we got a tender today, and organization is looking for a Network
Performance Monitoring solution that has following capabilities:
[color=blue]
a. Have web browser interface with user name and Password
Authentication. It should be
possible to view topology maps, events, reports etc, in full graphical
format using
standard web browser that support java interfaces.
b. System should be able to generate web-based reports including but not
limited to alarms/
assets/ configuration changes/connected/ unutilized ports
c. Provide fault and performance management for multi-vendor TCP/IP
networks
d. Should have the ability to correlate event across the entire spectrum
of infrastructure
component that our critical routers, switches provided by heterogeneous
vendors.
e. Set thresholds to automatically escalate errors that exceed the
threshold, Capability to
obtain live intemet bandwidth graphs with finer details of inbound and
outbound traffic
flows, Capability to monitor any non-sanctioned applications that are
consuming
bandwidth.
f. The solution must provide the following NetFlow based metrics:
1- Rate
2- Utilization
3- Byte count
4- Flow count
5- IP Conversation pairs
6- Protocol break down by host, link etc.
g. Support dynamic object collections and auto discovery, the topology
of the entire
Network should be available in a single map, Provide accurate discovery
of layer 3 and
heterogeneous layer 2 switched networks for Ethemet, LANs and WANs, Must
support
use of seed files for discovering devices, Must support discovery of
physical and logical
connecti vity.
h. The system must be capable of doing root cause analysis
out-of-the-box, and in additional
must allow for the ability to create custom rules to compliment the
out-of-the-box
functionality, this should be done using a GUI-interface without the
requirement for
pro gramming/ scri pting skills.
1.
Should be able to provide management information to meet different
personnel’s
requirement, from summary management report for senior IT management to
detailed
reports for engineering / trouble-shooting, and to real-time alerts for
operations.
J. Multiplatform support including support for virtualization (Solaris,
AIX, Linux,
Windows family, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Hyper- V etc.).
k. Capability to provide data for service-level performance and
availability monitoring
dashboards that will consolidate real-time monitoring data as well as
historical data, with
drill-down capabilities to identify a problem’s root cause
- Provide a built-in Security for managing Access Rights
m. The NMS must validate whether a firmware of as upgrade has been
successful or not. If
a firmware upgrade being applied to a group of devices fails, the NMS
must be able to
automatically stop the group process and alert an administrator.
n. Should provide Servers Hardware Performance monitoring, Database
Monitoring and
Storage Performance Monitoring along with Network Performance
Monitoring.
[/color]
Please recommend/suggest
Regards,
ms
–
sharfuddin
sharfuddin’s Profile: https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63087
View this thread: https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477134