CatTools is a software application used by network administrators to automate many of the tasks performed on a daily basis.

Kiwi CatTools enables you to:

• Manage configurations from your desktop for network devices, including routers, switches and firewalls
  
  
• Schedule configuration backups and changes
  
  
• Generate network device configuration reports, such as port, MAC, APR and version details.
  
  
• Automatically receive email notifications about configuation changes.
  
  
• Compare the startup and running configuration of a device.

Features

• Over 60 different device-types provide a wide spectrum of support for industry manufacturers
  
  
• Multi-threaded operation for faster backups and data gathering
  
  
• Activities can be scheduled or Run Now
  
  
• Encrypted device database
  
  
• Optional password protection for program and device database access
  
  
• Telnet, SSH1, SSH1.5 (Cisco), SSH2 connectivity
  
  
• Connect via intermediary devices
  
  
• Import/Export of devices via tab delimited text files
  
  
• Built-in report viewing window
  
  
• Built in multithreaded TFTP Server
  
  
• Both the Service and Standard version run Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008

Benefits

Some of the many benefits of using CatTools include:

• Save time by rolling out a change to multiple devices at the same time.
  
  
• Increased control by scheduling changes to your network.
  
  
• Ease of use. The changes you make to your network are achieved using exactly the same CLI commands as if you were to undertake the task manually.
  
  
• Increase security by being alerted to changes to your network equipment.
  
  
• Dated configs maintain history in case a roll back is needed.

System Requirements

• Windows 2008 (x32 and x64*)
  
  
• Windows Vista (x32 and x64*)
  
  
• Windows 2003 (x32 and x64*)
  
  
• Windows XP (x32 and x64*)
  
  
• Windows 2000

Minimum: 1.2 GHz processor with at least 256MB RAM Disk space required: 20MB

64-bit Systems (x64 support): Kiwi CatTools runs in WOW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) mode on 64-bit systems. WOW64 is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows XP 64-bit Editions, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Vista 64-bit Editions.

The database in CatTools requires that the Microsoft Data Access Components and Jet 4.0 Database Engine be installed.