Welcome to CIAgent

CIAgent is a tool for monitoring the status of mission-critical network components, hardware/operating system components, and software applications. CIAgent provides an "early warning" system for both detecting problems and notifying operations personnel. Based on SNMP and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) documents, CIAgent provides a standards-based monitoring and control interface that can be accessed via a Web-based interface (DR-Web) or from a management application like EnterPol®, HP OpenView™ Network Node Manager™, CA eHealth®, CA SPECTRUM®, and others.

In short, CIAgent helps detect, analyze, and resolve problems with systems before customers and users notice a service outage.

CIAgent offers the following capabilities:

• Monitor the status of network components, hardware and system components, software applications;
• Provide early detection of problems;
• Provide early notification of problems to network and system operation personnel;
• Provide a standards-based interface for problem resolution; and
• Simplify monitoring and configuring with Web access.

CIAgent accomplishes these tasks by using agents to monitor systems.

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