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Monitoring NETGEAR PoE Switches with MetricFire

Monitoring NETGEAR PoE Switches with MetricFire for Better Visibility

To integrate NETGEAR PoE Switches and MetricFire, please reach out to MetricFire. Book a demo with the MetricFire team to discuss integrating NETGEAR PoE Switches and MetricFire, and see how that benefits your monitoring system.

What is MetricFire?

MetricFire is a full-scale platform that provides infrastructure, system, and application monitoring using a suite of open-source monitoring tools. We enable you to use Hosted Graphite and aesthetic custom dashboards to visualize your metrics so you can understand what is happening.

 

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MetricFire offers a complete ecosystem of end-to-end infrastructure monitoring, comprised of open-source Graphite and popular dashboards. Plugins for many other open-source projects are preconfigured, such as StatsD, collectd, and more. Not only does MetricFire fit well into many monitoring use cases, such as server monitoring, but we also offer application and cloud infrastructure monitoring.

         

Through this hosted environment, MetricFire boosts the unique features of open-source projects to give you more functionality than the original products. Below are some of the MetricFire features at a glance: 

  • Cloud Monitoring

  • Hosted Graphite

  • Dashboards


The key thing to remember is that Hosted Graphite by MetricFire is more than just Graphite. Our Hosted Graphite product actually adds data dimensionality and better data storage.

       

Benefits of Using MetricFire:

  • Simple, low-cost pricing
    A structured pricing model based on unique time series metrics allows you to work within your budget. The predictability and transparent pricing allow you to keep your costs in check and plan for the future. 1 metric is 1 metric.


  • Easy-to-use dashboards
    Easily share your dashboards with clients for free.


  • Responsive alerting
    Alert notification integrations PagerDuty, Slack, email, and webhooks.


  • Freedom of customization
    Custom metrics through your code.


  • Fantastic customer support
    Highly available support is provided by engineers for engineers to get you set up quickly.


  • Enterprise-ready
    Dedicated clusters for users that need their own environment. 
      

What is NETGEAR PoE Switches?

MetricFire is a powerful and flexible monitoring solution that can help you keep an eye on the health and performance of your network infrastructure. One key component of many networks is a PoE (Power over Ethernet) switch, which allows devices to be powered and communicate over the same network cable. In this article, we will explore how MetricFire can integrate with a Netgear PoE switch to give you complete visibility into your network.

 

First, let's briefly discuss what a PoE switch is and why it is important. A PoE switch is a network switch that includes built-in PoE injectors. This allows devices that support PoE to receive power and data through a single Ethernet cable. This can simplify cabling and reduce the need for additional power outlets or cables. PoE switches are commonly used in environments where power outlets may be limited or difficult to access, such as in industrial settings, outdoor locations, or remote locations.

 

Now let's dive into how MetricFire can integrate with a Netgear PoE switch. MetricFire supports a wide range of data sources, including SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). SNMP is a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices, such as switches, routers, and servers. Netgear PoE switches support SNMP, which means that MetricFire can easily collect data from these switches.

 

To get started, you will need to configure your Netgear PoE switch to allow SNMP polling. This typically involves configuring a community string and setting up access control to restrict who can access the switch via SNMP. Once SNMP is enabled, MetricFire can begin collecting data from the switch.

 

MetricFire can collect a variety of metrics from your Netgear PoE switch, including:

 

  • Port status and utilization
  • Power usage and status
  • Temperature and fan status
  • VLAN and QoS configuration

 

These metrics can be visualized in MetricFire's dashboard, allowing you to see the health and performance of your PoE switch quickly. You can also set up alerts based on thresholds or anomalies, so you can be notified if any issues arise.

 

MetricFire can easily integrate with a Netgear PoE switch to give you complete visibility into your network. Collecting and visualizing key metrics ensures that your network is running smoothly and quickly responding to any issues that may arise.

How to Integrate NETGEAR PoE Switches and MetricFire to Improve Your Monitoring System

To integrate NETGEAR PoE Switches and MetricFire with your monitoring system, sign up for a free trial with MetricFire. Talk with the MetricFire team about how to integrate NETGEAR PoE Switches and MetricFire, and get NETGEAR PoE Switches interacting with your MetricFire dashboards in minutes.

The author for this testimonial, Jim Davies, Head of DevOps, MoneySuperMarket.com.
“As MetricFire scales effortlessly, we can push and store more metrics than we really need today but might need tomorrow. This increases our depth of understanding of the systems that we run and heads off any future problems.”
Jim Davies, Head of DevOps, MoneySuperMarket.com.

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