Advantages of using a network configuration management tool
Network Configuration Management ensures that network devices in an organization function optimally and securely. Our NCM tool helps address network configuration and change management, while ensuring compliance.
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Improved Security
Reduce human errors, easily coordinate between teams, and develop disaster recovery plans. Prevent security threats by proactively detecting firmware vulnerabilities and getting up-to-date information about patch availability.
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Intuitive Features
Review device configuration changes, recover older versions, or revert them with a single click. You can also compare configurations and take action as required.
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Intelligent Dashboard
Automate and schedule backups, track unauthorized changes, and receive alerts from a unified screen. Use the Operational Dashboard to get an at-a-glance status of all NCM devices and the Firmware Vulnerabilities Dashboard to identify risks quickly.
Key features of Site24x7's network configuration management tool
Monitor any device in your network
Site24x7's NCM supports devices from over 75 vendors and more than 300 device templates to fetch and manage your network configurations. If required, you can also create custom device templates to monitor any device in your network.
Identify firmware vulnerabilities
Firmware vulnerabilities can lead to critical security issues that could put your networks at risk. However, NCM helps you identify firmware vulnerabilities proactively and take corrective action, like upgrading your firmware, before any threats occur.
Automate configuration backups
Automate configuration backups whenever there's a change in startup and running configurations. You can also schedule configuration backups based on your organization's needs at predefined intervals to save time and effort.
Compare configurations
Compare the configuration details of your devices with their baseline, startup, running, or previous configurations to view and validate the changes. You can also compare the version numbers in real time to analyze the changes, ensuring complete change management.
Track unauthorized changes
Not all users are authorized to perform configuration changes. To understand if the change is authorized, you can view current configurations and their type to check the validity of the transaction. You can revert changes if they are not performed by authorized users.
Restore configurations for disaster recovery
Be it baseline, running, or start-up configuration, you can recover any last approved version of the device configuration after network mishaps or unforeseen events—with a single click.
How does Site24x7 network configuration management work?
When you add a device to NCM for monitoring, Site24x7 maintains a cloud backup of the startup and running device configurations. The best part – it also notifies you whenever a device configuration update occurs. If the changes are unapproved or unauthorized, network administrators can swiftly restore a working device configuration before the changes cause harm to the network. Additionally, you can also view firmware vulnerabilities on that device and across the entire landscape of NCM-monitored devices.
