STEP AWAY FROM YOUR KEYBOARD.
Deploying an NMS solution requires a bit of forethought and planning. A couple of hours spent thinking through what you want to accomplish, the challenges you want to address, and then creating a plan on how you will get from A to Z will pay off dividends in faster deployments, more stable implementations, and improved reliability. You are also more likely to reach the end-goal you desire, as opposed to falling short.
Like most software implementation, deploying an NMS solution is best done in 5-steps:
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- Think/Research - Understand both what your challenges are, as well as what the solution(s) you have licensed can do for you.
- Plan - Architect your solution, create processes for deployment and rollback, determine initial configuration/setup.
- Implement - Execute your plan, test, and validate the deployment.
- Observe - Monitor the system for performance, operation, and results.
- Adjust - use your observations as inputs to adjust your Plan
Identify the Products and Solutions you Need
NMIS - Deep visibility of an IT environment, providing valuable information about infrastructure performance and faults.
opHA - Scale your solution horizontally and add high availability to ensure business continuity.
Open-AudIT - Agentless device discovery and auditing
opCharts - Delivers interactive charts, custom dashboards, and network diagrams.
opEvents - Event Management processing Syslog, SNMP trap, NMIS events, and others.
opConfig - Provides configuration backup, archiving, and change detection.
opTrend - Identify abnormal behavior and predict resource exhaustion before it happens.
opReports - Detailed, actionable engineering and business-related reports
opFlow/opFlowSP - NetFlow and IP-Fix analysis for enterprise-class businesses and service providers