View an always up-to-date topology
Forward Essentials is powerful network management software that provides an always-accurate network diagram with full details about the physical layout of your environment
Access an inventory of your hardware and software
Track vendors, platforms, and software versions for immediate insights into your infrastructure
Search network-wide state
Search and visualize the network-wide L2, L3 and L4 state. In this example the user leverages Forward Essentials to learn the state and configuration for VLAN 1132.
Search VRF configuration
Make sure VRFs are configured in accordance with the network design
Understand what has changed in the network
Go beyond other network management and monitoring tools to quickly identify what has changed in the network between any two points of time by “diff-ing” historical snapshots of the network
Get running in under five minutes
Forward Essentials’ ease of use is unparalleled in the industry. Go from first login to being fully functional with all data collected in less than five minutes. Gain insights to network performance monitoring issues and diagnose connectivity problems.
Forward Networks Product Comparison
| Forward Essentials | Forward Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| Search configuration files across all devices, including switches, firewalls, routers and load balancers | ||
| Automated network diagramming tool and topology management | ||
| Device inventory tracking and reporting | ||
| Compare topology and configurations between snapshots for change management tracking | ||
| Forward Search: End-to-end path analysis highlighting network behavior and policies | ||
| Forward Verify: Compares network intent and policy requirements to current network design and configurations | ||
| Forward Predict: A sandbox environment for testing proposed changes to network configurations for policy impact and compliance | ||
| Behavior Diffs: Full comparison of network behavior and path analysis between snapshots | ||
| Pre-defined Checks: A built-in library validates basic network configurations to remove inconsistencies | ||
| Cloud offering | ||
| On-Premises deployment option | ||
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Get Forward Essentials – Free!
- Unlimited devices
- Unlimited collection
- 1 year of data retention
- Email support