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My subscriptions: Network Management System (NMS)

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In the NMS interface display tables consistently and make number of items on a page fit the page.

The system has many different ways to display tables on the screen. Ideally figure out how many rows fit on the current page and then page through them.
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Add support for SCIM in SevOne NMS

SCIM is a protocol which is intended to simplify authentication and integration for accounts across multiple entities. SevOne does not currently support this protocol, however it is an open standard used to easier management of users for various t...
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Configure Plugins default

Configure plugins default on or off in cluster configuration.
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Missing objects deletion

This should still be in effect if polling fails to a device. Currently if polling fails, objects are never deleted.
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Needs more information

Add more information to device status page

When added, last discovered time and duration, object counts (visible/hidden) - currently only some this information is available and all of it is useful when debugging failures and adding new device types. Some is only available with SQL queries ...
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Needs more information

WMI proxy port encryption AES-128 is depreciated

Organization is depreciating AES-128. They can use it now, but in the near future it will need an exception. can only use approved cryptographic measures. Support to customer: Hello Richard, I don't believe there are plans in place to update the W...
5 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

flow de-duplication within DI

Flow duplication is a big issue when reporting and the same flow records are sent from different flow exporters (routers that the traffic transits). It's not easy to define groups or select specific devices for reporting, particularly when there a...
7 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 4 Future consideration

SNMP Polling inside unique contexts should be fixed. Never worked despite having some functionality already built in. Very important to us to monitor BGP Peers in unique contexts.

Routing tables are segregated based on VRF. Sevone NMS only able to see BGP Peering in Default VRF/ Default CONTEXT. This means we are unable to see bgp peers drop to remote networks. This has vast consequences for us. This is no good! Please refe...
8 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

I want the SNMP Working Yes/No filter to be real-time - not based on the last successful discovery

When I set the SNMP Yes / Working No filter, I expect the result to be accurate - not based on the result of the last successful discovery. I should not have to manually check the results of the filter to see if they accurate.
9 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Support Negative Filter Values For TopN Views

Some Indicators report values primarily in negative numbers; an example would be power expresssed in dBm. Currently, SevOne can only support positive values for TopN Filters, so creating a Filter like "Power dBm < -20 Decibel-milliwats" is not ...
9 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration