Industrial switch network management requirements
For industrial switch equipment providers, the following factors need to be faced:
- The needs of end customers: The manageability of network and industrial switch equipment has been valued by more and more end users, and it is even a necessary condition in equipment procurement in most cases.
- The need for a complete solution: For industrial switch equipment manufacturers, with the help of network management software, a complete product solution can be formed, which directly improves the image and scope of application of the product. At the same time, it can also cut into the peripheral products and integration fields through the network management software, and occupy a favorable position in the user's follow-up upgrade and transformation activities.
Equipment manufacturers' current network management solutions
For most industrial switch equipment manufacturers, the usual solution is:
- Cultivate a network management software development team and develop it yourself: generally at least several to dozens of people are required for continuous development for several years. risk.
- Outsourcing third-party network management software: Most network management software on the market is difficult to provide customized functions, and equipment manufacturers do not have any intellectual property rights of network management software, which is unfavorable for long-term development.
Introduction of SUGARNMS Zhihe Network Management Platform
SugarNMS Zhihe network management platform is an intelligent network management software independently designed and developed by Beijing Zhihe ICT Co., Ltd. The software combines the characteristics of industrial switch network and equipment, and integrates unique functions such as automatic discovery of industrial ring network, identification of backup links, identification of blocking points, backup of equipment configuration files, and equipment software upgrades on the basis of the functions of general network management software. , to meet the needs of industrial switch equipment manufacturers for network software to the greatest extent.
Functions of Zhihe Network Management Platform
- Automatically discover core, aggregation, access layer switches, and link relationships between devices;
- Automatically scan to discover switch devices in the entire network, identify manufacturer models and device network port diagrams;
- Automatically scan industrial rings, identify alternate links and jam points;
- Automatically match the device panel diagram, and manage the device based on the graphical panel method;
- Manage device ports, bandwidth, throughput, traffic, packet loss, error packets, health, etc.;
- Graphically monitor network link failures, traffic, and network data;
- Graphical collection of traffic, bandwidth, and throughput performance data;
- Manage device MAC, interface, port table, VLAN, QOS, forwarding table, ARP, broadcast data, IP address, etc.;
- Distribute faults, statuses, and messages through emails, text messages, status lights, and interface prompts;
- In-depth understanding of device internal configuration information, operation information, performance charts, fault charts, etc.
Zhihe Xintong Industrial Switch Network Management Solution
Based on the existing functions of Zhihe ICT's SugarNMS Zhihe network management platform, the following three solutions can be provided for industrial switch users:
1. Low-cost OEM solution:
By using our network management software SugarNMS OEM solution, it can be converted into the brand of the equipment manufacturer, and can directly use all the network management functions of SugarNMS.
Features of the scheme: fast implementation, the lowest cost, and the cost can be recovered in the early stage.
2. Customized ODM development solutions:
On the basis of SugarNMS network management software, customized and developed personalized functions for customers to meet the needs of equipment manufacturers to the greatest extent.
Solution features: the highest degree of integration with equipment, and can best meet the needs of personalized network management. The code of the customized part can be handed over, which is convenient for users to develop continuously in the future.
3. Network management software development platform scheme:
Provide the SugarNMS secondary development platform and comprehensive documentation, and equipment manufacturers will develop secondary development on the basis of SugarNMS. Suitable for equipment manufacturers with a small number of technicians.
Features of the solution: The equipment manufacturer can develop completely freely, and the development starts quickly. Only a minimum of technical personnel is required to ensure the sustainable development of the product.
Features of Zhihe Network Management Platform Industrial Switch Solution
One-click intelligent network management
Users only need to enter the IP range, and SugarNMS automatically completes the following operations in one go: adopting multiple physical link algorithms to automatically discover switch devices in the network, identify device manufacturers and models, detect device resources, discover links, generate device panel diagrams, and automatically run Monitor tasks, automatically collect link traffic, and automatically present monitoring results to users. Truly one-click operation can easily manage the entire network.
Rich link discovery function
SugarNMS supports LLDP, CDP, ICMP, ARP technology, neighbor routing, port forwarding table, spanning tree protocol and other physical topology discovery technologies, discovers the physical links of devices, identifies backup links, link congestion points, and automatically outlines the industrial ring network. Intelligently analyze the network topology and automatically draw the real physical topology of the entire network.
Efficient concurrent second-level monitoring
Industrial switch equipment is used in harsh environments and has strict requirements on equipment performance. SugarNMS's leading second-level monitoring capability and multi-threaded task concurrency technology increase the monitoring frequency to the second level to ensure the real-time and accuracy of monitoring data. The minimum monitoring frequency can be set to 5 seconds, providing technical support for efficient real-time monitoring of key equipment indicators.
rock-solid stability
- Network environment fault tolerance: After the network failure between the client and the server is restored, the network management client does not need to be restarted, and it automatically recovers.
- Database fault tolerance: After the database is shut down/recovered, the client and server of the network management system do not need to be restarted, and are automatically restored.
- Support dual-system hot-standby function: use two servers, back up each other, and jointly execute the same service.
Support for private device types
For new device types and unknown device types, users do not need to develop and program, and can use the GUI strategy extension interface provided by the system to complete the support for new devices. The system provides: device types, panel diagram modules, device resources, fault monitoring indicators, performance monitoring indicators, and expansion strategies for TRAP strategies.
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