Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, PostgreSQL.
Application servers
Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, JBoss.
Microsoft services
Exchange, SharePoint, IIS, SQL Server, Active Directory.
Network and infrastructure
Routers, switches, firewalls, SNMP devices, storage and SAN, UPSs and field devices.
Network services
DNS, DHCP, SMTP, RADIUS, NTP, HTTP and TCP/UDP checks.
Protocols and extension mechanisms
How Core communicates with each technology
Technology
Role
SNMP / SNMP Trap
Metrics, states and events from compatible devices.
WMI
Querying Windows resources and services.
SSH
Checks on remote systems reachable via shell.
NRPE / plug-in
Specialised checks and integration of custom verifications.
HTTP / SMTP / TCP / UDP
Direct verification of service availability and response.
Syslog
Collection and consultation of events integrated with operations.
Extensibility and customisation
Tailored checks, within the same state model
Patterns, scripts and plug-ins make it possible to extend checks to specific needs, keeping them in the same console and the same state model.
Patterns
Scripts
Plug-ins
Agents
Enterprise Console: a host with its linked specialised checks, in the same console.
Families, not closed lists. The technologies listed represent families of environments that can be monitored: the parameters actually available vary with the interfaces exposed by the systems and with the checks configured.