Monitoring Network usage

Nodinite empowers you to proactively monitor and manage the network usage of your Windows Servers. This feature helps you detect network-related issues before they impact your business, receive timely alerts, and access actionable metrics for continuous improvement.

✅ Instantly discover and monitor all network cards (NICs) on your Windows Servers
✅ Set custom thresholds for network utilization and receive real-time alerts
✅ Access detailed metrics and historical statistics for informed decision-making
✅ Actionable alerts and Remote Actions within role-based Monitor Viewsto resolve issues fast

Example list with a monitored 'Network' resource in a Monitor View.

Monitoring Features

• Automatic Discovery
  • The Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent uses WMI to automatically discover all network cards. Sharing insights is easy with Monitor Views.
• State Evaluation
  • Set user-defined thresholds (fixed or percentage) for a given duration to evaluate network health.
• Category-based monitoring
  • Group monitored Resources by Categories for streamlined management.

State evaluation for Networks

Nodinite displays each monitored network card as a Resources. For example, monitoring 3 Windows Servers with 2 network cards each results in 6 'Network' resources in Nodinite.

• The Resources name matches the network card (NIC) name in Windows.
• The 'Network' resource belongs to the following Category:

Category	Description
Network	Ensure available network capacity stays within user-defined monitoring thresholds

List of the Network-related category as a filter in a Monitor View.

• The Application name is the Display Name from the configuration of the monitored Windows Server:
  
  Example of the Application path for a monitored network resource.

Each item (presented in Nodinite as a Resources) is evaluated with a state: OK, Warning, Error, or Unavailable.

You can reconfigure state evaluation at the Resources level using the Expected State feature.

Note

Depending on the user-defined synchronization interval for the Windows Server Monitoring Agent, there may be a delay before Nodinite Web Client/Monitor Views reflect changes. Click Sync All (or use the dropdown for individual agent selection) to force a resynchronization.

Option to force Nodinite to request a resynchronization with the monitoring agent.

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Monitoring Network

For the Network category, Nodinite evaluates the monitored state as described below:

	State	Status	Description	Actions
	Unavailable	Service not available	The server can't be reached or evaluated due to network or security issues	Review prerequisites
	Error	Error state raised	* The 'Network' is disabled or media is disconnected

• Error utilization threshold is breached| Network Chart
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  Details|
  ||Warning|Warning state raised|Warning utilization threshold is breached| Network Chart
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  Details|
  ||OK|Online|The 'Network' card is enabled and media is connected| Network Chart
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  Details|

Actions for Network

The following Remote Actions are available for the Network Category:

• Edit thresholds
• Details
• Metrics

Available remote actions for the Network category.

Edit thresholds

Manage alert thresholds for any Network resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Edit thresholds in the 'Control Center' section.

Edit thresholds using the 'Edit' action.

Next, click the option to open the modal.

Example of the 'Edit thresholds' modal.

Note

The thresholds are global and apply to ALL NICs.

Details

View details for any Network resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Details in the 'Control Center' section.

Open details modal using the 'Details' action.

Next, click the option to open the modal.

Example of the 'Details' modal.

Metrics chart: Metrics

View statistics for any Network resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Network Chart in the 'Control Center' section.

Show Network usage statistics using the 'Network Chart' action.

Next, click the option to open the modal.

Example of statistics for Network usage over time.

This modal is designed to be used as a Widget in the Dashboard.

Network statistics example as a Widget on the Dashboard.

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Configuration

Use Remote Configuration to manage Network configuration.

Network tab

Click the Network tab to manage Network-related monitoring options.

Example of the 'Network' tab.

• Enable Network Monitoring – Enable or disable monitoring of overall network usage for this Windows Server.
• Threshold overrun duration – Maximum allowed duration for breached threshold (in seconds).
• Evaluation Type – Type of evaluation for monitoring free network:
  • None – No evaluation performed
  • Percentage (default)
  • Fixed
• Percentage
  • Warning Threshold % – If network usage exceeds this threshold for more than 120 seconds, a Warning alert is raised.
  • Error Threshold % – If network usage exceeds this threshold for more than 120 seconds, an Error is raised.
• Fixed
  • Warning Threshold (Mbit/s) – If network usage exceeds this Mbit/s threshold for more than 120 seconds, a Warning alert is raised.
  • Error Threshold (Mbit/s) – If network usage exceeds this Mbit/s threshold for more than 120 seconds, an Error is raised.

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Next Step

Add or manage Monitor View

Related Topics

Windows Server Monitoring Agent
Resources
Monitoring
Monitor Views