DX Spectrum Reviews

The ability to monitor your WAN and LAN infrastructure in a simple GUI.

We keep this product up and monitoring 24x7 for fast and simple availability.

Really unsure of any, quite pleased with product.

Going on two years.

There are a very few occasions when the system "barfs" and it looks like your infrastructure has gone dark, but it bounces back quickly (the system).

None so far. We are one of the largest networks in America and it hasn't so far.

8/10.

9/10.

I believe it was done in-house.

Not sure of the exact number, but our clients charge $50,000 a minute so every second counts.

This is a good product, just be sure to train the ones who are setting it up because this is based on manual data entry and/or SNMP.

• IT Infrastructure Monitoring
• Fault Management
• Topology Views

• Clear picture of all network and server pictures
• Centralized console to manage network and systems
• All backup for router configurations

• Network
• Servers

For eight years.

No issues encountered.

Just minor but CA provided support to resolve the issues.

No issues encountered.

10/10.

10/10.

We didn't use a previous solution.

It's straightforward.

We used both an in-house team and a vendor.

10/10.

Just day to day operations.

Yes, we also looked at HP OpenView, SolarWinds, and ManageEngine.

This product is for all network and systems monitoring.

These features are core requirements for infrastructure management:

• Topology Discovery
• Configuration Management
• Best network root-cause analysis
• Service management
• Integration with CA SOI and CA SDM

• Reduces system fails
• Reduces time to resolve issues
• Gives a clear picture about device usage: Not in terms of performance, but in terms of roles

Sometimes customers use network equipment which does not solve any business tasks and can be simply switched off.

It's a mature product for a classic network.

New areas (NFV, SDN, APM) are covered by new technologies. As such, products should have tight integration with modern data science platforms.

We have been using the solution for over ten years.

It's the most reliable product I have used.

We did not encounter any scalability issues. However, we don't have a large number of devices. We only have 10-15,000 devices for a distributed arch, which is normal.

4

The technical support is professional.

I work as a System Integrator and we sell all known NFMs. Spectrum is the best.

The setup was straightforward.

Implementation fully ourself

I don't have any specific advice regarding this.

We also evaluated Comarch, EMC, HPE, IBM, WANDL and TEOCO.

Don't freeze your selection. This product is mature and is the best. Start your project and move forward to solve business issues

• Reliability
• Stability

These are valuable because of the integration with CA Service Desk and the application of incident and event management in our environment.

Reports and alerts give us the correct KPIs.

I have used it for five years.

It has a limitation in that it needed an old version of Java.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

7/10.

7/10.

Yes and I switched to this product as its visualization is better.

Utilizing all the needed features for our environment made our initial configuration complex.

We used a vendor team who were OK.

It is a good percentage.

Yes we also looked at Microsoft SCOM.

Try to utilize it well.

I like the flexibility CA Spectrum offers to model networks with devices and different locations and technologies. 

It is easy to use and offers a lot out-of-the-box features (i.e. multi-vendor support, network discovery). 

If necessary there are also APIs to develop our own integrations.

Spectrum admins mostly enjoy having a powerful fault management platform which also lines up and integrates with the other software products they are using, i.e. trouble ticketing system and performance management solutions.

There is still room for improvement for mobile clients like tablets and smartphones. Most of the functionality can only be used with the Java client.

We've had no issues with deployment.

We've had no issues with stability.

We've had no issues with scalability. Especially with the latest release, the scalability was improved which allows support for huge networks with a small number of CA Spectrum servers.

The primary use case of DX Spectrum is for monitoring and network fault management. If you have a carrier or a large-scale network and you would like to monitor it, DX Spectrum is one of the best solutions on the market. 

This is an on-prem solution. 

Some of the most valuable features are it's highly scalable, the carrier is great, and if something has SNMP, it can monitor it. It's a great network fault management solution. 

DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support. 

As for additional features, they release changes quarterly. Right now, the only thing I would like is Turkish support. 

We have been providing this solution to customers for over 10 years. 

This solution is stable. 

DX Spectrum is highly scalable, which is why they are used by the biggest ISPs and carriers in Turkey. 

Their tech support is very good. 

The initial setup depends on the implementation, but it normally takes a couple of days to a week. It depends on the size of the project. 

We implement this solution for customers. We are currently providing professional services to four customers. In Turkey, there are probably more than ten customers that use DX Spectrum. 

There is actually no base Spectrum product—it becomes DX NetOps. It's part of the product family, and Broadcom changed its name. New customers cannot buy DX Spectrum, they can buy DX NetOps, and Spectrum is a part of that family. 

I rate DX Spectrum a nine out of ten. 

Root-cause analysis and modelling pinpoint the exact cause of problems, which makes life easier.

It was implemented for a customer and it helped reduce turnaround time.

I have used it for 3+ years.

It was very easy to deploy and configure.

I rate technical support 6/10.

Straightforward installation and setup.

An in-house team implemented it. A complete implementation requires a certain level of hands-on training.

CA Spectrum provides value, but it can be very expensive.

I played around with SolarWinds and some others, but CA Spectrum gave me a more detailed analysis for fault identification.

The newer versions are easier to deploy and they have more features.

The most valuable feature is that after setup, using it is very straightforward. Configuration was very simple, and the technical support was also good.

The greatest benefit is the kind of alerts that we get. We can do root cause analysis to correlate events. Instead of getting 100 emails when the core is down we get an alert.

I would say integration between performance monitoring and CA Spectrum, as well as improved graphing capabilities.

We have not had any issues with stability.

I think the scalability is good. Right now, we have about 1,000 devices. The good part about Spectrum is that you don't have to worry when you want to expand.

Technical support is very good.

Previously, we were using open-source solutions.

With the help of the support and the documentation, setup was straightforward.

We also evaluated SolarWinds before going with CA Spectrum.

Stability and support are important to us. We want to have the confidence that the vendor is investing in their product.