Fluke Networks OptiView Network Analyzer

Advanced discovery
As soon as the analyzer is connected to the network, it automatically begins to discover devices on the network, with no interaction required, by monitoring traffic and actively querying hosts. IT staff can immediately see what is on the network and where it is connected, by switch, slot and port number. They can investigate and quickly locate "suspect" devices and with minimum effort identify problems associated with device mis-configurations.

The analyzer categorizes devices into interconnect (routers, switches, SNMP hubs and access points), servers, printers, SNMP agents and other hosts. Additionally, networks are classified by IP Subnets, VLANs, NetBIOS Domains and IPX Networks, together with host membership within each classification. Network devices that may be experiencing problems are also discovered. Examples of problems detected are: duplicate IP addresses, incorrect subnet masks, default router not responding and many more.

The analyzer's active discovery capability has now been extended to Cisco VoIP devices such as IP phones and call managers. Device capabilities and configurations may be viewed, allowing the user to easily identify and correct configuration issues during VoIP deployment.

The IT staff user can add a device to Key Devices and the analyzer will automatically test connectivity from the attached segment to that device by performing an IP or IPX ping. A key device that fails to respond, will show up in the Problem Discovery as "Key Device not responding", providing you with at-a-glance monitoring of critical network devices. The analyzer can also be configured to perform a discovery on an off-broadcast domain subnet to provide visibility of devices at remote sites.

Generate up-to-date HTML format inventory reports of devices both on the attached network and also on networks at remote sites.