NetXMS Features
General
- Single unified platform for management and monitoring of entire IT infrastructure – from network switches and routers to applications
- Automated network discovery for OSI layers 2 and 3
- Data collection either from SNMP or from native NetXMS agent
- Flexible threshold system for collected data
- Flexible policy-based event processing
- Configurable actions for events, including:
- One or more alarms for operators
- 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
- Template-based sets of actions (e.g. finish or restart specific process for any Windows or Linux based PC, reboot for any device type etc)
- Service dependency tree to map infrastructure elements to business services
- Support for SNMP versions 1, 2c, 3
- Built-in scripting engine for advanced automation and management
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
- Nagios plug-in compatibility (most Nagios plug-ins work out-of-box with NetXMS)
- Modular server and agent structure (server or agent can be extended with additional modules - third-party or in-house)
- Built-in interface with helpdesk system
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
NetXMS Agent
- Centralized configuration and upgrades
- Low system resource usage
- Proxy mode for other NetXMS agents and SNMP devices
- Firewall-friendly communications
Technical Information
NetXMS server can run on
- Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008
- RedHat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, CentOS, Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux Server Edition
- FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
- Solaris
- HP-UX
Supported database engines
- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft SQL
- MySQL
- SQLite
NetXMS agent can run on
- Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7
- Windows 95/98/ME (limited support)
- Linux (all glibc2-based flavors)
- Solaris
- HP-UX
- AIX
- FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
- IPSO
- Novel NetWare
