We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and OpenText Network Node Manager i based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It helps our NetOps group actually handle alarms in a way that lets them see the bigger picture of those alarms, and how they might affect our services. It helps us communicate information about the network state better to services that might be impacted by a specific network condition."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The main thing is obviously notifications about alerts, getting ahead of the curve to make sure that we do not have system going down, or if it is down we get to know it earlier."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"It is a scalable product."
"You can utilize the main file from various vendors for integration."
"If you install one node on Network Node Manager and want to scale it up, it's pretty easy to create more nodes."
"It is stable for fault and availability."
"The platform has good stability."
"It gives us a good overview of what's happening in our networks and the devices in the networks."
"Real time network monitoring application: It is very stable, which provides quick root cause analysis (RCA) for any network faults."
"Topology creation is the most valuable feature."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"The Spectrum OneClick is a Java-based client, and that's aging. Really, before any new feature integration, I'd love to see a comprehensive rebuild of the UI."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"The deployment architecture and installation part needs improvement."
"The dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly."
"The solution should integrate with NAC servers."
"Only to improve the GUI."
"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."
"Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not the best when it comes to drilling down for more visibility, especially regarding traffic."
"Reporting. Even though this is available in separate software (iSPI) there is potential in making the reporting more SLA-aware and more intuitive."
"The way the solution currently works means I'm not able to customize my own reports."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews while OpenText Network Node Manager i is ranked 10th in Network Management Applications with 23 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while OpenText Network Node Manager i is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Node Manager i writes "Easy-to-implement product with a valuable map topology feature". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and PRTG Network Monitor, whereas OpenText Network Node Manager i is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Cisco DNA Center, Fortinet FortiManager and IBM Tivoli NetCool. See our DX Spectrum vs. OpenText Network Node Manager i report.
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