- August 22, 2019
- Fullhouse Technologies
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Fullhouse Technologies Brings Specialized Expertise to Entergy’s Broadcom Monitoring Deployment
Client: Entergy
Industry: Power & Utilities
Solution Provided By: Fullhouse Technologies via Capgemini / SAICON
Key Tools: Broadcom DX Spectrum, Broadcom DX Unified Infrastructure Management, Broadcom DX NetOps
Background
Entergy, a leading energy provider, had invested in a powerful monitoring platform to strengthen visibility across its extensive IT and operational technology environment. With thousands of servers, network devices, and substation assets to monitor, Entergy required specialized support to help configure, optimize, and scale the platform effectively across a complex enterprise environment.
Challenge:
Entergy’s environment presented several important operational considerations:
- Broadcom monitoring complexity: Broadcom DX Spectrum and DX Unified Infrastructure Management offer advanced capabilities that require careful configuration of alerts, workflows, event correlation, and reporting.
- Enterprise-scale operations: Monitoring thousands of devices across data centers and substations required thoughtful architecture planning and scalable deployment practices.
- Rapid implementation support: Entergy needed experienced monitoring specialists who could quickly understand the environment and apply proven best practices.
- Integration and reporting alignment: The monitoring solution needed to support existing operational procedures, reporting needs, and service-management workflows.
Solution:
Fullhouse Technologies was engaged via Capgemini through SAICON to provide specialized services for Entergy’s Broadcom deployment. The solution included:
- Expert configuration and deployment: Fullhouse engineers designed and implemented monitoring policies, event correlation, and alerting workflows across servers, network devices, and substation equipment.
- Architecture and scalability planning: Fullhouse helped ensure the monitoring environment could support high event volumes while remaining reliable, performant, and manageable.
- Operational handover and knowledge transfer: Fullhouse provided documentation and knowledge-sharing support to help Entergy’s internal teams manage and administer the platform effectively.
- Ongoing optimization: Fullhouse continuously refined thresholds, reports, dashboards, and monitoring workflows to improve operational visibility and actionable insights.
Results:
- The engagement helped Entergy strengthen its monitoring operations across a large and complex infrastructure environment:
- Improved monitoring coverage: Thousands of servers and devices were brought into a more structured monitoring framework with actionable alerts.
- Reduced operational risk: Earlier detection of critical events helped support service continuity across IT and operational technology environments.
- Greater value from the monitoring platform: Entergy was able to further leverage its Broadcom investment through improved configuration, reporting, and operational alignment.
- Enhanced internal enablement: Through documentation and knowledge transfer, Entergy’s teams gained additional support for ongoing platform management and tuning.
Conclusion
Fullhouse Technologies helped Entergy expand the value of its Broadcom monitoring tools by delivering specialized expertise, practical implementation support, and ongoing optimization. Through this engagement, Entergy strengthened visibility across a broad IT and operational technology footprint, improved monitoring reliability, and enhanced its ability to proactively manage critical infrastructure.
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