Netscout nGenius Pulse

The nGeniusPulse is the addition to the nGenius Platform, adding synthetic testing and infrastructure health monitoring. nGeniusPULSE extends the service-oriented approach of nGeniusONE and ASI. When a problem is identified by nGeniusONE a nd isolated as a potential infrastructure element, IT can drill down directly from the nGeniusONE console to the underlying infrastructure. With one contextual workflow, IT doesn’t need stop the process and start using a separate infrastructure component monitoring tool. Compliments Real User Measurement Testing and Packet Analysis in Netscout’s nGeniusONE Combined with nGeniusONE, nGeniusPULSE delivers total visibility of the enterprise by routinely and automatically monitoring applications and services for performance and availability, while also monitoring the health of the underlying infrastructure that delivers those services. nGeniusPULSE extends the service-centric approach of the nGenius platform with workflows giving visibility from all the way out to SaaS applications and down to infrastructure elements for faster problem resolution. To monitor the health of the infrastructure, nGeniusPULSE Server uses SNMP and WinRM to monitor servers, and SNMP to monitor network devices. nGeniusPULSE also captures and displays syslog information to easily correlate issues found in the infrastructure. For business services from Cloud to conventional applications, active testing automatically and routinely simulates real user actions accessing the service – even if no active users of the application are on the system, in order to proactively alert for issues or outages. The nGeniusPULSE solution is deployed in a data center on a hardware or virtual server providing security and control of your information. Agents, called “nPoints,” can be placed virtually anywhere to run active tests and send results to the nGeniusPULSE Server. From the nGeniusPULSE server, results are displayed in an intuitive interface that includes dashboards, drilldowns, and alerts; as well as easy-to-use configuration and administration functions. nGeniusPULSE also includes direct technical support from NETSCOUT’s best-in-class support teams with 24x7 support services. Main capabilities:

• Test up to 50 different business services from up to 1,500 differ ent locations on a single server
• Measure service levels form anywhere users are located - even when they’re not there
• Create your own custom active tests such as Ping, bandwidth utilization, speed, etc.
• Monitor up to 25,000 infrastructure elements (servers, interfaces, routers, switches) on a single server