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.
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.
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
- ASCII table
- Built in Help Topics
A Redcell Enhanced Codeless Device Driver created using DD Factory supports key functionality in Redcell:
| Device Discovery & Resync* |
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| Show Screens |
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| Topology Views |
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| SNMP Events & Syslog Management |
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| Alarm Reports |
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| Backup/Restore/ Firmware Deploy/Current Config/Compare ** |
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| Change Management |
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| AdaptiveCLI |
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| Inventory Reports |
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| Direct Access |
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| Key Performance Indicators |
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| Custom Attributes |
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*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.| Download Dorado's Enterprise IT Trial Today! | |