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AmpCon-DC incorporates a unique workflow to enable return merchandise authorization (RMA) replacements. When hardware fails and is replaced with new hardware, the RMA module takes the configurations from the failed switch, updates the serial number of the new switch, and pushes the configurations to the new switch to bring it up seamlessly in the network.
Simplified software and switch upgrades
Finally, the nature of PicOS® itself makes it simpler to manage vs. swithes compared with any legacy switch/router network operating system (NOS) of switches or routers. Because it’s PicOS® is Linux-based, PicOS® is and thus it’s compartmentalized,, which means that you can update or change one component or aspect without affecting the other components. For example, if you’re pushing out a security patch, that it affects only the security component of the NOS; you don’t have to replace the entire software /firmware image.
If you’re familiar with legacy NOSs such as Cisco IOS, you know that’s not the case. Any update requires a wholesale software/firmware change, with all the attendant disruption that comes with it: putting the change through a qualification cycle, lab testing, the works.By contrast, if you’re making a change to PicOS that has nothing to do with the movement of data, such as a security change, you don’t need to go through all of those steps.
AmpCon-DC makes it easy and error-free to upgrade your switches to the latest PicOS® version. When you are ready to go, you simply schedule a job identifying the group of switches, the new software image, and the time window when you want the upgrades to be executed. The task executes automatically in the background and captures the results in a logfile that can be checked for the details and updates the task status on completionor firmware image.
Additional Features
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Role-based access control (RBAC)
User logins are authenticated via a TACACS+ server which also determines their access permissions based on their role; users can also be defined for local fallback
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Parking
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Manage switches that have shown up in the network and registered with AmpCon-DC, but not yet setup with configs by the admin
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Setting up a group of switches
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Switches can be organized in groups by region, location, building etc. for performing lifecycle operations
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Importing Switches
Helps incorporate and manage switches that were not originally deployed through AmpCon-DC
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Decommission
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workflow
Used for temporarily taking a switch down and then redeploying it in another location
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Operational Logs
Track all activity in AmpCon-DC, and can be used for troubleshooting to drill down and analyze issues
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Monitoring
Allows drilling down into a switch to look at its current status, port statistics, etc.
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