Network Monitoring Tool Selection For Data Communication And Networks Report

Justification of Nagios XI as the tool choice

For the preparation of the report on the data communication and networks a research is done of the different network monitoring tool and the three scenario are analyzed for the selection of the best tool that would support the central server, wireless and distributed networking environment. The report helps in gaining knowledge about the different types of networking technologies and demonstration of the basic principles and ideas for the management of the application and the network components.

The  different types of network configuration are analyzed for the application of the network monitoring tool in the current network and analyze the flow of the data packets from the different location in the network. Nagios XI is used as a network monitoring tool for the management of the network and show the status of the network device and produce a report on the status of the network. The application of the network monitoring tool helps in reducing the errors in the network and increase the security for the transmission of sensitive information and data.

1. Scenario 1 

1.1. Justification of the tool choice

Nagios XI is considered to be one of the most powerful IT infrastructure tools for monitoring. This particular networking tool has been designed in such a way that it can monitor and enterprise open source component (Hernantes, Gallardo and Serrano 2015). All the given loads can be easily monitored in much effective way if and only central server is used. It can be done with the help of proper monitoring of the 1^st scenario. It has been designed in such a way that it can easily deliver best monitoring solution as per the need of various organization. This particular network monitoring software has been designed in such a way that it can offer scalability and flexibility.

XI is mainly used for carrying out difficult IT task along with retaining some of the most powerful attributes for any enterprise (Kufel 2016). This particular monitoring tool comes up with proper configuration wizards creates a platform where an individual to easily enter information in step by step way. It helps in quick monitoring of any network. It comes up with extended beyond out of given capabilities along with custom plugins and wizards which tends to work from Nagios exchange

1.2. Features that are important for the scenario

In the first stage, the various features of Nagios which are needed for solving various kind of problem has given below: 

IT Infrastructure monitoring: It helps in proper kind of monitoring of various types of infrastructure components which is inclusive of service, network-based protocols, system metrics and lastly network infrastructure (Kocjan and Beltowski 2016). A large number of party add-on aims in providing proper kind of monitoring in virtual way for various kind of household application.

Visibility: It helps in providing a central view of the given IT-based network and lastly various kind of business operation (Ismail, Islam and Islam 2016). It comes up with a powerful dashboard which is a need for power monitoring and third-party data. By making use of views provided by user helps in having a quick access to various kind of information.

Important features for Scenario 1

Customizability: A powerful GUI is needed for proper kind of customization of various things like design, layout and lastly preferences as per the needed of various users (Karaarslan 2017). Team members can easily work along with flexibility as per the need of user.

Network Monitoring: Nagios XI helps in analyzing every given aspect of the given network. This particular aspect is mainly needed for various aspects like network traffic and its bandwidth (Pulkkinen 2018). In the domain of monitoring, Nagios XI aims to monitor and avoid any kind of usual network which tends to occur in usual way. It is effective in certain number of area which results in creating large number of error. Various kind of sensor needs to be deployed like machinery of the given centralized which in many comes up in various template. It is a well-known monitoring tool which is needed by various network administrator for analyzing an error in the network (Kravenkit 2018). The main point is all about understanding various kind of graphs with proper figures. It aims in reducing the overall time of troubleshooting.

.4. To implement the network hardware and software required.

Hardware Requirement

 Software Requirement

2. Scenario 2 2.1. Justification of the tool choice

In Nagios XI tool, a proper kind of monitoring tool is needed to be easily installed after coming across the second scenario. Wi-Fi monitoring tool helps in providing support 2 server email and web and 20 users which can easily join the LAB. Monitoring of Wi-Fi will help the network to easily keep a track on various kind of wireless network (Nyczak and van Rein 2015). It will help be helpful in analyzing the network of connected device in the given wireless network. It will help the administrator to easily keep a track of various aspect like status of device, signal strength of each router which comes up with usual kind of traffic.

2.2. Features that are important for the scenario

Multi-tenant capabilities: Easy access of multi-user to various kind of web interface will allow the various stakeholders to have a proper kind of viewpoint which is identical to the given structure (Prasad and Chakrabarti 2014). Specifying the view of user will help the clients to analyze the infrastructure components which they are authorized. Various advanced user specifies the administrator by creating a platform where user can easily manage a large number of aspect. By the help of clicks provision can be given to new user account where user can easily receive information with proper kind of login credentials (Partner and Italiana 2017).

Performance: Nagios Core 4 is a monitoring engine which is very powerful in nature. It provides the user with highest degree of monitoring which is required for performance of network (McBride 2015). High-efficiency performance comes up with work processes that allow scalability at limitless level and monitoring in an effective way (Ward and Barker 2014).

Proactive Planning and awareness: Automated and integrating planning have helped various organization to easily plan for various infrastructure updates before it is caught in the system (Dayang Efoumena and Tchakounte 2017). In many cases, it is seen that alerts are provided to various kind of IT staff, where various business stakeholders come up with end user by the email or mobile text. It provides them with various details which are related to outage of details so that various issues can be easily resolved (Kleehaus et al. 2016).

Hardware and software requirements

2.4. To implement the network hardware and software required.

Hardware Requirement

 Software Requirement

3.1. Justification of the tool choice.

In the given scenario 3, a big network comes up with user around 300 station and 10 servers. As it has become more important for the use of Nagios XI which is required for monitoring to various kind of big networks (Wilopo 2016). It can easily monitor such type of given network and server related to it. The whole complexity of the network can be easily reduced as it can be easily divided into certain number of subnets in the given department. There is certain number of criteria which is required for choosing specific threshold or level of tolerance in the given network (Norrlin 2015).

It comes up with three floors and which is required for monitoring and understanding the level of performance of the given dashboard. This type of tools is required for proper monitoring of network which needs to be monitored for the given software for any purposes. It is mainly done in accordance of list of various requirements which is done before selection of appropriate tools which is done before the selection of some appropriate tool (Wirén 2016). This particular tool should be designed in such a way that it can be easily modified. Both the parameters that is efficiency and response time of the network can be easily modified by analyzing various parameters like data loss, bandwidth and any kind of congestion in the given network.  

3.2. Features that are important for the scenario

Ease of Use: Integration which is based on web-based configuration can easily lead admins to easily have handed out for large number of controls. It mainly used for managing the configuration of the given network (Chowdhury et al. 2014). It comes up with system setting and user to easily monitor end to end user and various team members in much easy. A proper kind of configuration guide is needed for various kind of process which is needed for monitoring various things like new device, application and lastly various application (Faggiani et al. 2014). It mainly needed for having an idea regarding various concepts of complex monitoring.

Extendable Architecture: Most of the API comes up with some kind of simple integration which can be done with in-house and various third party based application. A large number of community development for providing add-ons along with extended monitoring and native functioning (Van Adrichem, Doerr and Kuipers 2014). Both custom interface and development of addon are made available for tailoring Nagios XI which is needed for meeting the given organization.

Nagios XI tools come up with ability which is required for handling the strength of the network which is provided in the given scenario 3 where more than 300 users can be easily monitored (Anderson?Teixeira et al. 2015). Nagios monitoring is required for analyzing various kind of error in the given network. It is considered to be very much helpful in troubleshooting the given thing. When various instance of performance degradation comes up into action in the given network system then the administrator can be notified by mapping of network features of Nagios XI.

Important features for Scenario 2

3.4. To implement the network hardware and software required.

Hardware Requirement

 Software Requirement

Conclusion

The use of the Nagios XI network monitoring tool for the management of the network performance and the management of the data traffic flow helps in increasing the security of the network. It also reduces the effort of the network administrator by configuring the system to automate some of the network monitoring option and increase the efficiency of the network. For the installation of the Nagios network monitoring tool virtual machine is used and an administrator account is created for monitoring the network.

The selection of the platform for the installation of the network monitoring tool is important for the success of the network and the supporting environment should be analyzed for the proper working of the tool. It can be used for the enterprise server and it offers a 4 core monitoring for providing the best security and allowing maximum scalability for the network. The network administrator can view all the details of then network and the status of the device from a central location and manage the thid party access of the data.

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