on 21-May-2015 15:29
Comtrade now offers two flavors of monitoring packs integrating F5 into Systems Center.
Last October, Comtrade introduced a Monitoring Pack that took advantage of F5’s BIG-IQ to display BIG-IPs, monitor device and application health and more - all in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager.
Now, Comtrade has expanded their offering with a Management Pack that works directly with BIG-IPs - and does not require BIG-IQ. Why is this needed? Well simply, most customer don't yet have BIG-IQ. And while we would like to change that, the new MP dramatically increases the immediately addressable market - and makes integration of BIG-IPs into SCOM simple and straight forward. If you have BIG-IPs and use SCOM, try out the monitoring pack. It’s worth having.
The Comtrade Management Pack for F5 BIG-IP enables IT teams to monitor F5 devices with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). With Management Pack customers will will be able to:
A free trial is available here.