IPSentry Network Monitoring
IPSentry Network Monitoring Software is a centralized Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 based network monitoring software package used by thousands of Information System specialists, system administrators, and IT solution providers around the world for 10 years and counting.
When you buy IPSentry Network Monitor software, you are purchasing a powerful network administration tool which will continuously monitor your internet and intranet servers, routers, modems, databases, services, event logs, performance data and more, 24 hours per day; insuring that your network and devices are functioning properly. If a problem is detected, various alerts and notifications can be triggered to make sure you are aware of the problem as soon as possible.
With IPSentry, you can choose from various alert and notification options, such as pager, cell phone, email, audible alerts, external power control for lights and sirens, system reboots, service restarts, and more.
Whether you are monitoring one server or five hundred, performing simple ping tests or complex network tests based on database query thresholds, SNMP value delta changes and performance counter values, IPSentry is designed to provide a simple interface with the power and complexities sitting behind the scenes allowing you to concentrate on what you do best - keep your networks up and running because the alternative is unacceptable.
IPSentry provides you with an extensive set of tools to be added to your administrative tool chest for monitoring many aspects of your network.
As with many tools, each one may appear to have a single function but in reality, many tools can be used for many purposes in performing a similar base task. For example, a hammer can be used to accomplish far more tasks that just pounding nails, especially when used in conjunction with another tool.
Similarly, when the various IPSentry monitoring tools are configured and used on conjunction with other monitoring tools, the possibilities will continue to grow.
Please review the features below:
- Basic Network Connectivity Monitoring [view screenshot] - Test standard port connections. FTP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, etc...
- Enhanced Web Server Monitoring (HTTP/s) [view screenshot] - Advanced web server monitoring such as Form Posting, Logon tests, page modifications, match and no-match tests..
- Basic Response Time Testing (PING) [view screenshot] - Response validation and timing.
- Drive Space Monitoring [view screenshot] - Detect and be notified of low drive space on local and remote computers and servers..
- SNMP Device Object Value Thresholds [view screenshot] - Monitor a myriad of SNMP devices, thresholds, changes, and more... Import your vendor specific MIB files and monitoring thresholds, changes, delta variations and more.
- System Service State [view screenshot] - Ensure that critical Windows services are running.
- Network Time Comparison (NTP/TIME) [view screenshot] - Compare local computer time with network time servers and be notified of changes and/or synchronize local time with time server.
- Windows Event Log Monitoring [view screenshot] - Locate and be alerted to specific messages whenthey arrive in your event logs. RAID fail overs, security violations, account lockouts, and any other event that may require attention.
- Windows Performance Data Thresholds [view screenshot] - Evaluate various Windows performance counters for high/low thresholds, delta changes and specific values.
- Database and SQL/Query Operations [view screenshot] - Connect and login to your databases and database servers. Execute queries and ensure responsive results.
- Basic Connection Response Evaluation [view screenshot] - Basic port connect, send, receive response tests.
- Environmental Sensor Monitoring [view screenshot] - Be alerted for Hi/Low temperature, humidity, wetness levels with Sensatronics environmental equipment.
- DNS Server Query Monitor [view screenshot] - Ensure DNS servers are reporting correct address lookup results.
- Log File Content Monitoring [view screenshot] - Be alerted when specific data appears in a file.
- RADIUS Server Authentication [view screenshot] - Test RADIUS server authentication requests.
- POP3 Mailbox Queue Time & Content Monitoring [view screenshot] - Check for POP3 mailbox waiting message time or
messages that contain specific text.
- Email Relay Transaction Monitoring [view screenshot] - Tests ability to deliver email through specified relay server to defined mailbox within a user defined amount of time.
- POP3 Mailbox Access Monitoring [view screenshot] - Connect, logon, and request message list for POP3 servers.
- File & Directory Size & Modifications [view screenshot] - Evaluate changing file system size threshold.
- Scripting TCP Network Communication [view screenshot] - Perform a scripted TCP Network dialogue to control TCP connected devices, test standards and non-standard tcp systems, etc...
- Modem Connection Monitoring [view screenshot] - Test ability for remote modem to answer and negotiate modem handshake.
- State Reference Monitoring [view screenshot] - Combine device entry return states for grouped alert and notification actions based on weighted importance values.
- MRTG Output Page Value Monitor [view screenshot] - Running MRTG? Evaluate the graphed values and be notified when the values are outside of defined threshold.
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Complimenting the extensive set of monitoring functionality, IPSentry has been sending alerts and notification, executing actions, restarting services, and performing other functions based on the result of a monitoring task.
In another drawer in your administration tool chest, the IPSentry Alerting and Notification features ensure that a threshold violation, connection failure, content result mismatch, or query failure doesn't go un-noticed.
- Audible Notification [view screenshot] - When you have IPSentry running on a system within hearing distance, play the most annoying sound you can find...
- Cell, Pager, Mobile Device Alerting [view screenshot] - By far the most common alerting mechanism. Send a text message or numeric page to one or many cell phones, PDAs, or alpha pagers.
- Email Notifications [view screenshot] - Send email notification to one or many recipients.
- Scripted TCP Network Action [view screenshot] - Custom TCP scripting allows you to perform actions using standard or non-started services over TCP/IP by sending the appropriate set of commands to a network device.
- Launch External Applications and Scripts [view screenshot] - Execute your own applications and scripts for a pro-active approach to corrective actions.
- Syslog Notification [view screenshot] - Send an alert to your syslog server.
- Service Restart [view screenshot] - Sometimes it's just that simple... Restart the service and things start working.
- System Reboots [view screenshot] - Shutdown and restart local/remote computers.
- HTTPs Status Posting [view screenshot] - Perform an HTTP request or form POST on a status result.
- SNMP Trap Notification [view screenshot] - Send an SNMP Trap with problem information.
- X10 Power Control Actions [view screenshot] - Turn on and off lights, sirens and other devices.
- Add-In Notifications [view screenshot] - This method incorporates the included as well as proprietary add-in components for use in alerting and notification.
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The primary reporting functions for IPSentry revolve around network status, current state, and historical value charting.
 IPSentry Monitoring Status - Output HTML - The IPSentry Auto-Output status reports can be configured to be generated after every cycle providing current monitored state summary and detail information accessible by web browser.
This report is generated during IPSentry idle time insuring that monitoring and notification tasks are not interrupted, altered or otherwise disturbed due to report building overhead or resource utilization.
Once again, simplicity comes through with the Monitoring Status report. The information contained in this report provides you with a quick at-a-glance identification of problem devices, suspended devices, and normal entry states.
 IPSentry Graphing and Charting - The IPSentry Graphing Tool provides you with the ability to obtain historical charts and graphs regarding many aspects and values associated to your configured monitoring tasks.
Whether you want to see ping time trends for the last 7 days at 5 minute intervals or over the last 24 hours at 1 minute interval, the IPSentry Graphing Tool provides you with the capability to configure a wide array of define reports.
Similar to the IPSentry Auto-Output statistics report, the graphing and charting data can also be output to a shared location for access via web browser over the internet.
Each of the various monitoring types and add-in components store specific data associated to the monitored items.
For example, a basic PING monitor will store the response time reported whereas a drive space monitoring entry would store the free space found. Similarly, when monitoring SNMP values, each value defined can be stored, charted and graphed.
 IPSentry Dash Remote Client - While not a reporting mechanism in the strictest sense, the IPSentry Dash Client provides a real-time display of the current state of entries configured in one or more IPSentry hosts.
With the IPSentry Dash Client, you can have IPSentry deployed in many locations and view the state of all devices at one central location - real-time.
IPSentry Dash Client provides basic Suspend, Resume, and Notation functionality allowing you to suspend monitoring of a device while you correct an issue and add notations to the entry for future reference. For security reasons, full access to configuration data within IPSentry must be performed through the IPSentry application UI either at the IPSentry system or via TS, RDP, or other remote desktop access software.
The dash client also provides you with the option to automatically display an alert and play a sound locally when a state change is detected on the remote systems.
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IPSentry add-in components are specialized features that enhance the monitoring and alerting capabilities of IPSentry beyond the already powerful basic functions.
Just like any toolbox, you have your basic set of tools to accomplish common tasks and you have your specialty tools which are used for very task specific functions.
- Database Connection and Query Monitor [view screenshot] [Query Monitor] - Provides functionality to monitor database connectivity through ODBC and evaluate user defined query results.
- Event Log Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality to scan local and remote event logs and trigger alerts when specific event entries are found which match user defined criteria.
- File Content Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality to scan file contents and trigger alerts based on configured content matching filter.
- File and Directory Monitor [view screenshot] - IPSentry File and Directory Monitor will monitor file existence, size, count, and modification in a specified directory with the option to search recursively into subdirectories.
- HTTP/s Enhanced Web Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality for enhanced web monitoring such as form posting, SLL, secured login, CRC content checks, and more.
- IT Environmental Monitor [view screenshot] - Monitor one or more environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, and wetness by polling the various sensors connected to Sensatronics environmental monitoring equipment.
- Mail Transaction Monitor [view screenshot] - Monitors mail transaction times by sending an email message via SMTP or MAPI to your mail server. Each subsequent call will check for the existence of the message in the specified mailbox until the message is found or the timeout is reached.
- Modem Connection Monitor [view screenshot] - Modem Connection Monitor is used to dial a modem, attempt a valid modem connect, and optionally execute a simple script.
- MRTG Counter Value Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality to evaluate MRTG statistics html output and alert when key values are outside of defined thresholds.
- Network Time Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality to compare and synchronize local system time with NTP and TIME servers.
- Performance Data Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality to evaluate local and remote performance counter data (NT4, XP, 2000, 2K3, or higher). Monitors various aspects of windows performance such as CPU, Memory, Hardware performance data, etc.
- POP3 Mail Queue Monitor [view screenshot] - POP Mail Queue Monitor will monitor a pop mailbox and alert you when a message has remained in the queue longer than the specified number of minutes or when a message is found that contains specified data in the headers or specified first (n) lines of the message body.
- SNMP Monitoring [view screenshot] - SNMP Monitor and Trap is a multipurpose Add-In used to query SNMP compliant devices object values (OID)'s and compare the values against user defined thresholds.
- SNMP Trap Alerting [view screenshot] - The SNMP Add-in can also be used as an alerting mechanism to send SNMP Traps to SNMP management systems.
- Scripting TCP/IP Network Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides advanced quality assurance monitoring of tcp/ip based services using customized send/recv scripting over the TCP channel.
- RADIUS/DNS/UDP Monitor [view screenshot] - Provides functionality to test UDP based systems such as DNS, RADIUS, and other UDP based services, etc...
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IPSentry is proud to be an authorized reseller of Sensatronics Environmental Monitoring Equipment.
Sensatronics provides network based hardware for the measurement and monitoring of Temperature, Humidity, and Wetness. Combined with the IPSentry IT Environmental Monitoring add-in or the IPSentry SNMP Monitor, you have the ultimate solution in monitoring and notification of environmental conditions.
Protect your IT assets through early alerts of out-of-range environmental conditions including:
- High or low temperatures
- Leak detection and wetness
- Damaging humidity levels
With IPSentry monitoring your environmental equipment, you know you will be receiving the alerts and notifications when thresholds are out of range and attention is required to the environmental conditions being monitored.
Currently, IPSentry supports the following environmental, temperature, humidity, and/or wetness sensing modules.
- Model EM1 - Ethernet - Temperature, Humidity, and Wetness Monitor - The Model EM1 Environmental Monitor connect directly to your network via an Ethernet hub or switch and allow the simultaneous monitoring of temperature, relative humidity and wetness.
- Model CM - Ethernet - Cryo Low Temperature Monitor - The Model CM16 Cryo Low Temperature Monitors connect directly to your network via an Ethernet hub or switch and allow the simultaneous monitoring of up to 16 temperatures.
- Model E - Ethernet - IT Temperature Monitor - The Model E4 and E16 IT Temperature Monitors connect directly to your network via an Ethernet hub or switch and allow the simultaneous monitoring of up to 16 temperatures (4 for the E4, 16 for the E16)
- Temperature Sensor Probes -
Temperature probes come in standard and heavy duty (exterior use) models.
- Temperature / Relative Humidity Sensor Probes -
Temperature / RH probes (for use with the EM1 module)
- Cryo Temperature Probe - Cryo temperature probes are for use with the CM Cryo Low Temperature Module.T
- Wetness Probe and Extension Cables -
For use with the EM1 modules. The wetness probe is 10ft w/additional extension cables available.
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Operating System Requirements
IPSentry has been designed and tested to run on Microsoft Windows 32-bit platforms including Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and later.
Prerequisites
The installation and operation of IPSentry requires that you have the following items installed on the system on which IPSentry will be installed depending on your operating system.
All Operating Systems
- Internet Explorer 6.0 or Later
- Windows Scripting Host 5.6
This is normally installed with Internet Explorer. However, you can verify that it is installed by looking for "cscript.exe" or "wscript.exe" in your \System32 directory.
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6 or Higher (w/Jet 4.0 Components Installed)
- MS Jet 4.0
See MS Jet 4.0 SP 8 for your O/S
- Local Administrator security rights.
In order to install and run IPSentry successfully, both the Installer and IPSentry application must be run with a minimum of Local Adminator rights.
- Configure Modem (SMS Alerting)
In order utilize the modem based paging features of IPSentry, you will need to install and configure a modem on your system.
- Windows 2003 Specific
Install the latest service packs to insure compatibility.
- Windows XP Specific
Requires Service Pack 2 or later.
- Windows 2000 Specific
Requires Service Pack 4
If you are running Terminal Services, you must install the application at the physical system console. You must also not allow IPSentry to be placed in the common STARTUP folder (e.g. Do not set IPSentry to "Launch at Startup", instead - configure IPSentry to run as a service.)
- Windows NT 4.0 Specific
Service Pack 6a
- Unsupported - No support is provided when running IPSentry under this OS as of January 01, 2007.
If you are running Terminal Services, you must install the application at the physical system console. You must also not allow IPSentry to be placed in the common STARTUP folder (e.g. Do not set IPSentry to "Launch at Startup", instead - configure IPSentry to run as a service.)
Installation on NT 4.0 may require multiple system reboots before launching IPSentry depending on the level of various processes such as Service Packs, Windows Installer, etc..
- Windows 98 Specific
- Unsupported - No support is provided when running IPSentry under this OS.
- Windows 95 Specific
- Unsupported - No support is provided when running IPSentry under this OS.
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