A: NetMRI is a network management product focused on Network Configuration and Change Management (NCCM). It enables you to automate network change, see the impact of changes to your network health, manage network configurations and meet compliance. NetMRI audits multi-vendor infrastructures, identifies anomalies early, speeds resolution, and automates network changes. You can test drive NetMRI by downloading a free 30 day trial copy of the software.
A: Upon initial configuration, NetMRI performs an automated and thorough network asset and topology discovery, leveraging many sources of information. As devices and topologies are discovered, NetMRI automatically applies built-in analysis to proactively find hidden problems lurking in your network. NetMRI then continually collects configuration, change, topology, performance, and status information about the network for ongoing 24/7 automated analysis against NetMRI's built-in databases of networking best practices, rules and policies, and/or your own policies and best practices, showing immediately any out-of-policy or out-of-compliance network elements. It also has the ability to detect changes in real-time, show configuration differences, push changes out, and features a number of other capabilities required to help eliminate network degradation and automate routine network maintenance.
A: Network Configuration and Change Management
A: According to findings by the major IT research firms, the #1 cause of network outages and degradations is people making changes—60-80% of network issues are associated with changes made by people. By controlling change, you can make a big impact on the availability of the network to support business functions. And NCCM products, such as NetMRI are focused on dealing with this issue.
A: NetMRI is unique in a number of different ways. The most important differences include:
A: Most deployed network management tools do not adequately address the network change, configuration and compliance requirements for organizations. NetMRI allows users to take control of change across the network so they can understand the impact of change on network health, build and enforce standardization and improve staff efficiency. NetMRI can work in conjunction with other framework management tools to give users a wide range of visibility across the entire network infrastructure.
A: NetMRI comes on an appliance (physical or VMware virtual) with the OS and database integrated. The product is priced by the number of network devices. For detailed pricing information please contact your local sales rep.
A: For the VMware virtual appliance downloadable version, the initial time to download the software will vary, depending on your internet connection. Once downloaded, or the physical appliance has been plugged into your network, NetMRI is typically deployed within 30 minutes.
A: Yes.
A: Yes, NetMRI has an enhanced topology view that graphically represents the complex relationship between multiple devices across your entire infrastructure.
A: Yes, when the IPv6 capability is licensed.
A: Yes.
A: Yes, NetMRI data can be exported via built-in UI and reporting features, as well as with an available API.
A: Yes, NetMRI has the ability to assign unique user and role definitions to ensure IT staff has the right level of access while minimizing the risk of unauthorized or poor configuration changes.
A: Yes. You can download NetMRI with 30 day full functionality from our website.
A: The biggest challenges to meeting any compliance efforts are to:
NetMRI can help you achieve compliance in all 3 stages, by providing automatic pre and post network compliance assessments, give you a complete inventory of the network and how things are connected, showing you issues around the network related to performance, change, and security, and listing out-of-policy and out-of-compliance network elements. All this actionable information is available via a web browser and fully automated, built-in compliance reports.
A: Please contact us.
