Overview

Monitoring a network is easy. Understanding network performance and isolating problems is tough. Fortunately, Orion NCM’s integrated device configuration analysis helps you quickly determine which network configuration changes could potentially cause network issues. With Orion NCM, you’ll never be left guessing who changed what and when as you troubleshoot that infamous user complaint: `the internet is down.’

Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) delivers affordable, easy-to-use network configuration and change management. Orion NCM can be used standalone or can be integrated with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to provide a unified, intuitive view into enterprise-wide network health that displays configuration health indicators alongside performance statistics. You’re going to love having a complete solution that accelerates troubleshooting and ensures a stable, high-performing network – no matter how large or small.

Orion NCM simplifies managing network configuration files in multi-vendor network environments with a highly intuitive web interface that offers point-and-click simplicity and easy access to configuration data. Plus, Orion NCM continuously monitors device configurations and provides immediate notification of configuration changes to help you resolve problems before they impact users.

With Orion NCM, you can quickly fix issues without having to manually Telnet or SSH into devices to change configuration parameters. Orion NCM also makes it easy to generate and analyze compliance reports to confirm that your devices are meeting regulatory and corporate standards.

Features

Integration with Orion NPM

• Seamlessly integrate Orion NCM with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to achieve a comprehensive solution for managing configuration, fault, and performance across complex networks
• Determine the cause-and-effect relationship between device configuration changes and network performance and availability
• View device configuration history alongside network performance statistics
• Upload/download and execute command scripts directly from Orion NPM’s web console

Intuitive Point-&-Click Interface

• Simply point and click within Orion NCM’s web interface to view enterprise-wide configuration health status
• Manage network configurations remotely by uploading and downloading configs and executing scripts on any of your network devices from Orion NCM’s web interface
• Monitor baseline vs. running configuration conflicts in an easy-to-read pie chart
• View the last 10 config changes at a glance in the Orion NCM website

Real-time Change Notifications

• Receive instant notifications when device configuration changes occur
• Perform real-time monitoring of network configuration changes
• Coordinate notifications from Orion NCM’s built-in Syslog and SNMP Trap Server

Multi-vendor Device Support

• Monitor device configurations from any vendor that supports standard protocols
• Deploy bulk configuration changes across all of your network devices with a few clicks
• Standardize your network configurations regardless of vendo

Policy Violation Detection

• View policy violations directly from Orion NCM’s intuitive web console
• Perform network configuration policy management
• Ensure compliance with federal regulations and internal standards
• Generate policy reports using built-in templates
• Immediately remediate policy violations

Cisco EngergyWise Configuration Management

• Schedule batch jobs to push EnergyWise IOS updates to your Cisco network devices
• Backup your current network configurations before deploying new EnergyWise-enabled ones
• Enable and configure EnergyWise policies across your entire network from an intuitive web console
• Receive real-time notification of unauthorized or inadvertent EnergyWise configuration changes

Community Content Exchange

• Share device templates to extend Orion NCM support to new devices
• Share custom scripts with thousands of other network engineers to make managing your network a bit easier
• Relax knowing that you will never need to debug a device configuration issue alone again

Side-by-Side Comparison

• Compare the network configuration between two routers or switches
• Track network configuration changes
• Compare running to baseline configurations side-by-side

Configuration Backup Scheduler

• Schedule network configuration backups
• Record network configurations for archival history
• Easily view network configuration backups and history

Bulk Change Management

• Execute bulk network configuration changes
• Schedule network configuration changes or make them in real time
• Easily initiate bulk changes on 10 or 10,000 devices

Inventory Reporter

• Avoid unnecessary visual notifications and alerts when users undock or shutdown their PCs
• Monitor infrastructure ports for up/down status while bypassing up/down notification for user ports
• Customize views based on your organization's requirements
• Format page views to meet your needs
• Create multiple views by department or by user

Network Discovery

• Save time with Orion NCM’s ability to scan your entire network and automatically import devices into the Orion NCM database
• Ensure your network devices are imported regardless of vendor

Global Configuration Search

• Search for any configuration-related data directly from the Orion NCM web interface
• Quickly search for any IP address, device name, or text within the Orion NCM database

Configuration Archive

• Rest assured that all configuration data is securely stored
• Automatically export device configurations into an archive
• Restore configurations from the archive

Engineer's Toolset Integration

• Seamlessly integrate with SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolset to quickly isolate and remediate network issues
• Access Engineer’s Toolset’s network engineering tools directly from Orion NCM
• Use popular tools such as IP Network Browser, Real-Time Interface Monitor, and MIB Browser to quickly investigate network issues

Device Import Wizard

• Quickly import your existing device data to save time configuring Orion NCM
• Simplify database migration
• Import migration data directly from several different applications

Configuration Rollback

• Immediately rollback to a previous “known good” device configuration with just a few clicks
• Access network configuration history
• Quickly fix unauthorized network configuration changes

Remote Firewall and IOS Transfers

• Easily keep all of your network devices up-to-date from a single console
• Upload and download IOS images with the built-in SolarWinds TFTP Server

User Activity Tracking

• View who made configuration changes, who backed up configurations, and when users logged in and out of Orion NCM
• Ensure compliance with federal regulations, such as HIPAA and PCI, and deliver necessary documentation for external and internal audits
• Quickly troubleshoot network issues by determining who made what changes

User Roles & Permissions

• Protect your network by giving only the appropriate personnel authority to make configuration changes.
• Create multiple user accounts with different privileges
• Leverage your existing Active Directory® infrastructure for user account authentication and password management
• Create device login credentials for better tracking of who made configuration changes