Developers

A key factor in our decision to use Redcell was its ability to monitor all of our data network devices and servers from one platform.

Juan Barrera, Internet Systems Manager at Weslaco ISD

Redcell Device Driver Factory

Get in the Driver Seat!

The Redcell Device Driver Factory tool provides the ability to create your own device drivers or enhance the functionality of an existing Redcell base device without having to write software code!

Device Drivers created with the DD Factory tool let Redcell discover network elements, show the condition of and report on their status, and configure network elements.

The DD Factory is available for developers who register.

What are Enhanced Device Drivers?

Redcell Enhanced Device Drivers

Enhanced Device Drivers are profile based for a specific vendor and allow for multiple device models to be modeled and managed within the same driver profile. This allows for a single driver to be used for discovery and support of Redcell applications for an entire family of devices manufactured by a single vendor.

Along with supporting multiple device models per driver, multiple Operating System versions can be managed as well in a single device driver, allowing you to easily manage changes in command parameters from one version to another. For example, individual SNMP and CLI based transactions can be created and associated to a range of supported Operating System versions or to a specific Operating System version allowing for versioning of commands.

An Enhanced Device Driver created with the tool allows you to take full advantage of any
Enterprise MIBs & CLI Commands supported by a device to collect and configure the network element- specific parameters from devices for use in support of Redcell applications and services.

Codeless Creation – the Toolkit

The Redcell Device Driver Factory Toolkit

The DD Factory Toolkit provides a turn key set of tools to that includes:

Automatically create Event Definitions from SNMP Trap Notifications for use in Redcell’s event and performance monitoring suite
MIB Browser
Regular Expression Tester and “pop-up” examples
Test SNMP & CLI based transactions for data collection and Custom Attributes from within the tool itself without requiring the Redcell run-time environment
Build tools allowing you to create Device Driver Packages which can be installed on a production system. Register drivers with Redcell for immediate use and driver documentation
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Built in Help Topics

Enhanced Device Drivers Functionality

A Redcell Enhanced Codeless Device Driver created using DD Factory supports key functionality in Redcell:

Device Discovery & Resync*	Discovery is how the application identifies and catalogs network elements. Once discovery identifies a network element, you can create and store equipment objects in the database, so Redcell Applications can communicate with the element.
Show Screens	Allows for the organizing and displaying of device specific information for example, device or sub-component configurations, device statistical or resource usage information
Topology Views	Used to visualize equipment by locations, contact, equipment or groups and can display their hierarchical relationships.
SNMP Events & Syslog Management	Identify and manage SNMP or Syslog based messages from devices for event and alarm processing
Alarm Reports	Provides real-time device alarm & service monitoring
Backup/Restore/ Firmware Deploy/Current Config/Compare **	Network file configuration, creation, management, backup, restoration and comparison; comprehensive firmware/OS management
Change Management	Notification, action and reporting of configuration changes identified by proactive network scanning
AdaptiveCLI	Lets users configure and manage “mini-scripts” used to query or configure a devices configuration
Inventory Reports	Allows for the creation and management of detailed device inventory reports by Device, Sub-component or Service
Direct Access	Gives operators the ability to directly connect to a network element from within Redcell using Telnet, SSH, HTTPS, SNMP or HTTP (these protocols are dependent on the device)
Key Performance Indicators	KPIs allow for the collection and reporting of key numeric performance data that appears in its own dedicated screen for the device
Custom Attributes	Collection of device specific data that can be used for Inventory Reporting or for use with Key Performance Indicators

*SNMP - ifTable or Entity MIB based only. What is sometimes referred to as “Deep Discovery” requires Advanced Device Driver due to custom development work. For example, Deep Discovery could include the discovery and creation of Chassis, Cards, Modules, Slots, Ports, CPUs, Flash, Power Supplies and Link Discovery

** The device must support standard configuration file backup and restore processes in a similar manner as Cisco and Juniper devices using FTP, TFTP or SCP.

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