Common Port Monitors
Deploy port monitoring for your most essential network services
Monitor common ports with key protocols such as SNMP for rapid detection of performance issues
Monitoring your common ports can allow you to more easily keep track of activity within your network and within devices using communication data from your network services. SolarWinds® ipMonitor® includes several dozen monitors for your common port services, with out-of-the-box configuration that typically takes just a few minutes to set up.
The lightweight SNMP Monitor can test an SNMP agent’s ability to respond to an information request, as well as its level of responsiveness. You can also easily configure a custom SNMP monitor using the SolarWinds Custom SNMP Wizard, which can allow you to monitor SNMP-connected devices across your network. To further extend your SNMP monitoring capabilities, the included SNMP trap monitor can allow you to detect traps and analyze the received data.
Track file transfer performance with the FTP monitor
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) monitoring can support creating a more effective network monitoring protocol. When you maintain a high-quality FTP server, you can help prevent bottlenecks in data transmission from a client’s server to your own. SolarWinds ipMonitor includes a bandwidth-light FTP Monitor designed to test an FTP server’s ability to accept incoming sessions and level of responsiveness.
Get the network port monitoring insights you need across key protocols
ipMonitor offers several port monitors for critical network protocols. For example, you can use the DNS over TCP monitor or UDP monitor to test a DNS server’s ability to respond to a record query and level of responsiveness. ipMonitor also includes an LDAP monitor you can use to access standalone LDAP directory services or directory services with an X.500 back end. Additionally, the RADIUS monitor can test an authentication server’s ability to perform a database lookup and respond to an authentication request.
Web functionality insights are also critical for many businesses, and ipMonitor can allow you to monitor activity from HTTP, HTTPS, and even HTML/ASP ports. With these monitors, you can test a web server’s ability to accept incoming sessions, generate a webpage server-side, and then transmit the requested webpage to ipMonitor.
Track mail server ports for email performance insights
The port monitors in ipMonitor also include mail server monitors that can provide key insights into performance. For instance, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol monitor can test an SMTP mail server’s ability to accept incoming sessions and level of responsiveness. The bandwidth-light IMAP4 monitor can also connect to an IMAP4 server and wait for the server to respond with a standard “Service Ready for a new user” (code 220) message. The bandwidth-light POP3 monitor also works in a similar way. These monitors can help you more easily ensure servers connect, adhere to protocols, and respond promptly as required.
Access other monitors from your SolarWinds ipMonitor dashboard
In addition to common port monitors, SolarWinds ipMonitor can allow you to measure essential services that aren’t assigned a port number. Other monitors available in ipMonitor include:
- Temperature monitor
- VMware monitor
- Bandwidth monitor
- Battery monitor
ipMonitor allows you to integrate common port monitors with monitors to address offline network services, all in a unified dashboard. With such a diverse set of out-of-the-box monitors, ipMonitor is built to be an intuitive way to monitor your most important network services.
Common port monitors with metrics for your most important services
IP Address Manager
- Get around-the-clock performance monitoring for dozens of services using your most essential ports.
- Use visualization for common port metrics, with graphical insights available on your centralized dashboard.
- Send alerts to the inbox of your choice, with customizable triggers for a personalized monitoring experience.
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