[June 17, 2013] SolarWinds introduces new multicast monitoring capabilities in SolarWinds NPM Tweet Jun 17, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- SolarWinds, Inc., a provider of IT management software, has introduced new network route and multicast monitoring capabilities within its network management product, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, or NPM. With the new network route monitoring feature, SolarWinds NPM provides real-time network route information alongside device status and performance statistics. With support for major routing protocols including RIP v2, OSPF v2, and BGP, IT pros can now view routing tables, changes in default routes, BGP transitions and flapping routes in an intuitive web-based console. Additionally, many advanced network services including multimedia distribution, finance, education, and desktop imaging rely on IP multicast to reduce network bandwidth usage. SolarWinds NPM's new network multicast monitoring feature enables IT pros to monitor routers, switches and end-points that receive and forward multicast packets by automatically detecting and importing existing multicast groups and applications, the company said. SolarWinds NPM can monitor network device and interface availability and performance indicators such as bandwidth utilization, packet loss, latency, errors, discards, CPU, and memory for SNMP- and WMI-enabled device. It can schedule network scans from a Web-based discovery wizard; identify new network devices; and ensure monitoring of all critical equipment, the company added. SolarWinds NPM can configure alerts for correlated events, sustained conditions, and complex combinations of device states; Topology and dependency-based alert suppression enables users to escalate alerts for issues that are critical, the company concluded. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]