Agent for Cisco Monitor Director

Cisco Monitor Manager is a software agent that is deployed at the managed small or medium-sized business customer's location. It actively monitors the customer's data and voice network at all times, collects key network parameters, and reports critical network alert and data over a secure communications channel to Cisco Monitor Director. It provides:

• Real-time monitoring of key device parameters on Cisco SMB-class routers, switches, and voice gateways, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, Cisco Unity Express, security appliances, access points, and Cisco Unified IP Phones
• Support for the newly introduced Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Business
• Support for generic Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and IP addressable devices, which enables monitoring of the entire customer network, including Cisco and non-Cisco devices, printers, servers, workstations, and PCs from a single console.

The agent provides the following key features:

• Real-time, color-coded network topology and status map
• Networkwide detailed inventory collection and reporting
• Device performance monitoring
• Interface status and traffic monitoring
• Real-time alerts and notifications
• Syslog-based alerts
• Configuration backup and restore
• Troubleshooting tools such as Ping, Traceroute, and Port Search