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CiscoWorks Network Compliance Manager 1.3
PB442921
Product Overview
CiscoWorks Network Compliance Manager (NCM) tracks and regulates configuration and software
changes throughout a multivendor network infrastructure. It provides superior visibility into network
changes and can track compliance with a broad variety of regulatory, IT, corporate governance,
and technology requirements. CiscoWorks NCM helps IT staff identify and correct trends that
could lead to problems such as network instability and service interruption. Table 1 lists the
primary features of CiscoWorks NCM.
Table 1.
CiscoWorks NCM 1.3 Features
Feature
Benefits
Simplified licensing
Simplifies the ordering, licensing and install process enabling customers to get their NCM
systems up and running more easily
systems up and running more easily
Enhanced software image
management
management
Enables automated software image management with recommendation, validation,
synchronization, automatic image download, and automatic rollback on error
synchronization, automatic image download, and automatic rollback on error
End-of-sale/end-of-life
reporting and alerting
reporting and alerting
Provides up to date information on devices and modules that have reached end-of-
sale/end-of-life status in the network (currently supports Cisco
sale/end-of-life status in the network (currently supports Cisco
®
devices only)
Interface provisioning and
management
management
Facilitates speedy and accurate interface management through sophisticated interface
search and provisioning capabilities
search and provisioning capabilities
Policy and compliance
manager enhancements
manager enhancements
Provides ability to automate compliance on an “as-running” basis as well as the traditional
“as-configured” basis
“as-configured” basis
Usability improvements for
policy rule creation
policy rule creation
Dramatically reduces the need for regular expressions for creating rules
Advanced scripting
enhancements
enhancements
Provides the ability to mask sensitive information when using command scripts
Support for Simple Network
Management Protocol version
3 (SNMPv3) and IPv6
Management Protocol version
3 (SNMPv3) and IPv6
Facilitates configuration and change management of the latest secure and cutting
edge networks
edge networks
Search and filtering
enhancements
enhancements
Facilitates searching and filtering on policies, compliance, and interfaces
Device and configuration
management enhancements
management enhancements
Provides users a lot more flexibility and ease of use in device configuration
Network autodiscovery
Eliminates manual administration of devices
Network diagram
Eases troubleshooting
Configuration and change
management
management
●
Increases uptime
●
Eases audit of configuration changes
●
Improves control of network resources
Audit and compliance
management
management
●
Includes expansive modeling of regulatory, corporate, IT, and technology policies
●
Provides visibility into network’s compliance with policies
●
Identifies critical risks and violations
●
Prioritizes triage of compliance violations
Integration with CiscoWorks
applications
applications
●
Includes cross-launch capabilities between CiscoWorks NCM and other CiscoWorks
applications such as CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS), Home Page,
Device Center, and CiscoView
Device Center, and CiscoView
●
Allows user to run scripts to register with CiscoWorks servers
●
Helps ensure consistency of network inventory database using CiscoWorks Device
Credential Repository (DCR)—for example, device list and credentials may be imported
into CiscoWorks NCM
into CiscoWorks NCM