Two network management vendors have expanded their wares to help users more effectively govern servers and frame relay networks.
Concord Communications, Inc. this week will announce Network Health Server, an automated reporting system for tracking server performance and resources. And NetScout Systems, Inc. last week unveiled NetScout Manager 5.0 for monitoring, analyzing and reporting on frame relay application traffic, down to individual Data Link Connection Identifiers (DLCI).
The Network Health Server is software that runs on NetWare, Windows NT and Unix servers. It is designed to help IT managers spot potential server problems before users lose access to resources that support core business activities.
The software can be combined with other Concord Network Health modules - such as those for monitoring LAN/ WAN, frame relay and router/ switch connectivity - for an integrated, graphical report of all network resources.
Network Health Server re-ports on such server performance metrics as CPU, memory, disk storage, network communications and general systems-level utilization.
The product is available now for $6,000 per console and $250 per server.
For frame relay networks, NetScout announced NetScout Manager 5.0, software that runs on Unix servers along with network management platforms from Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM, Digital Equipment Corp., SunSoft, Inc. and Cabletron Systems, Inc.
NetScout Manager 5.0 collects SNMP, Remote Monitoring 1 and RMON 2 data, making it possible to monitor and analyze traffic generated by more than 100 standard applications and thousands of custom applications, the company said.
NetScout 5.0 is targeted at companies needing information that allows them to optimize performance of their contracted frame relay committed information rates. With this information, administrators can ensure bandwidth is used effectively, control network availability and audit their service-level agreement with service providers.
NetScout Manager 5.0 and NetScout Manager Plus 5.0 will be available on June 20. The pricing ranges from $3,495 to $8,995.
Concord: (508) 460-4646; NetScout: (508) 244-4000
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