User Guide

OmniVista SafeGuard Manager Administration Guide
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Chapter 1: Getting Started
Overview
The OmniVista SafeGuard Manager command center provides centralized and easy-to-
use management of one or more Alcatel-Lucent devices, enabling network administrators
to perform basic configuration, management, and monitoring of several devices in a
single interface. OmniVista SafeGuard Manager provides the foundation for gaining
usage awareness and flagging network security incidents by users; it also enables global
policy configuration with the ability to take real-time action from the control panel.
Powerful predefined reports provide clear views on enterprise network health and user
actions.
Unlike traditional network management systems that report at the MAC or IP level,
OmniVista SafeGuard Manager maps events to the network users. A user is identified by
the SafeGuard Controller enforcement devices during the authentication phase. This user
ID is then bound to the MAC and IP addresses of the computer, such that, that any future
communication from that machine is bound to the user ID. This allows an administrator
to identify any user incidents or identify the location of the violating machine.
User-based features combined with drillable data navigation enable OmniVista
SafeGuard Manager to communicate business information simply at a top level, yet the
details are only a click away. This real-time correlation of network incident or awareness
events to the user saves hours of manual association and custom scripting.
OmniVista SafeGuard Manager 3.0 supports the following:
■ Devices: OAG 1000, OAG 2400, OAG 4048x
■ SafeGuard platform: SafeGuard software release 3.0
Key Features
The OmniVista SafeGuard Manager command center Release 3.0 supports the following
features:
■ Device Configuration—Allows you to manage devices with detailed views of
devices and physical ports. Also keeps your network under a single management
system allowing you to select actions on the canned policies and push down to
devices.
■ User Authentication—In addition to local database authentication, OmniVista
SafeGuard Manager users can be authenticated using an external RADIUS server.
■ Visualization Filters—Allows you to set up visualization filters such that you can
selectively view events based on VLAN ID, application type, or user role.
■ VLAN Filters—Allows you set up visualization filters based on VLAN IDs.
■ Drillable Database Query—Allows you to execute pre-defined and custom
queries.