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Designed for organizations that to need to monitor their
single-location network 24/7, WhatsUp Gold Premium features all the core
functionality network administrators need to assure the performance and
availability of their network. It can be implemented in any environment in under
one hour and is easily configurable to your specific environment.
With WhatsUp Gold Premium, you can discover your network in
minutes using intuitive wizards to scan for routers, switches, servers,
printers, and other networked devices. All network information is stored in a
relational database to enable easy and efficient device management and
reporting. Key Features
 | Web-based management –
Built on a scalable web framework, WhatsUp Gold Premium is extremely intuitive
and easy to use. |
| Visual mapping –
See your network as onscreen icons, and reconfigure the map design on the fly
with drag-and-drop functionality. |
| Personalized
workspaces – Administrators can set up and
assign personalized, role-based workspaces to ensure easy yet secure access to
information. |
| SNMP v1-3/WMI monitors
– Easy to set up active, passive, and
performance SNMP and WMI monitors without the need for third-party plug-ins. |
| Device dependency –
If device availability is constrained because of a problem with a router or
switch upstream or downstream, eliminating dependent alerts enables the
administrator to more easily diagnose the problem without the distraction of
numerous alerts. |
| Extensive reporting capabilities –
With more than 100 customizable mini-reports and more than 50 full detail
reports, network administrators can analyze network data to detect trends and
needs for IT and business audiences. |
WhatsUp Gold is also available in a Standard Edition without
the broad WMI application and performance management capabilities of the Premium
Edition.
Detailed Network Discovery
WhatsUp Professional scans networks for routers, switch, servers, printers
and other networked devices. Discover your network in minutes using intuitive
wizards that step you through configuration.
Primary Discovery methods:
SNMP SmartScan – Scan the network by reading from a router’s
IP table. Identify device types, network subnets, and critical services running.
ICMP discovery - Scan the network by a designated IP range.
Identify device types and critical services running.
Host File Import – Quickly build your network inventory in
WhatsUp Professional from an existing file of network information.
| View Network Topology
- Users choose how to display their network
topology within WhatsUp Professional's Explorer style interface.
Manage devices and subnets -
as easily as files and folders on your system with WhatsUp
Professional's Microsoft Explorer® interface. Easily navigate between groups
of devices (locations, subnets, etc.), and create new groups on the fly to
maximize your network organization.
Viewing options include:
Device List View - A
sortable list view shows device name, IP
address, type and status.
Active and Static Linklines
- Quickly identify when the connection between devices is down, with
active status lines on the map view. Green lines indicate the interfaces
are up, red indicates an interface has failed.
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Client/Server Polling Architecture
- A dedicated polling engine allows devices to reside in multiple groups
and multiple maps without redundant polling each cycle. Additionally,
changes to network data can occur simultaneously to active network
monitoring.
Map View - Display the network
infrastructure in a graphical view. Customizable device icons, link lines,
and advanced drawing tools create a true network diagram. Add any bitmap
image and other objects to enhance the look and feel of your network
diagrams.Database Asset Storage
- WhatsUp Professional includes Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE
2000) to store all network device, log and
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Comprehensive Network Monitoring
WhatsUp Professional provides detailed monitoring of network availability and
performance. Built-in functionality allows users to ping each device as well as
check for status of web services, email services and many other critical
application services. Core monitoring capabilities include:
| Windows Service Monitoring: Keep track of critical
application functions, with unlimited Windows service monitoring. Minimize
downtime by allowing WhatsUp Professional to restart any failed Windows
service automatically. |
| TCP/UDP Port Monitoring: Check the status of individual
ports on the network and isolate failures. Go a step further using
customizable scripts to communicate with the application using a specified
port. |
| Event Log Monitoring: Identify potential harmful events
such as authentication failures or faulty NIC card. Select Windows Event Log
or Syslog items to watch for and immediately alert if necessary. |
| System Resource Monitoring: Understand when reallocation
of network resources is necessary. Track the utilization levels of critical
resources such as cpu, disk space, memory or bandwidth with SNMP threshold
monitoring. Know immediately if these or other resources fall outside of
acceptable ranges. |
| Maintenance Mode: Schedule device maintenance to ensure
accurate monitoring and reporting of device status. No false alerts or
downtime statistics are generated when a device is in maintenance.
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Alert management - Ipswitch WhatsUp
Professional executes specified actions upon failure of a device or when system
performance has been compromised. Set individual alerts and set action policies
to enable notification escalation when needed.
Robust alerting:
Send an email, page, SMS, sound or pop up when network failures occur.
Automatic problem resolution: Configure WhatsUp Professional to restart a service or launch a program to
fix a problem automatically to aid in fast recovery.
Customize individual service alerts:
Select an action type to execute based on the type
of device or individual service that has failed.
Alert Escalation:
Set polices to assign to a device or group of devices to alter the action
that occurs, or the user who notified based on how long a device or service
has been unavailable.
SNMP Trap forwarding:
Use WhatsUp Professional to capture events on the network and forward traps
to a central trap manager or data system.
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Integrated Reporting
Device Reports
| Availability --
Find out when your device has been accessible. |
| Health -- A
Snapshot of the current status of each monitor on a device. |
| Performance --
Find out when your monitors are responding slowly. |
| State Change Timeline
- Examine the state change history of all the monitors on a device.
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| Syslog Entries
- A record of Syslog messages WhatsUp has received from a device. |
| SNMP Trap Log
- A record of SNMP traps WhatsUp has received from a device. |
| Windows Event Log
- A device's Windows system events captured by WhatsUp. |
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System Reports
| Activity Log - A
categorized history of all messages generated by WhatsUp. |
| Syslog Entries - A
record of Syslog messages WhatsUp has received. |
| SNMP Trap Log - A
record of all SNMP traps received by WhatsUp. |
| Windows Event Log
- Windows system events captured by WhatsUp across all devices. |
| Actions Applied -
Shows how actions are applied to devices and monitors in the system.
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Group Reports
| State Summary - A
summary of device states organized by device group. |
| Availability -
Compare the amount of time your devices have been accessible. |
| Health - A
Snapshot of the current status of devices on a group. |
| Performance -
Compare the response times of your devices. |
| State Change Timeline
- Examine the state change history of all devices in a group. |
| Actions Applied -
Shows how actions are applied to devices and monitors in a group. |
Secure Remote Access
Keep on top of network status from the road or at home.
WhatsUp Professional provides web access from any browser to view status or
change the configuration from anywhere, at any time.
Web access functionality includes:
Fully featured web interface
that provides remote access to the complete system.
SSL Encryption for
secure web access.
IIS Compliant Web Server
–Take advantage of WhatsUp Professional’s built-in web server or leverage
IIS server compatibility.
User authentication options
– Use WhatsUp Professional's built-in user management system or leverage
installed LDAP or Active Directory servers to authenticate users.
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Included in the Professional Premium Package are:
System Requirements
| Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP SP1 or later, or Windows
2000 |
| 200 MB of disk space |
| 256 MB RAM |
| To use beeper or pager notifications, a local modem and
phone line is required (WhatsUp Professional does not support modem pooling) |
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