Extreme Networks EPICenter 5.0, Manual

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EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide 13
1
EPICenter Overview
This chapter describes:
• The features of the EPICenter
™
software
• The EPICenter software components
Introduction
Today's corporate networks commonly encompass hundreds or thousands of systems, including
individual end user systems, servers, network devices such as printers, and internetworking systems.
Extreme Networks
™
recognizes that network managers have different needs, and delivers a suite of
ExtremeWare
™
management tools to meet those needs.
EPICenter is a powerful yet easy-to-use application suite that facilitates the management of a network
of Summit
™
, BlackDiamond
™
, and Alpine
™
switches, as well as selected third-party switches. EPICenter
makes it easier to perform configuration and status monitoring, create virtual LANs (VLANs), and
implement policy-based networking in enterprise LANs with Extreme Networks switches. EPICenter
offers a comprehensive set of network management tools that are easy to use from a client workstation
running EPICenter client software, or from a workstation configured with a web browser and the Java
plug-in.
EPICenter leverages the three-tier client/server architecture framework represented by Java applets, and
can be accessed using Microsoft Internet Explorer or with Sun’s Java Plug-in. The EPICenter application
and database support two of the most popular operating environments in the marketplace, Microsoft
Windows 2000/XP and Sun Microsystems’ Solaris.
EPICenter Features
In large corporate networks, network managers need to manage systems “end to end.” The EPICenter
software is a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use application for centralizing the management of a
network of Extreme switches and selected third-party devices, regardless of the network size. The
EPICenter
software provides the vital SNMP, HTML, and CLI-based tools you need for network-wide
management of Extreme Networks Summit, Black Diamond, and Alpine switches.
• Network Control . The EPICenter software provides configuration and monitoring of Extreme
Networks' switches and selected third-party devices anywhere on the network simultaneously.