1. Bandwidth, System, and Network Monitoring Tools at OEA

2. OmniPeek “Quick” view of traffic, protocols, and top-talkers at the main Internet gateway.

3. OmniPeek OmniPeek by WildPackets Create a mirrored port at any interface you want to monitor – Internet, WAN, NEA – and get an idea of the normal or baseline traffic at each spot. Put the monitor somewhere visible – so you get used to the information displayed, and can read it at a glance. This can be your first indicator of a problem. We save a PDF report every hour (31KB each) so that we have a record of the type of network activity OEA sees.

4. Bandwidth Gauges SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolkit 1000ft Snapshot of bandwidth utilization at all WAN circuits

5. Bandwidth Gauges SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolkit SNMP monitor of traffic statistics on each WAN router – completely customizable per interface. Gives a quick view of what is happening across the WAN. Helps with end- user response troubleshooting. Also keeps historical information in chart and graph format per interface.

6. SolarWinds Orion

7. Much more capability than we currently use, but we are increasing scope as we go. This could replace EtherPeek, but some evaluation is needed. SNMP hardware monitoring of all Routers and Switches and their interfaces. Linked to a map view for health summary at a quick glance.

8. SolarWinds Orion Syslog of main ASA firewall We sometimes have to troubleshoot connectivity inbound or outbound. The firewall syslog is usually the first step for determining issues. It makes sense to keep a rolling period of the log in a database. Your timeframe will depend on your needs. We typically keep a week easily accessible.

9. Environmental Monitors We have an automated alert tied to our HVAC, managed by our Mechanical Contractor. We also have our own system running in tandem (NTI Enviromux). After one server room overheat, two monitors isn’t overkill ;-) Both systems text-message us based on pre-set temperature parameters.

10. Site24x7.com External Service Monitors critical OEA external websites from multiple geographical locations. Sends a text-message/email to us when the sites cannot be reached. Maintains statistics of response and uptime per monitored site.

11. What do you do? What systems or critical functions do you monitor? What tools – internal and external have you found to make the process easier? Curious what others use and like – what’s cheaper, better, etc?

12. References, Costs, and Contacts OmniPeek – www.wildpackets.com www.wildpackets.com – Mark Sendelbach msendelbach@wildpackets.commsendelbach@wildpackets.com – OmniPeek Basic starts at $999 and can go to $4,995 for both OmniPeek Enterprise and OmniEngine at the top end. OEA’s setup is about $1300 Solarwinds (Orion NPM, Engineer’s Toolkit) – www.solarwinds.com www.solarwinds.com – Michael Rand Michael.Rand@solarwinds.comMichael.Rand@solarwinds.com – Orion NPM new price starts at approx $2600.00 (inc 1 st year maint.) – Engineer’s Toolkit $1390 – OEA pays $890 per year for the two for maintenance - $495 for NPM and $395 for Engineer’s Toolkit NTI Enviromux – Approx. $300 http://www.networktechinc.com/environment-monitoring.htmlhttp://www.networktechinc.com/environment-monitoring.html Site24x7.com – www.site24x7.com www.site24x7.com – Pay per monitored website, with many options… OEA watches 3 critical sites and paid $269.00 last year for the service.