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Eric Nush
Network/System Administrator
Palos School District 118
Scott Fox
Director of Information Technology
Palos School District 118
• Palos School District 118 in Palos Park, IL
• ~45 Min South of Chicago
• PreK-8, 2,000 Students
• Two Elementary Schools, One Middle School
• Admin Building, Transportation/Operations Building
• Windows School District, 1:1 in our Middle School
• Most Servers and Services On Site
• Fiber WAN to all buildings, Fiber ISP from WOW
About Us
• 15 min of Slides/Talking
• 25 min of Live Demo
• Questions/Discussion
Overview
• Paessler Router Traffic Grapher
• Can monitor any piece of equipment on your network
• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
• WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)
• SSH (Secure Shell)
• HTTP Requests
• Ping, Tracert, etc.
What is PRTG?
• Servers
• Switches
• Firewall
• Filter
• Websites
• VoIP
• Intercom
• CCTV / DVR
• Room Temperature
• Power Status
• Generator Status
• Fire Alarm
• Johnson Controls
What can PRTG Monitor?
• Based on Sensor Count, one time purchase
• Optional Software Upgrade Assurance annually
• 30 Day Free Trial of Unlimited Sensors
• Non-Profits 15% Discount
• 100 Sensors – Free
• 500 Sensors - $1,600 / Non-Profits $1,360
• 1,000 Sensors - $2,850 / Non-Profits $2,422
• 2,500 Sensors - $6,150 / Non-Profits $5,227
• 5,000 Sensors - $10,500 / Non-Profits $8,925
• Unlimited Sensors - $16,900 / Non-Profits $14,365
• Can Increase Anytime For Difference
Licensing
• Ping
• HTTP
• Ports
• Services
• Windows Update
• Uptime
• Bandwidth
• Netflow
• AD Errors
• Disk Space
• RAM
• CPU
• Disk I/O
• HDD Health
• File/Folder
• SQL
• Exchange Boxes
• DNS/DHCP
• Cloud Services
Sensors
• Dataprobe IPIO Device
External Devices
External Devices• APC NetBotz Room Monitor
• Only use Sensors you need
• Paused Sensors don’t count
• Keep it organized
• Use Buildings as Groups
• Group similar devices together (Servers, Switches, etc)
• Name things properly, otherwise it will be called Ping ##
• Set different Notification Groups (Admin, Tech, Operations)
• Can use Cell Phones Email to Text for Text Alerts
• Custom Maps
• Historical Data useful for Future Planning
Tips/Tricks
• $70 Monitoring Station
• Kit has everything you need
• Script to Auto-Load on reboot
Raspberry Pi
• Runs on any Windows Computer, Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Server 2008,2012, 2016
• Recommended Windows 10 or Server 2012/2016
• We use Windows 8.1, installed in 2014 on Hyper-V, still works fine
• Recommended Dual Core CPU, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB HD for Logs
• Download EXE from Paessler.com
• Sign up for Trial/Free 100 Sensors License
• Start Adding Sensors!
How To Install