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DX Spectrum

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What is DX Spectrum?

DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum) is network fault management software, from Broadcom company CA Technologies.

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A good reason to choice a great networking monitoring tools

Incentivized
Leandro Daniel PachecoView profile
IT Manager in Information Technology at Capgemini (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Network Monitoring
  • The most stable and less problematic solutions that we work with.

Cons

  • NOC
  • Data Center/Telecom

Return on Investment

  • Proactive monitoring for networking
  • To many times to plan an update

Other Software Used

Zabbix, SolarWinds N-central, OpServices OpMon, CA Unified Infrastructure Management

Network Monitoring with CA Spectrum

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Polling and traps can be configured to take heartbeats at specified intervals and notify on an event in real-time, respectively.
  • Topology of devices gives a high-level overview of network architecture.
  • Discovery of devices is simple and secure with the use of community strings.
  • Details can be added per device or alarm type for actions to be taken to make troubleshooting easier.

Cons

  • Searching multiple devices of different IP ranges or hostnames simultaneously.
  • Setting manual maintenance mode on a device to use current time as start time.
  • Report generation.

Return on Investment

  • Compared to competitors, CA Spectrum leverages affordability and effectiveness.
  • Proactive solution to get a head start on Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).
  • Outages can be prevented. Ex) A network switch connected to a UPS (to protect from blackouts and power surges) on a failed battery will notify net techs thru Spectrum to replace the battery before it is depleted and causes an outage to users.

Other Software Used

ScienceLogic, System Center Operations Manager, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager