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Have you heard the news? Your favorite Kiwi products - including Kiwi Syslog Server and Kiwi CatTools - are now a part of the SolarWinds flock! The Kiwi development team is joining us, too, so watch for frequent updates and continued improvements to these incredibly popular and useful network management products. Help us extend a warm welcome to the Kiwi products and Kiwi dev team by downloading the tools and giving us your feedback!
If you've never experienced Kiwi tools before, get ready. These free products simplify everyday management of your network, making it easy to corral syslog messages and backup network configurations right from your desktop. Go ahead, kick back and relax while Kiwi tools do the heavy lifting.
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Free Kiwi Syslog Server is trusted by thousands of network engineers worldwide. Easy to set up and configure, it receives, logs, displays, and forwards syslog messages from network devices, such as routers, switches, Unix hosts, and other syslog-enabled devices.
Free Kiwi Syslog Server delivers everything you need to manage syslog messages and more: |
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- Receive and manage syslog messages from your network devices
- View syslog messages in multiple windows simultaneously
- Produce trend analysis graphs and email syslog traffic statistics
- Log or forward messages based on priority or time of day
- Auto-split log files by priority or time of day
- Setup basic alarm notifications based on the number of messages received per hour
- Customize the software with five out-of-the-box skins and adjustable display font, display color, and background wallpaper
Download Free Kiwi Syslog Server >
Learn More About Free Kiwi Syslog Server >
Compare Free & Licensed Versions >
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Free Kiwi CatTools enables you to backup and manage network configurations right from your desktop! With Free Kiwi CatTools, you can quickly schedule batch jobs and implement bulk configuration changes across routers, switches, and firewalls. Plus, Free Kiwi CatTools can notify you of configuration changes via email and generate basic reports. |
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With Free Kiwi CatTools, you can manage up to five devices and store up to five out-of-the-box "activities" in your database, such as backing up the running configs on your network devices or sending commands directly to your network devices in normal or privileged mode.
Free Kiwi CatTools enables you to:
- Manage configurations from your desktop for up to five network devices, including routers, switches and firewalls
- Schedule configuration backups and changes
- Generate network device configuration reports, such as port, MAC, ARP and version details
- Automatically receive email notifications about configuration changes
- Compare startup and running configurations of network devices
Download Free Kiwi CatTools >
Learn More About Free Kiwi CatTools >
Compare Free & Licensed Versions >
SolarWinds is giving power to the people. Listening to the voice of our community is one of our core philosophies around here and we believe that it helps us build you better network management products.
With that goal in mind, we've introduced ratings and reviews on solarwinds.com. Now you can tell the world, including your fellow IT pros, what you think about our products! It's a quick and easy process:
1. Visit solarwinds.com and find the product you would like to review.
2. Click on the "write a review" link.
3. Use your Thwack user ID and password to login. If you don't have a community login yet, never fear! It just takes a second and gives you access to all community activities across solarwinds.com and thwack.com.
4. Write your review!
We can't wait to hear what you have to say. We'll be listening closely!
Rate & Review SolarWinds Products >
At SolarWinds, evolving our community is as important as evolving our products. Based on feedback from our flock, we've updated Thwack, our community site, to make it easier to use, to reduce the time it takes to find information, and to show off our great community features and members.
Come on and shake your tail feathers with us as we break in the new Thwack! You'll find:
- New navigation and intuitive interface
- An expanded, searchable Content Exchange with free resources like scripts, templates, pollers, and reports
- A cool, geeky design (no more dark backgrounds!)
- Easy-to-read, content-rich forums on all things networking
- An occasional debate, such as "Is Spock a Superhero?"
- A new tool called "Accepted Answer" that makes it quick and easy to find the most useful posts (look for the green check marks)
Visit Thwack >
Tell Us What You Think >
Need some help with that New Year's resolution to expand your career horizons and brush up on your network management knowledge? We can help - our Head Geek, Josh Stephens, has been hard at work filming tech talk videos and on-demand webcasts on different networking topics. Pick up some quick tips from the guy who knows almost everything about networks:
- On-Demand Webcast: Tried & True Tactics for Managing Multivendor Environments
Got networking equipment from every vendor you can name? Join the Head Geek as he discusses the complexities associated with managing heterogeneous networks and best practices for overcoming the daily challenges we know you face.
Watch Now >
- Tech Talk Video: Virtualization Monitoring for Free
Learn how to use the free SolarWinds VM Monitor to monitor CPU, memory, disk usage, and traffic of your VMware® ESX Server and its associated virtual machines. What are you waiting for? Get the real-time monitoring of ESX Servers that you've been missing!
Watch Now >
- Tech Talk Video: The Power of NetFlow
In just minutes, learn how to identify who and what is consuming the most bandwidth on your network by leveraging several easy-to-use software solutions, including the free SolarWinds Real-time NetFlow Analyzer.
Watch Now >
View All Tech Talk Videos >
View All On-Demand Webcasts >
Product Tip: Integrate Kiwi Syslog Server With Your Orion NPM Console
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Kiwi Syslog Server forwards syslog data while still retaining each message's original source IP address. Using this capability, you can easily configure Kiwi Syslog Server to forward critical messages to your Orion Syslog Server, making syslog data immediately viewable in your Orion Network Performance Monitor web console. |
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This is a handy trick for folks who want to maintain their existing Kiwi Syslog Server configuration, rules, and alerts, but require multi-user access. It's also useful for those of you who simply want to quickly view and search syslog data from the web or correlate syslog information with traps, NetFlow data, or application performance data that Orion NPM is already collecting.
Here's how to integrate Kiwi Syslog Server and Orion NPM:
1. Select File > Setup from your Kiwi Syslog Server toolbar to open the settings window.
2. Right-click on Rules in the settings tree and select Add Rule.
3. Under your new rule, right-click on Actions in the settings tree and select Add Action.
4. Select Forward to Another Host from the Action drop-down menu.
5. Specify your Orion server IP address for Destination IP Address or Host Name and select the checkbox next to Retain the original source address of the message.
Try Orion NPM Free >
Download Free Kiwi Syslog Server >
Product Updates
NEW VERSION: Orion NCM v5.1 Makes Remote Network Configuration Changes Quick & Easy!
The latest version of Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) enables you to upload, download, and execute scripts directly from Orion NCM's web interface. Version 5.1 also enhances the integration with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM), allowing configuration downloads from either product - a huge time savings.
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Thousands of network engineers rely on Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) for enterprise-class fault and performance management that is easy to use, intuitive, and highly affordable.
Recently, Windows IT Pro had this to say about Orion NPM: "Whether you want basic enterprise network monitoring or a full suite of network diagnostic tools and monitors, I recommend Orion 9 for its full feature set and ease of use."
Try Orion NPM Free >
Read the Review >
Live Demo Site >
SolarWinds FREE Exchange Monitor was recently selected as the first runner-up in the Exchange Server Administration category of the MSExchange.org Readers' Choice Awards. MSExchange.org conducts regular polls to determine which products are preferred by Exchange administrators. The awards draw a huge response and are based entirely on visitors' votes.
Download Free Exchange Monitor >
Lockergnome's Chris Pirillo and SolarWinds' Head Geek reconvened recently to talk about their favorite free tools for managing networks. Don't miss the witty repartee and advice from these super geeks as they discuss the top 5 free tools for your network.
WATCH THE VIDEO >
DOWNLOAD THE TOP 5 FREE TOOLS >
Engineer's Toolset delivers 49 must-have desktop management tools that every network engineer needs to diagnose and troubleshoot network issues. It's no mystery why Toolset won gold in the 2008 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best Awards with crowd favorites like Network Performance Monitor, IP Network Browser, Switch Port Mapper, IP Address Management, Cisco® Tools, and more.
TRY ALL 49 TOOLS FREE >
Congratulations, SolarWinds MVPs!
SolarWinds is pleased to congratulate the recipients of our inaugural MVP awards. Help us give a round of applause to these outstanding individuals & look for their posts on Thwack:
Jeremy Morrill, a.k.a. aLTeReGo
Eric Van Tol, a.k.a. Bleearg13
Don Barry, a.k.a. Don331
Jim Baulsir, a.k.a. JBaulsir
Jeff Stewart, a.k.a. Jeff.Stewart
Jon Hill, a.k.a. Jonchill
John Times, a.k.a. Jtimes
Eric Estes, a.k.a. Mithrilhall
Art Prufer, a.k.a. Network_Guru
Quang Le, a.k.a. qle
Dave Savell, a.k.a. Savell
Vic Cato, a.k.a. vhcato
Read More About our MVPs >
We know you are always on the lookout for tools to automate manual tasks and to help you resolve problems quickly. Learn about the latest techniques and technologies for eliminating manual tasks and simplifying your life with this new three-part series of articles.
DOWNLOAD THE SERIES >
Want to test drive a SolarWinds product? Check out our live demo sites to experience powerful management solutions that are easy-to-use, intuitive, and even affordable!
LIVE DEMO SITE: Fault & Performance Management >
LIVE DEMO SITE: Configuration Management >
LIVE DEMO SITE: Enterprise Operations Console >
LIVE DEMO SITE: Basic Up/Down Monitoring >
Recent Service Packs & Hot Fixes Available for Download
A number of service packs are now available for download from the support area of the SolarWinds website. Download them today!
Orion NPM v9.1 - Service Pack 3 >
Orion NPM v9.1 - Service Pack 2 >
Orion NCM Integration Module for Orion NPM v5.0.1 >
Orion NCM v5 - Service Pack 2 >
Orion EOC v1 - Service Pack 2 >
Orion APM v2 - Service Pack 2 >
VM Monitor v1.0.1 >
The kiwi is the smallest living member of the ratite family, a group of flightless birds that includes rheas, ostriches, and emus.
The kiwi lives in burrows in the ground and is largely nocturnal.
The kiwi is the only known bird to have a highly developed sense of smell. A kiwi literally sniffs out its food.
Kiwis have no tail and stubby, two-inch wings that end in cat-like claws.
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