nGenius® Probes

Security-hardened distributed monitoring devices that collect key network metrics utilized by the nGenius Performance Management System

Today’s IT professionals face a vast array of complicated network issues that must be addressed quickly and efficiently in order to effectively deliver network applications and services to the end user. The dependency on the network to support key business functions is ever increasing and this means that more and more users, bandwidth-greedy applications and technologies are regularly being added to the network. As the network environment constantly evolves, the need for detailed flow/packet analysis for all applications, conversation and hosts becomes more important than ever before.

NetScout’s nGenius Probes deliver the needed detailed information to the nGenius Performance Manager providing a clear understanding of how the network is evolving. These dedicated monitoring devices are distributed at key aggregation points within the network and work with the nGenius Performance Management system by:

• Collecting key performance metrics, such as traffic and application utilization, conversations, error conditions, resource utilization, response time and data captures on physical and virtual links
• Supporting the monitoring of load-balanced or redundant links
• Providing comprehensive application recognition by tracking complex, custom, web-based and peer-to-peer applications via CDM port technology

• Application recognition and monitoring – Track well-known, custom-developed, complex and web-based applications to provide an all-encompassing view of the application landscape
• Network visibility – Flexible configurations support common and emerging network technologies and provide detailed data for both physical and virtual networks (VPNs, DLCIs, PVCs and QoS groups)
• Response time analysis – Support passive response time measurements for virtually all applications to provide early detection of application degradation and quality of experience (QoE) issues
• Convergence management – View voice, video and data metrics in the same easy-to-use workspace providing a holistic view of the network environment
• Alarming and event notification – Receive real-time notifications for threshold violations as well as Power alarms with millisecond resolution to quickly detect and begin investigating the root cause of complex network issues

Read about the Key Features of nGenius Probes.