The solution should integrate with NAC servers other than only LDAP. The world has evolved so your monitoring device should be able to integrate with other NAC servers. We deployed in December 2022 and version 2022.11 still cannot integrate with NAC servers such as Forescout and Cisco ISE. The topology maps can sometimes be very clumsy. If you are explaining them to someone, then you need to enlarge them just to prove a point. Features such as API for third-party integration can be a very good thing. The reporting needs improvement unless you integrate it with Micro Focus OBM which allows for proper reporting. A small environment that cannot afford OBM is stuck using the solution's inbuilt reporting.
Deputy Manager Information Security at Central Depository Company of Pakistan
Real User
2022-09-23T13:38:00Z
Sep 23, 2022
Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not the best when it comes to drilling down for more visibility, especially regarding traffic. Performance and analysis need to be improved as well. You need a special team to work on this product, and not everyone can use it.
I haven't had a great experience with this solution because the dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly. The market has changed and people are now focused on mobile solutions, tablet solutions, or dashboards, which I prefer to use. I'd like to see dashboard customization and customized reports.
PM at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-02-19T08:58:24Z
Feb 19, 2021
I'm pretty satisfied with this tool. We have some specific devices that are not integrated very well, for example, Barracuda Firewalls. They have to improve this, but this is a specific situation.
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General Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-01-23T17:20:41Z
Jan 23, 2021
We had some issues with some of the features, some modules are not meeting expectations. Additionally, they need to start following some of the latest trends.
PM at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-11-04T07:03:41Z
Nov 4, 2020
Technically speaking, I'm facing some issues when monitoring Barracuda firewalls. There is some room for improvement in this area. The documentation for the initial/upgrade setup present errors sometimes.
The network phase in the product could be improved. Other tools such as SolarWinds have real-time bandwidth, and they can calculate bandwidth in MBs, which means something. But Micro Focus Network Node Manager always watches bandwidth. With Micro Focus, bandwidth utilization networks always show in bytes. It makes it difficult for the end-user to calculate. Micro Focus needs to offer customized dashboards. The reporting is very complex. It's not simple. As a network person, I want to see the top end network devices, who is using maximum bandwidth or who is using maximum MB. It only requires a very simple graphic, a simple dashboard that I have customized myself. I would prefer to deploy SolarWinds or PRTG. Unfortunately, our company only deploys Micro Focus. Additional features that could be included would be customizing some simple features like dashboard support. They also need to upgrade their level of support and focus on their customers. That's what's important.
In terms of improvement, I would say that the resources utilized could be a bit higher, and that is one of the challenges that isn't optimized to my expectations. For additional features that could be included, I have nothing to suggest for now. Things are going well. It's really a classic model. If it's moved over to cloud then it could definitely become a living giant in the market.
OpenText Network Node Manager i (NNMi) delivers powerful capabilities enabling NOCs to manage modern networks. NNMi Smart Plug-ins expand NNMi into specialized environments, helping your team reduce time to resolve issues. NNMi is a core component of Network Operations Management.
They should add AI options in the product's next release.
The solution should integrate with NAC servers other than only LDAP. The world has evolved so your monitoring device should be able to integrate with other NAC servers. We deployed in December 2022 and version 2022.11 still cannot integrate with NAC servers such as Forescout and Cisco ISE. The topology maps can sometimes be very clumsy. If you are explaining them to someone, then you need to enlarge them just to prove a point. Features such as API for third-party integration can be a very good thing. The reporting needs improvement unless you integrate it with Micro Focus OBM which allows for proper reporting. A small environment that cannot afford OBM is stuck using the solution's inbuilt reporting.
The stability can be improved.
Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not the best when it comes to drilling down for more visibility, especially regarding traffic. Performance and analysis need to be improved as well. You need a special team to work on this product, and not everyone can use it.
I haven't had a great experience with this solution because the dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly. The market has changed and people are now focused on mobile solutions, tablet solutions, or dashboards, which I prefer to use. I'd like to see dashboard customization and customized reports.
I'm pretty satisfied with this tool. We have some specific devices that are not integrated very well, for example, Barracuda Firewalls. They have to improve this, but this is a specific situation.
We had some issues with some of the features, some modules are not meeting expectations. Additionally, they need to start following some of the latest trends.
Technically speaking, I'm facing some issues when monitoring Barracuda firewalls. There is some room for improvement in this area. The documentation for the initial/upgrade setup present errors sometimes.
The network phase in the product could be improved. Other tools such as SolarWinds have real-time bandwidth, and they can calculate bandwidth in MBs, which means something. But Micro Focus Network Node Manager always watches bandwidth. With Micro Focus, bandwidth utilization networks always show in bytes. It makes it difficult for the end-user to calculate. Micro Focus needs to offer customized dashboards. The reporting is very complex. It's not simple. As a network person, I want to see the top end network devices, who is using maximum bandwidth or who is using maximum MB. It only requires a very simple graphic, a simple dashboard that I have customized myself. I would prefer to deploy SolarWinds or PRTG. Unfortunately, our company only deploys Micro Focus. Additional features that could be included would be customizing some simple features like dashboard support. They also need to upgrade their level of support and focus on their customers. That's what's important.
In terms of improvement, I would say that the resources utilized could be a bit higher, and that is one of the challenges that isn't optimized to my expectations. For additional features that could be included, I have nothing to suggest for now. Things are going well. It's really a classic model. If it's moved over to cloud then it could definitely become a living giant in the market.
Reporting. Even though this is available in separate software (iSPI) there is potential in making the reporting more SLA-aware and more intuitive.
Only to improve the GUI.