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One of the foundational ways to monitor network infrastructure is by using SNMP to track the performance of your SNMP-connected devices. SolarWinds® ipMonitor® lets you view real-time SNMP performance metrics from your central dashboard. Using ipMonitor lightweight SNMP Monitor, you can test an SNMP agent’s ability to respond to an information request and level of responsiveness. The SNMP Trap Monitor does not poll resources on timed intervals but listens for incoming SNMP traps and performs tests on the data it receives. To fit your unique performance standards, ipMonitor allows you to customize alert thresholds, such as SNMP agent response time and number of failures per alert.
To make your SNMP monitor setup as user-friendly as possible, ipMonitor includes a Custom SNMP Wizard to help you configure and deploy new SNMP monitors with minimal initial input. Customize your SNMP monitors to retrieve and analyze data from SNMP-enabled network devices, services, and applications in a way that fits your requirements.
ipMonitor is designed to provide the monitors you need for ongoing insight into hardware performance and can alert in case metrics exceed set thresholds. Hardware monitors in ipMonitor are built to capture data more often than other monitors by default (from 300 to 60 seconds between tests) to help you ensure safer conditions.
ipMonitor includes the following hardware monitors:
As you deploy monitors across your network, ipMonitor can provide the visibility you need for network performance insights for everything from bandwidth to printers.
The Bandwidth Monitor uses RPC or SNMP to measure the amount of inbound and outbound traffic and the link status of a given network interface, whether a local or remote machine or another SNMP-enabled device. This is useful for detecting heavy bandwidth utilization or alerting if usage exceeds set thresholds.
ipMonitor also makes it easier to monitor the printers on your network, with a monitor that retrieves error conditions detected on the printer, including low paper, no paper, low toner, a hardware malfunction, or a need for maintenance service, so you receive alerts when it’s time to act.
Additionally, SolarWinds ipMonitor offers other monitors in a range of categories, including user experience, Windows application and service, common ports, and database availability. Specific monitors include:
With ipMonitor, you can gain a bird’s-eye view from a central dashboard of key metrics across your network and systems.
Simple network management protocol (SNMP) is a standardized system of device monitoring and management, which can help network managers gain insight into the performance of network devices. Network managers can also use SNMP device data to detect changes, delays in device performance, and address network issues.
Network infrastructure SNMP monitors are an important component of network management operation as they can help you ensure SNMP agents are up and running. SNMP monitors are also an important component of SNMP device management. When your SNMP process is effective, you can more easily identify performance issues with network devices and ensure SNMP-connected services are running smoothly. In this way, SNMP monitors can act as an extension of hardware health monitors.
Another important function of SNMP monitors is to help minimize downtime. For example, the SNMP monitor in SolarWinds ipMonitor can allow you to measure the time it takes for a data request and response to complete a communication cycle, so you can ensure the round trip is within a specific number of seconds. If the SNMP agent doesn’t respond in a timely manner, this may indicate the device is down. By using SNMP monitors to track device response, you can more easily ensure availability issues are identified, resolved, and minimize downtime that could potentially affect end-user experience.
SNMP monitors can help you identify performance issues by verifying whether target SNMP agents are running and can respond. Many network devices include SNMP agents, which are used to receive and send SNMP requests for device information.
Using SNMP monitors, combined with other network equipment health monitors like bandwidth monitors, can offer a comprehensive approach to network infrastructure health monitoring. Monitoring SNMP can also help you track and report on device performance to support a more effective network management solution.
The SNMP monitors in ipMonitor are built to operate by continually testing the responsiveness and response time of SNMP agents using around-the-clock performance checks. SolarWinds ipMonitor SNMP monitoring software also provides alerts when issues are detected in your SNMP agents and can offer a detailed view into SNMP monitoring data from a centralized network monitoring dashboard.
SNMP monitoring with ipMonitor is designed to be an intuitive process starting with the SNMP Wizard. The setup wizards in ipMonitor can help guide you through setting up your out-of-the-box monitors, which typically takes just a few minutes to create and deploy. The Custom SNMP Wizard also provides an out-of-the-box protocol for creating and customizing your SNMP monitor, so you can monitor specific devices with unique monitoring criteria.
Once you set up your SNMP monitor and determine your alert thresholds, you can access SNMP monitoring data from your central SolarWinds ipMonitor dashboard. With a user-friendly interface, you can view SNMP monitor data by simply clicking the SNMP monitor tab to view real-time performance metrics from SNMP agents.
SolarWinds ipMonitor offers multiple approaches to SNMP monitoring, so you can address performance data for different device types. SNMP monitors available in ipMonitor include:
With a variety of SNMP monitoring tools, ipMonitor is designed to help you gain a more comprehensive understanding of how well your devices are performing.
While SNMP monitoring is a critical component of your network infrastructure monitoring process, ipMonitor can offer insight into other key network areas as well, including:
Each of these categories contains many different monitors built to complement your holistic network monitoring solution. Instead of using different approaches to monitor network components like Windows Active Directory performance and printer errors, ipMonitor can combine these monitors into a single solution. Each monitor is centralized and available from the ipMonitor dashboard for easier access to performance data.
Simple network management protocol (SNMP) is a standardized system of device monitoring and management, which can help network managers gain insight into the performance of network devices. Network managers can also use SNMP device data to detect changes, delays in device performance, and address network issues.
Network infrastructure SNMP monitors are an important component of network management operation as they can help you ensure SNMP agents are up and running. SNMP monitors are also an important component of SNMP device management. When your SNMP process is effective, you can more easily identify performance issues with network devices and ensure SNMP-connected services are running smoothly. In this way, SNMP monitors can act as an extension of hardware health monitors.
Another important function of SNMP monitors is to help minimize downtime. For example, the SNMP monitor in SolarWinds ipMonitor can allow you to measure the time it takes for a data request and response to complete a communication cycle, so you can ensure the round trip is within a specific number of seconds. If the SNMP agent doesn’t respond in a timely manner, this may indicate the device is down. By using SNMP monitors to track device response, you can more easily ensure availability issues are identified, resolved, and minimize downtime that could potentially affect end-user experience.
SNMP monitors can help you identify performance issues by verifying whether target SNMP agents are running and can respond. Many network devices include SNMP agents, which are used to receive and send SNMP requests for device information.
Using SNMP monitors, combined with other network equipment health monitors like bandwidth monitors, can offer a comprehensive approach to network infrastructure health monitoring. Monitoring SNMP can also help you track and report on device performance to support a more effective network management solution.
The SNMP monitors in ipMonitor are built to operate by continually testing the responsiveness and response time of SNMP agents using around-the-clock performance checks. SolarWinds ipMonitor SNMP monitoring software also provides alerts when issues are detected in your SNMP agents and can offer a detailed view into SNMP monitoring data from a centralized network monitoring dashboard.
SNMP monitoring with ipMonitor is designed to be an intuitive process starting with the SNMP Wizard. The setup wizards in ipMonitor can help guide you through setting up your out-of-the-box monitors, which typically takes just a few minutes to create and deploy. The Custom SNMP Wizard also provides an out-of-the-box protocol for creating and customizing your SNMP monitor, so you can monitor specific devices with unique monitoring criteria.
Once you set up your SNMP monitor and determine your alert thresholds, you can access SNMP monitoring data from your central SolarWinds ipMonitor dashboard. With a user-friendly interface, you can view SNMP monitor data by simply clicking the SNMP monitor tab to view real-time performance metrics from SNMP agents.
SolarWinds ipMonitor offers multiple approaches to SNMP monitoring, so you can address performance data for different device types. SNMP monitors available in ipMonitor include:
With a variety of SNMP monitoring tools, ipMonitor is designed to help you gain a more comprehensive understanding of how well your devices are performing.
While SNMP monitoring is a critical component of your network infrastructure monitoring process, ipMonitor can offer insight into other key network areas as well, including:
Each of these categories contains many different monitors built to complement your holistic network monitoring solution. Instead of using different approaches to monitor network components like Windows Active Directory performance and printer errors, ipMonitor can combine these monitors into a single solution. Each monitor is centralized and available from the ipMonitor dashboard for easier access to performance data.
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Use SNMP monitors to help ensure device performance
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