D-Link Launches Network Management Software D-View

D-Link, a provider of networking solutions, has introduced D-View 6.0 SNMP Network Management System. D-View is a comprehensive standard-based management tool designed to centrally manage critical network characteristics such as availability, reliability, resilience and security. D-View provides useful tools to allow network administrators to effectively manage device configurations, fault tolerance, performance and security.

D-Link has introduced two versions for D-View 6.0, Professional Edition (DV-600P) and Standard Edition (DV-600S). DV-600P supports client-server architecture and is able to manage more than 1,000 nodes; hence, it is suitable for large enterprises, telecom and ISP users. DV-600S on the other hand, supports standalone architecture and is able to manage less than 1,000 nodes so it can cater to small and medium businesses.

Shridhar Kadam, VP – Product Engineering, D-Link India, said, “With the growing complexity of enterprise networks, heterogeneous devices coexist together and are more commonly used. Therefore, an integrated solution to manage these heterogeneous products is an essential requirement for enterprises. D-View 6.0 provides an integrated platform and useful tools for enterprise administrators to simplify the daily effort of configuration, administration and monitoring tasks. It can also speed up the troubleshooting response time to reduce the down time impact for mission critical networks of the enterprise”.

D-View accommodates a wide range of D-Link devices, including wireless bridges and access points, multi-layer switches, routers, OLT/ONU devices and broadband CO devices. D-View is organised into a vendor-independent platform and user plug-in modules. The platform consists of several main components, namely the Domain Manager, NetMap Manager, Topology Generator, Batch Configuration, MIB utilities, Net Toolbox and Performance Monitor. The components can be loaded or unloaded according to the users’ need. Plug-in modules are for the D-Link devices that the administrators want to manage. When a device is selected for management, D-View 6.0 will look for that device’s plug-in module and display its image on the screen.

Users can also manage non-D-Link devices that do not have plug-in modules. D-View 6.0 provides a MIB compiler for users to compile MIB files supplied by the vendors of these devices into a system recognisable format. After compilation, D-View 6.0 loads them into the database. The compiler can communicate with these devices, enabling the administrator to get the values currently stored in the devices or to set new values for specific MIB objects. All MIBs are converted into a graphic tree view, with which the administrator can use the MIB Browser to manage the devices. As non-D-Link devices do not have plug-in modules for installation in D-View 6.0, this software can simulate the device panels to create user interface graphics.