Solstice CC gives the Solstice SNM user a distributed data model for cooperatively managing medium to large networks. Typically Solstice SNM is configured to manage a department's or workgroup's network. With Solstice CC, each Solstice SNM user sees the other network and can then manage the other network regardless of the location of the other network.
Solstice CC sends the network updates that occur with one Solstice SNM console to the other. The second console will see all topology map changes as well as events or traps that occur in the network. Events occur when predefined conditions are met such as CPU utilization of certain computer exceeding a specified percent level. Traps occur when undefined events happen such as a LAN link going down.
The true power of Solstice CC is in the flexibility of configuring how multiple Solstice SNM consoles share information. Each console can be "peer-to-peer", meaning they have equal access to monitor and control each other's network. This allows multiple administrators to equally manage both networks. Second, one console could act as a receiver of multiple network topologies while not sending back its own network map. In this scenario a user can delegate management responsibilities as it sees fit.
One can configure multiple Solstice SNM consoles to manage all the components in several subnets. However, it is far easier to let each site's Solstice SNM manage the site network and then simply send the updates to other Solstice SNM consoles via Solstice CC.
Since it is easy to configure Solstice CC to share management information across multiple Solstice SNM consoles, a user can leverage their expertise. If, for example, a frame relay expert resides at one site, that expertise can be leveraged as he or she could manage frame relay networks across the entire enterprise.
Multiple configurations can be set up allowing the user to delegate enterprise management across multiple administrators as they see fit. Configurations include peer-to-peer, centralized management, decentralized management, or a hybrid of these configurations. Typical configurations include:
Centralized management of entire enterprise network during off hours, while each regional Solstice SNM console manages their region's network during business hours.
Distributed management where each administrator manages their own network in general. However, administrators who are experts in certain network technology (e.g. X.25) could receive views of all network activity of that type and manage it appropriately.
Multiple configurations are possible among multiple Solstice SNMs tied together via Solstice CC including:
This makes sense when a user has a central corporate networking operations center that monitors all the regional networks during the day and manages the entire enterprise at off-hours.
In configuring Solstice CC, strict access control lists are formed so that only receivers that are authorized to receive management data can get it. The user can make sure that administrators ONLY get the information they are qualified and authorized to manage.
Management data filtering
In configuring Solstice CC, the amount and type of information that is sent from the sender console to any one receiving console is tailorable. This feature allows the user to make sure that administrators are not overloaded with information if it is not required in completing their jobs.
Easy-to-use configuration tool
All configuration is done through an easy-to-use GUI tool.
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