It's critical to monitor the services on your network. If any part of thenetwork is down the network manager needs to be notified right away.  We also need to monitor the health of the network and to foresee problems and proactively attend to the network. Perform some research on the Internet and find one monitoring application and provide a summary about its capabilities. This monitoring application can be open source or a commercial based application.

THE SOLUTION: IPSec deployed Opengear products within its customers' IT environments to provide redundant paths of communication to the devices under its management. Utilizing Opengear's remote management technology with out-of-band embedded cellular capabilities - allows IPSec to provide a level of confidence to customers that would otherwise require more expensive secondary communication paths. To that end, Opengear allows IPSec to perform diagnostics checks quickly in the event of critical communication failures, without needing personnel to visit locations. IPSec has used Opengear for over five years (including IM, CM, & ACM product fam- ilies) with consistently positive experiences. They consider their Opengear solutions a very stable and fit-for-purpose technology. IPSec has been particularly impressed with the reliability and flexibility of the Opengear implementations. With the more recent introduction of 4G networking, they view Opengear solutions as critical to their future plans for managed services. Additional benefits to IPSec and their customers include: Greater trust and reliability that information protected by IPSec remains secure Improved business confidence and trust as clients know IPSec is doing its job even during primary connection outages Diagnostics and maintenance are performed quickly remotely In an industry all about assurance, IPSec is secure in its position as an al- ways-on service IM7248-2-DAC-L INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER Complete and comprehensive out-of-band management with Smart OOB Built-in TFTP server & 16GB flash storage for remote configuration Internal 4G LTE modem and Failover to Cellular enables network resilience Top of rack deployment to monitor, access and control network, server and power infra- structure, even during network outages Military-spec security, FIPS 140-2 validated encryption, stateful firewall, & OpenVPN Environmental and physical sensor alarm notification via SMS, SNMP or Nagios Automatically detect and recover from network outages and repair equipment faults "Since adopting the use of Opengear's IP to Serial devices in 2009, IPSec has come to rely on the robust engineering, security and flexibility of Opengear's OOB management solutions and has had excellent experiences with their technical support team." - Benjamin Robson Director of Operations IPSec Opengear IM7200 Infrastructure Management Benefits: Minimize MTTR and increase MTBF. Proactive problem identification, quick notification and automated remediation reduce operating and downtime costs Ensure uninterrupted availability. Transparent automatic failover and always-on Smart OOB access keep the business up and running Understand everything that affects uptime. Monitor and control virtually everything, including the physical environment, prevent disruptions Increase efficiency and reduce human error. Equip every rack with virtual remote hands in lights-out data centers and colocation cages Leverage existing tools and work- flow. Integrates with standard management tools and existing infrastructure About Opengear: Founded in 2004, Opengear delivers next generation intelligent solutions for managing critical IT and communications infrastructure. Opengear smart solutions equip our customers' networks with smart automation and bulletproof resilience, enabling them to optimize technical op- erations and secure business continuity. The company is headquartered in Sandy, Utah, has R&D operations in Australia and sales offices in Europe and USA.