WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor
The WhatsUp Gold VoIP (Voice over IP) Monitor provides network managers with the ability to monitor, collect and report on the capacity of a network to support and maintain acceptable performance for VoIP call quality. The WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor accesses information generated by IP SLA enabled devices to monitor jitter, packet loss, latency and display calculated MOS and ICPIF (Calculated Planning Impairment Factor).
Offered as plug-in technology to the extensible WhatsUp Gold architecture, the VoIP Monitor leverages the core services of WhatsUp Gold to present information on network performance. Customers with combined data and voice networks can be assured of 360o visibility, actionable intelligence and complete control for VoIP.
Measure Network Performance for VoIP Accurately
Maintaining Quality VoIP Networks
WhatsUp® Gold VoIP Monitor allows you to continuously assess and monitor acceptable performance levels for VoIP (Voice over IP) call quality with an easy-to-use plug-in that collects data and reports on the quality of service (QoS) levels of your network. WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor accesses information generated by Cisco IP SLA-enabled devices to monitor performance parameters such as jitter, latency, and packet loss, and display MOS (Mean Opinion Score) and ICPIF (Capacity Planning Impairment Factor).
Offered as a value-added plug-in to the extensible WhatsUp Gold architecture, WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor leverages the core services of WhatsUp Gold to provide insight into network capacity and VoIP service levels. With WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor, network managers with combined data and voice networks can be assured of having seamlessly integrated 360º visibility, actionable intelligence, and complete control for VoIP.
Networks Face Data and Voice Convergence
All organizations must have reliable voice communications in order to conduct their everyday business. As corporations replace their traditional voice communications systems by investing in VoIP infrastructure and deploying it on top of their existing data networks, a new set of problems can surface. These converged networks were initially designed for data traffic only and introducing voice traffic can result in degraded overall performance for both traffic types. Therefore, you must have the ability to continuously measure your network’s capacity to sustain adequate VoIP QoS, and ensure response times for both application and voice traffic.
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor leverages the data produced by IP SLA measurements, along with active SNMP monitors, giving you the ability to measure VoIP-specific network metrics on local networks and WAN links. Using the SNMP data, WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor generates graphs and reports jitter, latency, and packet loss that may be occurring in the network. By combining the information from the measurements with codec simulation data generated by IP SLA, WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor can also graph MOS and ICPIF voice quality scoring for VoIP in a live network.
The WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor configuration wizard minimizes the setup and configuration time required to identify IP SLA sources and destinations. WhatsUp Gold workspace views have been enhanced with eight new performance monitors featuring graphs that provide data to immediately assess the readiness and current ability of the network to support VoIP-based traffic. The VoIP Monitor provides network managers with additional VoIP specific data to supplement existing performance metrics for bandwidth and interface utilization.
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor is available as a plug-in for all editions of WhatsUp Gold v12.0 and above.
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor Highlights
Performance Monitors for Network Measurement
Six performance monitors included with WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor measure jitter, latency, and packet loss from both source to destination and from destination to source. Two additional performance monitors provide MOS and ICPIF scoring information.
Active Monitor for Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor provides a configurable active monitor for MOS that can trigger an alert if network degradation causes the value to go below the configured MOS threshold.
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor Configuration Wizard
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor configuration utility scans the WhatsUp Gold database for SNMP devices with credentials. After the required devices are identified, an IP SLA source device can be selected as the source for VoIP Round-Trip Time (RTT) data. The wizard then steps through the setup for VoIP performance monitors, workspace views, and active monitors for the selected IP SLA devices.
VoIP Monitor Workspace View
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor is fully integrated with the management and reporting infrastructure of the WhatsUp Gold product family. Measurement data is integrated into the WhatsUp Gold database and accessible from a single, consolidated workspace view, simplifying operations for network managers.
WhatsUp Gold VoIP Monitor Datasheet
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