Free Topology Mapping

See How It All Connects With Precise Topological Maps

With our free Topology Mapping tool, IT can visualize complex networks, support root cause analysis, network planning and architectural design, and provide detailed reports for your executive staff.

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Network Topology Mapping to Understand Interdependencies

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Network topology maps allow IT and network pros to visualize what network devices exist, where they are, how they are related via interconnections, and how they depend and interdepend on each other. This way, administrators can keep close tabs on network devices, be alerted proactively to bottlenecks and failures and reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR), improving disaster recovery and business continuity.

Built-in Network Topology Mapping Features Include

Drag-drop network topology map design, search and manipulation.

Network topology mapping and displaying of device-monitor correlations.

Showing device details, including attributes and status, right alongside the device icon.

Displaying bespoke, hierarchical and custom views.

WhatsUp Gold correlates Layer 3 addressing with Layer 2 maps, resulting in integrated Layer 2/3 topology maps detailing IP and interface-level connectivity. Layers 2 and 3 use SNMP, ARP, ICMP and more to find network assets.

WhatsUp Gold maps are available when the network is ‘discovered’, and a map of the initial discovery device group is made. Afterwards, IT can customize the map or discover and map other device groups.

How Topology Maps Work

The automatic network topology mapping is based on discovery, which uses Layers 2 and 3 to find assets and build detailed network topology maps that include all elements, such as switches, routers, workstations, VLANs and physical and virtual servers. Maps can be customized, and aspects of the network topology can be either displayed or hidden based on administrator preference.

Mapping Out Device Dependencies

If devices or services dependent on another network element, such as a switch, fail, it is not the services that need attention—it is the switch. Fortunately, WhatsUp Gold discovers and maps these dependencies. This way, IT is notified of the problem and not swamped with alerts for the dependent devices and services.

Visualize Bandwidth with Heat Maps

WhatsUp Gold can measure bandwidth usage and shows this via a ‘heat map’ with the precise status of links between network devices. IT can visualize which interface links are good (green), congested (yellow) or nearing their limit (red). This way, IT sees network congestion with one glance.

Map Wireless and Virtual Environments

Wireless devices, access points and virtual and cloud-based servers need to be managed. WhatsUp Gold can automatically build dynamic wireless maps of all your access points and SSIDs. These maps also show the relationship between wired and wireless networks. Generates dynamic map of your virtual infrastructure, such as Hyper-V and VMware, showing hosts and guests, host/guest relationships, clusters and real-time statuses.

Awards & Recognition

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“Excellent product”

What do you like best about Progress WhatsUp Gold?

What's Up Gold is a fantastic tool, personally I love the automatic discovery of the network that allows me to have a topology almost instantly, on the other hand also the little consumption of resources. Personally, I am a fan of the NTA module and of Log Management and the Config Management module, it really is a very complete management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Progress WhatsUp Gold?

Nothing all is really fantastic, is the best tool.

Gustavo Ariel G.