Datacentre Network Management
Although FireRack began as a firewall platform, over the years it has evolved into something much more powerful. It has become a complete network management system with many features developed specifically for the server-hosting industry.
FireRack has been deployed in Datacentres is both the UK and US, and is used to manage hundereds of servers on a day-to-day basis.
Key features include:
| Multi-vendor switch management | Supporting HP/3Com, Cisco, Allied Telesyn, Netgear, etc. |
| Server/Device registration | Register the MAC address and primary IP of each server, and FireRack will provide context sensitive tracking and diagnostic information for this equipment. |
| Traffic Accounting and Quota Management | Keep track of the bandwidth usage. Data can be accessed via the web-based console, via command line tools, or via our XML-RPC API. |
| XML-RPC API | Integerate your existing software, such as customer portals, and internal management system with FireRack through this feature-rich API. |
| Web-based management console | A user-friendly interface accessible to both staff and end-users, with configurable access control. |
| Secure Delegation of firewall policy to end-users | Gives your end-users control over firewall policy for their security zone, without compromising the security of other security zones. |