11. NCM - Network Configuration ManagementΒΆ

Motadata Network Configuration Manager (NCM) offers a simple, comprehensive and elegant solution for easy Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM). It offers multi-vendor network device configuration, continuous monitoring of configuration changes, notifications on respective changes, detailed operation audit and trails, easy and safe recovery to trusted configurations, automation of configuration tasks and insightful reporting.

Network Configuration Manager can manage network devices such as switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points, integrated access devices etc. from multiple vendors. It discovers network devices, builds up an inventory database and allows IT administrators to take control of configuring the devices from a central console. The web-based administrator console provides the User Interface to perform all the configuration operations. Additionally, it can be accessed from anywhere using any standard web browser.

What NCM Offers?

  • Create and manage your network devices that stores the network configuration

  • Automatic and manual backup of the device configurations

  • Manage startup and running configurations

  • Create a baseline backup to revert the configuration if required

  • Line by line comparison of backup and new configuration on devices

  • Upgrade configuration on multiple devices at same time through Motadata

  • Journal entry of each activity someone do on network devices

Prerequisites

  • Plugins: SSH NCM Collector, Telnet NCM Collector

  • NCM engine should be ON from the backend

  • Monitor Discovery: NCM monitors should be discovered from admin section. Click here to see how you can discover NCM monitors.

  • NCM will discover only those SNMP devices that allow remote configuration

  • In ncm-conf.yml (backend), provide your system IP.