New Firmware Releases As we know, network equipment vendors periodically release new software which should fix the issues from the previous release. Still, it’s no secret that, sometimes, new firmware can fix one thing while also breaking two more in the process. Therefore, if a new firmware release promises a fix for periodic issues with […]

SolarWinds Network Performance Manager (NPM) and Network Configuration Manager (NCM) are two powerful tools for network monitoring and visibility. Many Indeni customers are current SolarWinds customers or previously used SolarWinds. As a result we get asked a lot “How do you compare to SolarWinds?”. The short answer is: SolarWinds provides great network visibility across devices […]

Indeni automation platform delivers a level of proactiveness that easily prevents IT outages. Check Point and Palo Alto Networks firewall users have been enjoying this benefit for year. We’re excited to announce the release of Fortinet FortiGate support. With automation, Fortinet users can have the same ability to resolve costly issues before they arise. See […]

SNMP based monitoring & Syslog from SolarWinds If you are a SolarWinds Orion user, you are enjoying the benefits of NPM for SNMP-based monitoring. With a large portion of network visibility under control, you can extend your SolarWinds solution to include automation and ensure the availability of your network. Read how to learn how. Out […]

Indeni’s automation platform did it again! We are proud to announce support forJuniper SRX series Next-Generation Firewalls. Kudos and credits are due to our Expert community for requesting, developing, testing, and delivering! Here are a few scenarios that network and security professionals can avoid by using Indeni: 1. Network Outages caused by traceoptions and sampling […]

As we usher in 2018 with new year’s resolutions, we find a few individuals have been working towards betterment well before the ball dropped at midnight. One such individual is an Indeni Crowd member, Adam Erickson from NCI Information Systems. Having joined Indeni Crowd in early October through the GNS3 community, he has seen value through the […]

What’s new in the latest version of Indeni? Enhancements in the core platform across Indeni Server, Collector, and Knowledge. See below for the detailed notes for 6.0.71 included in this platform release. Customers head over to the Indeni Forum within Indeni Crowd to join the conversation around these capabilities. Want the latest build? Download the latest version. Improvements Platform AWK parser does […]

In this post, we will cover the benefits introduced by Virtual Port-Channel (vPC) for First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP). Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) are two of these FHRPs. HSRP is Cisco proprietary whereas VRRP is a standard-based protocol and allows interoperability between different vendors. vPC enhances FHRPs by […]

With the rapid growth in data traffic in the past decade and the rapid expansion of computer networks, the necessity for network security and stability has grown massively. Due to these concerns, leading service providers and big enterprises have focused mostly on security, stability, and quality of service have been offering. However, even with service […]

This is the first part of a series covering VXLAN on NEXUS devices. Various control-plane approaches will be covered. In this first part, unicast and multicast control-plane is discussed and in our next post, we’ll discuss one VXLAN using MP-BPG. Each of these have advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of this series is to show […]

This is the second part of a series covering VXLAN on NEXUS devices using Multi-Protocol BGP(MP-BGP) as control plane. The first part looked at unicast and multicast control-plane. Some of the drawbacks of these options were mentioned in the first part. The advantage of Ethernet VPN(EVPN) is that the MAC learning happens in control-plane rather […]

Scenario Let’s consider a typical real-world BGP scenario: peering with your ISP. Maybe you don’t have a powerful enterprise router or maybe you want to save the device’s resources, but chances are you’d want your ISP to send you only a default route. But what happens if your ISP Network Engineer accidentally forgets to filter […]