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."What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"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."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"Discovery: Scheduled, on-demand, synchronized with eHealth."
"The integration point."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"It gives us a good overview of what's happening in our networks and the devices in the networks."
"Most valuable function would have to the internal causal engine and its root cause analyzer which keep us updated on critical errors and incidents in our network environment."
"We do not have any issues stability-wise."
"Our monitoring and network teams of less than 100 people use this solution. The availability and fault monitoring are good."
"If you install one node on Network Node Manager and want to scale it up, it's pretty easy to create more nodes."
"A good enterprise-level solution."
"It's quite a mature solution."
"Real time network monitoring application: It is very stable, which provides quick root cause analysis (RCA) for any network faults."
"From a functionality perspective, the product is not doing what it should. Also, there are some concerns about the accessibility. I would appreciate additional out-of-the-box troubleshooting scripts, like templates for addressing various issues. Currently, when troubleshooting online, I need to create my scripts. It would be beneficial if the platform could provide pre-built scripts or templates to help automate certain troubleshooting tasks."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"Make it easier to certify devices."
"From the users perspective the looks and feel of dashboards of Spectrum would be easier to use and for understanding as APM will be in 10.5 version which we saw in CA World."
"We want to make our own choice for the AIOps solution and do not want to be forced to use the Broadcom OI solution by default."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"For us, the implementation was quite complex but it's because of the large number of different environments we're dealing with."
"Only to improve the GUI."
"Right now, we have open tickets and they are not closing as expected."
"The way the solution currently works means I'm not able to customize my own reports."
"The dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly."
"The resources utilized could be a bit higher, and that is one of the challenges that isn't optimized"
"We had some issues with some of the features, some modules are not meeting expectations."
"Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not the best when it comes to drilling down for more visibility, especially regarding traffic."
"The deployment architecture and installation part needs improvement."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 11 reviews while OpenText Network Node Manager i is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 5 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while OpenText Network Node Manager i is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Makes it easier to understand root cause and troubleshoot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Node Manager i writes "Great monitoring and management tool for devices (multiple vendors) within an infra, but the topology maps can be clumsy". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and HPE Intelligent Management Center, 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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