Kiwi CatTools is a network automation tool that helps manage device configurations on routers, switches, firewalls. From a simple, easy-to-use console, you can simplify network configuration management, device config backup, config change alerting, config compare, reporting and more.

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POWERFUL NETWORK AUTOMATION AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

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What is Kiwi CatTools?
Kiwi CatTools is a network automation tool that
manages configurations on network devices such as
routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Delivers automation to simplify and execute tasks
including:
• Scheduling backup of network configuration
• Performing bulk configuration changes on
multiple devices
• Managing configuration change alerting
• Comparing device configurations
• Generating configuration and device
information reports
• Supports a variety of network devices from dozens
of manufacturers including:
• Cisco®, HP®, 3Com®, Enterasys®, F5®, Huawei®,
Juniper®, and more
• See list of supported devices

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Why to use Kiwi CatTools?
1. Back up device configuration
2. Bulk update of device configurations
3. Compare and rollback configurations
4. Simplify network device management
5. Network configuration reporting

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1. Back up Device Configuration
SCHEDULED AND AUTOMATED BACKUP
• Kiwi CatTools automates the backing up network
device configurations
• Allows you to schedule backup activity for custom
time intervals
• Includes a built-in TFTP server that also supports
the backup activity via TFTP

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2. Bulk Update of Device Configuration
MODIFY MULTIPLE DEVICES SIMULTANEOUSLY
• Kiwi CatTools enables the remote execution of
command line instructions (CLI) on multiple
devices
• Allows you to schedule changes in a configuration
to occur at custom time intervals
• Examples of use cases:
• Schedule a configuration change to shut down
the specific interfaces after office hours to
block unauthorized staff from gaining access
into the network
• You can also use scheduled configuration
changes to add or remove access-list entries
at specified times

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3. Compare and Rollback Configuration
• Kiwi CatTools performs two types of comparisons:
• Compare current configuration with the most
recent backup of the device configuration
• Compare running and start-up configurations
Easily view results on the console or via a report
• Alert on configuration change:
• CatTools offers built-in alerts to send email
notifications when configurations changes are
detected
• Rollback and restore configurations:
• CatTools uses the built-in TFTP server to upload
backed-up text configuration files to the
specified device and update existing
configuration
CONFIGURATION CHANGE MANAGEMENT

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4. Simplify Network Device Management
ISSUE CLI COMMANDOS FROM CATTOOLS
• CatTools provides various built-in, customizable
“Activities” that allow you to issue a series of CLI
commands to the selected devices as if you were
typing them from the normal command-line
prompt
• Run external VB script from CatTools activity and
use the return value from the external script as
part of a CLI command to be executed
• Use Cases:
 Enable/disable ports on a
Catalyst CatOS switch
 Backup Cisco IOS® image to
TFTP server
 Download Cisco IOS running
config to TFTP server
 Download Cisco IOS running
config to SCP server
 Upload Cisco IOS config from
TFTP to device
 Upgrade Cisco IOS via TFTP
 Enter different commands
onto each device
 Save output from multiple
devices into a single file

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What is an “Activity” in CatTools?
CUSTOMIZE AND SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES
• An “Activity” is the method by which CatTools
performs a certain function
• Below are a list of the different Activities available
in CatTools:
• Backup Running Config
• Backup Config via TFTP Server
• Modify Config
• Upload Config via TFTP Server
• Update Device Password
• Update Device Banner
• Inter-device Ping
• Connectivity Login Test

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5. Network Configuration Reporting
OUT-OF-THE-BOX REPORTS AND REPORT VIEWER
• Kiwi CatTools provides the following out-of-the-box
reports in HTML and text file formats:
• Compare Startup and Running Configuration
• Device Version Report
• Port Report
• MAC Report
• ARP Report
• CDP Neighbors Report
• Error Info Report
• Kiwi CatTools also supports sending these reports
and statistics via email

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Customer Reviews
“SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
allows us to easily recover in
the case of an outage
involving network switches.
We have a daily backup of all
our 1000+ devices.”
Mels Van Der Ploeg
Network Engineer
Delta
“Using SolarWinds Kiwi
CatTools, we are able to
provide faster responses to
queries about what is
connected and where.”
Jeremy Cooler
Network Engineer
IHS
“159 IT organizations rated
SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools as
4.5 out of 5 stars on average.”
IT Tech
TechValidate Survey

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