A small private health institution is housed in a 10 floor building. The IT department is responsible for delivering networking services to a mixture of users: management, staff and guests and is bracing for 50% rise per year in network traffic/services over next two years. Internet access for guests is limited to web only. All patient records and data are protected as confidential under the national legislation. A team of experts hired by senior management are of the view that a Network Manage

• Define the terms Active Network Management, Passive Network Management and under what circumstances each is suited for? Give a list of TEN tools/commands used in Passive Network Management.
• A small Task Force was recently set up to look into the possibility and has short listed the following products to choose from:

Giving a technical comparison of these products

1. Solarwinds www.solarwinds.com
2. Airwave by www.arubanetworks.com
3. Open NMS by www.opennms.org
4. Nagios NMS by www.nagios.org

Explain what features each of the above packages support/do not support including:

1. SNMP, and which version(s) does it support.
2. RMON1 or RMON2 probe.
3. Capability for managing wireless devices.

This brief will help IT staff understand the potential and features of these products.