Mobile Alerts is configured and managed using a browser-based Management Console, which allows an I.T. Administrator to define what services or devices will be checked, using what tests, how often, and who will be notified and how.

The Administrator defines the appropriate health checks for each monitored component. Three Editions are available, featuring the following test types:

• Standard Edition:
  • PING (ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol): tests any IP enabled device
  • HTTP/HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol): tests any website, including those secured by server-side SSL, and optionally allows parameters to be passed using GET or POST methods
  • SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol): tests mail system connectivity
  • LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol): tests access to a Directory (e.g. Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, etc.)
• Professional Edition: same as Standard Edition, plus:
  • FTP (File Transfer Protocol): tests any FTP site
  • POP3 (Post Office Protocol): tests access to mail system post office
  • IMAP4 (Internet Messaging Agent Protocol): tests access to mail system post office
  • DNS (DOmain Naming Service): tests DNS servers
• Enterprise Edition: same as Professional Edition, plus:
  • SQL PING: tests if the Microsoft SQL Database Listener is alive
  • Oracle TNSPING: tests if the Oracle Database TNS Listener is alive
  • ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity): tests connectivity to any database accessible over ODBC (i.e. pretty much any database system produced since the early 1990's)
  • TCP (Transmission Control Protocol): tests any TCP port