NetCrunch v16 Documentation
The complete NetCrunch v16 manual. Every topic below is a regular page - no scripting required to read it.
NetCrunch Guide
- Monitoring FoundationsIn this chapter, we explore the foundational principles of network monitoring through the concept of the monitoring pyramid. We introduce the three essential layers, Observability, Monitoring, and Notification, explaining their distinct roles and interconnections.
- System OverviewDiscover all of NetCrunch capabilities, concepts, and components.
- ConfigurationEverything you should know about configuring NetCrunch, including Initial configuration, alerts, and reports.
- Core MonitoringEverything about monitoring configuration. Read how you can monitor various aspects of the network hardware and software.
- Server and Application MonitoringAgentless monitoring of operating systems, virtualization, logs, applications, and services.
- Monitoring of Device ConfigurationPowerful module that enables comprehensive monitoring and storage of configuration changes across a diverse range of network devices, including switches, routers, firewalls, and other equipment
- Cloud MonitoringSensors that monitor cloud services through each vendor own API - Azure, AWS, Google, Microsoft 365, Zoom and other SaaS platforms - covering availability, performance and spend.
- Monitoring with TelegrafUse Telegraf, the open-source metrics agent, to collect from systems NetCrunch does not poll directly and push the results into NetCrunch as ordinary counters and statuses.
- AlertingAlerting is the heart of the monitoring system. NetCrunch triggers alerts receive, process and then executes actions in response to them
- Monitoring & VisualizationThis chapter covers how NetCrunch visualizes monitored data in real time through dashboards, topology maps, node views, and Auto-Screens. It explains how to create dynamic views that present network state clearly and interactively—from high-level overviews to in-depth diagnostics.
- MaintenanceRead about how to keep NetCrunch running smoothly over time, how to upgrade it and keep your network information up to date.
- API & IntegrationsDrive NetCrunch from outside the console - the REST API for nodes, views, monitoring packs and credentials, and the MCP server that exposes the same operations to AI tools.
- ReferenceThe reference lists of NetCrunch resources, operations and definitions.
Program Reference
- Administration ConsoleWindow-by-window reference for the Desktop Console: how to navigate it, what each settings page does, and the tools it puts on the node menu.
- Additional ProgramsThe utilities installed alongside NetCrunch: IP Tools for network diagnostics, the Performance Trend Viewer, and the SNMP MIB Compiler.
Operations Manual
- Adding to NetCrunchHow to add the things NetCrunch is built from: nodes, monitoring targets, atlas views and alerts.
- ManagingKeeping monitoring under control once it is running - notification strategy, live graphical views, and what to do when alerts arrive faster than anyone can read them.
- OperationsA task index for everyday work — bringing something into monitoring, changing how it is monitored, and taking it back out again.