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GFI Network Server Monitor Introduction  4
 Process running function – Checks that processes are running on
specified target computers.
 Users and Groups Membership function – Monitors user groups
against the presence of unauthorized users.
Built-in checks for Windows applications
 Generic ISA Server check – Monitors the status of ISA Server
services.
 Generic Exchange Server check – Monitors the status of
Exchange services and important performance counters.
 Generic MS SQL/ADO check – Monitors the status of MS SQL
databases using ADO.
Built-in checks for databases
 ODBC function – Checks the availability of a database using
ODBC.
Built-in checks for network/Internet protocols and services
 HTTP function – Checks the availability of HTTP and Https sites.
 FTP function – Checks the availability of an FTP server/site.
 IMAP function – Checks the availability of IMAP mail servers by
remotely connecting to the IMAP port. It can also (optionally)
check mailbox authentication as well as count the number of
emails in a specific mail folder.
 NNTP news server function - Checks the availability of NNTP
news services.
 POP3 server function - Checks POP3 servers by establishing a
connection, doing a handshake and optionally authenticate and
check the inbox mail count.
 SMTP server function - Monitors mail servers by establishing a
connection and doing a handshake in order to check if the SMTP
protocol is working correctly. The SMTP check also allows mailbox
authentication as well as sending of test emails.
 Terminal services: Port check - Checks if the terminal port is open
on local and remote servers.
 NTP timeserver function – Monitors the status of timeservers.
 DNS server function - Checks various types of DNS server records
by retrieving record values and comparing them against specified
values.
 ICMP ping function - Checks a remote host for availability.
 Generic TCP/IP port function – Checks if a port availability and
response.
 Email route function – Checks that the email services are working
properly by sending a test email through an SMTP server and
verifying that it has been delivered to the destination mailbox.