Manage the fleet and its software through repeatable lifecycles.
Connect discovered inventory, device advisories, image selection, deployment plans, and operational checks.
THE BUSINESS NEED
Ensure operational excellence across change.
Acquisitions, new sites, aging devices, and urgent patches create a continuing stream of lifecycle work. A team should not have to build a new operating process for each vendor or each upgrade. Gluware supplies the fleet and software constructs teams can apply to their environment.
key capabilities delivered
How Gluware supports a robust lifecycle.
Establish fleet context
Gluware uses API integration with NIST/NVD for multi-vendor CVE information and Cisco Support API integration for Cisco PSIRT advisories, including their CVEs. Cisco CVE information comes from Cisco, not NIST/NVD. Cisco Support API also supplies EoL/EoS and SmartNet status.
Prepare approved software
OS Manager’s optional OS Catalog associates approved images with SKUs. Gluware File Server stores the required images and related files. Distribute File Server instances across the enterprise to bring image delivery closer to devices and improve transfer performance.
Validate and deploy a plan
OS Manager creates plans for supported discovered, managed devices. Teams validate and schedule image transfer or deployment, then review execution status and logs. Supported upgrade and downgrade operations depend on the target platform.
Assess and coordinate
CME (Config Model Editor) CLI/API state assessments run on demand, as pre/post provisioning checks, or through a Network RPA task. RPA can coordinate assessment tasks with OS Plans and external records. Recovery paths remain specific to the supported operation.
THE BUSINESS Value
Accelerate NetOps with security and control
Repeatable lifecycle work helps the business shorten patching delays and deliver necessary software changes with operational control. Track completed changes, failed targets, and the time to verified outcomes alongside fleet coverage.
WHAT DELIVERS THIS CAPABILITY
Several components.
One operational capability.
Each component has a defined role in the process. Explore the reference pages for its functions and boundaries.
Device Manager
Owns fleet discovery, inventory, advisories, and supported backup/restore.
OS Manager
Owns software catalogs and image transfer/deployment plans.
File Server
Provides distributed image/file services.
Config Model Editor
Supplies CLI/API state assessments, invoked around OS operations through RPA.
Network RPA
Coordinates lifecycle tasks and connected service processes.
Data Explorer
Formats stored device-related information into reusable reports.
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Manage the fleet and its software through repeatable lifecycles.
Connect discovered inventory, device advisories, image selection, deployment plans, and operational checks.