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The company will be launching its new product just in time for the London DCIM Meetup it will be sponsoring on 19th November, 2013, at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel. The DCIM Meetup helps IT and data centre admins connect, socialise and discuss the DCIM best practices.
A network map is necessary to understand how the devices in the network connect to each other. The map provides visibility into the network, and when there is a fault, it helps to troubleshoot without any delay. However, without a topographical map, network admins must manually draw the diagram using drawing tools such as Visio. Manual mapping is a time-consuming, never-ending task at organisations that must constantly update their maps to ensure those maps accurately reflect the frequent changes in their network device inventories.
“Automating scans of the data centre ensures that the L2 network map posted on the NOC wall is accurate and up to date,” said Dev Anand, director of product management at ManageEngine. “TopoMapper Plus helps IT and network administrators by discovering the entire network and drawing a map that shows all the devices. The reports and alerts in TopoMapper Plus keep users informed about L2 changes, including recently added and removed network devices.”
TopoMapper discovers the network — both LAN and WAN — and draws a network map using SNMP, CDP and LLDP protocols. After the discovery process, it automatically draws the map of the network. Network admins seeking still more network insight can convert TopoMapper into an OpManager installation to gain VMware monitoring, network monitoring, 3D maps and a broad range of other network and data centre infrastructure management functions.
The company’s TopoMapper Plus announcement comes just days before the DCIM Meetup in London. “Managing large data centres under today’s tremendous economic and environmental pressures drains energy,” said David C. Howell, European director of ManageEngine. “Meetups give these administrators a chance to re-energise themselves with knowledge-sharing from peers, analysts and vendors from the industry. Free beer with a bit of technology is a good mix!”
