AEther NDM manages heterogeneous fleets across routers, switches, firewalls, and WLAN controllers. Supported vendors and families include: Cisco (IOS/XE/NX-OS), Juniper (JUNOS), HPE/Aruba, MikroTik, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Ubiquiti, Dell, and more. Protocols: SSH/CLI, SNMP (v2c/v3), REST, and NETCONF where available.
Vendor coverage expands every release; new drivers can be added without downtime.
Components: Web UI, Orchestrator, Job Engine, and Connectors/Collectors. Deploy on‑prem or in your private cloud. Collectors run close to devices and use least‑privilege accounts.
- Deployment: Single‑node or HA pair for the control plane; collectors can scale horizontally.
- Network: Outbound SSH/HTTPS from collectors to devices; optional SNMP polling.
- Scalability: 2k–10k+ devices with multiple collectors; queue-based job execution.
- Resilience: Rolling upgrades, stateless services behind load balancers, and backup export.
- RBAC with project/tenant scoping
- SSO via SAML/OIDC; local accounts optional
- Encrypted secrets vault with key rotation
- Audit logs for all user and system actions
- TLS in transit; AES‑256 at rest
- Collectors use least‑privilege credentials and scoped access
Integrate with ITSM (ServiceNow, Jira) via webhooks and REST. Stream logs and events to SIEM via syslog or HTTP. The REST API exposes inventory, backups, diffs, jobs, and compliance endpoints with OAuth2 tokens.
Example: POST /api/v1/jobs to submit a change with pre‑checks and approval tags.
Editions:
- Standard: Backups, drift, basic compliance (up to 100 devices)
- Professional: + advanced compliance, scheduler, notifications (up to 500 devices)
- Enterprise: + HA, SSO, premium support (1000+ devices)
Licensing metric: per managed device. Subscription or perpetual (Std/Pro) with annual maintenance options.
- Server OS: Windows Server 2019/2022 or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Browsers: Latest Chrome, Edge, or Firefox
- Sizing (guideline): 2 vCPU/8 GB RAM/50 GB (≤200 devices); 4 vCPU/16 GB/150 GB (≤1k); 8+ vCPU/32+ GB/300+ GB (≥2k)
- Collectors: 2 vCPU/4 GB each; scale out horizontally
- Network: SSH/HTTPS from collectors to devices; SNMP UDP/161 optional; HTTPS 443 to UI/API
Q: How is AEther NDM deployed?
A: As a single node or HA pair for control plane, plus one or more collectors close to devices.
Q: Does it support mixed vendors?
A: Yes—Cisco, Juniper, HPE/Aruba, MikroTik, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Ubiquiti, Dell, and more.
Q: How are backups stored?
A: Encrypted at rest with retention policies; exports available for offsite archiving.
Q: Can I see diffs before approving changes?
A: Yes, side-by-side diffs and an approval workflow are built in.
Q: What SSO options exist?
A: SAML and OIDC with role mapping; local accounts optional.
Q: Are APIs available?
A: REST API for inventory, backups, diffs, jobs, and compliance; token-based auth.
Q: How do upgrades work?
A: Rolling upgrades with minimal downtime; collectors reconnect automatically.
Q: What’s the licensing model?
A: Per managed device; Standard, Professional, and Enterprise editions.
Q: Is multi-tenant supported?
A: Yes, via project/tenant scoping and RBAC.
Q: Where can I get support?
A: Through your license plan; premium 24/7 SLA is available as an add-on.