What's New in WhatsUp Gold

Introducing the WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor (Announced June 23, 2008)
Now you can accurately assess or measure a live network and ensure that it is capable of supporting or maintaining adequate VoIP call quality using the WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor. Offered as an integrated plug-in to all editions of WhatsUp Gold (Standard, Premium, Distributed and MSP – v12.0 or above), the WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor provides detailed information on MOS and ICPIF voice quality scoring along with latency, jitter and packet loss. MOS threshold alerting is provided with an active SNMP monitor.

V12.0 New Features (Announced May 6, 2008)
WhatsUp Gold v12 introduces 20 powerful new features and enhancements designed to give you 360° visibility, actionable intelligence and complete control of your network infrastructure.

New WhatsUp Gold v12 Features	Standard Edition	Premium Edition	Distributed Edition	MSP Edition
SSG (Real-time data)
Split Second Graphs that provide real-time graphical data in performance workspace and full reports, the Web Task Manager, and the Web Performance Monitor
Instantaneous access to real-time performance data in enabled reports
Web-based network tool that provides insight into processes running on a device or system
Web-based network tool that provides network device overview information about processes using SNMP or WMI device connections
VoIP Monitor
Enables accurate measurement of VoIP call quality in live networks
SNMP
Support for NetSNMP agents for UNIX CPU utilization
Support for high capacity SNMP interface counters through the Interface Performance Monitor
Support for NetSNMP agents for UNIX CPU utilization
Support for configurable interface name for SNMP interfaces
Adds over 200 Cisco MIBs for use in WhatsUp Gold
SNMP MIB Walker web-based network tool which allows you to browse for SNMP objects on a device
SNMP MIB File Explorer web-based network tool which allows you to browse for SNMP objects in defined MIB files
SNMP MIB Manager web-based network tool which allows you to import and validate MIB files
SNMP COM API improvements for enhanced scripting capabilities with the Script Action and Active Script Monitor
Email
Email Monitor - innovative monitor that uses SMTP, POP3 or IMAP by sending emails to servers, with support for encryption and SMTP authentication
SMTP authentication for email actions
SMS
Enhanced Short Message Service (SMS) functionality to include support for SMS Direct
SQL Server 2005 Express Database
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express database
Drag-and-Drop
Support for drag-and-drop device, group, and map management on the Web interface
Passive Monitors
Passive Monitors, that require credentials, now use the device credentials that are stored in the credentials library
Dashboard Screen Manager
Adds the capability to define playlists for information to be displayed on a single or multiple monitors including external web pages
Windows Vista
Support for Windows Vista

NEW WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor	Standard Edition	Premium Edition	Distributed Edition	MSP Edition
Network Measurement
Measurement of round trip UDP Jitter from source to destination and from destination to source
Measurement of round trip network latency from source to destination and from destination to source
Measurement of round trip packet loss from source to destination and from destination to source
Display of MOS and ICPIF Scores
The VoIP Monitor uses the calculated values provided by IP SLA and displays MOS and ICPIF scores in gauges.
Alerting for MOS Active Monitor
Alerts can be triggered when the calculated values fall below the configured MOS parameter.
Reporting
New workspace view provides access to VoIP Monitor graphs for jitter, packet loss, and latency as well as MOS and ICPIF scoring.
Configuration
VoIP Configuration Wizard simplifies the setup of the performance monitors and workspace views to accelerate the deployment of network performance monitoring for VoIP.