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OpenText Network Node Manager pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText

3.9 out of 5

25 reviews
96% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

OpenText Network Node Manager provides an effective overview of network activities and devices, aiding in monitoring with real-time updates and a stable platform. It offers scalable options for easy node expansion and boasts enterprise-level stability. However, it lacks advanced virtualization monitoring, easy installation, customizable reports, and support efficiency. Network topology capabilities need improvement, and better integration with NAC servers is required to enhance functionality.

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PROS

OpenText Network Node Manager provides a comprehensive network overview and device monitoring.

The platform features a robust topology creation and real-time monitoring application.

The causal engine and root cause analyzer keep users updated on critical errors and incidents.

Scalability is a key aspect, allowing easy creation of more nodes as needed.

OpenText Network Node Manager's stability and vendor compatibility are widely recognized.

CONS

OpenText Network Node Manager requires improvements in its deployment architecture and installation process.

The reporting capabilities could be enhanced for better SLA-awareness and intuitiveness.

Resource utilization is high, presenting an optimization challenge.

Customization of reports is lacking, and users are unable to create personalized reports.

Technical support from OpenText is often delayed, with cases taking up to a month to resolve.

OpenText Network Node Manager Pros review quotes

Test Analyst with 51-200 employees

Mar 23, 2015

The Network Manager has improved incident tracking and speed of response to trouble tickets.

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Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Jul 12, 2014

A complete solution for network monitoring.

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Director of System Management Design at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Jan 11, 2016

Because of the topological network mapping, our management can quickly take action when there's a network problem.

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Enterprise System Management at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 16, 2016

Effectively monitor networks physical and virtual devices.

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General Manager Strategic Programs at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Dec 8, 2016

The HPE suite is amazingly beautiful, has a fantastic user experience, and provides a high amount of simplification across transactions when adopting cloud technologies significantly.

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Sr Solution Architect/OSS at Etisalat

Dec 8, 2016

It is a good network monitoring, enterprise solution, and a meta-monitoring solution with good visualization.

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Team Leader Data Center Services at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 21, 2016

The most important benefit is to have one controller and to get all information to a single point.

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Technical architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

May 24, 2017

It gives us a good overview of what's happening in our networks and the devices in the networks.

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Associate Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

May 24, 2017

Topology creation is the most valuable feature.

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Support Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

May 24, 2017

So actually it makes our life a lot easier in identifying if you've got problematic areas.

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OpenText Network Node Manager Cons review quotes

Test Analyst with 51-200 employees

Mar 23, 2015

Configuration was a bit cumbersome for SNMP traps on the routers and configuration of the SPIs was a little complicated.

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Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Jul 12, 2014

The cost is high comparing to its competitors, but the results are awesome.

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Director of System Management Design at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Jan 11, 2016

It needs better management for the routing protocol, which right now is really not very good.

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Enterprise System Management at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 16, 2016

The technical documentation takes experience and much reading to master.

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General Manager Strategic Programs at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Dec 8, 2016

I want to have some of those nicer features for when networks go flapping. I want to receive alerts before problems occur rather than when it actually goes down.

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Sr Solution Architect/OSS at Etisalat

Dec 8, 2016

It is hindering us so much because we cannot give it directly to customers because after a number of connections, the system goes down within one minute.

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Team Leader Data Center Services at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 21, 2016

Sometimes technical support is not so amazing. We need to wait a long time to get a solution for a ticket.

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Technical architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

May 24, 2017

As the technologies evolve, also these solutions or the monitoring tools should evolve to cover the progress in technology, including capabilities related to monitoring of virtualized devices today, as the DNS is on the table in this way.

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Associate Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

May 24, 2017

The deployment architecture and installation part needs improvement.

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Support Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

May 24, 2017

That is a little bit difficult for me because I haven't been personally dealing with the software directly, so the subcontractor has been the face in informing us what the product is capable of.

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