Real-time statistics and network availability from
any Web browser.
Orion
is a comprehensive Web-enabled fault, bandwidth and performance management
platform, providing broad network visibility and monitoring in an extremely
affordable solution that takes minutes to install and configure, is remarkably
easy to use and yet scales to the size of almost any corporate network.
Network engineers within midsize and enterprise companies
who are asked to maintain 100% availability of mission-critical network
resources, in ever changing environments, with limited budgets and IT staff,
turn to Orion. Orion allows users to quickly spot, isolate, diagnose and
repair problems before they impact business users.
Real-time views of network performance and availability
statistics, as well as detailed monitoring, collection and analysis of data
from routers, switches, servers and any other SNMP-enabled devices, provides
users with a comprehensive view of their network's health.
Network Engineers rely on Orion to monitor:
 | Availability |
 | Network Latency |
 | Bandwidth Utilization |
 | Interface Errors & Discards |
 | CPU & Memory Utilization |
 | Volume Usage |
 | Node, Interface and Volume Status |
 | Buffer Usage & Errors |
Orion Network Performance Monitor offers several benefits to
users that conventional network monitoring platforms do not:
 | Quick implementation time - Orion can usually be
installed and collecting data within an hour. Many conventional NMS systems
take weeks to just deploy basic monitoring, reporting and alerting. |
 | Low operational cost - Orion runs on Windows servers.
These systems are significantly less expensive to operate and maintain than
legacy Unix systems. |
 | Ease of use and reliability - Orion is a proven product
designed by network engineers for network engineers. The intuitive user
interface and wizard-based setup doesn't require costly installation,
training and configuration fees. |
 | Scalability - Orion can scale by simply adding polling
engines that share a common Open SQL database and user interface. Whether
your network is 50 devices or 10,000 devices, Orion is able to support your
environment without major configuration changes. |
 | Automation - Orion automates several mundane network
tasks, such as nightly backups, saving network engineers significant amounts
of time. |
To get a hands-on experience with Orion, check out our
Live Demo
Want to extend Orion's capabilities to monitor network
traffic, servers, wireless devices and applications? Check out our Orion
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Orion Network Performance Monitor Features
Fault Management & Availability Tools
View
the status of thousands of nodes and interfaces from a single Web page. Select
between up/down, bandwidth utilization, interface traffic, errors and discards
and signal-to-noise ratio (for broadband networks). Every element is "hot"
allowing an immediate viewing of the alert and to drill into the router,
switch, or server in question.
View Live Demo
Custom MIB Support
Customers
can create a custom poller to monitor any SNMP-enabled device value that has a
MIB, which amounts to virtually any statistic that a network device records.
Examples of custom MIB monitoring include monitoring temperature on a switch,
fan speed on a router, and battery status on a UPS.
CPU, Memory and Disk Space Monitoring
Monitor
and set alerts on the CPU load and memory utilization of your Cisco, Foundry,
Extreme, Motorola, ARRIS, Linux, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Windows 2000, Windows
2003, and Win XP devices. Monitor the disk space utilization for Windows
2000, Windows 2003, Win XP, Sun, Novell, and other devices that support the
host resource MIB. Summary screen identifies the Top 10 CPU load and memory
utilization issues in your network.
View Live Demo
SNMP Compatibility
Orion
allows more secure polling of SNMP values from any device that supports SNMP
v3. Orion can also receive SNMP traps, which are specially-configured
notifications sent by network devices when unusual events are detected on that
node.
Syslog Viewer
The
Orion Syslog Viewer allows the Network Performance Monitor to receive and
process syslog messages from any type of device. Syslog messages are real-time
messages that network devices generate to notify about a specific event within
the device. Now you can receive, filter, view, alert and manage all syslog
messages from a single console, or even remotely, from the Web interface.
View Live Demo
Network Maps
Import
any map from an existing network diagram, topology map or even a map of the
world. The Map Maker can import a map and make it "hot" by dragging nodes onto
it. When the map is saved, it is immediately updated with the current status
of the added nodes. Map Maker allows grouping of a network into regions,
districts, sub-networks and unique locations.
View Map Maker Video Tutorial
Sophisticated Alerting
With
Orion you can specify what kind of alerts they want to receive and set
thresholds for alerting on up/down percent of bandwidth utilized, memory
utilized, CPU utilized, disk space utilized and much more. There are hundreds
of possible configurations and parameters for alerting and reporting. Orion
will send e-mail to any compatible device, including cell phones.
View Live Demo
Fully Customizable Web Views
User
views can be customized with a unique filtered view and a unique toolbar.
Select predefined views or create your own new views of your network. Pages
can be customized with individual corporate styles.
View Customizing Views and Toolbars Video Tutorial
Open
Architecture
Orion
uses an open SQL Server database, Windows-based polling engines and an
interactive, customizable web interface for viewing the network status and
statistics. Orion uses industry-standard MIBs and protocols to monitor the
network and does not require the use of remote probes or agents.
Custom Accounts by User
Define
a general log-on for each department or create unique accounts for each
individual customer. One account could view all servers, another all routers,
while a customer account could have access to view a single interface. Each
account can have its own page layout, content and customized toolbar. Orion is
ideal for a consultant or service provider with numerous customers. View
Creating Custom Accounts Video Tutorial
Advanced Reporting Engine
The
report creation utility is simple to use and walks through the process of
either using an existing report or creating a custom report. The Report Writer
is great for documenting Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for availability and
response time. Orion reports are not only viewable from the Web but are also
"clickable" allowing a drill down into the current network status. View
Report Writer Video Tutorial
Custom Property Editor
The
Custom Property Editor allows you to either select from a predefined list of
properties or create you own unique field. Custom properties may be associated
with either a node or an interface. It can include everything from an asset
tag number to a carrier's circuit number.
View Custom Property Video Tutorial
Custom HTML Resources
Orion
provides the ability to detach a monitored view (e.g. current bandwidth) and
link to an existing HTML Web page. For example, you may add a current support
entry form or the customers payment history to any Orion Web page.
View Custom HTML Video Tutorial
Account
Limitation Builder
The
Orion Account Limitation Builder application allows you to create and
customize limitations so that a user views only the nodes, interfaces and/or
volumes that you authorize. Account limitations can be based on custom
properties such as customer account number or region.
Integrations & Extensibility
Orion's Web interface is built for easy customization and
includes methods for integrating third-party application data or for
referencing Orion's data from within other Websites via the fully programmable
Web API. The Orion platform also integrates with Engineer’s Toolset and all
of the Orion Modules.