Overview

Eye of the Storm Network Professional Edition (EYE NPE) is network management software designed for small to medium enterprises to ensure network availability. EYE NPE delivers a seamless solution that combines network performance, resource management, and availability for a live, accurate view of the network. This powerful and affordable software offers enterprise-class network management functionality never before available to SMEs.

EYE NPE is the only network management suite available that combines proven enterprise-class functionality of the best network management tools on the market at a price point easily reachable by SMEs and departments within larger enterprises. NPE enables optimal network management efficiency and reduced operational costs through:

• Automation - EYE NPE automatically surveys the network in real time, updating maps, details, and forensics to allow instant, accurate and real insight into the status of the networks, greatly improving operation.
• Reality and Accuracy of Information - Agent-less continual discovery of network infrastructures - what's there, how it's connected, and any device changes - gives up to the minute, accurate visibility to resource utilization. Knowledge of hundreds of devices, their key performance metrics, and properties (port, VLAN module, serial number, OS, firmware revision, chassis information, etc.)
• Deep Functionality - EYE NPE integrates auto discovery, connectivity, real-time topology mapping, root cause analysis, performance analytics, operational alerting, and reporting in one cost-effective product.

EYE Network Professional Edition is a network management solution from Entuity that combines enterprise-class functionality of the best network management tools on the market at a price point previously reserved for workgroup class tools that struggled to support SME network needs. See for yourself:

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Built from Entuity's enterprise class event engine and database that support 85,000 managed objects per server, EYE NPE effortlessly supports up to 7,500 managed objects on a single server and combines proven features of the best network management tools on the market.

Inventory and Resource Management

EYE NPE's automatic and continual discovery ensures your management environment is always accurate - up to the minute. Unlike other solutions which require you to manually enter device configurations or read them in through a device list, EYE NPE continually surveys the network in real-time keeping up with even the most dynamic environments. With full visibility into layers 2, 3, and 4, you know the inter-relationships between applications, servers, and the network to understand which applications are dependent on associated equipment, allowing you to prioritize issues more effectively.

Heterogeneous by design, EYE NPE benefits from Entuity's support for hundreds of devices from a broad range of manufacturers. EYE NPE's unique agentless technology reduces maintenance costs as installation and upkeep of remote pollers is not required.

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Auto Discovery keeps EYE NPE's management inventory always accurate.

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Easily configure Auto Discovery to fit your particular needs.

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Discovered devices are conveniently grouped for easy disposition.

EYE NPE’s unique automatic and continual discovery not only insures that device inventories truly reflect reality, but device configurations and modules details are also accurate to enable proactive maintenance. With EYE NPE, you not only know what's on your network, you know it's always accurate with the details and forensics for network insight, control, and predictability to save you money.

Learn more about the technical aspects of EYE NPE: Download the EYE NPE Technical Overview.

Fault Management and Root Cause for Rapid Resolution

EYE NPE not only always knows what's on your network, but how it's connected. Using sophisticated root cause analysis functionality and circuit-level topological details, EYE NPE moves beyond the limited red/green light status found in other network operational tools to improve event management. This enterprise-class root cause analysis separates sympathetic or downstream events helping you deliver resolution times that are paired down to minutes rather than hours of manual troubleshooting activities.

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EYE NPE views summarize highest severity events by device.

Unlike other applications which only allow filtering event displays based on timeframe, EYE NPE also includes a filterable severity level to create an actionable list and insure the most critical incidents are addressed first.

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Filter events based on timeframe and severity.

Versatile device thresholds for a broad range of operational events can be quickly configured for a particular type of device or even by individual devices to insure proactive notification.

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A broad range of customizable thresholds keep you precisely informed.

EYE NPE provides an intelligent view of object connectivity, root cause analysis, and a broad range of configurable thresholds allowing users to pinpoint where problems occur and quickly take action.

Learn more about EYE NPE's capabilities here: Download the EYE NPE Capabilities Overview.

Performance Management

EYE NPE provides a full range of performance management capabilities that put network administrators in control. Unlike other network management tools that are merely device centric, NPE uniquely supports higher level business-centric views. Views represent a logical collection of any devices on your network – to represent a department, a building, a network closet, or those devices assigned to a particular individual. Performance and operational details are then collected and reported in this context.

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EYE NPE Views summarize network details to match your business.

NPE’s Explorer view combines Event, Performance, inventory, and port level details into one window for easy inspection. Each screen element features interactive details and is hyper linked to ease navigation.

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Interactive and visual graphics show performance at-a-glance.

Other solutions in this space limit you to a handful of predefined metrics to display in a static graph. EYE NPE’s offers enterprise strength diagnostic tools to visualize and understand the full range of attribute details and real time data streams collected by EYE NPE.

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Attribute Grapher provides detailed device insight.

EYE NPE delivers optimal network performance by going beyond the “red light/green light” signaling that qualifies the typical low-priced network management tools.

Learn more about the technical aspects of EYE NPE: Download the EYE NPE Technical Overview.

Reporting to Not Only Know, But Act

EYE NPE contains a wide variety of out-of-the-box, web-based reports that deliver valuable, tangible data for analysis, trending and overall health metrics of the network. EYE NPE Reports provide clear, concise results for inventory, topology, event, and performance data that validate IT initiatives. With more than 30 pre-defined “one-click” reports, EYE NPE gives you the insight requested by network experts for effective network management. Reports can even be scheduled to run automatically and be electronically distributed – automating typically tedious processes – saving you time, money, and aggravation.

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Web UI eases access and scheduling high performance reports.

Reports can be easily tailored to a range of parameters. And unlike the browser only printing of competitive solutions, NPE reports are available in PDF, XLS, Word, or CSV formats to support your business review, documentation, and correspondence processes.

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Reports are available in a variety of formats to support your business.

Only a web browser is needed to access the rich interactive graphics offered by EYE NPE. Device metrics and operational characteristics are just a click away using AJAX technology for a full interactive experience.

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Interactive graphs examine device metrics.

Learn more about EYE NPE's capabilities here: Download the EYE NPE Capabilities Overview.

Mapping Without the Manual Effort

EYE NPE’s revolutionary Connectivity Viewer demonstrates the power of EYE NPE’s auto-discovery, giving you a reality of information not found in competitors. Completely automated and requiring no manual drawing, the Connectivity Viewer provides an up to date map of the network. Changes to device status, operational events, and even protocol details between nodes are available with NPE.

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Accurate 2D Maps Require No Manual Drawing.

IT organizations can now fully understand and see what is occurring on the network using EYE NPE’s true map of the network in tandem with the Event Viewer. Up-to-date and in-depth analytics will keep networks performing at optimal levels ensuring outstanding service delivery for end-users.