Link Analyst v5 - Unlimited Devices Notes:
Link Analyst Pinpoints the Problem You Focus on the Solution
While a station or device that is down may represent a critical problem and an action that needs to be taken, knowing historical response statistics (including degradation) may solve little problems before they become big ones.
Control What, When and Where
Device- and service-specific response time events that are below user-defined acceptable levels are flagged as critical for event notification and system-down warnings. Devices not flagged as critical that are down are simply grayed out on the map. Icons can be customized for varying levels of response time degradation. Triggers can be set to cause any recorded event to generate an alarm. You'll know "What's down" before the crisis phone call and be well on your way to solving the problem before the complaints begin pouring in.
Link Analyst's sophisticated alarm actions allow you to set the event notification that best fits your situation. Multiple alarm actions can be triggered by the same alarm. Example actions include:
Printing Generates a trouble ticket which is printed to the Windows printer of your specification.
Sound Responds to alarm by playing a user-chosen sound.
Program Executes a user-selected program.
Email Sends an email message to a designated address.
Pager Sends a numeric or alphanumeric message to configured pager.
Advanced pager settings permit the use of one pager service for all pager messages or to configure pager messages for multiple administrators, at different times, different days or from different maps.
Observer Integration
Link Analyst offers tight integration with Network Instruments award winning Observer product line. If you own Observer and Link Analyst, directly from Link Analyst's interface you can:
- Start a Packet Capture on Highlighted Map Item Device
- Start a Packet Capture on Highlighted Map Pair of Devices
- Auto-Create a Filter on Highlighted Map Item Device
- Auto-Create a Filter on Highlighted Map Pair of Devices
- Start Observer with Focus set on current Map or Device’s Probe
- Start Observer with Focus set on Current Devices SNMP Agent
- Export a Link Analyst Map into an Observer Alias Table
- Import an Observer Alias Table into a Link Analyst Map
Upgrading Link Analyst
To upgrade to Link Analyst Version 5, from any previous version, choose this
upgrade product.
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