WANdoc Appliance

• a productivity tool for network engineers
• an appliance (1U rack mountable) which automatically documents large networks and keeps the documentation current
• a syslog correlator and prioritizer which is tightly integrated with router configurations
• a 24-hour change tracker
• a router security auditor

Major Features:

• correlates and hyperlinks each syslog message with its relevant router, interface and network segment
• generates error/consistency reports on a large number of conditions (e.g. access list usage, addressing errors, security practices)
• hyperlinks all connected router interfaces at the network segment level and provides side-by-side configuration comparisons of connected interfaces
• lists and hyperlinks "most active syslog" entities (routers, interfaces and segments) and entities issuing high priority syslog messages
• summarizes all network segments (IP, IPX and Appletalk)
• summarizes predominant configuration patterns in the network and variations from them
• includes telnet hyperlinks in the router summaries, so that network engineers can instantly connect to routers from the WANdoc output tree
• provides router inventory information (e.g. board models, firmware revs, serial numbers, IOS images)
• collects and organizes interface and segment error information (e.g. CRCs, collisions)
• collects and organizes traffic information
• collects and organizes router resource utilization (CPU, memory)
• provides 24 hour change reports
• allows custom queries against the router database
• access to all WANdoc data is via browser

Intended Users:

WANdoc is intended for network engineers working on medium to very large networks. It can easily handle a network of 1000 routers. WANdoc does not provide idiot lights or meaningless glitz. It eliminates the need to go from router to router with telnet in order to build a mental picture of a network problem. WANdoc presents the relevant data without getting in the way.