Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
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Port/Interface
Monitor the operational and administrative status of device ports
and interfaces.
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Processor utilization
Monitor the processor utilization of supported network de-
vices.
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Memory utilization
Monitor the memory utilization of supported network devices.
System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager supports monitoring the following numbers
of network devices:
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2000 network devices (approximately 25,000 monitored interfaces/ports) managed by
two resource pools.
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1000 network devices (approximately 12,500 monitored interfaces/ports) managed
by a single resource pool that consists of three or more Operations Manager manage-
ment servers.
To perform network discovery and monitoring, you need to ensure that the following
management packs are installed:
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Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkDiscovery
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Microsoft.Windows.Client.NetworkDiscovery
Discovered network devices are visible through the Monitoring workspace of the Opera-
tions Manager console. Under the Network Monitoring node, shown in Figure 2-29, you can
view the following information:
FIGURE 2-29
Network Monitoring categories
