Network monitoring settings

The network monitoring Settings page provides unified configuration options that can be applied across performance, traffic, configuration, traps and IP address management (IPAM) monitoring. These settings control how the platform communicates with devices, receives metrics, manages configurations, allocates IP resources, and processes SNMP traps. Changes made here apply globally unless overridden at a device or monitor level.

Use case: Centralized control and consistency across network monitoring operations

A network operations team uses the network monitoring Settings page as a single control plane to standardize how Site24x7 interacts with their infrastructure. They configure NetFlow ingestion for traffic visibility, enable NCM with TFTP/SCP for automated configuration backups, define DNS for accurate IPAM discovery, fine-tune network polling behavior, and set up SNMP trap handling for real-time event correlation. This ensures consistent monitoring, reduces configuration drift, minimizes alert noise, and enables faster troubleshooting and recovery across the entire network.

Network availability and performance monitoring settings

Network settings provide centralized controls for managing device credentials, templates, interface operations, and global interface display behavior.

Quick Links

These are shortcut actions that take you directly to frequently used configuration pages.

• Add Credential: Create new device credential profiles (SSH/Telnet/SNMP/WMI/CLI/API) for secure access to network devices.
• Edit/Delete Credential: Modify or remove existing credential profiles.
  Test Credential: Validate reachability and authentication before associating credentials with devices.
• Add Device Template: Create or customize device templates to standardize monitoring, configuration, and discovery behavior.

Bulk Actions

These actions allow administrators to apply changes across multiple devices or interfaces simultaneously.

• Activate Interfaces: Enable monitoring for selected interfaces in bulk.
• Suspend Interfaces: Temporarily disable monitoring for selected interfaces (useful during maintenance or outages).
• Associate Device Template(s): Assign one or more device templates to selected devices.
• Update Device Credential(s): Replace or refresh credentials for multiple devices at once.
• Update Bandwidth Configuration: Modify interface bandwidth values in bulk to ensure accurate utilization calculations.
• Associate Interface Discovery Rule: Apply predefined discovery rules to automatically include or exclude interfaces.

Global Configurations

These settings apply platform-wide to how interfaces are discovered and how their names are displayed in dashboards and reports.

• Automatically rediscover network interfaces to include newly added interfaces for monitoring:
  
  • Yes: Site24x7 periodically rediscovers devices and automatically adds any newly created interfaces for monitoring. These new interfaces will be added based on your interface filters but will remain in the suspended state. You can edit and activate them for monitoring.
  • No: New interfaces will not be added unless rediscovery is triggered manually.
• Replace all your interface display names with the latest polled display names:
  
  • Yes: Overwrites existing display names with the most recent values retrieved from the device (e.g., from SNMP ifDescr/ifName). This helps keep display names synchronized with actual device configurations after network changes.
  • No: Retains manually customized interface names.

NetFlow Settings

NetFlow settings control how Site24x7 receives and processes flow telemetry from routers, switches, and firewalls.

Key options   

• Start tracking device traffic when flows are received: Enabling this option begins monitoring traffic automatically for a device as soon as flow data (NetFlow, sFlow, etc.) is received from it.
• Yes: Site24x7 will begin tracking device traffic immediately upon receiving flows.
• No: Device traffic won't be tracked automatically unless manually configured.
• Automatically add discovered interfaces for monitoring: When this setting is enabled, Site24x7 will automatically detect and add all newly discovered interfaces (from the flow data) for traffic monitoring.
• Yes: All discovered interfaces will be monitored without requiring manual addition.
• No: You will need to select and add interfaces for monitoring manually.

Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Settings

NCM settings govern how Site24x7 manages device configurations, backups, and secure file transfer services (TFTP and SCP) through an On-Premise Poller.

Initial Setup   

• On-Premise Poller: Select an On-Premise Poller to get started. NCM services run through a selected On-Premise Poller.
• Refresh: If you think that the On-Premise Poller’s settings may have been updated, click Refresh to ensure the latest settings are reflected here.
• Status of the Network Module: Displays whether the Network Module in the On-Premise Poller is running or not.
• Network Configuration Manager:
  • Enable: Activates NCM capabilities such as configuration backup, change detection, and compliance checks.
  • Disable: Stops all NCM-related activities.

TFTP Server   

• Bind to: Select an option from the drop-down menu.
  • Default: All IP (0.0.0.0), meaning the server listens on all available interfaces.
• On Port:
  • Default: 69 (UDP)
• Server: Displays the IP address of the On-Premise Poller hosting the TFTP service (example: 10.10.10.1).
• Status: Shows whether the TFTP service is Running or not.
• Action:
  • Enable: Starts the TFTP service.
  • Disable: Stops the TFTP service.

SCP Server   

Used for secure configuration backups and file transfers.

• Bind to:
• Default: All IP (0.0.0.0)
• On Port:
• Default: 22 (TCP)
• Server: Same as the selected On-Premise Poller IP.
• Status: Shows whether the TFTP service is Running or not.
• Action:
• Enable: Starts the SCP service.
• Disable: Stops the SCP service.

IP Address Management (IPAM) Settings

IPAM settings define how Site24x7 performs subnet discovery and IP resolution during network scans, and which On-Premise Poller is used for these operations.

• On-Premise Poller: Select the On-Premise Poller that will perform IPAM-related tasks such as subnet scanning and discovery.
  • Refresh: Click Refresh if you believe the selected On-Premise Poller’s settings have been updated, to ensure the latest configuration is reflected here.
• Status of the Network Module: Indicates whether the Network module on the selected On-Premise Poller is currently Running or stopped.
• DNS servers:
  • Specifies one or more DNS servers that Site24x7 should use to resolve IP addresses to hostnames.
  • Multiple servers should be comma separated.

SNMP Trap Settings   

Trap settings define how Site24x7 receives and processes SNMP traps from network devices. The Trap Settings page allows you to enable or disable trap monitoring selectively for each network device or even a device category (like routers using a specific device template). The enabling or disabling action for trap processors can also be performed in bulk for several devices at once.

Related articles 

• Monitor network performance
• Monitor network traffic
• Manage network configurations
• SNMP trap processing
• IP address management (IPAM)