CSMon

CSMon

CSMon minimizes downtime in a remote access network environment. CSMon works for both TACACS+ and RADIUS by automatically detecting which protocols are in use. CSMon performs four basic activities:

• Monitoring Monitors the overall status of Cisco Secure ACS and the host system it’s running on. It uses the Windows Event Log and Performance Monitor to monitor overall system health, including disk, CPU, and memory utilization.

• Recording Records and reports all exceptions to a special log file that can be used to diagnose problems.

• Notification Alerts the administrator to potential problems and real events regarding Cisco Secure ACS, and records all such problems. The default notification method is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) e-mail, but scripts can be written to enable other methods, such as pager notification.

• Response Can be configured to attempt to fix detected problems automatically and intelligently, such as running scripts to restart stopped services.