palo Alto VPN (Global Protect) Users
How to Add and Configure IP Monitors
Configuring SNMP OID for Memory utilization Monitoring
How to Manually Generate a Process Dump using Process Explorer
How to Enable Meraki API Integration in Nectus
Device View Auto Population Rules
Monitoring BGP Sessions with Nectus
UPS Health Status Monitoring with Nectus
Suppression of Frequent Identical Alerts In Nectus
Adjusting min. detectable ICMP outage duration in Nectus
Multiple Alert Email Aggregation in Nectus
Monitoring Cisco Power Supplies with SNMP
System Variables supported for IPv4 Monitors E-mail and SMS Alerts
Suppressing excessive E-mail alerts during site level network outages
Using Custom SNMP Trackers in Nectus
Monitoring Cisco IPSec VPN Tunnels with Nectus
SNMP Device Status Color Codes
List of system variables that can be used in Alert emails for SNMP Devices and Interfaces
Enabling Monitoring for SNMP Interfaces
Enabling Monitoring for SNMP devices
Network Topology Visualization
Generating Wireless Heat Maps in Nectus
Network Redundancy Visualization (Pure Art)
Generating Site Network Topology in Nectus
Automated network topology visualization with Nectus
Topology mapping for SDN OpenFlow networks with Nectus
Building Dynamic Interactive Network Diagrams
Integrating Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) with Nectus
Using Nectus for Cisco VIRL Topology monitoring
Site Creation and Management
SNMP Hints
How to Generate Alerts Based on SNMP Traps
How to collect Interface-VLAN membership info from Cisco Switch via SNMP (CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB)
How to collect list of VLANs from Cisco Switch via SNMP (CISCO-VTP-MIB)
How to collect list of MAC addresses from Cisco Switch via SNMP (dot1dTpFdbEntry)
Ruckus Wireless Antenna info SNMP OID
How to work with SNMP v2 Contexts in Nexus 7000
How to read Cisco device S/N via SNMP?
Syslog
Standalone NetFlow and Syslog VM OVA File (Clickhouse DB)
ClickHouse DB Installation for Nectus Netflow & Syslog Storage
How to Configure Nectus Syslog Collector to use Local Storage
Working with SNMP Traps in Nectus NMS
Syslog server functionality in Nectus NMS
Nectus Syslog and keyword based alerting
Preventing specific devices from sending messages to Syslog DB
Technical Notes
How to Create a Maintenance Events in Nectus
How to Combine Multiple Interface Utilization Graphs Into One
Restricting Users From Using Specific Nectus GUI Features
How to Override Group Based Monitoring Settings for Specific Devices
Creating New Interface Monitoring Groups and Profiles
Creating New Device Monitoring Groups and Profiles
Automating Selection of Interfaces Enabled for Monitoring
How to Manually Add Device Classification for Unknown Devices
Controlling Nectus Database Size Growth with Data Retention Rules
How to Control Logging in Nectus via .ini Files
How to Monitor Number of Active TCP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls
How to Monitor Number of Active UDP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls
How to Monitor Number of Active ICMP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls
How to Monitor Number of Palo Alto VPN (Global Protect) Users
Nectus DB Migration by manually copying DB files to a new server.
Performing Nectus DB migration to a new server with “DB Migration” tool
How to Generate Alerts Based on SNMP Traps
How to use Custom Tags in Nectus
How to monitor the status of Windows Processes
How to use Nectus API Interface
How to Add and Configure IP Monitors
How to Perform Nectus Software Upgrade
How to Control Access Rights to Network Devices in Nectus
Configuring SNMP OID for Memory utilization Monitoring
How to install additional polling agent
How to enable VMware Monitoring in Nectus
How to install SSL Certificate for Nectus GUI
Standalone NetFlow and Syslog VM OVA File (Clickhouse DB)
Configuring Linux Monitoring in Nectus
Device View Auto Population Rules
Monitoring BGP Sessions with Nectus
UPS Health Status Monitoring with Nectus
Suppression of Frequent Identical Alerts In Nectus
Importing WMI Servers from CSV file to Nectus
Configuring WMI Integration in Nectus
Adjusting min. detectable ICMP outage duration in Nectus
Monitoring HTTP URLs with Nectus NMS
Multiple Alert Email Aggregation in Nectus
Monitoring Cisco Power Supplies with SNMP
System Variables supported for IPv4 Monitors E-mail and SMS Alerts
Using Subnet Profiles in Nectus IPAM
Importing subnets to IPAM from IGP routing protocols explained.
Using Custom Subnet Tags in Nectus IPAM
Suppressing excessive E-mail alerts during site level network outages
Using Graphs in Custom Dashboards
Using Custom SNMP Trackers in Nectus
Monitoring Cisco IPSec VPN Tunnels with Nectus
Configuring Network Device Configuration Backup in Nectus 1.2.51
How to collect Interface-VLAN membership info from Cisco Switch via SNMP (CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB)
How to collect list of VLANs from Cisco Switch via SNMP (CISCO-VTP-MIB)
How to collect list of MAC addresses from Cisco Switch via SNMP (dot1dTpFdbEntry)
How to Add/Discover single SNMP Device in Nectus
AWS System Variables for Email and SMS Alerts
Manual Network Discovery Operation
Monitoring Windows Server Storage Utilization with Nectus
List of system variables that can be used in Alert emails for SNMP Devices and Interfaces
How to Configure Nectus Syslog Collector to use Local Storage
How to Configure Nectus NetFlow Collector to use Local Storage
Monitoring DHCP Scope Utilization on Windows DHCP Servers with Nectus
Importing subnets to IPAM from IGP routing protocols
Importing subnets to IPAM from DHCP servers
Management Interface Selection for Network Devices
Cisco SNMP v3 Configuration Example for IOS Devices
Locating Orphaned subnets in IPAM
Splitting and Merging Subnets in IPAM
IPAM initial configuration automation: Subnets
Making IP Reservations in Nectus IPAM
Managing IPAM Containers in Nectus
Configuring AD LDAP Integration for User Authentication
Preventing Specific Subnets from Being Discovered by Nectus
Preventing Specific Devices from Being Discovered by Nectus
Monitoring Windows Event Log with WMI in Nectus
Monitoring Windows Processes with WMI in Nectus
How to Implement Device View Restrictions in Nectus
Setting up AWS permissions to perform monitoring and backup with Nectus
Creating User Accounts and User Groups
Tracking Objects in Wireless Networks
Generating Wireless Heat Maps in Nectus
Enabling Monitoring for SNMP Interfaces
Network Device SVG Icon Library
Nectus Distributed Architecture
Network Redundancy Visualization (Pure Art)
Keeping Track of Your Telco Circuits
Dark or Light? Heated Debate over Dashboard Color Theme
Generating Site Network Topology in Nectus
Automated network topology visualization with Nectus
Nectus PowerPoint Feature Presentation
AWS Backup Automation with Nectus
Creating custom Dashboards in Nectus
WHICH US CITY USES THE MOST IPV4 PUBLIC ADDRESSES?
Creating Network Outage Dashboards in Nectus with GoogleMaps
Network and Server Uptime Calculation Considerations for Monitoring tools
Creating Hierarchical Site Structure in Nectus
Editing Site Properties in Nectus
Aruba Wireless Dashboard added to Nectus 1.2.30
Cisco Wireless client search and tracking tools
Ruckus Wireless Antenna info SNMP OID
Ruckus Wireless Dashboards now in Nectus
Support for Ruckus Wireless Controllers added to Nectus
Wireless Heat Map Vizualization added to Nectus starting from build 1.2.24
Working with SNMP Traps in Nectus NMS
Topology mapping for SDN OpenFlow networks with Nectus
Network Engineer Toolset in Nectus NMS
Syslog server functionality in Nectus NMS
Which US city uses the most IPv4 public addresses?
Meltdown and Spectre bugs in simple words.
View routing tables in Nectus GUI
Monitoring of OpenFlow SDN networks
Building Dynamic Interactive Network Diagrams
Configuration Backup and Change Tracking in Nectus
NetFlow Reports Supported by Nectus
When it comes to Network Discovery we are absolute market leaders..
Integrating Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) with Nectus
Nectus offer new way to see your network in real time
Selecting fastest Database Engine for Netflow Storage
Proactive vs Reactive network monitoring with Nectus
Next Generation of Network Discovery and Monitoring Tools.. and NetFlow
Best practices for router interface description format
Manage all Telco circuits and circuit contracts with Nectus CircuitDB
CircuitDB functionality added to Nectus NMS
Nectus Feature List ( Build 1.2.16)
Challenges with deploying SNMP v3 based monitoring tools in diverse environments
Enjoy best Network Discovery Tool on the market for 2 months.
New version of IP Port Scanner released
Nectus NetFlow collector VM sizing
Taking the Woodoo out of Cisco SmartNet coverage validation
Secrets of creating the best Network Management Software
Cisco SmartNet validation automation with Nectus
Using Nectus for Cisco VIRL Topology monitoring
Nectus version 1.2.15 released.
Why managing some network monitoring tools is a full time job?
Nectus sets new record in Netflow Collector speed: 50,000 flows per second
We will update all of your network diagrams while you asleep..
Microsoft SQL Server Monitoring added to Nectus 1.2.16
HTTP URL Monitoring functionality added to Nectus 1.2.10
How to simulate Netflow packets for testing purposes..
Displaying real-time interface utilization on Network Diagrams
Future of Network Visualization
Storage and Memory Utilization Monitoring for Windows Servers and VM
Just a nice pic. Cloning network topology..
Preventing false positives during device UP/DOWN Status monitoring
Why not all of my network devices are discovered?
How Nectus finds rogue or misconfigured SNMP devices
New products added to Nectus device platform database (Oct 2017)
Network Discovery timers vs Network Monitoring timers
How fast is your Network Discovery Tool?
Nectus Syslog and keyword based alerting
Find all the devices with misconfigured TACACS..
Finding MAC Address in a haystack
Changing color scheme for Nectus GUI pages
Preventing specific devices from sending messages to Syslog DB
Adding to Syslog keyword Blacklist
How to work with SNMP v2 Contexts in Nexus 7000
Access Nectus GUI via firewall
Supporting multiple SNMP versions within the same network
How to share Utilization Graphs with anyone?
How to move devices between the Sites in Nectus GUI..
Starting from version 1.2.2 Nectus includes web-based SSH client
How to create a Command Script?
Ping plotter is included in Nectus 1.2.6
Why my devices are in "All CDP Devices" category only?
How to create Sites and assign discovered devices to Sites
Network device icon customization in Nectus
Configuring Netflow collector integration on Nectus 1.28
Netflow collector functionality added to Nectus starting from version 1.2.8
How to monitor reachibilty of external resources with Nectus?
How Nectus selects Management interface for the discovered devices?
How to exclude specific subnets from Network Discovery?
Interface Utilization issues on Cisco GRE tunnels (IOS-XR)
How to read Cisco device S/N via SNMP?
SNMPv3 AES Cipher bug in IOS-XR 5.3.4 (ASR9000)
How to prevent specific network device types from being discovered?
How to get Interfaces' ifIndex values via SNMP
Generating Site level network topology with Nectus
SNMPv3 Configuration example for IOS-XR (ASR9k)
How does Nectus discover your network?
Submitting unknown SNMP devices for classification in Nectus
Uncategorized
Windows Server (WMI) Monitoring
How to Monitor Windows Services with Nectus
How to monitor the status of Windows Processes
Importing WMI Servers from CSV file to Nectus
Configuring WMI Integration in Nectus
WMI System Variables for Email Alerts
Monitoring Windows Server Storage Utilization with Nectus
Monitoring DHCP Scope Utilization on Windows DHCP Servers with Nectus
Monitoring Windows Event Log with WMI in Nectus
Wireless
Tracking Objects in Wireless Networks
Generating Wireless Heat Maps in Nectus
Aruba Wireless Dashboard added to Nectus 1.2.30
Cisco Wireless client search and tracking tools
Ruckus Wireless Antenna info SNMP OID
Ruckus Wireless Dashboards now in Nectus
Support for Ruckus Wireless Controllers added to Nectus
Wireless Heat Map Vizualization added to Nectus starting from build 1.2.24