Network monitoring

Monitor any possible performance metrics and incidents in your network:

Network performance

Network bandwidth usage
Packet loss rate
Interface errorrate
High CPU or memory utilization
Number of tcp connections is anomaly high for this day of the week
Aggregate throughput of core routers is low

Network health

Link is down
System status is in warning/critical state
Device temperature is too high / too low
Power supply is in critical state
Free disk space is low
Fan is in critical state
No SNMP data collection

Configuration changes

New device added or removed
Network module is added, removed or replaced
Firmware has been upgraded
Device serial number has changed
Interface has changed to lower speed or half-duplex mode

This is a sample list of network-related metrics and incidents, monitored by Zabbix out of the box. See the full list in template descriptions. You can extend/customize the scope of monitored objects by adding new items, writing custom data collection scripts, building custom templates, etc.

Use out-of-the-box templates to monitor all popular vendors' devices:

Out-of-the-box templates come with preconfigured items, triggers, graphs, applications, screens, low-level discovery rules, web scenarios, etc.

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Zabbix Integrations:
zabbix.com/integrations

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Key features and benefits

Metric collection

Various metric collection methods and protocols

SNMP, IPMI
Active / Passive modes
IPv6 support

Flexible and extendable data gathering

Calculated and aggregated metrics. For example: sum of traffic between two ports on a network switch.
Preprocess collected data. For example: use regexp to extract some specific metric from legacy device.

Autodiscovery

Autodetect network devices. For example: new switch added, replaced or removed.
Autodetect device configuration changes. For example: new network modules added, or replaced; firmware upgraded.

Templating

Start to monitor all metrics instantly by using out-of-the-box templates
Clone and mass-update thousands of similar network devices using device configuration templates

Problem detection

Flexible problem definition

Create complex logical expressions regarding monitored statistics of network devices
Avoid false positives by defining hysteresis

Proactive network monitoring

Predict network downtimes
Predict trends of bandwidth usage
Detect anomalies in network load

Problem dependencies

Define multi-level dependencies between related network nodes. Detect root cause failures.

Problem severity levels

Define trigger severity levels to help concentrate on most important problems in case of multiple network issues.

Notification

Flexible notifications

Multiple delivery methods: email, sms, jabber, custom scripts or messenger
Customize message content based on recipient and escalation history

Remediation

Run remote scripts on monitored device. You can restart remote switch, or reset/reconfigure network interface.
Run remote commands even behind firewalls