What Is SteelCentral NPM?
SteelCentral NPM is an enterprise-wide network performance management solution that provides visibility into your data centers, offices, and users. SteelCentral NPM uses network flow data and packet-based performance metrics to provide in-depth visibility into network operations, discover applications, and monitor performance. SteelCentral NPM uses advanced behavioral analytics to track performance over time, and alerts you to any deviations from normal behavior, and enables you to identify and resolve problems before there is an impact on end users.
This deployment guide covers specific appliances of the SteelCentral NPM product line. For more details, see
About This Guide and
Overview of the SteelCentral NPM Products.
When you deploy SteelCentral NPM in your network infrastructure, you gain the following advantages:
• Behavior analytics for proactive network and system response monitoring
• Dependency mapping for an always-accurate view of your applications and their dependencies
• Executive-level dashboards for a quick summary of service performance
• Network-level and application-level dashboards for quick identification and analysis of network issues
• Cost-effective visibility into remote sites by leveraging existing SteelHead deployments
• Ability to plan for and understand optimized WANs
• Ability for true end-to-end coverage of the enterprise with dashboard-to-flow-to-packet analysis, providing scalability and flexibility
SteelCentral NPM provides a full set of application-centric, site-centric, and business-centric views so that you can discover your critical services, optimize performance, and continuously monitor service levels. SteelCentral NPM provides a consistent view of the network by breaking down the silos between network, infrastructure, and security teams. In addition, built-in integration with the SteelHead WAN optimization products provides full visibility and control over application delivery.
For more details about SteelHead integration, see
SteelCentral and SteelHead Integration.
For more information about NetProfiler and the SteelCentral Portal, see
NetProfiler and SteelCentral Portal Integration.