Never Navigate Your Network Without an Accurate Map

So an important aspect of monitoring your IT infrastructure is having an accurate map of the network telling you where each device within the network is located, allowing you to make any changes, updates or repairs on devices faster and easier. It used to be that network managers had to manually map out their networks, which was obviously a long, tedious process. Be thankful that today there is software available to you today that automatically discovers and maps your network, saving you the hassle of having to walk around your office drawing a map of your IT infrastructure by hand. I mean, you didn’t go to school to study art,  did you?

One of the plug-ins that we offer with WhatsUp Gold, called WhatsConnected, is designed to make your life as a network administrator that much easier by automatically discovering and mapping your network. It uses powerful discovery tools to locate every device on the network and to visualize device connectivity down to the individual port. On top of that, you will be able to determine critical device interdependencies.

Obviously, as technology has advanced at such a rapid pace, creating and enhancing IT networks has become a much simpler task. However, the downside of that is that, with that advancement, it has gotten more and more difficult toaccurately map these networks out. This can certainly create problems for network administrators and managers because if you can’t understand how devices in your network are connected, their interdependencies and their location, then locating and resolving problems in a timely manner is simply impossible to do.

With an accurate map that visualizes your network in a true-to-life way, that visualizes device connectivity and interdependencies, and that shows you the real-time status of all devices within your network, your job becomes much less stressful. I’m sure the thought of seriously decreasing the amount of reactionary e-mails to devices not working from employees and getting less flack from your boss for sub par performance from the network is a pleasant one. And really, you wouldn’t embark on a long road trip without a proper map of your route, so why risk monitoring and managing your companies network without an accurate topology in place?

Here is a quick video highlighting the benefits and features of WhatsConnected.