Opmanager Enterprise Edition

[Kerby Kolpack]

Monitoringan enterprise network is challenging for two reasons: the size of the network and the distributed architecture it follows. In the distributed model, branches spread across the globe, requiring a centralized monitoring solution.

As the business grows, more devices will be added to the network, meaning your enterprise monitoring tool must be able to scale to match the performance requirements. If not, the tedious procedure of procuring new monitoring software to handle the load will be necessary.

Business growth is a positive indication that your company is travelling on the right path. But as your business grows, the organizational foot print also expands, adding more devices and, sometimes, adding more network sites as well.

However, with OpManager Enterprise edition, you can overcome this challenge and monitor your ever-expanding network without facing a performance slump. To optimize the performance of the OpManager server, even after network expansion, the following functions have been introduced.

With the Unified Console option, you can trigger the discovery process and add the devices to the respective Probes for monitoring from the Central server without navigating to the Probes individually. You can also view real-time data of various monitors of devices from the Central.

Another challenge that IT admins face in a highly distributed network is to modifying and implementing configuration changes across the network. In any organization configurations change time and again, so the effort needed to apply these changes throughout the network is often tedious.

With the Centralized Configuration feature, you can apply a configuration in the Central and sync it with all the connected Probes. Common configuration changes, such as SMS Server Settings, Mail Server Settings, Proxy Server Settings, and Rebranding can be synced from the Central across Probes.

Typically in an enterprise network, with hundreds of branches, the regional head or a senior manager wants an overall picture of how the network is performing. The LiteCentral feature will be useful for enterprises and enables the Central admin team to gain a high-level summary of the network. However, at any time, detailed insights about a particular device or a network, can be accessed from the Probes.

OpManager Plus Enterprise edition has been released by ManageEngine, filled with comprehensive infrastructure observability capabilities that enable IT teams to achieve full visibility and control over their distributed IT environments.

This solution uses a probe-central architecture to provide reliable network observability and management across an enterprise's infrastructure, matching up with the speed of the organization's scale and rate of expansion.

The central server enables IT teams to collate all the data with the help of insightful reports, graphs, advanced business views, network maps, and a customizable widget-based dashboard for identifying the root cause of an issue.

OpManager Plus Enterprise guarantees network observability across your stacks, combining full-stack management, enterprise-level scalability on demand, and automation with the help of AIOps and machine learning.

OpManager Plus Enterprise uses intelligent probe management to automatically update and configure probes, reducing the need for manual intervention. This can save IT teams time and effort, and help to ensure that probes are always up-to-date and configured correctly.

OpManager Plus Enterprise combines ease of use and scalability, making it a good fit for a wide range of enterprises. The solution also arrives with various pricing and device-based licensing options, giving IT teams the flexibility to choose the deployment option that best suits their needs.

If you are looking for a comprehensive infrastructure observability solution that can help you gain 360-degree visibility and command over your distributed IT environment, then OpManager Plus Enterprise is the right choice.

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Do you wish you can see everything in just one application? In the world of computing and networking, this is necessary in infrastructure to keep an eye on your network performance, latency, quality, and threats.

For example, an NOC engineer may need to open multiple applications and use several desktop monitors to display everything just to make sure nothing is missed, because as we know, a slight network problem can lead to other issues down the line.

1. VoIP Monitoring

Fast detection of VoIP problems can save you a big deal of a headache and time to restore call quality. With OpManager, you can monitor packet loss, RTT, jitter, latency, and MOS (Mean Opinion Score), all within a single page.

VoIP packets that traverse within a WAN infrastructure and over the cloud can defer as it goes through a number of hops. OpManager provides a clearer view of VoIP QoS in graphical representation for quick analysis. Once a problem is discovered, it will easily give you information on which part of the call suffered for fast call quality recovery.

2. NCM Capabilities

Is your enterprise or network geared towards scalability? You'll find the NCM feature of OpManager very useful and seamless when dealing devices from different vendors and manufacturers.

Network Configuration Management (NCM) is a system that introduces the process of configuration, inventory, and change on both hardware and software within a network. OpManager automates the long and repetitive task of deploying configuration and scripts on thousands of devices inside a network infrastructure.

3. IP Address Management (IPAM) for Routers/Switches

Tired of recording your device and IP inventory on a database or spreadsheet? IP Address Management (IPAM) and Switch Port Mapping (SPM) addresses this boring task and it is made even better under OpManager.

It provides you a complete inventory of your IP address and which device it is mapped to including the MAC Address, DNS and which port on your distribution switch it is connected for easy tracking of devices in case a network issue arise. It will also give you real-time information on the mostly occupied subnets and total IPs: Used, Transient and Available.

In terms of performance, OpManager has a built-in system to monitor memory and CPU utilization, packet drops, CRC errors and more. It also makes use of UCS Manager XML API to monitor blade servers and VMware monitoring for VMs.

OpManager supports a wide array of Cisco devices. So, if you have Nexus, ASRs, Catalyst switches and UCS platforms, that runs IP SLA, AVC, NBAR, Netflow and more of Cisco technologies, this might be the right monitoring software for you.

5. Bandwidth & Netflow

Is your network constantly experiencing congestion and you are often left puzzled on what is causing it to be so slow, in terms of file transfers and accessing resources within your network? Your monitoring system could certainly show you when it is happening like peak hours or a DDOS attack.

Bandwidth/Traffic Monitoring

OpManager is an easy-to-use bandwidth management software that can give you a visual analysis of traffic and bandwidth usage which includes NetFlow, sFlow, IPfix, jFlow, QoS, CBQoS, Billing, Attacks and more.

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