Network Monitoring at HEAnet

HEAnet Conference 2006

Ann Harding

Network Operations Manager

Why do we monitor?

• Usage– peaks, average

• Performance– latency, jitter

• Alarms– performance,

availability

• Analysis– traffic types, quantity

• Accounting– what & who

• Research– planning– research projects

MRTG

Cricket

Smokeping

Nagios

HEAnet Netflow

nfsen

syslog-ng

RANCID

How do we use this info?• Day-to-day use

– Response to alarms– Pro-active checking of usage and latency– Incident investigation– Accounting/change control

• Reporting– Availability statistics (how many 9s?)– Client Service Reports (trial)

• Planning– Choice of technologies– Capacity planning– Design

Developments• Complete

– Netsaint migrated to Nagios– Map front-end re-written– Policies and naming schemes redesigned

• Current– Overhaul of netflow– Automated provisioning– Multicast

• Future– User dashboard?

P.S. Where do I get these tools?

• http://nagios.org/

• http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/

• http://cricket.sourceforge.net/

• http://nfsen.sourceforge.net/

• http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

• http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/

...and HEAnet NOC – noc@heanet.ie

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