Get a handle on your network devices

With routers, Web sites, servers, firewalls, security equipment, and countless other devices and applications in your network—not to mention those in other states or countries—how do you monitor them all successfully? Let's see…

• You need a way to check the status of your critical devices at regular intervals.
• You need to find out quickly if a device or application is unresponsive.
• You need an SNMP event notification monitor.
• You need a way to convert and display SNMP event notifications.
• You need Robot/TRAPPER.

Robot/TRAPPER monitors devices
Robot/TRAPPER allows you to proactively ping (check the status of) any device that has an IP address. Once your time clocks, intranet sites, shipping scales, environmental monitoring devices—anything with an IP address—are defined to Robot/TRAPPER, you can ping them at regular, predetermined intervals.

Combined with the “always running” reliability of the System i, you can rest easy because Robot/ TRAPPER is monitoring all your network devices, all over the world.

Robot/TRAPPER monitors device statuses
If a network device does not respond to a ping, Robot/TRAPPER uses Robot/CONSOLE to notify you. Assign your critical devices the highest ping priority so they are pinged more frequently. When a critical device is unavailable, you’ll know immediately and can respond accordingly.

Your network monitoring software doesn’t do much good if it runs on an unstable platform. Robot/TRAPPER capitalizes on the unmatched reliability of the System i.

Robot/TRAPPER monitors SNMP traps
Most network devices have SNMP agents running on them. The SNMP agents send event notifications, called traps, to a management system. The trap manager in Robot/TRAPPER receives the traps from your servers, PCs, Web sites, data collection devices—any device that sends SNMP traps—and converts them into System i messages, which can be automated using Robot/CONSOLE, Help/Systems’ message management software. Robot/CONSOLE escalates the messages according to your established protocol so emergencies are always handled properly. Call 1-800-328-1000 for a FREE Robot/TRAPPER Information Kit and 30-day trial. Or, order a FREE information kit online.

* Monitor any IP device

* Monitor applications and Web sites

* Monitor for SNMP traps

* Convert traps to System i messages

* Send SNMP events to a non-System i platform

* Respond to SNMP events from non-System i enterprise monitoring packages

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