Manage the device fleet through a built-in lifecycle.
Discover and inventory devices, inspect configuration and software state, and maintain the fleet information that network automation depends on.
WHY IT MATTERS
Fleet management should not start with another custom collector.
Acquisitions, new locations, and infrastructure changes continually alter the device fleet. When inventory and device interrogation depend on separate scripts and manual reconciliation, every new automation outcome begins with more foundation work. Device Manager supplies the discovery and inventory constructs teams can apply to their own fleet.
WHAT DEVICE MANAGER PROVIDES
Capabilities built for the work.
Plan and run network discovery
Build and run discovery plans using seeded-device discovery with ARP and CDP/LLDP, or subnet crawling. Discover hardware, software, and configuration information for the fleet.
Organize devices in Site Explorer
Create sites and assign devices. Site context is available to other applications, including Config Drift & Audit and Network RPA.
Manage the fleet in Device Explorer
Add devices manually, import/export devices, or add them through the API. Run device discovery and use multi-edit, grouping, search, filtering, and sorting for fleet operations.
Inspect and protect device configurations
Search configurations, capture snapshots, reboot devices, and review logs. Backups are stored centrally, changed content is recorded without duplicate files, and retention is configurable. Restore to the original device or the same vendor/model replacement.
Connect lifecycle and security intelligence
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 provides EoL/EoS and SmartNet status.
THE BUSINESS CONTRIBUTION
Connect the capability to visible value.
A usable device inventory gives teams a starting point for OS upgrades, configuration standardization, and exposure assessment. Teams can focus on fleet coverage and the changes required by the business, while using built-in discovery and inventory capabilities.
PART OF THE FULL STACK
Connect the work to the wider platform.
Device Manager owns inventory, discovery, ad hoc inspection, and supported device backup/restore and reboot. Config Model Editor owns configuration intent models and provisioning. Config Drift & Audit owns snapshot comparisons and policy checks; OS Manager owns software deployment plans. NetBox and/or ServiceNow CMDB sync can connect discovered fleet information to mapped external records.
Foundations
DIAL
The Device Interaction and Automation Layer handles multi-vendor device interaction, semantic translation, normalization, and deterministic validation through CLI and API interfaces.
Functional lifecycle components
OS Manager
Use OS catalogs and deployment plans to select approved images, validate readiness, schedule upgrades or downgrades, and review execution results on supported devices.
Functional lifecycle components
Config Model Editor
Model multi-vendor CLI and API intended configuration state with declarative enforcement.
Orchestration & integrations
NetBox Integration
Synchronize mapped device and site properties between Gluware and NetBox, with configurable property ownership, linking rules, exclusions, and schedules.
Put Device Manager to work.
See how this capability can support your next network automation outcome.
PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Vendor and OS coverage
Inventory and discovery cover Cisco IOS/IOS XE, IOS XR, NX-OS, ACI and Meraki; Juniper Junos; Arista EOS; HPE Aruba; Palo Alto PAN-OS; Fortinet FortiOS; F5 TMOS; and additional vendor platforms. Operation coverage varies.
See full vendor and OS coverage →Central backup storage and device recovery
Backups are pulled off devices and kept centrally in the Gluware file system. Changed content updates the latest backup without duplicate unchanged files; history and logs follow retention policies. Restore to the original device or a replacement of the same vendor/model.
CAPABILITIES THIS COMPONENT SUPPORTS
See the functional value.
Network discovery & onboarding
Discover the fleet, establish device context, and turn existing configurations into models your team can manage.
Device & OS lifecycle management
Connect discovered inventory, device advisories, image selection, deployment plans, and operational checks.
Configuration intent & drift management
Define reusable configuration intent, detect departures, apply modeled changes, and reassess the result.
Network exposure management
Bring device advisories, contextual CVE assessment, and supported remediation into a governed network process.
Network discovery
Build repeatable discovery plans for multi-vendor networks using seeded neighbor discovery or subnet scanning.
Network state assessments
Define CLI/API state checks for on-demand assessment, provisioning pre/post checks, and Network RPA tasks.
Device inventory
Maintain discovered hardware, software, configuration, site, and advisory information in a shared device inventory.
NIST & Cisco CVE/PSIRT integrations
Associate Cisco PSIRT advisories and NIST/NVD CVE information with discovered devices and software.
Network state audit
Evaluate captured operational command results against defined rules and retain findings for review.
OS management & patching
Plan, validate, schedule, and review supported network software upgrades, downgrades, and patching operations.
Backup & restore
Back up supported device configurations and preserve the model, policy, and process artifacts needed to operate them.