Description
Network management includes the administrative services performed in managing NIHnet and the Institute and Center (IC) networks, including network devices, network topology and software configuration, monitoring network performance, maintaining network operations, and diagnosing and troubleshooting problems. Network management requires the skillful integration of software tools, management processes and resources to provide enterprise managers with a coherent view of network availability and performance. This task becomes increasingly difficult as business applications become more reliant on and intertwined with network infrastructure and as users come to expect nearly unlimited, “free” bandwidth.
An NIH Network Operations Center will provide NIHnet with Performance Monitoring, Proactive Fault Prediction and Restoral, a method to identify critical outages and 24x7 network monitoring for all ICs.
A Manager of Managers network management capability must be developed based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 3, and all network management solutions must interface to HP OpenView for compliance to this architecture.
Brick Information
Tactical
(0-2 years)
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Strategic
(2-5 years)
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- CA Unicenter
- CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution
- Fluke (Suite)
- HP OpenView NNM
- Nagios (Open Source)
- RRDtool (shareware)
- Wild Packets EtherPeek
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- CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution
- Either HP OpenView or CA Unicenter
- Fluke (Suite)
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Retirement
(To be eliminated)
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Containment
(No new development)
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- Paessler IP Check
- Peregrine InfraTools
- Quest Software Big Brother
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- Atlantis Software
- PageManager
- Custom scripts
- Dell OpenManage
- EMCNavisphere
- Enterasys Networks NetSight
- Management Suite
- Ethereal (OpenSource)
- IPSwitch WhatsUp Gold
- Locally developed tools
- Mercury Interactive ActiveWATCH
- Micromuse Netcool/Webtop Client
- Nmap (Open Source)
- Thcrut (Open Source)
- winFingerprint (Freeware)
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Baseline
(Today)
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Emerging
(To track)
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- Atlantis Software
- PageManager
- CA Unicenter
- CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution
- Custom scripts
- Dell OpenManage
- EMC Navisphere
- Enterasys Networks
- NetSight Atlas Console Manager
- Enterasys Networks NetSight Policy Manager
- Enterasys Networks NetSight Element Manager
- Ethereal (OpenSource)
- Fluke (Suite)
- HP OpenView NNM
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Locally developed tools
- Mercury Interactive ActiveWATCH
- Nagios (Open Source)
- Nmap (Open Source)
- Mercury Interactive SiteScope
- Paessler IP Check
- Peregrine InfraTools
- Peregrine IND
- Quest Software Big Brother
- RRDtool (shareware)
- SolarWinds Network Management Software
- Thcrut (Open Source)
- Wild Packets
- EtherPeek
- winFingerprint (Freeware)
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- Other leading or innovative network management products such as:
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Comments
Time Table
This architecture definition approved on:
February 8, 2005
The next review is scheduled in:
TBD