Category: Monitoring

Managing network infrastructure in changing environments requires modern tools that provide not only ease of use but also security and performance. ExtremeCloud IQ, an advanced third-generation cloud platform from Extreme Networks, offers network administrators comprehensive solutions that enable central management of both wired and wireless networks. With integrated features such as AirDefense and CoPilot, the […]

In complex IT environments, monitoring and tracking events is a key element of infrastructure management. However, there is a growing discussion about the Monitoring vs. Observability clash, a concept that goes a step further than just monitoring, offering deeper insight into system performance and application availability. In the following article, we will look at both […]

Cisco Catalyst Center – let’s abandon the hierarchy One to rule them all – Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly Cisco DNA Center) is a device designed to manage large or distributed networks in many locations. It allows for full, central configuration and control. There is a very high probability that it came from… laziness, as is […]

Network and server monitoring is the process of overseeing infrastructure and its parameters to gain a complete understanding of how to manage IT infrastructure. Monitoring network devices allows for early identification of issues, prevention of failures, and maintenance of high availability and performance of systems. This gives administrators better insight into the functioning of the […]

In today’s article, we will focus on Meraki management for Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches in Cloud Management model migration. Let’s see if the process itself goes as smoothly as it did with the Catalyst 9200 switch. I have a model with software upgraded to version 17.12.01, the latest as of the date of this article.  […]

Migrating to a data & service cloud is a thing that resembles a gigantic cargo rolling stock gaining momentum. Its inception is already very far behind us, and currently we’re at a point, where this monstrosity of scrap metal has accelerated so much that it’s impossible to stop. It still picks up speed, grows stronger, […]

How far does system monitoring reach? How do we know what to observe? Which monitoring tool to choose? Let’s dive into the topic.

This is a short overview of Smart Cities and company’s IoT product deployment case study, which is based on the article “Adoption of Smart Cities with a Practical Smart Building Implementation“ [1] by Marcin Dryjański, Mateusz Buczkowski, Youssouf Ould-Cheikh-Mouhamedou, and Adrian Kliks which is a magazine article in IEEE Internet of Things Magazine. Abstract [1] Smart […]

Elastic Stack allows to use multiple data source. On the ingest-layer you can use Logstash, any of the Beats or custom app, which feeds Elasticsearch with the data through the API. Each of them can be customized or configured to some extent. In this blog post we will present how elastic can be configured to support data in format we want.

We’ve built a high density and high capacity network. In order to properly operate such network, we designed a custom monitoring and analytics solution based on Elastic Stack and MQTTbeat receiving the measurements from all 494 IoT gateways (i.e. 494 Wi-Fi APs) through an MQTT broker. In this post I’m sheding some light on the different aspects of the solution and custom dashboards.