Introducing the new 1 Click NetTest – Fluke Netwoks OptiView XG v8
Is the problem in the server, the client, or the network? Classic question, but with more complicated networks and applications than ever before, the answer is still tough to find. Since upgrading links to 10Gbps isn’t making things 10 times faster, many IT organizations are being required to dig deeper in the real underlying cause of network and application performance problems. To do so requires Network Engineers to take on another layer of responsibility and run application and SNMP tests against the server environment, proving that a problem either is or is not rooted in the network.
To help Network Engineers get to the root of the slowness problem faster than ever, Fluke Networks has launched a great new test for the OptiView XG v8 – the 1 Click NetTest.
The 1 Click NetTest is run against an application server, testing the ping response, layer 2 and layer 3 path, as well as the Health of the server itself. If there are links along the path with high utilization, packet discards, or Ethernet errors, these will be flagged and displayed for troubleshooting. If the network path checks out good, with no problems that could slow or drop traffic, attention can be focused on the server using the end-device health part of the NetTest. This will display details on the server including high utilization on the network interface, packet discards, as well as any recent server reboots.
Armed with this quick tool, an engineer can determine if the problem is on the network or not, focusing time and attention in the right place.
Click here to see a 10 minute demo of the 1 Click NetTest test!
http://www.flukenetworks.com/content/view-application-video-proving-its-not-network-path-analysis-web
Author Profile - Chris Greer is a Network Analyst for Packet Pioneer. Chris has many years of experience in analyzing and troubleshooting networks. He regularly assists companies in tracking down the source of network and application performance problems using a variety of protocol analysis and monitoring tools including Wireshark. When he isn’t hunting down problems at the packet level, he can be found teaching various analysis workshops at Interop and other industry trade shows. Chris also delivers training and develops technical content for several analysis vendors. He can be contacted at chris (at) packetpioneer (dot) com.
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