Completed in Q3 of 2013, over 250 respondents from around the world provided insight into their current network monitoring and management configurations including use of SNMP traps, *Flow technologies, syslog management and preferred equipment vendors.

2. Network Monitoring Survey
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3. Network Monitoring Survey
• Completed in Q3 of 2013
• Provides insight network monitoring and
management trends
• 257 respondents from across a range of
sectors and business sizes
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4. Summary of results
• 68% of respondents using SNMP traps. 157 out of
157 using SNMPv2
• 88 using *Flow protocols, 81% of those using Cisco
NetFlow
• ¾ of respondents indicated Cisco as preferred
vendor
• 77% of respondents using monitoring for network
stability
• 67% of respondents back-up network configurations
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5. Summary of results
• 82% of respondents using some form of
network monitoring
• 60% monitoring both core and access layers.
• Immediate alerting of network issues
highlighted as most important function of
monitoring
• 41% not monitoring wi-fi
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6. Do you currently use traps in your environment?
No
32%
Yes
68%
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7. What version of SNMP are you using?
v1
19%
v3
24%
v2
57%
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8. What *Flow technology are you using?
sFlow
18%
jFlow
10%
Netflow
72%
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9. Do you monitor syslog from your devices?
No
41%
Yes
59%
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10. What is your preferred vendor for your network equipment?
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Cisco
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HP
Juniper
Dell
Brocade
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11. Approximately what % of your environment is manufactured by this vendor?
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
0-10
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11-25
26-50
51-75
75+
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12. What is the main purpose of monitoring your network?
User Misuse
2%
Performance
21%
Stability
77%
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13. Do you backup your network device configurations?
No
33%
Yes
67%
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14. Are you currently using a monitoring tool to monitor your network?
No
18%
Yes
82%
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15. Do you monitor Wi-Fi in your environment?
Yes
41%
No
59%
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16. Please rate the importance of the following functions (1 lowest, 5 highest)
Immediate alerting of network issues
Visualize performance of your network
Historical performance data for trend analysis
Generate reports on network performance
0
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0.5
1
1.5
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3
3.5
4
4.5
5
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17. www.opsview.com
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