Nortel Alteon Security Element Manager

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Nortel Alteon Security Element Manager

The Nortel Security Element Manager provides a single point of administration for security devices such as Nortel's Switched Firewall, VPN Gateway, SSL VPN, Application Switches, WLAN Security Switches and related applications. It auto-discovers and displays multi-layer network topologies with corresponding status information and enables proactive management, problem solving, and capacity planning by providing real-time performance statistics.

The Security Element Manager provides a single interface for consistent administration across security devices or groups of devices (clusters). To enable comprehensive management and ease of use, the Nortel Security Element Manager integrates into the HP OpenView Network Node Manager.

Key Features:

Single, consistent point of administration across Nortel devices/device clusters, featuring integration and compatibility with third-party management tools. (e.g., CheckPoint SmartCenter Management Console and Provider-1)
Auto-discovery of network topology.
Secure management of security infrastructure using user access and password information, as well as SSL, SSH, and SNMPv3 for secure communication.
Device-level configuration management tools that facilitate time-consuming tasks, including bulk software/image upgrade to load and activate software updates to Nortel security devices/clusters on the network.
Problem discovery and analysis through fault management tools and statistics.
Proactive capacity planning with performance management tools and statistics.

Features & Benefits

Features

Facilitates time-consuming tasks with configuration management tools, including software/image management, support for device-level configuration tools, and support for third-party application management tools (e.g., Check Point Smart Center and Provider-1)
Enables proactive problem discovery and analysis through detection and display of faults from multiple devices/clusters
Delivers detailed network knowledge and performance management through the collection and display of activity/utilization statistics
Enables secure management of security infrastructure using user access and password information as well as SSL, SSH, and SNMPv3 for secure communication
Provides a single point of administration for security applications (Nortel Switched Firewall System supported in Release 1.0)

Benefits

Lower operations and training costs through simplified management of security infrastructure and automation of time-consuming tasks
Scalable administration grows to meet network and business requirements
Integration and compatibility with third-party management tools enables comprehensive management for network and IT administrator
Proactive fault and performance management tools help solve problems before they impact the network

Security Element Manager Technical Specifications

Hardware Requirements

Management work station with the following minimum configuration:

Intel Pentium Processor, 333-MHz or greater
256-MB RAM
Free disk space: 400-MB + 250-MB free paging space (for HP OpenView and the Nortel Security Element Manager)

Software Requirements

Windows 2000 Server
HP OpenView NNM 6.2 for Windows and NNM Consolidated Patch NNM_00932
Optional package for SNMPv3 support: SNMP Research's SNMP Security Pack

Prerequisites (Management Station)

HP OpenView NNM
Check Point management applications should be installed. Support exists for FP2, FP3, and Provider-1.
Nortel Security Element Manager license