Checking configurations for compliance to policies & standards
Automation of device configuration tasks
Success Stories
"Ability to create & push configurations at will saves us a great deal of time"
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Contextual, side-by-side comparison of configuration changes
While working with configurations of devices, network administrators face the need for comparing any two versions of configurations. In multi-vendor environment, administrators often wish to compare the configurations of devices from two vendors for reference purpose. DeviceExpert satisfies this need by providing the option to compare any two configuration versions of same device or different devices.
The configuration difference is depicted side-by-side showing the changed lines in blue, added lines in green and deleted lines in red. Configurations are versioned and stored in the database and the DeviceExpert GUI provides option to select and view any particular configuration version. From the historical information, administrators can choose any to configuration versions and compare.
In typical IT enterprises with a good number of network devices such as switches, routers and firewalls, IT Managers face three important challenges:
The configurations of devices are very sensitive from the standpoint of security. Any faulty configuration change could lead to network outage. IT Managers have the responsibility to ensure continuous availability of network resources.
With increasing security threats to mission-critical network resources and serious legal consequences of information mis-management, IT managers everywhere are required not just to follow standard practices, internal security policies, stringent Government regulations and industrial guidelines, but also demonstrate that the policies are enforced and network devices remain compliant to the policies defined.
Automation is the buzzword in IT operations nowadays. IT Managers should always be on the look out for automating repetitive and time consuming tasks in order to reduce operations cost and improve productivity.
DeviceExpert precisely helps IT Managers overcome all these challenges with ease. It helps managers prevent unauthorized configuration changes and reduce network outages due to faulty configuration changes. Managers can define compliance policies and DeviceExpert will automatically check configurations for compliance to the policies. It provides compliance reports too. DeviceExpert also helps automate all configuration tasks and helps improve productivity.
Network administrators in enterprises are required to carry out configuration changes to a large number of devices quite frequently. Any faulty configuration change could lead to network outage. As configuration changes have to be made almost continuously, administrators are struggling to keep track of the changes done to the configurations. In the face of network outages, it becomes difficult to troubleshoot.
A good part of the configuration changes are repetitive in nature and consume most of the administrator's time. As a result, administrators are left with little time to concentrate on their main job.
DeviceExpert has been designed keeping in mind the needs of network administrators / network engineers. It helps maintain versions of device configurations and enables viewing, comparing, editing and uploading them from a single, centralized web-interface. Administrators can monitor configuration changes in real-time, get notifications, prevent unauthorized changes and approve genuine changes - all from a central GUI. Besides, they can automate all device configuration & change management tasks.
Network security professionals are responsible for ensuring that their network is perfectly secure. Network devices are the crucial components of the enterprise and any unauthorized configuration change could wreak havoc on the network. Even when genuine configuration changes are done, the security professionals are required to ensure that the changes do not create any impact on the network security.
DeviceExpert helps the network security professionals to take total control of the configuration changes. The role-based access control mechanism restricts permission to upload configuration changes to authorized users only. The real-time change detection & management mechanism helps prevent unauthorized changes. The comprehensive audit trails generated by DeviceExpert provides detailed information on 'who', 'what' and 'when' of configuration changes. Security professionals can define standard practices and policies and enforce administrators to adhere to the guidelines. DeviceExpert automatically checks configurations for compliance to the policies defined and provides compliance reports too.
