[SOLVED] Network device monitoring

[Chromatic]

Hello,

in our company we use Solarwinds MSP N-Central for monitoring our network devices.
My question is, what network devices should be monitored and why?
Servers and Clients are being monitored already.
Now i wonder if it makes sense adding other devices like switches, routers, printers and stuff.
Recommendations are appreciated!

 

[kanewolf]

Hello,

in our company we use Solarwinds MSP N-Central for monitoring our network devices.
My question is, what network devices should be monitored and why?
Servers and Clients are being monitored already.
Now i wonder if it makes sense adding other devices like switches, routers, printers and stuff.
Recommendations are appreciated!

Monitoring of network devices assumes managed devices. Dumb unmanaged switches are transparent so you could only see Up/Down status indirectly by knowing the clients.
For managed devices, up/down status is useful.
Link utilization for APs. Channel utilization for the APs or number of clients is useful. Uplink utilization for switches is useful.
For a router or DHCP server, the total number of clients is useful, WAN utilization.
These are all things to monitor for capacity planning.
For printers, remote monitoring of toner/ink levels is useful for inventory management to purchase supplies.

 

[SamirD]

If I was using a package like that and the number of devices I could monitor was unlimited and was able to be organized in groups for easy visibility, I would monitor every possible thing I could.