Today, up to 80% of network problems are caused by change—mistakes made when manually changing devices, setting poor network configurations that cause problems later and using inconsistent standards. New initiatives like virtualization, cloud computing and IPv6 only add to the challenge: new virtual servers can be spun up and down in a matter of minutes, but the network infrastructure supporting these dynamic environments typically requires days or weeks to change.
NetMRI is the world’s leading multi-vendor network automation solution. It includes the functionality of Infoblox Switch Port Manager and Automation Change Manager and adds functionality for change and configuration management and compliance enforcement. With hundreds of built-in rules and industry best practices, it automates network change and configuration management, intelligently manages device configurations and reduces the risk of human error.
NetMRI enforces network configuration compliance and provides network performance monitoring to detect inconsistencies, so you can audit, analyze, standardize and automate your network faster and more efficiently while supporting your key IT initiatives.
NetMRI detects and tracks all network changes—including who changed what, where and when—and saves every historical device configuration. This automated network change and configuration management also includes embedded jobs, scripts and customizable templates to help you move away from manual CLI-based changes.
NetMRI leverages hundreds of standards and industry best practices to understand and correlate the impact of change on both network health and compliance. Instead of assuming a change works, NetMRI network performance monitoring detects the change and identifies variances from correct configuration and vulnerabilities to the stability of the network. The interface provides side-by-side comparisons of historical network configurations, auto-generated issues, graphical summaries and the unique Network Scorecard, which shows whether changes have a positive or negative impact on the network.
Instead of manual spreadsheets and generic ping sweeps, NetMRI offers complete network discovery and dynamic inventory for multi-vendor, Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks elements. User-friendly analysis and graphical views provide rich information on network elements, including devices, VLANs, routes, routing tables, HSRP/VRRP peers, subnets, OS and models.
Find planned and rogue devices automatically, report on variances as they happen, and highlight the network connections across the entire infrastructure. NetMRI can also sync the rich network data with Infoblox’s Trinzic DDI solution.
NetMRI identifies and exposes lurking and intermittent problems caused by poor network configurations, which are typically difficult to troubleshoot. Using built-in expertise and analytic techniques to identify network issues and poor configurations, NetMRI detects symptoms before they evolve into faults.
By analyzing your whole network instead of just individual devices, NetMRI helps you discover and resolve hidden problems before your network users experience poor performance or application degradation.
A standardized network that adheres to engineering and security best practices is a more stable and resilient network. NetMRI automates network compliance and standardization with built-in rules and templates for common standards, including PCI, NSA, SANS, DISA and others, and allows you to create custom policies and reports.
NetMRI passes each rule across selected network devices 24/7. If there are rule violations, NetMRI sends an immediate alert showing you who caused the problem and offering remediation options. NetMRI streamlines the audit process as well, generating reports for internal standards and external mandates (such as SOX, HIPAA, FERC and NERC) with a single click.
NetMRI, which includes Automation Change Manager, employs embedded expertise and customizable templates to execute basic and complex changes, helping IT teams reduce manual processes and create fewer unique scripts. Instead of handling just basic tasks, NetMRI focuses on customizable, dynamic concepts – enabling powerful automation with the Automation Task Board.
NetMRI includes Infoblox's Switch Port Manager, helping easily identify and locate rogue devices or use device forensics for troubleshooting. With this functionality, NetMRI now monitors all end devices to determine used, free and available ports, allowing IT teams to plan capacity with more assurance and insight. NetMRI enhances SPM by providing specific, GUI-enabled tasks for port provisioning with intuitive vendor-agnostic tasks.
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