Instruction Manual
it provides an outstanding network monitoring system.
With Nagios you can:
•Display tables showing the status of each monitored server and network service in real time
•Use a wide range of freely available plugins to make detailed checks of specific services – e.g. don’t just check that a database is accepting network connections, check that it can actually validate requests and return real data
•Display warnings and send warning emails, pager or SMS alerts when a service failure or degradation is detected
•Assign contact groups who are responsible for specific services in specific time frames
Central management and setting up MetaConnect for Nagios
The MetaConnect Nagios solution has three parts: Central Nagios server, Distributed ECS0016 console servers, and SDT for Nagios clients
Central Nagios server:
•A Nagios 2.x or 3.x installation (typically on a Linux server)
•Generally running on a blade, PC, virtual machine, etc. at a central location
•Runs a web server that displays the Nagios GUI
•Imports configuration from distributed ECS0016 console servers using the MetaConnect for Nagios Configuration Wizard
Distributed ECS0016 console servers:
•ECS0016 Enhanced Console Server
•Serial and network hosts attached to each console server
•Each runs Nagios plugins, NRPE and NSCA addons, but not a full Nagios server
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