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Link Analyst

Link Analyst is a robust network monitoring solution that provides powerful reports, inventory capabilities, configurable alarms, active discovery, and device and route mapping. From small and mid-sized businesses to large corporations, Link Analyst provides insight into the devices on your network and the routes that connect them.

Create & Monitor Business Groups

Create Groups by department, function, device type, or customize
View reports, monitor resources, track inventory by Business Group
Click within a Group for easy sub-level analysis

Dynamic Reporting

Customize, view, expand, and compare reports for in-depth analysis on routes, devices, and groups. Track statistics over time for use in network trending and analysis.

Report types include:

Alarms
Business Group Status
Device Events
Response Time
Alarm Log

Run Inventories for Asset Management

Keep track of and monitor changes in removable hard drives, installed software, and more. Run automatic inventories or take instant snapshots, and create alarms for specific WMI and SNMP objects.

Device & Route Monitoring

Take advantage of SNMP & WMI data to monitor Active Directory Servers, Host Resources, Internet Information Servers and more, or create custom monitors. Know at a glance which devices, routes, and IP services are up or down.

Monitor virtual servers and workstations
Set user-configurable alarms and thresholds
Graph statistics over time

Event Notification

Be alerted when a device is unreachable or has poor response time. Choose sound, pager, or e-mail alerts, or set Link Analyst to launch a program or generate a trouble ticket.

View alarms by Business Group/Route
Drill down for device status details
Graph and compare alarm data over time

Active Discovery

See what devices are connected to the network, and how they are connected
Obtain graphical and table-based display of a network, network segment, or remote locations on the WAN
Monitor response time and performance of devices anywhere on the network

Integrates with Observer® for Complete Network Analysis

Start packet captures on selected devices or device pairs, create filters on selected devices or device pairs, review real-time statistics on any selected probe or SNMP agent, export Link Analyst maps into Observer alias tables, and import Observer alias tables into Link Analyst maps.

Stay alert, stay informed, and make better network decisions.

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