GreatNMS Features
- Hierarchical maps system: complete end-to-end network view and inventory.
- 24 x 7 performance and availability monitoring at multiple levels: network/map/submap/device/interface.
- Scalable to virtually unlimited number of network nodes (note: GreatNMS server still can be simple WinXP or Vista PC).
- Auto-discovery (via SNMP, TCP/IP and Microsoft Domains).
- "Top 10" feature allows to report most used or most faulty ports/interfaces in large networks. New!
- Graphical links representation and link status background monitoring.
- Capability to manage / monitor any vendor SNMP or TCP/IP compliant devices
- Capability to compile any vendor private SNMP MIBs and create corresponding custom devices types. GUI Capability to build
custom MIB monitoring applications and assign it to 3rd party devices. - Client-server multi-user system with multiple user profiles. Optional capability to use MS Windows Authentication and
profiles. - Rich and friendly GUI available to simultaneous users both locally (at the server) and via remote Web-based console. Secure
remote HTTPS access via Web Browser, no special client software installation is required. Encryption and password system
corresponds to the requirements of US Department of Defense. - All SNMP versions supported (SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3 /including AES128 privacy protocol support/)
- Embedded Telnet/Telnet over SSL/SSH/TL-1 configuration option for non-SNMP compliant devices
- Both IPv4 and IPv6 supported.
- TFTP client and server included.
- sysLog client and server included.
- HOST-MIB GUI support: CPUs load monitoring with thresholds alarms, software inventory report for all the devices
supporting HOST-MIB (like Windows computers) - RMON-MIB groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 GUI are supported for any RMON capable devices.
- GUI support for many other standard SNMP MIBs.
- MIB Browser included.,
- Included special support for Cisco SNMP agents and MS Windows SNMP agents.
- E-mail notification of alarms and/or SNMP Traps with customized filters.
- Alarms history is kept in standard SQL Database (Microsoft SQL Server Express is installed with GreatNMS). Allows
viewing/reporting alarms per submap/device/port/interface for last hour, day, week, month,...etc - Capability to send all the alarms to Windows Event Log.
- Capability to forward all the alarms to other NMS/OSS as SNMP Traps, TL-1 asynchronous messages, sysLog messages.
- Current Alarms Log (vs. History Alarms Log) shows only current problems. Sophisticated alarms correlation algorithm is
used. - Alarms Clear and Alarms Acknowledgement features allow to keep record of which user/operator was dealing with any
particular alarm. - Backup/restore functions of all the maps/devices/alarms/settings
- Device/Port/Interface performance is displayed in tables and graphs.
- Performance and traffic monitored over a period of time.
- Powerful event monitoring with configurable alarm actions, scripts and sounds notification.
- Capability to auto-discover and monitor performance of mission-critical Layer-7 network services, such as e-mail, FTP,
HTTP, etc... - TL1 Northbound interface, TL1 gateway and TL1-SNMP translation software for any SNMP capable device, TL1 proxy.
- XML Northbound interface, XML-SNMP translation software for any SNMP capable device, XML proxy.
- SNMP Northbound interface, GreatNMS comes with its own SNMP Agent and supported private MIB.
- Carriers / Service Providers features: Service Monitoring and SLA calculation reports.
- Device/NMS Actions scheduler feature allows to schedule important device/network maintenance operations.
- Distributed management model: one GreatNMS server can monitor another GreatNMS server and even access management
functions for the devices located on the maps of another server (SNMP proxy). - Capability to run GreatNMS server as Windows service.
- Support for Dataprobe COE-8O Contact Closure unit to provide dry contacts set in response to events/alarms. New!
GreatNMS Features
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