Server Monitoring

Monitor any possible server performance metrics and incidents:

Server performance

High CPU or memory utilization
Network bandwidth usage
Packet loss rate
Interface error rate
Number of tcp connections is anomaly high for this day of the week
Aggregate throughput of core routers is low

Server availability

Free disk space is low
System status is in warning/critical state
Device temperature is too high / too low
Power supply is in critical state
Fan is in critical state
No SNMP data collection
Network connection is down

Configuration changes

New components added or removed
Network module is added, removed or replaced
Firmware has been upgraded
Device serial number has changed
Interface has changed to lower speed or half-duplex mode

This is a sample list of server-related metrics and incidents, monitored by Smart Cloud Monitor out of the box. See the full list in template descriptions. You can extend/change the scope of monitored objects by adding new items, writing custom data collection scripts, building custom templates, etc.

Smart Cloud Monitor features and benefits

Metric collection

Various data collection methods and protocols

SNMP, IPMI
Active / Passive modes

IPv6 support

Flexible and extendable data gathering

Calculated and aggregated metrics. For example: sum of traffic between two ports on a network switch.
Preprocess collected data. For example: use regexp to extract some specific metric from legacy device.

Autodiscovery

Autodetect network devices. For example: new switch added, replaced or removed.
Autodetect device configuration changes. For example: new network modules added, or replaced; firmware upgraded.

Templating

Start to monitor all metrics instantly by using out-of-the-box templates
Clone and mass-update thousands of similar network devices using device configuration templates

Problem detection

Flexible trigger expressions

Create complex logical expressions regarding monitored statistics of network devices
Avoid false positives by defining hysteresis

Trigger dependencies

Define multi-level dependencies between related network nodes. Detect root cause failures.

Proactive network monitoring

Predict network downtimes
Predict trends of bandwidth usage
Detect anomalies in network load

Problem severity levels

Define trigger severity levels to help concentrate on most important problems in case of multiple network issues.

Notification

Flexible notifications

Multiple delivery methods: email, sms, jabber, custom scripts or messenger
Customize message content based on receipient

Remote command execution

Custom scripts
Run remote commands even behind firewalls

Event correlation

Decrease notification noise with event correlation

Customized escalation scenarios

Build flexible escalation scenarios

API

Integration with 3rd party software

Helpdesks, ticketing systems
Configuration management systems
Messengers, mobile applications

Task automation

Use API to automate configuration management
Retrieve monitoring data
Generate custom reports

Distributed monitoring

Smart Cloud Monitor proxy

Monitor remote servers even behind the firewalls
Run remote commands behind firewalls

Optimized for high performance

Scale endless by
Scale by offloading central server

High Availability

Buffer monitoring data even if Smart Cloud Monitor server is not available
Build redundant monitoring solution using Smart Cloud Monitor components. See example.

Security and authentication

Encrypt all monitoring traffic between Smart Cloud Monitor and your network devices
Use LDAP authentication and flexible user permissions