Using Nagios for service monitoring in GSM based T-Mobile networks

The speech is devided in two parts:

The first part presents the way T-Mobile uses Nagios for monitoring GSM networks in the department for International Roaming. You will get a description of the international design which T-Mobile Deutschland has chosen within the T-Mobile Group in Europe and an illustration of the Nagios service checks which T-Mobile is using, focusing on the ones which were developed especially for the needs of GSM networks. Furthermore the way T-Mobile integrated Nagios for KPI measurement, alarming and performance measurements will be shown.

The second part focuses on the environment which T-Mobile built for running several central Nagios servers and distributed NRPEs in the T-Mobile national companies.

At the end of the presentation a brief live demonstration is planned.

Frank Maerz Roaming Specialist, T-Mobile Germany Frank Maerz ensures data roaming services while roaming for T-Mobile outbound roamer and foreign inbound roamer on T-Mobile networks. He is based in the European Service Operation Center for International Roaming. T-Mobile started to use Nagios in 2004 when they discovered they could monitor not just the T-Mobile network, but also transit carrier networks and foreign networks. Today T-Mobile uses Nagios as the main monitoring system for ensuring inter GSM network connectivity and data roaming performance management as well as normal host and service monitoring. T-Mobile’s Nagios checks extend over 450 foreign GSM networks in almost all countries which operate GSM networks in the world.

Christian Hirsch Data Roaming Monitoring System Technician, T-Mobile Deutschland Christian Hirsch is T-Mobile's open source data roaming monitoring systems expert. He is responsible for all official Nagios solutions deployed at several T-Mobile networks in Europe used for roaming. Based in the European Service Operation Center for International Roaming since 2006, he has been with T-Mobile for the last 6 years. He also boasts many years of Linux experience and mobile operator network security expertise.

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