Network Management

This assessment explores network management and the applications of ManageEngine OpManager. It includes a comparison with other network management tools.

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Network Application Management
4/17/2019

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NETWORK PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Introduction
The ManageEngine OpManager is a
type of software used in the network
management for heterogeneous and
multi-vendor networks of IT. This is
used to manage the networks. The
unified approach is used in this process,
which manages the infrastructure of IT
and performance. This software
manages the end-to-end network [1].
The performance of ManageEngine
OpManager is important to track so the
application manager gives the metric
information, which is essential in
tracking. This software has many
benefits like out of the box
functionalities, quick set up, highly
configurable and real-time monitoring.
This assessment includes the review of
the ManageEngine OpManager and its
various aspects related to the software.
The analysis of the different
applications is included in the report as
related to the ManageEngine
OpManager. This software is very
important in managing several
networks. The network application
management is used to manage this
software on the different workplace.
The comparison of ManageEngine
OpManager with other network
management tool will also include in
this assessment.

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Part 1 Manage Engine OpManager
 Network Performance
Management
As per the view of Borgatti and
Halgin, the ManageEngine
OpManager is very effective in
the network performance
management [2]. This software
is highly used in several
operations of IT. The IT
operations become effective by
using the ManageEngine
OpManager. This software has
the capability of managing the
delivery of IT services as the
delay of the services affect the
business in a very large manner.
As per the knowledge,
computer networks are the
backbone of the IT
infrastructure. The network
related issues arise in any
organization can be managed
by this software. The network
affects the performance of an
organization. Therefore, this
affects the services and makes
critical solutions regarding the
network. The network issues
are important to monitor for
managing the performance. The
OpManager is used to monitor
the network devices, which are
routers, firewalls, and many
others. This can make better
network performance and
increase visibility in the process.
According to the Botta, et. al.,
the network performance can
be managed by using the
software of OpManager[3].
OpManager keeps a tab on the
network devices performance
included server performance,
routers performance and
switches performance. This
removes the overall network
errors from the required
network management.
 OpManager fit for network
monitoring
As per the view of Solomon, et.
al., OpManager is software used
for the proper management of
networks, which is essential in
today’s business world [4]. The
network performance
management is necessary for
maintaining the networks.
According to the Kufel, the
OpManager is fit for network
monitoring as it offers better
solutions related to the
proactive monitoring process
and it is full of features that are
used in managing the networks
properly [5]. By this software,
the It administrator solves the
problems of a network like the
usages of network and take
care of the network.
 Network monitoring and
troubleshooting process
Source: ManageEngine, 2019.
The above picture shows the process of
network monitoring and

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troubleshooting. The network needs to
work properly in the process so it is the
responsibility of the administrator to
take care of it. As per the Ramadass
and Manasrah, the process of
monitoring the networks that they
working properly or not come under
the network management and
operations professionals [6]. The
overall business success depends on the
performance of the networks. The
better networking process manages
better performance, makes dynamic
adaptability and increased reliability.
As per the views of Mondal, et. al., the
network troubleshooting includes
various collective measures and
processes that are used to solve many
problems occurred in the monitoring of
the network [7]. This process also
involves identifying, diagnoses and
issues of a computer network. Many
administrators have done the
troubleshooting process and maintain
the internet connections of the devices.
The network troubleshooting includes
the finding and solving the problems,
configuring a router, install the cables,
update the firmware devices, remove
the virus from the device and adding a
network printer.

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Part 2 Applications of ManageEngine
OpManager
 How does ManageEngine
OpManager provide real-time
availability monitor?
The Manage Engine OpManager
is software that provides
different type of applications.
One of the main application is
real-time availability monitor.
The real-time monitoring is the
type of monitoring the network.
In this competitive world, the
operations of 24*7 become
essential so that the proper
availability of devices and
network is a very important
factor for the business
enterprises [8]. The downtime
of the system or the networks
creates a high revenue loss in
the several enterprises whether
the enterprises are large or
small. Therefore, real-time
availability is very important in
the networking process.
The OP Manager provide
different availability monitoring
which consists the device
availability monitoring, WAN
link availability monitoring,
service availability monitoring,
interface availability
monitoring, and website
availability monitoring [9]. The
interface of the Manage Engine
Op Manager provides real-time
views, which create many
different things in network
processing. The device
availability monitoring is used
to monitor the network
continuously for identifying
network availability.
 How does ManageEngine
OpManager perform Network
traffic analysis?
The Network traffic analysis is
very useful in the
ManageEngine OpManager.
The NetFlow Analyzer is a web-
based traffic analyzer who used
to analyze the traffic of the
network. The ManageEngine
OpManager also includes the
analysis of traffic occurred in
the network. The network
traffic analysis is an application
included in the ManageEngine
OpManager. The proper Net
flow can be analyzed by this
application of traffic [10]. With
the use of NetFlow analyzer,
the bandwidth and traffic are
also easily analyzed with a
specific level of the interface.
The Op Manager includes the
monitoring of the Net flow,
which provides the proper
visibility on network traffic
patterns and the utilization of
bandwidth. NetFlow software is
used to analyze the traffic of
the network. Sometimes the
huge traffic is created in the
flow of the network [11]. The
network traffic analyzed by the
ManageEngine OpManager
software as it includes various
applications to identify the
traffic.

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Part 3 Comparison of ManageEngine
OpManager
The other network management tool is
SolarWinds Network Performance
Monitor, which work as similar as
ManageEngine OpManager does. The
best software is who fulfill the demands
of the company. As the ManageEngine
OpManager and SolarWinds are almost
equal in quality and performance but
there are some differences also in this
two software [12]. The customers give
different feedbacks on these software’s
of network performance so it shows
some differences. This two-network
software is needed to manage
enterprise-level networks. Today,
network monitoring is very important
so these software's are useful in this
process. Both of them performs the
function of the network monitoring and
have the same work as per the need of
the network performance. The quality
also matters in the proper monitoring
of the network. Therefore, these
network management tools need to
maintain their quality as per the
demands of the business. All the
problems of networking can be solved
quickly by using this network
management tool. This software
includes monitoring network
performance [13]. The comparison
among both of the software will be
included in this part of the assessment.
The comparison between
ManageEngine and SolarWinds can be
done in this part. These two have the
same features but there are some
differences between these two
processes. Almost many features are
the same in these two but the feedback
of customers create differences among
them. The similarities and differences
will be defined in the comparison of
these two tools of network
management [14]. The ratings and the
feedbacks of the customers are greatly
involved in this comparison of network
management tools.
This part includes the comparison
among the SolarWinds Performance
Monitor and ManageEngine software.
Both of them provide a better network
experience. Some of the features of
these are the same and some are
different.
Similarities among SolarWinds and
ManageEngine are described below-
 Both software included the
auto discovery with SNMP and
some other process.
 Both software include
bandwidth monitoring and flow
support.
 Both software includes alerts
process by Email or SMS.
 Both include the VoIP
monitoring process
 Both have almost the same
price.
Differences among SolarWinds and
ManageEngine are described below-
 The OpManager has a great
infrastructure and Solarwinds
having troubles in
infrastructure.
 OpManager has large
functionality pot for updating
the features and Solarwinds
lack the feature of updating.
 The rating reviews of both of
them are different as per the
features and quality
performance.

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Conclusion
This assessment includes the network
management process by using the tool
of ManageEngine Op Manager. The
ManageEngine OpManager used to
manage the performance of the
network and analyze the performance
of the network monitoring. The part
one of this assessment includes the
literature review of the various articles
including the information of
ManageEngine. The ManageEngine is a
very good tool used for the
performance of the network. The
network performance management has
been briefly described in the above
assessment. Part two of this risk
includes the applications of
ManageEngine OpManager. The real-
time availability and analysis of network
traffic have been used in this
assessment as the applications of
OpManager. The third part of this
assessment includes the comparison
between the ManageEngine and other
network performance tool. The other
network management tool is the
SolarWinds that is also used for
monitoring the network of the
organizations.

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