Network Interface MP™

The Network Interface MP for SCOM 2007 R2 provides an easy to use solution for monitoring network device availability along with interface performance and health. The MP provides an advance discovery module based on RFC open standards (IF-MIB and EtherLike-MIB) to deliver robust performance monitoring that includes dozens of standardized monitors. Enabled at the device and interface level the Network Interface MP can be deployed and configured in minutes to provide immediate visibility and insight into network interface performance health.

Availability Monitoring

The Network Interface MP improves out-of-box network device health monitoring by providing a more thorough process to verify general device availability as outlined below.

• Device Ping
• TCP Port Status Check

Performance Counters

The Network Interface MP provides standarized monitoring for both 32bit and 64bit counters as listed below.

IF-MIB Interface Counters

ifInOctets, ifInUcastPkts, ifInNUcastPkts, ifInDiscards, ifInErrors, ifInUnknownProtos, ifOutOctets, ifOutUcastPkts, ifOutNUcastPkts, ifOutDiscards, ifOutErrors, ifInMulticastPkts,ifInBroadcastPkts,ifOutMulticastPkts, ifOutBroadcastPkts, ifHCInOctets, ifHCInUcastPkts, ifHCInMulticastPkts, ifHCInBroadcastPkts, ifHCOutOctets, ifHCOutUcastPkts, ifHCOutMulticastPkts, ifHCOutBroadcastPkts

Etherlike-MIB Interface Counters

dot3StatsAlignmentErrors, dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors, dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions , dot3StatsDuplexStatus, dot3StatsEtherChipSet, dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions,  dot3StatsFCSErrors, dot3StatsFrameTooLongs, dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors, dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors, dot3StatsLateCollisions, dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames, dot3StatsRateControlAbility, dot3StatsRateControlStatus