The table below describes the device vendors and types supported via SNMP, CLI or API.
Device Type and Vendor |
Supported Level |
Discovered via |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tier 1 |
Tier 2 |
Tier 3 |
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Router |
Alcatel Lucent Service Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
Arris Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
ATT VPN Gateway |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
Audiocodes Appliance |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Avaya Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Bluecoat Proxy |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Brocade Vyatta Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Casa |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco IOS XR |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Router |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco VDS |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Digi Cellular Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
HP Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
HuaWei OLT |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Ipanema IP E Device |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Juniper Router |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
NSX Distributed Logical Router |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Oracle Acme |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Redback Router |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
SilverPeak Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Tellabs Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
VeloCloud Edge |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
VeloCloud Gateway |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Versa Controller |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Versa FlexVNF |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Viptela vEdge |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI. |
|
Westermo Router |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Switch |
3Com Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
Adtran |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Adva Optical Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
AeroHive Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
AlaxalA |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Alcatel OmniStack Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Alcatel OmniSwitch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
APC |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
APC UPS |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Arista Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Aruba Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Avaya Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Avaya VSP |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Big Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Brocade Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Brocade Fibre Channel |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
Calix B-Series |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Calix E-Series |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Ciena Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco ACI APIC |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Cisco ACI Leaf Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Cisco ACI Spine Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Cisco Catalyst Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco ENCS Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco IOS Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco MDS |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Meraki Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Nexus Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco TelePresence |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco UCS Fabric |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cumulus OS |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Dell EMC Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Dell Force10 Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Dell Networking Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Dlink Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Enterasys Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Extreme Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Fortinet Controller Managed Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Fujitsu Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
GigaVUE-OS |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Hirschmann Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
HP Menu-Driven Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
HP ProCurve Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
HuaWei Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
IBM DataPower |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
IBM Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Infinera Metro Series Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Juniper EX Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Juniper QFabric System |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Parent Device |
|
Mellanox Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Moxa Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
MRV |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Netgear Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Nokia Service Access Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Nexans GigaSwitch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Nortel Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
NSX Logical Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Opengear Infrastructure Manager |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Opengear Linux OS |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
RackSwitch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Raisecom Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
RuggedCom ROX Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
RuggedCom RS(G) Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
SMC Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
T-Marc 300 Series |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Tellabs Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Telco Metro Series |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Trendnet Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
XetaWave Ethernet Radio |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Zhone Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco CDN |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
MikroTik |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Nokia OLT |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Planet WGSW |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Uplogix LMX |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Vertiv Avocent Console Server |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
vSphere Distributed Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
vSphere Standard Switch |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Firewall |
Barracuda Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
Barracuda WAF |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
Checkpoint Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Checkpoint Firewall R80 |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI/API |
|
Cisco ASA Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco ASA NGFW with FTD |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Firepower NGFW |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Firepower NGFW with FTD |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Meraki Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
API/SNMP |
|
Cisco PIX Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Web Security Application |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Crossbeam Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Dell Sonicwall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
FireEye Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Forescout Appliance |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Fortinet FortiGate Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Imperva WAF |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Juniper SRX Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
NetScreen Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
NSX Edge Security Gateway |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Palo Alto Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
pfSense Appliance |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Secure64 |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Sidewinder Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
Sophos UTM |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Stonesoft NGFW |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Watchguard Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Load Balancer |
A10 Load Balancer |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
Cisco ACE |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco CSS |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
F5 Load Balancer |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Netscaler Load Balancer |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Peplink Load Balancer |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
Radware Alteon |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
WAP |
Aerohive Wireless |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
Aruba IAP |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Aruba LWAP |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Aruba WLC |
|
(Cisco) LWAP |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Cisco WLC |
|
Cisco WAP |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco Meraki AP |
√ |
√ |
|
API/SNMP |
|
Cradlepoint Access Point |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Fortinet Controller Managed AP |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Radwin Radio Devices |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Ruckus ZoneFlex |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Siklu Microwave Radio |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Ubiquiti airMAX |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Xirrus Wireless Array |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
WAN Optimizer |
Bluecoat |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
Cisco ISE |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Cisco WAAS |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Exinda WAN Optimizer |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Netscaler SD-WAN |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Riverbed WAN Optimizer |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
SilverPeak WAN Optimizer |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Talari Appliances |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP |
|
Controller |
Aruba WLC |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
Cisco Meraki Cloud |
√ |
|
|
API/SNMP |
|
Cisco WLC |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Extreme WLC |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Motorola Wireless Controller |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
NSX Controller |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Ruckus ZoneDirector |
√ |
√ |
√ |
SNMP/CLI |
|
End System |
Cache Engine |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
End System |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
IP Camera |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Mac Server |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
NSX Manager |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Printer |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Redhat Linux Server |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Ubuntu Server |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
IP Phone |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Call Manager |
|
VeloCloud Orchestrator |
√ |
N/A |
N/A |
API |
|
Versa Analytics |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Versa Director |
√ |
√ |
|
SNMP/CLI |
|
Viptela vBond |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Viptela vManage |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Viptela vSmart |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
VM Host |
√ |
√ |
|
API |
|
Windows Server |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
|
Call Manager |
Call Manager |
√ |
|
|
SNMP |
The detailed operations supported at each level are described as follows:
➢Tier-1 Support
▪Monitoring — send SNMP (retrieve data via SNMP) or API request to devices to monitor devices.
➢Tier-2 Support
▪Retrieve live data and live data analysis — automatically and remotely connect to devices by using Telnet/SSH or through controllers, and retrieve live data via show commands or APIs, including configuration file, route table, NDP/MAC/ARP table, device information, and interface information.
Note: Retrieving data via SNMP belongs to Tier 1 support, not Tier 2.
▪L3/L2 topology
oL3 topology — build Layer 3 topology from IPv4 addresses in the device configuration files.
oL2 topology — build Layer 2 topology from NDP tables (such as CDP, LLDP, and FDP), ARP tables and MAC tables. NDP tables are used to calculate the connections between switches, and NDP/MAC/ARP tables are used to calculate connections between switches and other types of network devices.
▪Traffic path discovery
oBasic L3 traffic path — discover and map the L3 traffic path based on route tables.
oBasic L2 traffic path — discover and map the L2 traffic path based on L2 topology.
➢Tier-3 Support
▪Design reader — parse configuration files and display them in the tip window and the Design Reader pane.
▪Special vendor features, such as ACL, PBR, Port-Channel, IPsec VPN, MPLS VPN, Failover, IP SLA, Netflow, and virtualization.
Note: A device type in a specific support level is not supposed to support all operations at that level, and it may only support one or some of the operations. For example, Juniper Router is in the Tier-3 level but it does not support Netflow or IP SLA. For any questions or doubts about multi-vendor support, contact NetBrain Support Team for help.