Nectus AWS monitoring does not require root user permissions to performs it’s actions. Actually it requires a small set of permissions, so it’s more secure and reasonable to have a special AWS user’s account having that minimal set of grants. This guide will show to create such user’s account. First login to the AWS console […]
Creating User Accounts and User Groups In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create User Accounts and assign them to User Groups. You’ll also learn how to create User Groups and set their Access Rights. The specific topics we will cover in this chapter are: Creating User Accounts Creating User Groups Setting User Group Access […]
Troubleshooting of any wireless problems usually starts with determination of specific Access Point where client is currently associated with and tracking wireless client’s roaming behavior in time. Access Point detection helps to understand current RSSI levels at given selected channel and presence of alternative AP at the client’s location. Nectus provides basic tools that make locating […]
Generating Wireless Heat Maps Wireless Heat Map is the visual representation of the wireless signal levels at different locations of specific selected area. Area can be a building floor or outdoors. We read signal level directly at the antennas of the Wireless APs and calculate signal attenuation with a distance and overlay resulting signal levels […]
Enabling Monitoring for SNMP Interfaces In this chapter, you’ll learn how to enable monitoring and create monitoring groups for SNMP Interfaces. The specific topics we will cover in this chapter are: Automatic Discovery and Grouping of SNMP Interfaces Creating and Activating Monitoring Groups Creating and Customizing Monitoring Profiles Customizing Alerts Placing Interfaces in Monitoring Groups […]
Enabling Monitoring for SNMP Devices In this chapter, you’ll learn how to enable monitoring and create monitoring groups for SNMP Devices. The specific topics we will cover in this chapter are: Automatic Discovery and Grouping of SNMP Devices Creating and Activating Monitoring Groups Creating and Customizing Monitoring Profiles Customizing Alerts Placing Devices in Monitoring Groups […]
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Nectus Feature List (October 2018) Network Discovery Basic SNMP Network Monitoring Basic SNMP Device Monitoring (CPU, RAM, TCAM, Up/Down) Basic SNMP Interface Monitoring (Errors, Dropped Packets, Traffic Volume, Utilization, Up/Down) Real Time Network Topology Visualization Windows Server Monitoring (CPU, RAM, Disk, Network, Services, Processes, Status, Up/Down) AWS Instance Monitoring and Backup (CPU, RAM, Disk, […]
Another piece of art generated by Nectus with a help of D3.JS library. Discovery of small Datacenter was completed under 3 minutes and topology generated under 5 seconds. Conversion to Visio is supported in Nectus starting from 1.2.40. Real-time Device and Link status is overlayed in this topology making it suitable for NOC level monitoring.
Keeping Track of Telco Circuits Remember that awkward moment when you discovered that you still paying for the circuit that suppose to be decommed 2 years ago? I do. Keeping track of the Telco circuit is important on many levels: financial and technical. Having Circuit ID ready and knowing where to call when circuit goes […]
Visualizing Network Topology In this chapter, you’ll learn how to generate a map of the L2 Topology for your site. An L2 Topology shows the physical connections between devices, which can be extremely useful for maintenance and troubleshooting. The topology can display real-time up/down status information along with other relevant information about the site. The […]
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Cascading Syslog Servers Introduction to the Syslog Protocol Syslog is a protocol that allows systems to send Event Notification Messages through IP networks to Syslog Servers (also known as Event Message Collectors). There the messages can be sorted, searched, and analyzed to monitor the state of individual devices as well as the overall system. Syslog […]
AWS Instance Backup Automation with Nectus Having your data backed up and secured is crucial for business-critical systems. If your servers run in AWS infrastructure, then you already have an advantage of performing backup of the hosted instances using Amazon built-in features. This can be performed manually using AWS console the following way. First, select […]
Creating Custom Dashboards In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create Custom Dashboards. Nectus lets you create an unlimited number of Custom Dashboards, making it easy to focus on exactly the information you need at any time. This chapter covers how to: Create a New Custom Dashboard Add Widgets Manage Widgets Manage Dashboards Available Widgets […]