Distributed 24/7 Network Monitoring and Analysis Software

Building on WildPackets' award-winning network analysis technology, OmniEngine software probes perform real-time network analysis on traffic from one or more network interfaces, including Ethernet, 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless, Gigabit, and 10 Gigabit. OmniEngine captures and analyzes data in real-time, and records data for post-capture analysis. With WildPackets OmniEngine software probes, network engineers can monitor their entire enterprise-wide network and rapidly identify and remedy performance bottlenecks, even those occurring at remote locations, without leaving the office.

OmniEngine software probes runs as a service on dedicated Windows servers as well as on WildPackets turnkey Omnipliance and TimeLine network recorders. By deploying OmniEngines in each business location, a network engineering team gains real-time visibility into all its remote networks. Enterprises that cannot afford to staff each office with a network engineer can use OmniEngine software probes or turnkey Omnipliance and TimeLine network recorders to ensure that every business location receives the network engineering support it requires.

OmniEngine provides comprehensive network service monitoring and analytics, including:

Comprehensive Network Infrastructure Monitoring, including 24 x7 monitoring and analysis of network traffic
Expert Systems Diagnoses, including streams-based network traffic analysis and correlations between events and conversations
Statistical Analysis, including packet flows and details about nodes, protocols, and sub-protocols
Detailed network packet analysis, including protocol decodes and descriptions of physical errors
Application layer expert diagnoses, user satisfaction scores, and application response time analysis
VoIP and Video analysis, including MOS and R-Factor scores, as well as Expert analysis
Sophisticated alarms that alert network engineers to potential issues before they become major problems
Long-term storage of network traffic for network forensics analysis
Integration with System Management Software
When network problems occur, OmniEngine can execute SNMP traps, notifying SNMP monitoring systems such as HP OpenView of potential problems. Because it captures the traffic that generated the error, OmniEngine provides network engineers the detailed information they need in order to investigate and resolve problems

OmniEngine Enterprise

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Distributed 24/7 Network Analyzer and Monitor

OmniEngine Enterprise extends the network analysis capabilities to remote locations, performing data capture and network analysis on multiple network interfaces, and over all network topologies, including wireless (802.11), Gigabit networks and 10 Gigabit links. This product is best deployed in workgroups or at remote locations, providing continuous network monitoring and analysis without the need for local network engineering support. To completely cover your network analysis needs, one or more OmniEngines should be deployed at each remote location, with every server farm, and within the network operations core.

OmniEngine Desktop

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Desktop Troubleshooting Engine

WildPackets’ OmniEngine Desktop is a Windows service that runs on desktop computers and captures packets for analysis. OmniEngine Desktop provides network engineers with the visibility into end user computers they need in order to accelerate network troubleshooting and to maximize productivity. Packet captures can be initiated by network engineers or Help Desk representatives running the OmniPeek Analysis Console; alternatively, captures can be initiated automatically when specific trigger conditions are met. Once a capture is complete, network engineers can transfer the packets into OmniPeek for analysis. OmniPeek’s wealth of analysis features, including 7-layer decodes and Visual Expert analytics, make it easy to find and fix problems quickly.

OmniEngine Software Probe Product Comparison Chart

	OmniEngine Desktop	OmniEngine Enterprise
General Description	Windows service that enables network engineers to remotely diagnose problems on desktops running Ethernet and Wireless	Distributed capture and analysis designed for enterprise networks, including networks running Ethernet, Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, VoIP and Video, and WLAN.
Display Options
Packets	Yes	Yes
Network Dashboard	No	Yes
Voice and Video Dashboard	No	Yes
Application Performance	No	Yes
Application Performance Index	No	Yes
Peer Map	No	Yes
Graphs	No	Yes
Wireless Support	a,b,g,n	a,b,g,n
Voice over IP	No	Yes
Video over IP	No	Yes
MPLS and VLAN	No	Yes
Multiple Adapters	Yes	Yes
Multiple Simultaneous Captures	Single	Yes
Expert Flow Analysis	No	Yes
Capture to Disk	Yes	Yes
Alarms	No	Yes
Statistics Reporting	No	Yes
Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, and Matrix Switch Support	No	Yes
Reporting Service	No	Yes
Forensics Analysis	No	Yes
Application Analysis	No	Yes
Available on Omnipliance Network Recorder	No	Yes