Sniffer Distributed Analysis Software

Sniffer Distributed is the industry's leading network fault isolation and performance management solution. The combination of Sniffer Expert technology, integral RMON1/RMON2 monitoring, built in reporting, and application layer analysis results in the unique ability to anticipate, isolate, and diagnose network fault and performance problems. That's why more network managers have chosen Sniffer Technologies' Sniffer solution as their network analysis and fault isolation tool than any other product.

• The ultimate network troubleshooting tool combined with industry-standard RMON2 in a single cost-effective solution
• Sniffer Expert yields the fastest time to detect, diagnose and resolve network failures.
• RMON2 agent provides statistics on network traffic, protocol distribution and application usage to help proactively manage the business.

Features:

Sniffer Expert yields the fastest time to resolve problems in any network—across the most topologies, network protocols, and networked applications. Unlike simple RMON2-only data collection probes, Sniffer Distributed agents put expert intelligence at the source of the problem providing a solution that scales to the enterprise without overloading critical LAN and WAN segments with unnecessary management traffic. This allows the Sniffer Distributed software to proactively monitor every critical segment, find potential problems, and recommend solutions in real time.

Sniffer Distributed solution analyzes all seven layers of the OSI model for Total Network Visibility. It observes network traffic to "learn" its unique patterns and characteristics in order to better identify and solve network problems. This greater depth of visibility enables Sniffer Distributed to accurately pinpoint a problem's origin and facilitates the fastest time-to-resolution. It also helps avoid costly network slowdowns and outages and keeps everyone more productive. Sniffer Distributed's charter is simple: keep the network up and running at peak performance.

Sniffer Distributed software is a key part of an overall network management strategy to eliminate network downtime, simplify network management, facilitate network planning, and reduce the cost of operating and managing your critical networking resources. Industry standard RMON1/RMON2 is the ideal source of long term statistics to support an enterprise view of changing application traffic patterns and network utilization. Combined with Sniffer Distributed Watch, The Sniffer Technologies' long-term reporting solution, this information becomes the basis for strategic network and business investment decisions.

Value-added Standards Extensions

• Switch Control
• Cisco CDP
• Cisco VTP

Network Topologies Supported

• LAN: 10/100Mb Ethernet (shared and switched), half & full duplex
• Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI
• WAN: DS-3 (unchannelized), HSSI, T1, Fractional T1, E1, Fractional E1, V.35, X.21 (V.10/V.11), RS-530, RS-449 (RS-422/S-423), EIA 232 (RS-232), ISDN PRI.
• HIGH SPEED: ATM OC-3, ATM OC-12, ATM DS3, ATME3, Gigabit Ethernet (SX & LX)

Sniffer Distributed supports all major network topologies, speeds, and connection methods. For the first time, a common, comprehensive solution that supports all of the network management team's operational needs—monitoring, planning, troubleshooting, and reporting—can be deployed enterprise wide.

Manageability

• 24x7 data collection
• Complete end-to-end monitoring
• Provides data collection for:
• Service Level Documentation
• Capacity Planning
• Baselining
• Policy Management
• Utilization Reporting
• Set SNMP traps for multiple addresses
• Customizable filtering for any application
• Central management and updates of probe software
• Management port for out-of-band probe communication

System Requirements:

Sniffer Distributed SniffView Console Platform Minimum Requirements

• Processor: Intel Pentium 233 MHz
• Memory: 128 MB
• Free Drive Space: 200 MB for installing software
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, Workstation 4.0 or NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 6a
• Display: VGA color monitor 800x600
• Pointing Device: Mouse or similar pointing device
• Network Adapter: Network Adapter card configured with an IP address and connected to the network