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Release Notes

Feature Enhancements and Bug Fixes done in each release listed below:

DeviceExpert Build 5300

New Features / Enhancements

Download DeviceExpert Full Build 5300
  If you are using earlier versions, upgrade to
Build 5300

Compliance Policies

  • In compliance rule definition, option to specify the beginning and the end of the required configuration blocks for selective compliance check. This new feature will help check the required configuration blocks for compliance to the defined criteria. Compliance results for every single interface block will be reported individually, in addition to a unified compliance report for the entire configuration by doing 'AND' of all the individual results.
  • Support for filtered view of compliance check results. The result view can be filtered based on all compliant rules or all violations.

Switch Port Mapping

  • Option to create scheduled tasks to periodically scan the switches being managed by DeviceExpert and report the the list of devices connected to each port of the managed switch.
  • Option to generate PDF reports out of the switch port mapping results

Re-branding Support

  • Support for rebranding DeviceExpert web-interface. You can replace the product-specific names and logos with your own details

New Device Models & Vendors

  • Fortinet Virtual Domain
  • Vanguard devices
  • Alaxala 3600, Alaxala 1230
  • Allied Telesis

Hardware Interface Population

  • The hardware interface details of Alaxala devices are now populated in the device details page

Changes / Bug Fixes

  • Earlier, when the time gap between two successive configuration changes was less than two minutes, backup through real-time change detection was not triggered for the second time within that two minute. This is now relaxed and DeviceExpert will trigger backups successively.
  • Earlier, configuration backup through SSH was not working for Cisco VPN Concentrators, Cisco Content Switches & Dell PowerConnect switches. This is now fixed
  • During every configuration backup, the header of Extreme devices undergo a change. DeviceExpert wrongly considered the header change as configuration change and kept backing up and incrementing versions. This is now fixed by ignoring header information while identifying configuration difference.
  • Earlier, Power Users had the privilege to review and approve the configuration changes made by Operators on any device, if the administrator had designated the Power User as an 'Approving Authority'. Now, even if the Power Users had been designated as 'Approving Authorities', they will be able to approve the changes pertaining to the devices that are already allotted to them only and not of other devices.
  • Power Users will not have the privilege to associate compliance policies to devices and vice-versa.
  • Earlier, backup & upload of startup configuration for D-Link DGS 3600 series was not supported, which is supported now.
DeviceExpert Build 5210

New Features / Enhancements

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  If you are using earlier versions, upgrade to
Build 5210

Earlier, information on 'who changed' the configuration was captured only when real-time change detection was enabled. Now, the information is captured from 'configuration header' for Cisco devices.

Earlier, Power Users had the privilege to review and approve the configuration changes made by any Operator on any device. Now, 'Administrator' will assign 'Approving Authorities' for every Operator. Only those Power Users who have been designated as approving authorities, will have the privilege to approve the changes made by the respective Operators. However, all users with the role 'Administrator' will have the permission to approve the changes whether they are designated as approving authorities or not. But, they will receive email notification only if they are designated as approving authorities.

Real-time change detection support is extended to Bluecoat devices.

Earlier, backup and upload of startup configuration was not supported for D-Link DGS devices. This is now supported

New Device Models Support

    Cisco IOS - XR

    Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS)

    Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) and

    Juniper M-Series Devices

New Vendors Support

    H3C

    Yamaha Devices ( RT and RTX series)

Changes / Bug Fixes

Earlier, there were issues in connecting to devices via SSH v1. This has been fixed.

Earlier, when a scheduled task for configuration backup was created for a device whose configuration was not backedup at least once prior to creating the schedule, there were issues in executing the schedule. This has been fixed.

Earlier, there was no provision to directly delete synchronization schedule created for synchronizing Activity Directory user database with DeviceExpert. Now, separate provision has been made for deleting it.

Earlier, when the DNS name of the host where DeviceExpert is running was improper, a blank page appeared when connecting the web-interface. This has been fixed.

During the device discovery or device addition process, device names might not get recorded correctly due to DNS issues. To correct the names, provision was given to edit and update the host names in bulk. Earlier, there were some issues in editing the host names. This has been fixed.

The default inactivity timeout for DeviceExpert web-interface has been changed from 30 minutes to four hours. Timeout value is configurable.

DeviceExpert Build 5200

New Features / Enhancements

SNMP v3 Support: DeviceExpert now supports SNMP v3 for device discovery, configuration retrieval for Cisco devices and for switch-port mapping functionality.This allows leveraging the additional security measures of SNMP v3.

Enhancements have been made to the forwarded syslog messages listening feature with provision to specify the list of IP addresses from where syslog messages would be forwarded to DeviceExpert for real-time change detection. Previously, DeviceExpert expected the syslog message to come directly from the devices that undergo configuration change. With this new feature, syslog messages which get forwarded from a common syslog server (complying to RFC 3164 ) can also be used to detect configuration changes in real-time.

For Netscreen devices, real-time change detection is now done based on more conditions. For example, earlier, cases like forced telnet logout were not considered for change detection. Now, more such conditions are considered.

SSH-based configuration retrieval support is now extended to Cisco ASA and Nortel Passport devices.

New OS Support:  DeviceExpert now runs on Windows XP 64 bit, Windows 2008 Server, CentOS and Suse Linux

Support for New Device Vendors & Models: Avaya, UTM-1 Edge X version 7.5.55x, Lambda Driver 800, Dax Devices, Cisco ACE Module, Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software (WAAS), Cisco IOS XR 

Changes

For real-time change detection, when syslog messages were sent from devices, DeviceExpert identified the changes only when the exact IP of the device was present. This made real-time change detection not working in devices having multiple interfaces where the message came randomly from one of the interfaces. Now, DeviceExpert will look into the interface table of the device and consider all the interfaces.

A few models of Enterasys devices expect carriage return (Ctrl+Y) for logging in. Those type of devices are supported now.

Bug Fixes

Earlier, SSH-based configuration retrieval was not working with Foundry, Extreme and Enterasys devices. It is now fixed.

Earlier, when the entries in Configuration Changes report and Configuration Change Trend report spanned over more than one page, the entries after the first page were not visible. This issue has now been fixed.

In Nortel Baystack devices, configuration retrieval failed due to an issue in populating the hardware properties of the device. This issue has been fixed.

In scheduled configuration backup, the hardware properties of the devices were not updated. This issue has now been fixed.

Earlier, for Aruba devices, there were issues in populating the hardware details. This has been fixed.

In Cisco WLAN controller, configuration backup through TELNET-TFTP did not work. This has been fixed.

Earlier, when generating Configuration Change report as PDF, some entries were missing. This issue has been fixed.

In Widows 2003 and Vista, DeviceExpert port check tool showed wrong port status for Syslog service. This has now been fixed.

DeviceExpert Build 5110

New Features / Enhancements

 
  • Support for retrieving the configurations of Netscreen firewalls through SSH or TELNET without using TFTP
  • Switch Port Mapper: New functionality, which identifies the list of devices connected to each port of the managed switch. This eliminates the need for manually maintaining a record on port details and connected devices. 
  • Provision for editing and updating host names of devices in bulk. During the device discovery or device addition process, device names might not get recorded correctly due to DNS issues. This can be corrected later by updating hostnames in bulk by providing the list of host names in a standard flat file
  • Provision to listen for syslog messages from a central syslog server for use in real-time change detection. Previously, DeviceExpert expected the syslog message to come directly from the devices that undergo configuration change. With this new feature, syslog messages which get forwarded from a common syslog server (complying to RFC 3164 ) can also be used to detect configuration changes in real-time
  • Support for new device vendors & models - Cisco WLAN controller, Nortel Networks Layer 2-3 GbE Switch Module, Brocade 200E, Radware Web Server Director Pro AS, many Enterasys models
  • Support for Nortel Baystack Switch which can login to command line mode directly

Changes

  • Earlier, the execution output of custom templates were visible to all users. As this feature is widely used to carryout critical configuration changes like password rotation, firewall rule configuration etc. DeviceExpert now provides the option for removing the execution output. In addition, execution output will be visible only to the administrator and the user who executes the custom template
  • Configuration retrieval/upload over SCP is now supported for Cisco switches and Brocade devices also.

Bug Fixes

  • When a DeviceExpert user was deleted, both public and private groups created by the user got deleted. Now, the issue has been fixed and only the private groups held by the user will get deleted.
  • The issue related to sending notification on scheduled backup failure, has been fixed
  • After enabling Single SignOn, when an administrator/power user logged into DeviceExpert, the user role was taken as 'Operator' for all. This issue has now been fixed to reflect the exact role of the user
  • While retrieving configuration over SCP in Cisco routers, startup configuration was displayed as running. This issue has been fixed
  • The issue related to real-time change detection in Netscreen firewalls, has been fixed

DeviceExpert Release 5.1

New Features / Enhancements

Configuration files transfer

  • SCP protocol is now supported for Cisco devices to securely transfer configuration files from and to DeviceExpert
  • Support for SSH-based configuration backup for Cisco devices without the use of TFTP. DeviceExpert will establish communication with the device via SSH and execute respective 'show config' commands to retrieve configuration
Third-party identity stores & authentication mechanism
  • DeviceExpert now integrates with third-party identity stores Active Directory and LDAP
  • The authentication mechanism provided by AD, LDAP and RADIUS can be leveraged in DeviceExpert for user authentication
Advanced script execution for automation
  • Advanced scripts execution for automatically executing a series of inter-connected commands on a device in command line.
  • Support for firmware upgrade/OS image upload & many other complex command executions through advanced script execution
  • Option to skip pre and post configuration backup operations while executing custom templates. This will be useful to execute commands which make the device to go out of network
Schedules
  • Custom template execution can now be scheduled to be executed at any time. This will be useful for achieving better automation of configuration tasks
Database Backup
  • The destination directory for storing the backed up contents of DeviceExpert database is now configurable
  • The destination directory where exported configuration files are stored, is now configurable
Configuration Upload Approval
  • When administrators have configuration upload requests pending for their approval, alerts would be displayed in the Home page of the DeviceExpert GUI
Support for New Devices/Models
  • Alaxala devices
Bug Fixes / Changes
  • When DeviceExpert GUI is left unattended for 30 minutes, the client session will be logged out. This default timeout value (30 mins) is configurable. Earlier, timeout was infinite and hence session did not end automatically
  • Change Management notification emails will henceforth include the annotation information also. So the reason for change will also be found
  • It is now possible to label the 'configuration change authorization status' of any configuration as 'authorized' or 'unauthorized'.  It can be done from 'Change Trend Report' from 'Home' tab or from the respective configuration details page
  • DeviceExpert users with the roles PowerUser and Operator will not be able to view the scheduled tasks created by others users. Also, they will not be able to view the audit records pertaining to the schedules created by others
  • Support for synchronizing the running and startup configurations in bulk for many devices. Ealier, the bulk operation was not possible
  • Earlier, the custom templates could not be used for changing the passwords of Extreme Summit and HP devices. Now, the password change could be done in bulk using the advanced script execution feature
  • Earlier, the custom templates could not be used for executing the command for configuring the banner message of Cisco devices. This is now possible through the advanced script execution feature

DeviceExpert Build 5020

New Features / Enhancements

 
  • Configuration Diff reports have been enhanced to display more lines along with diff lines to better understand the "context" of the configuration change.
  • Detailed DeviceConfiguration and SecurityAudit report is now provided for each device. DeviceConfiguration Report gives details about configuration settings and SecurityAudit Report identifies security related issues and recommendations to resolve it.
  • Navigation improvements in "Device Details" and "Device Group" pages.
  • Report generation time will be displayed for reports sent via email for Scheduled Configuration Backup and Configuration Change notifications.

New Devices Support

Support for the following new device types:

  • Riverbed Steelhead
  • Alcatel switch
  • Huawei Quidway AR 18xx

More HP Switch and DLink Switch models are now supported.

Bug Fixes

  • Build 5010 had issues in scheduled configuration backup with larger number of devices. This has been fixed.
  • Fortigate device addition issue in build 5010 has been fixed.
  • Issues in updating certain hardware properties of Cisco ASA, AccessPoint, CatOS devices has been fixed.
  • Device addition and schedule creation issues with IE 6 have been fixed (But we recommend using IE 7.x or Firefox 2.x)


 New Features


Network Compliance
  • Provision for examining device configurations for compliance to a defined set of standards/criteria/rules and monitoring and reporting the compliance status
  • Automated Compliance Check: Support for associating compliance policies to devices, thereby automating the compliance check for each change in configuration
  • Option to define your own compliance policies to cater to the standards of your organization
Reports
  • 12 new intuitive reports on  Network Inventory, Firmware Inventory, Network Health Status, Configuration Changes, User Permissions, Network Compliance etc
  • Hardware details such as Serial Number, IOS Version, OS Image Name are depicted in reports
  • Support for scheduling report generation at periodic interval and emailing the same to required recipients
  • Provision to export reports in CSV format
Integration with ManageEngine OpManager
  • DeviceExpert can be integrated with ManageEngine OpManager (Network Monitoring Software). Device configurations can now be managed from the 'Device Details' page of OpManager
Device Groups
  • Provision for creating 'Public Groups', which are visible to all users
  • Provision for creating Device Groups based on more fine-grained criteria
Change Management
  • Option to receive Change Management Notification emails in a text format to facilitate better viewing in hand-held devices such as mobile phones.
User Management
  • Provision to assign public device groups to users (belonging to the roles PowerUser, Operator)
Backup Schedules
  • Option to receive emails only for error conditions in backup schedules.

TFTP  interface configuration in multi-homed machines

  • DeviceExpert uses TFTP server to transfer the configuration files to-and-fro the devices. Provision for specifying the interface to be used for transferring the configuration files from/to the devices, if  DeviceExpert is running in multi-homed machines.
Syslog interface configuration in multi-homed machines
  • Syslog server is used for real-time change detection. It binds its syslog listener at port 514. In multi-homed machines, if you want to run some other application with a syslog server in the same machine, you can bind the DeviceExpert syslog server to a specific interface leaving the other interface(s) for use by other application(s).
Specifying the count for parallel jobs
  • DeviceExpert executes configuration operations such as backup, upload, scheduled task execution, report generation etc as parallel jobs. The number of threads available for such parallel tasks are limited. Provision for specifying the number of parallel jobs depending on the hardware configuration of the machine in which DeviceExpert is running.
Performance Tuning
  • Performance tuning has been done to improve client responsiveness for various configuration operations & scheduled tasks.
Automatic Device Model Support
  • Automatic support for device models that are similar to the already supported models. This is due to the removal of model-specific device support.
Support for New Vendors
  • Support for four new device vendors - Juniper, NETGEAR & Dell. DeviceExpert already supports devices of 16 vendors - Cisco, HP, Nortel, D-Link, Juniper-NetScreen, Force10, 3Com, Foundry, Fortinet, ADTRAN, Enterasys, Huawei, Extreme, Proxim, Aruba and Blue Coat
  • New Device Type: Support for Cisco VPN Concentrators, Extreme Summit, 3Com 4500, Nortel Contivity Router, Enterasys XSR Router

Changes

  • Simplified procedure for manual addition of devices and importing devices from text file
  • Schedules creation procedure simplified
  • Provision for giving credentials to multiple devices from discovery status page.
  • Option for switching off email intimation upon DeviceExpert application user creation
  • Option to stop any device operation mid-way from inventory page

Bug Fixes

  • Backup operation of Cisco PIX 7.x models consumed considerable CPU process. This has now been fixed
  • Issue related to accessing Netscreen firewall devices via SSH fixed
  • If banner was set for HP switches, configuration backup failed. This is now fixed
  • In configuration change management notifications, email content formatted with newlines were not taken. This is now fixed
  • While displaying configuration difference for cisco devices, entries related to self-signed certificate were shown as a difference. This is now fixed
  • In the case of Extreme Black Diamond switches and Netscreen Firewalls, the status of "Real-time Change detection" was incorrectly depicted. This has now been fixed
  • For some cisco devices, hardware property population did not work. This has now been fixed.

 

DeviceExpert Build 4300

 

 New Features

 

Configuration Rollback

  • Provision for rolling back device configuration to any of the available versions

Configuration Enforcement & Change Management Enhancements

  • Support for automatically reverting to the previous or BASELINE version on detecting unauthorized changes

Scripting Support

  • Support for CLI command execution on devices in user-defined sequence. Useful in automating repetitive and time-consuming operations on devices

Hardware Properties Retrieval

  • Provision for fetching hardware properties of devices on demand and in periodic intervals

Show Commands

  • Support for executing various commands for fetching device details on demand. Useful in executing various 'show' commands 

Recent 5 Configuration Changes

  • Provision for quick view of five most recent configuration changes of any device

Disaster Recovery Tools

  • Tools for exporting latest device configuration files to a flat file on the disk for transferring to any secondary storage medium.
  • Provision for automated backup of entire DeviceExpert database. Helpful in rapid restoration of DeviceExpert server, in the event of any disaster

Database Administration

  • Provision for purging older audit trails and device configuration versions

Detailed Audit Trails

  • Detailed information depicting the reason for operation failure as part of device audit trail display

New OS Support

  • DeviceExpert now runs on Windows Vista

Device Models Support

  • Support for more than 300 device models including many Force10 models
  • Support for a total of 16 vendors - Cisco, HP, Nortel, D-Link, Juniper-NetScreen, Force10, 3Com, Foundry, Fortinet, ADTRAN, Enterasys, Huawei, Extreme, Proxim, Aruba and Blue Coat


Enhancements

  • Support for pushing the configuration of HP & Nortel devices
  • Simplified procedure for manual device addition
  • Device details page enhanced with provision for carrying out various actions on device

Bug Fixes

  • Earlier, rescheduling time for periodic schedules was calculated based on the completion time of previous execution. This has been fixed.

Changes

  • JRE containing DST fix is bundled with DeviceExpert now
  • For DeviceExpert GUI, blue theme has been standardized and green theme removed
  • Ready-to-use custom templates (Syslog configuration, SNMP Configuration & Password configuration) will be removed in the next major upgrade as more powerful scripting functionality has been added
DeviceExpert Build 4210

 Feature Enhancements

 
  • Device Discovery

    1. Nmap based Discovery: Device Discovery has been enhanced with Nmap-based discovery, which offers a host of advantages over the existing process. Earlier, when running DeviceExpert in non-English OS, ping for device would fail during discovery, resulting in disruption of discovery process. Now, with Nmap-based discovery, all such issues have been addressed.

    2. Stopping Discovery: Provision to stop device discovery, at any point of time during the discovery process.

    3. DNS Name in Discovery status: While viewing the discovery status of specific devices, the DNS Name of the device is also displayed.

    4. Discovery support for most of the models: Most of the device models that are supported by DeviceExpert could now be discovered and added to the inventory. Refer supported device models page for more details.

  • Configuration Diff

In the contextual, side-by-side comparison of configuration versions, option has been provided to view only the lines in which there is a difference. Navigation buttons have also been provided to move from one diff line to the next easily.

  • Syslog-based change detection

Syslog-based change detection is now supported for more device types including Cisco ASA, NetScreen firewall, Fortinet FortiGate firewall, ADTRAN LAN Switch, Nortel Baystack 5510 & 5520.

  • Device Model Support

1. Support for more than 280 device models

2. Nortel Business Policy Switches running an older version of OS software (v3.0.6.08) are also supported

3. Support for a total of 15 vendors - Cisco, HP, Nortel, D-Link, Juniper-NetScreen, 3Com, Foundry, Fortinet, ADTRAN, Enterasys, Huawei, Extreme, Proxim, Aruba and Blue Coat

Changes

  • Terminologies

The term 'Download' which was being used to denote the transfer of configuration from DeviceExpert to the device, has been changed to 'Upload' to adhere to industry standard terms. Henceforth, the following terminologies would be consistently used:

* Backup denoting retrieval of current configuration from device and transfer of the same to DeviceExpert

* Upload denoting the transfer of the configuration from DeviceExpert to the device

  • ResultHandler

The 'ResultHandler' feature has been removed. A more powerful Change Management feature was added in the previous release (4200) itself.

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DeviceExpert Release 4.2 - Build 4200

Feature Enhancements
  • New Device Models Support

    Support for over 275 device models that include routers, switches, firewalls, access points, access servers, integrated access devices, adaptive security appliances and others from multi-vendors.

  • New Vendor Support

    Support for a total of 15 vendors - Cisco, HP, Nortel, D-Link, Juniper-NetScreen, 3Com, Foundry, Fortinet, ADTRAN, Enterasys, Huawei, Extreme, Proxim, Aruba and Blue Coat.

  • Device Discovery

    (1) Earlier, for device discovery only two options were available - discovering specific devices or the devices falling under a specific IP range in bulk. Now, option is provided to discover multiple devices by importing hostnames or ip addresses from a file at one go.

    (2) Provision to specify multiple SNMP community for device discovery (to enable discovery of multiple devices in bulk)

  • Configuration Change Management

    (1) Support for sending email notifications or SNMP V2 traps upon detecting configuration changes

    (2) Option to generate trouble tickets to Help Desk upon change detection

  • Device Inventory

    IP address of device is displayed in the inventory table for easy reference. It is added as an additional column in inventory table, not listed by default. (Go to the column chooser to list this as a column in the table)

  • Reports

    Network inventory report has been enhanced with display of more hardware details

Changes

  • Configuration Diff

    While taking configuration diff, difference due to comments will be ignored henceforth

  • GUI Enhancements

    The default theme of DeviceExpert GUI has been changed to blue from green. The previous green theme has been made optional. Minor changes in GUI have been made for ease of navigation and improved usability

  • Editing Device Details

    Option is provided for changing model number and series of a device from the Device Details page

  • SSH Support for additional models

    SSH support for Cisco ASA models

  • ResultHandler

    Since a more powerful Change Management feature has been added in this release, the "Result Handler" feature will be removed in the next release



DeviceExpert Release 4.1 - Build 4101

 Feature Enhancements  
  • New Device Models Support

    Support for over 240 device models that include routers, switches, firewalls, access points, access servers, integrated access devices, adaptive security appliances and others from multi-vendors.

  • New Vendor Support

    Support for a total of 12 vendors - Cisco, HP, Nortel, 3com, Foundry, D-Link, ADTRAN, Fortinet, NetScreen, Enterasys, Blue Coat and Huawei.

  • Approval Mechanism for Configuration Update

    All device configuration changes initiated by an operator require approval from a privileged user before the actual update in device.

  • Search in Device Configuration

    Search utility to look for specific words, strings, phrases or a combination of these in device configuration files.

  • Fine-grained User Access Control

    Support for imposing role-based access restrictions for accessing devices and carrying out various operations

  • Managing Devices outside private networks

    Devices present outside the private network/firewalls can now be managed by DeviceExpert

  • Disaster Recovery Tools

    Utilities provided to backup/restore DeviceExpert database. Script for backing up latest stored configuration, is also provided.


Bug Fixes

  • Previously, Device Groups could not be deleted even if not referred in other places. This is now fixed.
  • The issue with regard Telneting to a PIX device from Device Properties page of DeviceExpert has now been fixed.
  • Hitherto, daily schedules were not getting rescheduled at the end of every month. This is now fixed.
  • Previously, in the case of cisco devices going into enable login mode directly, there was a restriction that host name needed to be given in prompt, enable password prompt and enable prompt. This restriction has been removed now.

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DeviceExpert Build 4030

Feature Enhancements

  • New Device Model Support

    Support for 10 more device models that include routers, switches, firewalls, access points, access servers, integrated access devices and others from multi-vendors. DeviceExpert supports a total of 160 device models at present.

  • Complete SSH Support

    Configuration operations through SSH for all supported models of Cisco & D-link. Already, DeviceExpert supports SSH for Cisco PIX, Foundry and Fortinet models.


DeviceExpert Build 4020

Feature Enhancements

  • New Device Model Support

    Support for 50 more device models that include routers, switches, firewalls, access points, access servers, integrated access devices and others from multi-vendors. DeviceExpert supports a total of 150 device models at present.

  • New Vendor Support

    Support for four more vendors such as Nortel, D-Link, ADTRAN and Enterasys. DeviceExpert already supports Cisco, HP, 3COM, Juniper NetScreen, Foundry and Fortinet.

  • SSH Support

    Configuration operations through SSH for all cisco pix models and FortiGate models.

  • Discovery Status Tracking

    Support for tracking the status of device discovery. Progress of discovery in terms of percentage of completion and finally the result can now be tracked.


  • Option to test the validity of Credentials

    Testing option is provided to find the correctness of device credential details. After entering the credentials, when test option is invoked, DeviceExpert will pinpoint the valid and invalid values.

Bug Fixes

  • Earlier, when a device discovery attempt failed, manual addition of the device to the inventory also failed due to incomplete cleanup of residual data pertaining to the discovery of unsupported models. This issue has now been fixed.
  • Previously if the IP address of the machine got changed in subsequent restart of the server, DeviceExpert had to be reinitialized and started afresh. It is not required now.

DeviceExpert Build 4010

Features

  • Support for more than 100 device models that include routers, switches, firewalls, access points, integrated access devices and others from vendors like Cisco, HP, 3COM, Foundry, NetScreen, FortiGate etc.,

  • Support for Cisco devices with CatOS

  • Capturing username and IP address when someone opens a telnet console and directly carries out a configuration change to Cisco IOS switches and routers, as part of enhancements in real-time change detection

  • Provision for copying running configuration as startup in bulk

Bug Fixes

  • Residual data from the discovery of unsupported models are now cleaned up properly

  • Hitherto, copying running configuration to startup did not work in SNMP-TFTP protocol mode. This issue has now been fixed

  • While using credential profiles, when independent update of the profile values was carried out, sometimes, the changes did not reflect in the credentials used for the device. This issue has now been fixed
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