PDF Library | Contact Us  
Application & Network Performance Management Software - NetScout



Home > Products > Advanced Intelligence > nGenius K2 > Key Features

Advanced Intelligence
 

nGenius® K2 - Key Features



Service Status Page
  • Red, yellow, green indicators depicts the current state of defined application services
  • Indicates the number and severity of alerts for the last hour
  • Provides drill-downs to service maps and alert details
  • Displays current conditions for nGenius instrumentation and processes, known as the nGenius Performance Network (nPN)
  • Monitors the physical network via probe interface alarms
  • Service profiles display user-define sub-sets of services
Alert List
Lists KPI alerts for a selected application service or for a specific Power Alarms or specified application and interface utilization thresholds and includes:
  • Alert ID
  • Time detected
  • Interfaces affected
  • Host IP address
  • Applications affected
  • Analysis window timeframe (short, medium or long-term)
  • Rising or falling pattern
  • Alert severity
Service Map
  • Shows the flow topology for a particular service by displaying the nGenius Probes, InfiniStreams and nGenius Performance Manager Server that have been monitoring that application
  • Red, yellow, green indicators pinpoint the segment where a degradation has occurred
  • From the interface icon:
    • View a summary page for the application and interface
    • View a list of alerts for the application and interface
    • Drill down to the nGenius Performance Manager console
Summary Page
Displays related charts and tables for a selected application service and interface, including:
  • Service State over Time
  • KPIs over Time
  • Application Usage over Time
  • Response Time Distribution over Time
  • Worst Performing Locations
  • Worst Performing Servers
nGenius Performance Network
  • Monitors the status of nGenius Performance Management System
    • nGenius Probes
    • nGenius InfiniStreams
    • nGenius Collectors
    • nGenius Performance Manager Servers
  • Based on the following alarm types
    • Analytics alarms for utilization and network connect time
    • Utilization Power Alarms
    • Basic link alarms (RMON)
Automated Analytics
nGenius K2 analyzes and generates alerts for abnormal changes in:
  • nGenius K2 analyzes and generates alerts for abnormal changes in:
  • Link utilization for monitored physical and virtual interfaces
  • Application utilization, including changes in undefined traffic
  • TCP connect time for all probe physical and virtual interfaces
  • VoIP jitter
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Packet Loss, VoIP jitter, Slow Application Responsiveness, Application Timeouts, User Events, Server Events
Analytics Alert Presentation
  • Issues alerts automatically when anomalies are detected
  • Color codes and prioritizes alerts by severity
  • Displays alert details and charts
  • Ability to exclude non-business hour
  • Ability to disable or suppress alerts that are not considered necessary
Alert Filtering
Ability to sort/filter alerts by
  • Severity
  • Alarm type (Analytics, Power, Basic, Device)
  • Timeframe
  • Username
  • Interface
  • Acknowledge/unacknowledged
  • Full-text search of description field
HomeSpace
  • Customize with external RSS feeds or NetScout feeds, including Ad Hoc Reports, Performance Manager console views, and NetScout Systems blogs
  • Up to 10 feeds supported
Third-Party Integrations
Analytics alerts can be sent to:
  • HP Network Node Manager (NNM)
  • HP Operations Center
  • HP Business Availability Center (BAC)
  • IBM Tivoli NetView
  • IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC)
  • IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus




  Documents & Multimedia
 
Data Sheet: nGenius K2
Third Party Review by EMA:
NetScout's nGenius Scales a New Mountain
All Product Literature  

Screenshot Library

nGenius K2 Overview Video
» Watch the Video


  Contact Us
Email: Sales
Toll Free U.S. Sales:
     800-357-7666
     +1 978-614-4000
All Regional Numbers
Request a Demo
Request a Demo