Stable Platform, Long-Term Support Broadest Suite of Supported
Protocols Out of the Box
Meridian includes the most stable and secure features from Horizon, SNMP JSON WinRM
our community release distribution. Meridian is much easier to XML SQL JMX
maintain and use without the headache of rapid upgrades and
SFTP FTP JDBC
releases, and it is supportable long term.
HTTP HTTPS VMware
WS-Management Prometheus
Features
Inventory Management Remote Data Collection
Supports any type of provisioning: auto, directed, topology, Minion provides access to the inaccessible while application
interface, and service discovery. Interoperates with virtually perspective monitoring monitors service availability at
any configuration management system. specific locations from different perspectives.
Performance Management BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) Support
Broadest suite of data collection protocols (14) means no Monitor Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) sessions and
need for third-party tools. Streaming telemetry, real-time BGP routing information on the routing device. Use this
custom thresholding, trend analysis, forecasting. Time-series information, status updates, and statistics for advanced
performance data analysis, visual plotting and operational monitoring and management.
forecasting in real-time.
Fault Management Traffic Management
Service assurance via smart periodic polling. Autonomous Five flow protocols. 350,000+ flows/sec. Deep-dive analysis,
device problem reporting. Message enrichment. enterprise reporting.
Business Service Monitoring Application Perspective Monitoring
Monitor and model high-level business services to quickly Monitor a service’s availability from different perspectives.
identify the most critical problems affecting them. Pinpoint not only where an issue occurs, but its impact on a
user’s or machine’s digital experience.
Platform Solution
Configurability Enterprise Reporting and Visualization
Configure most features through the web UI or XML Real-time notifications for high-priority response.
scripting. Customize Meridian to do what you want the way Customizable Grafana dashboards. Resource graphs,
you want it. database reports, charts.
Scalability Topology Maps
Monitor tens of thousands of devices via a distributed and Define complex layered topologies. Semantics and focal
tiered system: 1.2m data points every 5 minutes, 5,000+ point feature allow you to adjust and enhance the map
interfaces, hundreds of thousands of discrete devices, quickly to customize your view and easily integrate topology
millions of performance metrics, thousands of events per maps into your service problem management workflow.
second, and thousands of remote monitors.
Event/Alarm Management and Correlation
Alarm and Event Management Alarm Correlation
First-class events for service assurance and performance An artificial intelligence framework logically groups related
management. Alarm workflows, ticketing integration, and faults (alarms) into higher level objects (situations) so you
flexible correlation. Customizable notifications via email, can quickly detect, visualize, prioritize, and resolve situations
SMS, and Webhooks. across the entire IT infrastructure.
Technical Requirements
Minimum System Java 8-11. Most recent version of JDK 11 recommended.
Requirements PostgreSQL 10 or higher (up to and including 13)
Minimum for proof-of-concept type workload:
4GB RAM
2 CPUs
Operating System RHEL 7.x, 8.x
CentOS 7.x, 8.x
Proof of concept (testing)* Minimum server specification**
CPU 2 GHz dual core x86_64 3 GHz quad core x86_64 and above
RAM 4 GB (physical) 16 GB (physical) and above
Storage (disk space) 50 GB HDD, SSD 1 TB with SSD and above
Common Outbound Ports
OpenNMS can monitor just about any service on any ICMP (echo-request)
device, so it is impossible to present an exhaustive list. SNMP (161/udp)
In the case of managing networked devices and servers, SSH (22/tcp)
the following list covers the bulk of traffic:
HTTP (80/tcp)
HTTPS (443/tcp)
* You can install the packages and the services will start up
** Does not take into account your intended workload (e.g., network size, number of monitored metrics, flows, events, and data retention
requirements).
