WhatsConfigured - WhatsUp Gold Plugin
Configuration & Change Management

WhatsConfigured enables effective management of one of the most critical assets on your network-device configurations.

As a fully integrated plug-in for WhatsUp Gold, WhatsConfigured provides the key functionality required to backup, compare, and upload configuration files for networking devices.

With support for heterogeneous networks, WhatsConfigured provides secure SNMPv1-3, SSH2, or Telnet access or TFTP to download and store configuration files in a secure repository.

Network managers can schedule or manually run downloads/uploads, file compares as well as view alerts, and access logging of any change events as they occur.

WhatsConfigured reduces the time and effort spent maintaining device configurations while providing increased security, compliance, and visibility. Features of WhatsConfigured.

With WhatsConfigured you can:

• Automate the configuration and change management for network devices
• Dynamically access, download, and store configuration files
• Schedule and execute configuration changes for individual or groups of network devices
• Alert on configuration changes and restore a known good configuration as required
• Compare stored startup or running configuration files  to reduce troubleshooting effort
• Maintain audit trails of all configuration changes to ensure accountability and traceability

Key capabilities of WhatsConfigured include:

Extensive Vendor Device Support

Network configuration management presents a host of challenges because of the diversity of vendors, devices, and access mechanisms supported.  Infrastructure components like routers, switches, gateways, wireless access points, firewalls, VLANs and routing protocols including OSPF and BGP, as well as management mechanisms such as IPSLA and flow monitoring add to the complexity.

Automated Configuration Task Execution and Monitoring

WhatsConfigured automates the execution of scheduled tasks relating to current network configuration backups, startup configuration file backups and password change management for an individual device or across groups of devices. Each scheduled task is carried out through the execution of task scripts. Scheduled tasks can also be monitored for successful completion - generating alerts when failures occur, or when configuration changes are detected.

Integrated Alerting and Reporting

WhatsConfigured integrates with WhatsUp Gold's Alert Center to provide alerting on configuration management events. Like other Alert Center items, notification policies can be assigned to alert conditions once they are configured. Comparison of network file configurations against stored configurations or between two selected devices can be initiated from the WhatsUp Gold reports tab. All alerts and reports are easily accessible anytime, anywhere through the integrated WhatsUp Gold web console.

Secure Configuration and Change Management

WhatsConfigured helps navigate through this maze of configuration choices by supporting multiple protocols including secure SNMP v1-3, SSH2, Telnet, and TFTP to enable the management of your entire network infrastructure from a single platform.   Features of WhatsConfigured.