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ManageEngine DeviceExpert - Key Features
Network Configuration Management, Network Change &
Configuration Management Software, Network Device Management
Configuration Management
| Multi-vendor
Network Device Configuration |
- Provides an integrated solution for complete change and
configuration management for devices from multiple vendors
such as Cisco, HP, Nortel, Force10, D-Link, Juniper, NetScreen, Juniper, NETGEAR, Dell, 3Com,
Foundry, Fortinet, ADTRAN, Enterasys, Huawei, Extreme, Proxim,
Aruba and Blue Coat.
- Device configuration through SSH, Telnet, SNMP & TFTP
protocols
- Provision for bulk operations such as configuration backup
and download
| Device Addition & Inventory |
- Automated device discovery using ICMP, SNMP & TCP Ping
- Snapshot of devices in the inventory
- Credential profile to reuse credentials across devices
| Encrypted
Storage of Device Configuration |
- Device configurations are encrypted and stored in the
DeviceExpert database, thus making the whole process secure.
| Contextual,
side-by-side comparison of Configuration |
- Configuration changes pertaining to each device are maintained
as separate versions and changes between any two versions
can be easily identified as changes are presented side-by-side,
highlighted by relevant colours.
Change Management
| Real-time
Configuration Tracking |
- Real-time configuration change tracking through syslog
and scheduled backup
- E-mail notification on detection of changes
- Detailed device configuration history providing who changed
what and when
| Easy
Troubleshooting & Quick Recovery |
- Quick recovery for devices with misconfiguration
- Reverting to any safe version available in configuration
history
- Automatic rollback to a safe configuration on detection
of any configuration failure
Compliance & Automation
- Provision for examining device configurations for compliance to a defined set of standards/criteria/rules and reporting the compliance status
- Automated Compliance Check: Support for associating compliance policies to devices, thereby automating the compliance check for each change in configuration
- Option to define your own compliance policies to cater to the standards of your organization
| Configuration
Templates & Scripts |
- Templates and scripts have been provided to automate configuration operations. The templates & scripts enable applying configuration changes to multiple devices at one go. Also, the templates provide the benefit of carrying out exact changes with precision.
| Automation
of tasks through Schedules |
- Administrators can schedule tasks such as device configuration
backup, report generation, compliance check and other
operations for automated execution at a specified point
of time
Audit, Reports & Miscellaneous
- Keeps a detailed record of all operations performed on
devices
- Audit records contain the list of all operations performed
with details such as who performed the operation, timestamp
and the result of the operation
- Trails can also be generated out of the audit database
- Twelve intuitive reports on Network Inventory, Firmware Inventory, Network Health Status, Configuration Changes, User Permissions, Network Compliance etc
- HTML, CSV and PDF formats supported with the option to email
the reports
| Provision
for Searching Devices and Configuration |
- Search utility to look for specific words, strings, phrases
or a combination of these in device configuration files.
Provision to search for specific devices in inventory is
also available.
| User-friendly
web interface |
- All operations of DeviceExpert can be performed through
the web UI, which is arranged into various tabs. The arrangement
of tabs and screens in the UI are simple to use. Step-by-step
instructions for performing various operations have been
provided in the form of context-sensitive help, wherever
necessary.
- In the rare event of something going wrong with DeviceExpert, it is important to have a backup of device configuration to recover from the disaster. DeviceExpert provides two utilities to achieve this:
- Backing up the device configuration files
- Backing up the entire Database
Once you have the backup, all data can be recovered in a few minutes.
To know about the top benefits of using DeviceExpert, click
here.
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