Tips for Network Monitoring & Management

What to do if you're managing Cisco? The first thing to do is research the tools that are out there. Redcell Service Provider Solutions for Cisco provide an integrated network and service management for Cisco advanced technologies. They provide a solid foundation so you can build successful and scalable service offerings for next generation security, Ethernet, VPN and other services, delivering the level of service and range of options your customers expect. With visibility across the network and powerful management tools, Redcell enables you to guarantee availability and performance-and when service level agreements are not being met, Redcell alerts you to proactively solve problems before they impact end-users.

You can capitalize on your Cisco advanced technologies, such as network-based security services, MPLS VPNs, VRF-aware IPSec VPNs, virtual firewall services and more.

*  Service Policies - Centralized Service Allocation & Provisioning for
          o Service/Security Policies
          o Resource Classes
          o ACL
          o NAT/ PAT/ Static NAT
          o URL Filtering
          o Firewall Inspection/ context changes
          o IPSec/ ISAKMP VPNs/ GRE tunnels
          o Remote Access/ EZ-VPN

    * Security Service Provisioning
          o VRF-Aware IPSec Service Configuration
          o Virtual Firewall Service Configuration
          o VRF-Aware Service Interface (VASI)

    * OSS Integration & Web Portal
          o Web services, XML Data Format/SOAP Envelope, Web Services Description Languate (WSDL), API definition, Request/response semantics, Application authentication, SSL secure transmission

    * Support for Cisco
          o 7200/7301: IOS 12.4(4)T1
          o 7600/Cat6500: IOS 12.2(18)SXE4
          o GSR XR 12000: IOS-XR 3.5






















Service Providers can now get a unified Network-Based security service management solution for creating, provisioning, and managing VRF-Aware IPSec VPN and virtual Firewall Services on Cisco 7200/7301, Cisco7600 and Cisco 12k series. The management solution provisions site-to-site and remote access IPSec and GRE VPNs and supports configuration of both site-to-site Virtual Firewall and Internet Offload with URL Filtering.

Lastly, there is the the Cisco IP SLA solution from Dorado Software. Don't just look at your IP SLA data, use Redcell's Cisco IP SLA Monitor and start saving your IP SLA data. The Redcell Cisco IP SLA Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool that lets you quickly troubleshoot network issues with quick notifications, thresholding on metrics and flexible reporting.

In any event - if you're working with Cisco, Dorado Software has you covered!