OpManager
Monitors network infrastructure, servers and storage for health, availability and performance.
Suited to IP networks, servers, wireless, WAN, Cisco ACI and storage infrastructure.
Monitor infrastructure health and investigate faults
When a network device, server, wireless connection or WAN link performs poorly, operators need to establish what is affected and investigate the underlying fault. Separate views of devices, services and infrastructure relationships can make that work slower.
OpManager consolidates health, availability and performance monitoring for network infrastructure and supported servers. It presents monitored data in topology and infrastructure views, correlates events, filters unwanted events and classifies alarms by severity. This gives IT operators a consolidated starting point for identifying and investigating infrastructure faults.
Where OpManager is used
OpManager is used to monitor IP-based network devices and network services, alongside physical and supported virtual servers. It also applies to wireless network traffic and WiFi strength, WAN link availability and performance through Cisco IPSLA, Cisco ACI infrastructure, and storage devices. For distributed sites, remote probes provide monitoring data to a central server where the relevant edition supports that architecture.
Suitable environments
OpManager fits estates containing IP-based network devices, physical servers and virtual servers running Hyper-V, VMware, Citrix, Xen or Nutanix HCI. It also covers access points, routers, switches and WiFi systems, WAN links, Cisco ACI infrastructure, and storage devices. Advanced discovery, agent-based monitoring, virtual server monitoring and distributed monitoring depend on the edition.
Benefits
Consolidated infrastructure view
Brings network, server, wireless, WAN and storage monitoring data into one product view.
Faster fault investigation
Topology views and classified alarms help operators examine affected infrastructure and related events.
More relevant alarms
Event correlation and filtering reduce attention on unwanted events before alarms are presented.
Visible infrastructure relationships
Layer 2 and virtual topology maps show monitored infrastructure through connected visual views.
Capabilities
Network device monitoring
Monitors health, availability and performance for IP-based network devices and network services.
Server monitoring
Monitors physical servers and supported virtual servers, including Hyper-V, VMware, Citrix, Xen and Nutanix HCI.
Wireless monitoring
Monitors WiFi strength and wireless traffic across access points, routers, switches and WiFi systems.
WAN link monitoring
Monitors WAN link availability and performance using Cisco IPSLA technology.
Infrastructure visualisation
Visualises infrastructure through Layer 2, virtual topology, business, floor and rack views.
Event and alarm handling
Correlates events, filters unwanted events and classifies alarms by severity for notification.
Common Use Cases
Network fault investigation
Operators use device health, availability and performance data with alarms to investigate network faults.
Virtual server monitoring
IT teams monitor supported Hyper-V, VMware, Citrix, Xen and Nutanix HCI virtual servers.
Wireless network checks
Wireless infrastructure monitoring tracks WiFi strength and traffic for access points and related devices.
WAN link investigation
Cisco IPSLA monitoring is used to examine WAN link availability and performance issues.
Distributed site monitoring
Remote probes collect monitoring data from distributed sites for central visibility where supported by the edition.
