- What was life like before using SolarWinds? (Include what you were using and why you decided it was time for a change). We did not have a view into what was connected to what switch and could not manage the up down status of the switches through a web interface. . We were using HP Openview which gave no ability to view the switch interfaces and what was connected to them. For IP address management we were using a Excel Spreadsheet.
- Which SolarWinds product(s) saved your bacon? User Device Tracker and IP address Manager
- Did you consider other options, and why did you choose SolarWinds? I tried the free programs for switch polling, but they were a one time run, and not a contstant monitoring. For the IP address management we tried other products but they were too complicated. We used Started using Solarwinds which gave us the costant monitoring of the switchports, and also gave us a simpler way to mange the IP address that we had. It also gave us the ability to provide for constant scanning of the IP ranges and the switchports.
- How has life been since you've rolled out SolarWinds in your environment? Life has been a whole lot easier. It is nice to be able to go to one interface and be able to see what is connected to switches and what IP address they are using. We know this is constantly updated based on the polling schedule we set.
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