SolarWinds® Kiwi CatTools® is network automation tool designed to manage configurations on network devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls. It helps you to work more efficiently by scheduling automatic backup activities and rolling out configuration changes to multiple devices at the same time. With native support for devices from dozens of manufacturers, Kiwi CatTools helps simplify network administration, configuration change alerting, and backup management.
Features:
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Schedule Automated Network Configuration Backups
Kiwi CatTools is designed to provide simplicity and automation to easily back up configuration from network devices. You can schedule backup activity for custom time intervals. Kiwi CatTools has a built-in TFTP server that also supports the backup activity via TFTP.
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Perform Bulk Configuration Changes on Network Devices:
with Kiwi CatTools, you can perform configuration changes on multiple devices simultaneously.
Using the built-in TFTP server, you can apply configuration files to various devices. This makes it easy to roll back to a previous, good configuration.
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Increase Security with Configuration Change Alerting:
Constantly oversee network configuration changes. Kiwi CatTools detects and alerts on configuration changes and sends email notifications. This helps you to track unauthorized device configuration changes and security risks.
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Compare Device Configurations and Analyze Changes:
Kiwi CatTools lets you perform two types of configuration comparisons:
- Compare current device configurations with the most recent backup.
- Compare running and startup configurations.
You can view and analyze the results of a comparison on the console or generate a report.
You can view and analyze the results of a comparison on the console or generate a report.
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Perform Network Device Management from One Console:
Kiwi CatTools has many built-in “Activities” that allow you to manage and work on network
devices without having to use the Command Line Interface (CLI). Issue commands from the
easy-to-use Kiwi CatTools console and update a device’s password or banner, perform inter-device pings, and more.
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Generate Configuration and Device Information Reports:
Kiwi CatTools provides many out-of-the-box reports in HTML and text file formats. It also supports sending these reports and statistics via email.
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Multi-Vendor Device Support:
Kiwi CatTools provides out-of-the-box support for IPv4 and IPv6 devices from industry-leading manufacturers, including Cisco®, HP®, 3Com®, Enterasys, F5®, Huawei®, Juniper®, and more
System Requirements:
HARDWARE | MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS |
CPU | 1.2GHz |
Memory | 256MB |
Hard Drive | 350MB |
SOFTWARE | MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS |
Operating System |
Server: Windows Server® 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2 Workstation: Windows® 10, 8.1, 8 |
.NET Framework | .NET 3.5 SP1 |
Database for Web Access | Microsoft® data access components and Jet 4.0 Database Engine |