PolicyCenter Datasheet
PolicyCenter®Centralized Management for PacketShaper
Appliances
Intuitive, Scalable Network Control
Effectively managing bandwidth and application Quality of
Service (QoS) does
not have to get more complicated as your WAN grows and becomes
more distributed.
PolicyCenter from Packeteer® makes it easy to maintain optimum
performance.
Whether you have a few PacketShaper® appliances located at one
site or thousands
distributed around the world, PolicyCenter brings comprehensive
control to your
fingertips. Leverage the superior scalability and flexibility of
PolicyCenter to ensure that
application performance and bandwidth utilization stay aligned
with the changing
demands of your business.
Fast WAN. Fast Apps. Fast Business.
Manage your entire network through a single, intuitive
interface
Control thousands of PacketShaper appliances from one
console
Auto-deploy and configure multiple remote appliances in minutes
Apply unique policies based on location, function or other defined
criteria
Reduce administrative overhead and lower total cost of
ownership
Easy, Sophisticated, Powerful
PolicyCenter has an intuitive, centralized interface that
enables you to:
• Auto-deploy and configure appliances at remote locations in
minutes
• Control performance with easy-to-apply partitions and
policies
• Distribute traffic classes and software upgrades globally
• Monitor and quickly respond to network, application and unit
performance changes
Optimization Made Easy
PolicyCenter makes it easy to maintain optimal performance by
providing a comprehensive, integrated view of all PacketShaper
appliances, network traffic, links and partitions. An intuitive,
color-coded summary empowers you to proactively identify potential
problems at a glance. Fully leverage Adaptive Response features
within PacketShaper to take appropriate corrective actions
quickly.
Key Features
• Wide variety of centralized mechanisms to control performance,
including dynamic partitions and subpartitions, rate control, and
never-admit, ignore and discard policies
• Flexible confi guration overrides for location-specifi c
settings
• Hierarchical confi gurations sharable by multiple PacketShaper
appliances
• Scheduled distribution of PacketShaper software upgrades and
plug-ins
• LDAP communication with Sun ONE Directory Server
• Duplicate confi gurations on PacketShaper appliances to
protect against server failures
• Centralized view of Adaptive Response status for thousands of
PacketShaper appliances
• Comprehensive, centralized networkmanagement solution when
combined with ReportCenterTM
PolicyCenterCentralized Management for PacketShaper
Appliances
Plug-and-Play Deployments
PolicyCenter greatly simplifies remote, multi-unit deployments
by automatically completing the settings and configuration process.
Simply connect additional PacketShaper appliances to your network
and assign them the appropriate appliance name, IP address, subnet
mask, gateway and policy. Configuration is just that easy.
Less Administration, More Savings
PolicyCenter reduces TCO by facilitating customization, reducing
the impact of server failures and minimizing training and other
personnel costs. With PolicyCenter, you can easily override
configuration and policy settings on a location-by-location basis
and leverage common confi gurations across multiple appliances. You
can also ensure appropriate backups by maintaining duplicate
settings locally. PolicyCenter also helps network managers by
providing a control interface similar to PacketShaper appliances,
complete with a standard InstallShield wizard and the ability to
base new configurations on those already in use.
Centralized deployment and control of thousands of PacketShaper
appliances for comprehensive control, configuration management,
software distribution and Adaptive Response tracking.
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the Packeteer logo, Mentat, PacketWise, PacketShaper, PacketShaper
Xpress, PacketSeeker, PacketCare, ReportCenter, PolicyCenter and
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PacketShaper Appliances Operating System System Requirements
Up to 400 Windows® 2000/2003 Intel® Pentium III or higher; 2.0
GHz Processor; 2 GB of RAM
Up to 1,000 Solaris 9.0 or higher Sun Fire V240 Server; 150 GB
HD Drive; 10/100 Ethernet; 8 GB of RAM
Up to 2,500 Solaris 9.0 or higher Sun Fire V440 Server; 150 GB
HD Drive; 10/100 Ethernet; 8 GB of RAM
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