Cirrus Configuration Manager v4 is now available! SolarWinds has released a new network change and configuration management version that builds upon its easy to use, affordable, multi-vendor, robust infrastructure to provide many new and exciting features.
Feature Highlights!
- Active Directory Integration– Cirrus allows users to leverage pass-through authentication to automatically log into Cirrus. Two default accounts are also included.
- User Roles– Administrative tasks such as setting up user accounts, granting user access, and modifying encryption settings will be limited to users with administrative rights.
- User Activity Tracking– Users can view a user activity tracking report to view who and when configuration changes were made, who and when configurations were backed up, Cirrus user login timestamps, and more.
- User Device Login Credentials– You now have the ability to assign device login credentials to users.
- SNMP v3–Users can collect node information and inventory information using SNMP v3.
- Ability to Assign Device Login Credentials to a User – Cirrus now allows you to leverage individual accounts set up on authentication servers such as TACAC+ and RADIUS to perform configuration changes.
- Ability to easily remediate a policy violation– You can easily rollout a configuration change to devices that have violated a specific policy rule.
- Unmanage Devices– You can now keep configuration history from devices that have been decommissioned or simply removed from the network. Cirrus will not include these unmanaged devices within any jobs or reports.
- Community Interaction– Cirrus will provide links to Thwack allowing you to easily access data from community experts or to post questions.
- Backup Status Reports– Backup Status reports for startup and running configurations will be provided out-of-the-box.
- Increased Security– You can now choose to hide usernames, passwords, and SNMP community strings from anyone accessing Cirrus.
- Intermediary Device Support– You can now download configurations from devices that are connected through a terminal server (if the connected device is referenced via an IP).
- Send Real-Time Config Change Detection Notifications to Specific Email Addresses– You can now configure Real-Time Config Change Detection to send notifications to different email addresses based on the device.
O This feature is available by adding a custom property, populating the custom property for each device with the desired email address, and specifying the custom property macro as the email address (i.e., ${ChangeEmailAddress} within the Real-Time Config Change Detection settings.
