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Features & Benefits:
Powerful Network Management Tools for the Enterprise
3Com® Network Director offers IT managers of up to midsize enterprise networks a self-contained, standalone software suite with all the features necessary to monitor and control a sophisticated data or data/telephony network. While optimized for 3Com network environments, it also supports a range
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of non-3Com products. To simplify the work of IT staff and improve network operation and reliability, functionality includes advanced capabilities such as discovery and mapping of network devices, bulk configuration tools with backup and restore, device set-up wizards, troubleshooting tools that can rapidly locate and fix network problems, and tools that simplify managing 3Com routers or switches.
3Com software services are a simple way to keep copies of 3Com Network Director up-to-date with the latest features, new device support, bug fixes, and new releases when made available. 3Com strongly recommends that a service agreement is purchased with each copy of 3Com Network Director, as product updates to 3Com Network Director (including new device support) will only be made available to customers with current service agreements.
- Standalone package monitors and controls a sophisticated data or data/telephony network including switches, routers, wireless access points, IP telephony components, end stations, and servers.
- Advanced bulk capabilities—bulk configuration backup and restore and software agent update for 3Com LAN and WAN products—simplify network administration and can enhance performance and reliability.
- Wizard driven operations allow fast network-wide configurations for VLANs, Quality of Service, and switch port settings such as security options.
- Comprehensive event log gives clear descriptions and severity of network problems; intelligent event correlation identifies critical causal events.
- Powerful performance monitoring detects bottlenecks and other network problems; historical data indicates trends to facilitate predictions of future network performance.
- Advanced troubleshooting displays show industry-standard RMON data from switches.
- Accurate automatic network discovery and mapping—including detailed views at Layer 2 and Layer 3 levels with real-time status updates—show all data, voice, and wireless networking equipment; all connecting links, end stations and servers; tracings of the data path between network entities; and VLAN associations of ports and devices.
- Flexible reporting via pre-defined or customized reports includes information on network inventory, misconfigurations, optimization suggestions, and device history.
- Graphical element management simplifies administration of switches (Switch Manager application) and routers (Router Manager application).
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