ISPPlanet NMS Series - Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 5.0

Final Words
Overall, WhatsUp Gold is an excellent monitoring tool for $695. It includes basic SNMP polling and trap handling, but it isn't a strong SNMP manager. Like MediaHouse ipMonitor, WhatsUp Gold really has an entirely different—broader—focus. WhatsUp Gold is a very capable Internet service monitor. Furthermore, WhatsUp Gold excels in its network-oriented approach. From SmartScan to dependencies, WhatsUp Gold applies network awareness to improve monitoring efficiency and scalability.

WhatsUp Gold makes topo map and service table "at a glance" status accessible from any web browser. It provides flexible multi-level monitoring and alerting for networked devices and services, although reporting is stronger on the network side. We believe ISPs will find WhatsUp Gold suitable for network surveillance in small-to-midsize environments, depending upon the number of services monitored and the efficiencies gained through crafty use of dependencies.

WhatsUp Gold 5.0 $695 Ipswitch, Inc. Lexington, Mass. http://www.ipswitch.com

Pt. 1: Intro / Installation & Setup	Pt. 5: Service Montoring
Pt. 2: Network Discovery	Pt. 6: Trap Montoring / Alerts & Notification
Pt. 3: SNMP Browse & Query	Pt. 7: Reports / Web Interface <
Pt. 4: Network Monitoring	Pt. 8: Final Words