monitoring

  • [MCP Practice] Unifying Cross-Domain Network Infrastructure

    In the previous post, "How to Use AI Smarter: MCP (Model Context Protocol)," we examined the concept and necessity of MCP (Model Context Protocol), a standard protocol that enables LLMs to go beyond simple chatbots and exchange data with external systems in real time. This naturally leads to the question, "I understand the concept, but how can I apply it to my actual network operating environment?" For field engineers…

  • [Monitoring with Icinga Part 1] Basic Integration with Icinga 2 – SNMP & REST API

    1. Introduction: Infrastructure Monitoring, Why Icinga 2? When operating enterprise networks and infrastructure, Zabbix is by far the most familiar open-source monitoring tool to domestic engineers. Thanks to its intuitive web GUI, various basic templates, and an all-in-one environment consisting of a single package, it has established itself as the standard in numerous enterprise environments. However, the infrastructure operation paradigm is IaC (Infrastructure…

  • Automate Operations with AOS-CX NAE Lite

    The AOS-CX switch is equipped with a proprietary analytics engine called the Network Analytics Engine (NAE). The NAE is a unique built-in analytics framework used for network assurance and troubleshooting. The NAE Agent is provided by HPE Aruba and is essentially a Python script for monitoring switch resources and protocol status. However, in this post, we will discuss a topic that does not require knowledge of scripts…