NeDi

NeDi
Developer(s)	Remo Rickli, and community
Initial release	10 October 2001
Stable release	1.8 / 17 April 2018
Written in	perl, php, JavaScript
Type	network management
License	GPL3
Website	www.nedi.ch

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. Its 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.[1][2]

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

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).

Accessibility

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".

References

Mann, Harper (26 June 2006). "Open Source Network Management Tool You Should Care About: NeDi". InfoWorld.
Venezia, Paul. "Free Open Source Network Monitoring Tools You Must Have". CIO. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

Network Health at a glance

External links

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[InfoWorld_article_about_NeDi-1] Mann, Harper (26 June 2006). "Open Source Network Management Tool You Should Care About: NeDi". InfoWorld.

[CIO_Magazine_article_on_Network_Monitoring_Tools_including_NeDi-2] Venezia, Paul. "Free Open Source Network Monitoring Tools You Must Have". CIO. Retrieved 5 April 2012.