EPICenter Network Management Software - Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks Product BriefEPICenter Network Management SoftwareWhat can you determine about your network ata glance? What’s up and what’s down, and howis everything configured? The answers to thesequestions are essential to delivering theapplications and performance that usersdemand. To compound the problem, today’snetworks are subject to:EPICenter ® establishes a new benchmark for accommodatingconverged applications with an intuitive user interface.Operational Simplicity• Flexible and intuitive user interface• Detailed topology view with alarm integration• Dynamic reporting and comprehensive network summaryreports• Flexible scripts, macros and ExtremeXOS ® CLI scriptmanagement for easier and quicker configuration acrossmultiple devices concurrentlyVoice-Class Availability• Intelligent alarm systems with customization• Real-time data monitoring and statistics with comprehensivedisplay and reporting options• Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching (EAPS) monitoringand configuration checker• End-to-end network service visualization and monitoringComprehensive Security• Role-based access control• SNMPv3 and SSH-2/SCP2 HTTPS secure communicationsbetween managed devices and EPICenter• Rapid isolation and one-click mitigation of network issueswith IP/MAC Address Locator• Audit logService Extensibility• Universal Port Manager for easy deployment ofExtremeXOS Universal Port profiles• Wireless discovery and management• Voice integration with IP Telephony management systems• Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)-based discoveryof devices• Third-party integration framework• Proliferation of new converged andmission-critical applications• Constantly changing service offerings• Unpredictable and rapidly growing networktraffic• Pressing requirements for simplicity andexpediency in network deployment• Security issues that threaten networkintegrityEPICenter management suite fromExtreme Networks ® is a scalable full-featurednetwork management platform capable ofmonitoring and maintaining networks that areundergoing rapid change. It establishes a newbenchmark for accommodating convergedapplications by offering intuitive user interfacesand by reducing the complexity of managingconverged networking environments. The openarchitecture of EPICenter accommodates amulti-vendor, service-rich environment thatprovides voice-class availability and the enforcementof robust security policies.EPICenter simplifies configuration, troubleshootingand status monitoring of IP-basednetworks. This comprehensive set of networkmanagement applications delivers on theessential requirements of managing yournetwork, as well as adding valuable andintuitive features that help save time bystreamlining common tasks.

Extreme Networks Product BriefOperational SimplicityThe EPICenter topology allows a userto discover and view a network ofEPICenter managed devices and thelinks between devices as a set of maps.These maps can be organized into setsof sub-maps that allow a network to berepresented as a hierarchical system ofcampuses, buildings, floors, closets orany logical groupings.The EPICenter scripts help usersconfigure multiple devices concurrentlywith minimal administrator intervention.Users can automate networkconfiguration using scripts with switchCLI commands for repetitive executionas needed. In addition, EPICentermanages and allows customization ofExtremeXOS CLI scripts—a veryefficient way to roll out your networkusing configuration templates that canbe applied to a switch via CLI scripts.EPICenter reports provide a largenumber of predefined and customizablereports that present a variety of informationfrom the EPICenter database. Thereport module offers many other toolssuch as MIB Browser to provideEPICenter system information.The stacking capability of EPICenterallows users to manage a stack of devicesas a single device, and manages all portson all devices using a single IP address.EPICenter Configuration Managerprovides a graphical interface foruploading and downloading configurationfiles to and from a managednetwork. This tool has been designed toreduce the time and complexity ofmanaging configurations in largenetworks of Extreme Networks devices.Baselining is available in theConfiguration Manager, providing ameans for security audits and configurationchange audits, as well as providing asimple method for fallback to a previousgood configuration. A built-in viewerenables configuration file viewing andallows an external Diff viewer—whichallows two configurations to be visuallycompared and their differences noted.Powerful visualization capabilities inEPICenter provide detailed graphicalrepresentations of the network coupled withpoint-and-click provisioning that greatlyreduces the likelihood of human error. Auser-friendly interface allows the operatorto select and provision network-wide VLANswith greater ease. Whether a new departmentor group needs to be integrated intothe network, or existing networks need tobe managed, EPICenter allows VLANs to becreated using the appropriate networkelements and link segments.Voice-Class AvailabilityOne of the key requirements of availabilityis to provide you with a notification of thehealth and status of the network. AlarmManager provides detailed notification forany events. Real-time statistics for multipleports and devices helps you manage yournetwork effectively and increase continuousavailability of the network.Firmware Management provides firmwareversion and availability information andhelps you schedule a multi-step upgrade at atime of your convenience without disturbingyour regular business transactions. ExtremeNetworks high availability protocol, EAPS,provides sub-50ms link failover. EPICentermanages any EAPS rings in the network andprovides EAPS configuration verifier to avoidany misconfiguration.Comprehensive SecurityEPICenter provides role-based access thatcan be used to define levels of access toEPICenter functions. Roles allow theEPICenter administrator to differentiateaccess levels for each group of users.EPICenter provides additional security fornetwork traffic from managed devices byusing secured SNMPv3, SSHv2 or HTTPS.This protects sensitive data from beingintercepted or altered by unauthorizedaccess. EPICenter also supports auditlogging. Operations performed using scriptsare recorded for audit trail purposes.Service ExtensibilityEPICenter provides a third-party deviceintegration framework to help youintegrate information from all themanagement frameworks to be managedand monitored on EPICenter.EPICenter helps provide an end-to-endconverged management infrastructure.Since EPICenter 5.0, Avaya IntegratedManagement and EPICenter can coexistand be cross-launched from the sameserver. EPICenter can discover an AvayaVoIP infrastructure, import networkinventory and status monitoring fromAvaya Integrated Management and canautomatically forward traps to AvayaIntegrated Management. This helps youmanage Avaya and Extreme Networksswitches from a single platform.EPICenter supports LLDP for automaticdiscovery of Avaya and other devices.EPICenter simplifies network deploymentof VoIP and dynamic securitypolicies via Universal Port Manager.Universal Port Manager helps defineand distribute Universal Port profilesfor ExtremeXOS based switches. Thescripts feature provides a flexible andextensible framework that allows theuser to create automation scripts forprovisioning the network.Identity AwarenessEPICenter provides centralizedreporting of network users and devices,or identities that are connected to thenetwork. Using EPICenter, networkmanagers can gather user and deviceinformation from ExtremeXOS basedswitches where Identity Management isenabled, then aggregate and analyzethe data.Job SchedulerThe new Job Scheduler feature canexecute EPICenter functions onspecified devices at specified times.EPICenter scripts can now be configuredas script tasks, which can runautomatically at designated times.www.extremenetworks.comCorporateand North AmericaExtreme Networks, Inc.3585 Monroe StreetSanta Clara, CA 95051 USAPhone +1 408 579 2800Europe, Middle East, Africaand South AmericaPhone +31 30 800 5100Asia PacificPhone +852 2517 1123JapanPhone +81 3 5842 4011© 2010 Extreme Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Extreme Networks, the Extreme Networks logo, EPICenter and ExtremeXOS are either registered trademarks or trademarks ofExtreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the trademarks of their respective owners. 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