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NetBrain CE 4.1

Overview of New Features

NetBrain Technologies, Inc. New Feature Guide: Consultant Edition v4.1 2

New Features Overview

1. Visual Search: Access network knowledge visually

2. Integrate Visio and Q-Map

3. Site Map

4. Dynamic Device Group and Variable-enabled Link Group

5. Support New Vendors and Models

6. Support Spanning Tree and DMVPN

7. Support SNMP V3 and SNMP Walking

8. Mapping Enhancements

9. Simplify Setup Process

10. Discovery and Inventory Report Enhancements

1. Access Network Knowledge Visually

Search Map Drill-Down

• Search device, configuration, Visio, Q-map, show-command output, NetBrain database

• Multiple dynamic mapping methods integrated around search results

• Bring up relevant Visio diagrams • Operations around search results

• Drill-down network design from the Q-Map

• Analyze the history from the Q-map


1.1 All-in-one Search

Common Searches:

» IP address

» Configure keywords

» Text inside Visio maps

» Text inside show-command

output

» Hardware model

» MAC address

» Serial number

» Circuit ID

» Hostname

» And more…


1.2 Map Out Search Results

Mouse over a search result to create a preview map, including L3 topology view, L2

topology view and others.

L3 Map

L2 Map

Map Group

Show Visio


1.3 Access Relevant Visio Maps

Click the “Visio” button from within a Q-Map to find relevant Visio maps

» A fast way to access knowledge stored in existing Visio diagrams


2. Integrate Static Visio With Dynamic Q-Map

Dynamic Access to Visio Diagrams (from Search, Q-map or a

device)

Convert Visio to a Q-Map for Dynamic Network Analysis

Organize Visio and Q-Map In One Easy-to-Access Place -> Map

Center


2.1 Search the Content of Visio files


2.2 Convert a Visio Map to a Q-map

To take advantage of dynamic Q-map’s analysis feature, you can convert a Visio into a Q-

Map with one-click, assuming all devices in Visio have been discovered by NetBrain.

A New Dynamic Q-Map An Existing Visio Map


2.3 Zoom into a Q-map to Access Visio

While working on a Q-Map, you may need to refer to an existing Visio map. Simply zoom

in on a Q-Map to bring up all related Visio maps. The relevance is weighted by common

devices on the maps.

List of all relevant

maps

Preview a relevant

Visio map


3. Hierarchical Sites and Site Maps

Define the border link to split a network into child sites, or group devices

into a child site.

Site Maps represent a high-level view of the whole network or a parent

site, showing the child sites and their connections.


3.1 Use Site to Monitor WAN Performance


4. Dynamic Device Group and Link Group

Users can set the criteria to search devices in a device group according to the device type,

hostname, IP address, vendor, model, serial number, software version, contact, location and

configurations.

The link group (a group of interfaces) can be defined dynamically or manually. Users can set the

criteria to search interfaces according to the interface name, IP address, description, routing

protocol, MPLS VRF and multicasting mode. The user can also define a variable in the link group,

such as #eigrp_ID. When mapping the link group, the user can select or define a value for the

variable.


5. Support New Vendors and Models

NetBrain provides tier 1 and 2 support for all vendors and models with some customized work by the

user or help from the NetBrain support team.

Live Discovery: NetBrain can discover any SNMP reachable network devices.

Monitoring: NetBrain is able to monitor any SNMP reachable devices.

Retrieve live data: NetBrain supports retrieving live data (configuration, route table, MAC table,

ARP table, CDP table, LLDP, and CAM table) via both CLI commands and SNMP.

L3/L2 topology: NetBrain is able to build L3 topology from device configurations and/or L2

topology from the Layer 2 data if the corresponding data is successfully retrieved.

Path discovery: NetBrain is able to discover the path if the network devices along the path are

SNMP reachable and/or their routing table can be retrieved.

For tier 3 support (design reader and parsing of live data), NetBrain supports the following device

vendors and models: Cisco IOS Router, Cisco IOS Switch, Cisco Catalyst Switch, Cisco Nexus

Switch, Nexus VDC, Cisco LWAP, Cisco WLC, Juniper JunOS Router and Switch, HP Procurve

Switch, 3Com Switch and Cisco PIX/ASA Firewall. Tier 3 support for more vendors is in our

roadmap.


6. Support Spanning Tree and DMVPN

Retrieve and parse STP in the benchmark process.

Highlight STP blocked ports in the L2 map.

Automatically create DMVPN cloud from configuration files.

Drag and drop a DMVPN to a map and extend its neighbors.


7. Support SNMP V3 and SNMP Walking

The SNMP v3 is supported in this release. However, proxy ping via SNMP v3 is not supported yet.

Users can configure the SNMP version in the device setting.

A SNMP Walk Tool is provided to retrieve all SNMP MIB information for a device.

Device Settings


8. Mapping Enhancements

Users can select additional information to be shown on the map from the properties pane.

The map highlighting can be exported to Visio.

HSRP, VRRP or GLBP information is shown under the LAN’s name on the map.

The serial link can be changed from a straight line to a curve.

Users can select which neighbors to extend for a MPLS cloud (in release 3.1, users can only extend

all neighbors of a MPLS cloud).

Users can highlight the interface rate, route propagation, site and link group on the L3 map.

The CDP table entry can be dragged onto the map to display their connections.


8.1 Device Icon Customization

Users can select a customized icon for a device type or a vendor-model.


8.2 L2 Mapping Enhancements

L2 maps can be validated and automatically updated.

Users can highlight voice VLAN and STP blocked ports on the L2 map.

Support auto-link for L2 maps.

Support the Map Device Group function for the L2 map page.


9. Simplify Setup Process

The startup Wizard has been simplified to 2 steps:

1. Define live access credentials and network proxies

2. Discover the live network and build L3 & L2 topology

» After these two steps, the Workstation will sync with the Enterprise Server automatically


10. Network Discovery Enhancements

Added the global option to allow users to select trim all strings after dot or trim the

specified domain names while retrieving the device hostname via SNMP.

Added the global option to allow the user not to discover a certain type of devices. Added the workspace manager to maintain the workspace, including the improved discovery

reports and topology stitching functions. Added new data such as discovered time and more context menus in the discovery report.


10.1 Inventory Report Enhancements

Show device inventory information by sites, device groups, or device types.

Show device module information and interface information.

Import inventory information from CSV file.

Create inventory report for the whole workspace or a device group. The report format can be Excel

or CSV.

Support VSS and Stackable Switch.

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