Network Infrastructure Management
Optimize your network with network infrastructure management
Automate challenging network infrastructure management processes with an enterprise-grade tool
SolarWinds® Network Configuration Manager (NCM) is designed to help you manage networks by automating the most time-consuming processes. NCM can make it easier to keep up with configuration changes, while automated configuration backup and restore can help ensure you never lose a previous configuration. Also, NCM can automatically scan iOS devices for vulnerabilities to help you proactively troubleshoot issues. These capabilities can save time and increase network reliability.
Reduce downtime by managing and monitoring devices within your network
Use automatically generated reports to demonstrate compliance and increase security
NCM is a network infrastructure system with enhanced security and compliance capabilities. NCM helps you manage unauthorized configuration changes by constantly monitoring devices and automatically keeping track of changes. The comprehensive alerting system in NCM is designed to help ensure you never miss an issue. You can also speed up compliance reporting with out-of-the-box compliance assessments for HIPAA, NIST FISMA, PCI DSS, and more. Find a violation? Automated remediation scripts can help you fix it.
Keep track of changes made to routers with network infrastructure management software
NCM allows you to easily make enterprise-wide changes to routers with the help of configuration templates. These templates are device-neutral and let you define what changes must be made, and you only have to do so once. NCM then takes these directives, creates device-specific sets of commands, and schedules them for deployment on routers throughout the enterprise. This can help save time, reduce errors, and keep routers properly configured and running smoothly.
Gain greater visibility into network infrastructure management by drilling down on switches
The Network Insight™ feature in NCM can help you drill down on complex devices like Cisco Nexus switches. This network infrastructure management tool helps reveal performance issues like failed switches, which NCM can also help you resolve.
Sometimes, the quickest way to repair a failed switch is to replace it. NCM can take a replacement configuration from a repository of successful configs and upload it to the new device. All changes can then be easily verified by comparing the new config to the established baseline.
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Do you find yourself asking…
The term “network infrastructure” refers to the hardware and software resources comprising an enterprise’s network, plus the network’s services. Having an organized network infrastructure enables network connectivity and increases operational efficiency. Since the network infrastructure is interconnected, it also provides a stable communication network between users, applications, servers, processes, services, data centers, external networks, service providers, and the internet. It supports both self-hosted and cloud services.
The standard network infrastructure has three tiers:
- Network hardware, including routers, switches, and cables
- Network software, including firewalls and operating systems
- Network services, including wireless protocols and IP addressing
According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), network infrastructure management can be broken down into five major functions. They are referred to as “FCAPS.”
These categories are essential for delivering reliable IT services across an organization:
- Fault management: Finding, analyzing, and troubleshooting errors within the network infrastructure
- Configuration management: Tracking, managing, and making changes to all the components within your network, specifically routers, switches, servers, and firewalls
- Accounting management: Uncovering information about how well resources are being used in your network to make smarter capacity planning decisions
- Performance management: Establishing performance baselines, reacting to trends, and analyzing the overall performance of components on your network
- Security management: Identifying and troubleshooting security vulnerabilities within your network to enhance access control and cybersecurity.
The term “network infrastructure” refers to the hardware and software resources comprising an enterprise’s network, plus the network’s services. Having an organized network infrastructure enables network connectivity and increases operational efficiency. Since the network infrastructure is interconnected, it also provides a stable communication network between users, applications, servers, processes, services, data centers, external networks, service providers, and the internet. It supports both self-hosted and cloud services.
The standard network infrastructure has three tiers:
- Network hardware, including routers, switches, and cables
- Network software, including firewalls and operating systems
- Network services, including wireless protocols and IP addressing
According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), network infrastructure management can be broken down into five major functions. They are referred to as “FCAPS.”
These categories are essential for delivering reliable IT services across an organization:
- Fault management: Finding, analyzing, and troubleshooting errors within the network infrastructure
- Configuration management: Tracking, managing, and making changes to all the components within your network, specifically routers, switches, servers, and firewalls
- Accounting management: Uncovering information about how well resources are being used in your network to make smarter capacity planning decisions
- Performance management: Establishing performance baselines, reacting to trends, and analyzing the overall performance of components on your network
- Security management: Identifying and troubleshooting security vulnerabilities within your network to enhance access control and cybersecurity.
Streamline and optimize network infrastructure management
Network Configuration Manager
- Use automated configuration backup and restore to help ensure you never lose a previous configuration.
- Manage unauthorized configuration changes by real-time monitoring of network infrastructure.
- Speed up compliance reporting with out-of-the-box assessments.