SNMP Management Tools
SNMP Management Tools Bring You Powerful Network Data Acquisition And Analysis Capabilities
Large networks with hundreds or thousands of nodes are difficult to manage without a large staff to monitor every computer. Paessler's PRTG Network Monitor software makes that daunting task seem simple by using its SNMP management tools.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular protocol for network management. It is used for collecting information from, and configuring, network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Using PRTG Network Monitor's SNMP management tools, you can monitor network performance, audit network usage, detect network faults or inappropriate access, and in some cases configure remote devices.
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PRTG Network Monitor is available in two editions. The Freeware Edition may be downloaded and used for personal and commercial use completely free of charge. The Commercial Editions are required if you want to monitor more than ten sensors. Licenses for the Commercial Editions start at $380/€250.
SNMP Management And PRTG
Often SNMP management tools do not support all versions of SNMP. PRTG Network Monitor supports SNMP Versions 1 (base standard), 2C (64 bit counters) and 3 (authentication and encryption) as well as 32-bit and 64-bit counters.
PRTG makes use of SNMP management sensors in several different ways-
- Monitoring of Standard Traffic Data. PRTG automatically searches for all interfaces of a device that shed light on inbound and outbound bandwidths, Unicast/Non-Unicast packages, or failures. The system subsequently provides a list of the identified ports, which makes setting up sensors simple.
- SNMP Helper for Monitoring Windows Data. Windows via SNMP delivers a multitude of monitoring data. Using Paessler's SNMP Helper, lists for easy access to several thousand performance counters on Windows-based machines can be generated. Based on these performance indicators, sensors for monitoring the specific system parameters can be set up with only a click of the mouse.
- Convenient Monitoring of Proprietary Data. Manufacturers of SNMP capable devices usually deliver access information (OIDs) to the data required for monitoring in the form of Management Information Base (MIB) files. For this purpose, Paessler has developed the MIB Importer that easily converts these files into so-called "OID-libraries" for PRTG. The MIB Importer can be downloaded free of charge. Additionally, a multitude of preconfigured OID libraries are already built-in to PRTG (e.g. Cisco routers, Dell servers, CPU loads, disk usages, printer page counts, environmental monitoring, and many more).
- Direct Creation of a Sensor in Case of Known OID. If a particular address (OID) of SNMP data is known, this can be manually entered in PRTG, quickly and easily creating a sensor.
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