NMIS is a Network Management Information System, providing critical information about the IT Infrastructure, including network, firewalls, servers, UPS, sensors and basically anything which supports SNMP. NMIS is a complete network management system, the software was open sourced in 1999.
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Introduction
NMIS is a complete management system which collects fault, performance and basic inventory/configuration data from routers, switches, servers, firewalls, facilities (UPS, AC/CRACK, Sensors), and anything which has an SNMP agent. NMIS is highly extensible, using device models to define what is collected from devices, and how events are handled.
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The following shows the vendors supported by NMIS, and if there is basic or extended support.
| Vendor | Standard | Extended | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3Com | Yes | Yes | |
| Alcatel | Yes | Yes | |
| Apple OSX | Yes | Yes | |
| Bay Networks | Yes | Yes | |
| Brocade | Yes | No | |
| Checkpoint | |||
| Cisco Systems | Yes | Yes | |
| Emerson Energy Systems | Yes | Yes | |
| Free BSD | Yes | Yes | |
| JuniperFoundry | Yes | Yes | |
| LinuxHP | Yes | YesMerlin | |
| HP UX | Yes | YesMicrosoft | |
| IBM AIX | Yes | Yes | |
| NortelJuniper | Yes | Yes | |
| Palo Alto NetworksLinux | Yes | YesQNAP | |
| Merlin Gerin | Yes | Yes | |
| RedbackMicrosoft | Yes | Yes | |
| RiverbedNetgear | Yes | Yes | |
| Nortel | Yes | ||
| Yes | |||
| Palo Alto Networks | Sun Solaris | Yes | Yes |
| HPQNAP | Yes | Yes | |
| HPUXRedback | Yes | Yes | |
| ZyXELRiverbed | Yes | Yes | |
| IBM AIXRiverstone | Yes | Yes | |
| ServersCheck | Yes | YesNetGear | |
| Sun Solaris | Yes | Yes | |
| Synoptics | Yes | Yes | |
| ZyXEL | Yes | Yes |