Intellipool Network Monitor is a network, server and performance monitor designed to monitor Windows, Linux, Unix and SNMP enabled devices. It is a commercial proprietary software developed and sold by Intellipool AB, Sweden

The term "agentless" refers to testing being done without the need to install software on the monitored server. While agentless testing traditionally considered to be inferior to agent testing, the development of remote management and testing protocols such as WMI has made agentless testing as effective as agent testing

Distributed testing makes it possible to monitor servers, routers and other network connected equipment that are inaccessible or only accessible through a low bandwidth connection. To accomplish this a gateway is installed in the remote network. The gateway will act on instructions from the master INM installation

The INM server contains the configuration and user interface. Remote objects are managed the same way as locally-tested objects to simplify administration.

The INM gateway can be installed on any available machine in the remote network and does not require a dedicated server

Security and data integrity is achieved by using the SSH 2.0 communication protocol. The SSH 2.0 protocol encrypts data with public key algorithms and protects connections from man-in-the-middle attacks. To further enhance security the INM gateway never stores the configuration. Configuration is requested from the INM server upon startup and is updated automatically when it changes on the INM server