NetXMS

Open source network monitoring/management

system
Pranav, Sujay, Ravi & Achal

Index
1. NetXMS - What?
2. Features - Benefits?
3. User Interface
4. Integration
5. Security
6. SNMP and NetXMS Agent
7. Polling and Poll Types
8. Demo

NetXMS
1.NetXMS is an enterprise grade multi-platform open source
network management and monitoring system. It provides
c o m p re h e n s i v e e v e n t m a n a g e m e n t , p e r f o r m a n c e
monitoring, alerting, reporting and graphing for all layers of
IT infrastructure from network devices to business
application layer.
2.The system has three-tier architecture: the information is
collected by monitoring agents (either NetXMS own highperformance agents or SNMP agents) and delivered to
monitoring server for processing and storing. Network
administrator can access collected data using rich client
application or web interface.

Features

Single unified platform for management and monitoring of entire

IT infrastructure from network switches and routers to
Applications.

Automated network discovery

Data collection either from SNMP or from native NetXMS agent

Flexible threshold system for collected data

Flexible policy-based event processing and configurable

actions for events, including:
A. One or more alarms for operators
B. Support for SNMP versions 1, 2c, 3
C. Built-in scripting engine for advanced automation and
management

Command execution on management server or on remote

host via NetXMS agent

SMS and e-mail alerts

Event forwarding (to another NetXMS server or external

system)

Event correlation rules to reduce number of alerts and

increase problem resolution speed

Template-based data collection configuration for

simplified management of large networks.

User Interface

User-friendly Windows and Unix GUI

management console
Graphical network maps (both automatic
and manually adjustable)
Configurable dashboards by user roles
(e.g. operator, administrator, manager etc)

Integration

Native C and Java APIs for rapid

development of custom client applications
Modular server and agent structure (server
or agent can be Built-in interface with a help
desk system
APKs to support Mobile Agents

Security

Authentication with passwords, X.509

certificates, smart cards or RADIUS
server
Access control configuration - user and
group rights for every system function
High-strength industry-standard
algorithms for protocol encryption

SNMP and NetXMS Agent

SNMP Agent:

Standard way of getting data from a device

Cross platform availability (Mac OSX, Linux Distributions, Windows, Solaris)

Three versions - v1, v2 and v3.

NetXMS Agent:

Needs to be separately installed

Auth/Encryption available

Polling and Poll Types

What is polling?
Capturing data ~ simple terms

Poll types?
Status
Configuration
Interface Names
Topology

Demo