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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager

Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated July 8, 2024
Posted In SCOM
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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager. Xian Network Manager‘s flow monitoring feature gives you a heads-up whenever traffic behaves out of the ordinary, so you can be on top of the issue before a priority issue is raised. 

Xian NM helps us by notifying you of every configuration change made on Cisco Routers, Switches, etc.  This helps to improve the IT infrastructure experience for all organizations.

The Netflow feature of Xian NM will help us see more clearly what traffic is passing through. Adding a device or server is quick and straightforward, as shown in the screen capture below. We can also easily add plugins like Cisco PIX Firewalls and Cisco VPN Concentrators.

In this post, you will discover comprehensive details on effectively monitoring Cisco routers and switches using SCOM and Xian Network Manager. We will explain the setup process, including configuring monitoring rules, defining alert thresholds, and integrating with SCOM for centralized management.

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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager
Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Table 1

Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager

Adding a device or server is quick and straightforward. The screenshot below will help you provide more details.

Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager - Fig.1
Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.1

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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager - Fig.2
Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.2

Xian Network Monitor provides rich capabilities with pre-defined rules, notification features, Syslog message filters, policy templates, etc…

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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.3

Xian Network Manager has many pre-defined rules, such as CPU load, UDP ports open, end-to-end traffic analyzer, Established TCP connections, Open Active TCP connections, etc. These rules make configuration easy.

Using Xian Network Monitor, we can easily set up Syslog alerts and forward them to SCOM/OpsMgr.

Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager - Fig.4
Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.4

The configuration of Xian Network Manager with SCOM is very straightforward. Devices discovered in Xian NM will automatically appear in SCOM.

Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager - Fig.5
Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.5

Xian Network Manager helps us to get a diagrammatic view of the device. It’s straightforward to filter the network path by health, etc.

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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.6

Xian lo comes with many specially made reports for each Management pack. The screenshot below helps you show more details.

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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.7

Xian comes with many specially made custom reports for each Management Pack.

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Monitor Cisco Routers Switches with SCOM and Xian Network Manager – Fig.8

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

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