AUSTIN, TX, April 25, 2010
/24-7PressRelease/ -- SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software _http://www.solarwinds.com/index.aspx?CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-PRQ210_NDM-X-SWHP_ to more than 90,000 customers worldwide, announced today its latest free tool, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor (NDM) _http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/network_device_monitor/index.aspx?CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-PRQ210_NDM-NDM-PP_, which is designed to make it easy for IT professionals to monitor the real-time performance and health of network devices from the convenience of their desktop.
With the Network Device Monitor, users can monitor virtually any SNMP-enabled network device - statistics can be monitored on Cisco, HP Procurve, Delland Juniper devices or even little-known object identifiers (OIDs) such as CPU speed, battery status or fan temperature. To save users even more time, SolarWinds has integrated the Content Exchange _http://thwack.com/media/g/config-change-templates/default.aspx?CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-PRQ210_NDM-X-THCE_ on thwack, SolarWinds' online community, into NDM so users never have to leave the tool to take advantage of community-created content. Users can browse the extensive library of monitoring templates during the setup process, or upload a custom template.
"Knowing which key health statistics to monitor on your newly added or key network devices can be overwhelming and time-consuming. With NDM, IT pros don't have to rely on trial and error, they can leverage community forums and resources to see what others are monitoring and what device statistics experienced users deem most important," said Josh Stephens, SolarWinds' Head Geek _http://www.solarwinds.com/geek/index.aspx?CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-CFG_PRQ110-X-GC_ and Vice President of Technology. "Additionally, because the monitoring templates are shared between Orion and the new NDM free tool, free tool users can benefit from the knowledge and experience of the thousands of network managers using Orion."
Users also have the ability to choose from pre-built device monitors shipped with NDM, custom device monitors created from NDM's Management Information Base (MIB) database or compile a custom MIB with NDM's Custom MIB Compiler.
Network Device Monitor _http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/network_device_monitor/index.aspx?CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-PRQ210_NDM-NDM-PP_ highlights:
Quickly and easily monitor any one statistic available on any single SNMP-enabled networked device
Gain at-a-glance insight with a slick desktop dashboard
Choose from the pre-built device monitors in the tool or explore user-created device monitors posted on thwack _http://thwack.com/media/42/default.aspx?Sort=Downloads&PageIndex=1&CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-PRQ210_NDM-X-THCE_
Automatically upload custom MIBs using the MIB compiler to browse for an OID of interest
Export and share your device monitors for custom MIBs via thwack _http://thwack.com/media/g/pollers/default.aspx?CMP=PUB-PR-SWI-PRQ210_NDM-X-THCE_
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