RIVERBED STEELCENTRAL NETMAPPER

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1 RIVERBED STEELCENTRAL NETMAPPER AUTOMATED NETWORK DOCUMENTATION NetMapper is the only solution that could address all our requirements. It automatically discovers and collects detailed network configuration data to generate nightly diagrams and inventory reports. In addition, it gives us views we didn t have before, such as combined layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity, as well as detailed routing and VLAN diagrams. Data Center Chief Architect European Service Provider Accurate and up-to-date infrastructure diagrams are essential for troubleshooting, regulatory compliance, planning, and change management. Many organizations rely on labor-intensive and error-prone manual processes to update diagrams. The level of effort required to maintain up-to-date inventory and accurate network diagrams continues to mount as networks become increasingly complex, dynamic, and virtualized. SteelCentral TM NetMapper addresses this challenge by automatically generating up-todate infrastructure diagrams and inventory reports. NetMapper s intelligent analysis and reporting engine: Automatically discovers network elements and configuration. Continuous discovery captures all network changes. Creates high definition network diagrams by correlating configuration and operational data. Understands multi-device relationships (e.g., HSRP, OSPF, BGP, VLANs, Spanning Tree) to generate detailed physical and logical diagrams. Archives diagrams to maintain historical information and track changes. With NetMapper, we are able to create a separate diagram for all 1,500 sites with a total of 2,900 devices across the entire state. We can refresh these sites weekly and use the diagrams for troubleshooting problems at remote offices without even leaving our desk. Network Manager IT Department, US State Government

2 DATA SHEET: SteelCentral NetMapper What NetMapper just did in 5 minutes, takes me 3 weeks manually!. Network Manager Nationwide Television Broadcaster Layer 2/3 diagram with devices arranged using the core, distribution, and access layer hiararchy. NetMapper addresses a pervasive issue that impacts network planning, engineering, and operations network diagrams are difficult and time-consuming to maintain, and quickly become obsolete. By using NetMapper, we can dramatically improve the usability and value of network diagrams to the organization. Chief Technology Officer Fortune 1000 Company Layer 2/3 diagram with devices arranged using the core, distribution, and access layer hierarchy. Contextually launch device configuration change reports for modified devices.

3 KEY FEATURES Automatically discovers network elements and their configuration. Creates a highdefinition network model by correlating configuration and operational data. Uses the network model to generate physical and detailed logical views of the network, including: Layer 2/3, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, VPNs, BGP, HSRP/ VRRP, spanning tree, server and device virtualization, and more. Creates engineering-quality diagrams in Microsoft Visio and HTML format. Stores diagrams in a web-based central repository for easy access, sharing, and archiving of network change history. Embeds diagrams with troubleshooting information, including: Device configuration data. Diagnostic information (e.g., show command output, performance data). Administrative contact details. Contextual launch to device console. Highlights new and modified devices, and configuration changes since the last diagram generation. Provides interactive views, and hierarchical and role-based layouts. Allows network change planning by applying proposed changes to network model to enable visualization and documentation of the updated network. Tracks inventory of network assets, including hardware, software, protocols, and IP Troubleshoot connectivity issues quickly in Spanning Tree and VLAN environments.

4 Benefits Reduce operational expenses and increase staff productivity. Accelerate troubleshooting with on-demand insight into up-to-date topology and configuration data, and instant identification of recent network changes. Ensure compliance with regulatory and security standards, e.g., PCIDSS, HIPAA, SOX Section 404 Documentation requirements, DISA STIG, and FFIEC IT Examination handbook. Enable ITIL best practices for change management by maintaining an up-to-date inventory of logical and physical dependencies and network changes. Minimize risk by modeling and visualizing proposed network changes prior to deployment in the production network. Verify successful deployment of network changes by comparing asbuilt against proposed diagrams. Layout controls and automation of NetMapper are awesome. We had tried other mapping solutions and they just dropped everything in the middle! Network Engineer A US State Hospital System Maximize network availability by expediting troubleshooting and enabling robust change management. For Service Providers Service-oriented diagrams showing L3 VPNs and L2 VPNs (VPWS/VPLS). Protocol-specific diagrams displaying MPLS and IS-IS topologies and configuration. BGP diagram showing neighbor relationships with internal and external peers and route eflectors. IPv6 topology diagrams showing v6/ v4 translation tunnels.

5 RELATED SOLUTIONS Riverbed SteelCentral TM ncompass software Real-Time Network Visualization and Monitoring SteelCentral ncompass software provides unified, real-time visualization and monitoring of large, heterogeneous networks, including devices, their interconnectivity, traffic, status and events. SteelCentral ncompass software uni-fies data from a wide range of network management tools,providing consolidated views for more intuitive and productive navigation and analysis. Third-party tools and scripts can be launched from the SteelCentral ncompass console for deeper drill-down and expedited troubleshooting. Riverbed SteelCentral TM Sentinel appliance Network Audit, Security, and Policy Compliance SteelCentral Sentinel is a software appliance for ensuring network integrity, security, and policycompliance. It performs automated network-wide configuration audits, analyzing an upto- date model of your network to diagnose device mis-configurations, policy violations, configura-tion inefficiencies, and security violations. SteelCentral Sentinel appliance enables organizations to reduce network outages, ensure network security, verify regulatory and policy compliance, and enhance staff productivity. Riverbed SteelCentral TM Network Planner software Network Planning and Engineering SteelCentral Network Planner software automates analysis and planning of multi-technology, multi-vendor networks. It performs what if analyses to manage risk and cost associated with network growth and change accelerating application deployments and migration to new technolo-gies, such as VoIP, VPNs, IPv6, and more. SteelCentral Network Planner s predictive design environment trends traffic growth for capacity planning, optimizes network designs to reduce the risk of downtime, and proposes QoS configurations to achieve desired network and application performance. Generate detailed protocol specific views (e.g., BGP Route Reflector), comprehensive device, OS, IP addressing, and protocol inventory reports. ABOUT RIVERBED Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at Riverbed Technology 199 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA Tel: Fax: Riverbed Technology Pte. Ltd. 391A Orchard Road #22-06/10 Ngee Ann City Tower A Singapore Tel: Riverbed Technology Ltd. One Thames Valley Wokingham Road, Level 2 Bracknell RG42 1NG United Kingdom Tel: Riverbed Technology K.K. Shiba-Koen Plaza Building 9F 3-6-9, Shiba, Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan Tel: Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. Riverbed and any Riverbed product or service name or logo used herein are trademarks of Riverbed Technology. All other trademarks used herein belong to their respective owners. The trademarks and logos displayed herein may not be used without the prior written consent of Riverbed Technology or their respective owners.