NeDi

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Introduction

NeDi is an open source software tool which discovers, maps and inventories your network devices and tracks connected end-nodes. It contains a lot of features in a user-friendly GUI for managing enterprise networks. For example: MAC address mapping/tracking, traffic & error graphing, uptime monitoring, correlate collected syslog & trap messages with customizable notification, drawing network maps, extensive reporting features such as device software, PoE usage, disabled interfaces, link errors, switch usage and many more. It's modular architecture allows for simple integration with other tools. For example, Cacti graphs can be created purely based on discovered information. Due to NeDi's versatility things like printer resources can be monitored as well...

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Features

• Network Discovery, management & monitoring
• Netflow & sFlow based traffic analysis
• IT Inventory & lifecycle management
• Network topology visualisation
• Locate & Track Computers
• Security audits & more
• VM, DC management
• Printer management
• Backup Configs
• IT Reports

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History

Development started in 2001 at the Paul Scherrer Institute by Remo Rickli. It was released to the public under GPL2 in 2003. Over the next decade, NeDi grew up to be a reasonable network management suite with the help of its community and partners.

In 2014 Remo Rickli founded NeDi Consulting, providing commercial support and development around NeDi. Since then a major update is released every year (e.g. 1.5 in 2015).

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Accessibilty

Access to the latest version can be bought with support, on a yearly subscription basis. The last year's version is released to the public under GPL3. Some premium modules are not included in this free "community edition".

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See also

• RRDtool, Used for graphs
• D3.js, Used for dynamic maps (interactive force directed graphs)
• Leaflet (software), Used for geographic maps
• Comparison of network monitoring systems

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Community forum
• Facebook page
• Google+ page
• Youtube tutorials

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