This article is intended for IT managers.
An overview of all your networking hardware
This organizer is intended to keep all your records of network elements such as routers, gateways, switches, or other network elements that you use in your company. Here you get the complete overview. The organizer contains groups of details intended for keeping information during the life cycle of hardware (acquisition, administration, and maintenance of network elements, decommissioning).
The range and structure of the organizer is designed according to best practice. If it does not suit your needs, your administrator can change it, or you can use our expert services.
Record basic information for each networking hardware
- Manufacturer and model
- Inventory number
- The date of acquisition, the date of deployment, or the location
- Securely stored login credentials - the administrator's password
- Retirement information
Detailed information for each network element
For each network element, you only keep useful information that you need in practical operation:
- Inventory number and information about the network element
- Keeping information about maintenance, repairs, or updates to the network element
- Information about the location of the network element
- Security information, such as the administrator password or firmware password
Networking hardware Operation Log
- For each networking hardware, you keep information about performed maintenance, service, and all service interventions.
How does Aptien help you with network element management?
Central overview of network elements
- CMDB (Configuration Management DataBase) is a central repository, where you store information about your network elements, and it also serves for network element configuration management
- CMDB provides a common place for storing data associated with network element activities
- Network element inventory can include many specifics of each piece of network element equipment.
Maintenance and operation log of network elements
- Keeping an operation log of network elements
- Monitoring network element warranty terms
- Monitoring regular network element replacement
- Keeping an operation log of performed maintenance, updates, patch management
- Monitoring regular penetration tests
- You can easily set up and monitor all the mentioned activities for different network elements