EPICenter Features
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Role-based Access Management
All EPICenter users must log in with a user name and password in order to access EPICenter features.
EPICenter initially provides four user roles:
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Monitor role—users who can view status information only.
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Manager role—users who can modify device parameters as well as view status information.
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Administrator role—users who can create, modify and delete EPICenter user accounts as well as
perform all the functions of a user with Manager access.
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Disabled role—users whose account information is maintained, but who have no access to any
features of the product.
An Administrator user can create additional roles, can modify the capabilities available under each role,
and can add and delete EPICenter users, as well as enable or disable access for individual users.
Through the EPICenter Admin applet, EPICenter can be configured to act as a Remote Authentication
Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server. It can then be contacted by RADIUS clients (such as Extreme
Networks switches) to configure access permissions for Extreme switches, and to authenticate user
names and passwords. The use of EPICenter as a RADIUS server avoids the need to maintain user
names, passwords, and access permissions in each switch, and instead centralizes the configuration in
one location in EPICenter.
As an alternative, EPICenter can be configured as a RADIUS client, or RADIUS authentication
functionality can be disabled.
EPICenter Stand-alone Utilities
The EPICenter software provides a number of stand-alone utilities or scripts that streamline the process
of getting information into and out of the EPICenter database, or facilitate certain device
troubleshooting functions. These include the following:
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The DevCLI utility lets you add devices to and remove devices from the EPICenter inventory
database via command, and supports batch additions and deletions specified via a file.
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A set of Inventory Export scripts that enable you to export information from the EPICenter database
about the devices that are being managed. The information is provided in a format suitable for
import into other applications, such as a spreadsheet.
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The SNMPCLI utility provides SNMP Get, GetNext, and SNMP walk features that may be needed to
obtain device MIB information for troubleshooting.
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A set of utilities that provide a command line interface to several EPICenter software functions.
These include the AlarmMgr utility, FindAddr utility, TransferMgr utility, and VlanMgr utility. These
utilities enable you to perform certain EPICenter functions from the command line (or through a
script) rather than through the EPICenter graphical user interface. Results from the Alarm Manager
utility and the Find Address utility can be output to a file.
The EPICenter Policy Manager Upgrade
The EPICenter Policy Manager is a separately-licensed component of the EPICenter product family.
When a Policy Manager license is installed on the EPICenter server, the Policy and Voice over IP icons
icon appears in the Navigation Toolbar at the left of your browser window. When you purchase the
optional Policy Manager, you will receive a separate license key for that feature.
Summary of Contents for EPICenter 5.0
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