What are the new features in cisco works device manager 3.2 version?

• Selective backup and restore
• Support for ODBC views
• High availability and geographic redundancy
• Improved usability
• Performance improvements
• Multiple credential support
• Detection and deletion of unreachable devices
• New reports and grouping capabilities
• Technology support
• Enhancement to configuration capabilities
• Network virtualization

Feature

Description

Selective backup and restore

Back up the required system configurations and data from the command-line interface (CLI) separately from the database

Support for ODBC views

ODBC view support for inventory, syslog, audit, end hosts, events and alerts, and network devices and configuration archives, allowing access to detailed information

High availability and geographic redundancy

Support for Veritas cluster and geographic redundancy in this release. Allows active-standby operations and seamless migration when hardware and software failures occur.

Improved usability

Usability improvements with pagination support, new portal engine, new portlets, and new reports for easier navigation and access to workflows and data

Performance improvements

Significant performance improvements in report generation, data collection, and syslog collection

Multiple credential support

Support for multiple credentials when adding devices to LMS

Detection and deletion of unreachable devices

Devices unreachable over a period of time can now be detected and manually deleted from the servers

New reports and grouping capabilities

New reporting capabilities with port and module configuration, end of sale and end of life for software images, creation of larger user-defined groups (around 200 groups), enhancements to reclaim unused ports, MAC detection reports

Technology support

Support for ISSU, CISF, PoE/ePoE, Auto Smartports, VRF, EEM, GOLD

Enhancement to configuration capabilities

Support for baseline compliance checks, port and module level configuration, PoE, CISF

Network virtualization

Configuration, reporting, troubleshooting for VRFLite deployments, support for VRF IPSLAs through a new LMS product offering, Virtual Network Manager (VNM)

SNMPv3

Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) support now available also in DFM.