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it provides an outstanding network monitoring system.
With Nagios you can:
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Display tables showing the status of each monitored server and
network service in real time
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Use a wide range of freely available plugins to make detailed checks of
specific services – e.g. don't just check that a database is accepting
network connections, check that it can actually validate requests and
return real data
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Display warnings and send warning emails, pager or SMS alerts when
a service failure or degradation is detected
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Assign contact groups who are responsible for specific services in
specific time frames
Central management and setting up MetaConnect for Nagios
The MetaConnect Nagios solution has three parts: Central Nagios
server, Distributed ECS0016 console servers, and SDT for Nagios
clients
Central Nagios server:
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A Nagios 2.x or 3.x installation (typically on a Linux server)
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Generally running on a blade, PC, virtual machine, etc. at a central
location
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Runs a web server that displays the Nagios GUI
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Imports configuration from distributed ECS0016 console servers using
the MetaConnect for Nagios Configuration Wizard
Distributed ECS0016 console servers:
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ECS0016 Enhanced Console Server
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Serial and network hosts attached to each console server
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Each runs Nagios plugins, NRPE and NSCA addons, but not a full
Nagios server
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