NetVoyant - Device Performance Management datasheet
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The network's device infrastructure is responsible for ensuring proper delivery of applications to end users. A Performance-First approach to managing applicsation delivery requires device performance metrics to ensure end users receive optimal service from the network infrastructure.
NetVoyant, the device performance management module of the NetQoS Performance Center, provides SNMP-based performance metrics for managing network infrastructure, devices, and applications. These metrics include device status and utilization, coupled with application discovery and application-aware metrics, such as jitter, latency, and QoS policy utilization for assessing the performance of the network infrastructure. NetVoyant's application-aware capabilities include support for Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreement (IP SLA), Cisco IOS Class Based QoS (CBQoS), and Cisco IOS Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR).
NetVoyant reports allow management, engineering, and operations to provide consistent application service delivery and mitigate the risks of planned or unplanned infrastructure changes. NetVoyant maps allow operations to get a bird's-eye view of the network and receive immediate alerts when device service degrades against intelligent baselines. Performance scorecards, QoS visibility, and capacity planning reports allow network managers and engineers to understand how the infrastructure is being used, alongside trends and projections to plan for future growth.
NetQoS NetVoyant presents NOC staff with at-a-glance views of infrastructure connectivity and potential application delivery bottlenecks
How Will NetQoS NetVoyant Help You?
1. Make informed infrastructure investments by understanding the cause of device performance issues
- Measure VoIP and video quality of experience with Cisco IP SLA
- Track device availability and utilization against service level goals
- Validate service provider service level agreements
- View the status and utilization of all network and server components in real time
2. Reduce MTTR with automatic alerting and Top-N reporting
- Receive immediate notification of device problems through network maps, email, and traps
- Identify critical infrastructure problems through Top-N exception reports
- Troubleshoot connectivity issues with ping, trace route, and MIB browser tools
3. Improve IT staff efficiency in managing device performance and avoiding costly outages
- Graphically compare current device utilization against normal baselines to see unusual behavior
- Use fixed or rolling baselines to identify trends over various time periods
- View historical device utilization reports that include basic trend lines to help predict future capacity requirements
NetQoS NetVoyant Features
Device Utilization and Availability
- Track network infrastructure availability and utilization
- Examine key performance indicators in the device infrastructure to ensure current availability and performance are within acceptable limits
- Track device performance against provider service level agreements
Application-aware Device Performance
- Deploy, collect, and report Cisco IP SLA data for MOS, jitter, and latency statistics
- Visualize QoS policy utilization with Cisco CBQoS
- Identify layer 7 application characteristics with Cisco NBAR
Capacity Planning
- Report current utilization against intelligent baselines
- Project future network growth with capacity planning trends
- Receive enterprise device status with Top-N reports and topology maps
Real-time Alerting
- Troubleshoot and diagnose device issues with alarms from performance baselines
- Aggregate alerts into a single event console
- Display alert notifications on NOC-ready device topology maps
Custom Reporting
- Report on any SNMP-capable device in the network
- Customize reports by aggregating metrics across multiple data sources
- Build permission sets and groups to segment data across multiple IT organizations
