Net LineDancer For Linux

Net LineDancer (also known as netLD) is a commercial and multiplatform graphical application tailored specifically for network engineers who want to manage and modify the configuration files of multiple network devices, including routers, firewalls and switches.

Key features include hardware inventory reports, line-by-line comparisons, configuration change history, automated changes, reports, real-time change detection, as well as a beautiful, easy-to-use, powerful and intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface).

The application offers scheduled network backups, configuration restore, historical configuration comparison, change reports, real-time backups, Active Directory Server integration, redundancy, support for searching by IP address, and a start-up wizard.

Among other features, we can mention support for draft configurations, Tera Term integration, change adviser, terminal proxy support, compliance check, support for adding custom devices, SmartBridge, job history, command runner, disaster recovery, and inventory management.

Another interesting feature is the ability to change IOS password. The application comes with Cisco plug-and-play support, advance device search functionality, integrates with SNMPc, supports configuration mismatch and user authority, configuration diff, as well as SmartChange.

The Hardware Inventory component of the application supports chassis, card, power supply and slot information, serial numbers, revision numbers and FRU Part numbers. The Device OS Upgrade function supports EIGRP, OSPF, CDP, NDP and BGP routing information, as well as MAC Address, ARP and IP Address information.

Net LineDancer works well with all mainstream operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Currently, it runs on computers supporting only 64-bit (x86_64) instruction set architectures.

The application is distributed as a pre-built binary package that can be used on 64-bit distributions of Linux. Please keep in mind that its a commercial software and the free version is supported only 30 days. Pricing information is available on the project’s website (see link below).